The many worlds of Remnant: From the Ashes are harsh and unforgiving. As one of the final living remnants of a beaten down humanity struggling for survival, you will die. A lot. In order to stand up for mankind and overcome the otherworldly creatures that threaten the future of the human race, you’ll need to git gud.


You know what they say: The best offense is a good offense. Bringing the hurt to your adversaries is as simple as a pull of a trigger. Swap between your Long Gun for powerful, longer-range attacks or your Hand Gun for quicker, closer range damage. If you find yourself in a bind or if your ammo reserves are running low, a strong swing of your Melee weapon may be the only thing that keeps you in the land of the living.




While making your way through the hazardous worlds of Remnant, know that each step may be your last. Your every movement must be deliberate. Despite their ferocity, enemies will telegraph their attacks, giving survivors with a well-honed dodge instinct a chance to avoid almost anything thrown their way. Dodging and sprinting both consume stamina, so timing these actions is crucial. Well-timed dodges may be the difference between life and death.




Though going it alone is a more than viable strategy, one of the most valuable assets a survivor has is their friends. If you need support in your struggle for survival, recruit up to two friends and head out together. Although outside assistance may prove invaluable, be forewarned: the game’s difficulty does scale based on party size. Survivors looking to team up can host a public game, invite their friends, or let the game matchmake you with other players. Remember, all loot drops in Remnant are instanced, so whatever is picked up by one player will be gained by the whole team. Except for ammo. Hoard that for yourself.




In Remnant: From the Ashes true growth comes mostly in the form of gear. As you explore the game’s varied worlds, you will discover new weapons, armor and accessories. Your weapons and armor can be upgraded to make you more powerful. Epic Boss Weapons and supernatural Weapon Mods can also be crafted from materials you pick up along the way. Beyond these tools of the trade, survivors will unlock various passive Traits to augment their arsenal. Completing quests and killing enemies will help you level up giving you points to allocate towards the Traits of your choice.




From the moment players set foot into the devastated streets of Ruined Earth, up to the final showdown with humanity’s otherworldly oppressors, each survivor’s playthrough will be uniquely their own. Creating a character, re-rolling a world, or joining another survivor’s game dynamically constructs an adventure from a large pool of possible permutations. This dynamic generation means loot, enemy spawns, map layouts, bosses and secrets are unique to each experience.

Discover the hidden mysteries of Remnant: From the Ashes on August 20. Pre-order now to get early access starting August 16. Available on Steam, PS4, Xbox One, and Arc. Stay up to date on Twitter and Facebook. Join Discord to chat with the devs.

REMNANT: From the Ashes launches in just under three weeks! Wrapping up our major feature blogs, we’re covering one of the most frequently discussed topics: Multiplayer. This time we reveal the details of how loot, progression, friendly-fire, and other multiplayer systems function. Be sure to get caught up on the previous feature deep-dives for Moving, Attacking, & Dying, Upgrading, Crafting, & Firearm Mods, and Dynamic Generation & The World Stones. Continue onward to find out more about how multiplayer works in REMNANT!

Ben (Tragic) Cureton, a Principal Designer at Gunfire Games, is back with the specifics!


Playing with others is simple! REMNANT is designed around drop-in / drop-out multiplayer for seamless co-op. If you’d like to host, you can invite friends to join your current game through the Friends List or create a game that only friends can find. If you’d prefer others to host, you can connect to friends through REMNANT’s game lobby, or join a random game through REMNANT’s matchmaking system.

While the host is in Ward 13, joining players will spawn in the comfort of the Ward 13 barracks. Be sure to upgrade your gear and purchase consumables before departing with your crew. When the host is out adventuring in the world, joining players will first enter the game as a spectator. Activating a checkpoint will spawn all waiting players, full of health and resources, ready to aid in the journey.




Your character is an extension of yourself. All of the time spent slaying bosses and crafting awesome weapons becomes a part of your character identity. That’s why your entire character carries over from your singleplayer game to anyone’s multiplayer session. This includes your Archetype, weapons, armor, traits, and resources. Feel free to farm on your own while waiting for your friends.

By the same token, any item picked up (or any resources expended) during a multiplayer session carries over when you return to your own world.Campaign progression is saved to the host. If you are the host of a multiplayer session then your campaign is used and progress is saved to your game. If you are joining a friend’s multiplayer session, then their campaign is used and your combined progress will be saved to their game.




