AZEROTH SURVIVORS: Heroes of the Old World

AZEROTH SURVIVORS: Heroes of the Old World is a free third-person horde survival roguelite for desktop and mobile browsers, where you move through enemy waves while class skills cast automatically.

Choose a hero and build

Choose from eight races and eight classes, with combinations limited by classic race and class rules. Each class has six class skills, and three Engineering skills are available to every class. Talent specs and legendary skill evolutions give each run room for different builds.

Explore five zones

Fight in Elwynn Forest, Westfall, Duskwood, Stranglethorn Vale and Molten Core. The low-poly 3D environments use saturated colors and hand-painted-style textures, with oversized spell effects colored by school.

Clear a zone

Survive until the final boss appears at 18:00, then defeat it to clear the zone. The middle boss arrives at 7:30 as an earlier milestone.

Progress through the world

Clear a zone on Normal to unlock the next area and higher difficulties. Earn gold for account talents and class unlocks, and add legendary equipment to your collection. You can bring one collected item into a later adventure.

Keep going in Endless

After clearing a zone, continue into Endless. You can also start a separate Endless run, which has no final boss or time limit.

Run rules

Class skills cast automatically and target the nearest enemy. Defeated enemies drop experience gems that are collected magnetically. Each level offers three reward cards; Luck can add a fourth. Rewards include class skills, skill upgrades, gear and gear upgrades. You can refresh or skip choices, carry up to six skills and six pieces of gear, and raise standard skills to level 8.

Each class has six skills arranged into three two-skill talent specs. Collect both skills in a spec to activate rank 1. Max or evolve both to raise it to rank 2. To evolve a skill, reach level 8, carry its paired gear and open a chest.

Waves speed up every minute. Elites arrive at 2:30, 5:00, 10:00, 12:30 and 15:00. The middle boss arrives at 7:30 and the final boss at 18:00. Elite chests contain one, three or five rewards; the middle boss guarantees a three-reward chest.

Desktop controls

• WASD moves relative to the camera. A/D strafe by default; switch to classic A/D turning in Settings.
• Arrow keys turn; Q/E strafe. Drag with the left mouse button to turn the camera. Right-drag steers the camera and faces your character in that direction.
• Hold both mouse buttons to run forward. NumLock, R or ` toggles autorun.
• Press Space to roll, use the mouse wheel to zoom, and press Esc to open the menu.
• Gamepad: left stick moves, right stick turns the camera, shoulder buttons zoom, and A rolls.

Mobile controls

Use the floating stick on the left half of the screen to move. Drag on the right half to turn the camera, pinch to zoom and tap the roll button.

First runs

Start in Elwynn Forest on Normal with the Warrior, Hunter or Mage. Pick up a second skill early, then look for its matching talent spec skill. Gold from runs can buy account talents; each talent tree opens its next tier after three points.

Use the terrain

• Campfires grant +25% damage and a burning aura for 12 seconds.
• Moonwells and springs restore 1.2 health per second while you stand in them; enemies crossing the water are slowed by 45%.
• Set off a Defias powder keg near others to trigger a chain explosion.
• A banner takes 1.4 seconds to plant and stuns enemies within 24 metres for 3 seconds.
• If 14 or more walking enemies crowd a rope bridge, it collapses 1.3 seconds later.

Read boss warnings

Watch the ground for attack warnings and roll through dangerous attacks. Boss rolls have invulnerability frames, so time them for incoming charges or impact attacks.

Shape the build

Skills that complete a talent spec are 1.5 times as likely to appear in the card pool. When pursuing a spec, take its second skill, then raise or evolve both skills to reach rank 2. Use refreshes or skips when the offered cards do not support the build.

For a legendary evolution, bring the skill to level 8 and hold its paired gear before opening a chest. Chests have a 22% base chance to include legendary equipment, modified by Luck; boss chest odds are doubled.

Match race traits to your plan

• Humans gain 5% experience and 10% gold.
• Dwarves become immune for 3 seconds when health falls below 40%; the trait has a 60-second cooldown.
• Night Elves gain 8% dodge, while Gnomes have a 30% shorter roll cooldown.
• Orcs gain 25% damage for 8 seconds every 30 seconds.
• Undead heal from kills. Tauren stun nearby enemies when surrounded by four or more foes.
• Troll ability cooldowns improve as health falls, up to 15%.

Track boss phases

Hogger enrages at 33% health. Edwin VanCleef calls Blackguards at 75%, 50% and 25%. Ragnaros stays in the center and submerges at 50% health while Sons of Flame are active. Bloodlord Mandokir gains 8% damage each time he hits the player, up to 10 increases.

A run with room to grow

Choose a classic race and class, steer through crowded waves, then learn each zone boss’s attack pattern. Class builds, account talents and collected legendary gear give repeat runs different goals.

0.1.0+1 — 2026-10-22

First game artifact built.

Controls update — 2026-10-22

A/D movement changed to side-strafing by default, with classic A/D turning available in Settings. Keyboard input recovery was also updated.

0.1.0+2 — 2026-10-26

Rebuilt after platform security changes. Gameplay did not change.