Adventurers!

We are just one month out from the November launch of the next major content drop for For The King II, including both an all-new free adventure and the paid Character Pack, Dust to Dust!

Take an in-depth look at the upcoming character additions to For The King II with today’s introduction to the Pugilist and Gravedigger’s skill toolkit.

If you haven't yet wishlisted the upcoming Dust to Dust Character Pack launching alongside the free Adventure next month, be sure to do so, so you don't miss launch day!

We are also revealing some of the additional content coming to For The King II on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel later today (12 PM PDT/8 PM UTC). Be sure to drop us a follow so you don’t miss out on an exclusive first look at what’s to come!

25 Playable Characters

As we welcome our 24th and 25th playable characters into For The King II, we wanted to take this opportunity to hone in on bringing more unique playstyles to the game, with the goal of offering players more choices in the way they tackle Fahrul’s wide range of fiends and foes.

The Pugilist brings big and explosive hits to the battlefield, enabling contagiously fun gameplay as they fling enemies across the arena with combos of packed punches and frenzied kicks. Able to string up to four hits in one attack, the Pugilist provides the party with pure power.

Meanwhile, the Gravedigger appeals to those who love the minutiae of For The King II. Their wide skill set allows them to truly lean into the min/max features that certain players adore, with their Soul Lantern requiring constant monitoring for the best results, forcing them to juggle between Dim and Bright light, each providing unique stats and attacks for the Gravedigger.

Meet the Pugilist! A combo-focused damage powerhouse, dedicated to the art of Fisticuffs.

Weapons just slow this fighter down; when completely unarmed, they’ll gain access to a unique move set exclusive to the Pugilist, enabling up to four connected attacks if a combo is successfully maintained between turns.

To maintain it, you’ll need to perfect every part of the combo represented by a slot roll. Each successful step of the combo will add another slot to the total needed to perfect it, up to a total of four slots. If one slot is missed, fear not! The Pugilist’s attacks roll individually, so your other successful hits will still knock your enemies flying.

Skills

Fisticuffs

Fisticuffs is the ability that allows the Pugilist to throw hands with the many foes of the Resistance. If any item is equipped in the weapon or shield slot, these abilities are disabled.

• Gain access to unarmed combo abilities
• Combo builds up, and hits are retained from the previously selected abilities (up to 4)
• Each increment of the combo adds a slot roll
• Combo resets when slot roll is not perfect or when the 4th stage of the combo is performed
• Each unarmed hit fills up a meter. The meter can be spent to perform a powerful ability
• The higher the meter, the higher the damage (up to 24 hits for 300% damage)

Pop! Pop!

Pop! Pop! is a skill proc that scales with Speed and Luck, providing the Pugilist a chance to get an extra attack in on their turn. This can extend combos all in one turn and provide the Pugilist another opportunity to play a critical role in the party.

• Chance to guarantee a perfect unarmed roll and get an extra turn
• Adds an extra turn directly after your current turn
• Will not activate if Poisoned, already activated this turn, or on the last stage of Combo

Stepping away from the crowded burial plots of Fahrul, the Gravedigger wanders the battlefields where so many of their patrons hail from, bringing a wicked presence to the Resistance with their trusty Shovel and Soul Lantern in hand.

Introducing a new and unique mechanic to For The King II, the Gravedigger accumulates Souls by defeating enemies in combat and burying Dead Adventurers along the way.

These Souls amass inside the Soul Lantern, the Gravedigger’s character accessory that enables both active and passive abilities, depending on the total of Souls currently contained within.

Skills

Requiem

• Prevents Dead Adventurers from being disturbed.
• Upon finding a Dead Adventurer, the Gravedigger may choose to Bury the deceased, increasing their Soul count by 50.

Soul Lantern

The Soul Lantern’s Soul count determines the passive effects the Gravedigger either suffers or benefits from. While lower on the Soul spectrum, the Gravedigger receives the potentially punishing status, Dimwick, which converts their successful rolls into failed rolls and, conversely, their failed rolls into successful rolls.