Adding extra players will make REMNANT too easy, right? Not necessarily. The game automatically scales the strength and frequency of enemies as players join or leave the group. This ensures that the overall balance of the game remains consistent whether it’s played solo or in a party. A team of three survivors, working together, can bring a tremendous amount of firepower to the table, so we’ve worked hard to create a system to match that potential with increasingly challenging creature combinations. Some of the most difficult and gratifying fights in REMNANT are found in multiplayer. To offset that greater challenge, the quantity of rewards and the likelihood of finding rare or coveted items are increased as more survivors are involved.

The environments of the post-apocalypse are treacherous, so teamwork is critical to overcoming many of the game’s biggest challenges. REMNANT’s combat is meant to be deliberate and deadly. We want players to watch their surroundings, their teammates, and their enemies. Thus, we’ve implemented limited friendly-fire. Only ranged weapons deal friendly-fire and at reduced damage (25%) to other players. Melee weapons DO NOT deal friendly-fire, so don’t be afraid to swing away even if your buddies are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with you!




All loot picked up by a player in REMNANT is distributed equally among all players in the party. If someone takes the time to search every nook and cranny of a dungeon and collects a Sniper Rifle, for example, every other member of the team also receives the weapon regardless of where they are on the map. The same holds true for armor, rings, trinkets, and resources. There were long, impassioned discussions on the merits and flaws of shared or instanced loot, but in the end the team at Gunfire Games as a whole decided that this treatment of loot was the best approach for encouraging teamwork and rewarding players for taking calculated risks that might benefit the group.

One of our primary goals is to make so many unique tools (armors, trinkets, weapons, mods, traits) that players are only limited by their willingness to experiment. There’s a huge number of possible combinations for synergies in multiplayer, and trying them all is highly encouraged! They can be anything from the traditional trinity roles (Tank, DPS, Support), to crazy stacking combos (“buff the glass cannon”, “crits for days”), to ludicrous defense (“team triple heals”, “make Greg unkillable”). Each time you get a new tool, we hope it makes players consider what application it has for you or your team, or at least inspires potential future builds and combinations for everyone to work towards.



Remnant: From the Ashes releases on August 20, 2019. Pre-orders are available now for Steam, Xbox One, Playstation®4, and Arc. Stay tuned for more details, videos, exclusive reveals, and exciting content on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Be sure to join the conversation with devs and fans like you on our official Discord server. Until next time, Survivors!

We’re less than a month away from launch, so it’s time for another deep dive into more game-defining systems for REMNANT: From the Ashes! Previously we’ve covered how Moving, Attacking, & Dying work and what to expect from Upgrading, Crafting, & Firearms. This time we're sharing details about a couple broader, global features that will influence a major part of your play experience: dynamic generation and the World Stones.

Mike Maza, a Principal Designer at Gunfire Games, is back with more developer insight. Read on for the full details!


From the first time you step foot onto the devastated streets of a post-apocalyptic Earth, all the way through your journey to otherworldly realms, every player will have an adventure entirely unique to them. Not only are the maps dynamically generated from a collection of unique tiles, but the quests, events, encounters, enemies, and even the loot found throughout the environments will change each time you roll a new world. You can explore dungeons unique to the worlds you create. You might encounter an event or participate in a challenging quest not found in your friend’s game. You may even encounter and defeat bosses and World Bosses that you or your buddies have never seen.



The point is, the moment you create a campaign, the entirety of your adventure is constructed for you from a large pool of possibilities. Restarting your campaign, re-rolling a world, or joining another players’ world will be entirely different than the last. Each player will experience completely different games as they work their way through REMNANT’s rich storyline. Though rest assured, the overarching plot of the campaign remain the same; eliminate the Root. Because of this, we encourage players to re-roll worlds and run through the campaign multiple times to experience all of the different permutations possible… and collect some of the most powerful items the game has to offer.




That big, red, glowing crystal is more than just a fashionable holiday ornament. World Stones serve as beacons of hope during your adventures through the dangerous worlds of REMNANT. Resting at a re-awakened World Stone will instantly regain all of your lost health, restock your ammunition stores, and replenish your Dragon Hearts. But be warned - Resting also repopulates all basic enemies into the world. Bask in its radiant glory and take a reprieve from the horrors of the post-apocalypse… if only for a moment.



Another invaluable characteristic is the ability to fast-travel to other World Stones you’ve discovered during your journey. They can transport you to key locations including your home base at Ward 13, major points of interest, and even entirely new realms. Boss fight too tough? Teleport back to base to upgrade your gear! Think you missed a dungeon? Port back to the zone for further exploration! You will always rest before traveling to another World Stone, so you’ll be fit and ready for battle when you arrive.

