The Rot

Out where the old armies fell, the ground has started to turn. Grey earth, giant mushrooms where forests stood, and it creeps a little further every hour the server is alive. Nobody is coming to stop it but the players.

How it works

• It spreads on its own: slowly, over natural ground, turning grass and forest into grey mycelium and mushrooms. It never touches what players build.
• Fire holds it: a lit campfire wards the ground around it. Kael, the Ember Crown, burned it back once. Learn from them.
• It has hearts: somewhere at the centre of each patch. They are guarded, and they don't break easily. Destroy one and that patch dies back.
• Nothing hunts on the grey, they say. Some players think that alone makes it worth keeping.

Burners and Keepers

Every faction has to pick a side sooner or later.

• Burners want it gone. Find a heart, fight through what guards it, and end it.
• Keepers let it come. They feed it, and they defend its heart from anyone who tries.

Big moments are announced in our Discord: how far it has spread, and the first faction to destroy a heart. Where the hearts are is for you to find. Read chapter V of the lore for the story.