ANCIENT WARDEN

A cozy old-school RPG that runs in your browser.
See that island on the horizon? Sail there, beach your skiff and walk it.

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How to Play

Free to play · No download

12Skills
25Quests
16Bosses
3Continents
In-game screenshot · Brightmeadow
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The basics

Four things the game leaves out

No download It opens in the browser tab you already have open.
No classes One character learns all twelve skills, in any order.
No timers No battle pass and no energy bar to wait on.
No wallet Free to play. Two things are sold and the game needs neither.
Screenshots

Straight from the game

A warden in red draconite armour, sword raised, facing the Frost Dragon rearing between the ice spikes of Frostpeak
Sixteen bosses Nothing they drop is stocked in a shop.
A warden sailing a small skiff on the open Sunfall Sea, whitecaps breaking around it
If you can see it, you can sail to it
A warden swinging a heartwood axe into an old yew, the huge roots of the Elderheart rising behind
Fell the old yews
A warden hammering at the anvil of the Brightmeadow smithy, furnace lit and the castle towers over the wall
Forge your own gear
A warden with a pickaxe raised over a gold-veined rock outside the desert village of Zahara
Strike gold at Zahara
A warden fishing at a hole cut in a frozen lake below Frostpeak, rod out over the ice
Fish a hole in the ice
The white marble plaza of Velmora, ringed by teal-domed halls, fountains and statues
Cities you walk street by street Three continents and two open seas.
A knight with sword raised and a hooded archer fighting King Golem together among the pillars of the Golem Ruins
Fight beside a friend
The World

Three continents, two open seas

The world map of Ancient Warden: three continents around two open seas Open the full map

Every coast on that map is ground you can stand on. Earn a skiff, then click open water to sail.

Brightmeadow Coronmar Frostpeak Zahara The Scorchlands The Elderheart Auremont Vessa Velmora Gullhithe Ambermouth The Tombs Vesperion Hollowvale

Every place and monster in the wiki →

Skills

Twelve skills

AttackStrengthDefenceVitality RangeMagicWoodcuttingMining SmithingFishingCookingKindling
The Store

Two things are sold, and the game needs neither

Everything above is free. These two are for players who want more room than a free account holds, or a world that keeps running when they log off.

Membership

Lifetime membership for the whole account, paid once. You get a bank with no limit, five characters, four friends in your world, and the Warden's tools.

Become a member
A realm

An always-on world of your own, paid month by month. You name it and set its rules, and it keeps running while you are away.

Raise a realm

Neither is a subscription to the game. See the whole store or browse the realms already out there.

Start playing

Your character is five clicks away. Log in and start wandering.

Enter Ancient Warden

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