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Hellforged changes
On August 13, the official Hellforged Demo opens its gates, bringing a hell of a lot of new content, improvements, and fresh ways to slaughter your way through the Undercrypt!
Your feedback throughout the playtest has helped us shape this new version of Hellforged, and we can’t wait to finally put it into your hands. Steam post image
Visit the Hellforged Demo page
What’s Waiting for You in the Demo?
New Hero: Mortenzia, the Dark Elf Mage
A brand-new hero is joining the roster. Meet Mortenzia, a powerful Dark Elf Mage with a completely unique playstyle and mechanics unlike anything currently available in the game.
Master her abilities, forge devastating new synergies, and show the demons what real dark magic looks like.
The Goblin Merchant
Got gold burning a hole in your pocket? Clear all the challenges in a stage and a sneaky Goblin Merchant will appear, ready to help you gamble your hard-earned coin away.
Spend your gold to receive three card offers, or reroll them for an increasingly higher price and a better chance of finding Rare or Epic rewards.
High risk, high reward. Just the way we like it in Hell.
New Undercrypt Map Layouts
The Undercrypt isn’t done with you yet. The demo introduces new map layouts filled with fresh routes, dangerous encounters, hidden secrets, and plenty of opportunities to test your build.
Same darkness. Whole new nightmare.
Boss Upgrades: Executor & Crypt Prince
Both the Executor and the Crypt Prince are getting new abilities added to their boss fights. We're not spoiling the details just yet - but we will say that some of you are going to be very surprised the next time you step into that arena.
Improved Challenges
Challenges are receiving a meaningful overhaul. Instead of simply throwing more enemies at you, higher challenge difficulties will introduce temporary Map Difficulty Affixes that change how each stage plays.
More tactical. More punishing. More rewarding.
Progression Journey Rework
Right now, the Progression Journey lets you unlock everything too fast - and that means you never really feel the weight of what you've earned. We're reworking the unlock nodes to have more meaningful requirements, so that each milestone actually feels like an achievement.
...And Much More!
The demo also brings major progression improvements, expanded difficulty options, reworked gear icons, additional quality-of-life features, balance changes, and plenty of other surprises waiting to be discovered.
You can learn more about many of these additions in our previous Summer of Slaughter Demo
A New Trial Begins
A new Hellforged Trial will also launch alongside the demo, bringing a fresh challenge and another chance to fight your way to the top of the leaderboard.
Prepare your strongest build, sharpen your strategy, and prove that you deserve a place among Hellforged’s greatest contenders. We’ll reveal more details about the new Trial very soon.
The Playtest Is Closing
With the official demo taking its place, the Hellforged Playtest app will be taken offline on August 13.
We want to thank every single player who joined the playtest, shared feedback, reported bugs, and helped us forge the demo into what it is today. Your support has been invaluable—and this is only the beginning.
Wishlist Hellforged now and get ready to return to the Blackpyre on August 13:
We’ll see you in Hell.
— The MoonPyre & Grindstone Teams
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