Zoen

An action MMORPG on the caravan roads of the Amber Basin.

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A lantern-lit caravan crosses the dunes toward the walls of Amber Gate at dusk while three Wayfarers watch from a rocky ridge.

An action MMORPG in development

ZOEN

An action MMORPG on the caravan roads of the Amber Basin.

Walk a path on the Passive Atlas, master one of eighteen weapon builds and chain heavy strikes with Mouse1, on a road you share with other Wayfarers.

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  • Windows
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Browser
  • In development
Weapon builds
18
Atlas paths
6
Areas to explore
12
Main quests
47
Story chapters
5
Mounts
4
Platforms
4

IThe road ahead

Five promises for the road

What we are building, written as five promises we intend to keep on every platform.

  1. Combat that hits hard

    Readable wind-ups, heavy impacts and telegraphs that never disappear. The server decides every hit, so fights stay fair.

    • Mouse1 chain
    • Finishers
    • Server-decided hits

  2. A build you author

    One Passive Atlas, six paths, eighteen weapon builds. No class lock: the path you walk decides the weapons you master.

    • Passive Atlas
    • Codex skills
    • No class lock

  3. A road shared with others

    Crowded caravan towns, parties, world bosses on a schedule and caravan convoys across the basin.

    • Parties
    • World bosses
    • Caravan convoys

  4. Plays anywhere

    Windows, Android, iOS and the browser on one account, with quality that scales to your device.

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Browser

  5. Respect for your time

    Auto-Quest and Auto-Hunt follow the same rules as manual play, for the days you can only check in.

    • Auto-Quest
    • Auto-Hunt
    • Same rules as manual play

IISteel and timing

Combat that hits hard

Mouse1 fires your chain: the next ready attack in your chain slots, or a basic hit. Finishers fire only while their condition holds, so launch, stun or bleed the target first.

Greatsword · Training ground

Concept render of the target look: a spear fighter faces a scorpion whose cone-shaped attack telegraph glows on the sand.
Concept render of the target look, not gameplay.

Attack · Chain skill

Horizon Cleave

Strike in a 160° arc in front (3.2 m): 130% physical, medium impact. Early values: every number will change before release.

  • Tap
  • Fires from the Mouse1 chain

Facets

  • Long Horizon
  • Sunline
  • Edge Discipline
  • Twin Horizon

Good forFarming · Bosses · Parties · Duels · Arena

Point at a skill to read it, press it to cast.

Previz

Previz, not gameplay: early motion tests that set the feel we are building toward.

IIISix paths, eighteen builds

Choose your path

Six paths on one Passive Atlas. Each opens three weapon builds, so pick the one that fits your hands.

Key art: a Ravager fighting with a greataxe.

Iron path · Strength

Ravager

Weapon
Greataxe
Range
melee
Element
physical / bleed
Difficulty
Easy

A berserker of the caravan wall who opens wounds and spins through crowds.

Signature combo

  1. Rending Cleave
  2. Rend Apart
  3. Falling Wedge
  4. Earthsplitter

Skills of the build

  • Falling Wedge
  • Quarry Wheel
  • Rending Cleave
  • Reaver's Charge
  • Blood Frenzy
  • Earthsplitter
  • Bloodrage

Open the build

Iron, Strength. Three weapon builds walk this path:

  • Greataxe · Easy

  • Greatsword · Medium

  • Warhammer · Medium

All 18 builds

IVTwelve areas, one road

The Amber Basin

Twelve areas from the caravan town of Amber Gate to the Jade Seal Ruins, each with its own landmarks, creatures and road.

Painted map of the Amber Basin: Amber Gate in the south-west, orchards and reed rivers, the kilns, salt flats, the bell court, misty ridges, a burnt grove and the jade ruins in the north.
Amber GateTown

Twin-roof gate, caravan square and amber-glazed bell tower.

People

  • Registrar Hessa
  • Caravan Master Daoud
  • Master-at-Arms Ordu
  • Scout-Mistress Yazi
  • Archivist Lun
  • Blacksmith Toragh
  • Alchemist Ses
  • Gate Captain Aras
  • Convoy Marshal Rua
  • Jade Seer Qiyan
  • Innkeeper Farah

Explore the basin

  1. 1Amber GateTown
  2. 2Dewgrass MeadowLevels 1–4
  3. 3Old OrchardLevels 5–8
  4. 4Reedwater BanksLevels 9–12
  5. 5Clay CutLevels 13–16
  6. 6Cinder KilnsLevels 17–20
  7. 7Saltway FlatsLevels 21–24
  8. 8Bellshade CourtLevels 25–28
  9. 9Stormquill RidgeLevels 29–32
  10. 10Ashroot GroveLevels 33–36
  11. 11Jade Seal RuinsLevels 37–40
  12. 12Caravan Crown ArenaWorld boss arena

VWhat waits on the road

Bosses of the basin

Some guard dungeons; one walks the dunes on a schedule and needs a crowd.

  • The Bellbound Regent

    Level 40Jade Seal RuinsScheduled world boss

    The Bellbound Regent

    Basic attack
    Bell-Shell Strike
    Signature abilities
    Royal Winter· chillBroken Bell· shock
  • Kharuun, the Ashen Caravan

    Level 40Caravan Crown ArenaScheduled world boss

    Kharuun, the Ashen Caravan

    Basic attack
    Ash-Hoof Sweep
    Signature abilities
    Ashwheel Charge· burnCaravan Thunder· shock

Field guide

Every creature of the basin, from the first meadow to the jade courts. Each drops two materials of its own.

