Guide to UMC Content

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This is a guide to the current user-made content for players. It provides unfamiliar players with detailed information about campaigns (including story, completion, difficulty and playing style) as well as detailed information about eras. Feel free to edit this guide, it is a wiki.

This list covers add-ons for the latest (1.14) release of Wesnoth. There are archived versions of this page for 1.10 and 1.12.

For content creators who loved an add-on that hasn't been added to 1.14 yet, and are wondering about taking it over, please ensure that its entry on the older (1.12 or 1.10) wiki page is up to date, add a link to the add-on's feedback thread in the forums, and generally do the tidy-up that doesn't need you to start changing the campaign, and then ask the old maintainer. (You should probably also wait until the end of May 2018 before assuming that a maintainer isn't already porting to 1.14).

If you are looking for even more campaigns, please see the links in at the bottom of this page.

Instructions

When adding a campaign to the list, please place it in its alphabetically sorted location, ignoring any initial article ("A", "An", or "The").

Blueprint for Campaigns

  • Description:
  • Author:
  • Maintainer: if not maintained by the author anymore.
  • Status:
    • Broken = Does not work at all
    • Incomplete = Partially written, no progress
    • WIP = Partially written, some progress
    • Complete = Completely written, but buggy as well as potential balance issues.
    • Finished = Completely written, minimal to no bugs, slight balance issues possible.
  • Version campaign version on the add-ons server
  • Length:
  • Requirements: (only if needed)
  • Difficulty:

Please note: Often campaigns introducing new mechanics are listed as expert level on the add-on server, here difficulty means the raw difficulty after the mechanics are understood.

    • Unbalanced = If you can't beat the hard mode, it isn't necessarily unbalanced, but if the difficulty changes erratically from one scenario to the next and only people using the debug mode have seen the final, then it is.
    • Easy
    • Normal
    • Hard

Please note: If you didn't play the campaign, write the difficulty written on the add-ons server.

  • Style:

Please note: Many campaigns will feature more than one style. Please list the most significant ones. If you don't know which style is the campaign you are listing, don't write this.

    • Skirmish = small to medium sized armies, your standard Wesnoth gameplay
    • Dungeon = long and narrow tunnels (not every underground scenario is a dungeon, a dungeon isn't necessarily underground)
    • RPG = role playing game elements such as talking with non-player-characters, item collection, dependency on a party of very few adventurers without or limited recruits
    • Survival = being exposed to changing, spawning enemies while remaining on the same map
    • Large Battle = large number of units on the battlefield, sizely maps
    • Simulation = campaigns feat. terrain modification, alternative resources
    • Boss battle = the challenge is to defeat a single powerful enemy unit
    • Minigames = there are puzzles and minigames in the campaign that significantly differ from standard Wesnoth gameplay
  • Faction/Era: Era for the whole campaign and more specifically the faction or unit composition you field.
  • Custom units: Link to the unit tree for cases that don't feel sufficiently described by Faction / Era entry.
  • Forum: Links to the feedback and development threads at forums.wesnoth.org

Blueprint for Eras

  • Description:
  • Author:
  • Maintainer: if not maintained by the author anymore.
  • Status 1.14:
    • see the list of statuses in the campaign blueprint
  • Faction Descriptions: Describe your individual factions here.
  • Requirements: (only if needed)
  • Forum: Links to the feedback and development threads at forums.wesnoth.org

Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.x

Campaigns

After the Storm

Follow the journey of Galas and his band following the events of Invasion from the Unknown

Author: shadowm/ShikadiQueen/Iris

Status: Finished, 0.10.11

Length: 3 episodes of 13 scenarios each, some of which are multi-part

Difficulty: Medium-hard

Style: Skirmish, Boss Battle, Dungeon

Faction/Era: Many custom units

Forum: [1]

Note: (vultraz) Long, very enjoyable campaign with great story. (Knyghtmare) The best UMC campaign ever!

Players’ Review(s)


A Beastly Tale

When a small village is beset by troubles, its fate rests in the hands of a young woodsman and the animals he befriends.

Author: GloccusV

Status: Complete

Version: 2.0.3

Length: 5 scenarios

Difficulty: Intermediate

Custom units: Here

Forum: Here

Bad Moon Rising

An expedition to gather treasure from the cold north sets off compounding disaster.

Author: Doofus-01

Status: Complete 1.10.0

Length: 20 scenarios

Difficulty: Hard

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Archaic Era

Forum: [2]


The Black Cross of Aleron

A elvish school for druids comes under attack by goblins. It seems more than just a routine raid; is there something more sinister behind this attack? - In Beseiged Druids, you control Eärendil, the surviving teacher at the school, and the many and varied initiates. Not all of these are ordinary students; many have been experimenting with other forms of magic, while others are simply overachievers in some area of study. Unfortunately, they are not especially good at combat, at least initially. Together with a very small contingent of surviving guards, it is up to these students to save the island of Aleron from disaster.

Author: Celtic Minstrel

Status: Complete 2.0.3

Length: 9 scenarios

Difficulty: Unbalanced

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Default, Elves

Custom units

Forum: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37342

Danse Macabre

Macabre is a rare zombie who has intelligence and will. What's he like? What's his purpose?

Author: kamikaze

Maintainer: James_The_Invisible

Status: Completed, 1.3.2

Length: 12 scenarios

Difficulty: Unbalanced

Style: Large Battle

Faction/Era: Default, undead

Custom units

Forum: [3]

Note: While the campaign is playable on Wesnoth 1.14 without major issues, it is (still) in need of heavy re-balancing. Sadly, for various reasons I am not able to do it in near future but patches are always welcome, preferably in form of pull requests on GitHub.


Dawn of Thunder

A young elvish fighter is send to represent the Aethenwood at the Ka'lian. The adventure turns out to be bigger then expected.

Author: Paulomat4

Status: Incomplete (guessing, based on the discussion thread), 0.1.9.5

Length: 17 scenarios

Difficulty: Challenging

Style: Skirmish, Large Battle, RPG-elements

Faction/Era: Default, Elves, Humans

Forum: [4]

A Fiery Birth

A scholar of the Great Academy journeys to the land of the drakes to discover their secret origins.

Author: Mathbrush

Status: Complete

Version: 1.2.0

Length: 9 scenarios

Difficulty: Normal

Style: Skirmish

Forum: Here


The Final Exam

Young mage Erika must find a magic book to become a true mage. But will it really be her final exam?

Author: Elven

Status: Complete, 2.6.1

Length: 4 scenarios

Difficulty: Easy

Style: Skirmish, Minigames

Faction/Era: Default, Loyalists

Forum: [5]

Note: Short, easy campaign with varying objectives. Features female mage as leader.


Flight to Freedom

Flight to Freedom chronicles the story of the drake hero Malakar, and his desperate cross-country flight out of slavery.

Authors: MadMax, Nova

Status: Complete

Length: 20 playable scenarios + 1 dialogue-only, for a total of 21

Version: 5.3.2

Difficulty: Expert

Style: Skirmish, Large Battle, Puzzle

Faction/Era: Drakes

Required Wesnoth version: 1.14+

Forum: [6]


Invasion from the Unknown

Episode I - Seeking the Light: Long after the Fall, the last forest elves are forced to abandon their safe valley, and find themselves resorting to the dark means of necromancy in order to survive the perils and challenges of this new harsh world. May they finally free the Great Continent from its chaos, or perish in the foolish attempt of restoring peace and life to the lands.

Episode II - Armageddon: As the shadow of Chaos covers the entire continent, an assorted group of foolish heroes prepares a counter-attack to the Empire, with one unique goal in their minds: defeat the evil Emperor, whoever it is. Lead these courageous living and non-living warriors to victory, and rediscover lost secrets of the history.

Author: shadowm/ShikadiQueen/Iris

Status: Finished, 2.1.9

Difficulty: Normal

Style: Skirmish, Dungeon, Boss battle

Faction/Era: Unique. You play Elves and Undead throughout the campaign.

Walkthrough: IftU Walkthrough

Players’ Review(s)'


Legend of the Invincibles

Part I: Shrouded in Darkness (5 chapters, 90 scenarios) - A pair of heroes, after stopping an orcish threat, are outcast into caves, where they have no other choice than to become liches in order to survive. They preserved their original appearance and moral principles, and fight in various skirmishes against evil (although using evil methods sometimes), until the Fall, when they are buried alive under the ashes of the third sun.

Part II: Into the Light (5 chapters, 110 scenarios) - Long after the Fall, the lich heroes awaken. Searching for more power, they manage to resurrect themselves as living beings, but this time more powerful and ridden of the evil within. But the evil from inside them did not cease to exist, and started a campaign to conquer the world. Stopping the campaign caused an even worse disaster...