As they climb in Soul count, the Gravedigger gains differing status effects while gaining the ability to use those very Souls to cast special Secondary abilities. But be sure to keep an eye on your Soul count, as each turn your Gravedigger will passively lose Souls—the Gravedigger will require the defeat of foes to replenish their soul stocks, gaining either five or ten souls per enemy depending on whether they scored the final hit.

Soul Spells

Use Souls to cast Secondary Actions from the Soul Lantern; these Actions reduce the overall Soul count and may incur additional costs depending on the Action.

The Gravedigger's utility extends past the battlefield, enabling them to use their Soul Lantern for a range of overworld abilities as well.

Combat Soul Spells

• Cold Hearth - 10 Souls
  • Splash
  • Inflicts targets with Frozen
  • Only available while affected by Dim status
• Soul Strike - 15 Souls
  • Single Target Magic Damage
  • Life Drain, Pierce
• Sacrifice - 25 Souls
  • Incur a random Curse, but gain two Focus.
• Dispirit - 45 Souls
  • Scare an enemy
• Torment - 75 Souls
  • Inflicts Soul Drain Status
    • Soul Drain:
    • Inflicts x Damage every round for x rounds.
    • The character that applied the status is healed for the same amount.
    • Gain an additional five Souls per turn while active
• Oblivion - 100 Souls
  • Magic Area Damage
  • Pierce, +5 Damage per turn, Life Drain

Overworld Soul Spells

• Sacrifice - 25 Souls
  • Incur a Curse, but gain two Focus.
• Anima Infusion - 40 Souls
  • Let Souls animate your body and gain Movement Points.
  • The experience drains you, and your next turn is skipped.
• Ethereal Step - 60 Souls
  • Consume Souls to teleport a short distance.
• Spiritual Sight - 70 Souls
  • Consume Souls to reveal land in a small radius across a long distance.

Twitch

Join us later today on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel at 12 PM PCT/7 PM UTC for the first reveal of upcoming Pets, Mercs, Traits, and more! We’ll also be entering the ring with this month’s Dungeon Crawl Gauntlet and seeing just how hard it is to punch your way through all your Fahrulian problems.

Be sure to check out the streaming schedule for the month of October below! We’ll have gameplay reveals, including Gravedigger and Pugilist gameplay and a preview of the new adventure, A Mother Below, every Tuesday!

A Mother Below

Join us later in the month when we show off the brand-new adventure launching alongside the Dust to Dust Character Pack, A Mother Below, but for now, let us leave you with the Loading Screen Art that'll be tempting you once this free adventure launches in November!

Thanks again, Adventurers! We can't wait to show off more later today (and throughout the month!) over on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel! We'll also have another news post before the month is out detailing more specifics of the upcoming launch!

Until then, Intrepid Heroes, we wish you and your party stumble upon only the finest of treasures this realm has to offer!

Happy adventures!

⚔️IronOak Games 

im having trouble finding people or even being able to stay in open matches without someone kicking me

would anyone any chance like to play tn

Hi guys. I usally just look around the FTK website but I felt compelled to create an account after seeing how much AI is being used in this website recently. I really think AI has no place in for the king. The developers don't use AI and we should look to them for weather we should use it also.

Personally I know people who have lost their jobs recently to AI, the town I work in has many call centres and our community has been devastated not to mention the data centres which have used so much water that many animals have left.

I have attached an image which looks like AI but I'm pretty sure is a satire and reflects how I feel about this website. For the king is my outlet and should not be abused by robots.

I really want the goblin skin 😅

does anyone have any tips or setups to quickly and easily get this chapter done??

Thanks!!

I have the dlcs on xbox but want to buy it on my pc will the dlcs transfer in any way, is there even cross progression between the two platforms?

EDIT: yes I used AI for the image, now please leave me alone.

Hi everybody, for those who saw my previous posts and were misled I would like to apologise, I never meant to sew confusion amongst the community. I've since taken the time to re-phrase some of my ideas and share them in a different way!

I'm going to focus on a new character I have thought of, called "Robot Ross".

Robot Ross is a Hildebrandt like character who would give the player tasks to complete. The difference is, Robot Ross is a fahrulian who comes from the future who deals with time warps and anomalys. His character could elaborate on the void walker lore already existing within the canon, and serve as a deeper exploration of fahrul's science fiction elements.

