Warden-Knight
Sword and shield
Stands at the front and does not move. The wall the dark breaks against.
- Cleave
- Shield Charge
- Bulwark
- Judgment
Shepherd's Descent
Carry the light into the deep.
For everyone who misses the old Diablo days: a dark gothic action RPG for your phone. Seven realms, hard-won loot, and a long way down.
Coming soon toGoogle Play
The storyteller
The Old Shepherd
I am the Shepherd. This is my story.
For nine hundred years the bells of Saint Odo's Abbey rang the dead to rest, and the Shepherds walked each soul home. I was one of them. Then, on the night of the long frost, the bells stopped.
By morning a pit had opened beneath the abbey floor. The abbot was gone. The graves of Hollowmere stood empty, and the sick died in their sleep with their eyes open. One Shepherd was left in the valley. I will not call it courage. There was no one else.
I came back up. I am old now, and I remember every step. Somewhere below, the flock was still walking. Take up the crook. Bring the light. Follow me down.
Shepherd
The story begins
The Silent Bells
The opening film, about 40 seconds. Painted films like this one carry the tale from realm to realm.
The valley and the deep
Seven Realms
The bells of the valley have stopped, and a pit lies open beneath the abbey. It leads down through seven realms. Above each one stands a town that shelters what is left of the living. Below, the dark goes on.
The Crypt
Hollowmere
Hollowmere bars its doors after dusk, and the shrines along the graveyard road have gone cold.
The Catacombs
Saint Odo's Rest
A hospice cut into the rock. The bell ropes are cut and every lamp is lit, while something far below keeps counting.
The Drowned Halls
Mirefast
Stilt houses stand above black water that rises every morning. Beneath it, a bell is still ringing.
The Weeping Vaults
Bonewick
Bones hang from the eaves for luck, and chalk drawings line the vault walls at a child's height. At night, the whole town hears the weeping.
The Burning Deep
Cinderhold
A soot-black garrison at the edge of a burning chasm. The Shepherds' knights once guarded the deep road here. The chains in the forge are still warm.
The Ashen Throne
The Last Lantern
Grey ash covers everything, and the trees have turned to stone. A ring of lamps keeps watch around a well of ash.
The Abyss
The Final Vigil
A chapel at the edge of nothing, kept by Shepherds of orders no one has heard of.
Guardians of the deep
The Wardens
Seven Wardens guard the deep, one at the bottom of each realm. Every realm runs three floors down, and the Warden waits on the third.
Who they were, and why they stand there, is yours to discover.
- IAbbot Osric, the Bone WardenThe Crypt
- IISister Maren, the Ossuary WardenThe Catacombs
- IIIBrother Edrin, the Tidebound WardenThe Drowned Halls
- IVThe Weeping WardenThe Weeping Vaults
- VSer Calder, the Cinder WardenThe Burning Deep
- VISaint Odo, the Ashen WardenThe Ashen Throne
- VIIThe Pit SovereignThe Abyss
Choose your calling
Five Callings
Every calling can be played as a man or a woman, and each begins with a companion of its own. Companions never fight and never fall. They follow you and gather loot.
Lamplighter
Lantern staff caster
Carries fire on the end of a staff and burns the dark away from a distance.
- Ember Bolt
- Fan of Embers
- Lantern Nova
- Meteor
Bellringer
Battle priest, mace and shield
Guards the living with blessings and breaks the restless with the toll of a bell.
- Toll
- Blessing
- Sanctuary
- Great Toll
Gravedigger
Summoner
Knows the dead better than anyone, and calls them up to fight at your side.
- Raise Restless
- Bone Spear
- Raise Bone Colossus
- Army of the Restless
Huntsman
Archer
Strikes from afar and pins the hunt in place before it can close.
- Piercing Shot
- Volley
- Snare
- Rain of Arrows
Each calling has three skills and one great power, shown in dark.
Loot from the deep
- Common
- Magic
- Rare
- Unique
- Set
- Relic
Uniques, sets and relics wait in the dark, and every calling has a relic set of its own. Socket gems from Chipped to Radiant. The Blacksmith salvages, tempers and adds sockets, the Gambler trades soul shards, and one shared stash serves all your heroes.
The Endless Deep
Beat the story and go down again in New Game+. Or take the Endless Deep: a descent with no bottom, with deeper horrors the further you go and a rare wanderer that comes once a week.
Shepherd's Rest
Your own cottage, away from the dark. Tend the farm plots, keep a pig and her piglets, train in the yard, and cast a line from the dock. There are three fish to catch in every realm.
Never alone
Twenty quests in every town, and the townsfolk have more to say than they let on. Two players can go down together online.
In the forge
Coming soon
Skill runes
Runes that change how each skill works, so the same flame or blade can answer in a new way.
The Crook Gate
A gate that has waited a long time. What it asks of you is not yet told.
Waystones
Old standing stones set along the Endless Deep, for those who go farthest down.
A new interface
Parchment, wrought iron and candlelight. Every menu is being remade.
Credits
- Created by
- Shepherd
- Music by
- [COMPOSER NAME]
- Contact
- contact@shepherdsdescent.com