Dungeonborne
Playtest · for members of the Discord server

Dungeonborne

Community server

Dungeons, loot and fights with other adventurers. The launcher signs you in with Discord, installs the mods and connects the game to the server by itself.

Version 1.7.5 · Windows 10/11 · 19,1 MB · no install

The game

Descend. Loot. Get out.

Dungeonborne is a first-person dungeon where monsters and other delvers are both out to get you. This is the story of one raid: from gearing up in town to the moment you either step into a blue portal with full bags, or stay down in the dark with everything you brought.

Town: trader, auction and forge
The descent: first corridors
Fighting monsters and other parties
Portals: blue, red, violet
A boss and its loot
Made it out — the loot is yours
  1. I

    Chapter I · Gearing up

    Take only what you can afford to lose

    It all starts in town. You put a kit together at the merchant, the auction house or the forge — and wear it: there is no chest in the dungeon to leave spares in. Whatever you carry is what you risk.

    • Insurance: for gold, an item survives one death, and your killer gets the insurance premium instead.
    • The merchant restocks every hour; the auction house has other players' items.
  2. II

    Chapter II · The descent

    Vote, hall, Start

    In the launcher you pick an instance and vote with everyone else: first for party size — solo, duo or trio — then for the map. Once the votes are in, the waiting hall opens. You press Start in the game, wait for the stragglers — and the gates rise.

    • The hall waits three minutes. Miss it and you sit this battle out, no penalty.
    • Solos fight solos, trios fight trios. Exceptions: Hard and Challenger Mode.
  3. III

    Chapter III · The dark

    The circle closes in

    Inside are corridors, monsters, chests and bosses. And other parties who came for the same thing you did. The safe zone shrinks in circles, and every time you have to decide: search one more room, or head for the exit before the circle catches you.

    • The rarer an item, the more properties it has.
    • The fallen can be searched: whatever they carried goes to the winner.
  4. IV

    Chapter IV · Portals

    Three colours, three choices

    As the circle shrinks, portals open inside it. The colour decides how your story ends.

    • Blue — the way out. Step in and the raid is over; everything you found is yours.
    • Red — deeper. To the second floor, where the loot is richer and the only way out is blue.
    • Purple — the throne room. From the first floor of Sinner's End — to the Shadow King.
  5. V

    Chapter V · Deeper

    Two maps, three difficulties

    Sinner's End is a two-floor dungeon: a red portal takes you down, and there is no way back up. Clouseau Castle is a one-floor gothic castle: no going deeper, only out through blue portals. Every map can be run on Normal, Classic or Hard — the higher, the richer the loot and the stricter the gear rules.

    • Castle on Normal: grey and green only, bags included — anything else goes to the stash when you enter.
    • Hard: everything you wear must be Epic or higher; parties of any size meet in one battle.
    • In the launcher the maps are called Dungeon and Castle.
    Sinner's End
    Clouseau Castle
  6. VI

    Chapter VI · The outcome

    Get out or stay down

    Escaped

    Everything you carried out is yours: to the stash, to sell, to the forge. Experience, battle pass quests, a line in your stats. You can go down again — richer this time.

    Fallen

    Your gear stays in the dungeon — whoever killed you takes it. Only insured items survive. Gear up again — and back down.

Who you'll be next time

Eight classes of three races. Pick a crest and see how the class fights.

QWhirlwind

Swings weapon and spins while moving, gradually increasing movement speed and dealing multiple instances of weapon damage to surrounding enemies. (Requires a two-handed weapon)

ECharge

Quickly charge forward a short distance. Using this ability will not interrupt actions currently being performed.

QBattle Cry

Let out a battle cry, increasing your attack damage by 30%, physical resistance by 30%, and granting 30% Life Steal for 5 seconds.

EInspire

Boost the morale of yourself and nearby allies, increasing movement speed by 150 for 3 seconds.

