Ashenmere

Ashenmere is a small, persistent online fantasy world, playable in your browser. Create a human, elf or orc, choose Warrior, Archer or Mage, and begin in Thornfield, Sylvanmere or the frontier trading camp of Redreed. Follow quests, fight creatures, collect equipment and explore the countryside, coast and islands.

Watch the current alpha: Gameplay trailer with narration, subtitles and real game audio. Or watch The King's Last Letter, an in-engine trailer for a proposed story.

From the 1.53.0 update

Give your character a face of their own: face shapes, eyebrows, subtle lip tones, freckles and longer hairstyles with gentle movement. A close-up and walking preview help you choose. Quest offers now acknowledge acceptance and leave the NPC list, and you can choose which quest the guide tracks. Quiet menu sounds and clearer walking markers make the small interactions feel more responsive.

Restored shrines, camps, a moonwell, coastal wrecks and other landmarks make the surface world richer. Local ridges shape two approaches without replacing the whole landscape. Sanctum is an accessible surface cemetery with a five-part quest arc, not an unfinished underground dungeon.

Read the full update: new faces, richer places, with current-build screenshots and the changes since 1.41.4.

A world taking shape

• Human, elven and orc starter adventures, server-saved progression, equipment and a customizable ten-slot hotbar.
• Warrior, archer and mage skills with visible attack tells, hit reactions, distinct arrows, crossbow bolts and spell effects.
• Ride saddled horses, cross the timber bridge, visit Sylvanmere and its cascade, or explore the cemetery and island ruins.
• Goblin scouts, venomous spiders, corrupted treants, hooded casters and other creatures with distinct silhouettes, motion and sounds.
• Sail from Westreach, take a free helm, raise an anchor, swim and dive along the coast. Nearby players share movement, equipment, combat effects and public speech.

Accounts and saves

No progress wipe. Returning players can sign in with their original username and password. New players receive a private browser account. Open Account and save your recovery key before clearing site data or changing browsers. Keep it private. Email recovery is not available.

Controls

• WASD move, right-mouse drag look, mouse wheel camera distance. Click nearby ground to walk; WASD or Cancel stops it.
• Space jump or swim up, Ctrl dive. F talk or examine, E collect loot or mount a nearby horse.
• Tab target, R auto-attack (a melee staff strike for mages), 1 to 9 and 0 hotbar, G soulshots.
• I inventory, K skills, J quests and tracking, M map, Enter chat. Drag skills and items onto the hotbar, swap slots, or drag out/right-click to clear.
• At a free ship wheel, E takes or leaves the helm. W/S adjusts sail, A/D steers, Space raises or drops the anchor.

Early browser alpha

Use a desktop browser with WebGPU, hardware acceleration and an internet connection. Gameplay is tested in Chrome on macOS with Apple M4. Windows, Linux and lower-end browser hardware remain unverified. The original downloadable Godot builds are retained below as legacy versions.

The art is stylized and still evolving. Hair has simple secondary movement, not full physical simulation. Click-to-walk can stop at obstacles. Individual creature feet on slopes, advanced mount ownership, ship passengers across reconnects and longer multiplayer sessions need more work. Browser fishing and cannon controls are not included. This is not a claim that every original system is finished.

Try an opening quest, equip your reward and reload. Tell us where you became unsure what to do, along with your browser and operating system. Never share an account recovery key.