Dragon Break
A shared Skyrim. One province, many travellers — holds and strongholds with their own officials, property you can own, notice boards, trade, and a world that keeps turning while you are away.
The alpha is open: free to play for everyone in our Discord since 1 October 2026, with no wipe from here on. For now it takes place in and around Bruma, in Cyrodiil.
What it is
A living province
Holds, strongholds and regions each keep their own officials, notice boards and property registry. Ownership and rank mean something.
Make a living
Gathering, crafting, trade and hunting contracts. Post supply orders at the notice boards, send gold and letters by pigeon post, and hire couriers to carry goods, or carry them yourself for pay. Save up to buy a house when a hold puts one up for sale. Skills grow as you do the work, and going hungry slows you down.
Play together
Parties of up to six, companions, shared dungeons, voice chat you can whisper, talk or shout in, and an in-world chat and emote system.
Guides
The launcher installs every mod for you. Prefer to fetch them yourself? The full modlist is a Nexus collection.
Starting Out in Alpha
The open alpha: install, log in, your journal (F3) and getting help.
Commands and Systems
The commands you can type, and the keys and systems they belong to.
The Wheel of Skills
Trades, ranks and how skill points are earned.
Leveling Guide
How long each skill level takes, and how to make every hour count.
Crafting and Trades
Seven smithing tiers, schematics, alchemy and brewing, enchanting, tailoring and cooking.
Gathering and Labour
Mining, woodcutting, skinning, harvesting and the farm.
Schools of Magic
The four schools, study and classes, and the tome shops of the Synod, Frostcrag Spire and the Cathedral.
Dungeons and Expeditions
Claims, the four difficulties, loot, locks and expeditions.
Racial Guide
The eleven peoples, their gifts, their skills and their Racial Powers.
Religion System
Gods, shrines, prayer and blessings, Ithelia and the temple orders.
Holds & Factions Guide
The factions and their ranks, the courts and offices, the nobility of Bruma, and the Thalmor in Cyrodiil.
Law and the Concordat
Arrests, jail, restraints, crime, executions and the White-Gold Concordat.
Homes and Property
One home per character, buying a house, your key ring, weapon racks, rent, tax and business.
Pigeon Post and Notice Boards
Letters and gold by pigeon, couriers for goods, supply orders, commissions and contracts.
War and Raids
Treaties, territory and raids, and what is open in the alpha.
Supernatural Guide
Vampirism, lycanthropy, the moons and the cures.
Server Rules
Nineteen rules of play and the community standards, lettered and numbered so they can be cited.
How to get in
- Join the Discord and introduce yourself.
- Sign in with Discord here — you land on your own profile, with your characters and the launcher download.
- Run the launcher, sign in with the same Discord account and press Play. Starting Out in Alpha walks you through it.