Chatacombs
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The Codex
Every class, ability, ultimate, legendary and secret of the arena, in one place.
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Chatacombs is a battle royale played from the live chat. You don’t steer your hero: it fights on its own. You choose who it is, how boldly it plays, and what chat does to everyone else.
join in chat. Your hero, named after you, enters the next round. Add a class, race or style in any order: join dwarf rogue cautious.| Style | Chat words | How your hero plays |
|---|---|---|
| Aggressive | aggressive, aggro, yolo, hunt | Picks fights readily, even with stronger heroes, and only runs below 15% health. |
| Balanced | balanced, normal | The default. Runs below 25% health. |
| Cautious | cautious, safe, sneaky | Avoids risky fights and runs below 40% health. |
Times on this page are at normal stream speed (5 game turns a second).
The Roster
Thirteen classes in three archetypes. Pick one with join and the class name or any of its chat words. Abilities unlock as your hero levels up; the ultimate unlocks at level 5.
Chat: join sellsword or warrior, fighter, soldier, merc
A blade for hire built to wade into a crowd: charge in, stun with the shield, then spin through everyone nearby.
Chat: join reaver or barbarian, berserker, viking
All muscle. Charges, cleaves, roars enemies into retreat, then frenzies and drinks their blood.
Chat: join templar or paladin, crusader
An armoured guardian. Bashes and stuns from the first fight, and turns invulnerable when things go wrong.
Chat: join shade or assassin, ninja, shadow
An assassin. Vanishes, stalks a rival, opens with a guaranteed critical ambush, and marks the wounded for death.
Chat: join ascetic or monk, fists, brawler
Needs no weapon. Flying kicks that knock foes back, a burst of focus to recover, and a flurry that stuns.
Chat: join outrider or scout, rider, cavalier
A scout with blade and bow. Shoots on the approach, charges in, and tramples a whole line with Stampede.
Chat: join sharpshooter or archer, ranger, hunter, sniper, bow
Lives behind a bowstring. Shoots even point-blank, vaults out of melee, and rains arrows on a crowd.
Chat: join cutpurse or rogue, thief, bandit
Bow, smoke and poison. Slips out of any fight it can’t win and picks off whoever is left.
Chat: join arcanist or mage, wizard, sorcerer, caster
Blasts groups with arcane and fire magic and blinks away when cornered. Starfall is one of the biggest hits in the arena.
Chat: join stormcaller or shaman, elementalist, storm
Lightning and frost. Deadliest near water, where every bolt arcs through anyone standing in it.
Chat: join lightbearer or priest, cleric, holy
A holy fighter who smites from range, patches itself up, and ends fights with a healing Sunburst.
Chat: join mender or healer, medic, support
Very hard to kill. Heals constantly, and Lifeward resets a losing fight to full health.
Chat: join wildspeaker or druid, nature, beastmaster
Roots enemies where they stand and lets the ground do the work, healing between fights.
The Arsenal
Heroes use their abilities automatically when the moment is right. Cooldowns are how long before the same ability can be used again.
Dashes up to 7 tiles in a straight line at a foe at least 3 tiles away, strikes for ×1.5 damage and stuns (1 turn on heroes, 2 on monsters).
Sellsword Lv 1 · Reaver Lv 1 · Templar Lv 1 · Shade Lv 1 · Ascetic Lv 1 · Outrider Lv 1 · Lightbearer Lv 1 · Mender Lv 1 · Wildspeaker Lv 1
A force blast with a 2-tile radius, cast up to 7 tiles away and aimed to catch the most enemies.
Arcanist Lv 1
A lightning blast with a 2-tile radius, cast up to 7 tiles away. Prefers targets standing in water, where the lightning arcs.
Stormcaller Lv 1
When cornered, blinks 4 to 6 tiles to the open spot farthest from every threat.
Arcanist Lv 1 · Stormcaller Lv 1
A bow shot that pierces in a line, with extra range and damage. Needs a bow and a target 2+ tiles away.
