Noble Kings!
As you may have heard, the royal gaze is turning toward the blazing horizon — our next major content expansion, the Volcano Update, is in the works! In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing a series of royal decrees detailing the update’s new content:
The new bosses who will challenge your rule,
The mechanics and rewards that make the Volcano a new and unique battlefield,
The enemies and events that will test your leadership and strength,
And the game-wide improvements arriving alongside the update.
Work on the update continues as our alchemists, engineers, and scribes labor around the clock to ensure the realm’s next expansion is worthy of your crown. But today, we begin with the most fearsome of them all — the Bosses of the Volcano.
The Lords of Ash and Flame
These are not mere foes. They are living disasters — legends, bound by neither mercy nor reason. Defeating them is the challenge for even most skilled rulers.
Ignahog, King of Cinderwilds
From the burning slopes of the volcano strides Ignahog, the colossal Boar-Titan said to embody the fury of the Cinderwilds. His molten veins glow beneath cracked armor-plating of stone, and each breath escapes as a cloud of smoke and cinder.
Though titanic in size, Ignahog never fights alone - smaller hogs scamper ahead, sabotaging supply lines, scouting, and performing tricks no one expects from, well… hogs. When Ignahog charges, the ground itself rebels, splitting into rivers of lava. It is said the volcano answers his call not out of loyalty, but out of shared hatred for all things soft, fragile, and flammable.
Facing Ignahog is not a battle — it’s a natural disaster.
Smokeeye, the Goblin Marksman
When brute force fails, the Scarlet Goblins summon Smokeeye, their mercenary sharpshooter infamous across the land. His oversized rifle — welded together from stolen pieces of three different nations — spits death from unseen distances.
Smokeeye is a phantom, vanishing into thick smoke the moment danger nears. But he is no mere gunman: he’s a cunning engineer, constructing makeshift outposts in the blink of an eye. Once he accepts a contract, he won’t stop until his target falls. And as long as Smokeeye draws breath, your army will bleed one soldier at a time.
Ashfeather, the Eternal Phoenix
High above the infernal plains soars Ashfeather, a fiery titan revered by the Scarlet Goblin pantheon. His wings ignite the air into shimmering heat waves, grilling soldiers alive beneath their armor - a cruel inversion of the usual cook-and-be-cooked dynamic.
Ashfeather has existed for eons, reborn endlessly from his own flame. Whether slain or simply bored of his current form, he immolates and reforms anew, each rebirth sharpening his wrath. Your invasion of goblin lands has disturbed his sacred sleep — and he intends to remind the living that fire does not forgive.
Skarkh, the Inferno Brood
Forged in the molten pits of the Inferno itself, Skarkh is the spider-born avatar of the Demon of Rage — half machine, half monster, all fury.
He covers the battlefield in smoldering webs that burst into flame at his command, turning the ground into a maze of molten death. His broodlings - explosive spiderlings of chitin and hate - scuttle toward your troops and detonate in suicidal glee. To fight Skarkh is to fight Rage made manifest: a creature that burns through metal, web, and flesh alike.
Goblark, the Bellringer
Once an unremarkable goblin drummer with no sense of rhythm, Goblark became a monstrous symphony of destruction after being force-fed demon blood by his kin.
Now towering above the battlefield, he dances to his own maddening beat — twin scythes slicing arcs of crimson through the smoke, his massive bell-helm tolling with every strike. Each toll freezes hearts; each swing drives both ally and enemy into frenzy. Fueled by endless infernal adrenaline, Goblark fights without pause — and drags everyone else into his rhythm.
When the bell tolls, it tolls for all.
Solvurm, the Worm-Father
From the volcanic depths slithers Solvurm, an ancient flame worm whose breath turns stone to slag. His titanic body tunnels beneath the battlefield, bursting forth in pillars of living fire. Each wound he suffers births new horrors — molten offspring spawned through parasitic means best left unspoken.
To slay Solvurm is not a single victory but a brutal ritual — a slow dismemberment of a living wildfire. You must sever him piece by piece until his monstrous form stops writhing. Entire cities have burned trying. And now, your kingdom is next on his list.
The Road Ahead
These six terrors are only the beginning. Each boss in the Volcano update brings not just a fight, but a set of modifiers you will have to beat on higher difficulties with some requiring extra aerial defence towers or creation of additional stockpiles of resources.
In our next royal address, we’ll share more details about the map’s unique mechanics, rewards, and the changing nature of the volcano itself. Stay tuned, and keep your armies ready — the ground beneath your castle is beginning to rumble.
Until next time, Kings —
~ The Hypnohead Team