Game modes

Twelve ways to fight, from the first campaign stage to clan wars. What each mode gives, the level that opens it and the month it arrives.

Every mode at a glance

See when each mode opens and what it rewards.

  • Campaign
  • Affinity keeps
  • Arena
  • Gear dungeons
  • Clan boss
  • Ash Spire
  • Faction Sanctums
  • Ash Wyrm
  • Team arena
  • Twin Titan
  • Live duel
  • Clan war

Campaign

Twelve chapters of seven stages lead toward the Dawn Gate, and each one ends on a chapter boss.

  • Saltlantern Quay
  • Rootbridge Hollow
  • Petalwake Cove
  • Raincourt Steps
  • Drumhollow Pass
  • Starcamp Plains

Affinity keeps

One keep opens each day, one per affinity. Clear its stages for Tinctures.

  • Affinity keeps

Gear dungeons

Six dungeons, twenty-five stages each and the sets that shape every build.

  • 6 gear dungeons, twenty-five stages each and the sets that shape every build.

Player versus player

Arena, team arena and live duel test your army against other commanders.

  • Arena
  • Team arena
  • Live duel

Clan modes

Fight as a clan, from the daily boss to clan wars.

  • Clan creation
  • Clan boss
  • Ash Wyrm

Ash Spire

A tower of sixty floors, with a boss every tenth floor.

  • Cinderray
  • Grovesloth
  • Paperfin
  • Stormcroak
  • Mesaback
  • Gloamhare
  • Thrumbat
  • Mirenewt
  • Duskmoth
  • Murkwhisker
  • Gildcloud
  • Seamwatcher
  • Weirswan
  • Goldcygnet
  • Gildotter
  • Starlynx
  • Lensling
  • Starkit
  • Columnhide
  • Ashgecko
  • Rollstone
  • Riftlure
  • Echoling
  • Hushfin
  • Brasshide
  • Rivet Rat
  • Bellows Toad
  • Shrineshell
  • Lantern Crab
  • Petal Crab
  • Coilstar
  • Ringhound
  • Glassheron
  • Hueshift
  • Vinetail
  • Jade Hummer
  • Gloomcap
  • Puffcap
  • Root Badger
  • Reefmare
  • Foammare
  • Glassfin
  • Mournbell
  • Ash Wyrm
  • Gilded Head
  • Pale Head
  • Ochre Head
  • Riven Head
  • Dayhart
  • Nighthart
  • Glassquill
  • Shardling
  • Droneshell
  • Chirrling
  • Silverhoard
  • Pinchfeather
  • Embercrane
  • Cinderchick
  • Murkcuttle
  • Inkling
  • Echolyre
  • Mimicwren

Faction Sanctums

Each Sanctum belongs to one faction, and only that faction's warlords may enter.

  • Skyward Order
  • Crown Lancers
  • Ember Guard
  • Aster Court
  • Beastkin
  • Stoneback Giants
  • Scaleborn
  • Tuskbound
  • Night Veil
  • Ashen Legion
  • Abyss Choir
  • Hollow Revenants
  • Gearwrights
  • Fox Masks
  • Moss Wardens
  • Tide Runners

Events and tournaments

Limited events and tournaments run all year beside the permanent modes.

  • Season Pass
  • Chronicles I
  • Chronicles II

Mode timeline

The road from launch through the first two years.

  • Launch
  • Month 1
  • Month 2
  • Month 3
  • Month 4
  • Month 5
  • Month 6
  • Month 7
  • Month 8
  • Month 9
  • Month 10
  • Month 11
  • Month 12
  • Month 13
  • Month 14
  • Month 15
  • Month 16
  • Month 17
  • Month 18
  • Month 19
  • Month 20
  • Month 21
  • Month 22
  • Month 23
  • Month 24
  • Month 25
  • Month 26
  • Month 27
  • Month 28
  • Month 29
  • Month 30
  • Month 31
  • Month 32
  • Month 33
  • Month 34
  • Month 35
  • Month 36
  • Month 37
  • Month 38
  • Month 39
  • Month 40
  • Month 41
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