Aincrad

Aincrad is the first « Realized World » shown in the « Sword Art Online » light novel series. It's full name is An Incarnating Radius (AINCRAD).

Background
Aincrad serves as the setting of the first ever VRMMORPG « Sword Art Online ». It has a hundred floors. It was incorporated in «ALfheim Online» on May 2025.

The base currency of Aincrad is the Col.

Etymology and Meaning
A «Realized World» called An Incarnating Radius; the name has been abbreviated as Aincrad. It is also inferable that its design is symbolic for time and space. the vertical axis representing time and the circular floors representing space.

Geography
The diameter of the base floor Aincrad is about 10 kilometers, and it consists of a 100 floors stacking straight upwards, meaning that each floor's diameter is a bit smaller than the previous one.. Inside, there are couple of large cities along with countless small scale towns and villages, forests and plains, and even lakes. Only one stairway links each floor to another, and the stairways exists as dungeons where large numbers of monsters roam. The «Teleport Gates» of every unlocked cities are connected to one another.

Known Bosses

 * Illfang the Kobold Lord (Boss Monster of the 1st Floor)
 * The Geocrawler (Boss Monster of the 56th Floor)
 * The Gleam Eyes (Boss Monster of the 74th Floor)
 * The Skullreaper (Boss Monster of the 75th Floor)
 * Nicholas the Renegade (Boss Monster of the Lost Forest in Christmas Event)
 * The Fatal-Scythe (Boss Monster of the Black Iron Castle Hidden Bonus Dungeon)

Known Monsters

 * Blue Slug
 * Dark Elf
 * Demonic Servant
 * Drunken Ape
 * Dusk Lizard
 * Elder Treant
 * Feathery Dragon
 * Forest Elf
 * Frenzy Boar (Level 1)
 * Frost Bone
 * Gargoyle
 * Jagged Worm
 * Killer Mantis
 * Kobold
 * Large Nepent
 * Little Nepent
 * Lizardman Lord (Level 82)
 * Ragout Rabbit (Super Rare)
 * Ruin Kobold Sentinel
 * Ruin Kobold Trooper
 * Storm Hornet
 * Treant Sapling
 * Trembling Cow
 * Trembling Ox
 * Wind Wasp

Known Plants

 * The Flower of Pneuma

Re-appearance
At the end of Fairy Dance, with the sprouting of « Seed », Aincrad re-appears in the skies of ALfheim Online. It is currently being cleared by guilds and the like, led by high level players like General Eugene.