Valley of Crafts: play online in your browser
Economic strategy inspired by The Settlers III: settlers walk without roads, carriers bring the goods, craftsmen pick up tools and towers expand your land.
Free, no download, no install. Works on Windows, Mac and Linux in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox.
About the game
Valley of Crafts is a calm economic strategy where the best part is watching your settlement live. Woodcutters fell trees, the saw turns in the sawmill, the miller grinds flour, the baker bakes bread, miners carry coal and ore and smoke rises from the smelters. Your job is to build chains of crafts so that nothing stands idle.
If you played The Settlers III, it will all feel familiar: there are no roads, settlers walk straight across the land, goods lie at building doors, a craftsman appears only when his tool is in stock, and land grows from towers your soldiers have entered. Work times and rules were checked against the classic and its open remake.
The graphics are our own: white walls and red roofs, lush grass, full trees and a top-down camera without perspective. Play against the computer or online with friends: 1 vs 1 and 2 vs 2.
Screenshots
How to play
- Press Play: you start with a castle, a stock of boards, stone and tools and a crowd of carriers.
- The Build tab on the left: pick a building and click a spot. A green ghost means you can build there.
- Start with woodcutters, a forester, a stonecutter and a sawmill: boards and stone are needed for everything.
- Then food (fisher, farm, mill, bakery) and mines in the mountains: miners do not work without food.
- Click a building: its card shows who works there and why it has stopped.
- Build towers at the edge of your land, a weaponsmith and barracks, then attack the rival's towers.
Mechanics and rules
No roads
- Everyone walks straight across the land: through forest yes, through houses, rocks and water no, uphill slower.
- Building takes two steps: a digger levels the site, a builder lays boards and stone.
- Houses give new carriers: small up to 10, medium up to 30, large up to 50.
Chains of crafts
- Tree → sawmill → boards; rocks → stone.
- Farm → grain → mill → flour; flour and water → bakery → bread. Grain and water → pig farm → slaughterhouse → meat.
- Ore and coal → smelter → iron or gold; coal and iron → toolsmith → tools.
- Miners eat bread, meat or fish; each deposit cell holds 24 units.
Army and land
- The weaponsmith forges swords, bows and spears, the barracks turn a carrier into a swordsman, archer or spearman.
- A small tower holds 1 + 2 soldiers, a large one 3 + 3, a fortress 6 + 4: melee fighters inside, archers on top.
- Temples give mana, soldiers gain levels. Take all of the rival's towers and castle to win.
Questions and answers
Do I need to download anything to play Valley of Crafts?
No. The game runs right in your browser: press Play and the match starts in a few seconds. Nothing to install.
Is it free?
Yes, it is free to play, with no subscriptions and no in-game purchases.
Does it work on a Mac?
Yes. The game runs in the browser on Mac, Windows and Linux: in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. You need a computer with a mouse or a trackpad.
Can I play with a friend online?
Yes. Sign up (only a nickname and a password), add your friend and create a room in the lobby. You can play against the computer without signing up.
What happens if I refresh the page or lose my connection?
Your match is not lost. A game against the computer is saved automatically in your browser and continues from the same spot. In an online match you have time to come back.
Is this the original The Settlers III?
No. Valley of Crafts is our own game, made from scratch and inspired by The Settlers III: similar rules and a familiar world, but our own graphics, names and code.
How is Valley of Crafts different from Roman Roads?
Roman Roads is inspired by The Settlers II: goods travel along roads from flag to flag. In Valley of Crafts there are no roads and everyone walks directly, like in The Settlers III.
Can I speed up the game?
Yes, the bottom panel has 1×, 2× and 4× speed buttons and a pause.
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Valley of Crafts is an independent game by Ancient LAN, inspired by classic games. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owners of The Settlers III. The Settlers III is a trademark of its owner; the name is used for comparison only.