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11 The Cha'Kru Kingdom is one of the six mercenary groups in ZeroSpace, contracted partway through a match and folded into whichever main faction you are already commanding. Their motto is "Blood for blood". They field the largest mercenary roster in the game, six units rather than the five every other group brings, and they are the only group that builds two separate structures instead of one. They are listed among the hired guns rather than the main powers.
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44 Who They Are
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66 The official description casts the Cha'Kru as fierce devotees of the Leviathan, a god of the depths whose strength runs through their blood magic and biotechnology. They draw on earth and water, calling down rain and earthquakes to control a battlefield, and they fight beside colossal war crabs. The build data adds that their ranks are made up of spiritual humans and crabs together, each side of the roster embodying the same fusion of blood magic and science.
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88 The split is structural rather than decorative, and it is what sets the Cha'Kru apart from every other mercenary group.
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1010 How They Fight
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1212 The official faction page names two combat traits.
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1414 TraitWhat It DoesTwin templesEarth and water rites charge separately and pay off in devastation.Blood magicSacrifice your own to shake the ground and call the rain.
1515 Commander
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1717 The Cha'Kru are led by Loi'Kru, whose title is Voice-King. He is a melee hero, unusual in itself, and he transforms between two forms with entirely different spell sets, mirroring the twin-temple theme. See Heroes and Commanders for how heroes work across the game.
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1919 FieldValueHealth300, with 12 health regeneration and no shieldsStatus resist60Move speed500Vision18Supply10AttackLeviathan Slash, 20 damage at melee range against groundOn deathRebuilds automatically after 60 seconds
2020 Transform switches him between Earth form, which grants an extra point of armour, and Water form, which grants extra health regeneration. Each form carries its own two spells.
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2222 FormAbilityEffectWaterTorrentShoots a burst of water at a target, damaging it and knocking it back. Cast on a friendly unit instead, it heals. 12 second cooldown.WaterHealing WaveSends a wave in a chosen direction that knocks back enemies and heals allies for 50. 15 second cooldown.EarthEarth ShieldGives a unit a shield absorbing up to 50 damage. When the shield breaks it deals 50 damage to ground enemies. Lasts 10 seconds, 15 second cooldown.EarthBoulderGathers nearby allies and rolls in a chosen direction, stopping on impact to stun the struck unit for 2 seconds and deal 75 damage. 15 second cooldown.
2323 Forces
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2525 The Cha'Kru roster is split between the two temples, and which temple you build determines which half of the roster you can recruit. The figures describe build ZS.c36778, current in September 2026, and they move with the patch cadence.
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2727 Each of the six has its own page, reachable from the table below or from the index on Units. Being hired rather than produced, none of them carries a build time, and their squad prices draw on the currencies described on Resources and Economy.
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2929 UnitTempleTierCostSupplyHealthArmourRoleChas'kiAnqas1250 hexite (squad of 3)3200LightRanged warrior that moves faster out of combat and hits both ground and air.Pak'oAnqas1100 hexite, 200 flux (squad of 2)3200LightHealer, restoring 15 health a second to allied biological units, ground or air, at 12 range. The build lists no other ability for it.Saq'chiAnqas2225 hexite, 125 flux (squad of 2)4625MediumSlams the ground every fourth attack, damaging and slowing everything nearby.ClakjawStars1225 hexite (squad of 2)3275HeavyArmoured crab whose 5 flat armour cuts every incoming hit by 5.Ghost CrabStars175 hexite, 100 flux (squad of 5)160LightDestroys itself on contact for 40 area damage, doubled against light armour. Five to a squad.Hat'unStars3125 hexite, 200 flux71,000HeavyHeavyweight melee unit whose Rift pushes units away and blocks a patch of ground for 8 seconds.
3030 Two of those names are new. The update of August 28, 2026 recorded that unit names had been revised for the Cha'Kru, and the build that followed carries the Cultist as the Pak'o and the Rageborn as the Saq'chi. Clakjaw is the spelling the build itself uses; the patch notes have also written it Clackjaw. Nothing about either unit changed beyond the name and the Saq'chi losing its 2 armour.
