Rookery Isles - ArcheAge 3.0

Client installer v1.0.0
Download Client
2 MB · pulls ~13 GB of game data once you run it · resume-supported

How to install

1
Click the green Download button. You get a tiny 2 MB RookeryIsles_Installer.exe.
2
Double-click the .exe. If Windows pops up "Windows protected your PC", click More info → Run anyway. (Standard for new installers without a paid code-signing cert.)
3
The installer downloads the ~13 GB of game data with a progress bar. Takes 15-60 minutes depending on your connection. Pausing or losing connection is fine - it resumes where you left off.
4
Setup wizard then walks you through install location, shortcuts, and the hosts entry for play.rookery.pro. Keep defaults if unsure.
5
Launch from the desktop shortcut, log in — make an account here first if you don't have one.

Requirements

Game crashing or won't launch?

If you installed Rookery Isles before this section appeared, your install may be missing one or more Microsoft runtime libraries (DirectX 9, Visual C++ redistributables). Download the Prereq Pack below and run it once. It detects what's missing and installs only what you need.

Download Prereq Pack
153 MB · one-time install · safe to re-run · official Microsoft redistributables

Installs DirectX 9 (June 2010) and Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015-2022 (x86 + x64). New installs from the main Download Client button above include all of this already.

Verify & Repair game files

Game crashing, textures missing, or things looking wrong after an update? This tool re-checks every game file against the server and re-downloads anything missing or corrupted — like Steam's "Verify integrity of game files". Your characters, settings, and screenshots are not touched.

Download Verify & Repair
1 KB · safe to re-run · self-healing
1
Download and open the zip. Inside is one file: Verify-and-Repair-Rookery.bat.
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Copy that file into your Rookery Isles game folder — the same folder that has AAEmu.Launcher.exe (by default C:\Games\Rookery Isles or wherever you installed).
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Make sure the game and launcher are closed, then double-click Verify-and-Repair-Rookery.bat. If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info → Run anyway.
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The launcher opens and re-verifies all files (this can take several minutes if it needs to repair anything). When it finishes, press Play as normal.

How it works: it clears the launcher's "everything is up to date" shortcut, so the launcher does a full file-by-file size and checksum pass instead of skipping it, then heals back to normal fast updates automatically.

Advanced · download files manually (rarely needed)

If the one-click installer can't reach the server (firewall, proxy), grab these 5 files into the same folder and run RookeryIsles_Setup_1.0.0.exe: