Units and evolution
This page lists unit names we can actually source. A complete official roster is in the in-game Collection (the Every Soldier achievement is awarded for recording 100% of units). We have not dumped that Collection, so this is not a complete tree. Names that appear only in player posts are labeled that way.
What is officially confirmed
Base summons. The official demo launch announcement says the machine summons Warriors, Archers, Mages, and other units. The Steam store specifically mentions an ordinary 1-star Warrior ascending into a stronger unit through branching class choices.
Rarity bands used in official achievement text:
- Normal-grade units (you can win a boss wave using only these)
- Legendary units (first summon is an achievement)
- Prism units (a separate achievement; the store describes them as legendary jackpot summons)
A jackpot is officially “the same symbol on all 9 slots.”
Jester. Official demo v0.4.0 added a Special-rarity unit called the Jester, described as very difficult to obtain. The hidden achievement Jester Troupe is awarded for owning 2 Jesters at the same time. How you roll one — many players talk about lining up Joker hat symbols, and about Cores or Items that mention a joker chance — is [verify in-game]. See Cores and Items.
Six families. Official achievement: one unit can absorb units of all 6 families. The six official family names are [verify in-game].
Ten factions. Official achievement Ten Banners: activate the highest synergy tier of all 10 factions across runs. Faction Synergy shipped as a beta in v0.4.0 and was still being refined then. The five faction names that come up repeatedly in 1.0 Steam posts are Empire, Outlaw, Tribe, Forest, and Holy. The other five official names are [verify in-game]. Official v1.0.0 (3) mentioned 5 faction nodes in the Units section of the upgrade tree.
Promotion. Class Select / Class Promotion is an official 1.0 UI (see hotfixes (4) and (5) on the patch notes page).
Wasteland Camel is an official 1.0 unit or battlefield object — hotfix (5) fixed a rider-swap bug when you dropped a unit onto a camel that already had a rider.
1.0 names reported by players (verify in-game)
These names appear in public Steam discussion posts after 1.0 launched. They are useful clues for what to look up in the Collection. They are not an official tier list, and we have not confirmed spellings, prerequisites, or stats in a current build.
| Name (player spelling) | What players said | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Mage | Described as a 3-star T1 wizard; one player rushed piercing and called the faction Tribe | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Maceman | Stun passive | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Ranger | Blind passive | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Sorceress | Poison passive | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Spearman (T3) | Fear passive | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Archer / High Elf | One player said a T2 Archer becomes High Elf, with high attack speed, faction Forest; they preferred this over “maxing T3 Archer” | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Victor | Called a good engineer unit | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Grenadier | Also engineer; the same post said the unit (and its faction bonus) was not worth forcing | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Undine | Faction Forest | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Templar | Faction Holy | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Gladiator | Faction Outlaw | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Spartan | Faction Empire | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Raging Cavalry | Faction Tribe (the post spelled it “Cavalary”) | Steam 1.0 thread |
| Watchtower | Mentioned as a placement or structure that lets an Arch Mage with high Piercing “carpet bomb” a lane | Steam 1.0 thread; [verify in-game] whether this is a unit, item, or map object |
A July 2026 demo comment also listed “archers, soldiers, cavalrymen, wizards” as families people were merging. That is consistent with a six-family system but is still not an official list.
Engineer may be a family, a class branch, or a faction tag. The posts above treat Victor and Grenadier as engineers; they do not settle the taxonomy. [verify in-game].
Demo-era names you will still see elsewhere
Many older guides, including some pages that have not been rebuilt for 1.0, still center on:
- Warrior → Paladin → Veil
- Mage → Necro Lord
- Jester → Ferret Tamer → Ringmaster
Those names were widely repeated during the demo period. We have not confirmed in official 1.0 patch notes or in the Steam achievement list that they are still the current capstones, and 1.0 player threads spend more time on the names in the table above. If you use a demo guide, open the unit tooltip in 1.0 and believe the tooltip.
How to read stars, tiers, and roles
Players often write T1 / T2 / T3 as well as 1-star / 2-star / 3-star. Official achievements only use the star wording plus “Normal-grade,” “Legendary,” “Prism,” and “Special-rarity” (Jester). Whether “T3” means a third class promotion, a third star, or a Collection tab is [verify in-game].
Role shorthand that still helps on a first board:
- Frontline / melee — official Warrior, plus player-mentioned Maceman, Spearman, Spartan, Gladiator, Templar
- Ranged physical — official Archer, plus player-mentioned Ranger, High Elf
- Magic / backline — official Mage, plus player-mentioned Arch Mage, Sorceress, Undine
- Engineer / unusual — player-mentioned Victor, Grenadier
- Special / jackpot — official Jester and Prism
Position still matters. A promoted tank in the back row is a wasted tank.
Building your own tree
Until someone publishes a Collection dump from 1.0, the honest workflow is:
- Summon, lock the unit you want to keep, and open its tooltip and Collection entry.
- Note family, faction, passives, and the next Class Select options before you absorb.
- Feed class-matched fodder first; keep a list of promotion names you actually saw.
- Cross-check absorption rules and builds.
If you send in-game screenshots of a full family tree (see Contact), this page can be updated without guessing.