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Pax Dei is a social sandbox MMO developed by Mainframe Industries on Unreal 5, where you can build a home, craft your weapons and go to war.

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<h3><b>How it began, the First Redeemer
</b></h3><h6>This current aeon, the most recent incarnation of the Garden of Earthly Delights, has stood for almost four millennia. The Garden of Paradise, where the first redeemer, Protennoia, entered this world and her offspring, who became the first people living, is where Axis Mundi now stands. The children of Paradise pleased the Lord and have forever been allowed to inhabit this jewel of Creation while multiplying and eventually peopling the Earth.</h6><h6>Protennoia was not only the mother and father of all who live today, but she was also the first redeemer of this aeon, washing away the sins of everyone who walked the earth. Redeemers have appeared on Earth eight times since Protennoia, and every time they have reaffirmed God&#39;s rule over Earth´s children. Each of them has revealed a host of new knowledge as gifts from the Almighty, enabling man to express God’s wondrous creation in new and ever more glorious ways.</h6><h6><i>~ Excerpt from the Gyronomicon</i></h6><p></p><h3><b>Armozel’s Folly</b></h3><h6><i>Armozel was revealed as the fifth redeemer during the great incursion of the Dark Lord in the twelfth century after creation. The seventh son of a Gothian carpenter, he taught mankind to imbue earth&#39;s metals with divine spirit, shaping them into tools, weapons, and armor. Armozel was the first redeemer born under the sun, rather than having descended from heaven.</i>
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Four decades after Phaionios’ ascension, Armozel was growing restless. His craft and skill had given him everything he could wish for, so the Deceiver laid out a trap for him and showed him he had yet more to gain. In the guise of the angel Chamuel, he visited Armozel in a dream and led him under the great mountain Medula, beyond the holy seals laid down by the fourth redeemer, and showed him endless halls and chambers where cold metal lined the walls while glistering stones shone the way.
</h6><h6>Without seeking guidance from the Allfather, once again, Armozel raised the Sons of the Light, the great host of paladins who had fought with him and Phaionios during the great purge of Evil. His desire for the riches kept by the dungeons beneath the mountain and the pride welling up inside him at the sight of thousands of his holy knights standing before him caused him to disregard God’s peace. And the seals were shattered.
</h6><h6>For one day and one night, the Sons of the Light rode through the gates of Medula, descending into the mountain, singing praises to the Lord and shouting taunts at the dark forces that surely awaited them within. Armozel, who was riding mid-column, entered the mountain at sunset.
</h6><h6>Neither he, nor a single one of his shining paladins, was ever seen again.<i>
</i></h6><h6><i>~ Echoes of Cimeron 1:22</i></h6><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/Jhb7sJkA9UsSGJOgQfEho/832000da2d77f85161ead1538ad3c9bb/CA-knights-5-large.png" width="6000" height="2312" alt="CA - Armozel" /><h3><b>
</b></h3><h3><b>Current State of Affairs
</b></h3><h6>For almost a century now, since the slaying of the last redeemer, no sanctified emissaries of the Divine have shown themselves on earth. No prophets, no redeemers, and no new saints have been revealed, and only the occasional rumors of faraway manifestations of the Divine have been reported. The seat of the Holy See remains empty, all the great kingdoms of the heartlands have crumbled and lie in waste and ruin. The fabled monasteries founded by Oroael, the sixth redeemer, have been robbed and deserted, and the great paladin strongholds of Armozel, the fifth redeemer, have been lost, only legends remain, rumoring of their whereabouts.</h6><h6><b>Has the Divine forgotten her children?</b></h6><h6>No one knows for sure, but what is obvious to all is that Pax Dei, the protection of the Divine, has shrunk more and more, leaving ever larger swaths of land open to the ever-growing darkness creeping in from the Rimlands and the agents of the Dark Lord grow bolder every year. In fact, the only civilized place that still stands is reportedly Axis Mundi itself, or so we hope. No one has been let in there since the murder of Loios, and besides that, a handful of nearby settlements.</h6><h6>Creation is crying out for salvation, crying out for able bodies and minds to stand against the encroaching darkness, to pick up the banner of light and once more drive the forces of evil whence they came. In order to accomplish that, old fields must be broken anew, trees cleared, roads rebuilt, villages erected, and industries created. The lost wisdom of centuries past must be rediscovered, relics and holy sites unearthed, churches built, and the will of the Divine once again transformed into proud bastions of faith both at home and in the furthest reaches of the world.</h6><h6><i>~ Sages Annals, the final chapter.</i></h6><p></p>

