👥 ENDALOR Multiplayer Guide — Co-op Survival

How to Start a Multiplayer Game in ENDALOR

Starting a multiplayer session in ENDALOR is straightforward. From the main menu, select 'Multiplayer' and choose to either host a new game or join an existing session. The host creates the world and controls server settings. Joining players connect via Steam's multiplayer infrastructure — no dedicated server software or port forwarding is required for standard co-op sessions.

The host's world is the persistent world — all changes, base constructions, enemy kills, and resource gathering are saved to the host's save file. Guest players' progress on their own singleplayer characters is separate. This means if a guest player collects crafting materials or earns experience in the host's world, those gains apply to that session's shared inventory but character progression details may vary based on the server settings.

For sessions with friends, the recommended approach is to designate one player as the permanent host whose world becomes your shared base of operations. All players connect to this world consistently to maintain continuity of your shared base and world state.

Co-op Role Division — Playing as a Team

ENDALOR rewards deliberate role division in co-op play. While the game does not have a hard class system forcing specialization, investing in different skill builds across your co-op group creates a significantly more effective team.

The Tank role invests heavily in Health and Strength, wears full Iron armor, and carries a weapon and shield combination. The Tank's job is to absorb hits, hold boss aggro, and protect teammates during dangerous encounters.

The Damage role invests in Strength and Dexterity, prioritizes high-damage weapons like the Iron Axe or Iron Spear, and focuses on dealing maximum damage during the windows the Tank creates. Damage players should wear medium armor — enough protection without sacrificing the agility that heavy health investment provides.

The Ranged/Support role focuses on Dexterity, uses a Bow as the primary weapon, and supports teammates by thinning enemy numbers before melee engagement, eliminating priority targets like archers or shamans, and providing kiting support when melee players need to recover health.

In a four-player team, a good composition is: one Tank, two Damage, one Ranged/Support. Two-player teams function best as one Tank and one Damage player.

Co-op Base Building

Base building in multiplayer ENDALOR is collaborative — all players in the session can place, modify, and demolish building pieces. This allows rapid construction compared to solo play but requires communication to avoid building conflicts or accidental demolition of under-construction elements.

Assigning build roles during active construction sessions prevents wasted materials. Designate one player as the architect who handles layout decisions and another as the resource runner who keeps materials flowing to the build site. A third player can handle base defense — patrolling the perimeter and eliminating enemies that wander near the construction zone.

Multiplayer bases benefit from more advanced defensive designs than solo bases. With more players contributing resources, you can invest in Stone Walls, Spike Perimeters, and multi-story archer platforms much faster than solo. Build a dedicated crafting wing with all Workstations clustered together and a separate secure storage vault behind a locked door for your most valuable materials.

Co-op Combat Strategies

Combat in multiplayer ENDALOR changes fundamentally from solo play. Enemy AI targets the nearest or most threatening player, which creates opportunities for coordinated flanking and aggro management that are impossible in solo play.

The core co-op combat principle is aggro splitting. While the Tank player holds enemy attention from the front, Damage players attack from the sides or behind — positions where enemies rarely direct their attacks. This dramatically increases the damage dealt per second while minimizing incoming damage to the group.

For group fights against multiple enemies, assign each player a target priority. Never have all players attack the same enemy while leaving others free to attack teammates. The Ranged/Support player should call out high-priority targets like Lizard Archers or Skeletal Archers before they deal ranged damage to the melee players.

In boss fights, the Tank player should announce when they need to recover health — other players step up to distract the boss and maintain aggro during healing periods. Never have all players using Health Potions simultaneously as this leaves no one managing boss aggro and can result in a chaotic wipe.

Shared Progression in Multiplayer

Progression in ENDALOR multiplayer operates on a shared resource and individual experience model. Resources gathered in the shared world go into a shared pool accessible by all players through the base storage system. Individual character experience points (XP) and Skill Point allocations are personal — each player levels their own character independently.

This creates a natural collaborative dynamic: resource gathering and base investment are team activities, while character builds are personal specializations. Encourage all players to gather and deposit resources into shared Chest storage rather than hoarding in personal inventory — the shared resource pool allows the team to craft better gear for everyone faster than if individuals craft only for themselves.

Early multiplayer sessions benefit enormously from splitting gathering duties. Send one player to hunt Lizard Grunts for Lizard Lungs (Furnace unlock), another to mine Stone and Iron Ore, and a third to gather Plant Fiber and food. With four players gathering simultaneously, you can unlock the Furnace and full Iron armor within a fraction of the time it takes solo.

Finding Multiplayer Partners — ENDALOR Discord

If you do not have friends to play with, the official ENDALOR Discord server is the best place to find co-op partners. The Discord community hosts channels for LFG (Looking for Group) posts, where players coordinate multiplayer sessions, share base coordinates, and organize faction raids together.

Join the ENDALOR Discord at discord.gg/zCFxefUnjR to connect with the ENDALOR community, follow developer announcements, participate in Early Access feedback discussions, and report bugs directly to the Diorite Games team.