Worlds
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Worlds are separate versions of Ashenfall created by players. Each world can have up to four players, and can have player-versus-player combat enabled/disabled. They can be played solo, opened to friends, or advertised on a public world list.
Creating a world
Players can create a world by clicking on "Create World", taking them to the Wise Old Man's temple.
Selecting a world type
Players can choose from the following types of worlds:
- Play solo - Players can choose this type to open a private world. Players can open this world type to friends whilst playing solo.
- Play with friends - Players can play with friends from their Steam friends list.
- Play with community - Players can advertise their world to the public worlds list.
- Dedicated servers
Worlds
Regardless of the type of world players choose, they can still choose whether the world is available only to the player, to the player's friends, or to the public. In addition, players can enable Friendly Fire, allowing players to have player-versus-player combat.
Standard Mode
Standard mode is the default option when starting a world. This will include only basic settings and difficulties, both of which cannot be adjusted after creating a world.
Creative Mode
Main article: Creative Mode
Creative Mode is a game mode that allows players to play without any restrictions. It allows the player to be invincible, have unlimited resources, and roam the map to build and explore.
Custom worlds
Main article: Custom Mode
Custom mode allows the player to set the difficulty and settings whilst playing the game.
World name
Players can choose a world name, limited to 16 characters. Spaces and special characters will still count in the 16-character limit and will be stripped out (e.g., -, ~, !, @, _, etc.)
Difficulty
Players can choose the difficulty of the world. The main differences between Normal and Hard are listed below:
| Normal | Hard | |
| Hydration, sustenance, and rest | Never reduces health below 1% | Rates decrease faster and can reduce health to 0% |
| Skill XP | Retained on death | Skill XP beyond the player's current level is lost on death |
| Enemy attacks | Deals standard damage | Deals 15% more damage to the player |
| Death mechanics | Multiple gravestones | Only one gravestone can be active; dying again will make the oldest gravestone lost on death |
| Weaknesses & resistances | Standard weaknesses and resistances | Weaknesses and resistances both increased by 10% |
Friends worlds
Friends in the player's Steam friend list who are also playing RuneScape: Dragonwilds will display the world name, friend name, players, type, PvP enabled/disabled, and last played, similar to the public worlds list. Ensure the world is not full when entering; otherwise, players will receive an error that the world is full. Note that setting a world to friends only will not be shown on the public worlds list.
Public worlds
The public worlds list includes the world name, the player who created the world, players online (of up to four players), the type of world (public or offline), PvP enabled/disabled, and last played. These can also include dedicated servers.
Update history
This information is based on the changelogs of the game.
- Hard mode settings are now in the game.
- Fixes to a few areas in the world where players can get stuck.
- World fixes to some geometry and LODs that weren't looking quite right.