Craaghelm is an official expansion for Thronefall, the minimalist strategy game where you build a small kingdom by day and defend it by night. It pushes the crowned monarch away from the game’s grassy realms and into a subterranean dwarven fortress carved above rivers of lava, with fresh mounts, new machine-driven attackers, and its own release day.
Quick answer: Craaghelm is a paid expansion that adds an underground forge-themed biome, an armored war boar mount, and mechanical enemies. It is announced for a November 11th release on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
What Craaghelm adds to Thronefall
Craaghelm introduces a new setting built around a dwarven, industrial theme. Instead of open fields and coastlines, the monarch travels across arid deserts and rocky plateaus toward an enormous cliffside gate, then descends into a vast underground city constructed over molten lava. Stone bastions, mountain fortresses, and lava flows define the look of the biome.
The approach leads to a colossal stone gate flanked by giant statues, which opens once the monarch raises the golden crown. Beyond it lies the threshold into the mountain and a high balcony overlooking the Craaghelm city below. The core loop of the game stays intact here: fortify walls, towers, and units, then hold the line through night waves until the kingdom survives.
New mounts: horse and armored war boar
Craaghelm expands how the monarch rides into battle. Alongside the standard horse, the expansion adds a giant tusked war boar for traversing the inner cavern pathways. Both mounts carry the same crowned protagonist, clad in a dark blue hooded tunic, a red cape with gold trim, and the gold crown.
Mechanical enemies in Craaghelm
The threats in Craaghelm shift from the base game’s barrel knights, ogres, and slimes toward mechanical and industrial foes. Night battles pit your towers and units against automata pouring across fortified bridges and gates, while airborne machines press the attack from above.
- Four-legged mechanical spider drones that swarm defensive gates.
- Explosive units that threaten walls and structures.
- Flying airships and zeppelins that attack from the air alongside ground drones.
- Robotic quadruped enemies that appear in night forest fights outside the perimeter walls.
The defensive tools carry over from the core game, so you still stop these machines with walls, towers, unit formations, explosive barrels, and the monarch charging in directly. Surviving a night restores your destroyed buildings and units and pays out gold based on how much of the realm was still standing.
Platforms and release day
The announcement sets a November 11th release day and confirms four platforms for the expansion. On Steam, the Craaghelm store listing currently marks it as coming soon.
- Steam (PC)
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
For context, the base game launched in full on October 11, 2024, after an early access period that began in August 2023, and it sells for $12.99 with a spread of maps, unlockable weapons, and perks. Craaghelm builds on that same day-and-night rhythm, keeping the streamlined tower defense structure while dropping the monarch into a darker, machine-filled corner of the kingdom.
