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Day and night cycles in Ashes of Creation are actually over the course of a few hours.^[2] – Steven Sharif

There is a day/night cycle in Ashes of Creation.^[3]^[4]

Day and night cycles occur over the course of a few hours.^[5]^[2]
- Fifteen IRL minutes may equate to one hour in game time but this is subject to change.^[6]^[7]
- Day and night cycle tied to server time will be tested in Alpha-2.^[8]

The day night cycle is tied to server time, yes. So there is a number of hours that exist between each of the cycles. That's something that we'll be fine-tuning of course during Alpha 2 as well, but it is intended for players to interact with certain systems even based on in-game time as well.^[8] – Steven Sharif

The developers requested feedback on the intensity of illumination and darkness that will be present in Alpha-2.^[9]^[10]
- Based on feedback the developers increased the nighttime darkness.^[5]

Some resources are only gatherable at specific times of the day or night.^[11]

NPCs and mobs may be awake or have varying behaviors at different times of the day. This might also influence abilities and/or buff/debuff vulnerabilities.^[12]^[13]^[4]
- Different monsters will spawn at different times.^[14]
- Different emissive effects may be more prevalent on night creatures.^[4]

Certain creatures will react differently. Certain spawns react differently during night times and different day/night cycles. Those might also influence things like abilities and/or buff/debuff vulnerabilities. You'll have to find out based on the type of creature you're experiencing.^[12] – Steven Sharif