QRupture

Activates Rupturing Power for 15 seconds. The next weapon attack that deals unblocked active damage will lacerate the target, causing initial damage based on the target's current health. The target will also be Ruptured, taking damage based on the distance they move during the duration. Rupture lasts 6 seconds on players and 10 seconds on monsters. Applies a 30% Grievous Wound effect to the target during Rupture.

Weapon Masterytalent

When releasing Q, gain a 200 point shield for 8 seconds.

Vengeful Ripostetalent

After a successful defense, your next attack is guaranteed to be a critical strike.

Restrainttalent

Cannot damage allies and cannot be damaged by allies.

Fired Uptalent

E can store up to two charges.

Hamstringtalent

Applies a 20% slow to enemies affected by Q

Q

E

Human

Fighter

A heavily armored warrior adept at frontline combat. They have high health and excel at breaking into enemy lines and disrupting formations.

Strengths

  • Shreds enemy lines
  • Can wield most weapons
  • Can be immune to friendly fire

Weaknesses

  • Q Skill can be blocked
  • Struggles against ranged enemies

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Two-Handed Swords
  • Crossbows
  • Daggers
  • Shields
  • One-handed Maces

Talents · 5

QPetrifying Poison

Coats melee or ranged weapon with poison. The next successful attack will cause the target to be Petrified. Petrified targets cannot act and have their damage taken reduced by 100%. The effect is removed when the target is attacked from close range.

EVanish

Enter Stealth for 30 seconds after channeling for 3 seconds, increasing critical damage while Stealthed. If unblocked active damage is dealt while Stealthed, gain 50% damage reduction for 3 seconds.

QQuick Blades

Shoot out 6 daggers to attack multiple enemies in front of you, cleansing all debuffs from yourself, causing a 70% slow effect for 3 seconds.

ESwift Concealment

Immediately enter Stealth for 6 seconds, increasing critical damage while Stealthed. If unblocked active damage is dealt while Stealthed, gain 50% damage reduction for 3 seconds.

EShadow Veil

After preparing for 3 seconds, grants nearby allies (excluding Panthers) Stealth for 15 seconds, increasing critical damage while Stealthed. If unblocked active damage is dealt while Stealthed, gain 50% damage reduction for 3 seconds.

Featherfoottalent

Entering Stealth increases movement speed by 200, decaying over 5 seconds.

Toxic Cloaktalent

When Q activates, enter Stealth.

Ambushtalent

Stealth grants 50% Life Steal. This effect is lost upon breaking Stealth.

Evaporatetalent

Enter Stealth after killing an enemy, with a 15 second cooldown.

Stealthbreak Venomtalent

While in Stealth, unblocked attacks apply Poison, dealing 25 damage every 0.5 seconds for 3 seconds.

Q

E

Human

Rogue

Masters of stealth and deception, rogues excel at assassination, thievery, and deadly dagger attacks.

Strengths

  • Stealthy assassin with deadly strikes
  • Highly agile
  • Fast looter

Weaknesses

  • Low health and defense
  • Requires precise positioning

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Crossbows
  • Daggers

Talents · 5

QDivine Guidance

Channels the power of the Holy Light to summon an oracle at the designated location. After a brief delay, it heals friendly targets and deals active Holy damage to enemy targets within the area. The healing effect has a chance to critical strike. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EDivine Protection

Apply a Divine Shield to a friendly target, making them immune to all damage for 3 seconds; Press Interaction Key (F) to apply it to yourself.

QCleanse

Channels the power of the Holy Light to heal a friendly target; Press Interaction Key (F) to heal yourself. Charged casting can enhance the skill effect. The healing effect has a chance to critical strike. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EGuard

Grant a shield to yourself and nearby allies for 60 seconds. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

Cleansing Ritestalent

When casting E, cleanse the ally target of all debuffs and make them immune to all debuffs for 2 seconds.

Resurrectiontalent

Casting Q on a dead teammate can resurrect them. This can only be used once during an adventure, and the count resets after entering a portal.

Recompensetalent

When casting E, the target's movement speed is increased by 100 for 1 second.

Faithfultalent

Restore 5 Mana on critical hits.

Benedictiontalent

E can store up to two charges.