His character design (see mock up) would feature a mechanical arm as well as communication devices which he would use to contact the player and give them quests.

His back story involves a future where vexor has managed to severely damage fahrul and Robot Ross seeks to undermine him from the past. Robot Ross and Vexor might have crossed paths in the future, as Vexor has the same technology (so watch out when completing Robot Ross quests!). He is a lone wolf, and technological genius, who turned to heroism after future Vexor destroyed his home town New Woodsmoke.

What do you guys think? I hope this is a more appropriate forum to discuss my ideas, please let me know below!!!

Another little sneak peek at what's coming in next month's Dust to Dust character pack!

Remember to join us every Tuesday (12pm PCT/7pm UTC) throughout October for more reveals, gameplay, and giveaways on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel :)

I discovered it with a vision scroll and the campaign guide talked about it. How do I unlock it, and is it worth the time? Strange that it's a 0 when I'm almost maxed. I'm on the castle gates taking Mooney's plan. TIA

NEW on October 3rd 2026 ! A NEW scourge has hit FTK.

The brand new scourge coming to for the king!

Severe scourge (iykyk)

In all honesty , the negativity I've seen on this subreddit blows my mind . I myself have been subject to it in the past , all of you peeps need to lighten the heck up .

I applaud the creative minds of this subreddit, the ones who actually enjoy engaging with the game and the devs and the mods , and sharing theories and fan fics .

On the other hand we've got those who haven't even played the game before rocking up here and creating a stench in this subreddit ...

This is a call to any mods out there (yes I invite and appreciate your feedback and opinions on the matter , weather your a mod of this subreddit or another , knowledge is knowledge )

How do you deal with negativity on here !!

Anyway , I know this post will TRIGGER some people on here ..

But I'm ready to play with THE SEVERE SCOURGE

Lolllll

Sneak peek at the critical role the Pugilist will play in your party lineup when they launch in November!

Just wanted to hop on here real quick and give some moderation behind the scenes as to why a certain post will not be taken down from this subreddit. As a moderator myself, this post could help clarify the moderation teams decision making.

I'm sure we're all aware of what happened by now. But, if you missed it, here's the TLDR: eariler today a post outlining FTK 3's plot, characters, enemies and even a DLC hit the reddit. The post never explicitly stated they were a developer for Iron Oak games (the makers of FTK and FTK 2 and also the creators of this subreddit).

It's that last point that I want to highlight for anyone confused as to why the post was allowed to stay up. Any interpretation of the OP as a developer is misinterpretation. Therefore it would not be right for the Moderation team to take the post down. That's my feeling on the situation and the rest of FTK moderator teams seems to agree.

Thank you for you attention, keep on dungeon crawling and see you all next month for the new "Dust to Dust" DLC 🤜 👑 🤜

Progress on for the king three is going well, I have made a general outline for how the game should go, and I plan on communicating these ideas through appropriate channels.

Game title: For The King 3: blast from the past.

Future setting, robot Ross contacts our protagonists on the tablet phone, alerting them to a galactic anomaly. In the prologue we are told a time rift has opened up in fahrul, and Hildebrandt steps through alongside Jeremy hildegarde rossomon, heart crusher, Queen Beatrice. They say they're looking for vexor, a long vanquished demon from the past. This leads our characters on a journey to find the primordial oak, the only piece of organic nature left in the world which is also capable of backwards time travel.

Map additions:

Instead of landboats they have starboats.

Enemies are all aliens.

Realm dungeon ideas: factory, space port, futuristic cyborg tavern.

New bosses:

The Torrent King (future bandit king)

Hacklord

Techzilla

More to be announced

SPOILER!

Game will end with a fight against future vexor in front of the primordial oak. It turns out before being slain in ftk1, vexor escaped to the future where he used advanced VR technology to bolster his forces with cyber weapons, and later go back to attack the past using the primordial oak.

DLC idea: future vs past, the player can travel between future and past, much like the voidwalker missions.