Outrider Lv 1 · Sharpshooter Lv 1 · Cutpurse Lv 1
Leaps 2 to 3 tiles away from whoever is in melee range.
Sharpshooter Lv 1 · Cutpurse Lv 1
Turns invisible: for 4 s to escape a losing fight, or 6 s to stalk a rival 3 to 10 tiles away. See Stealth.
With 2 or more foes adjacent, strikes up to 6 of them.
A ×1.2 strike that stuns for 2 turns.
A fire blast with a 1-tile radius, up to 8 tiles away. Leaves the ground burning.
Arcanist Lv 5
A cold blast around the caster (2-tile radius) that slows everything caught for 2.4 s and freezes the ground.
Arcanist Lv 12 · Stormcaller Lv 5
A bolt up to 8 tiles away that jumps to up to 4 targets, each within 4 tiles of the last.
Stormcaller Lv 12
A holy bolt up to 7 tiles away that also heals the caster 10%.
Templar Lv 12 · Lightbearer Lv 5 · Mender Lv 12
Below 55% health, heals 30% and cures poison.
Lightbearer Lv 12 · Mender Lv 5 · Wildspeaker Lv 12
Fires at up to 3 foes in range at once (needs at least 2).
Outrider Lv 12 · Sharpshooter Lv 5 · Cutpurse Lv 12
A bow shot that slows the target for 3 s and frosts the ground under it.
Sharpshooter Lv 12
A ×1.1 strike that poisons the target for 8 turns. Damage grows with level.
Blinks behind a strong foe 2 to 6 tiles away and strikes for ×1.5.
Shade Lv 12
Leaps at a strong foe 2 to 6 tiles away, strikes for ×1.4 and knocks it back 2 tiles, stunned.
Ascetic Lv 5
Below 60% health with foes close, heals 20% and gains haste.
Ascetic Lv 12
Roots a foe up to 8 tiles away for 3 turns and splashes acid on the ground under it.
Wildspeaker Lv 5
Gains might (bonus damage) for 6 s and frightens every foe within 3 tiles. Bosses ignore it.
The Finishers
Every class has one ultimate. It unlocks at level 5 and is first ready 20 seconds into the round. It recharges in 20 s, 16 s from level 20, and 12 s from level 35. Heroes save it for real danger: a rival, a big monster, three or more foes, or low health.
Two ×1.75 strikes on every adjacent foe, then stoneskin (extra armor) for 6 s.
4 s of ×1.5 melee damage with 20% life steal, plus haste and an instant 20% heal.
A huge fire blast (3-tile radius) up to 9 tiles away. Leaves the area burning.
A blast of light around the caster (4-tile radius), heals 50% and blesses for 8 s.
Stuns everything within 2 tiles for 4 turns, heals 30%, leaps away if badly hurt, and grants 4 s of stealth.
A volley that covers a 3-tile radius up to 9 tiles away, at three times the bow’s dice.
Invulnerable for 3 s and heals 30%.
A 10-tile charge that tramples everyone beside the path (×1.5, stunned), then a ×2 strike on the target.
A full heal that also clears poison, slows, stuns and fear, then takes half damage for 5 s.
Blinks beside a rival or big monster within 10 tiles, strikes twice for ×2.5, and finishes it outright below 30% health.
Four rounds of strikes on an adjacent foe, then a 2-turn stun.
Lightning strikes up to 6 foes within 8 tiles (rival heroes first) and stuns each one.
An acid blast around the caster (5-tile radius) that roots everything for 3 turns and heals 25%.
The Hoard
Eighteen legendaries, each with a unique power. Only one of each exists per round. Every boss carries one, the guardian of the great hall carries one, and rare caches, supply drops and elite monsters very occasionally hold one. When a carrier dies, it drops for anyone to take.
Ignite
Bonus fire damage, and hits can set the ground under the target ablaze.
Devour
15% life steal, and every kill heals 30% of max health.