Author: Dugi

Status: Complete

Length: 200 (+8 talk-only) scenarios

Difficulty: Normal

Style: mostly Skirmish and Dungeon (all other styles are present as well, but less frequently)

Faction/Era: Elves, Loyalists, Undead, Dwarves; but they advance past their usual maximum level

Forum: [7]

Players’ Review(s)

Note: The most unique feature of this campaign is its RPG-like unit development system, enemies drop items units can use, leaders are stronger than most usual units and all units get AMLA (after maximum level advancement) after reaching their maximum level (that is also increased by a load of additional level 4 units).


A New Order

The old kingdom of Wesnoth has fallen before barbarian hordes. The occupying barbarians are on the brink of civil war, the seeds of Wesnothian rebellion are kept alive by old legends, while bandits and Dunefolk mercenaries roam the land. Can Gawen Hagarthen unite these disparate factions against a common foe?

Note: This campaign contains mature themes, some of which may be unsuitable for children.

Author: szopen

Status: Finished

Version: 1.2.19

Length: Hard to say as it is non-linear; it is advertised as having 45 scenarios, but the numbering only goes up to 30 due to some of the scenarios being alternates to one another.

Requirements: Requires BfW 1.14+. Also uses the "Akladian Music" add-on.

Difficulty: Advertised as intermediate; could be considered hard, though.

Style: Mostly Skirmish, some Large Battle

Faction/Era: mostly various human factions (including the Dunefolk), with the addition of the Akladian faction of humans

Custom Units

Forum: [8]

Note: (Pyrophorus) Certainly one of the most mature and well designed campaign in add-ons. A must.

Players’ Review(s)

The North Wind

Wesnoth's army was occupied fighting Mal Ravanal in the East, but there were whisperings of an orcish attack in the north. Konrad II must send Deoran, now an experienced rider and commander, with a small band of knights to hold off the orcs....

This campaign features unique gameplay characteristics such as a lack of recruiting and a 24-turn time-of-day cycle.

Author: aelius, Deusite; pyndragon

Status: WIP, 0.3.0

Length: 1 playable scenario, 6 intended

Difficulty: Normal

Style: RPG, Skirmish, Survival

Faction/Era: Loyalists

Forum: [9]


The Ravagers

Description: The Ravagers is a tale of pure revenge. A tale of justice served cold, told in a flashback-style point-of-view narrative, by a ranger in the Inn at Weldyn. The campaign includes many new exciting gameplay features, fun mechanics such as drinking, hundreds of custom units, and many more.

Author: WhiteWolf

Status: Finished*

Length: 25 playable scenarios + 2 scene scenarios

Requirements: Akladian Music Pack, Underness Music Pack

Difficulty: Intermediate

Style: Skirmish + RPG / Flashback narrative

Faction/Era: Humans, Elves, Ravagers(dark humans)

Custom Units

Forum: [10]

*Notes: The main storyline is complete, but there are unfinished side-missions that are still in development. The campaign is aimed to become finished with version 1.2.0.


Return from the Abyss

After taking part to a disastrous expedition, Khafir and his men are lost and isolated from their people, thousands of miles away from home, bound by a pact sealed with a powerful dwarvish king. Help him escape from the depth of Irdya and finding his way back, in an adventure across two worlds during the rise of a sinister force in the Great Continent.

Author: skeptical_troll

Status: finished

Length: 19 playable scenario + 10 story only

Difficulty: Hard

Style: Skirmish, Dungeon

Faction/Era: Dunefolk/Default

Forum: [11]


The Return of the Darks

The Darks are a race which left Wesnoth in the ancient times and lives on Isles in the sky. But now the Magic wich helped them to move the Isles in Sky got lost and the isles are about to fall down. Rumion an adventurer goes to Wesnoth and searchs for something that could help them.

Author: thvk

Status: WIP

Length: 4 playable scenario + 2 story only

Difficulty: Easy

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Default + some self made units

Forum: [12]

Secrets of the Ancients

From the Journal of Ardonna of Tarrynth:

It's unfair that we humans must die after so few years. Though this is the natural order, we need not embrace it! The lords on the Green Isle knew how to live forever. Pursuit of that knowledge was declared illegal by King Haldric I, but I believe it is worth the risk: If I can rediscover the secrets of the ancients, not only will I cheat death, I will become a hero to the whole continent!

