A persistent fantasy world in your browser
One life.Real loot.Permanent death.
Every character gets one life. What you find, make and trade is really yours, and when you fall, you stay fallen. Your name, history and account go on.
Region 1 (levels 1–20) is playable in closed testing
About
A world where survival matters
ONE LIFE is a top-down 2D online world of warriors, artisans, merchants and guilds. You risk your character on expeditions, bank what you can carry home, and leave a permanent record.
Downed is not dead: an ally can lift you before your time runs out. Dead is final. No resurrection is sold, and no spell brings you back. The next life starts fresh, and it inherits what your account kept safe in the vault.
- Survival mattersOutside safe towns, death is permanent. Danger is telegraphed and learnable, and never a gotcha.
- A living societySix professions, player services and a market. A civilian can have a full life without swinging a sword.
- Objects worth rememberingGear that looks like what it is, with provenance: a rare blade carries the story of who found it.
- Voluntary dangerThe ordinary world is you against the wilds. Player-versus-player risk lives in places you choose to enter.
How it plays
Go out. Come back richer, or don't come back.
Pick a Warrior, Ranger or Mage. At level five, choose one of four doctrines, and put any three of your class's fifteen skills on Q, E and R.
Each life earns its own build. Stamina, Focus and Mana (now in testing) make every skill a choice about what to spend now and what to save for the escape. Dungeons, called bosses and a six-player raid test what you built; a home, a trade and a reputation give you a reason to come back.
Buy, craft or commission your gear. Brew a draught, hire a smith, bank what you can't afford to lose.
Clear packs, read a boss's tells, pull a friend up when they fall. Everything you carry is at risk.
Sell to players, fill orders, upgrade your home, and decide how far to push next time.
Roadmap
Built in playable slices
Each step ships as something you can play. Dates are set when a phase is ready, not before.
Now
Region 1 closed test
- Levels 1–20, the Emberhold story and its finale
- Three classes, twelve doctrines, swappable skills
- Dungeons, called bosses, six-player raid
- Market, player services, parties, guild chat
- Balance pass with real players
Next
Homes and trades
- Life-owned homes with a freeform yard and crops
- Professions that grow from real work
- Direct trade, whispers and a player menu
- The windmill expansion and new Deep Wilds creatures
Later
The west and beyond
- The western warzone: opt-in PvP extraction with an hourly boss
- Regions and skills through level 100
- Full raid encounters with phases