Timeline

This is the **timeline** of the events in Sword Art Online Abridged in chronological order.

## 2008

### October

* **October 7:** Kazuto Kirigaya is born.

## 2014

* Kazuto and Suguha start practicing kendo under their grandfather's tutelage.

## 2016

* Kazuto quits practicing kendo.
* Suguha starts receiving sexist abuse from her grandfather.

### February

* **~February 11:** One NerveGear beta tester beats his roommate to death while using the NerveGear. This resulted in the NerveGear's paralysing feature.
* Argus receives numerous lawsuits due to the problematic beta test.
* Bethesda Softworks approaches Kayaba Akihiko with the idea of collaborating on a game, which is later named Sword Art Online.
* SAO's long, delay filled development begins.

## 2022

### May

* The NerveGear is released on the market.

### August

* The SAO Closed Beta is launched.
* **August 1:** Yui is created.
* **August 31:** The SAO Closed Beta is closed.

### October

* **October 16:** Kayaba is unable to get a third delay and is forced to work on the game alone for three weeks, without sleep.
* **October 31:** SAO's pre-order sales begin.

### November

* **November 2:** People start queuing up at stores for the release of SAO.
* **November 5:** SAO's in store sales begin.
* **November 6:**
	+ 13:00: SAO's Official Launch.
	+ Kirito meets BallsDeep69.
	+ Keita steals Charlie, the tutorial NPC, resulting in a lot of deaths.
	+ After 17:30 - 18:00: Kayaba realizes that the NerveGear is killing people when they die in the game.
	+ Kayaba gathers the players and explains the situation, pretending it was intentional, and makes the players look like their real-life selves.
	+ Kirito parts ways with BallsDeep69.

### December

* About 2,000 people have died while playing SAO.
* **December 2:**
	+ Diabel's party finds the Boss Room.
	+ Before 19:30: The 1st Floor Boss Strategy Meeting is held in Tolbana.
	+ Kirito meets Asuna and they temporarily form a Party.
* **December 3:**
	+ 14:30: The 1st Floor Boss Raid Group bands together.
	+ 20:30: 1st Floor Boss fight begins.
	+ Diabel dies.
	+ Kirito deals the Last Attack on Illfang the Kobold Lord. He gains the Coat of Midnight as a bonus.
	+ Kirito "disolves" his Party with Asuna.
* Kayaba logs into SAO under the name Heathcliff, in order to help the players.

## 2023

* Argus disbands.
* RECT Progress, under Nobuyuki Sugou's suggestion, takes over the SAO servers' management.
* RECT Progress teams up with Ubisoft and uses SAO's data to help develop another game, ALfheim Online.
* Lizbeth's Guild members are killed by a trap.
* The Mafia is formed under Fluffles' rule.

### March

* **March 31:**
	+ The Knights of the Blood Oath are formed.
	+ Asuna joins the KOB.

### April

* **April 8:** Kirito is tricked into joining the Moonlit Black Cats.

### May

* Creation of the AmuSphere.
* **May 16:** Sachi runs off. Kirito finds her, and the two have a discussion that results in Kirito trying to be a nicer person.

### June

* **June 21:** The Moonlit Black Cats become indebted to the Mob.
* **June 22:** Most of the Moonlit Black Cats die trying to clear their debt, with the exception of Kirito and Gary.

### October

* Griselda is killed by her husband, Grimlock.

### December

* **December 24:**
	+ Kirito hears a rumor of an item that he subconsciously hopes will resurrect his friends.
	+ Kirito reunites with BallsDeep69.
	+ Kirito is attacked by the Mob, and BallsDeep69 holds them off.
	+ Kirito calls BallsDeep69 "Klein", his preferred name.

* **December 25:**
	+ ~00:00 - 03:00: Kirito defeats the Event Boss, Nicholas the Renegade, and receives the rumored item, only to be disappointed that it's a Charisma Hat.
	+ Kirito "kills" the part of him that can feel for others.
	+ Kirito goes back to calling Klein "BallsDeep69".

## 2024

* Kirito fights Fluffles. The latter fakes his death, and later joins the Knights of the Blood Oath.