Author: beetlenaut

Status: Mainlined (this is now one of the campaigns that is downloaded with Wesnoth itself)

Length: 18 playable scenarios + 3 story only

Difficulty: Hard

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Undead/Default

Forum: [13]

Walkthrough: Secrets of the Ancients Walkthrough


The Tale of Vaniyera

The expansionist Lavinian Legion, led by the Imperator himself, has invaded the northern forests of the Sidhe, or Wild Elves. It is up to Leithan the Thunderblade and his advisor Vaniyera to push its armies back where they came from...

Author: oreb, turin

Maintainer: UnwiseOwl

Status: Finished 0.11.0

Length: 5 scenarios

Difficulty: Normal

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Imperial Era, Sidhe.

Forum: [14]

Walkthrough There is a video-walkthrough by the campaign maintainer that begins here.

Note: As of August 2014, all previous issues raised about this campaign have been addressed. If you've not played this campaign since 1.4 or 1.10, in this humble maintainers opinion, it's worth another go.


To Lands Unknown

This is the story of Mehir, the Summoner, and his journey to lands unknown.

Author: inferno8

Status: Complete

Length: 20 scenarios, 4 dialogue only

Difficulty: Intermediate (Era of Magic)

Style: Skirmish, Dungeon

Era: Era of Magic

Forum: [15]

Players’ Review(s)


A Vision Blinded

Defend the northern forest against what appeared like a routine orcish raid, and unravel the greater conspiracies that lie below its waves.

Author: LemonTea

Maintainer: Adamant14

Status: Complete, 1.0.14

Length: 13 playable scenarios + 1 dialogue-only

Difficulty: Normal

Style: Skirmish

Faction/Era: Default, Elves (+ Trolls, Outlaws)

Custom units

Forum: [16]

Eras

War of Legends

Description: An era based on the continent of Arkenova as well as other parts of Irdya.

Author: Tahsin Jahin Khalid (Lord-Knyghtmare)

Maintainer: Tahsin Jahin Khalid (Lord-Knyghtmare)

Status: Complete

Factions:

  1. Aragwaithi
  2. Windsong
  3. Human Alliance
  4. Orcish Union
  5. Southerners
  6. Outlaws
  7. Elementals
  8. Undead
  9. Drakes
  10. Dark Legion
  11. Sylvans
  12. Minotaurs
  13. Vampires

Forum: Development and Feedback Thread


Era of Magic(EoMa)

Description: Aiming at using the whole potential of Battle of Wesnoth's graphic engine, the Era of Magic is considered to have a most amazing special effects and attack animations in the BfW game. There are 8 playable factions with fully animated units and tons of special effects contained in the era, and the stories of them are told in the campaign "To Lands Unknown".

Author: Inferno8

Maintainer: Inferno8

Status: Finished, 3.1

Faction Descriptions:

Sky Kingdom - powerful magi of all kinds. Their knowledge allows them to cast amazing spells and summon creatures like unstopable Golems or mysterious Mus. Masters of Elements and Gurus are one of the most powerful human beings in the Era.

Al-Kamija - these proud people are good warriors and spell casters of the desert. They use magical circles and scrolls to summon amazing creatures like Jinns or elementals from other dimension called Abyss. These creatures can't be poisoned, which is a great advantage. (The campaign "To Lands Unknown" is mainly about the story of this faction)

Tharis - fearsome Tharis faction is very dangerous especially at night. Cruel people of Tharis with their black magic and dreadful monsters like Hydra can demolish everything standing on their way. Being so powerful in attack, Tharis have no healer, so they need to push forward at all costs.

Kharos - this strange name is the name of a beautiful country ruled by prophets of light. These peaceful people are masters of defense and support. Their formations of healers and Shielders assisted by Silver Warriors, who can teleport between friendly villages, are very hard to destroy.

Barbarians - the best in hand-to-hand combat. This multi-cultural society divided into Goblins, Orcs, Cyclops and Trolls with their own advantages and disadvantages can be hard opponent, but separately they are very weak.

Runemasters - these Dwarves use runic magic and equipment and are well known of their protection against magic. The Runemasters create steam machines like Gyrocopters, Robots and even mighty Mechanical Dragons. Units from this faction are very resistant but slow.

Dark Blood Alliance - this faction is composed of agile lizards, giant frogs, wyverns swallowing enemies and salamanders, which have developed to perfection the art of disguise. At the head of the community stand shamans known for their water magic, which is used in the fight as well as in healing.

