SAO Timeline

Tentative timeline of the events/Books in SAO

SAO Timeline

2020

• Asada Shino involved in a hold-up (September / October 2020, IRL)

2022 - SAO

• Creation of Nerve Gear (May 2022, IRL)
• Sword Art Online Bêta (June 2022 to August 31st, 2022)
• SAO Launched (November 11th, 2022)
• Volume 1 - Chapters 2 and 3 (November 6th, 2022, at 17:30, SAO)
• Volume 8 - "First Day" (November 6th, 2022, SAO)
• Gaiden - "Aria in the Starless Night" (December 2022, SAO)
• First meeting between Asuna and Kirito (December 2022, SAO)
• Floor 2 of Aincrad (December 2022, SAO)

2023-2024 - SAO

2023

• Volume 1 - Begining of Chapter 4 (December 2022, SAO)
• Kirito joined the "Black Cats of the Full Moon" (April 2023, SAO)
• Creation of AmuSphere and Alfheim Online (May 2023, IRL)
• Disappearance of the "Black Cats of the Full Moon" (June 2023, SAO)
• Kirito acquired the sword "Elucidator" (2023, SAO)
• Kirito acquired "Dual Blades" (2023, SAO)
• Suguha joined ALO ​​(November 2023, ALO / IRL)
• Volume 2 - "Red-nosed Reindeer" (December 19th-23rd, 2023, SAO)

2024

-- [Birth of the red guild "Laughing Coffin" (January 2024, SAO)]
Volume 2 - "Black Swordsman" (February 2024, SAO)
-- [Real meeting between Asuna and Kirito (April 2024, SAO)]
Volume 8 - "A Murder Case in the Area" (April 2024, SAO)
Volume 2 - "Warmth of the Heart" (June 2024, SAO)
-- [Kirito acquired the sword "Dark Repulser" (June 2024, SAO)]
-- [Coalition against "Laughing Coffin" (August 2024, SAO)]
Volume 1 - End of Chapter 4 (September / October 2024, SAO)

-- [Floor 74 of Aincrad (2024, SAO)]
Volumes 1, 2 - Prologue (October 2024, SAO)

-- Volume 3 - Beginning of Prologue (First days of October 2024, IRL)
Volume 1 - Chapter 1 (End of October 2024, SAO)
Volume 1 - Chapters 5-12 (End of October 2024, SAO)
-- [Floor 75 of Aincrad (End of October 2024, SAO)]
Volume 1 - Chapters 12 and 13 (End of October 2024, SAO)
-- [Kirito joined the "Knights of Blood" (End of October 2024, SAO)]
Volume 1 - Chapters 14-16 (End of October 2024, SAO)
Gaiden - Chapter 16.5 (End of October 2024, SAO)
Volume 2 - "Morning Dew Girl" (End of October 2024, SAO)
-- [Appearance of Yui (End October 2024, SAO)]
Gaiden - "Algade Showdown" (lEnd of October 2024, SAO)
Volume 1 - Chapters 17-19 (November 2024, SAO)
Volume 1 - Chapters 20-25 (November 7th, 2024, SAO)
-- [SAO Deleted + Death of Kayaba Akihiko (November 7th, 2024)]
[End of Aincrad]
-- Volume 3 - End of Prologue (November 7th, 2024, IRL)

2025 - ALO + GGO

ALO

Gaiden - "Salvia" (January 2025, IRL)
Volume 3 - Chapter 1 (19-20 January 2025, ALO)
Volumes 3-4 - Chapter 2-5 (January 2025, ALO)
-- ["Excaliber" found (January 2025, ALO)]
Volume 4 - Chapter 6-8 (January 2025, ALO)
-- [Creation of "Seed" + ALO Suspended (January 2025)]
-- [Akihiko Kayaba's whereabouts (March 2025, IRL)]
Volume 4 - Chapter 9 (May 2025, IRL / ALO)
[End of Fairy Dance]

GGO

-- [Gun Gale Online Created (2025)]
Volume 5 - Prologue (November 9th, 2025, GGO)
-- ["Death Gun" Murders (November 2025, IRL)]
Volume 5 - Chapter 1-7 (December 7th-14th, 2025, GGO)
Volume 6 - Chapter 7.2 (December 14th, 2025, IRL)
Volume 6 - Chapters 8-16 (December 2025, GGO)
-- [Shinkawa Brothers arrested (December 2025, IRL)]
-- [Escape of Atsushi Kanemoto (December 2025, IRL)]
[End of Phantom Bullet]

ALO

-- [Sinon joined ALO (December 2025, ALO)]
Volume 8 - "Caliber" (December 2025, ALO)
-- [Kirito acquired the sword "Excaliber" (December 28th 2025, ALO)]
-- [Lizbet acquired the hammer "Mjölnir" (December 28th 2025, ALO)]

2026 - ALO + UnderWorld

ALO

Volume 7 (January-April 2026, ALO / IRL)
[End of Mother's Rosario]

UnderWorld

Accel World Volume 10 - "Versus" (June 2026 // 2039, Brain Burst)

Volume 9 - Alicization Beginning (June 2026, UnderWorld)
[In Progress]
Gaiden - "Cradle of the Moon" (??, UW)
Volume ?? - Alicization Epilogue (August 2026, UW)
Gaiden - "There is but one Ultimate way" (August 2026, UW)