Patron

ArcheAge allows two types of player status: free-to-play and Patron. As a Patron one pays a fee for certain perks. Patron status can be paid once for a limited time period or as recurring fee. Payment for Patron status is possible with regular money or through APEX (the latter can be traded at the Auction House among player).

Patron Status perks
• Bonus online Labor Point regeneration (10 per 5 minutes) • Offline Labor Point regeneration (5 per 5 minutes) • Increased maximum Labor Points cap (5000 maximum) • 10% bonus to all Experience gained through combat or labor usage • 10% discount on Marketplace purchases (available after launch) • 5 Loyalty Tokens per day for use in the Loyalty Store (awarded on first login of the day) • Ability to claim land by placing farms and houses (claimable land is a rare commodity and as of Oct 2014 spot for 16x16 farms or houses are almost exclusively available only by purchase from existing land holders or unpaid tax demolition process. Trion has announced a 30% increase in available land in November 4th with the opening of the Northern continent of Auroria) • Ability to pay in-game taxes on owned property • Ability to post auctions on the Auction House by default

Ways to become a Patron

 * Buy a monthly recurring subscription plan from the Trion World Store at the website (https://archeage.trionworlds.com/account/profile/manage-game!input.action?dd=1) for $14.99 (1 month), $38.97 (3 month), $65.94 (6 month)
 * You may buy one month of Patron status from the Trion World Store for 2400 Credits.
 * You may obtain Trion credits by applying an Apex to your account.  An Apex is worth 1250 credits.  (Thus if you are looking for Patron status for a month, you'll need to buy two Apex.)
 * Apex may be purchased for $10 from Trion World Store.  Each Apex can be used to apply 1250 credits to your account or you may sell it in game for Gold.
 * You may also buy Apex in the game from the Auction House with ingame currency.  Other players post the Apex for sale on the auction house.  Players may also trade Apex in-game between players.