40 Fun Facts About Grand Chase

Grand Chase was made in South Korea, but in which country did it break the record for most played online game?

Brazil had the game's largest player base, and its server once peaked at 39,500 players online at the same time.

Players of Grand Chase were urged to migrate to which game, its spiritual successor, when the servers closed in 2015?

Elsword began as a reboot of Grand Chase with 2.5D graphics, and its hero shares his name with the younger brother of Elesis.

Which Queen of Darkness, who set two kingdoms at war for five years, does the Grand Chase first set out to hunt?

Kaze'aze murdered a royal adviser, took his place in disguise and steered Kanavan into invading its neighbour. The Grand Chase is the elite squad formed to hunt her down.

Which developer, based in the South Korean city of Daegu, launched Grand Chase as its very first game?

KOG Studios was founded in 2000, and Grand Chase kept it busy for twelve years before support for the game ended in 2015.

Which Grand Chase thief was freed from the Queen of Darkness's possession and then joined the heroes who beat her?

Lass had no control while his body served as the dark queen's vessel, but he felt guilty all the same, and the Grand Chase let him join to right his wrongs.

Which Grand Chase gladiator is an immortal hero of Kanavan from about 600 years ago, and an ancestor of Elesis?

Sieghart vanished into ancient ruins and was mourned as dead, but the Highlanders revived him and made him immortal. He is the only playable hero known by his surname.

Which sweet was sold under the Grand Chase name, with character stickers carrying codes for in-game rewards?

Chewing gum sold as Buzzy Bol Grand Chase hid a sticker of a hero or monster, and its code earned Buzzy Points to spend on exclusive items such as the pet Buzzy Kid.

On which PC gaming platform did Grand Chase return in 2021, six years after its original servers closed?

Steam hosted the comeback: sign-ups for closed-beta testers opened at the end of June 2021, and the game officially relaunched on July 28.

Which Grand Chase mage has mastered both Black and White Magic, giving her six skills where most heroes have three?

Arme was one of only three heroes playable when the game launched, and her curiosity about spells extends to studying ancient manuscripts and enchanted items.

Trivia is a real place in Grand Chase, a barren region of the demon world that only which playable character can enter?

Veigas alone can enter Trivia, because the region's whole storyline is his backstory: one of the Four Demon Kings making his way towards the world of the Grand Chase.

Which subtitle does the mobile sequel to Grand Chase carry, a team-based game set two years after the PC story?

Dimensional Chaser trades the PC brawling for squads of up to four heroes, and it opens with two new students searching for the missing members of the Grand Chase.

On which continent, home to the kingdom of Kanavan, do players begin their adventure in Grand Chase?

Bermesiah is the first map players explore, and its two kingdoms were founded by refugees who sailed there after an older realm was destroyed.

Which Grand Chase kingdom is known for its magic, in contrast to the swordsmanship of neighbouring Kanavan?

Serdin was founded by an Arch Mage who survived the destruction of an older realm, and it is this kingdom's queen who forms the Grand Chase.

Which currency do Grand Chase players earn by clearing dungeons and winning PvP matches, and spend on basic equipment?

Game Points, shortened to GP, paid for ordinary gear, while a few items could only be bought with real money.

Which Grand Chase heroine slept through an ancient kingdom's destruction in an escape pod and woke with no memories?

Mari was the daughter of the lost kingdom's Grand Duke and a childhood prodigy at Magic Engineering, taught by humans, elves and dwarves alike.

Which Grand Chase Spell Knight, firstborn of the Erudon family, serves as Captain of the Kanavan Royal Guard?

Ronan showed a gift for both sword and spell as a child, and became the youngest of the Royal Guard appointed to protect Kanavan's princess.

Which Grand Chase heroine was the Dancer and Oracle of Silver Land before she joined the Silver Knights?

Amy shot to stardom almost overnight among the Silver Knights, lifting their morale with her dancing, and she later took up weapons as musical as a violin.

Which Grand Chase druid grew up in the Elven Forest and took up arms after watching humans and monsters destroy it?

Ryan reveres the Mother Tree and befriends the forest's raccoons, which makes the axes and scythes he carries an ironic choice for a guardian of nature.

In which Grand Chase PvP mode does each team protect a randomly chosen Warlord who has only two lives?

Honor Guard gave each Warlord double the usual stats but no way to regain health, and losing a life left the rival Warlord's defence sharply lowered for ten seconds.

Which word was added to the title of Grand Chase when the PC game was relaunched in 2021?