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3232 The two halves play differently. The Temple of Anqas produces the humans: a ranged skirmisher, the group's only healer, and a heavy infantry unit that punctuates its attacks with an area slam. The Temple of Stars produces the crabs and the heavyweights: a durable armoured body, a swarm of cheap suicide crabs at one supply each, and the Hat'un, which can wall off ground with its Rift.
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3434 The Ghost Crab is worth calling out as the cheapest unit in any mercenary roster, at 15 hexite and 20 flux per crab once the squad price is divided out. It has 60 health and no role beyond running at something and exploding.
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3636 The Temples
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3838 Both temples cost the same, have the same durability, and are limited to one each, so a Cha'Kru player can hold both at once and recruit from the entire roster.
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4040 FieldTemple of AnqasTemple of StarsCost100 hexite, 25 flux100 hexite, 25 fluxHealth1,200, starting at 4801,200, starting at 480ArmourBuilding armour, 1Building armour, 1LimitOne at a timeOne at a timeProducesPak'o, Chas'ki and Saq'chiClakjaw, Ghost Crab and Hat'unUnlocksThe Sacrifice to Pachamama faction powerNothing beyond its roster
4141 Faction Power and Talents
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4343 The Cha'Kru top bar entry is Sacrifice to Pachamama, unlocked by the Temple of Anqas. The three group talents arrive at faction levels 2, 4 and 6, and the level 4 talent shares its name with the group's motto. Since August 28, 2026 the power costs 12 rather than 15, covers a radius of 7 rather than 6, and grants 400 shield rather than 150.
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4545 LevelTalentEffect2Immortal LineageUnits revive with 50 percent health when killed.4Blood for BloodOne extra point of armour and 30 percent lifesteal.6Children of the LeviathanThe Cha'Kru top bar ability deals 25 percent more damage and healing, and Cha'Kru units deal 25 percent more damage.
4646 Immortal Lineage is the talent that shapes how the roster is played, and it has one documented exception: since July 30, 2026 it no longer revives Ghost Crabs. Reviving a squad of one-supply suicide units would otherwise have made the cheapest unit in the game close to free.
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4848 Changes Since Launch
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5050 DateChangeJuly 30, 2026Loi'Kru's weapon damage fell from 23 to 20 and his Water form weapon cooldown rose from 1.3 to 1.4 seconds, making both forms equivalent. His Water form bonus move speed dropped from 25 percent to 20. Immortal Lineage stopped reviving Ghost Crabs, the Chas'ki's bonus changed from Harvester armour to 50 percent against medium, and Ghost Crab move speed fell from 700 to 650.August 11, 2026The Hat'un's damage fell from 100 to 65 while its weapon cooldown dropped from 1.52 seconds to 1 and its animation slowed by 30 percent. The studio noted these changes leave overall damage per second about the same while fixing problems with the attack animation. Loi'Kru's Earth Shield stopped damaging air units.August 28, 2026Sacrifice to Pachamama fell from 15 power to 12, its radius rose from 6 to 7 and its shield from 150 to 400. The Chas'ki's weapon range rose from 10 to 11, the Clakjaw gained 1 health regeneration, and the Hat'un's cost moved from 100 hexite and 225 flux to 125 and 200. The Clakjaw and the Hat'un both gained the beast tag, and the update recorded that Cha'Kru unit names had been revised.
5151 The Chas'ki adjustment landed ahead of a wider change: the August 11 update removed the Harvester armour type from the game and moved harvesters and extractors onto medium armour, rewriting every bonus that had keyed off it. See Units for the armour types as they now stand.
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5353 Two other dated notes. A streaming platform link-up added to player profiles on August 1, 2026 enabled drop rewards, and a Loi'Kru portrait was one of the first two offered. And back in March 2024, before Early Access, each mercenary group carried a single passive bonus rather than a talent line; the Cha'Kru's granted additional power when units died.
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5555 In the Wider Game
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5757 The Cha'Kru Kingdom is one of six groups on the Factions page, alongside The Marran, The Valkaru, the Free Corsairs, the Arandi Empire and the Endari. They can be contracted in Skirmish matches and in the Galactic War, and the official standings page runs a Cha'Kru total-damage board among its seven battle records. Their squad prices draw on the two currencies described on Resources and Economy.