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Tears of Metal shipped with three playable heroes: Wallace, Ruadh Stonecrusher and Brienne. Two further heroes appear in the game but are not yet obtainable, and a hero the community calls the Plague Doctor is in development.
Tears of Metal is a hack-and-slash roguelike in which players fight through waves of enemies across handcrafted battlefields, building powerful loadouts from artifacts and upgrades while managing a permanent Scottish battalion.
Tears of Metal supports online co-op for up to four players and cross-play between the Steam and Microsoft Store builds, with health-based revives since August 2026 and a beta branch that keeps cross-play matched to the Game Pass version.
Tears of Metal ships with 89 Steam achievements, plus an achievement set on the Microsoft Store version.
Charms are the bonuses heroes buy and collect during a Tears of Metal campaign. This page covers how Charms are unlocked and bought, their rarity tiers, every Charm named so far and the changes Paper Cult has planned.
The bosses, elites and enemy types confirmed in the Tears of Metal Early Access build, drawn from the shipped game and its patch notes.
Emblems are the clan-based powers heroes collect during a Tears of Metal campaign. This page covers the Emblem families and tiers, every Emblem named so far, ally Emblems and the rework Paper Cult has planned.
Companions are the allied characters who march alongside the hero in Tears of Metal, assembled from the War Preparations screen. Aodh, the Vigil is the first companion Paper Cult has named.
Wallace is the starting hero in Tears of Metal, a sword fighter who was the playable hero in the public betas and the demo. This page covers his weapons, Committed Charge and the Seraphic Blade pieces tied to him.
Gilles the Hog is the boss at the end of Act 1 in Tears of Metal and the closing fight of the 2025 demo. This page covers the fight's history, post-launch fixes and the boss rewards Paper Cult has announced.