Q

E

Human

Priest

Priests are vital to any adventuring team's survival. With their ability to heal and support their allies, they are essential to keep their team fighting strong.

Strengths

  • Powerful team healer
  • Enhanced defense
  • Great for prolonged teamfights

Weaknesses

  • Lacks offensive capabilities
  • Fragile

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • One-handed Maces
  • Staffs
  • Orbs

Talents · 5

QPyroblast

Fireball can be charged up to 2 stages. Stage 1: Shoot 3 tracking fireballs at the target, each dealing a small amount of fire damage. Stage 2: Launch a large fireball that deals a large amount of fire damage in an area at the point of impact. Upon completing Stage 2's charge, gain the ability to levitate by pressing the spacebar while airborne. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EFire Blast

Shoot out a ring-shaped fire shockwave, knocking back surrounding enemies and dealing a small amount of fire damage, and greatly slowing them for a short duration. Can be used during any action without interrupting the current action.

Swift Castingtalent

Hitting an enemy with Fire Blast grants Swift Casting for 10 seconds. Swift Casting reduces the channeling time of your next Pyroblast by half.

Rekindletalent

Resets cooldown of Fire Blast after killing an enemy player.

Ignitetalent

Stage 2 Pyroblast and Fire Blast apply 8 seconds of Ignite and 50% reduction of healing received to hit enemy targets.

Iris of Firetalent

When using Pyroblast, the targeted fire source is transformed into Iris of Fire that protects you by automatically attacking nearby enemies and applying 8 seconds of Ignite and 50% reduction of healing received.

Phoenix Aspecttalent

When using Fire Blast, restore 50 Life. For each additional target hit, restore an extra 50 Life (up to a maximum of 200 Life).

Q

E

Human

Pyromancer

The Pyromancer is a mage who commands the power of fire. Capable of delivering high burst damage from a distance, the Pyromancer can deal lethal blows to enemies.

Strengths

  • Long-range, high burst damage
  • Short-term levitation
  • Knockback abilities

Weaknesses

  • A long charge-up time
  • Slow movement speed

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Daggers
  • Staffs
  • Orbs

Talents · 5

QPsionic Blades

The Swordmaster summons up to 4 Psionic Blades from their sword slots to track and attack enemies, dealing damage. The cooldown of the skill is determined by the number of swords launched. Using Psionic Blades of Uncommon or higher rarity will increase the damage.

EWhirling Blade

The Swordmasters summons 1 sword from the sword slots to continuously orbit around themselves for 8 seconds, dealing a small amount of damage to nearby enemies during this period.

Crippling Striketalent

If Psionic Blades critically hits an enemy, the enemy's movement speed is reduced by 60 for 5 seconds.

Flurry of Bladestalent

After simultaneously firing 3 or 4 Psionic Blades, the skill cooldown is reduced to 10 or 15 seconds respectively.

Deflectiontalent

While Whirling Blade is active, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.

Momentumtalent

Psionic Blades increases your Critical Strike Chance by 50% for 5 seconds after hitting an enemy.

Healing Scabbardtalent

Psionic Blades restores 30 Life to the Swordmaster when it deals unblocked damage.

Q

E

Elf

Swordmaster

Wandering warriors from the far east that wield magic-enhanced swords. By consuming one-handed swords equipped in their class-specific sword slots, they can release powerful and flexible attacks.

Strengths

  • Powerful chaser
  • Quick ranged initiator
  • Solid melee duelist

Weaknesses

  • Skills require one-handed swords
  • Not great at supporting the team

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Two-Handed Swords
  • Crossbows
  • Shields

Talents · 5

QPrimal Awakening

Transform into Panther Form (requires a weapon equipped). While in Panther Form, Force of Nature is replaced with Shadow Assault. Activate again to revert to Human Form.

EForce of Nature

Summon a treant at the designated location, lasting for 30 seconds. The treant will attack nearby enemies and grant a shield to the druid. When the druid hits an enemy within the treant's attack range using Shadow Assault, the treant will immediately start attacking that enemy. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EShadow Assault in panther form

Consumes Primal Energy to pounce forward, dealing shadow damage to nearby enemies upon landing. Basic attacks and Shadow Assault in Panther Form restore Primal Energy when they deal damage to enemies.

