Valdrys

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Get the client

Windows · protocol v170

There is no launcher and no website account. Download, unzip, run — you make your character on the first screen and you are in.

Builds are handed out directly, for now

The client is a 235 MB download and the realm is a handful of people most evenings, so builds are shared on request rather than posted publicly. Ask and you will be sent the current one.

Valdrys — play build

The normal game, and the one you want. Windows, roughly 235 MB zipped. Unzip it and run Valdrys.exe.

Valdrys — debug & authoring build

The same game with the tools switched on: a performance HUD, the live FX tuner, the spawn editor, and a collision overlay. Useful if you are reporting a bug or helping tune things.

Getting in

  1. Unzip the whole folder somewhere — keep the files together.
  2. Run Valdrys.exe. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning the first time, because the build is not code-signed yet: choose More info then Run anyway.
  3. Pick a name, a class and a face. Your login is stored on your PC, so the name is yours.

You should not need to edit anything

The client ships pointing at play.valdrys.com. Older builds shipped with a raw IP address that changed whenever the connection did — that is over. If you still have a server.txt with numbers in it, replace it with the one in this download.

If it will not connect

  • Check the server is up. It is one machine run by one person, and it is not up twenty-four hours a day.
  • Check line 1 of server.txt reads play.valdrys.com:4000. Only the first line is read.
  • Same house as the host? Some routers cannot reach their own public address from inside. Use the local address instead — the notes in server.txt explain it.
  • Firewall. The game speaks TCP on port 4000 and nothing else.

Getting in touch

Everything happens on Discord: asking for a build, reporting a bug, finding people to play with, or anything about your account — including having it deleted.

Join the Discord

What you are agreeing to

By playing you accept the terms of use. What the game stores about you is set out in the privacy policy — it is a short list, and there is no email address on it.