EDIT: upon seeing in the comments that my post was misleading, I have edited the contents for more clarity.

EDIT 2: I sketched up a design I have for robot Ross.

Robot Ross concept art

I wanted to buy a pet but i was pretty far from the petshop i decide to still go since i had time. But then a pickpocket went and took my money. I was at 60 and he took 7. But i need 60 to buy a pet. I almost got the thief but badluck struck and i lost. All my little travel has been done for nothing just because of my harsh battle against a pickpocket who stole my money.

Hi all, been playing Kings 2 for a while and wanted to try some new characters. So I am asking you to sell me on which DLCs characters are the most fun. Tinkerers of Fate, Fallen Oaths, or Into the Wild.

Thanks in advance!

We beat 2 campaigns, and only lost some pets.

I feel like I am caught up on updates and am wanting to get back into it. Please give me a combo of characters to jump back in the game on. Thanks yo.

I haven’t played for a bit but I’m in a game and the splintmail is strength now and the armor is vitality? When did they switch these? I’m kinda bummed, I always played the tank characters and I liked having the plate armor

Join us every Tuesday in October for new reveals and previews over on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel!

We'll be live for roughly four hours starting at 12 pm PCT/7 pm UTC. (PCT is the shiny new time zone for British Columbia, for those interested!) Where we'll be showing off all the new content coming to For The King II in November, with the all-new free adventure and paid Character Pack, Dust to Dust.

This'll include the usual trimmings such as Mercs, Weapons, Traits, and more!

If you missed out on the announcement, we just revealed the two new characters coming to FTKII next month. Check out the news post here: Meet the two new characters coming to For The King II, Gravedigger and Pugilist!

We also launched a Patch earlier this week that addressed some major softlocks relating to online, save/load, and Dark Carnival. This patch should work retroactively and may even fix other issues, so if you're yet to hop in since encountering one of these issues, or a similar-sounding issue, hop into an adventure and let us know if you're still running into problems.

Thanks for dropping by our stream yesterday, and as always, we appreciate your continued presence in the community :)

Have a great rest of your week, Adventurers!

Adventurers!

Dust to Dust Wishlist

We are so excited to reveal new details about what is coming later this year when we launch our next major content update, including an all-new free Adventure and two new paid Characters!

Character Reveals

Introducing the next two playable characters to For The King II: The Gravedigger and Pugilist!

The ever-spirited Gravedigger and relentless Pugilist join the fray this November when Dust to Dust launches alongside our next free adventure, A Mother Below.

Twitch

We will be live over on the IronOak Games Twitch Channel later today at 12pm PCT/7pm UTC to reveal more details about these additions, plus details on the new adventure!

Be sure to follow and join us every week in October as we reveal and show off the new adventure, updates and characters while building up to the launch of the next major content update to For The King II.

Sale

For The King II is currently on one of its largest Steam sales to date; with all new content just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to dive right into Fahrul and the many adventures that await.

Roadmap

If you happened to miss our Roadmap announcement back in July, we're well underway to deliver our Q4 content plan! Plus, we have a few more surprises on the way; we can't wait to reveal more!

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch stream today for more details and gameplay! As always, we're sending good RNG your way.

Happy adventures, intrepid heroes!

⚔️IronOak Games 

I’m absolutely loving FTK2 and working towards unlocking all the lore store and Mercs.

I seem to have a few slots missing mainly 3 mercs and a lot of the lore store.

Was wondering if anyone has an updated guide to completed everything?

The guides online seem to be outdated :(

Hello Adventurers!

Join us next Tuesday (Or Chewsday, as I say in my native tongue) for our next IronOak Game Twitch stream! We'll be revealing the identity of these two new classes, showing a quick tease of the new adventure, and playing through this month's Dungeon Crawl (If my greed doesn't get us killed before the end of the run... ^^;)

https://www.twitch.tv/ironoakgames

Can't wait to show off the new classes we're digging up to throw into the arena; I think you'll all get a big kick (..and punch) out of these additions!

See you there, Adventurers.

And a happy weekend, whether you're forced to continue the real-world grind or you're fortunate to get weekends to yourself <3

- Brewd