How Thronefall gameplay works

Day: spend gold before the next wave

During daylight you ride between fixed building sites and decide what the kingdom needs next. Economic buildings can generate more gold on later mornings, while walls, towers, shrines, military buildings, and research improve survival. The trade-off matters because income buildings only pay off if they remain standing.

The official description names Houses, Bridges, Gold Mines, Harbors, Mills, and Fields as economic options. Defensive choices include Walls, Barricades, Shrines, and Towers; research comes through the Castle Center, Blacksmith, and Royal Forge.

• Read the next wave direction before spending.
• Protect the economy that will fund later nights.
• Leave enough immediate defence to prevent a profitable plan from collapsing.

Night: position the army and fight with it

At night, enemies attack in waves until the board is clear. You move the king directly, reposition mobile units, and use the weapon you brought into the map. Towers and walls hold space; units can respond to a changing front; the king can pull pressure away from a weak structure or finish a priority target.

If the Castle Center falls, the run ends. The sun returns only after the attacking force is defeated. That clear fail state is why the daytime economy and the nighttime formation cannot be planned separately.

Maps, weapons, perks, and mutators

Official storefront copy lists 10 base maps, 9 unlockable weapons, and more than 50 perks. A loadout can carry up to five perks. Optional mutators make a run harder and change which otherwise-good choices are safe.

There is no universal best build. A perk that compounds a large economy, a weapon that clears groups, or a shrine-focused route can each be strong under different map, quest, and mutator conditions.

Base maps

10

Unlockable weapons

9

Perks

More than 50

Perks equipped

Up to 5

Players

Single-player

What you command

The official feature list names Knights, Berserks, Crossbowmen, Fire Archers, Golems, and Mages among the available forces. Enemy examples include Barrel Knights, Flying Mages, Ogres, Slimes, Wasps, and Catapults.

Those names signal the central tactical problem: static defences are efficient when the attack path is predictable, while mobile units and the king cover gaps, intercept siege pressure, and answer enemies that bypass a simple wall-and-tower plan.