Aside from the large World Stones you will also discover smaller World Shards. While shards possess the checkpoint and regenerative abilities of their larger counterparts, they won’t allow you to travel between worlds. They are limited to teleporting out of a dungeon or directly to Ward 13 and back. When you come across a World Shard there will likely be a fight ahead, so be sure to rest up and prepare for battle!



Finally, when you inevitably find yourself defeated at the hands of an otherworldly monster, feel free from fear as death is merely a setback for the travelers of the World Stones. Dying in REMNANT will simply return you to the last checkpoint (World Stone or World Shard) you crossed, full of life and ammunition to get that salty runback against the jerk that stands between you and glorious loot.

Remnant: From the Ashes releases on August 20, 2019. Pre-orders are available now for Steam, Playstation®4, Xbox One, and Arc. Stay tuned for more details, videos, exclusive reveals, and exciting content on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Be sure to join the conversation with devs and fans like you on our official Discord server. Until next time, Survivors!

Today we’re bringing you another deep dive into more core system mechanics for REMNANT: From the Ashes! Last time we talked about Moving, Attacking, & Dying and how those systems lay the groundwork for the flow of combat. Now that you know how to navigate the post-apocalypse (or die trying) let’s discuss the bones of how crafting and character progression works in REMNANT.

Due to the heavy replayability of REMNANT, the game difficulty scales to match your progress. Over time, enemy health and damage output rise to astronomical levels which can only be dealt with through the systems detailed below.

Ben "tragic" Cureton, Principal Designer at Gunfire, is here with more developer commentary on upgrading, crafting, and Firearm Mods!


While exploring the world in REMNANT, you will find and loot valuable scrap that can be spent at vendors in Ward 13 - your home base of operations. Scrap and other items you find on your adventures are useful for purchasing consumables, upgrading gear, crafting weapons, and more. Enemy threats you eliminate along the way will have a chance to drop scrap and sometimes they will even drop rare upgrade materials. The more difficult the enemy, the more valuable (and rare!) the resources.



When you’ve gathered enough resources, you can head back to Ward 13 and talk to the upgrade vendor. Upgrading weapons will increase the damage of the weapon, and upgrading armor will reduce the damage you take while wearing that armor. Not only will they trade you upgrade services for resources, they may also have new items available - so it’s important to check back once in a while!



If your weapons are too low level, damage against higher-level monsters will be drastically reduced. It’s imperative to keep your weapons up to par or encounters will become extremely hard to survive. In fact, you may get into situations where you constantly run out of ammo because you simply can’t do enough damage. Armor works similarly. If your armor level is too far below the enemy level, even the lowliest Root Hollow will shred your health before you can react.

The smallest threat becomes a danger if you fail to maintain your gear level. Don’t make that mistake!


If your current weapons aren’t hitting the mark, or you just want to try something new, crafting will give you fresh alternatives. Functionally, crafting weapons is comparable to upgrading weapons; the only real difference is you are making something new from scratch. Collect enough materials and head back to Ward 13 to talk to the smith. If you bring super rare materials, the stuff only obtained through boss kills, the smith will be able to craft the most sought-after boss weapons. These weapons, both melee and firearms, come with special effects that may just turn the tides of the most challenging battles!




Not only will you find a variety of weapons to suit your playstyle, each firearm can be customized by slotting in special augment items called Mods. Mods can be attained in a few ways: some are purchased, some are found in the world, and some are crafted. In addition, each starting archetype comes with a Mod for free - Hunters start with Hunter's Mark, Ex-Cultists have Mender's Aura, and Scrappers get Hotshot - two of which you can see in the gif above! They provide a myriad of effects, from healing, to explosive shots, to even allowing you to see through walls or summoning a temporary monster to assist you.



Once slotted, Mod Power is built through dealing damage with the firearm it is attached to. Some Mods only have 1 charge while others can store multiple charges. Once powered up, the player can activate the Mod and unleash the special effect! You can swap Mods whenever you please, but doing so does reset your Mod Power. Finding a good combination of Mods to compliment your weapon and armor choices is key to making a well-rounded loadout.


Stay tuned for more details, videos, exclusive reveals, and exciting content on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Be sure to join the conversation with devs and fans like you on our official Discord server. Until next time, Survivors!

