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Medai Village
April 26, 2026 at 05:25 PM
Expand Medai Village with honest unconfirmed-status framing and Floor 1 lore framing only (2026-04-26)
Medai Village is one of the smaller named locations on Floor 1 of Aincrad in Echoes of Aincrad.
In established Sword Art Online lore, Medai Village is one of the smaller settlements on the first floor of Aincrad, positioned east of the Town of Beginnings and reached through a stretch of mountainous terrain. That lore framing is the most that can be said about the village with confidence. Whether Medai is fully implemented as a visitable in-game location with its own NPCs, shops, and quests in this game is a separate question, and one that has not yet been answered in published material.
Coverage of the game so far has not specifically detailed Medai Village as an in-game location. The named partner roster, the combat systems, the editions, and several other Floor 1 settlements have all been described in announcement material and previews, but Medai itself has not been highlighted in any first-party reveal at the time of writing. That makes the village's role in the game uncertain. It may be a fully visitable settlement, a passing reference in dialogue or signage, or simply absent from the game's playable territory.
Until a primary source confirms specifics, this article treats Medai as a Floor 1 lore reference rather than a fully described in-game stop. If later reveals confirm Medai's specific implementation, or confirm that the village is not in the game on launch, the page should be updated accordingly.
The first floor of Aincrad is the opening playable region in the game. The Town of Beginnings serves as the floor's hub, and other smaller named Floor 1 settlements that have appeared in coverage include Tolbana and Horunka Village. Medai's place in the established lore puts it in the same general category as those smaller settlements: a named non-hub location somewhere on the first floor, distinct from the central town that the player starts in.
To avoid filling this page with fabricated detail, the points below set out exactly what is not yet established for Medai Village in this game.
Not confirmed: Whether Medai Village is a visitable in-game location at launch.
Not confirmed: Any specific NPCs tied to the village, including shopkeepers, quest givers, or named residents.
Not confirmed: Any specific shop or smithy services available in the village.
Not confirmed: Any specific quests or side content that begins, progresses, or resolves at Medai.
Not confirmed: Whether Medai gates side content the way some smaller Floor 1 settlements may, or whether it is purely an optional stop.
Floor 1 Town of Beginnings covers the first playable floor and its central hub city.
Town of Beginnings is the Floor 1 hub city, the structural counterpart to Medai's smaller-settlement role in canon lore.
Tolbana is another named Floor 1 settlement, positioned closer to the Floor 1 Labyrinth.
Horunka Village is a separate small Floor 1 settlement and the closest structural comparison point for Medai.
Urbus is the hub city of the second playable floor, included for navigation across the game's two floors.
Aincrad describes the floating castle as a whole and the role each floor plays within it.