ERegrowth

AppliesRegrowth to allied targets, continuously restoring Life over a period of time. (Requires a Staff/Orb equipped)

Predatory Sensestalent

In Panther Form, you can sense enemy players within a radius of 25 meters.

Seed Podstalent

E can store an additional charge.

Hunter's Focustalent

Shadow Assault returns an additional 20 points of Primal Energy when damaging enemies.

Natural Swiftnesstalent

The cooldown time of E is reduced to 10 seconds.

Nature's Breathtalent

Force of Nature adds a 150-point shield to the treant when summoned, Regrowth adds a 150 shield to the target when used, lasting 30 seconds.

Q

E

Elf

Druid

Druids are spellcasters who harness the power of nature. They can summon treants to attack enemies, or transform into a swift panther to pursue foes or withdraw from combat.

Strengths

  • High mobility and burst damage in Panther form
  • Synergizes with summoned treants
  • Versatile in both ranged and melee combat

Weaknesses

  • Damage relies on player skill
  • Squishy

Weapons

  • Daggers
  • One-handed Maces
  • Staffs
  • Orbs

Talents · 5

QSoul Shroud

Summon evil spirits to surround yourself. When the skill is activated, enemies near you are slowed, and it then deals shadow damage to the surrounding area. This damage is further influenced by your Strength, Intelligence, and Will attributes.

EGrasp of the Grave

Fire a spectral hand at the target, dealing a small amount of shadow damage and pulling the target to you. Friendly targets are immune to the damage. Recover a small amount of Soul Energy if it hits an enemy target.

QSoulstorm

Unleashes Soul Energy, dealing continuous shadow damage to nearby enemies. While active, it continuously consumes Soul Energy and can be stopped at any time.

Soul Reapertalent

Resets the cooldown of Grasp of the Grave after killing an enemy player.

Life Stealtalent

Absorbing 1 Soul Energy orb restores 14 Life.

Grim Harvesttalent

Grasp of the Grave generates 20 Soul Energy if it hits an enemy target.

Soul Cagetalent

Q grants a shield that can absorb 200 damage of any type when activated, lasting 8 seconds with a 30 second cooldown.

Endless Tormenttalent

When Soul Shroud is activated, each absorbed soul energy orb will extend the duration of Soul Shroud by 0.5 seconds, up to a maximum of 4.5 seconds.

Decaytalent

Enemies affected by Q have their movement speed reduced: high-speed enemies are slowed by 25%, and low-speed enemies are slowed by 10%, for 0.5 seconds.

Q

E

Undead

Death Knight

Terrifying warrior that strikes fear into enemies at close range combat, capable of delivering sustained damage and pulling distant enemies into melee range.

Strengths

  • Sustained area damage to torment nearby foes
  • Pulls enemies in
  • Strong in melee fights

Weaknesses

  • Damage relies on Soul Energy
  • Lacks mobility

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Two-Handed Swords
  • Crossbows
  • Shields
  • One-handed Maces

Talents · 6

QIce Storm

Guide a moving small-scale ice storm that can be moved by clicking on the ground, dealing a small amount of passive damage and slowing enemies. When the channeling is complete, the ice storm stops moving and unleashes a blizzard at its location, dealing active damage and continuously slowing enemies within it. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EFrost Barrier

Encase yourself in a frost barrier. During this time, you will not take damage and will continuously recover life. Using this skill while channeling Ice Storm will not interrupt the casting. The Cryomancer can remove the barrier at any time.

