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The 8th Floor (第8層, Dai 8-sō?) of Aincrad is a forest-themed floor.

Geography[]

Although the 3rd Floor also has woods as its motif, the 8th Floor is much more abundant in its forests and only has a few grasslands and rocky surfaces, while the entire surface of the floor is covered in fathomless water, rendering the surface unwalkable. Players have to use suspended paths, the branches of the humongous (though far smaller than the World Tree) trees which spread in all directions or man-made suspension bridges to get around the floor.

In Sword Art Online, falling down meant searching for a tree with a ladder and going right and left through the water, but this problem is not present in ALfheim Online, as all players have the ability to fly back to the top. The trees on this floor are so large that they even touch the underside of the 9th Floor, making it near impossible to ascend over the forest, however, the 8th Floor is one of the few floors where the players can touch the underside of the next floor, if they are good at tree climbing, though it’s still impossible to dig a hole to the next floor.

In Sword Art Online, the trees on this floor were all verdant green, however, in ALfheim Online, due to changing the plot to adjust for the new Labyrinth Boss, the trees surrounding the Labyrinth were all changed to charcoal-black burnt trees.

Settlements and Notable Locations[]

Frieven[]

«Frieven» Village is the main settlement of the 8th Floor.

Labyrinth[]

The Labyrinth of the floor is a huge tree (this tree is charcoal-black in ALO due to a change in setting).

History[]

In New ALfheim Online, the Clearers reached the floor at around June 14, 2025, however, as the bosses of New Aincrad were much more difficult than their counterparts in the original Aincrad, the boss of the Labyrinth had forced full raid parties to flee multiple times over the period of about week. Only after multiple defeats, each time getting closer and closer to depleting the boss’s HP, the Clearers managed to witness how the boss acts when it is down to its final HP bar and on June 23, 2025, another full raid, including the forces of General Eugene and Lady Sakuya was gathered and, likely, managed to finally defeat the boss and clear the floor.

Known Bosses[]

Navigation[]

Aincrad Locations Navigation Bar
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Floor Notable locations and landmarks
1 Town of Beginnings, Black Iron Palace, Hidden Dungeon, Monument of Swordsmen[Navbar 1], Monument of Life[Navbar 2], Chamber of Resurrection[Navbar 3], Tolbana, Horunka Village, Medai Village
2 Urbus, Urbus Teleport Gate Plaza, Marome Village, Taran Village
3 Forest of Wavering Mists, Zumfut, Zumfut Teleport Gate Plaza, Dessel
4 Rovia, Rovia Teleport Gate Plaza, Bear Forest, Yofel Castle, Usco Village, Caldera Lake
5 Karluin, Karluin Teleport Gate Plaza, Mananarena, Shiyaya
6 Stachion, Stachion Teleport Gate Plaza, Suribus, Ararro Town, Castle Galey, Lake Talpha, Cave City of Goskai, Murutsuki Village
7 Lexio[Navbar 4], Lexio Teleport Gate Plaza, Verdian Prairie, Volupta, Volupta Grand Casino[Navbar 5], Volupta Beach[Navbar 6], Volupta Grand Casino Monster Arena[Navbar 7], Plamio, Skeleton Prairie,[Navbar 8] Forest of the Shaky Boulders, Halin Arboreal Palace[Navbar 9], Ant-Crossing Ravine, Tribra Village
8 Frieven Village, Frieven Teleport Gate Plaza
9 Dark Elf Queen's Castle[Navbar 10]
10 Thousand Snake Castle[Navbar 11]
11 Taft, Taft Teleport Gate
19 Ralberg, Ralberg Teleport Gate, Hill of the Cross, Griselda's Tomb
20 Sunshine Forest
22 Coral Village, Coral Teleport Gate Plaza, Forest House K4, Lake Outside Coral Village
24 Panareze, Panareze Teleport Gate Plaza
25 Giltstein, Giltstein Teleport Gate Plaza, Former location of the Knights of Blood Headquarters
27 Ronbaru Town, Ronbaru Teleport Gate
28 Wolf Plains
35 Forest of Wandering, Mishe, Mishe Teleport Gate Plaza
39 Nolfret, Nolfret Teleport Gate Plaza, Former location of the Knights of Blood Headquarters
40 Jaileum, Jaileum Teleport Gate Plaza
46 Ant Hill
47 Floria, Floria Gate Plaza, Hill of Memories, Forest of Giant Flowers
48 Lindarth, Lindarth Teleport Gate Plaza
49 Myujen, Myujen Teleport Gate Plaza
50 Algade, Algade Teleport Gate Plaza
55 Granzam, Granzam Teleport Gate Plaza, Knights of Blood Headquarters, West Mountain
56 Pani, Divine Dragon Alliance Headquarters
57 Marten, Marten Teleport Gate Plaza
59 Danac, Danac Teleport Gate Plaza
61 Selmburg, Selmburg Teleport Gate Plaza
65 Old Castle Labyrinth
66 Old Castle Labyrinth
72 Ozmalt, Ozmalt Teleport Gate Plaza, Agarla Village
74 Kamdet, Kamdet Teleport Gate Plaza
75 Collinia, Collinia Teleport Gate Plaza
100 Ruby Palace
  1. Only in New ALO
  2. Only in the SAO official service
  3. Only in the SAO Beta
  4. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 1
  5. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 3
  6. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 2
  7. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 4
  8. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 6
  9. Progressive Volume 7, Rhapsody of a Red Blaze, Part 9
  10. According to Kizmel in Progressive Volume 3, Barcarolle of Froth, Part 7
  11. According to Kirito in Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 14
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World Tree Alne - Virtual Lab (Floating City) - Yggdrasil City
Alfheim Ancient Forest - Butterfly Valley - Swilvane - Legrue Corridor - Legrue - Thule Island - Undersea Temple
Jötunheimr Great Void - Thrymheim
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