SAO Fanon's Aincrad

Aincrad(アインクラッド, Ainkuraddo) is the main setting of Sword Art Onlineand the many different fan-fictions.

Background
Aincrad is the world set as the stage for «Sword Art Online», declared to be the world's first VRMMORPG in history. It was incorporated in «ALfheim Online» on May 2025.

The base currency of Aincrad is the Col.

Etymology and Meaning
The castle's name came from the concept of a «Realized World», called " A n Inc arnating Rad ius (アン・インカーネイティング・ラディウス, An Inkāneitingu Radiusu), which has been abbreviated as Aincrad. It is also inferable that its design is symbolic for time and space. The vertical axis represents time and the circular floors represent space.

Geography
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Aincrad is an iron-and-stone made floating castle that has about ten kilometers floor base diameter and consists of a hundred floors stacking straight upwards, meaning that each floor's diameter is a bit smaller than the previous one. On each floor, there are a couple of large cities along with countless small scale towns and villages, forests, plains, and even lakes. Only one stairway links each floor to another, and the stairways exists beyond the boss room of each dungeon. The Teleport Gates of every unlocked cities are connected to one another.

It is possible to climb the outer circumference of Aincrad, but trying to climb beyond a floor that hasn't been unlocked will result in being blocked by a barrier and a visual error.

Bosses
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Each Boss is unique and stronger than the previous. Here, there will be more than one boss for each floor, due to the many different editors.

Monsters
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A variety of unique monsters that can be found on every floor and in every dungeon in Aincrad. They are the main source of income for most players, as they drop Col and other items to the victorious players. Like NPCs, monsters, except for most if not all Bosses, re-spawn after a certain amount of time has passed since they were killed.

New Aincrad
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