Destroyers - a terrifying undead creations consisting of civilizations long gone...

Version: 1.1.1 (February 18th, 2015)

Forum: Development and Feedback Thread


Ageless Era

Description: Ageless Era is a compilation of the most popular eras and factions on the add-on server. It is more an era pack than an era.

Author: mnewton1, Ravana and various

Maintainer: Ravana

Status: Finished, 4.19

Unit Tree: Ageless Unit Tree (for 1.12)

Factions List: Currently there are 91 factions in the era:

Default: Loyalist, Rebels, Northerners, Undead, Knalgan Alliance, Drakes, Khalifate

Extended Era: Loyalist, Sylvans, Dwarves, Outlaws, Northerners, Undead, Chaos, Dark Elves

Archaic Era: Khthon, Phantoms, Despair, Primeval, South-Seas, Ukians, Northern Orcs

Era of Four Moons: Highlanders, Imperialists, Sea States, Darklanders, Dalefolk, Freemen, Pygmies, Whites

Era of the Future: Welkin, Brungar

BEEM: Anakes, Calidonians, Wood Warriors

Custom Factions: Yokai, Dark Legion, Desert Elves, Steelhive, Frozen

Era of Myths: Celestials, Devlings, Elementals, Therians, Vampires, The Warg, Windsong

Feudal Era: Aragwaithi, Ceresians, Clockwork Dwarves, High Elves, Orcish Khaganates

Imperial Era: Arendians, Cavernei, Issaelfr, Lavinian Legion, Marauders, Orcei Gladiatores, Sidhe

Era of Strife: Eventide, Triththa, Free Saurians, Eltireans, Minotaurs

Era of Magic: Barbarians, Dark Blood Alliance, Sky Kingdom, Kharos, Runemasters, Al-Kamija, Tharis, Destroyers

Mercenaries Era: Highlanders, Enchanters, Avians, Slavers, Mercenaries, Equestrians, Emperor's Guard, Oracles, Holy Order, The Cult, Fanatics, Tribalists, Hive, Infernai, Refugees, Blight

Git: Ageless-for-1-11 and also for 1.12 and 1.14

Forum: Development and Feedback Thread


Imperial Era (IE)

Description: One of the oldest maintained user eras, the Imperial Era brings together seven different factions in a completely re-imagined setting, the world of Orbivm, a very lethal world indeed. The era contains both mainline and development versions of each faction and can be used to play five campaigns, each featuring a different race.

Author: Orbivm Project (but really Turin)

Maintainer: UnwiseOwl

Status: Complete, 0.23

Faction Descriptions:

  1. Lavinian Legion - Based on the Roman Legion, the Lavinians have strong, versatile melee units in the legionaries and a range of support classes sourced from amongst the Lavinian population and various subjugated races. The legion are strong in the plains but weak when fighting in forested areas. The Lavinians are featured in "Fall of Silvium".
  2. Sidhe - The Sidhe are a group of forest-dwelling elves whose focus is stealth and fleet movement. Their mages are able to channel the lightning itself, and their various other units move almost as fast. The Sidhe feature in "Tale of Vaniyera".
  3. Marauders - Based on the Germanic peoples that eventually conquered Rome (hint, hint), the Marauders are equally as at home in the hills, forests and swamps of their homeland. Their hard-hitting melee units are practicalyl unstoppable during the night-time. The Marauders are the stars of the "Alfhelm the Wise" campaign.
  4. Orcei Gentorum - The orcs have been captured gladiators slaving away in the Lavinian arenas for generations.The life of an orc in Orbivm is harsh and brutal, just like the orcs themselves. The tale of the uprising of one such group of Orcs is told in "Up from Slavery".
  5. Cavernei - The Cavernei are a dwarvish race with similarities to the mainline Knalgans, but with a greater emphasis on the military uses of runesmithing. They get a campaign too, in "Gali's Contract"
  6. Issaelfr - The frost elves live on the fringes of the habitable lands of Evrosia, the main continent of Orbivm, and have become inured to difficult conditions and tuned in to their Fae natures. They don't have a campaign yet, but you could always write one.
  7. Arendians - The Arendians are horse-lords living on the Western steppes of Evrosia. A life of constant battle has developed a military-focused society where warriors are trained from a young age. They used to have a campaign, but it fell into disrepair a very long time ago.

Wiki: Orbivm

Forum: Development and Feedback Thread

Additional info

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