Monetization

The Pax Dei base game includes: permanent game access, 2 character slots, and a free month of Premium Membership (1 plot) granting one month of Premium status and one Plot Token, for a cost of 29.99 €/$.

No. The base game is the only thing you need to enjoy Pax Dei. The base game grants you permanent access to Pax Dei’s 

Full access to all gameplay systems: PvE, PvP, crafting, building, and more.

Full access to all areas, all the Home Valleys, the PvP Province, and all the dungeons.

Public crafting stations and storage in starting zones near the Petrae Dei.

The ability to buy gear and consumables from other players, using Gold looted from PvE.

The ability to join a clan and use their plots, contributing to a shared village or an ambitious city.

Access to high-tier crafting materials and rare loot through PvP.

This is the whole game, not a demo or trial.

The base game also includes a free month of Premium Membership (1 Plot), allowing you to try out these additional benefits (see below).

For players looking to claim and manage their own land, host friends, or dive deep into advanced crafting and trading, a subscription offers added depth.

By subscribing to a Membership plan, you will receive monthly:

, activated on the day you activate your subscription, which grants you the following bonuses:

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(depending on the subscription plan you choose).

What are the prices for the Premium Memberships?

Premium Status (no plot): 3.99 $/€ per month

Can I still build on a plot without a membership?

Yes, as long as its owner grants you permission. 

Can I still play with my friends if I’m not subscribed and they are?

There is nothing preventing players with and without a Membership from playing together, including building, gathering resources, venturing into dungeons, or PvPing together in Lyonesse.

Can I upgrade from the Core experience to Premium Membership at any time? Will I keep my progress?

You can subscribe to a Membership at any time, from the game or your account management page. Your subscription will then renew automatically every month. Membership is not required to play Pax Dei and is subject to cancellation by you at any time. Note that all your progress will carry over. 

Are cosmetic recipes from Early Access still available?

If you purchased a Founder’s Pack during Early Access, then your characters will have access to your exclusive recipes at release. 

General

 is available on the following platforms:

Can I switch platforms? If I purchased Pax Dei on the Epic Games Store, can I switch to Steam, for example? Will there be cross-play or cross-progression?

No. You can only access Pax Dei on the platform where you purchased it. However, if you own the game on multiple platforms and 

link them via your account management page

, your account — including characters and progress — will carry over across those linked platforms. All players, regardless of where they purchased Pax Dei, will play on the same shards and will play together.

No. Founder’s Packs were only available until October 6, 2025. The base game can currently be purchased on various platforms.

In detail: Pax Dei does not have the usual survival mechanics where your character can starve to death or lose capabilities because they did not rest. That being said, eating food can give you buffs... or poison you. There are other status effects that exist, but these are common RPG mechanics and don't make Pax Dei a survival game.

You won't find any of the traditional MMO NPC cities, NPC quest-givers, or NPC vendors in the world, but you will find a wide selection of creatures and AI enemies in PvE. Players will inhabit the lands, build the towns, handle trading, crafting, etc.

How many races? Can we play an elf or an angel?

As a player, you will only be able to play a human avatar that you will be able to customize with various traits to make it unique and your own. This is part of our “low fantasy” or “medieval fantasy” approach.
Regarding the creatures that you will find in the world of Pax Dei - friendly or less friendly ones - we want to take some time to introduce them, and to be fully honest, we want to keep some stuff secret. At the very least, we can say that some of them will be humanoid, but others… not quite.

Is the game now considered “feature complete”?

No. Version 1.0 doesn’t mean Pax Dei is “feature complete.”

We still have many features and pieces of content to add — some already announced, others still under wraps.

What kind of post-launch content updates can we expect?

Development will continue after release, with 

Details on upcoming content will always be shared on our official 

Can I transfer my character to a different server? Can I switch regions/servers after character creation?

 between shards within the same region. However, as in Early Access, we may offer transfers from overcrowded shards to lower-population ones through our 

. Of course, we will provide all the details if we implement this service.

Will there be server queues on launch day?

We can spin up additional shards as needed, and our 

 will help balance player loads per shard.

What are your plans to minimize latency for players?

, allowing players to choose one that is close to them. Additionally, our combat system and MMO mechanics are designed to be more tolerant of lag compared to FPS games.

Will system requirements change with the full release?

