Look, let's be honest, it is time for another Arthdal Chronicles Meca Ranking update. The level cap keeps creeping up, and someone has finally gone and done it—breaking the record to hit level 117 right across all servers last week. Who is the brilliant mind behind this feat, and how are the top combat ratings looking right now? KookminTree has done the legwork to dig up the numbers for you.

Nightmare of the Yunseul server, boasting an unmatched level-up trajectory.

The deed is done, mate. We finally have our very first level 117 player in Arthdal Chronicles. The crown goes to Nightmare over on the Yunseul server, who swapped from a Holy Knight to a Warrior during the recent class change event and never looked back. That Warrior class brings some properly nasty area-of-effect skills to the table, making light work of the aggressive mobs lurking around Sector 5 of the Black Night. That kind of toolkit explains the sudden rocket-fueled leveling, doesn't it?

Meanwhile, the Yunseul server also managed to best Aramun Haesla in the recent Masters League quarter-finals. Since that clash was practically a final in disguise, both servers won't be bumping into each other in the Black Night Archipelago for a fair while. Looks like the top players are using this quiet spell to grind in peace. Taking a peek at the level 116 crew, BlackSabu sits pretty at 61.9%, followed by CheonhaCheongeom at 45.1%, Representative L at 17.4%, Madman at 16.2%, Chivalry at 14%, and Mad Goblin trailing at 6.9%. One can only wonder who will snatch that second level 117 spot.

On the flip side, all this aggressive leveling has the heavy hitters chatting about something else: they desperately want a fresh hunting zone past Sector 5 of the Black Night. The Southern and Northern Mantive regions dropped way back on June 4, while the mixed dispute zone of Sector 5 landed on December 23 last year—meaning it has been roughly nine months of the same old scenery. Given how long everyone has been grinding away there, you can hardly blame the community for begging for new pastures.

How do the server average combat power rankings look?

Let us turn our gaze to the average combat power across all servers. The real talking point here is the New World Season 2 server. It is packed with rapid-growth perks, and the player base is rocketing up the charts. Within a single span of seven days, the top player in each of those servers blasted past 70,000 combat power, while the top 20 average is comfortably sitting in the 60,000s.

Standouts include the Aurora server, where the top dog average hits 66,510, and a player named Jenny reached a staggering 73,830 combat power. Aurora is currently tearing it up in the Black Night Archipelago thanks to those beefy stats. Should the matchmaking gods shift things around so they face Pegasus or Phoenix down the line, we might be in for a proper proper spectacle.

What about the archipelago score rankings?

Last week came with a hefty tax payout on the line, sparking a rather bloody scramble for archipelago points. Chivalry over on the peaceful Aramun Haesla server snagged the global #1 spot with a cool 54,713,250,000 points. Hot on their heels was fellow server-mate Madman with 53,451,600,000 points, Ttagiji from Thoros taking third with 52,069,920,000 points, and NoBakku from Namdalsan rounding out the top four with 51,947,930,000 points. Since average combat power has ballooned way past what the level 131 mobs in Sector 5 actually demand, these scores are starting to look mighty close.

How about the class distribution among the elite?

Let us shuffle over to class distributions for a moment. Among the top 100 deadliest players across every server, Assassins dominate at 43%, followed by Warriors at 26%, Holy Knights at 14%, Priests at 11%, Archers at 3%, and a cheeky 1% each for Danguri, Dual Swordsmen, and Storm Mages. Cast the net a bit wider to include the mid-tier crowd, and you get Archers at 24.8%, Assassins at 23.3%, Priests at 22.5%, Storm Mages at 19%, Warriors at 4%, Danguri at 3.3%, Holy Knights at 1.5%, and a modest 0.5% for both Dual Swordsmen and Warriors.

And the alliance score rankings?

Moving right along to the alliance board, the First alliance from the Yunseul server continues its reign at the top with a massive 494,200,000,000 points. Behind them sit the Madman alliance of Aramun Haesla with 381,000,000,000 points, the Eungeo alliance from Chusando with 165,400,000,000 points, the Nyangnyang alliance of Aramun Haesla with 139,300,000,000 points, and the Sky alliance from Ciar pulling in 1,281,000,000,000 points—wait, let's keep it accurate to the stats provided—128,100,000,000 points. Looks like these slots are locked in until the alliance prestige points get a clean slate.

Arthdal Chronicles community poll

Here are the verdict numbers from last week's Meca Ranking ballot. The burning question was what extra perks folks wanted from the New World Season 2 celebration, and a solid 33.33% voted for extra playable content. Close behind came more summon opportunities at 27.27%, silver coin supply at 21.21%, and growth material giveaways rounding things out at 9.09%.

There was no shortage of write-in feedback either. Players chimed in with gems like, "Please host another class change event," "Could you please tone down the difficulty of the Binari Basin and Stony Footprint quests?", "We'd love a shorter waiting time when deleting characters over level 60," and "Can we please change how server taxes are paid out instead of relying on archipelago hunting?"

That brings us to this week's community poll. As you lot know, taxes collected across servers are handed out based on archipelago hunting score rankings, but plenty of fresh faces from the New World Season 1 and 2 servers reckon it's time for a change. What is your take on tying tax distribution directly to archipelago scores? Cast your vote, let your voice be heard, and we will unpack the results right here next week. Adieu, mates.