Redeemers, Part 1

<h3><b>How it began, the First Redeemer
</b></h3><h6>This current aeon, the most recent incarnation of the Garden of Earthly Delights, has stood for almost...

CA-River stream (reedemers lore)

<p>We received a lot of feedback and new questions after releasing our <a href="https://playpaxdei.com/en-us/faq/building">Building FAQ</a> and <a href="https://playpaxdei.com/media/videos">videos</a>, so we decided to update it with a bunch of further questions you can find below (if you prefer digging into the extended FAQ, you can too).</p><p></p><h3>You mention &quot;plot&quot; several times. What is a plot exactly?</h3><p>Good question! A plot is a portion of land that belongs to a character and that you can &quot;claim&quot; in the areas open for building. This portion of land is circular and vast enough to build a house of reasonable size and a couple of smaller structures. When you&#39;re placing a plot, you&#39;ll be able to pick the plot location in the Heartlands pretty freely and see a preview of precisely what the area you&#39;re getting is like.</p><h3>How big are the Heartlands we&#39;re building in?</h3><p>We&#39;re creating a separate FAQ about the world and will cover this question in detail. The Heartlands are pretty big, and there are many.</p><h3>There are no doors or signs in the videos?</h3><p>The current game build doesn&#39;t have doors and signs, but yes, we want to have these as much as you do.</p><h3>Is there a height cap to how tall buildings I can make?</h3><p>Yes, but the structural integrity system will block you from making buildings tall enough to hit the cap. We want to enable you to make large multi-story houses, but at the same time, we don&#39;t want the game to feature skyscrapers, so the tallest buildings will be somewhere around what you&#39;d expect to see in the Middle Ages.</p><h3>Are the building pieces in the video final?</h3><p>The video we posted doesn&#39;t show all the blocks we have in the game, and we&#39;re still iterating on exactly what blocks we have, so please assume anything you saw in the video is subject to change.</p><h3>Can I build on water?</h3><p>Yes, we currently allow the plots to overlap water and probably will want to have this be the case long term. As you saw in the video we posted, lakeside properties are pretty awesome. In the current game build, you can place building foundation pieces underwater, as long as the bottom of the lake is close to the surface, so effectively you can build on the shore with slight overlap with water, but you cannot build let&#39;s say a bridge over a lake.</p><h3>I can&#39;t build outside of Heartlands, right? But what about PvP?</h3><p>You can&#39;t build outside of Heartlands in the current game version. We want to have this eventually, but PvP building destruction that works in an MMO is highly challenging to have work in a way that creates a good gameplay experience, so we haven&#39;t made this yet. We&#39;re working toward having a solid core game at launch, and we planned PvP building for a game update. Having said that, we absolutely want to have high-stakes PvP in the game launch version - it&#39;s just the stakes are not related to building. The reason not to have the houses you&#39;re building in Heartlands be part of PvP is that we want the base game to be enjoyable to even those who don&#39;t want to participate in PvP directly. We believe even the hardcore PvPers deserve a resting place in the world to regroup and gather forces in preparation for the next battle.</p><h3>Does the game have roads? How do those work?</h3><p>Yes, we have a pre-made road network, and we&#39;ll also cover this in more detail in the World FAQ. The short of it is: roads are intended for traveling the world, and you can&#39;t build on pre-made roads.</p><h3>How much can I build on a plot?</h3><p>We haven&#39;t yet determined how large the plots are, so it&#39;s impossible to answer this precisely. The balance we&#39;re looking for could be described as &quot;You can build quite a lot on your plot, but you will also want to work with your clan to use the combined land in your clan&#39;s plots as smartly as possible.&quot;</p><h3>Are there access controls in the plots?</h3><p>We have an access control system that&#39;s being integrated into the items, and it will give you reasonably granular control over who can access things in your plot. We don&#39;t have a feature to restrict people from walking on your land, but you _can_ build walls, so theoretically, your clan could wall up the village - as people did in the Middle Ages.</p><h3>Can I build on other players&#39; plots?</h3><p>Yes - depending on who allows you to do so. We&#39;re expecting most clans will set up their plots so all clan members can build on all clan plots.</p><h3>What if a griefer builds a plot next to mine or my clan&#39;s plots?</h3><p>We understand that players may encounter issues with plot placement, and we want to ensure that our players can resolve these conflicts. Our team has extensive experience working on multiple MMOs, and we are well-versed in the challenges that players can face.</p><h3>Can I modify the ground in the plot?</h3><p>We don&#39;t support this feature, but you can build the foundations to flatten the land.</p><h3>Can I get more plots somehow?</h3><p>In the current game, each player has just one plot, but we will eventually add ways in which you can get additional land.</p>