No, system requirements will remain the same.

I’m having trouble accessing my account. What should I do?

You can manage your account directly from 

How can I report bugs or give feedback after release?

You can report bugs directly in-game using the F9 button. We also have a 

Is controller support available with Pax Dei 1.0?

Controller support will not be available at launch. 

The game is currently available in English, French, German, Polish, and Spanish. We plan to add more languages after release, depending on the community's needs.

Plot Tokens & Premium Status

Plot Tokens allow you to claim in-game lands for yourself, to build your in-game home:

How many Plot Tokens can I purchase at the same time?

Starting with Pax Dei 1.0, Membership plans will include 

Not right now, but it is something we’d like to offer in the future.

What happens if my subscription ends, but I did not activate any of my Plot Tokens?

, even without an active subscription. Each Token provides 

For example, your subscription ends on January 15, but you still have 2 unused Plot Tokens. You can choose to activate both on March 1st, or one on March 20 and the other on May 12. 

Does that mean I can have a plot active but no Premium Status active?

Premium Status and Plot Tokens are independent. 

Premium Status is tied to your subscription and is activated automatically when you subscribe. Plot Tokens can be used anytime while they’re valid (up to 12 months after purchase).

Can I stack Plot Tokens on a single Plot to be spent automatically, or will I have to activate my Tokens manually every month?

. By default, when a plot expires, it will try to use an available token for renewal. If you prefer, you can disable this automatic setting and manage renewals yourself. You can also 

 by adding multiple unused tokens at once.

 starting from the date of purchase. This status is renewed automatically each time your plan renews. 

: if you cancel your subscription, your Premium Status will eventually expire, but you may still have unused Plot Tokens that you can activate at any time.

Note: These perks represent the first iteration of Premium Status. They may evolve over time as Pax Dei grows and new content is introduced.

When you subscribe, you receive both your Plot Tokens and 

Premium Status is activated immediately and renews automatically each month as long as your subscription remains active.

Community & Communication

Where can I find official updates or patch notes?

We strongly encourage you to join Discord and follow us on social media to always stay up to date with the latest news about Pax Dei.

How can I connect with the Pax Dei community?

 with a welcoming community. Our players are passionate about the game, quick to give advice, and eager to guide newcomers.

, you’ll find channels for: game info and updates, discussions with fellow players, clan recruitment, tips on crafting, gathering, and more.

Is there an in-game tutorial or guide for new players?

While the game contains some tutorials to guide you at the start of your journey in Pax Dei, our community is also 

Will there be developer livestreams or AMAs after launch?

While we cannot provide a schedule at this time, as our development team will be busy continuing to develop the game, we plan to organize some Q&A sessions and interviews with the developers. Stay tuned and check 

Clans & Community

Do I need a Premium Membership to join or create a clan?

 can join or create clans, regardless of subscription status.

Will there be in-game events to celebrate the full release?

 to mark the launch. More details will be announced soon on our official 

Is role-playing supported or encouraged in any specific way?

 for players seeking a role-play experience in Pax Dei.

RP shards will not have enforced RP rules

 or RP-specific moderation. We trust the community to respect one another’s roleplay. If you don’t want to RP, plenty of other shards will be available.

Security & fair-play

How is Pax Dei handling cheating or exploits?

If you encounter a player or group violating our 

. We take these reports seriously and will take action to maintain a fair gaming environment.

How do I recover my account if I’ve been inactive since Early Access?

Your account remains active even if you haven’t played for a while. If you encounter login issues, please 

What’s your policy regarding harassment/toxicity?

As with any online community, maintaining a 

is crucial. To help with this, we are also integrating an automated chat moderation tool with our partners at 

Playing on Game Pass

If you own a PC Game Pass, a Game Pass Premium, or a Game Pass Ultimate, you just need to log in to your Game Pass account on your PC and search for Pax Dei in the search bar. Then you simply have to download the game. 
Pax Dei is not included in the Game Pass Essential subscription.

What does the version on the Game Pass include?

The Game Pass version is the same version as the one available for purchase on other platforms. The base game grants you permanent access to Pax Dei’s 

Do I need to re-purchase the game after my free perks expire?

No. If you have access to the game with your Game Pass subscription (PC, Premium, or Ultimate), you will continue to have access after the first month, and the free perks will expire.

