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Abyssal, the Drowned God

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Age of Gods · published · build 26304928

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"I sleep. I have slept since the land was young. But something small is crying in the shallows, like a pebble falling a very long way."

Beneath Thalorien's seas sleeps Abyssal, a god older than the land. The old gods chained him to the Drowned Throne with six anchors and swore his people, the tidefolk, could keep the shallows forever. They broke that oath, and this spring one tidefolk girl's cry reaches him.

Abyssal is the new god in update v8.1.0, out now. He brings 11 new units, 8 new abilities and The Rising Tide, a 25-mission campaign.

The god


Every Abyssal unit is Tidal. It moves through rivers, swamps and sea like open ground, and takes 30% less damage while it stands in water. Abyssal fights best where everyone else gets stuck.

The 11 units:

  • Crabling: a cheap shelled frontliner that takes 20% less damage.
  • Pearl Diver: a healer that mends the units around it and cures poison.
  • Harpooner: ranged, and its harpoons spread disease.
  • Reef Shark: a fast skirmisher. Overkill damage makes it stronger.
  • Pufferfiend: bursts when it dies, hitting and poisoning every enemy next to it.
  • Drowned Corsair: a tough melee pirate that slowly dries out on land.
  • Angler: a mage that can't be attacked while submerged in water.
  • Sea Witch: a mage whose Undertow pins enemy ground units standing in water.
  • Tidecaller: sacrifices itself to flood the ground around it, turning land and forest into river and roads into bridges.
  • Hammerhead: a heavy warrior that moves through water at road speed.
  • Kraken: the titan. Enemies next to it can't move, and it lashes each of them at the end of its turn.

Here are the 8 new abilities that come with them.

The Rising Tide


The campaign has 25 missions in five acts: The Dreamer, The Rising Tide, Many Shores, Fire and Brine, and The Drowned Throne. The paths branch, and Abyssal tells the story himself, waking a little more each act.

You break the six anchors that hold him, one per old god, each guarded by a named keeper: Archdruid Fennick, Admiral Bloodgut, Mordecai the Bone Admiral, Hekenet, Lady Ithiriel and High Warden Aurelian Voss.

Along the way you unlock 10 units, 5 relic trinkets, +23.5% gold income and the title "the Anchorbreaker".

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