### January

* **January 1:** Laughing Coffin is formed.

### February

* **February 23:**
	+ Silica leaves her Party after arguing with its leader, Rosalia.
	+ Silica gets lost in the Lost Forest after splitting from her party. Her partner Pina dies in battle, but she is saved by Kirito who found her by chance.
* **February 24:** Silica and Kirito come to the 47th Floor to acquire the Pneuma Flower.
* **February 26:**
	+ Kirito and Silica acquire the Pneuma Flower.
	+ Kirito kills Rosalia.
	+ Silica fails to revive Pina and goes on a rampage.
* Kirito realizes he has the acquired the Dual-Wield Unique Skill.

### March

* Lizbeth opens her blacksmith shop in Lindas.
* The front lines reach Sheeptar the Sheep King, which kills seven of them.
* **March 6:**
	+ The Sheeptar Strategy Meeting.
	+ Kirito kills Gary, for causing the death of their Guild mates.

### April

* **April 11:**
	+ Kirito decides to level up his Alchemy in Danac, and gets high as a result.
	+ Sheeptar kills five more people.
	+ Asuna finds Kirito, who tells her to relax more.
	+ Asuna falls asleep and Kirito ends up drawing on her face.
	+ 18:27: Kains fakes his death.
* **April 12:**
	+ ~17:00 : Yolko fakes her death.
	+ Kirito solves the mystery.
	+ Laughing Coffin attacks Kains, Yolko and Schmitt, before Kirito rescues them.
	+ Kains, Yolko and Schmitt beat Grimlock to death.

### June

* **June 24:**
	+ Kirito arrives at Lizbeth's shop and requests a custom sword to be made.
	+ Kirito and Lizbeth fall down into X'rphan the White Wyrm's lair.
* **June 25:**
	+ Kirito and Lisbeth acquire the Crystallite Ingot that they were looking for and escape the dragon's lair.
	+ Kirito acquires Sunlight Heart.
	+ Asuna burns down Lizbeth's shop.

### July

* A group of roleplayers discover ALO, making it a hit.
* The Race War begins.
* Brian and Becky break up and end up stealing each other accounts.
* Brian and Becky hijack the Race War to get people to choose a side in their fight. The Race War gets more violent as a result.
* Ted tries to get Brian and Becky to talk. The Spriggans are "wiped out" as a result.
* Suguha joins ALO, under the name Leafa, and gets "adopted" by Queen Sakuya.
* Cazmer instigates a civil war in the Sylph kingdom.

### August

* Laughing Coffin releases an advert that gives away where their base is located. The clearers form a subjugation party and assault the Guild's headquarters. Laughing Coffin is annihilated.

### October

* **October 17:**
	+ Kirito obtains some Ragout Rabbit Meat.
	+ Kirito visits Asuna's home in Selmburg on the 61st Floor for the first time, and Asuna cooks the Ragout Rabbit Meat he had acquired.
* **October 18:**
	+ ~9:10: Kuradeel challenges Kirito to a duel.
	+ 15:00 Kirito and Asuna take a break to eat lunch in the Dungeon.
	+ Kirito uses his Dual-Wield Skill in public for the first time.
	+ The Gleam Eyes is defeated; 75th Floor of Aincrad is reached.
	+ Kirito stops calling Klein "BallsDeep69".
* **October 19:** Kirito meets Heathcliff and they agree to duel.
* **October 20:**
	+ Kirito faces Heathcliff in a duel and loses. Kirito joins the Knights of the Blood Oath.
	+ Collinia devolves into a mob ruled territory.
* **October 22:**
	+ Kirito wears Knights of the Blood's white uniform for the first time.
	+ Kirito and Asuna start dating.
* **October 23:**
	+ Kirito meets with Godfree and Kuradeel to train in the 55th Floor Dungeon.
	+ Kuradeel kills Godfree during their training and reveals that he is a fan of Laughing Coffin.
	+ Asuna arrives to save Kirito and kills Kuradeel.
	+ Kirito and Asuna have sex.
	+ 21:00 Kirito proposes marriage to Asuna.
* **October 24:**
	+ The King of Ashes rises to power, and Fluffles joins him.
	+ Kirito and Asuna get married.
	+ Heathcliff sends Kirito and Asuna off on a honeymoon, while he goes to a peace talk with the King of Ashes.
* **October 25:** Kirito and Asuna move into their new home on the 22nd Floor.
* The peace talk breaks down, and Heathcliff is taken prisoner.
* Kibaou traps Thinker in the Secret Dungeon.
* **October 31:**
	+ Kirito and Asuna encounter Yui and adopt her.
	+ Kirito and Asuna travel to the Town of Beginnings with Yui; they encounter Sasha and the orphanage.
	+ Kirito and Asuna are approached by Yulier. They enter the Secret Dungeon.
	+ Yui defeats the The Fatal Scythe.
	+ Yui pretends to be erased by the system, but Kirito manages to extract her core file and save it to his NerveGear's local memory.