The base game is all you need to enjoy Pax Dei.

Do I need to purchase a Premium Membership as well?

No. The base game is all you need to enjoy Pax Dei. The base game grants you permanent access to Pax Dei’s Core Experience and includes a free month of Premium Membership (1 Plot), allowing you to try out these additional benefits.

However, once the free month of Premium Membership expires, you can either continue playing without a plot or choose to continue to manage your own land by purchasing a Premium Membership that includes one or more tokens.

All information on the Membership is here:

Does that mean I can play Pax Dei on console?

For the time being, Pax Dei is only available on PC. If and when it's ported to consoles, we’ll make sure to inform players, but this isn't in the plans at the moment.

Public Test Shard

You can access the Public Test Shard via your Steam client. For now, this special shard is only available to our players on Steam. You’ll find the Public Test Shard build from Properties / Betas. 
Select 

 and start the download of the Public Test Shard client.

The Public Test Shard is a game world where Content Updates will be applied prior to their official release, for live testing and final balancing. Apart from that, it behaves like all other worlds. Think of it as an additional option beside the regular and RP worlds, a place for the curious and adventurous who want a sneak peek at what’s coming next. 

The development of Pax Dei continues, and we need to be able to test some changes and new features with a significant number of players. Hence, this test shard will allow us to test “for real” some of the features we cannot test in-house due to the reduced size of our team.

Is the content on the Public Test Shard subject to an NDA?

There is no content under NDA on the test shard. You’re free to share the new content with your fellow Paxians and even discuss all the latest content on our dedicated Discord channel.

If I play on both a normal shard in the EU and the PTS, is my Grace shared across all EU shards?

Yes, you have a Grace wallet in all regions where you've logged in. Logging in with an avatar on a regular EU shard or on the PTS will grant you daily Grace for this region. 

This is the same for your Plot tokens. Note that Tokens are also shared between regions.

Why do we need subscription tokens and character slots for the Test Shard?

To be useful, the Test Shard has to mirror real gameplay. Many critical bugs only surface when a sufficient number of players are building, crafting, fighting, and gathering resources together. That level of activity can’t be recreated with temporary access or one-off sessions—it requires a shard that feels permanent and alive.

Subscription tokens and character slots are part of that permanence. They create real investment, prevent abandoned “ghost towns,” and ensure that the Test Shard provides meaningful, reliable data.

And just to be clear: this isn’t about giving you rough, unfinished features. Think of the Test Shard as an Early Access server—fully playable content, fast patches, and once everything stabilizes, deployment to all shards.

If I choose to play on the Public Test Shard, can I move my character and plots to a different shard later?

No. Your characters and plots stay tied to each shard. Of course, you can decide to have characters and plots on multiple shards, but progress won’t transfer between them.

Yes, the Public Test Shard is a full shard, not a temporary server. There should not be any wipe on this shard either, like for the other live shards. 

How often will new content appear on the Public Test Shard?

We’ll introduce new features there a few weeks before they go live everywhere else. Timing may vary depending on the content and our testing needs.

We’ll do our best to ensure it’s as stable as the live shards as possible, but because it gets new features first, it will inherently be less stable than the other shards. That’s part of the adventure!

We’ll provide dedicated feedback channels on our official Discord server where you can share your experience on the Public Test Shard. Your input will help us polish new content before it reaches everyone else.

The Public Test Shard will be located in the EU region. Players from anywhere can join, but you may notice differences in latency depending on your location.

World

Can you explain the difference between regions, provinces, and heartlands?

The world of Pax Dei is split into four main 

plus four in-between regions. The four main regions are Gallia, Gothia, Iberia, and Anatolia. For the release, we are focusing on building a part of Gallia, whose terrain and atmosphere are mainly inspired by the southwest of France (with a pinch of a magical twist). 
A 

is a large section of a region. We will have different types of provinces, but the heartland provinces are the most important (and biggest) ones. Another type of province is what we currently call the contested provinces - which, as you can guess, are related to PvP. 
A 

 is a blessed land where players can place their plots and build villages.


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Here is a sketch of the map used for the Friend & Family Alpha build. It contains one 

province, and the named red zones ‘Maremna, Gravas, Tursan…’ are the 

. 
In the game, this province is a square of 10 km per side, but the playable area is ‘only’ around 70km² (27mi²). 

