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Heroes of Dire is a massively multiplayer tactical role-playing game where you assemble squads of fighters and lead them through turn-based battles against monsters, other players and rival guilds. Battles earn treasure and support quests, guild wars and other storylines across the world of Dire.

Fighters and gear

Fighters draw on fantasy archetypes such as Mages, Paladins and Healers. Each has a procedurally generated name, race, story, stats, title and equipment, so fighters can have combinations such as The One-Eyed Knight, Two-Fingered Pete, The Laughing Horror, Georgia the Peach and Screaming Ethel. You can spend in-game Silvers to randomly roll new names, or work with a live Dungeon Master to create one.

Each fighter has four gear slots: Weapon, Offhand, Armor and Trinket. Equipment helps shape a fighter’s role, such as holy wands and flasks for Healers or poisoned dual-wielded daggers for Rogues seeking to maximize backstabs. A crafting system lets you build gear sets, including ultra-rare Masterwork items for the most skilled players. Almost all items are procedurally generated, and Dungeon Masters appear in the world as traveling magicians or blacksmiths who can enhance gear, or as merchants with unique treasures.

Turn-based battles

Fighters take turns moving and attacking, with each action’s time cost determining its place in the round order. A costly action such as splitting an enemy archer in half with a greatsword can send your fighter to the bottom of the action list for 14 rounds, while moving costs 3 or 4. The timing and direction of each move can change the outcome of a fight.

Battles form parts of larger narratives, including guild wars and quest chains, and you can have multiple squads fighting at once. If you leave a battle, AI takes control of your squad until you return, allowing you to deploy squads in simultaneous fights across the world map.

Multiplayer and guilds

You can team up with friends for quests, guild wars and Dungeon Master events. Battles can include up to 48 fighters, with as many as 12 players in one fight. Mark friends as “FRIEND” to join the same team and share world-map vision, or join the same guild.

Guilds serve as social and organizational hubs and compete for control of the world map. Members can capture resources such as ancient relics and metal ore nodes to win prizes and benefits. Guild wars can involve hundreds or thousands of players, and cross-platform servers bring together players on desktop and mobile devices.

Quests and titles

Quests pit players against NPC factions across Dire, with powerful items and Silvers at stake. You can sell loot on the player-driven open market or scrap it for additional Silvers. The game includes large-scale Community Quests open to every hero, as well as Solo and Guild quests.

Each player has a custom title. New titles can be earned at special Dungeon Master events, and titles are also randomly generated after 1,700 battle wins.