Heraldmoor

Built for phones first

Most browser games treat phones as an afterthought. Heraldmoor was designed for a phone held sideways: tap the ground to walk, tap a tree, rock or creature to use it, and hold it for more options. A button by your right thumb always offers the nearest useful thing, like chopping the tree you’re standing next to.

It runs in Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android. Add it to your Home Screen and it opens full screen with its own icon, like an installed app.

What kind of MMO it is

A tile-based world that moves in 0.6-second ticks, where progress comes from patient skilling, real risk in the wildlands, and trading with other people. There are nine towns and villages, player-run shops, houses you build up yourself, and duels with stakes.

Is it really free?

Yes. Everything in the game can be earned by playing. If a supporter option is added later, it will only sell cosmetic extras, never gear, levels or protection.

How to start

  1. Open Play now in your browser.
  2. Pick a name, choose how your character looks, and you’re in Millhaven, the capital, across the market square from the King’s castle.
  3. Talk to the Guide by the fountain for your first task.
  4. To keep your character, add a password in Settings, then Account.

At a glance

Price
Free to play. Nothing in the game is sold for power.
Plays on
Any up-to-date web browser: iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Chromebook, Windows and Mac.
Download
None. You can add it to your Home Screen for a full-screen app icon.
World
288 × 672 tiles: the safe Kingdom with eight towns and villages, the Southmarch below it with Wardbury, the King’s muster field, the Wildlands across the middle where players can fight, and the frozen Hoarfells in the far north, with the richest resources and a single hamlet.
Combat training
Wardbury’s drill yard, 5 minutes’ walk from Millhaven: pells, dummies, a quintain, archery butts and a sparring ring, with monsters graded by distance all round it.
Skills
13 to level: Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Archery, Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing, Cooking, Smithing, Fletching, Firemaking, Leatherworking.
Horses
Every player can claim a free horse at the Royal Stables and ride it anywhere, 12 coats to choose from.
Adventure
5 story quests, 3 boss fights for 1 to 5 players, and a town raid every weekend.
Pace
The world moves in 0.6-second ticks, the steady rhythm of classic tile-based MMOs.
Players
One shared world: trade face to face, duel, group up, chat and meet at weekend events.