Twitch Has Drops For Lost Ark, And It’s Resulting In A Huge Number Of Viewers

Lost Ark, the free-to-play Korean MMORPG localized and brought to the West courtesy of Amazon, is doing huge numbers on Twitch on its early access launch day, with more than 1.3 million viewers currently watching streams related to the game.

Turns out, there’s a few good reasons for that. Amazon owns Twitch, and as such is giving fans some incentives to tune in and watch Lost Ark streams on the platform in the form of the Legends of Lost Ark launch event.

Amazon has partnered with a number of streamers for the event, which is pitting three teams of 20 content creators against one another to conquer the game’s challenges in a race against time. As the various teams hit certain milestones, Twitch Drops will unlock for viewers who have watched streams from participating content creators, with each in-game reward (of which there are four total) requiring four hours of qualifying Lost Ark streams watched to be claimed. The rewards include a Battle Item Chest, an Arkesia Paper Hat Chest, a Helgaia Pet Chest, and a gold Neugier hoverboard mount. You’ll need to link your Steam account to claim the drops, with the rewards claimable from February 8-28.