Launch Overview

This Launch Overview is meant to give all players a clear, high‑level insight into what Towerborne Full Game Launch Update is today.

If you’re returning from Early Access, we’ve also written a Letter to Early Access Players that highlights key areas we expanded and improved based on your feedback. You can read both, or jump straight to the letter if you’re looking for those details.

A New Beginning

• Select your class at creation and change it freely between missions as you refine your playstyle

• Experience the fall of the City of Numbers firsthand, battling to protect its people

• Come face to face with the event that forges you into a deathless Ace, guardian of the last remnants of humanity

A New World

• Experience a 15+ hour campaign to protect the Belfry, discover the machinations that led to the fall of Numbers, and fight alongside fellow Aces to set the world right

• Freely explore the map to advance the campaign, aid refugees, and discover new allies

• Throughout the campaign, NPC companions will join you on select missions, expanding the story and lore while fighting alongside you against the horde

• • Each companion brings player‑like combat abilities, capable of extending combos, setting up juggles, and helping you overcome some of the toughest challenges

• Your Danger Level increases as you progress, peeling back the fog of war, revealing new environments, and bringing you closer to the City of Numbers

• All campaign missions are through the World Map or Quest menu

Bounty Board

• Sharpen your skills and test your limits through the Bounty Board located on the Belfry

• Battle though 100 missions with custom scenarios, including unique versions of lieutenants and bosses

• Earn Gear, Umbra and Skills by completing specific challenges

• Face new variant bosses, Trials, Courage Crucibles and Krafft’s Gauntlets for repeatable rewards that scale with the challenge

• Complete the campaign to unlock additional Bounties designed to test all your skills and your build

Endlessly Versatile Combat 

• Combat in Towerborne is fast, fluid, and expressive, built around mobility, choice, and customization

• Engage in highly mobile combat with 8‑way dodges and rolls, multiple combo paths, and distinct combo enders that offer different utility

• Player expression is at the core of Towerborne’s combat, progression, and upgrade systems, letting you shape how you fight and grow

• • Classes & Mastery

• • • Choose from four distinct Classes, each with deep, expansive movesets

• • • Towerborne’s Full Game Launch Update introduces new and refined Class Mastery skills, along with Universal skills that, once unlocked, are available across all classes

• • • Freely redistribute skill points at any time to refine your build or experiment with new approaches

• • Umbra

• • • Ally with an Umbra and use its unique ability to turn the tide of battle

• • • New Umbra have been added bringing with them unique mechanics new to Towerborne

• • • Find new aspects that modify the behavior of Umbra abilities

• • Gear

• • • Complete Ventures to earn Gear Sets, unlocking additional bonuses when enough pieces are equipped

• • • Defeat bosses to earn weapons with new and unique perks

• • • Discover legendary weapons and gear as you progress deeper into the world, and challenge the Bounty Board for new Boss Legendary weapons

• • • Mix and match to freely equip multiple gear sets, stack legendaries, and experiment without restriction

• • • Further customize your Helm, Chest, and Weapon items with Aspects that grant new perks and stats

• • Perfect your gear with the Forge

• • • Upgrade gear Spirit Dust to increase attack and defense

• • • Fuse unwanted gear to make new gear, giving you more control over what you earn

• • • Reforge to change unwanted stats tailor items to your needs

• • • Refine stats on gear to maximize their values and perfect your loadout

All Cosmetics, Your Way, It’s All About the Look

• All cosmetic items are earned through gameplay through mission rewards, the Writs Store, and Curios

• No microtransactions. Unlockable Cosmetics are acquired with Writs, a currency earned by playing

• Everything from Early Access is included, along with 50+ brand‑new armor sets and tons of new weapon skins making 1.0 the ultimate cosmetic collection

• • Early Access players will have all cosmetics they have already acquired during the Early Access period

• Style any gear you find. Create cosmetic versions of any dropped gear, including Legendaries, using Writs, so you’re never locked into a look

• More play = more Writs

• • As you progress through the Campaign and take on Bounty Board missions, you’ll unlock additional ways to earn Writs and increase your rewards

Play Your Way

• Danger Levels & Progression
  • The world of Towerborne grows more dangerous the deeper you go. Help Paloma keep the Belfry safe to increase your Danger Level, accessing new areas and encounters
  • Rise to the challenge by earning levels, unlocking new skills, and earning more powerful gear
• Flexible Difficulty
  • Whether you’re new to action brawlers or a battle‑hardened champion, Towerborne lets you choose how challenging the fight should be.
  • Difficulty can be adjusted at any time from the mission selection screen
  • Higher difficulties reward additional Writs and Spirit Dust, allowing you to further customize your appearance and gear
• Level Sync
  • Jumping into missions below your current level automatically enables Level Sync, making it easy to play with friends at different stages of the game
  • Your stats scale down so you still feel powerful without overwhelming the mission
  • Earn gear you usable for your current level, regardless of the mission’s Danger Level
  • Disable Level Sync to overpower earlier missions and earn gear at the mission’s Danger Level, perfect for jump-starting a new class
• Save Slots & Replayability
  • Towerborne includes 4 save slots
  • Early Access players retain access to their curio progress, cosmetic purchases, Writs, and Stepstones
  • When starting a new save, Early Access players can:
    • Import their Legacy Ace, beginning the campaign with their class levels, gear, and resources
    • Or start a fresh save and still maintain all curio progress, cosmetic purchases, and Writs
  • Once Brutal difficulty is unlocked, start a new save and test your build mastery, combat skill, and decision making from the first fight to the final victory
  • Reset save slots anytime if you want a clean run
  • Take Towerborne on the road with offline play

Play With Friends

Towerborne is built to be played together—online or on the couch.

• Online Co Op (Same Platform or Xbox cross-platform )

Play with up to 4 players online, each with their own gameplay camera, making it easier to coordinate and tackle larger encounters

• Couch Co Op (Xbox Series S|X & PlayStation 5)

Play locally with up to 4 players on a shared screen and a single camera. It’s a more coordinated experience that rewards teamwork and positioning

• Host Driven Adventure

When playing in a group, the host drives progression, pulling friends into missions and deeper challenges

This makes it easy to jump in together and keep the adventure moving forward

• Scaling & Level Sync

Difficulty scales with party size to keep encounters engaging Level Sync ensures that players can have fun with newer friends without overwhelming the experience

Want More Challenge?

• Choose from four difficulty levels:
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard
  • *Brutal
• *After completing the Campaign, Brutal can be selected for any mission using your current gear and progression. Expect familiar encounters – boss fights, Ventures, and Bounties – to hit much harder. New endgame bounties played on Brutal serve as a benchmark for how strong your build truly is
• On Hard and Brutal, Elite enemies have a chance to become Vanguards, dangerous leaders that empower nearby foes
  • Spot the Vanguard and eliminate the threat to cancel enemy buffs
  • Fallen Vanguards drop a pickup that grants temporary buff yourself and your party, turning the tide in your favor.
• Starting a new save and conquering Brutal from the beginning is where this mode truly shines:
  • Enemies use the most aggressive AI behaviors, with expanded kits and surprises (watch out for cluster bombs)
  • Harder hits, tougher fights, and more demanding environments including new enemy spawners and hazard scenarios 
  • Multiple Lieutenants teaming up within single encounters