The Game · How Ellaris plays: classes, abilities, professions

The bones

Old-school to the bone

The MMORPG you remember. Tab-target combat, classes, professions, gear and the grind, built new where it counts.

Everything is a skill. Your class is where you start, not a cage. Learn the rest from trainers out in the world.

Old-school combat

Tab-target with auto-attack on a global cooldown. Pull, position, manage your resource and your cooldowns. Classic-style. The climb is earned, not handed to you.

Each world is different

Ellaris is a multiverse. Every world you climb is its own place, with its own look and rules, all on our own engine. From blocky voxel frontiers to lush, lifelike kingdoms, the higher you go the stranger and more beautiful it gets.

A mystery worth climbing

World after world toward a summit no one has reached. Who is Aaron, what watches from above, and how far the world really goes. The climb is the story.

NPCs that remember you

Living AI inhabitants are coming to Ellaris, from the makers of VoxelMind, the AI that already runs NPCs in Minecraft today. They hold a memory and a reputation: help the smith and he knows you next time, cross the wrong people and word travels. The world reacts to who you have been.

Everything is a skill. Your class is your starting kit, not your ceiling. Learn more from trainers.
An empty bar, by design. You start with auto-attack only and drag abilities from your spellbook. The layout persists.
Gear, loot, gold and a player economy. Drops mean something and so does the market between players.
Tab-target on a global cooldown. Honest, readable combat with real positioning.
One world at launch. Everyone together to start; server flavors come later.
In your browser, free. No download, no install. Free in early access.

Nine callings

Choose your calling

Three are playable now in the early build. The rest are on the way. Whichever you pick, your class is just where you start.

Ironward

Tank · Melee

Plate · Rage

Plate and fury. Hold the line, soak the blows, hand them back twofold.

Playable now

Elementalist

Ranged · Caster

Cloth · Mana

Caller of storm, tide and flame. Fragile up close, devastation from afar.

Playable now

Veilkeeper

Heal · Support

Cloth · Mana

Light to mend, shadow to end. Keep the party alive, or the enemy silent.

Playable now

Duskward

Shadow Knight · Plate

Plate

A knight of shadow. Shroud your allies in darkness and drain the life from what stands against them.

On the way

Wildstalker

Ranged · Beast

Mail

Bow and beast. Strike from range, track your prey, master the wild.

On the way

Nightblade

Stealth · Melee

Leather

Daggers from the dark. Slip in, burst hard, vanish before they turn.

On the way

Wildmender

Heal · Nature

Leather

Life from the wild. Mend with nature's growth and take the shape of beasts.

On the way

Hexbinder

Ranged · Curses

Cloth

Curses, decay and bound horrors. Rot your foes from afar and feed on what falls.

On the way

Abilities & talent trees

Spec the way you want to play

Every class has three specs, each a different way to play, from holding the line to burning it down. Pick your role, then build your bar from a spellbook that never stops growing.

Ironward Playable now

Plate melee. Hold the line, or break it.

BulwarkTank

Shield and stance. Soak the blows and keep every eye on you.

BladeworkMelee DPS

Two-handed precision. Heavy, measured weapon strikes.

OnslaughtMelee DPS

Relentless dual-wield fury. Fast, sustained damage.

Elementalist Playable now

Cloth caster. Devastation from range.

AetherRanged DPS

Raw arcane force. Burst it down and bend mana to your will.

PyreRanged DPS

Fire and ignition. Set the field alight and let it burn.

RimeControl

Frost and ice. Slow, freeze and shatter what comes close.

Veilkeeper Playable now

Light to mend, shadow to end.

GraceHealer

Shields and prevention. Stop the harm before it ever lands.

RadianceHealer

Holy restoration. Mend deep wounds with pure light.

UmbraShadow DPS

Step from support to threat with ranged shadow damage.

Your bar starts empty. Drag what you like from your spellbook. Your class is where you start, not a cage.

Fourteen professions

Gather, craft, and build

Learn them out in the world. Pull from the land, turn raw into rare, feed the economy. One of them even opens the world editor itself.

Gathering

Lodebreaking

Pull metal ore from the world's veins.

Landworking

Cut timber and dig stone, earth and clay from the world. The raw blocks it is built from.

Foraging

Gather reagents from the wild.

Flensing

Take hides and leather from fallen beasts.

Angling

Pull food and rare catches from the water.

Crafting

Forgecraft

Forge plate, mail and weapons.

Hidecraft

Stitch leather and mail armor.

Weaving

Weave cloth gear and bags.

Apothecary

Brew potions, elixirs and flasks.

Runescribing

Disenchant and imbue gear with power.

Tinkering

Build gadgets, bombs and contraptions.

Cookery

Cook food that buffs the party.

Salving

Bandage wounds without a healer.

The twist

Profession · Building

Building

Earn it and the world editor opens. Raise buildings, lay out farmland and farming infrastructure, and shape whole worlds, voxel or lifelike, on the same engine the game runs on. No other MMORPG does this.