Today we’re excited to finally dive into some of the ground-level core system mechanics for REMNANT: From the Ashes. Over the past few months, we’ve shown some combat videos of amazing gameplay footage from our test builds, but until now we haven’t detailed how the game will actually control and feel when you get your hands on it on August 20, 2019. In this blog, we aim to remedy this by giving you a window into our designs on moving, attacking, and dying in REMNANT. The game is still a work in progress, so please understand that everything below is subject to change. Those of you who have played our demo at Gamescom, PAX West, TwitchCon, or GDC have given us a lot of great comments about the fluid, deliberate feel of combat, so we hope you appreciate this written preview.

We spoke with Mike Maza, Principe Designer at Gunfire Games, about these systems and here’s what he had to say!


Let’s begin with the most fundamental system of a 3rd-person shooter - movement. Successfully navigating the monster-laden worlds of REMNANT will be an essential part of your survival. Before we jump into the details, check out the image below for a look at our current control sheet (subject to change):


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Avoiding enemy attacks is critical to achieving victory against the nightmarish creatures of REMNANT; thus we’ve included the ability to sprint. You can toggle between a jog and a full sprint by pressing down on the controller’s Left Thumbstick or Left-Shift on the keyboard to move at full speed. There will be plenty of moments where you’ll want to quickly move between cover, catch up with your friends, or escape from a pursuing foe.

Sprinting is not the only movement option in REMNANT. Each player has a few base ancillary movement tricks at their disposal. You can vault over low obstacles seamlessly from either a jog or a sprint simply by pressing the controller’s A-button or the keyboard’s Spacebar as you approach an obstacle. You will vault or roll over the object without losing momentum. Additionally, you can perform a powerslide by pressing the controller’s B-button or the keyboard’s LEFT-Ctrl key while sprinting. This is a useful tactic for sliding into cover – in fact, with careful timing you can break into a sprint, slide behind cover and then, in one seamless motion, roll over that obstacle and continue running!




Dodging is also simple in REMNANT – you can perform a dodge roll in the direction of movement by pressing the A-button on the controller or the Spacebar on keyboard. Pressing either the A-button or Spacebar without moving will cause you to perform a quick backstep; useful when your character is caught flat-footed enjoying the view and sniffing daisies. However, simply knowing how to dodge is only half the equation – the player has to become adept at reading an enemy’s attack cues… watch for those telltale signs that your foe is about to attack. Your dodge will change based on your equipment and encumbrance as well. Timing a perfect dodge is a critical defensive skill in REMNANT… mastering it is key to surviving a fight.




There will be plenty of monsters for you and your friends to slay in REMNANT, so we wanted to touch on combat a bit before revealing more extensive details in the future. Swinging a melee weapon or firing a gun in REMNANT is a little different than you may be used to. Performing a melee attack is easy – simply press the controller’s Right Trigger or the Left Mouse button to swing your melee weapon. Guns, however, can only be fired while the character is in aim mode which is accomplished by holding down the controller’s Left Trigger button or the Right Mouse Button. Pressing the controller’s Right Trigger or the Left Mouse Button while in that mode will fire your weapon. The controls may take a short while to get used to but, once you get the hang of it, you’ll find that it’s effortless to switch between shooting and swinging!

Standing still or, better yet, crouching will be your most stable positions while shooting. Although your character will be limited to a deliberate walk while in Aim Mode, any movement will affect your weapon accuracy and shot spread. The reticule will change to reflect that - the spread growing wider as you move and change directions. Try to use restraint if you have a tendency to lean on the trigger. Remember, short, controlled bursts win fights… and conserves ammo to boot!





Death is inevitable in REMNANT. Expect to die (and die often at first) – it’s part of the charm and challenge of the game. Luckily death is not permanent thanks to the strange World Stones and World Shards found throughout the environment. You will respawn at the last checkpoint you interacted with along with replenished Dragon Hearts (healing item) and a full stock of ammunition. However, it’s not all peaches and cream… an all-new set of enemies in the zone will also respawn in completely different locations. Tread carefully…

It’s also useful to talk about death in multiplayer. Working alongside a team of friends makes for a great time in REMNANT and helps take down some of the tougher bosses in the game. However, it’s imperative that you work to support each other in every fight. When one (or more) of you go down during a firefight, your teammates will have a limited time to revive you before you die. If you die, you won’t be able to respawn until at least one of your teammates reaches a World Stone or Shard checkpoint to initiate a resurrection. If your entire team dies you will ALL respawn back at the last checkpoint… and your enemies will repopulate!



We’ve covered a lot, but still only scratched the surface of what REMNANT: From the Ashes has to offer. Stay tuned for more details, videos, exclusive reveals, and more exciting content on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Until next time, Survivors!