It depends on what one means by “the world.” The entire world of Pax Dei won’t be available at release, and we’ll start with a portion of the world in the region named Gallia. 
We already have four heartland provinces (plus some dungeons and another type of province we are not ready to talk about) which give you a playground of approximately 300 km2 (115 mi2), but we plan for bigger for release.
Of course, it heavily depends on content production capabilities and some technical constraints.

Can you talk a bit more about the lore of Gallia and the rest of the world?

We have published numerous Lore articles on our website, and we recommend you check them out to learn more about the Lore of Pax Dei. Look for the Diegesis category at 

Can you explain how you are building the world from a technical standpoint?

Our world generation process is semi-procedural, or what we like to say, procedurally assisted. We believe that a human should make the interesting decisions, while the computer should do what it excels at, filling in the details. 

In very simplified terms, a human creates a map of the world, and the computer makes a 3D game world out of it. In software terms, our world generation pipeline runs entirely in SideFX Houdini, which is a great match for what we are doing. 

In more detail, we start with three main inputs: a very rough height sculpt, an annotated 2D map of what is where, and a bunch of tabular data like what plant species grow in which biomes. First come the geological processes, erosion, lakes, river pathfinding, and such. Then we add the human influences, mainly road carving and modifying the terrain to fit the structures we want. Lastly comes all the plant life and other decoration, with only a minor influence on the terrain itself. 

The process also creates a lot of other data than just the 3D environment. A game like ours requires a lot of auxiliary data for things like resource distribution, pathfinding, player map, and so on. It is important to us that we do not edit the world manually, as that would mean making changes would be harder.

Will there be an in-game map of the world? Will we be able to see everything from the map right away or only already explored areas?

No, we won't provide any detailed map. Discovering the world is part of the game. However, the community has already built different detailed maps. Don't hesitate to look for them or to ask on our 

Are there areas that you will only explore once and won’t get back to them again because the creatures and resources have become obsolete?

In our game, we strive to make every resource valuable and useful throughout your entire journey. Even the simplest resources have their place. Whether it's building walls for your village or equipping warriors with weapons and armor, the demand remains constant. Just like in real life, even if you've mastered the art of crafting steel, you'll still find yourself in need of iron. 
At the beginning of your adventure, you may find yourself gathering these resources on your own. However, as you explore and progress in the world, you'll have the opportunity to rely on other players who are newer to the game or experts in their respective trades to fulfill your resource needs.

How can a player make the world his own? How creative can we be with our interaction with the world?

A player should be in full control of his own land. Likewise, Clans will put their mark on the world by organizing villages and communal buildings they work on together. 
Clans that decide to cooperate and become allies can create larger social units and should therefore gain control over more land and building features than those who choose to go at it alone.

What kind of biomes will we find in the world of Pax Dei, and how will they affect our characters?

In our quest to create a world that feels authentic and familiar, we've placed a strong emphasis on verisimilitude. We believe that by making the environments and transitions between biomes believable, we can offer players a truly immersive experience. Our goal is to transport you into a world that feels both authentic and grounded rather than purely fantastical. As a result, you'll find that our biomes often partially overlap or interweave, adding to the sense of realism and exploration. 
Currently, we have four distinct forest biomes that each have their own unique characteristics. Additionally, we have a couple of captivating mountain biomes, along with several open lowland areas and swamps that provide a different flavor to the landscape. Each of these biomes offers its own visual aspect and various ways to navigate and explore. Furthermore, they are home to specific endemic flora and fauna, as well as shared species that add to the rich diversity of the world. 

How are biomes connected with each other?

They usually continue seamlessly from one to another, depending on geographical factors and bodies of water. We aim to make a real and believable world.

What kind of creatures will be met in Pax Dei?

We want our world to have some verisimilitude, to look like a plausible medieval world that can resonate with the mental image we all share about the Middle Ages. 
If one was walking around in the forested areas in Pax Dei, one would obviously expect to run into individuals representing Europe’s typical forest fauna: rabbits, boars, deer, wolves, and bears... So you’ll have these. 
And because our world is not the real world, but a fantasy world where “myths are real, and ghosts exist,” one might also run into unexpected creatures that could qualify as mythical or fantastic, or even demonic. Not everywhere and not every time…

Do resources respawn? Does the world feel “alive”?