QFrostbite Curse

Charge up to 2 stages. Stage 1: Shoots a frost arrow at the target, dealing active damage, applying a slow effect and applying "Frostbite Curse" on hit: Deals passive damage to the target every second for a duration, healing the Cryomancer; Stage 2: Directly applies "Frostbite Curse" to the target, dealing additional active damage and applying a slow effect. After a short delay, spreads "Frostbite Curse" to other nearby targets. Frostbite Curse can only have 1 stack on the same target at a time. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

EIce Armor

Apply a shield to an ally target. When taking active damage from close range, slow the attacker, this can only trigger once; Press Interaction Key (F) to apply it to yourself. (Requires a Staff/Orb)

Frost Echoestalent

When allies deal unblocked active damage to targets affected by Q, gain a 40-point shield. This effect does not stack.

Bone Chillingtalent

When the distance between you and the target affected by Q exceeds 15 meters, the farther the distance, the greater the damage dealt by Q. At a distance of over25meters, the damage increase caps at30%.

Cryotherapytalent

When dealing cold damage, gain stacks of Cryotherapy. Consume all stacks on the next use of E to recover 0.5 Life per stack.

Frostbitetalent

The damage dealt by the first phase of Ice Storm and the active damage dealt by Frostbite Curse increased by 50%

Permafrosttalent

Restore 1 Soul Energy when dealing critical damage.

Q

E

Undead

Cryomancer

Spellcaster who constantly restricts and weakens enemies on the battlefield. When coordinated well with teammates, they can create an advantageous environment for the team's damage dealers.

Strengths

  • Superb AOE crowd control
  • Survivability skill
  • High sustains

Weaknesses

  • Requires uninterrupted casting
  • Lacks burst damage

Weapons

  • One-Handed Swords
  • Daggers
  • Staffs
  • Orbs

Talents · 5

Epilogue · This server

The torches still burn

Dungeonborne can no longer be bought on Steam, but the dungeon hasn't closed. This server is run by the community: we brought back raids, lobbies and trading, built the launcher and fix bugs from your reports. The current season is Playtest — restarted on 11 November. Every season starts with a progress reset, and everyone begins at level 1.

  • A battle pass with quests, a leaderboard, character stats.
  • Challenger Mode: solos and duos against trios.
  • Coming soon — the Trial of Clotho: a three-on-three arena, a run of up to seven wins.

Four steps

Getting started

  1. 1

    Download the launcher

    It is a single exe, no install needed: put it in any folder and run it. Only download it here. On first start Windows may warn about an unknown publisher — what to click is in “Help” too.

  2. 2

    Pick the game folder

    You need Dungeonborne installed. The launcher checks that your game version matches the server. Optionally, the settings can make Steam's “Play” open the launcher.

  3. 3

    Sign in with Discord

    The launcher opens your browser. Your account on the server is your Discord: no passwords, no SteamID.

  4. 4

    Play

    “Play” installs the mods and starts the game. Pick an instance tab, vote for group size and map, then press Start in the game — you land in the waiting hall.

What you need

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
  • Dungeonborne installed
  • A Discord account and membership in the project's Discord server

This is a playtest: the database may be reset and the server may go down for maintenance.

Launcher

It does everything itself

  1. Sign in with Discord

    Your account on the server is your Discord. No passwords, no borrowed SteamIDs.

  2. Mods install themselves

    Before launch the launcher downloads and checks the server's mods, and cleans up after the game.

  3. Instance lobby

    Pick an instance, vote for group size and map, join with Start in the game.

  4. Patch notes

    See what changed on the server right in the launcher — the same entries as in News below.

  5. Updates itself

    Installs only builds signed by the project — the server cannot swap them.

  6. Helps with connection

    If your ISP drops the connection, the launcher notices, suggests WARP and turns on a bypass for battles.

Version 1.7.5 · Windows 10/11 · 19,1 MB · no install

Server patch notes

News

Who we are

About Dungeonborne Community

We’re players who want to keep playing a good game. The official servers are gone, so we keep Dungeonborne alive ourselves.

What’s here

  • A free community server

    With its own launcher: it signs you in with Discord, installs fixes and mods, and gets you into the game.

  • Playtests and seasons

    We test changes together, and your bug reports and ideas shape what comes next.

  • An open framework (in development)

    To run and mod your own Dungeonborne server.

  • The community

    Guides, groups, events and creators.

