Battlesmiths: Craft World puts you at the helm of a medieval town liberated from bandits, where forging weapons, training heroes, and strategic combat go hand in hand. This guide introduces the core gameplay systems and essential steps so you can hit the ground running, forging your path to victory and growth in this RPG.

As a beginner in this game, understanding how town development, crafting, heroes, and battle modes interact is enough to build momentum and get a great start. As such, let’s break it all down so you can start playing smarter right from the start.

Restoring Town & Campaign Missions

Once the tutorial ends, you’ll unlock Campaign missions that gradually clear bandit control and restore key buildings. These early missions serve as both story and tutorial, teaching you about crafting, farming resources, and hero placement, all while unlocking farm, forge, market, and more.

However, it’s not uncommon to get stuck on difficult missions, especially early on when your gear is subpar. As such, if a mission feels too hard, we strongly suggest taking some time to upgrade your units, and return after forging stronger gear.

Crafting and Equipment Systems

Behind every strong hero is well-crafted gear, and designing equipment is at the heart of your crafting journey in Battlesmiths: Craft World. Once you restore the forge and recruit skilled masters, you’ll gain access to more recipes.

The crafting itself is straightforward: pick the weapon or armor piece from your recipe list, spend the required materials, and wait for the timer to complete. Efficiency improves as more masters join and upgrade.

Equipping freshly forged gear can instantly boost a hero’s performance. A basic hero with just one improved weapon or armor piece can outperform others with several lower-quality upgrades. That’s why you should forge essential items, like the Spatha for your warriors, early, and only expand to lower-priority gear once you’ve covered the basics.

Town Economy and Resource Management

Your town’s economy is the backbone of your progress in Battlesmiths: Craft World, powering everything from hero upgrades to crafting and construction.

When you liberate a building, such as the Mine or Market, you gain both a function and a source of income. The Mine unlocks a steady supply of ores and gold, while the Market allows you to trade goods with townsfolk. In fact, a good tip for Battlesmiths is to, rather than performing quick-sells at default prices, assign workers and masters to the Market, then monitor trade offers from town leaders, which often pay significantly higher than base rates.

Storage management is just as important. Each barn and warehouse has a capacity limit, so filling them up caps your supply intake. To avoid wasted resources, either use materials promptly for crafting and building, or upgrade your storage structures early on.

Gold generation happens primarily through campaign completion, mining operations, and selling crafted artifacts at the Market. Daily PvP battles also reward small gold bonuses. Prioritize these sources in early stages to fund hero enhancement and town development.

Hero Roles and Team Composition

Battlesmiths: Craft World revolves around heroes, and understanding how to shape their roles is key. Instead of fixed classes, your heroes’ roles depend on the weapons and armor you equip. This flexibility lets you adapt your squad composition based on the challenges ahead. Here’s how the system works:

• Defender: Equipped with heavy armor, shield, and hammer or sword—heroes in this role absorb damage and hold the frontline. They protect fragile teammates and control the flow of battle.
• Warrior: Wielding swords with medium armor, warriors strike a balance between offense and survivability, ideal for sustained frontline damage.
• Archer/Assassin: Using bows or daggers and light armor, they deliver high damage from a distance but need protection from heavier enemies.
• Mage: With cloth armor and staves, mages cast spells that can buff allies or debuff enemies, offering versatile utility behind the rear line.

Each hero gains bonuses from proper gear matching. As such, equipping mismatched armor makes them incur serious stat penalties. This makes it essential to prioritize gear matching when you forge new equipment.

Forming a balanced team consisting of a tank, damage dealer units, and at least one support ensures you can tackle a wide range of content, from campaign maps to harder modes like Tower of Trials or Arena. As you progress, you’ll unlock skills and Lyceum research that interact directly with these roles, so preparing the right lineup from the start saves you time later.

Combat Mechanics and Positioning

While Battlesmiths combat is automatic once your units are deployed and the round begins, their positioning is key for your success. Units march forward until they spot an enemy, so lane control and unit placement matter greatly. Archers positioned too close to defenders will make them waste their shots on armored enemies instead of dealing damage to squishier targets. Obstacles on the battlefield can reroute units, leading to flanking or crowding if you don’t position your units carefully.

As a general rule of thumb for a solid frontline, place defenders ahead, archers safely behind, and supports where they can aid without distraction. And always place your units so that they can engage the desired targets effectively instead of wasting their attacks on enemies that are highly resistant to damage.

Combat Modes and Progression

You’ll encounter several battle modes as you progress:

• Campaign Mode reveals the story and unlocks buildings.
• Arena pits you against other players for daily rewards.
• Tower of Trials yields materials necessary for hero rarity upgrades.

Later on, the Labyrinth and Clan Boss modes open up, with each offering unique rewards that help you to achieve even greater heights in Battlesmiths.

Town Management and Production Efficiency

Once you unlock the Town Hall, make sure to assign workers to buildings after their restorations, which boosts production and speeds up forging, mining, and crafting. Moreover, Lyceum research adds passive boosts, such as runes and combat stats. Lastly, keeping workers busy and upgrading the Town Hall ensures long-term efficiency and unlocks endgame features.

Here’s a quick recap of the things to keep in mind when developing your town in Battlesmiths:

• Focus on the Campaign to unlock buildings and systems.
• Forge essential gear early; prioritize crafting over farming.
• Build a balanced hero lineup—tank, DPS, support.
• Pay attention to unit positioning during battles.
• Expand barns and assign workers to maximize output.

Battlesmiths: Craft World is a journey that combines medieval strategy, forging, and epic battles. Understanding the interplay between crafting, town building, hero roles, and battlefield placement sets a solid foundation. With this guide in hand, you can take on the Tower, Arena, and Clan Boss content with confidence.

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