Broken Oath Wiki · Independent
Broken Oath is the Crater Studios ARPG: six classes, eight danger bands and five biomes that rewrite themselves every time you step through. This is the independent field guide to the Ruptures — what is confirmed, what is still hidden, and how to survive the first hour.
Broken Oath (Steam app 5452900) is the Crater Studios ARPG — not the 1977 film, not The Broken Oath (5214790), not BROKEN OATH (4970110).
Which game?The Ruptures · Five biomes
Frozen peaks, burning deserts, drowned fens and buried crypts. Every entry reshapes the map around you. The scenery is not a backdrop — it is the first modifier.
Root and canopy
Dense green, broken sightlines, something moving between the trunks. The first biome most players will learn to fear for the wrong reason: it is not the damage, it is the ambush.
Asks for: a close-range answer and a clean screen.
Nowhere to hide
Open sand, hard light and long sightlines. Every projectile has your name on it, and every rock is the only cover you get. A ranged build feels like a god until it is surrounded.
Asks for: gap-closers, line-of-sight breaks, sustain.
White on white
Falling snow, blue hour, a bright skill effect and a ground telegraph the same colour as the ground. Beautiful. Also the hardest map to read at a glance.
Asks for: effect opacity, audio cues, a build that does not hide the fight.
The slow ground
Drowned fens, reeds, water where you want floor. Movement is a tax, and the pack that catches you in the water is the pack that ends the run.
Asks for: movement speed, area denial, a plan for narrow paths.
Buried crypts
The deep end of the world. Enclosed fights, doorways that turn a minion army into a traffic jam, and the feeling that the map was not built for you.
Asks for: corridor skills, minion pathing, a light in the dark.
The six · Class wiki
The store confirms six classes, each with its own skills, weapons and playstyle. It does not publish a tier list. Neither will we — not until there is a game to measure.
01 Greatsword. Red plate. The first silhouette in the lineup.
Heavy melee, wide clears, a movement skill that ends arguments.
02 Staff, robe, a spellbook the store refuses to open.
Elemental ranged. Ember Bolts are the only named spell in the room.
03 Bow and light leathers. “Rain arrows in your chosen element.”
Projectiles, kiting, and the cleanest answer to a distant pack.
04 Katana, black and red, a stance that promises speed.
Fast melee, precision, and the least margin for a missed tell.
05 Hammer and shield. The class that looks like an oath.
Durable melee, block, and the natural home for a Vow — maybe.
06 Bone plate and a scythe. “Raise a burning legion.”
Minions, attrition, and a corridor full of traffic.
Confirmed: six classes. Unknown: every skill number.
All guidesBuild craft · Three layers
Crater Studios describes a classic ARPG built around “the feel of the fight and the depth of the build”. Those are two promises. This is the second one.
Supports do not just add a number. A Cyclone can fire Ember Bolts while you channel. Arrows can rain in your chosen element. Find the interaction, then build around it.
Skill gems & supports →Notables and keystones turn a good build into yours. The official tree screenshot shows class starts, a search field, planning mode and a 2-gold refund — a real tree, not a stat grid.
Passive tree →Vows grant power. Woe curses a pack. Mark the strong for death. The Oath button sits in the combat HUD, which means the price is paid while the pack is still alive.
Blessings & Curses →“Link supports to your skills to change how they work.” — Crater Studios, Steam storeRead the entry
The Rupture Map · Eight bands
The developer confirms eight danger bands but not their names. This wheel is a schematic for planning, not a screenshot of the in-game map. Click a band to see the question it asks.
Schematic — not the in-game map
Tutorial pressure. Learn the HUD, not the loot.
Clear a pack without emptying your mana.
Loot · Four tiers
Magic, rare, red unique, Primal. The store confirms four tiers and one of them is a lottery. The rest is a decision about what to pick up and what to leave on the floor.
Early upgrades and filler affixes. Useful for the first hour; not worth a stash tab.
Equip the upgrade. Move on.The workhorse. Multiple affixes, the base of most builds, and the item you will compare a hundred times.
Identify. Compare against the slot.Red items with build-defining effects. The effect matters more than the rarity colour.
Read the effect twice. Check the cost.“A chase tier so rare that most players will never see one.” A lottery, not a build requirement.
Do not plan around it. Farm anyway.The Forge · Edda Ironhand
Find a rune stone in each land. Learn the recipe it carries. Bring the materials to Edda Ironhand and make something that outlives the run. In a game about a broken oath, the smith is the one who repairs what can still be repaired.
A rune stone in each land. The store says they are found, not bought.
The stone teaches a recipe. Knowledge is the unlock, not just a material.
Edda turns the recipe and materials into gear. The full rules are still unpublished.
Confirmed system · unknown recipe list
From the wiki
Broken Oath playtest status: live since 30 October 2026, online reset on 6 November, the weekend Rupture 150 push, and what online vs offline actually means.
A first-hour route through the live Broken Oath playtest: pick a class, read the HUD, survive your first Rupture and bank the right upgrades.
Broken Oath classes compared: Warrior, Mage, Ranger, Samurai, Paladin and Necromancer — confirmed identities, art, likely playstyles and what to test at launch.
Broken Oath Rupture Map guide: the eight danger bands, the run HUD, modifiers, lives, checkpoints, rares and how to read a run before it kills you.
Broken Oath playtest builds reported by creators: Poison Golem Necromancer, Samurai Cyclone, Leap Slam Warrior, Storm Whirl Mage and Winter Orb Mage — labelled, sourced and not ranked.
Broken Oath loot guide: magic, rare, unique and Primal items, the observed item label structure, and how to decide what to pick up.
Launch status
There is a playtest, but there is no release date. A request-access alpha is not Early Access, and Early Access is not a finished game. Here is the honest state of the door.
The honest FAQ
Short answers, with the unknown left visible. The full FAQ has release, playtest, classes, languages, controller and Primal item questions.
Frequently asked questions
