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The Prime Batch Founders Program is the official early-access pathway for Fragmentary Order. Instead of selling pre-orders or founder packs, the studio gates entry to the closed alpha through an alternate-reality game hosted at the in-fiction cor3.gg portal. Players sign up, work through quests, decode lore, and accumulate standing in an internal rank system. Higher-ranked participants earn priority placement when the first wave of closed alpha invitations goes out, currently targeted for late 2026.
How it Works
Enrollment runs entirely through cor3.gg, the same site that has hosted the project's ARG riddles since January 2026. Once a player creates an account, the portal exposes a stream of in-fiction tasks framed as assignments from the megacorporation Core. These tasks fall into a few broad categories rather than a fixed checklist.
Activity Type | What It Involves |
|---|---|
Quests | In-fiction objectives presented through the cor3.gg interface. Some are self-contained puzzles, while others reward sustained engagement over multiple updates. |
Lore decoding | Reading, decrypting, and piecing together background material about Core, the CORIE framework, and the 2251 setting. Community theorycrafting is a routine part of solving the harder layers. |
Rank progression | Completed activities feed an internal rank system. Climbing the ladder reflects how deeply a participant has engaged with the ARG, and that standing translates into alpha placement priority. |
Rank Ladder
Progression in the program is organized into a tiered rank ladder rather than a flat sign-up list. Standing is determined by depth of engagement with the CORIE Framework ARG, not by how early a participant registered. Four ranks have been named publicly, in ascending order of standing:
Pathfinder: an entry rung on the ladder, reflecting early sustained participation.
Torchbearer: a mid-tier rank for participants who have pushed deeper into the ARG.
The Pillar: a high-standing rank carrying strong priority for the early test waves.
Forerunner: the highest rank. As of the April 2026 reveal it was described as already closed, with the remaining lower tiers still open for a limited time.
The ladder feeds directly into alpha placement priority: a higher rank means a better chance of being invited in the first wave rather than waiting for later windows. Specific quotas, the cutoff rank for the first wave, and any per-region caps have not been published, and there is no paid tier that bypasses the climb.
The system is built around the same in-fiction framing as the rest of the project. Participants are positioned as Core Era citizens applying for early integration into the CORIE framework, and the language used across the portal reinforces that role-play layer rather than treating the program as a conventional storefront.
Reward
The headline reward is priority placement in the first closed alpha. Higher rank means a better chance of being invited in the early waves rather than waiting for later test windows. Anyone hoping to be on the ground floor of testing the Replicated Entities core loop or the broader Gameplay Overview is expected to earn that slot through the ARG rather than buy it.
No specific cosmetic items, in-game currency packages, or other tangible reward bundles have been disclosed publicly. The program has been described in terms of access, not commodity rewards, and there has been no announcement of paid founder tiers.
Closed Alpha Target
The studio has framed the first closed alpha as launching late 2026 or simply 'soon,' without committing to a firm date. That window has been used in interviews and on the official site, but it has not been backed by a calendar slot, a build version, or a public roadmap milestone.
Pre-orders are not available. There is no founder pack, no early-bird purchase, and no paid tier that bypasses the ARG. The Prime Batch Founders Program is the only sanctioned route into the closed alpha at this stage of development, and it is free to join.
Origins
The infrastructure that became the founders program was in place months before the game itself was named. The cor3.gg site appeared in January 2026 as an in-fiction corporate portal with old-computer-interface visuals and a sequence of ARG riddles. On February 1, 2026 the Cor3Corp YouTube channel posted its first teaser video, also framed as corporate communication rather than a game trailer.
The full project reveal landed on April 12, 2026. A seven-minute CGI lore trailer dropped, fragmentaryorder.com went live, the developer was identified, and cor3.gg was formalized as the official Prime Batch ARG portal. Sign-ups for the founders program opened in the same window. For a longer breakdown of those months, see the Reveal and ARG History article.
Unconfirmed Details
Several aspects of the program have not been publicly documented and should not be treated as known until the studio confirms them. This article will be updated as those details surface.
Topic | Status |
|---|---|
Specific rank names | Four tiers are now named publicly (Pathfinder, Torchbearer, The Pillar, Forerunner), in ascending order. Forerunner, the top tier, was described as already closed at the April 2026 reveal. The exact requirements to reach each tier are still not documented. |
Specific quest names | Not publicly disclosed. Individual ARG quests circulate within the community as they are solved, but no canonical published list exists. |
Cosmetic or item rewards | Not announced. The only confirmed reward is alpha placement priority. |
Alpha entry quotas | Not announced. The total number of slots, the cutoff rank for the first wave, and any per-region caps are unknown. |
Alpha duration | Not announced. The studio has not stated how long the closed alpha will run or whether it will roll into open testing. |
Region availability | Not announced. Whether the alpha will be limited to specific regions, or open globally to qualifying participants, has not been confirmed. |