Open Beta
The lantern at the summit grows dim. On the morning the bell tolled, a small pilgrim began to climb.
This is a PC (Windows) game. Please download it on your PC.
PC game (Windows) · Open Beta v0.9.1
World
A tower stands in the midst of a sea of clouds. The First Lantern at its summit once poured light upon the isles around it; forests grew, and beasts awoke.
Now that light grows dim, and on the morning the bell tolled, one who awoke begins to climb.
Every floor is another isle. Pass through the Ascension Gate and climb, one floor at a time.
Sunlit woods and Belltower Village, the Standing Stone Circle and the Castle of the Forgotten King. Follow the falls that pour into the clouds across the First Isle.
Places to find
A great foe awaits
Somewhere on this isle, a great foe yet unnamed awaits the pilgrims.
Everything is revealed once someone on the server conquers this floor first.
A thick mist veils the upper tower. No one has yet seen beyond it.
Combat
Guard and parry, roll and lock on. Weighty action combat, played with a pad or with keyboard and mouse.
Combos and Guarding — Chain light and heavy attacks; meet the blows with a shield.
Hold a foe in sight and measure the distance with side and back steps.
A well-timed parry opens a great gap.
No blow lands in the instant of a roll.
Every swing, block and roll draws upon it.
In-game footage (in development)
Weapons
From the Sword to the Sacred Seal, each type has its own moves and arts. Sixty-eight named weapons each carry a unique art and a story of their own.
Three shields for the left hand, each with its own balance of blocking and parrying.
A small, light round shield. Its block is weak, but it parries most easily of all.
A kite-shaped medium shield. Balanced in block and parry.
A great shield that covers the whole body. Blocks nearly everything, but cannot parry.
Arts · Spells
Common arts, weapon-type arts and weapon-unique arts. Fill your slots with the combination you like and make your own way of fighting.
217 arts · 139 spells
[Wand of Night only] Spread a shadow that draws foes in. Draws foes in, and projectiles seek them out.
[Thornvine Whip only] Coil the foe in thornvines, drag it in and squeeze. Leaves a poison cloud that poisons foes within.
Set off a burst of lightning around you. Lightning leaps to two foes near each one struck.
Draw nearby foes to a single point. Draws foes in, and projectiles seek them out.
Split the earth and summon a dragon of flame. It coils about the caster, soars skyward, then plunges onto the foe, leaving a sea of fire in its wake. Invincible while casting. Leaves flames where it strikes that keep burning.
Stain the sky blood-red and split the clouds, raining down vast burning meteors one after another. Each impact brings blasts and shockwaves, and the ground burns for a while. The last meteor is the greatest. Invincible while casting. Leaves flames where it strikes that keep burning.
Tear open the sky and call down a greatsword of light tens of metres long, driving it onto the foe's head. The ground splits and a vast shockwave sweeps the surroundings. Invincible while casting. Restores a little HP with each hit, and is especially strong against the undead.
In an instant where time seems to stop, dart dozens of times between every foe within 10 metres, leaving inky blade marks in the air. The moment the blade is sheathed, every mark bursts at once. Usable with any weapon. Invincible while casting.
Characters
Choose your Child of the Bell, then their hairstyle and colour, skin, eyes and voice. Thirty-five outfits and 140 pieces of armour let you change your look.
Hairstyles
From forest hunters to stage costumes. Head, chest, arms and legs are worn and changed separately.
Co-op
Up to four together. Be summoned as a guest into a host’s world and fell great foes side by side.
The host opens a room with “Open My World”, choosing a name, a password and the number of players.
Guests pick a room from the lobby’s room list and join.
Progress (bosses and uniques) belongs to the host’s world. Great foes felled together are kept in Shared Ascents.
Fighting together earns Companion’s Seals to spend at the Fellowship Exchange, the Bell Cart’s coffer.
Host and guests must run the same version to meet.
News
News of the open beta and patch notes will be posted here. The beta download link will appear on this page as soon as it is ready.
Each beta patch note lists what is new, what has changed, what has been fixed, and known issues. Known issues need not be reported.
Host and guests must run the same version to meet. If anything goes wrong in co-op, please send the bug report zip along with a short note.
Open Beta
The open beta is on PC (Windows). You may meet bugs; we aim for beta saves to carry over to the full release.
The game cannot be downloaded on a phone. Please open this page on your PC.
| Minimum | Recommended | Steam Deck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics | GTX 1650 (4GB) | RTX 3060 / 4060 | Steam Deck |
| Display | 1080p Low + FSR, or 720p | 1080p High | 800p Low |
| Target | 30 fps | 60 fps | 30 fps (target) |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 11 64-bit | Proton (being tested) |
CPU, memory and storage will be announced after beta measurements.
Reporting address coming soon
For now the game is PC (Windows) only. There is no mobile version planned.
Yes. The game is built around a gamepad, and keyboard and mouse are supported too.
That is the aim. If the save format changes, your previous save is backed up automatically the first time you load it.
Up to four. Host and guests must run the same version.
A Steam release will be announced after the beta.
Extract the new version over the old folder. Your saves are kept.
