Where you start
Fernwick
A village of lamps by the river. Woods, a quarry, hunting grounds and Upweir up the valley.
A free online adventure
ValeSong
Walk a valley lit by lanterns. Find its lost songs. Play with friends.
- Free to play
- No download
- Phone or computer
A small, warm world
Long ago, songs made the land, and every place still has its own tune. But the old songs are fading. Where a song fades, a grey silence called the Hush slowly comes in. You step off Marda's ferry in Fernwick, a village of lamps by the river, the night before the Lantern Supper. And the inn's old fire has just gone out.
Chop wood, fish the pond, cook, smith and brew. Meet the villagers and help them. Each one has a story and a song to find. Grow strong, team up with other players, and go down into the dark places where the Hush is deepest.
ValeSong feels like the classic online adventures: click to walk, many skills to level from 1 to 99, and a world you share with real people. It is made by a very small team, and it is still early. Come and help it grow.
Down the river
Lowmarsh
A town of huts on tall poles in the misty marsh. The water rises and falls, and the Mire Chief waits on his hill.
What you can do
Skills and jobs
Chop, mine, fish, cook, smith, hunt and brew. Level each job from 1 to 99, and choose your path in the skill trees.
Quests and story
Every quest has a person with their own voice, a little puzzle and a real reward. Help Fernwick find its lost song.
Music and melodies
Every place has its own music. Find lost melodies and play them on your flute for a short boost.
Parties and the Hollow
Team up with up to five players and go down into the Hush Hollow. Bosses warn you before every big hit.
The market
Sell what you make to the village shops, trade with other players, and keep your coins safe in the bank.
Day, night and the ferry
Day and night are the same for every player, and the lamps come on in the evening. Ride Marda's ferry down the river to Lowmarsh.
News
What changed in the game, newest first.
Welcome, first players!
ValeSong is in an early test. We are inviting a small group of players first, so we can fix things before more people come.
Sign in with Google or Discord and your game is kept on our server, so you can play on any device. Things may still break. If something goes wrong, please use Report a problem at the bottom of this page or in the game's Settings. Thank you for helping!
A home page, and a way to tell us about problems
ValeSong now has this home page, with the news, and pages that say what we keep about you (Privacy) and the rules (Terms). The game itself moved to its own address, and old links still take you there.
Something wrong? Use Report a problem, here or in the game's Settings, under About.
The server is ready for many players
We tested the server with 45 bots playing at the same time: walking, chopping, mining, fighting, chatting, banking and taking the river path to Lowmarsh. The game updates every 0.6 seconds (600 ms). Each update took only about 3 ms, and none was late.
We also made the server send its updates in fewer, bigger parts, so the game stays smooth with many players.
Smoother on phones
On a phone, the game now does 35 to 50 percent less work for each picture it draws. Animals far away and the inn's fire stop moving when you can't see them. The Auto graphics setting picks the right level for your phone from the start.
A better first hour
We played the first hour as a brand-new character and fixed what got in the way. The title screen has one clear way in, the Focus bar shows after your first fight, and the tips in the chat come more slowly.
What each quest needs is now in simple words, and the Quests tab puts the quests you can do now at the top.
Lowmarsh opens down the river
Once you have finished The Valesong and have 6 quest points, ride Marda's ferry down the river to Lowmarsh (10 coins), or walk the river path for free. It is a town of huts on tall poles in the misty marsh.
Watch the water rise and fall on the Flat Water, gather in the Reedways, buy from Quill's stall, and climb the Chief's Mound to face the Mire Chief with a party. His big attacks are marked on the ground before they hit.
Older news (4)
Day and night
The Vale now has one clock for everyone: dawn, noon, dusk and night. The sun moves, the moon and the stars come out, and the lamps light up after dark.
Village life
Fernwick and Upweir feel alive: animals by the pond, in the yards and in the wild, each with their own sounds, by day and by night.
Enemies now walk around their home area too, instead of standing still.
Richer woods and new market stalls
The woods have new kinds of trees, bushes and grass, and the market stalls are new and more detailed. Rosie has a new shelf of tools and food, and Lettie's smithy in Upweir buys metal.
The Valesong: Fernwick's story ends
The last part of Fernwick's story. Gather the pieces of the song with Marda in the evening, go to the Lantern Supper, then down to the Song Chamber. Fight the Hush Beast and wake the Songstone.
Fast travel opens too: tap a song stone you have found on the world map and choose Go.
The lamps are lit
Pick a name, step off the ferry and say hello. Your first song is waiting.
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