Update on the Building FAQ

We received a lot of feedback and new questions after releasing our Building FAQ and videos, so we decided to update it with a bunch of further questions...

Closed Alpha - Player-built - Windy Morning 2

<p>As promised in our last <a href="https://playpaxdei.com/en-us/news/information/new-faq-section-and-more">news update</a>, we gathered some screenshots from the Closed Alpha build for you to enjoy! </p><p>Except for the ruins, players have built all the houses you can see on these screenshots, and the only hack we used to take them is a fly mode (we also often hide the UI and the character itself).</p><p></p><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/3uRY4GlgLDt5njvrqPLSWb/6fb2c2c3aa852607ba8a126099aaa51a/CA2-Building-4.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Sweet Loneliness" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/3Fd03FbdB61fQ2JyZ7rYga/e94a65260a57603f275971e4860a2da3/wCA2-Building-5.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Front Lake" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/j5cSTXUtZEt3IomqJTLAa/8d59a2c5b1a8fa85c495a26cefadd789/CA2-Building-6.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - My Plein-Air Workshop" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/7FG944oGw84WgDv64YsGfE/dd7ecef397fa361b5d5630eb2d1e0100/CA2-Building-7.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Windy Morning" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/22YYIRhqXSE7jL3SoJAIHO/555da4e389035bcf048b86e59734340e/CA2-Building-8.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Windy Morning 2" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/2hfppdb1siqOUQ7xAiFmSj/b1c1415ad81813214dd49c034e35be45/CA2-Building-9.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - My Little Garden" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/1pTUtMiHdW8oY3WWLfNosg/b84407739845b01452c3c138160e5e08/CA2-Building-10.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - A Simple Valley" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/4dqAw1Y4kGsZ8jPum6OjLM/d9d2ddeffb8568b7b82c81e7b7d0bed6/CA2-Building-11.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - From the Ruins" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/1QKZJRauiItpEMR0Xy82Ae/efaa53a4156b18aeea35b9c408c8af76/CA2-Building-12.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Boar on the Doorstep" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/6HZSoQA5xPm2FSaPc9KzAX/7e624626fb1f29a67046996bf7820d62/CA2-Building-13.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - An Enlightening Experience?" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/1gX0InxvFEADqT0t7UbTZD/ad19a75bbae1a6fb1816b9076f350b4b/CA2-Building-14.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - In my Backyard" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/4fcYONxMc96YxlM7XJ9wJB/ddafdfa9428b70172c621931c60113b3/wCA2-Building-15.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Promenade at Night" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/XMpNct9C8I8rAlJtcUmDS/7e00758c9d3d31ae65ad75264439ae45/CA2-Building-16.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - A Village at Night" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/2WZTjX4MUdHxbKHwh9oNrV/a9f662cc42b649816baaa5c0a7579ec8/CA2-Building-17.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Night Watch" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/7uEq0GdgwNuZBLbNrCfKaH/132e74bcdab3b6bcf1422ebf9978b6f9/CA2-Building-18.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Day Watch" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/1GdW2SGUx8q7tBGsAawr0L/7377359bfffc5668bd26783c1676c216/CA2-Building-19.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - The Tavern 2" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/6wjgvTMA6GhT54CVxOO5LF/5b303e601c5233c407d34e7c527d4eac/wCA2-Building-20.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Cozy Cottage" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/4amvjDesMUkrtWTHdntLdv/139ef8598db7294a3bc4d112fbe27735/CA2-Building-21.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Before the Raid" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/1ZbvSu1ROKr55NkQ2bldT2/d8d9c6e01dab169dba4667a807ad0904/CA2-Building-22.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - The Tavern" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/6wo0Grkrpqk9YDHjfx0XLg/dc0333653179678ca4336e42b83c96b5/CA2-Building-23.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Close to the Divine" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/2SwfDps3tkSamekZjc9Kyo/3a3e4bd8717d7a84a5b48a42fbd46dc8/CA2-Building-24.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - I need more Light" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/3ehodZif8HJ6dO15FdZDwZ/c030c57fc8f7cad472da7d91be55020c/CA2-Building-25.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Next to the Lake" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/33kdAr1E7qOBIq1JasjhLF/0062f7581794931dbbb4a95050685d80/wCA2-Building-26.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - A Clan's Village" /><p></p>