Generally speaking, resources will respawn unless a character has claimed the land they were on (i.e., different rules apply on resource spawning when it comes to players’ plots).

While the most basic resources can be commonly found, most resources tend to be distributed in an asymmetrical pattern. Their exact location and their abundance are dependent mainly on geological factors. Hence, people who spend some time out and about looking for specific resources should relatively quickly learn where it is best to look.

Tech

An introduction to Pax Dei’s shards, servers, and zones

 (Gallia, Anatolia, Gothia…) split into several 

(Ancien, Merrie, Kerys…). A province is a very large geographical area with several 

interspersed by big mountain ranges. In specific provinces called 

, and those are where you can build your home. And, of course, you also have dark 

and caves that mainly exist below the surface of these provinces.

But how do these geographical features map down to actual physical servers, and how do they affect how you play the game?

The first choice you will face when creating a new character in Pax Dei will be the selection of a specific instance of a 

. Even though the world of Pax Dei is geographically vast, it can only accommodate a certain number of players in total. This is why we run multiple copies of the world, each being identical but completely independent of the others in terms of actual inhabitants. Each such copy we call a shard.

We estimate we’ll start with a maximum population in a single shard of around 7,000 players. A single shard is run wholly within one physical cloud hosting center. We will run shards in different availability regions worldwide, e.g., North America and Europe.

The factors that will mainly influence your choice of shard will thus be the following:

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From a computational point of view, a shard consists of a large collection of various servers and cloud services, each of them fulfilling a specific function. The most numerous ones are what we call 

. This is because the simulation of a whole world is much too computationally heavy to be handled by a single hardware instance and is thus divided into smaller computational units that we call 

 that handles the simulation of a specific part of the world, e.g., one home valley. 

At any given time, you, as a player, are automatically connected to a zone server. Whenever you move across a zone boundary, your connection automatically moves to the adjacent zone server. This is what we call a 

. In most cases, these transitions should be seamless, except for a few important exceptions:

As mentioned above, a zone server is a dedicated Unreal Server handling the simulation of a small subsection of the world. Eventually, a zone server can also become overwhelmed with too many players. Currently, this limit is around 150 players, but it is expected to change with better hardware and optimizations. To avoid having to close off zones when the maximum number of players is hit, e.g., during peak hours, we introduce the concept of 

instead. The mechanism is such that when we surpass the maximum number of players in a zone, we distribute the whole set of players within a given zone boundary between two or more separate instances of the zone. Each zone instance is actually running a separate zone server for the same zone, but players within a given zone instance can not interact with players in another instance.


This separation only applies to direct player interactions, but the persistence of the buildings, amongst other things, works across instances, meaning the buildings are visible to all. Once the zone population levels go down, instances merge together. For regular operation, after a shard has reached maturity, instancing should only happen in exceptional cases, but it might be common at the beginning.

Apart from zone servers, the rest of the backend handles coordination between zone servers, transactional game logic, communication, and persistence. There are situations where the clients connect directly to this backend through secure APIs, e.g., for authentication. Still, in most cases, the zone servers are the ones communicating with the backend to specific services such as inventory service, resource management, etc.

All of this infrastructure is then deployed, coordinated, and scaled through a Kubernetes architecture running on top of a cloud infrastructure.

What is the biggest challenge when working on an MMO like Pax Dei?

The biggest challenge is how complicated the tech stack is. The whole tech stack comprises various components, some being 3rd party components (e.g., the Unreal Engine or PostgresDB) and others fully developed in-house. Most of these are not specifically designed to be used in an MMO. The functions of these components range from physics simulation, graphics rendering, AI behavior to transactional integrity and high scalability of server transactions. They cover multiple programming languages and must be built and deployed in perfect harmony to function all together as intended. Finally, testing an MMO without actual players is difficult, hence the importance of early user testing.

Will we have some shards dedicated to PvE without any PvP interaction?

Frequently Asked Questions

Monetization

1.0 Monetization

What is the price of the base game?

Does Pax Dei require a subscription?

What is a Premium Membership?

What are the prices for the Premium Memberships?

Can I still build on a plot without a membership?

Can I still play with my friends if I’m not subscribed and they are?

Can I upgrade from the Core experience to Premium Membership at any time? Will I keep my progress?

Are cosmetic recipes from Early Access still available?