User blog:TUSF/Light Novel Chronology

This blog post is a list of published works of SAO, ordered generally by their place on the time-line. For a more detailed timeline with specific information about dates and such, check out the Wiki's Timeline page. (It's also more up-to-date, considering I only update this page when prompted to, and I usually forget about it completely)

For most of the Volumes, there is no break in their timeline. However, Volume 1 has a large time-skip, so I broke it down into chapters.

Note: The Bolded Floor is the floor at which the front-lines are at by this point. Italicized floors means that it's only information from the anime.

ME = Material Edition

SS = Side Story

SAOP = Sword Art Online: Progressive

Aincrad Arc

 * Volume 1 - Prologue
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 1 - First Floor
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 2
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 3
 * Volume 8 - Chapter 3 (First Day)
 * SAOP: Volume 1 - (Aria in the Starless Night)
 * SAOP: Volume 1 - (Reason for the Wiskers) - Second Floor
 * SAOP: Volume 1 - (Rondo of the Transient Sword)
 * SAOP: Volume 2 - (Monochrome Concerto) - Third Floor
 * SAOP: Volume 3 - (Barcarolle of Froth) - Forth Floor
 * (More Progressive here!)
 * Volume 2 - Chapter 4 (Red-nosed Reindeer) - Twenty-Eight / Thirty / Forty-Ninth Floors
 * Volume 2 - Chapter 1 (The Black Swordsman) - Fifty-Fifth Floor
 * ME1: The Progressers - Fifty-Six Floor
 * Volume 8 - Chapter 1 (A Murder Case in the Area) - Fifty-Ninth Floor
 * Volume 2 - Chapter 2, Parts 1-3 (Warmth of the Heart) - Sixty-Third Floor
 * SS: Sound of Water, Sound of Hammer - Seventieth Floor
 * ME4: Cold Hand, Warm Heart
 * SS: "Story Pencil Board" story
 * SS: The Fourteenth Autumn - Seventy-Forth Floor

(Two Years After Volume 1 - Chapter 3)
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 4 (Explanation of what's happened since Chapter 3)
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 5
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 6
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 7
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 8
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 9
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 10
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 11
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 12 - Seventy-Fifth Floor
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 13
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 14
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 15
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 16
 * SS: The Day Before
 * ME10: 16.6
 * ME11: 16.7
 * ME12: 16.8
 * SS: 16.8.5
 * ME13: 16.9
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 17
 * ME6: Algade Showdown
 * Volume 2 - Chapter 3 (Morning Dew Girl)
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 18
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 19
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 20
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 21
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 22
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 23
 * SS: The Final Promise
 * Volume 2 - Chapter 2, Part 4 (Warmth of the Heart)
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 24
 * Volume 1 - Chapter 25 - SAO Cleared
 * ME5: Salvia

Fairy Dance Arc

 * Volume 3
 * Volume 4 - Chapter 5-8
 * SS: Celeste Fairy
 * Volume 4 - Chapter 9
 * SS: The Day After
 * SS: Rainbow Bridge

Phantom Bullet Arc

 * Volume 5
 * Volume 6
 * Volume 8 - Chapter 2 (Caliber)
 * SS: A Spot of Sunshin in the Winter
 * Volume 7 - Mother's Rosario (1 - 10)
 * SS: chromatic colors
 * Volume 7 - Mother's Rosario (10 - 12)
 * SS: Accel World Volume 10 - Versus
 * SS: Dream Game -Crossover-
 * SS: Versus II

Alicization Arc

 * Volume 9
 * Volume 10
 * Volume 11
 * Volume 12
 * Volume 13
 * Volume 14
 * Volume 15
 * Volume 16
 * Volume 17+


 * SS: There Is But One Ultimate Way (Spoiler) (Not Canon) (Takes place after Alicization)

I'll be updating this list as side-stories and such are released.