Alpha Gallery

As promised in our last news update, we gathered some screenshots from the Closed Alpha build for you to enjoy! Except for the ruins, players have built...

Closed Alpha - Player-built - A Clan's Village

<img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/4kkNVKJbh0FXCKZLGYPgkD/a815d15ec78f99a17a4af73dacff7789/CA-Harvest_of_Sorrows.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Harvest of Sorrows" /><h6><i>Gaeune, Grand Inquisitor, the burning edge of God&#39;s wrath, servant of Papess  Gloria II, Ad futuram rei memoriam.</i></h6><h6><i>In pursuing the will of Papess Gloria II with great ardor as pastoral solicitude requires, the Congregation for Extinguishing Heresy has examined the nature and recent rise of the Sethian heretical depravity within the kingdom of Anatolia and their role in the diabolical events leading to the disgraceful and cowardly murder of our ninth redeemer, Loios. </i></h6><h6><i>Through this pious desire, we have strived by our toil to root out any and all errors we have come across among these lost souls and employing the hoe of a wise laborer, zeal, and devotion our faith gives us to wrestle back the scorched hearts that have been lost to this abomination. </i></h6><h6><i>Through these examinations and not without great pain to ourselves, the egregious facts about the existence of this order have come to our ears. All across Anatolia, its provinces, cities, territories, regions, and dioceses, many persons of all sexes, heedless of their own salvation and forsaking the Pax Dei, give themselves over to incantations, charms, and conjuring, and other abominable superstitions and sortilèges, offenses, crimes, and misdeeds, ruin and cause to perish the offspring of women, the foal of animals, the products of the earth, the grapes of vines, and the fruits of trees, cattle, and flocks and herds and animals of every kind, vineyards also and orchards, meadows, pastures, harvests, grains and other fruits of the earth; that they afflict and torture with dire pains and anguish. </i></h6><h6><i>I do therefore desire, as is my duty, to remove all impediments by which in any way my inquisitors are hindered in the exercise of their office, enabling them by any means necessary to prevent the taint of heretical pravity and of other like evils from spreading their infection to the ruin of others who are innocent, the zeal of religion especially impelling us, in order that the provinces, cities, dioceses, territories, and places aforesaid in the said parts of Anatolia may not be deprived of the office of inquisition which is their due. </i></h6><h6><i>To that end, I seek a decree from the hand of the Holy See and by virtue of her apostolic authority, that it shall be permitted to the said inquisitors in these regions, that they exercise their office of inquisition without prejudice and may proceed to the correction, imprisonment, and punishment of the aforesaid persons for their said offenses and crimes.</i></h6><p>----
Gaeune´s report to the Holy See in the spring of 3899 AC, one year after Loios the ninth redeemer perished at the hands of the princes of Anatolia and at the beginning of the great downfall.
