Mezari: Space settlers who must adapt the best they can to Auriga's terrestrial conditions due to a loss of their ship and technology. Vaulters: Great smiths and craftsmen who have lived in solitude underground for most of the history prior. Broken Lords: Knights of honor and chivalry who have lost their humanity, remaining as specters within their suits of armor. Wild Walkers: Former forest dwellers who have harnessed magic to control and shape the natural world. Players can choose from one of the fourteen available factions, each with their own unique characteristics including appearance, units, abilities and play-styles: Regions can only host one city each within their borders. At the start of each game, each faction begins with a settler unit to establish their first city and region. Once a city has been established within the borders of a region for the first time, the entire region becomes part of a faction's territory and control. Unlike other 4X games, the world map of Endless Legend is formed of separate regions. Tiles and their layout are all randomly generated to create a unique playable world with each separate playthrough.įog of war covers the play space requiring exploration by the player's units to find resources, minor factions, and races that players must utilize and exploit to benefit their growing empires. The map is populated with a variety of terrain, each made up of biomes within the world which have effects on the player's units.
The game is set in the land of Auriga, with the layout of its landmass and ecosystems being randomized per game, represented on a model-like map made up of a hexagonal grid. Endless Legend is a turn-based 4X strategy game, in which players take control of a fantasy faction to establish an empire through exploration, conquest, diplomacy and research.