News · 10 November 2026

The playtest is open

We reached 100 members on Discord, and the doors are open for a week. Thank you. Come in and play however you like.

Three Contractors standing at the foot of the Hundred-Ring Yew in the Elderwood, tiny against its trunk, shafts of sun coming down between the giant trees behind — Under the Hundred-Ring Yew, in the Elderwood.

Thank you

The first thing I want to say is thank you. Thank you for joining the Discord, for playing the first test, for inviting your friends, and for sticking around while the game got built. This playtest is happening because of you.

Play your way

There’s no right way to play. Train your skills, hunt the bosses, fight past the Claim Line, fish all week, dress up, decorate your room at the Grand Hotel, or just hang out and talk. Play however you like. That’s what I want to see.

The playtest runs for one week. Everything you earn in it is saved to your account, and it stays yours: there are no more wipes. If you played the first test, you’ll need to make a new account.

New places

Two new lands have opened since the last post. The Elderwood is a forest of giant trees south-west of Halcyon, with the Hundred-Ring Yew in the middle of it and dire wolves hunting round it in packs. West of it lie the Mirewater Fens, reed beds and black pools with one dry way across: the Boardwalk, whose lanterns come on at dusk.

A Contractor in rune armor with a longsword drawn in a sunlit clearing of the Elderwood, four dire wolves closing in from every side — Dire wolves never hunt alone.

A Contractor on the Mirewater Boardwalk at dusk beside a lit lantern, the planks running over dark water between reed beds — The Mirewater Boardwalk at dusk.

Tell me

Found a bug, or have an idea? Tell me on the Discord. I read everything.

See you at the Grand Hotel!