</p><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/7gkWAPvE1pQT2cH30yQbC2/3ba2801d797bd6fea4e2cbf6351a1bc4/ST_1080x1080.jpg" width="1080" height="1080" alt="Adversaries" /><h6><i>Chloë, magister doloris, keen servant of the holy Inquisition and humble spiritual disciple of Armozel , Ad futuram rei memoriam.</i></h6><h6><i>As instructed and with the eagerness fitting our purpose, I wish to report our findings after having harvested the depraved minds of the Sethian heretics whose fate was laid in our hands and lives of whom we carefully and aptly ended with the most proper pastoral care.
The original filthy dogma of the Sethian heresy and the idea that educates all they postulate and do, is the belief that God is purely spiritual and that His kingdom belongs strictly to the spiritual realm, while the temporal world and everything within it was supposedly created by the Devil, whom they call Rex Mundi, in order to lure souls from heaven. </i></h6><h6><i>Therefore they view everything that has to do with this world as impure, having no worth whatsoever, including their earthly lives and bodies. Sethians believe they are repeatedly reincarnated on Earth until they attain what in their perverted mind equals spiritual perfection, allowing them to die for the last time and escape this Creation, which they view as a cacophony of Evil. </i></h6><h6><i>Furthermore, they believe that in the Kingdom of Heaven, all souls are the same, no males, no females, indeed no bodies or visual form at all. The division of humans into sexes is a creation of the Devil and carnal love is the ultimate trap laid to corrupt the spirit and keep it perpetually in his grip. In their eyes, removing any signs of the sexual division and indeed disrespecting their own body in the most deprived and loathsome way is viewed among Sethians as an effort to get closer to God. </i></h6><h6><i>Henceforth, in summarizing their corrupt and perverted beliefs, the following can be stated:</i></h6><ul><li><h6><i>i. Everything of this world is unclean and a creation of the Devil. </i></h6></li><li><h6><i>ii. Nothing is worth enjoying. </i></h6></li><li><h6><i>iii. Nothing is worth saving.</i></h6></li><li><h6><i>iv. This earthly existence means nothing and has no value.</i></h6></li><li><h6><i>v. The less one conforms to life on earth, the closer one is to God.</i></h6></li><li><h6><i>vi. Sacrificing one&#39;s life brings a Sethian soul one step closer to being allowed back into Heaven.</i></h6></li><li><h6><i>vii. Self-mutilation and the enduring of pain is an expression of the hatred for Rex Mundi and his creation and thereby a form of divine worship.</i></h6></li></ul><h6><i>This disregard for God&#39;s creation, resulting in rampaging bands of aforesaid heretics crisscrossing the lands, laying murderous waste to everything in their path, must be stopped by any means possible.</i></h6><h6><i>It is therefore of utmost importance that the Order in conducting God´s work, not be molested by worldly powers or hindered in any manner whatsoever by any authority whatsoever in the manner of the aforesaid and through our Papal decree, that we may threaten all opposers, whomever they may be, with ex-communication, suspension, interdict and still other more terrible sentences, censures, and penalties.</i></h6><p>----
Inquisitor Chloë´s letter to Grand Inquisitor Gaeune, the day before the Mass of Great Summons 3901 AC, urging him to light the fires under the Sethian heretics for real.</p><p></p>

Adversaries, Part 2 - Harvest&nbsp;of Sorrows

<h6><i>Gaeune, Grand Inquisitor, the burning edge of God&#39;s wrath, servant of Papess  Gloria II, Ad futuram rei memoriam.</i></h6><h6><i>In pursuing...

