Banished Stone

Banished Stone is a single-player action RPG set in the Ridge, a hard-to-reach valley ruled by the Company. You grew up without knowing your parents, constantly on the run and never safe. Though you never meant to become a criminal, the Company has made crime a lucrative business and rules the Ridge with an iron fist. You set out to uncover your family history, reclaim your name and earn a ticket to Paradise by bringing your bounty down to zero. This mythical place is said to make all your dreams come true, but no one has ever returned.

You can explore the Ridge, Frontiersville and other areas on foot or by flying, and choose whether to complete tasks for NPCs or the Company, protect people, become the law or break it. Tasks and slaying monsters usually lower your bounty, while some tasks and stealing from NPCs can raise it. The game offers over 20 hours of content.

Explore the Ridge

The Wings of Wisdom, a family relic protected for you after your father’s death, let you fly to reach additional content and get around obstacles. Flying is unlimited in safe zones such as Frontiersville, but drains energy in other regions. You can also change the time of day in an area using Illumination and Darkness, passive loot-drop items. The change can reveal additional content, affect how monsters behave, or alter which loot items drop.

The Ridge has streams, rivers and oceans where you can fish, as well as places to dig for unique resources and potentially uncover something else. You can customize your character’s gender, hair color, skin tone and eye color, with over 100 options to choose from.

Combat and progression

Combat takes place in real time. Use combat abilities and powers you find, and bring a combat pet to help fight enemies. The Ridge contains a variety of monsters, different spawning systems and bosses, each with its own challenges and bounty rewards. You can also augment existing gear with a hammer, installing items that provide combat benefits when you are hit and unlock special abilities unavailable elsewhere.

Loot comes from defeating monsters, buying items from NPCs, earning pet rewards and completing tasks. Once you reach Sanctum, you can craft potions, high-tier armor and weapons. You can upgrade Sanctum, your ancestral family home, after level 3; powerful bosses may attack it from time to time. Stealing from NPCs, which increases your bounty, becomes available after level 2.

NPCs and pets

Your actions can lead certain NPCs to admire you, allowing you to hang out and take them along on adventures. Some offer unique combat abilities, while others provide services such as selling items while you are on the road.

You can find all ten animals in the Ridge and use pet food to befriend them, then a pet collar to make them yours. Pets are for vanity purposes only, though feeding a loveless animal in the wild may also earn a special reward.