Quake
Every third melee hit shakes the earth: everything adjacent is stunned and takes 60% of the hit.
Reap
Any hit on a hero below 15% health (monsters below 20%) kills them outright. Bosses are immune.
Frostbite
Bonus cold damage. Hits slow the target, sometimes stun, and freeze the ground.
Splitshot
Every arrow splits: two more foes near the target take 60% of the hit.
Comet
One shot in four bursts like a falling star, hitting everything next to the target.
Arc
Bonus lightning damage, and every strike leaps to up to 3 nearby foes.
Thornwall
Attackers take 40% of their damage back, and one in four is snared. Also regenerates health.
Undying
Cheats death once per round: back at 50% health and invulnerable for 2 s.
Bulwark
Takes a quarter less damage from everything.
Aegis
Blocks one attack in five completely. Resists fire and cold.
Windwalk
Much faster movement, and below 30% health blinks 5 to 8 tiles away from danger.
Shadowmeld
Turns invisible when badly hurt, and ambushes hit 50% harder.
Wisdom
+50% experience from everything, and sees farther.
Bloodpact
Wounds close on their own when not hit for a moment, plus a little life steal.
Titan
+30% maximum health.
Overcharge
Abilities recharge 30% faster and ultimates twice as fast.
The Spoils
Gear comes in five colour-coded tiers. Every item also has an item level: loot found in dangerous places, or late in the round, is stronger.
| Tier | Extras | Stat scaling |
|---|---|---|
| Common | No extra properties | ×1 |
| Uncommon | 1 extra property | ×1.15 |
| Rare | 2 extra properties | ×1.35 |
| Epic | 3 extra properties | ×1.6 |
| Legendary | A unique power | ×1.9 |
| Source | What it rolls |
|---|---|
| Monsters | Sometimes drop gear: mostly common and uncommon, 12% rare, 3% epic. |
| Treasure caches | Mostly uncommon, 22% rare, 6% epic, plus a healing draught and some XP. |
| Rare caches and supply drops | Half rare, 28% epic, 2% legendary. |
| Elite monsters | 45% rare, 37% epic, 3% legendary. |
| Bosses | Their legendary, two epics and a healing draught. |
The Climb
Heroes level from 1 to 50 within a single round, and the gaps get huge. A big level lead decides most fights.
Monsters are level 1 near the drop points and get tougher the farther you go, up to level 32. Outpost guards are a few levels higher. Up close, monster levels are coloured by how dangerous they are to the nearest hero. Heroes leave sleeping monsters far above their level alone.
The Fight
The Bloodlines
Twelve races, each with its own strengths and one special trait. Add one to join, or let the game pick.
+15% experience
Average at everything, and quick to learn.
Chat: human
+1 armour
Stocky and hard to kill. A little slow, but their skin is like stone.
Chat: dwarf
+2 ranged accuracy and damage
Pocket-sized, with steady hands. Nothing they shoot seems to miss.
Chat: thimblekin, halfling
+20% maximum mana
Frail night-scholars, deep in arcana.
Chat: elf, moon elf
+1 melee damage
Brutal fighters who are not overly bright.
Chat: orc
+2 sight radius
Far-sighted travellers with starlight in their veins.
Chat: star elf
+25% gold found
Clever tinkerers who can smell gold through rock.
Chat: gnome
Resists poison
Whiskered tunnel scavengers with quick feet and iron stomachs.
Chat: scurrid, ratfolk, rat
Monsters are slow to notice them
Raised far from any sun. Monsters rarely hear them coming.
Chat: umbral elf, umbral
Resists fire, +1 armour
Descendants of an old dragon line. Strong, and unbothered by fire.
Chat: wyrmblood, dragon, wyrm
Mana regenerates twice as fast
Half in this world and half beyond it.
Chat: veilborn
Health regenerates three times as fast
Enormous and dim. Their wounds close while you watch.