What we stand for

  • No monetization

    Playing is free: no paid access, no pay-to-win. Donations (Boosty, Patreon) go to the project and pay for the servers. They give nothing in the game.

  • Open

    The framework will be open source once the core is finished, and other community servers are welcome.

  • A fan project

    Not affiliated with the developers or the publisher of the game.

Support the project

How you can help: play and report bugs · share ideas · write guides · make videos · help newcomers as a Helper — all in our Discord.

Development mission

  1. 1

    The game works 100%

    Before touching class or weapon balance, the base game has to run stable: no bugs, no disconnects.

  2. 2

    The limits of modding

    We’re digging into the code and assets to see how far the game can be changed.

  3. 3

    An AI framework for every one of you

    Instead of endless small fixes by hand, we’re building an open framework with AI integration: anyone will be able to run their own server with their own rules, their own balance — even their own dragon.

Support the project

Keep the torches burning

The server, the launcher and the framework are free. Donations pay for the servers and development, and nothing else.

How to support

PatreonComing soon BoostyComing soon

Donations give nothing in the game.

Without money

  • Play and report bugs
  • Write guides and make videos
  • Help newcomers in our Discord

Help

If something goes wrong

Windows says “Windows protected your PC” or the antivirus complains

The launcher has no paid code signature, so SmartScreen shows “Windows protected your PC”: click “More info” → “Run anyway”. Antivirus software is sometimes wary of the launcher changing game files (installing mods) — that is expected.

But only download the launcher from this site: copies from chats and other sites may be tampered with.

Anti-cheat error “13-131084-2”

It happens when the game is started a few seconds after it was closed. Wait about 30 seconds after quitting and start again.

Sign-in fails, “CURLCode 28”, the lobby hangs

Some ISPs in Russia drop connections to our servers. The launcher notices this and shows a banner.

The free Cloudflare WARP or any VPN helps: turn it on and restart the launcher. If only battles lose connection, turn on “bypass for battles” in the launcher.

“Game version does not match the server”

The server is built for a specific Dungeonborne.exe, and the launcher will not start another version. Verify the game files in Steam and point the launcher to that folder.

Updated from an older version — what about hosts?

Nothing: since 1.7.0 the game needs no hosts, and the launcher no longer asks for administrator rights. If the hosts file still has lines from older versions, the launcher settings show a “Remove hosts changes” button — you can remove them or leave them.

Start in the game does nothing

Join an instance tab in the launcher first. Voting starts once enough players have joined; the hall lets you in while it is open and your group size matches the vote.

“Only members of the Discord server can sign in”

Members of the project's Discord server can play: join the server and sign in to the launcher again. During maintenance sign-in is closed to everyone except the admins.

Nothing helped — what to send the admins

The launcher's logs are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\DungeonborneLauncher\logs: attach relay.log and launcher.log. For connection problems the launcher banner has a “Copy report” button. Logs contain no tokens or passwords.

Common questions

Is it free?

Yes. No paid access, no pay-to-win. Donations go to the project and pay for the servers; they give nothing in the game.

Is this an official server?

No. It’s a fan project run by the community, not affiliated with the developers or the publisher.

What do I need to play?

Windows 10/11, Dungeonborne installed and a Discord account in the community’s Discord server. The four steps are in “Getting started”.

Why do I sign in with Discord?

Your game account is your Discord account. Leave the Discord server and sign-in stops working.

Will my progress be reset?

It’s a playtest: the database may be reset. Resets are announced in our Discord.

Where do I get the framework?

On GitHub, once the core is finished: until then the repository is closed. We’ll announce in our Discord when it opens.

Can I run my own server?

Once the framework opens, yes: that’s what it’s for. Your own rules, your own balance.

How do I find a party?

Post in the looking-for-group channel of our Discord or join a Duo / Trio voice channel: the bot opens a room for you.

Found a bug or have an idea?

Report bugs with the battle number and share ideas and balance suggestions in our Discord.

How can I help?

Write guides, make videos, help newcomers. Want to be a Helper? Open a ticket in our Discord.