Nine new beasts

The wild got a lot wilder

Wolves, bears, tigers, boars, deer, mountain lions, bucks, foxes and lynx were rebuilt as realistic creatures, made the same way as the dinosaurs. Packs move, fight and fall like the real thing.

Pirate ships that look the part

Tarred hulls, black sails, a Jolly Roger, gun ports with cannons, rigging, lanterns and real weathered planks. Your friends now see every cannon shot.

Party voice and chat

Push-to-talk on R, a volume and mute for every friend, a mic test, speaking rings, plus a chat box on Enter. Name plates show who is who.

Meet Hob

The village woodcutter is now a dwarf with a horned iron helm, a braided red beard and a double axe he really swings. He still wants his firewood.

Smoother everywhere

Graphics are prepared on the loading screen, so dragon kills, chests, shops and first spells no longer stall. Higher FPS in the village, forest, dungeon and lava bridge.

• Quest guidance: markers, distances and a guide arrow for every objective.
• Quick-slot picker: right-click a slot to drop in any spell, potion or trap.
• Co-op that survives errors: no more frozen hosts, hanging heroes or ghost wolves.
• Clerics: every mace, hammer, flail and staff, and spells that tell you why when they can't cast.
• Big dinosaurs now drop XP, loot and gold worth the fight.
• Villagers come back 30 seconds after they fall, and Tobin is off his bench.
• Chess: a stray click can no longer cost your gold.

1. Download and unzip

   Get the Windows zip above and unzip it anywhere, for example in Downloads. No install needed.

2. Open the game

   Double-click "Hunters and Heroes.exe". If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway.

3. Find your party

   One friend hosts and shares the room code. Everyone else joins with that code. Up to eight players, Windows and Browser Edition together.

Updating? Unzip the new version next to the old one so your heroes carry over. Keep the old folder until your characters show up in the new one.