SAO Timeline

Tentative timeline of the events/Books in SAO

SAO Timeline

2008

• Kazuto adopted by the Kirigaya family after his birth and his parents' death (2008, IRL)

2018

• Kazuto found out about his parents' death (2018, IRL)

2020

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

2022 - SAO

• Creation of Nerve Gear (May 2022, IRL)
• Sword Art Online Beta (August-September 2022)
• SAO Launched (November 6th, 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)

• Volume 1 - Beginning of Chapter 4 (December 2022, SAO)
• Suguha found out about Kazuto’s parents’ death (December 2022, IRL)

2023-2024 - SAO

2023

• 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" (October-November 2023, SAO)
• Suguha joined ALO ​​(November 2023, ALO / IRL)
• Volume 2 - "Red-nosed Reindeer" (December 19th-23rd, 2023, SAO)
• Konno Yuuki begins using the MediCuboid ​​(2023, IRL)

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)

• Events of Sound of Water, Sound of Hammer (SAO Lisbeth Side Story) (Aincrad 48th Floor August 2024) and Coalition against "Laughing Coffin" (August 2024, SAO)
• Floor 74 of Aincrad (2024, SAO)
• Volume 3 - Beginning of Prologue (First days of October 2024, IRL)
• Volumes 1, 2 - Prologue (October 2024, SAO)
• Volume 1 - Chapter 1 (End of October 2024, SAO)
• Volume 1 - End of Chapter 4 (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" (End of October 2024, SAO)
• Volume 1 - Chapters 17-19 (November 2024, SAO)
• Volume 1 - Chapters 20-24 (November 7th, 2024, SAO)

• SAO Deleted (November 7th, 2024)
• Death of Kayaba Akihiko (November 7th, 2024)

• Volume 1 - Chapter 25 (November 7th, 2024, IRL)

• 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 - Chapters 2-5 (January 2025, ALO)

• "Excaliber" found (January 2025, ALO)

• Volume 4 - Chapters 6, 7 (January 2025, ALO)
• Volume 4 - Chapter 8 (January 2025, ALO / IRL)

• Creation of "Seed" (January 2025)
• Sugou Nobuyuki Arrested (January 2025, IRL)
• 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 (April 2025)
• Meeting between Shinkawa Kyouji and Asada Shino (June 2025, IRL)
• Shino joined GGO (June 2025, GGO)
• Shino acquired "Ultima Ratio Hecate II" (June 2025, GGO)
• 1st “Bullet of Bullets” (August 2025, GGO)
• 2nd “Bullet of Bullets” (October 2025, GGO)
• Volume 5 - Prologue (November 9th, 2025, GGO)

• "Death Gun" Murders (November 2025, IRL)

• Volume 5 - Chapters 1, 2 (December 7th, 2025, IRL)
• Volume 5 - Chapter 3 (December 11th, 2025, GGO)
• Volume 5 - Chapters 4-6 (December 13th, 2025, IRL / GGO)
• 3rd “Bullet of Bullets” (December 2025, GGO)
• Volume 5 - Chapter 7 (December 13th, 2025, GGO)
• Volume 6 - Chapter 7.2 (December 14th, 2025, IRL)
• Volume 6 - Chapters 8-10 (December 14th, 2025, IRL / GGO)
• Volume 6 - Chapters 11 (December 14th, 2025, ALO)
• Volume 6 - Chapter 12 (December 14th, 2025, GGO)
• Volume 6 - Chapter 13 (December 14th, 2025, ALO)
• Volume 6 - Chapters 14, 15 (December 14th, 2025, GGO / IRL)

• Shinkawa Brothers arrested (December 14th, 2025, IRL)
• Escape of Atsushi Kanemoto (December 14th, 2025, IRL)

• Volume 6 - Chapter 16 (December 16th, 2025, IRL)

• End of Phantom Bullet

ALO

• Sinon joined ALO (December 16th-21st, 2025, ALO)
• Volume 8 - "Caliber" (December 28th, 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" (April 2026 // 2047, Brain Burst)
• Volume 9 - Alicization Beginning (June 2026, UnderWorld)
• Gaiden - "Cradle of the Moon" (??, UW)
• Volume ?? - Alicization Epilogue (August 2026, UW)
• Gaiden - "There is but one Ultimate way" (August 2026, UW)

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