The Olde World: Online

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This is not the story of how you save the world. It is the story of what you choose to preserve, what you help destroy, and who you become while the old world dies.

A full-loot PvP sandbox MMO built in the spirit of the old ones. One world. One shard. Everyone in it. Kill a man and everything he was carrying is yours.

And it runs in your browser.

Pick a name. Pick a password. Enter the world. No download, no launcher, no account verification ritual. The alpha is free while it runs.

Best played on a computer in an up-to-date Chrome browser. Phones aren't supported yet.

This is an alpha, so expect rough edges. If something breaks, tell us on Discord.

Everything on this page was captured in game, in a browser tab.

Full PvP. Full loot.

Everything you carry is yours until somebody kills you

Out past the town guards, anyone can come for you. The knight you passed on the road. The quiet mage by the fire. The friend you walked out with.

When you fall, everything you were carrying stays with your body, and whoever reaches it first walks away with it. No insurance. No soulbound gear. No magical mailbox returning your sword.

It is why every trip out of town matters, and why winning a fight here feels like nothing else.

One world

No instances. No hand‑holding. Just the world.

One shard, and everyone is on it. No quest markers pointing you at the fun, no level treadmill, no queue to join. You go looking for trouble, and trouble is usually looking back.

You get good at what you actually do. Swing a sword and you get better with swords. And the most dangerous thing you meet will never be a monster: the other people out here are far more dangerous than anything we could spawn.

Magic

Say the words. Watch them run.

Anyone can learn magic. Stick with it and you will be hurling fire and lightning, turning invisible, walling off a road, or stepping through a gate to the far side of the world.

Every spell is spoken aloud, so everyone nearby hears what is coming. Some of them will run. Some of them will be casting back.

Out past the walls

Nothing out there was put there to be fair

Leave town and the world stops being safe. Bandits hold the roads, warbands dig in wherever they please, and some of what hunts out there has wings. Whatever they are guarding is yours, if you can take it.

Go deeper and it only gets worse. The dark places hold the best loot in the world, and the things that guard it have been waiting a long time for someone like you.

Make it yours

Be known on sight

Dye your coat, your hood, your hat, right down to the pouch on your hip. In a world where anyone can kill you, looking like someone matters.

People will learn your colors. Whether they wave or run is up to you.

Player made music

Write a song. Play it in the square.

Compose your own music, note by note, and carry it with you in a book. Pick up a lute and play it for everyone within earshot.

Someone will stop to listen. Someone else will pick their pocket while they do.

Become someone

Be whoever you want to be

Make a face, pick a name, and walk into town in the clothes on your back. What happens next is up to you.

Be the smith everyone buys their armor from. The thief nobody catches. The tamer with a bear at your heel. The one with the house on the hill. Or the one who takes it all from them.

No download

An MMO in a browser. Seriously.

No client. No launcher. No 80 GB download.

Click play, make a character, and you are standing in the world a few seconds later. Every clip on this page came out of a browser tab.

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Questions

Quick answers about the game and the alpha.

What is The Olde World: Online?

The Olde World: Online is a free full-loot PvP sandbox MMORPG that you play in a web browser, with nothing to download. Everyone plays in one world, on one shard. There are no levels: skills grow as you use them. When you die, everything you were carrying stays on your body for whoever reaches it first. It is made by crkhaus studios and is in open alpha.

Is it free to play?

Yes. The alpha is free to play. Pick a name and a password and you are in, with no email to confirm.

Do I have to download anything?

No. The game runs in a browser tab: no client, no launcher, nothing to install. The first visit takes longer while your browser fetches the game's art, and the browser keeps it for next time.

What do I need to play?

A computer with an up-to-date Google Chrome. Browsers built on Chrome, such as Edge, Brave and Opera, work okay. Firefox and Safari can have trouble running the game; if you play in Firefox, these settings help. Phones and tablets are not supported yet.

Are there levels or classes?

No. Skills rise as you use them: swing a sword and Swordsmanship climbs, bandage a friend and Healing does. You can hold 720 skill points in all, so every character is a mix you choose. During the alpha, Master Weft in town can set your skills at once, or give you a template such as Knight or Battle Mage, so you can try a build straight away.

What is there to do?

Fight other players, or the bandits, warbands and dragons out past the walls and whatever waits in the dungeons. Learn magic. Mine ore, smelt it and forge weapons and armor. Tame animals, ride horses, pick pockets, dye your clothes, compose music and play it on a lute, own a house, and trade on the auction house. Groups of up to ten share what they find.

Can other players attack me?

Outside town, anyone can attack anyone. Towns are guarded: attack an innocent there and a shout of "guards" brings one to cut you down. The color of your name shows your reputation: blue for innocent, grey for a criminal, red for a murderer.

What happens when I die?

You rise as a ghost, and everything you were carrying stays on your body, where anyone can take it. The body rots in ten minutes, so hurry back. A shrine brings you back to life. Your starting clothes are blessed and stay on you, and what you keep in your bank box or lock down in your house stays safe.

Who makes it?

crkhaus studios builds and runs it. The game changes every week during the alpha, and the patch notes list every update.

Where do players talk?

On the Discord, where updates are posted first, and on r/theoldeworld. In the game, /ticket asks the staff for help.

Is this the strategy game Old World?

No. Old World is a strategy game from Mohawk Games, and Warhammer: The Old World is a tabletop game from Games Workshop. The Olde World: Online, Olde with an e, is an MMORPG you play in a browser, made by crkhaus studios.

The alpha is open

The world is live.

It is unfinished, occasionally broken, and changing constantly. Systems will change. Towns will appear. Things will be nerfed. Other things will accidentally become catastrophically powerful.

And if you play now, you'll be there while it happens.

The alpha is free to play. Join the Discord for updates, patch notes, arguments, and everyone else wandering around the world.

Best played on a computer in an up-to-date Chrome browser. Phones aren't supported yet.

This is an alpha, so expect rough edges. If something breaks, tell us on Discord.

Play now Join the Discord Join r/theoldeworld

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