BalenaScape

Looking for a free old-school MMO to explore with other players? BalenaScape runs in your browser on a PC, laptop, phone or tablet.

Create a username and password at https://balenascape.com/register.html, then play at https://play.balenascape.com/ . No email address or download is required.

Start with the short introduction tour and speak to the Balenhaven Guide by the statue. Try gathering your first supplies, visit the bank, or pick an early quest. There are 19 skills, including Deepdiving beneath the sea and Truebinding at Holt's Furnace, so you can choose your own next goal.

Use Join Server above to meet the community, ask for help and share your first adventure. Early access means the world is still developing; useful bug reports and ideas are welcome.

Controls, screenshots and the latest changes: https://balenascape.com/#how-to-play

BalenaScape has moved to its own server. Until now the game shared a machine with other customers of our host. Whenever they got busy, the game had to wait, and that is the lag you felt: short freezes, sometimes several seconds long. Tonight we moved everything to a powerful dedicated server in Germany that runs BalenaScape and nothing else.

It runs beautifully. Before the move we put the new server through its paces with hundreds of test players at once, and every game tick stayed right on time. Your account, bank, Exchange offers and votes all came along: nothing was lost.

Still seeing "Opening soon"? Refresh the page with Ctrl+F5, or close and reopen your browser.

No logins through a VPN or hosting server. To keep bots out, the game no longer accepts logins from VPN services, VPS and other hosting servers. Play from your normal home or mobile connection. Using a VPN for a good reason? Ask a staff member on Discord.

A lot went live since our last post. Here are the highlights.

A new skill: Truebinding. Make your own bows, crossbows, arrows and bolts at Holt's Furnace in Whisperwood, north-west of Balenhaven. There are now 19 skills.

The Everburn. Sail from Balenhaven Docks to an island of ash, dragon-glass and candle-lit woods, with five new Slayer monsters, the Glasswing and two new quests: True to the Grain and The Hundredth Year. That makes 15 quests.

A new raid: The Meridian Vault. From combat 90, alone or with up to five players. Beat four guardians, then face Nyxara, the Eclipse Sovereign, in three forms. Deaths in the Vault are safe.

The Bloodsworn Armoury. Earn Wildmarks in the Wilderness and spend them with Sable in Edgewatch on new gear, including six weapons with their own special attacks.

Ultimate pets. Ten new companions to find in the Wilderness or while skilling.

Make your character your own. 12 skin tones, 36 colours and a larger preview you can rotate.

Goodbye lag. BalenaScape now runs on its own server, so the short freezes are gone. Your account, bank and Exchange offers all came along.

Also new: the Herald and his Vote shop, stronger crossbows, clan officers, six more teleport tablets and many fixes based on player feedback.

Still seeing an old version? Refresh the page with Ctrl+F5. Please play from your normal home or mobile connection: logins through a VPN or hosting server are no longer accepted.

Play free on PC and mobile: https://play.balenascape.com/ Full notes: https://balenascape.com/#news