Anvil Empires Wiki

Anvil Empires has been running scheduled pre-alpha tests since April 2023. This article covers how the tests work, what wars and victory conditions track, and how to join.

The resource-gathering and crafting backbone of Anvil Empires. Covers the major resource categories, ingot tiers, and how materials flow into weapons, armour, and structures.

How Auxiliary and Named Avatars work in Anvil Empires, covering attributes, veterancy, equipment slots, Caravan deployment to the frontline, and switching between characters during a war.

A new player guide to Anvil Empires, from securing free pre-alpha access and choosing a faction through the first hour of gathering, claiming a homestead, and joining the wider war effort.

Calligo is the continent that hosts every Anvil Empires pre-alpha test. Covers its geography, named regions, territory zones, biomes, trade zones, and the Underworld layer beneath the surface.

Siege warfare in Anvil Empires, covering siege camps, battering rams, catapults, siege ladders, and the burning oil defenses used to break or hold a fortified town.

How settlements are founded, grown, and defended in Anvil Empires, from a single homestead claim to a fortified town shared by hundreds of players.

Armour tiers, shields, and the multiplicative mitigation formula in Anvil Empires. Includes the bow and spear restriction on heavier tiers.

The weapon families of Anvil Empires: melee, hybrid, ranged, throwable, and siege. Includes damage types and the heavy-armour restriction on bows and spears.

How supply camps, caravans, and player-run logistics keep Anvil Empires armies in the field. Logistics often decide wars more than combat does.

A high-level look at Anvil Empires, the persistent-world medieval war MMO from Siege Camp, currently in pre-alpha.

The Silver currency, the Marketplace, and the rotating zone-locked trade resources that feed Superior tier crafting in Anvil Empires, alongside bounties and player-to-player exchange.

Town Centers, Town Keeps, and Fortress Keeps are the strongholds that anchor every player-held position in Calligo. Covers pledge ranks, capture conditions, and the town core structures.

The three paths that end a war in Anvil Empires: military pressure on enemy strongholds, cultural dominance, and religious influence. Covers how each path is scored and how stalemates resolve.

Real-time melee, ranged, and siege combat in Anvil Empires, including damage types, the stability system, and how armour interacts with weapons.

The keyboard and mouse control scheme for Anvil Empires, covering movement and camera, combat and held items, building, inventory, mounts, the map, and faction communication bindings.

Bounties are PvE and PvP contracts that pay Silver for trophy items in Anvil Empires. Covers the full contract list, difficulty tiers, and rewards.