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August 2026 Dragon Magic Tournament
Illyriad is pleased to announce that the August 2026 Fall Tournament will feature a very special prize, with winners having the chance to win the game's first magical military unit. The White Wyrm functions as a siege e…
Announcement - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Siege Warfare Combat Updates
Recently, Illyriad made three substantial game updates that impact siege warfare in the game. Terrain Modifiers Update: Cavalry units' attack bonus and spear units' defensive bonus on plains terrain were rebalanced so t…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Heart of Corruption Quest Finally Completed + Spring Eagle Tournament
In a stunning development, the 2025-2026 class of Illyrians have finally manageed to solve the elusive Heart of Corruption quest, a puzzle that has baffled the server for 15 years. A multi-alliance team of game veterans…
Store6 changesServerBalance - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Players Attempt Third Task of Elusive Heart of Corruption Quest
Illyriad's class of 2025-2026 have managed to do what many believed was impossible: complete " The Greatest Quest on Illyriad." Yesterday, during the start of the new moon, the everlasting mist from from The Misted Land…
Patch notes7 changesGameplayServer - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Illypedia Game Wiki Launch
Illyriad is pleased to announce the launch of Illypedia, the game’s first official wiki resource. Illypedia offers players a unique blend of game-oriented content, including a definitive, up-to-date knowledge base of de…
Event13 changesStoreGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Illyriad News Update - Summer 2025
It's an understatement to say that it's been a minute since we've updated our Steam profile. That's the bad news. The good news is that we've been updating the game over the past 2 years and making meaningful improvemen…
Patch notes18 changesFixGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO is now free to play!
Illyriad is now free-to-play! Jump into this grand strategy game with a huge, persistent fantasy world full of magic, shifting alliances, political intrigue and warfare. Build a city and create an empire with thousands…
Store3 changesGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
We are moving to Free-to-Play!
As we continue to support our player community and make it even easier to get involved in the Kingdom of Illyriad, we wanted to let you know that Illyriad will soon be free to play on Steam! If you have previously purch…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Fall Tournament - 2020
From one second into the beginning of the tournament month, through to Midnight on the last day of the tournament month, any member of any alliance in occupation of these squares receives credit for holding the square.…
Event3 changesBalanceGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Summer Tournament - 2020
From one second into the beginning of the tournament month, through to Midnight on the last day of the tournament month, any member of any alliance in occupation of these squares receives credit for holding the square.…
Event3 changesBalanceGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Seasonal Tournaments
Introducing Regular Seasonal Tournaments & Regional Totems In honour of Illyriad's 10-year anniversary we're extremely excited to introduce regular King of the Hill-style tournaments to Illyriad with a truly worthy rewa…
Event10 changesServerBalance - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Spring Tournament - 2020
The following rules are the same as they've always been for dev-run tournaments, and you can skip down to the REWARDS section if you're fully aware of how our king-of-the-hill tournaments traditionally run. From one sec…
Event4 changesBalanceGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Calamity Aftermath
Kingdoms across Elgea and the Broken Lands have reported large meteorites falling from the skies, scholars have claimed that the rocks are from the moon above...a result of the impact with the strange blue asteroid. Upo…
Event4 changesGameplayMaps - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Update 1.1.0 Released
Full graphics for all 9 branches of research: City, Diplomacy, Quest, Magic , Military, Trade, Crafting, Sovereignty and Discoveries 54 new Steam Achievements (601 Total) 6 new sound tracks World map x10 times faster Pl…
Announcement10 changesFixGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Update 1.1.0 Released
Full graphics for all 9 branches of research: City, Diplomacy, Quest, Magic , Military, Trade, Crafting, Sovereignty and Discoveries 54 new Steam Achievements (601 Total) 6 new sound tracks World map x10 times faster Pl…
Announcement10 changesFixGameplay - Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Update 1.0.1
Its only been out for a few days; but we already have squashed many bugs. Steam Scores and Steam leaderboards now update while you are playing the game; rather than just each time you open the game. Steam Achievements a…
Announcement2 changesFixUI/audio
