Warrior / Bard / Druid (Launch Plan)

Documented from Krause's live stream during July 2026 open beta (post-July-14 patch). Compiled guide, not an official write-up. Warrior-vs-Paladin decided for Warrior on stream. Ogre (shrunken).

AoE-pull leveling build and the creator's declared launch-day build. AoE pulling with Warrior Cleave on packs, damage shield doing constant work, Bard AoE songs layered over the top, Druid for heals, ports, and buffs (chloroplast regen).

Known cleave bug: one-hand blunt weapons do not cleave — run a slasher or piercer. Two-handers noted as strong on this server (fewer damage-shield reflects than dual wield).

Crushbone | 4–16 | Start Warrior/Mage. Cleave-pull the courtyard and slave areas; grab the spike mail for the clicky damage shield. Befallen | 16–30 | Watch the second floor — mobs fear and run you into walls and packs. Fear-resist AA runs ~21 points; Unyielding gives 25%. Pick up the scythe and the ignite-exalt wand. Unrest / Blackburrow | 25–43 | Reached via druid ports once the druid slot is in. Grab the shrink cape from Blackburrow. Lower Guk | 43–50 | ~40 min/level solo.

Pull with Cleave on packs (slasher or piercer — not 1H blunt), then let the damage shields grind them down. Three stack: the bard's damage-shield song, the druid's Shield of Barbs, and a Crushbone spike mail clicky. The spike mail stacks with the bard song but not the druid shield, so carry it in a bag for when you're not running druid. Druid is the third slot over cleric because the heal-over-times play better while you're moving and pulling — and the ports come free with it. Start Warrior/Mage and swap the third slot in at 10.