Classic marks the revived PC original, which picks its unfinished main story back up in a continuity separate from the one the mobile sequel had set.

Which masked Grand Chase wanderer wields Grandark, a sword with an ego of its own forged by the wizard Oz?

Zero dislikes fights and struggles to express his feelings, while the strong-willed Grandark has no such trouble. Chatting with his sword is listed as his hobby.

Which Grand Chase character from Gaon village is the reincarnation of a goddess and fights with a sacred fan?

Rin carries the goddess Agnesia's seal on an ancient evil inside her, and she alone survived when demonic creatures wiped out her village on her fifteenth birthday.

Which Grand Chase character rose from a pool of blood left by slain Highlanders and took up the sword Blood Dancer?

Uno formed over hundreds of years from the bodies and resentment of an entire slain order, and he woke with no idea why he had been born.

Dio and Ley, two Grand Chase heroes from the Demon World, belong to which race of demons?

Asmodian is the race of most demons from the Demon World, and it is split between the Hardliners bent on destruction and the Moderates that Dio and Ley side with.

Which Grand Chase kingdom, a legend of magic engineering, was wiped out by a great explosion long before the story?

Kounat fell when its Prime Minister lost control of the kingdom's ultimate weapon, and its refugees sailed away to found the two kingdoms where the game begins.

What is the name of the world in which Grand Chase is set, home to continents such as Ellia and Xenia?

Aernas takes its name from Ernasis, the goddess of war and bravery, who acted as the gods' representative to the world.

Under which title, far from the original name, did Grand Chase run on its mainland Chinese server?

Rainbow Warriors was the mainland Chinese name, while players in Taiwan knew the same game as Three Young Heroes and as Eternal Adventures.

In which Southeast Asian country was Grand Chase named most popular online game at an awards show in 2011?

Indonesia handed over the award little more than a year after the local server opened there under the publisher Megaxus.

Which publisher offered to buy the rights to Grand Chase before the 2015 shutdown, only for the developer to refuse?

Level Up! Games ran the game's most played server and had its community behind the bid, but the developer chose to close the game worldwide instead.

Which later action game from the makers of Grand Chase borrows some of its characters and is set in a parallel universe?

KurtzPel reuses familiar faces such as Lime, who appears there as a quest-giver with a slightly different personality from the Grand Chase original.

Which Grand Chase archer, one of the three heroes playable at launch, is an elf from the hidden Eryuell Island?

Lire belongs to the Elven Corps, formed when her pacifist people ended their isolation, and she was the model for the archer Rena in the developer's next game.

Elesis hides her identity when she joins the Grand Chase, hoping to find which relative who vanished on a mission?

Her father was a Kanavan Tracker who never came back after being sent to find the Queen of Darkness, and he had trained Elesis in the sword since childhood.

Which dungeon do new Grand Chase recruits clear first, one their trainer says she once beat with a wooden sword?

Trial Forest is the first of two tests for would-be members, and the second sends the recruits up a tower to beat a boss named Wendy as a team.

Which rank is held by Lothos Isolet, the swordswoman who trains Elesis and the first Grand Chase recruits?

Knight Master Isolet led knights on the front lines of the Kingdom War, and she gave one former enemy a fresh start with the Grand Chase instead of judging his past.

How do Grand Chase party members decide who keeps a dropped item that one of them picks up in a dungeon?

Rolling dice settled it: every member of the party rolled automatically and the highest number took the item, while quest items were simply handed out.

Which company published the mobile sequel to Grand Chase in South Korea, lending its name to the launch title?

Kakao Games launched it as Grand Chase for kakao in January 2018 and ran the service for five years before handing operations back to the developer.

Which game engine, also used for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, was Grand Chase built on?

Gamebryo was known as NetImmerse until 2003, the year Grand Chase launched, and it later served as the basis for Bethesda's Creation Engine.

Which one-word title did the big Grand Chase update of late 2010 take, after its makers had talked of a Season 4?

Chaos followed Season 2 and Season 3, after the developer's president had promised that the next season would bring more content and changes to the graphics.

Which Grand Chase villain, once a lost kingdom's Prime Minister, used a sacred tome in a bid to become the new Creator?

Baldinar set off the explosion that destroyed his own kingdom, lingered for centuries in astral form, and returned by stealing the body of a guardian named Ashtaroth.

Which fourth job class does Elesis reach in Grand Chase, after Knight, Spearman and Sword Master?

Savior is a title reserved for the greatest knights, and it arms Elesis with a pair of swords called Ssanggeom in place of the single blade she started with.