The twist

Each world is different

Ellaris is not one world, it is a multiverse. The eight worlds you climb are not reskins of one another. Each is its own place, with its own look, its own rules and its own feel, all running on our own engine.

Our world editor makes almost anything possible: blocky voxel frontiers, lush lifelike kingdoms, whatever a world wants to be. And the higher you climb, the stranger and more beautiful it gets, each world above the last.

One multiverse · Many worlds · Climb to see them all

The vision

Every world raises the bar

The first worlds are simple and stylized. Each world above looks and feels richer than the last, until the highest reach a beauty past anything real. We get better with every world we build.

An early, stylized Ellaris world — StylizedWhere Ellaris begins. Clean, characterful, and it runs anywhere.

A richer, more detailed Ellaris world — A step upEach world above is richer than the last. Deeper light, real texture, more life.

A near-photorealistic, fantasy-touched Ellaris world — Fantasy realisticThe high worlds reach a beauty past anything real. Painterly, cinematic, dreamlike.

And nothing is ever lost. Every world we build stays standing, so the whole journey of Ellaris is kept forever, world by world.

Compete

Climb the ladder, and be remembered

One world, everyone on the same board. The game keeps score of how far you climb, and the greatest names are carved into Ellaris for good.

Achievements

Hundreds of feats to chase, from your first kill to the deepest world reached. Firsts, milestones, and the long grinds only the stubborn ever finish.

Global leaderboard

One world, one ladder. Ranked by how far you have climbed, your total XP, and your Elo. The only question that matters: who got the furthest?

Hall of Fame

The top of the ladder is enshrined in-game for good. Reach it and your champion stands in the Hall of Fame for every newcomer to see.

The ladder · who got the furthest Illustrative preview

#ChampionFurthestLvlElo

GrimwallIronward World VII 54 2,140

EmberlynElementalist World VII 49 2,088

VesperVeilkeeper World VI 38 1,976

QuietknifeNightblade World VI 30 1,931

WolfsbaneWildstalker World V 22 1,884

Early access · In development

The climb ahead

Here is the shape of it, honestly. What you can play today is an early slice, rough edges and all, but it grows every week.

One world to start

A single world keeps everyone together. Server flavors come later: PvP or peaceful, hardcore or normal.

Three classes live

Ironward, Elementalist and Veilkeeper are playable now. The other six are on the way.

Living NPCs incoming

AI inhabitants are on the way from the makers of VoxelMind, so the world feels alive even solo.

An honest note: this is an early build. Some classes, abilities and systems are still being put in, so expect rough edges. But the world grows every week, and the people in our Discord shape where it goes.

▶ Play the early build Join the Discord

In development Runs in your browser. No download. Free in early access.

Questions

Frequently asked

How does combat work in Ellaris?

Ellaris uses old-school tab-target combat with auto-attack on a global cooldown. You pull, position, and manage your resource and cooldowns, the way classic MMORPGs play. Your action bar starts empty by design: you drag abilities onto it from your spellbook, and the layout you build persists.

What classes can you play in Ellaris?

Three classes are playable now in the early build: Ironward, a plate tank, Elementalist, a ranged caster of storm, tide and flame, and Veilkeeper, a support healer. Five more are on the way: Duskward, Wildstalker, Nightblade, Wildmender and Hexbinder. Whichever you choose, your class is just where you start, since everything in Ellaris is a skill you can learn from trainers.

How many professions does Ellaris have?

Fourteen professions, split into gathering and crafting, learned out in the world rather than chosen at creation. Gathering covers Lodebreaking, Landworking, Foraging, Flensing and Angling, while crafting covers Forgecraft, Hidecraft, Weaving, Apothecary, Runescribing, Tinkering, Cookery and Salving. The fourteenth is Building, the profession that opens the world editor.

Can you build and change the world in Ellaris?

Yes. Every world in Ellaris is different, and our world editor lets creators build worlds of their own, from blocky voxel frontiers to lifelike kingdoms, all on the same engine the game runs on. In the world itself, leveling the Building profession unlocks a builder view to shape the land around you. What you build is real, persistent and shared, not a private sandbox. No other MMORPG does this.

Is Ellaris free, and do I need to download anything?

Ellaris is free to play in early access and runs entirely in your browser. There is no download and no install, and any modern web browser works. Click play and you cross over.

Does Ellaris have AI NPCs?

Living AI NPCs are on the way. Ellaris comes from the makers of VoxelMind, the AI that already runs living NPCs in Minecraft today, and those AI inhabitants and companions are being brought into Ellaris so the world feels alive even when you play solo.

How does the leaderboard work in Ellaris?

Everyone plays on one world and one global ladder, ranked by how far you have climbed through the eight worlds, your total XP, and your Elo. The only question that matters is who got the furthest. There are hundreds of achievements to chase, and the top of the ladder is enshrined in-game in the Hall of Fame for every newcomer to see.