Publisher KOEI TECMO and developer Gust recently dropped a new story trailer for Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories. The new trailer takes Karia and company down into Noctrem, the ancient underworld beneath the continent of Aladiss, where the mana is withering and someone must solve the mystery behind it.

That someone is Karia, an alchemist with no memory, who is poking around this cursed underworld. Karia is guided by Ernest, a hard-working automaton who guards an underground atelier and knows the old legends of the place. Karia will also run into the masked alchemist Crave Fortis, and the temperamental, blade-legged alchemist Lyvel Ventus. Both of them are guarding a colossal enemy that looks to be the source of the whole mana withering mess (but is it? Does the Mana have a secret? Hurm…). Friendlier faces include Signa, a young man out for revenge against a creature that destroyed his hometown, and Viktor von Duerer, a knight who commands the Aladiss Pioneering Team.

The trailer also shows how Karia can take a break from exploring and start decorating. Players can set up bases all over Noctrem, with sub-bases and relay bases feeding into a main base and opening up furniture blueprints as they progress. Some of it is purely cosmetic, but “Feature Modules” can affect your progression in the game, such as increasing item drops, materials, or food.

And speaking of the food, Karia can eat the things she synthesizes to change her appearance and abilities. The Atelier series has always been about making things, but now the things she makes can make you. She is what she eats? Sort of. In addition, cooking group meals in the atelier kitchen boosts friendship with the party, and sharing a companion’s favorite dish earns a bonus, with certain dishes adding stat boosts or better gathering rates. Raise a bond high enough and you earn nighttime chatting events, and maybe even an individual character ending.

Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories launches February 25, 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, SeXbox, and Steam PC. Digital pre-orders are open now, with a Digital Deluxe Edition from NIS America that includes the “Colorful Collection” costume set, Snack Band equipment, and a physical premium box with an artbook, CD, nine posters, and other costume DLC. Pre-order by February 24 for a Special Emote pose and a Noctrem’s Nature photo frame, and anyone who buys by March 10 gets the Noctrem Pioneering Preparation Set. For those who still have an Atelier Yumia save file, you’ll get the bonus Atelier Yumia costume set.

You can check out the new story trailer for Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories below.