Chat: troll
The Lords Below
Huge, high-level monsters that kill low-level heroes in a few hits. Beat one and you get its legendary.
The Grounds
Every round is a new procedural dungeon in one of twelve themes, with outposts full of caches, guards, fountains and shrines.
Winding caves with ruins, underground streams and the odd acid pool.
Darker than most. Packed with ruins and maze sections, with undead everywhere.
Lava rivers with bridges, and fire vents that erupt every 14 s.
Ice sheets, frozen rivers and pillared halls. Watch your footing.
Webbed caves full of spiders, with acid pools. Webs burn.
Huge halls and ruins split by lava, with acid and ice. Demons and elementals.
Ruins sunk in lakes and rivers. Great for anyone throwing lightning.
Grand pillared halls and ruins.
Mostly maze. Giants and beasts lurk in the corridors.
Dark, with lava rivers, acid and fire vents. Demons and undead.
A sprawl of ruins full of goblins, kobolds and orcs.
Classic rooms and ruins, halls and the occasional maze.
| Ground | Effect |
|---|---|
| Fire | Burns for 3% of max health every turn, and keeps burning for a moment after you leave. Spreads through webs, melts ice and boils off acid. Comes from fire spells, Starfall, meteors and volcanic vents. |
| Acid | Burns for 3.5% of max health every turn and corrodes armour and aim. |
| Water | Slows you down and puts out burning heroes. Lightning arcs through connected water, shocking and stunning everyone in it. |
| Ice | Slippery. Frost magic freezes water into ice; fire melts it. |
| Lava | Rivers in volcanic, rift and abyss arenas, crossed by bridges. |
The Chaos
When the collapse moves, chat votes on what hits the arena next. Type 1, 2 or 3 while the vote is on screen.
Crashes into the biggest cluster of heroes, hitting everything within 3 tiles with fire and leaving a burning crater.
Every hero recovers 35% of their health, and every fire goes out.
A tough little thief appears in the safe area carrying elite and rare loot and gold. Catch it before it escapes after about 50 seconds.
Packs of monsters burst out around the safe area, levelled to threaten the strongest heroes still standing.
Every monster wakes up and deals 30% more damage for the rest of the round.
A boss rises in the safe area, a few levels above most of the field, carrying a legendary.
The Crowd
No hero? You can still change the round. Each power needs enough of chat to agree, and the number scales with how many people are chatting, so nobody swings it alone.
cheer NAMEWhen enough of chat cheers a hero, they heal 20% and hit harder for 8 seconds.
boo NAMEWhen enough of chat boos a hero, they’re slowed for 3 seconds.
bounty NAMEPuts a price on a hero: 100 XP plus 50 per level, and it stacks. Rivals hunt them, and whoever lands the kill takes the XP. Bounty heroes show ◎ in their name tag.
dropFills the supply-drop meter. When it’s full, a crate of rare loot lands in the safe area.
pick NAMEA free prediction of the winner, open until half the heroes are down. The winner screen shows who called it.
The Grimoire
Type these in the live chat. The ! is optional: join and !join both work, as long as the command is the whole message.
| Command | Also works | What it does |
|---|---|---|
join | play, enter | Enter the next round. Add a class, race and style in any order. |
class NAME | Change your class for the next round. | |
race NAME | Change your race for the next round. | |
style NAME | mode | aggressive, balanced or cautious. |
me | hero, where | Highlight your hero and point the camera at it. |
stats | rank | Your wins, kills and best finish. |
1 / 2 / 3 | Vote while a chaos vote is on screen. | |
cheer NAME | hype | Chat power: heal and empower a hero. |
boo NAME | jeer | Chat power: slow a hero. |
bounty NAME | hunt | Chat power: put a price on a hero. |
drop | supply, airdrop | Chat power: fill the supply-drop meter. |
pick NAME | predict | Predict the winner. |
classes | List the classes on screen. | |
help | commands, how | Show the commands on screen. |
leave | quit | Stop playing. Type join to come back. |