### November

* **November 7:**
	+ Heathcliff is freed from the King of Ashes' imprisonment and they reach an agreement.
	+ Kirito and Asuna are summoned to fight the Boss.
	+ 13:00: Raid party gathers to the 75th Floor Dungeon.
	+ The Skull Reaper glitches out and dies on its own, failing to unlock the door to the next Floor.
	+ Kirito reveals that Heathcliff is Kayaba Akihiko.
	+ Kayaba duels Kirito to determine whether to release the players or not.
	+ Asuna dies in the game.
	+ Kirito defeats Heathcliff; SAO is cleared.
	+ Around 6,000 remaining players are logged out of SAO. Sugou stops 300 of them (including Asuna) from logging out, transferring them to ALO instead.
	+ Kazuto wakes up in his hospital room, and severely injures himself.
	+ SAO is deleted.

## 2025

* Leafa gets "engaged" to Cazmer in order to stop the civil war.
* Cazmer conspires with PantySmasher to assassinate Leafa, in an attempt to end the Race War.
* Kazuto leaves the hospital and finds Asuna.
* Sugou buys Asuna from her father, Shouzou Yuuki, so he can marry her.
* Kazuto visits Asuna at the hospital and meets Sugou. During their conversation, he finds out about Sugou's plan to marry Asuna.
* Kazuto finds out about ALO from Tiffany and the picture of Asuna taken at the World Tree.
* Sakuya departs for Butterfly Valley to attend a peace conference.
* Leafa ditches her engagement party.
* Kirito enters ALO.
* Kirito summons Yui into ALO.
* Kirito meets Leafa and helps her defeat several Salamanders.
* At Sylvaine, Kirito and Leafa decide to meet up the next day for a journey to the World Tree.
* Suguha finds out that her brother is in ALO.
* Leafa accidentally leaks the peace conference's location to Cazmer.
* Leafa sends Recon to spy on Cazmer.
* Kirito and Leafa depart from Sylvaine.
* Yui finds out who Leafa is.
* Yui sets Leafa right.
* Cazmer leaks the location of the peace conference to the Salamanders.
* Squeaker dies.
* Kirito turns into the Gleam Eyes and slaughters several Salamanders.
* Kirito defeats Eugene.
* Cazmer is banished from ALO.
* Kirito, Leafa and Yui arrive in Arun.
* Kazuto and Suguha visit Asuna.
* Asuna steals an admin card.
* Kirito receives the admin card from Asuna.
* Kirito challenges the Grand Quest on his own for the first time, only to be rescued by Leafa.
* Kirito realizes who Leafa is.
* Suguha tells Kazuto about the abuse she suffered.

## Navigation

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://twitter.com/kunori/status/1425490101946052608
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Episode 17
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Episode 1
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 Episode 11
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Episode 3
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Episode 2
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Episode 12
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Episode 13
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Episode 7
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 Episode 5
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Episode 6
12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 Episode 9
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Episode 4
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Episode 8
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 Episode 14
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Episode 16
17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 Episode 10
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Episode 15
19. ↑ https://youtu.be/QQJl92RAod4?t=12423