Taskbar Legends

Taskbar Legends is an online idle auto-battler for Windows that runs on your taskbar. You build a party, manage gear, craft, summon heroes and choose where to explore; while you work, your heroes keep fighting, earning loot and progressing in the background. Open the hub to check their progress or prepare for another expedition.

Build your party

Choose six heroes and place them across three rows: Front, Mid and Back. Formation matters: tanks hold the front line, melee fighters deal damage from the middle, and healers, ranged heroes and support characters work from behind. Each hero has a unique kit and brings different damage schools. Since bosses can resist or be vulnerable to particular schools, a team that clears one map may not suit the next.

Develop your heroes

Summoned heroes have their own levels and tiers. They gain permanent levels by fighting and can be equipped with loot. At the Ascension Forge, combine three matching heroes of the same tier into one hero of the next tier, up to Tier 5. The Forge carries over their average level: three Level 50 heroes become one higher-tier Level 50 hero, with a new battlefield appearance and additional stars on your roster. You can also strengthen your party through crafting and gems.

Expeditions and rewards

Send your party on a single-run expedition or keep going in an endless session. Completing a run secures its gold, XP and loot permanently, then starts the next lap with stronger enemies. If you retreat, you keep everything already secured but lose the rewards from the current run. If you lose, previously secured rewards, your heroes and their equipped gear remain safe.

Return to camp to recover, restore energy and prepare food for another expedition. Food buffs run in real time, so prepare supplies before setting out.

Online activities

The game is online-only, and your account, inventory, rewards and progression are managed on the server. Combat is also server-authoritative, keeping rewards and progression fair and preventing local files from being used to fake clears or generate loot. The hub lets you see who is online and chat with other players. You can also take part in daily login rewards, daily and weekly quests, and activities that include exploring, returning to camp, crafting, cooking and fishing. A Codex tracks heroes, enemies, items, builds and overall progression.

Trading and equipment

Tradable heroes and eligible gear are stored as Steam Inventory items. Adding a hero to your party or equipping an item locks it to your account until you remove it; active heroes and equipped gear cannot be traded. Upgrading an item exchanges it for a new one rather than silently changing the original. Heroes and eligible gear can be traded, while packs, materials, food and energy items remain outside the market.

Taskbar overlay

The taskbar overlay is click-through and does not take focus from other tasks. You can hide it for a clear desktop and bring it back when you want to check your heroes or plan an expedition.