Lore Header - I will always love you 1920x1080

<p>Hey there, adventurer!</p><p>We&#39;re excited to announce the launch of our new <a href="https://playpaxdei.com/en-us/faq">FAQ section</a> on the website! You can find it at the top of the navigation bar. This section is the go-to place for official information about Pax Dei, covering everything from general game information to specifics about the Alpha testing and our approach to language support. We&#39;ve also included a focus on the building aspect of the game. We will make some additions in the coming months (and perhaps, at a point, we will talk again about the pronunciation of Pax Dei).</p><p>All the questions in the FAQ were first published on our <a href="https://discord.gg/paxdei">official Discord server</a>, so if you want to be the first to know about any updates and Pax Dei-related news, join our public Discord channel. You&#39;ll get prime information about the game, official FAQs, and the chance to chat with the development team.</p><p>As for playtesting, we&#39;re currently running a Friends and Family closed alpha test under an NDA, so you have yet to hear much about it. Why are we still under NDA, you ask? We want to ensure our home is clean before inviting you in! More seriously, this Friends and Family phase is necessary to fix critical issues and kick off our Live Operations management.</p><p>We know you&#39;re excited, and we&#39;re working hard to meet your expectations. While we can&#39;t reveal much about the Alpha, we want to share some exclusive game imagery with you before too long™ (*). To thank you for your patience, here is a sneak peek of what we&#39;ll show in our gallery. We hope you enjoy it!</p><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/5dJ1unkz0myx5wWRpo3QU3/acf23c845107a42f1a26d7ee0126a025/wCA2-Building-1.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Southgate manor" /><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/96ostmeapxb7/KZPLgPKYr7pB3VH6Zqps7/d4467ed1ded78ae09d2f9373cbe7e869/CA2-Building-3.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Closed Alpha - Player-built - Workshop with View (not for rent)" /><p><i>Note: these screenshots are directly taken in the Close Alpha environment without any modifications; the constructions you can see have all been made by some of our Friends and Family guinea p... testers.</i></p><p>Thanks for your ongoing support, and stay tuned for more news about Pax Dei.</p><p>Best regards,
The Mainframe team</p><p>(*) We aim for mid-May to be fully transparent. Note how serious we are about this before too long.</p>

New FAQ section and more

Hey there, adventurer!We&#39;re excited to announce the launch of our new FAQ section on the website! You can find it at the top of the navigation bar....

Closed Alpha - Player-built - Oh Well!

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The tower beckons and at midnight I join with eternity. My watch will be relieved for the last time and my Master will reignite the insatiable gnawing desire that kindles my mortal body.</h6><h6><i>A promise is fulfilled.</i></h6><h6>Ere I was called. My visitation gifted me the call of hunger, the delightful emptiness which never fills, a thirst that is never quenched, an appetite that saw an end to my neighbors and my family. My children. Ended the story of Forest Green and its people, everyone I ever knew; Those who knew me as their brother. And gluttony never rests. Before I found my place here, I found many farms and villages where today no one remains to remember.</h6><h6><i>It is bliss.</i></h6><h6>As these last hours of my earthly unfulfillment pass, I close my eyes and look around the Mire. Soothing and delicious sounds of devouring, of gnawing, of gnashing and grunts from men and women engorging themselves to their withering soul&#39;s desire. My nostrils are filled with a noxious scent of rotting meat, putrid greens, mould and damp.</h6><h6><i>It is Elysian.</i></h6><h6>The tower. It flickers. The wriggling bugs and beetles slithering all over my skin, glow with new excitement. The deep, soft, wet and snappy sounds of drudges&#39; bodies being slowly pulled apart can be discerned through the cacophony of sweet and soothing screams. The tower is alight. Duke  Lamalon walks this earth once more.</h6><h6><i>It is time.</i></h6><p></p><h6>- Gatekeeper Montel ~ The night before the Night Eternal
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Adversaries, Part 1 - The&nbsp;Tower

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The tower beckons and at midnight I join with eternity. My watch will be relieved for the last time and my Master will reignite the insatiable gnawing...

