Whether players are looking for a single-player or multiplayer experience in Ara: History Untoldis important to be aware of the customization options that the game offers its players. This way, players know exactly which settings they need to change if they want a different type of Ara: History Untold game.
This guide goes into detail about all the options and settings available in the Ara: History Untold for both multiplayer and single player games.
How to set up a single player game in Ara: History Untold
As soon as the players start up Ara: History Untoldthey will be greeted with a main menu that allows them to create a Single Player or Multiplayer Game. Playing against AI in Ara: History Untoldplayers must select the “New Game” option on the Single Player tab.
Ara: History Untold Nation Leader Selection Screen
Before setting up their game, players must choose which leader they want to play. There are 42 national leaders in Ara: History Untold; each has a unique perk as well as a selection of shared traits. A leader's unique attribute will appear above the other attributes in the upper right corner of the leader selection screen.
Before going to the next menu, players should select which leader skin they want from the Appearance menu in the lower left corner. However, this is a purely cosmetic change.
Ara: History Untold Single Player Game Settings Options
Once players have decided which leader they want to use, they can press Select to go to the Game Settings menu. Here they have to choose basic settings, such as game difficulty, map type and number of nations, but they can also change the advanced settings to create a customized gaming experience.
Basic setting options
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Difficulty |
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While the easiest difficulty in Ara: History Untold gives players different bonuses and friendly AI players, as they increase the difficulty of the game, the bonuses start to decrease and the AI becomes more aggressive. While Duke difficulty still provides minimal bonuses, Grand Buke includes no bonuses at all and players will have to face enemy AI more often. |
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Indus |
A balanced map with a realistic distribution of food, wood and materials. |
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Globular |
A balanced map with two large continents and scattered nearby islands. |
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Northlands |
A single continent full of trees, snow and wildlife. Hunting will be more important than farming. |
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Great Lakes |
A single continent with several inland seas. Temperate climate and resource nodes. |
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Torus |
A single continent wrapping around the earth. Or a single land mass with two large inland seas. |
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Tropical |
A medium-sized continent surrounded by seas and a few islands without colder regions. Food is more abundant. |
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Heat wave |
A continent map with much less precipitation. Food is decreasing everywhere and the deserts are bigger. |
The default map type option is to generate a new map. However, players can choose a preset map if they want an experience on a certain type of terrain or environment.
Nation settings
In the Nation Settings menu, players must select the number of nations to be created on the game map. Players can create games with a minimum of 2 nations and a maximum of 10.
In addition to this, they can also customize who these nations will be before the game starts and the AI difficulty of each nation.
Advanced settings
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Turn limit |
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Players can set a turn limit i Ara: History Untold so that if a player has not won by that point, the game will end automatically when it reaches a certain number of turns. |
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Randomize technical draws |
This option randomizes the technologies that will appear per era. |
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Human Player Culling |
If this option is enabled, human players can be killed if they are at the bottom when an action transition occurs. |
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Vegetation |
This option determines the availability of plant-based resources. |
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Wildlife |
This option determines the availability of animal-based resources. |
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Ore |
This option determines the availability of ore-based resources. |
How to set up a multiplayer game in Ara: History Untold
To play a multiplayer game in Ara: History Untoldplayers must select the “New Game” option on the Multiplayer tab that appears on the title screen.
Ara: History Untold Multiplayer Game Setup Options
When you set up a multiplayer game in Ara: History Untoldthere are other settings that players must take into account:
Lobby settings
In the lobby settings, players must give their multiplayer game a name and decide which settings suit their preferences:
- The name of the game
- Private game (On/Off)
- Access code is displayed for host only (On/Off)
- Hot joining (On/Off)
- Eligible actions to Hotjoin (Act 1 only/Act 1 & Act 2/Anytime)
- Multiplayer Chat (On/Off)
Basic settings – Map generation options
In the Basic Settings section, players must select the game difficulty and map type just like a normal single-player game. However, if they decide to create a new map, there are several other options that must be considered:
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Map size |
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Folded map |
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Seed |
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Axial inclination |
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Temperature |
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Humidity |
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Sea level |
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Nation settings
In addition to having to decide how many nations to play, the host must also choose the number of human players.
There can be a maximum of 10 nations and 10 human players. Although the host can freely reduce the number of human players, they can never have a lower number of players compared to the AI.
Multiplayer settings
These options will determine the multiplayer features of the game.
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Timer type |
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Act 1 Duration |
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Act 2 Duration |
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Act 3 Duration |
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Progress when all turns are submitted |
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Inactivity penalty |
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Player's pause |
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Player AFK |
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National actions during AFK |
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AFK count |
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AFK Duration |
Advanced settings
The advanced settings in multiplayer are exactly the same as those available in single player games.
Once players are satisfied with their setup preferences, they must select “Submit” so they can proceed to the next screen and select a leader for their multiplayer game in Ara: History Untold.
