Ardent Wilds
Dive into a fast-paced open-world survival crafting game built around flashy, arcade-style combat. Discover powerful spells and power-ups, experiment with character builds, and push your limits through increasingly dangerous environments and intense boss fights.
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Dive into a fast-paced open-world survival crafting game built around flashy, arcade-style combat.
Discover powerful spells and power-ups, experiment with character builds, and push your limits through increasingly dangerous environments and intense boss fights.
Cleanse the land of the Eldran, an encroaching eldritch hivemind consuming everything in its path, and grow strong enough to challenge their god: Yorgoroth, the Devourer of Worlds...
In Ardent Wilds, combat is fast-paced, skill-driven, and deeply customizable. Discover powerful rare artifacts that unlock unique abilities, and forge your own path as a fireball-wielding wizard, a deadly warrior, or a precision marksman.
Test your skills by facing off against formidable bosses or by completing difficult PvE challenges.
Rebuild a shattered world where your skill tree exists in the world itself. Restore ancient spires and forgotten facilities to unlock new powers and forge your own path.
Every node you unlock grants a passive bonus and serves as a fast-travel location to boot!
Create your dream fantasy home with a wide range of furniture and decorations, or elevate your journey by growing crops, cooking delicious meals, and brewing powerful elixirs to aid you in battle.
Venture deep into ancient caves and underground mines, where danger lurks around every corner. As you explore these dark, labyrinthine caverns, you'll face deadly traps, fierce enemies, and hidden secrets waiting to be uncovered. The risk is worth the reward: valuable loot, rare materials, and powerful artifacts await...
Gather materials to construct and upgrade your base and craft powerful armor and weapons at specialized crafting stations.
Ardent Wilds offers online co-op for up to 6 players*, letting you and your friends explore and conquer together.
(*Player count can be increased beyond 6, though the game is not balanced for larger groups.)
Additional Features
Extensive modding capabilities: all game objects, creatures, abilities and combat effects are programmable using our Lua API. Need some examples? All scripts for our existing content is shipped with the game and is visible and accessible for you to tinker with.
Customize your hero with a myriad of hair styles, beards, colors & other customization options.
No internet? No problem! The game can be played in multiplayer over the Local Network (LAN) as well as via Steam.