<p>At long last, the moment has arrived for us to share what we’ve been making. Pax Dei is a project we’ve been working on diligently for the past couple of years. And for some of us, it’s the game we’ve been dreaming of making for longer than we care to remember.</p><div class="aspect-video"><iframe width="100%" height="100%" type="text/html" id="youtube-bF5RJcqujz0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bF5RJcqujz0?iv_load_policy=3&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;cc_load_policy=1&amp;cc_lang_pref=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fplaypaxdei.com"></iframe></div><p>In a nutshell, Pax Dei is the fusion of two high-level concepts:</p><p><i>The vision of a living fantasy world inspired by the traditions &amp; legends of the medieval era.</i> Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. In your home valley, life is relatively safe and peaceful. As you venture out into the wider world, however, things begin to change. The further you travel from home, the stranger things get. Anything becomes possible. </p><p><i>Our belief in human interaction as the ultimate source of fun.</i> The most memorable game experiences are the ones you share with friends. That’s why we’re building Pax Dei as a sandbox, where players are free to set their own goals. And we’re doing it at true MMO scale. The result is an open-world playground where you can build your home, create a thriving village with your friends, and engage with thousands of other players to make this world your own. We can’t wait to see the stories that will come to life.</p><p>We’re beyond excited to bring this game to you. That said, there’s still plenty of work to be done before we get there. If you’re interested in tracking our progress and engaging with the team, make sure to sign up for our playtests and add us to your wishlist on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1995520/Pax_Dei/"><u>Steam</u></a>. You’re also welcome to join us on <a href="https://discord.gg/paxdei"><u>Discord</u></a>, where we’ll have regular updates to share.</p>

Announcing Pax&nbsp;Dei

At long last, the moment has arrived for us to share what we’ve been making. Pax Dei is a project we’ve been working on diligently for the past couple...

Blog - Announcing

<p>If you’re reading this, you’re probably curious to learn a little more about Pax Dei. (Okay, maybe a <i>lot</i> more.) </p><p>Sure, you already know Pax Dei is a social sandbox MMO. But how exactly will that play out? How will the economy be handled? Will there be politics among players? How deep are the crafting and building gameplay elements? How many playable races are there? How many classes are available? (Spoiler alert: It’s one and zero.) Will there be PvP? What does “fully player-driven” mean? And what does “Pax Dei” mean? How do you even pronounce it? (It’s Pax Day-ee.)</p><p>In short, you have questions. Well, we have (some) answers. So let’s talk! Head over to our <a href="https://discord.gg/paxdei">Discord</a>, take a look around, and stay tuned for our first AMA.</p><p>Based on the questions we receive for, and during, our AMA, we’ll create an FAQ that we’ll post here. The FAQ will be continuously updated and expanded to give you a thorough understanding of what to expect when Pax Dei is finally released.</p><p>So join our community on <a href="https://discord.gg/paxdei">Discord</a> now—and don’t forget to follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/PlayPaxDei">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/playpaxdei/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://youtube.com/@playpaxdei">YouTube</a> to keep up with the latest news and updates.

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Let’s talk! AMA on Discord

If you’re reading this, you’re probably curious to learn a little more about Pax Dei. (Okay, maybe a lot more.) Sure, you already know Pax Dei is a social...

Blog - AMA

<p>Help wanted! To build a better sandbox, we need people to start playing in it. Are you the bold, adventurous type who craves the thrill of testing an unfinished game? A game that’s still somewhat rough (okay, sometimes <i>very</i> rough) around the edges? Then sign up to become one of our testers. Your feedback will help us make Pax Dei the best game it can be.</p><p>As we work towards building a persistent world, we intend to conduct regular tests of expanding scale and duration (with some occasional resets, owing to the Divine’s mysterious ways).</p><p>Signing up is simple - enter your email in the sign-up box at the top of the page. In the coming weeks, we’ll send an email prompting you to complete your profile. Be sure not to skip this step, as it will increase your chances of being selected.</p><p>We look forward to seeing you in the game!</p>

Playtest Sign-Up is Open

Help wanted! To build a better sandbox, we need people to start playing in it. Are you the bold, adventurous type who craves the thrill of testing an unfinished...

Redeemers, Part 1

Update on the Building FAQ

Alpha Gallery

Redeemers, Part 1

Update on the Building FAQ

Alpha Gallery

Adversaries, Part 2 - Harvest of Sorrows

New FAQ section and more

Adversaries, Part 1 - The Tower

Announcing Pax Dei

Let’s talk! AMA on Discord

Playtest Sign-Up is Open