  • Dewhorn Hare

    Lv 1–2 · Dewgrass Meadow

  • Reed Fox

    Lv 3–4 · Dewgrass Meadow

  • Orchard Boar

    Lv 5–6 · Old Orchard

  • Duneplate Beetle

    Lv 7–8 · Old Orchard

  • Reedscale Lizard

    Lv 9–10 · Reedwater Banks

  • Marsh Wolf

    Lv 11–12 · Reedwater Banks

  • Clayclaw Scorpion

    Lv 13–14 · Clay Cut

  • Siltspit Gecko

    Lv 15–16 · Clay Cut

  • Emberhorn Viper

    Lv 17–18 · Cinder Kilns

  • Kilnback Scarab

    Lv 19–20 · Cinder Kilns

  • Saltway Bandit

    Lv 21–22 · Saltway Flats

  • Brineback Tortoise

    Lv 23–24 · Saltway Flats

  • Bellwhisker Jerboa

    Lv 25–26 · Bellshade Court

  • Duskfang Hyena

    Lv 27–28 · Bellshade Court

  • Stormquill Stalker

    Lv 29–30 · Stormquill Ridge

  • Stormwing Kestrel

    Lv 31–32 · Stormquill Ridge

  • Ashroad Raider

    Lv 33–34 · Ashroot Grove

  • Ashroot Pangolin

    Lv 35–36 · Ashroot Grove

  • Jadecrest Monitor

    Lv 37–38 · Jade Seal Ruins

  • Basaltsting Scorpion

    Lv 39–40 · Jade Seal Ruins

VIMounts and companions

Ride across the basin

Four mounts are designed so far, from a long-legged reed strider to a drake that shimmers like heat haze.

Reedback Strider: a long-legged dune lizard with reed-like dorsal quills and a woven saddle.
In development

Companions

Small companions in development to walk the road beside you.

  • Dune Rabbit
  • Mossback Boar
  • Lantern Fox
  • Caravan Cat

VIILoot and rarity

Spoils of the road

Rarity grows with the number of affixes an item carries. Hold Alt over any item in game to read its prefixes, suffixes and tiers.

Plate armour
  1. Normal
  2. Magic
  3. Rare
  4. Epic
  5. Legend

+7 Wall-guard LamellarEpic · Wall-guard Lamellar

Bronze plate Armour · item level 6 · +7
Armour47
  • +39 to maximum life
  • +51% increased ward
  • +22 to INT
  • +12% fire resistance

Requires STR 21

Early values: every number will change before release.

A random sample roll with real affixes.

Orbs reshape what you find

  • Awakening Seed
  • Inscription Pearl
  • Ascension Knot
  • Crowning Heart
  • Orb of Reweaving
  • Measured Dawn
  • Oathseal
  • Socketwright Core
  • Threefold Iris
  • Tempering Cinder
  • Mender’s Clasp
  • Caravan Ward

Gems socket into your gear

  • Cairn Vault
  • Reed Rush
  • Silk Roll
  • Anchor Pull
  • Mirror Exchange
  • Veilstride
  • Winterglass
  • Emberheart
  • Stormseed
  • Lingering Echo
  • Sure Omen
  • Frugal Step
  • Quickened Step

VIIICaravans, parties, crowds

A road shared with others

Parties for the hard fights, guild-free caravan towns full of other Wayfarers, and a server sized for a crowd: a design target of about 1,000 players per channel.

Respect for your time

Auto-Quest and Auto-Hunt play by the same rules as you do. The Caravan Ledger, a planned page on this site, will let you follow your characters without opening the game.

Caravan Ledger · Planned

Concept art of travellers and the creatures of the basin.
Concept art: Wayfarers, companions and creatures of the basin.

IXWhere we are on the road

Roadmap

Where Zoen is on the road. Honest words, no dates we cannot keep.

  1. Done

    Pre-production

    The game is designed and written down: the Amber Basin, eighteen weapon builds, items, quests and the in-game interface.

  2. Next

    Engine foundations

    The game client on Unity 6 and the authoritative servers, proven with crowds and real network conditions.

  3. Planned

    Combat that hits hard

    One skill made perfect end to end — readable wind-ups, heavy impacts and fair server-side hits — before scaling up.

  4. Planned

    First playable slice

    Three weapon builds playable together in a first slice of the world.

  5. Planned

    The Amber Basin

    The region takes shape from Amber Gate to the Jade Seal Ruins, with roads, mounts and waypoints.

  6. Planned

    A road shared with others

    Channels, parties and crowded towns, tested at scale.

  7. Planned

    The story road

    The main story with Auto-Quest, plus Auto-Hunt for busy days.

  8. Planned

    Closed alpha

    Invite-only testing with one-time access keys. Alpha progress is wiped at the end.

  9. Planned

    Open beta

    Open sign-ups and the full set of builds.

  10. Planned

    Launch

    The full release on Windows, Android, iOS and the browser.

See the whole roadmap

XDispatches

Latest from the caravan

Devlog

The first devlog is on its way.

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All news

Loading-screen art of Amber Gate.

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