Crossfire - The Multiplayer Adventure Game (original) (raw)

Crossfire is an open source, cooperative multiplayer graphical RPG and adventure game. Since its initial release, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, about 3000 maps to explore, an elaborate magic system, 14 races, 16 character classes, a system of skills, and many artifacts and treasures. Crossfire is based in a medieval fantasy world and is similar to other games of this genre.

Announcements, Updates & Changes:

Crossfire Website News:

December 1, 2025

GitStats update for Maps
GitLog update for Maps
Get Ready for Crossfire at Con of the North 2026!
- Crossfire -- along with a host of other great games -- will be featured at the upcoming Con of the North 2026, taking place in Minnesota's Twin Cities from February 13–15, 2026
- The convention requires an entrance fee, but once you're in, you can dive right into open gaming (find an open computer and start playing!) or reserve a spot for a scheduled Crossfire session
- Join the fun, meet fellow adventurers, and experience the magic of Crossfire in person!

Crossfire Wiki News:

November 14, 2025

For other user visible updates and changes to Crossfire, visit the Crossfire Traffic page on the Wiki
Updates for the Crossfire Wiki are also shown on the Recent Changes page

Archetypes

Add bestiary descriptions for flying ants and mice.

Fix missing endlore in flying ant bestiary info.

Maps

Add movement blocking to tiles outside of the invis_exits in The Golden Lion (santo_dominion/taver) map to prevent players from wandering around the map perimeter

Fix region typo in Cloud World Castle, Dungeon Level 16 (mlab/citydeclouds/castle/cwdccastleb16) map

Replace blocked tiles with cave wall tiles in Cloud World Castle, Dungeon Level 9 and Level 10 and Level 11 (mlab/citydeclouds/castle/cwdccastleb[9-11]) maps. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stone tiles in Tobias Tower (santo_dominion/tobias) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Increase magic power potion reward quantity from 1 to 8 and update Tobias' msg_txt to reflect this change for Tobias Tower (santo_dominion/tobias) map

Replace floor perimeter with stone tiles in Santo Dominion Toll St. (santo_dominion/tollpost) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Add map entrance coordinates to Zel's Dungeon, Level 1 (scorn/country/zel/zels_dun_1) map

Add map entrance coordinates to Zel's Dungeon, Level 2 (scorn/country/zel/zels_dun_2) - other changes are from map editor reformatting

Make all names used in msg_text matching lower case in Farmhands' Hut (scorn/country/farmhand_1) map

Replace floor perimeter with stone tiles in Serf's House. (scorn/country/serf_house) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Fill in empty areas with dungeon wall sections in Gnolls Grotto (scorn/dtabb/cave) map

Fill in empty areas with dungeon wall sections in Ogre Cave (scorn/dtabb/cave2) map

Replace floor perimeter with stone tiles in Alfalfa's House (scorn/houses/alfalfa_ground) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stone floor tiles in Angry Giant's Bungalow (scorn/houses/angrygiant) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Barracks (scorn/houses/barracks) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in BOwyer's Workshop (scorn/houses/bowyer) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Breezy Acres (scorn/houses/breezy_acres) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Chess Club (scorn/houses/chess_club) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Cornerbrook Estates (scorn/houses/cornerbrook) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Easy House (scorn/houses/easy_house.floor1) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Terry's Farm (scorn/houses/farmhouse) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Harry's Place (scorn/houses/house.haunted) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Fill in empty areas with awall sections to Haunted Attic (scorn/houses/house.haunted2) map in Scorn. Cosmetic changes only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Smith's House (scorn/houses/house1) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Expand the map size and layout of Chess Club (scorn/houses/chess_club) map in Scorn. Update entrance coordinates from Scorn world map (world/world_105_115) to Chess Club.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Patch's House (scorn/houses/house2) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Mike Miller's house (scorn/houses/house3.1st) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Update name capitalization for Mike Miller's treasure chest in Mike Miller's house (scorn/houses/house3.1st) map

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Jeweler's Workshop of Scorn (scorn/houses/jeweler) map. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in The Jones' (scorn/houses/jones) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Replace floor perimeter with stones flooring in Medieval Kitchen (scorn/houses/kitchen) map in Scorn. Cosmetic change only, no functional changes.

Add food level 1 to steaks found in Medieval Kitchen (scorn/houses/kitchen) map in Scorn to avoid warnings in Gridarta map editor

Server

Adjust full healing message

Fix unconsumed potions yielding empty bottles

Move clearing of FLAG_NO_SKILL_IDENT back to identify() Clearing FLAG_NO_SKILL_IDENT in object_give_identified_properties() would cause books to mark as not read when the book was saved out and reloaded

This meant that every time a map swapped, books would cease to become read

Issue origin traced to 8cf20c where this was moved. Hat to Kevin Zheng for pointing me in the right general direction for debugging this

Add references to take and bind command inside the get command help file

Add references to bind command inside the pickup command help file, also includes white space layout changes

Add references to bind command inside the take command help file, also includes white space layout changes

Add new help file entry for the command hostile - it's not an actual command, but referenced often enough (IMO) to need it's own help file entry

Add additional face number check

Crossfire Atlas News:

November 20, 2025

Numerous map image updates in the following regions:
- Scorn
- Santo Dominion

Latest Client File Releases:

Client: Select a client based on the OS that you wish to use while playing Crossfire, REQUIRED
Package	Version	Date	Download	File Info
DockWindow	0.8.13	2025-Jun-15	Download	ChangeLog
GTK-v2 Client, Linux	1.75.5	2025-Jul-26	Download	ChangeLog md5sum 5e2216bf73e9441ddaeb9624d799f6f8 sha1 a0be386c70a15f6b0b8d2edec94058137276d2d6 sha256 a3cbf0a3fa73ccc61b643a6477e2fe8d45543c75a2c835c069a3514ad6858b0d
GTKv2 Client, macOS - Arm64	1.75.5	2025-Aug-08	Download NOTE: macOS 11 Big Sur and newer, Arm64 or Apple Silicon	md5sum 4be67d2c33c42b541e2d2afbcbf50bfb sha1 136991126a23b6fe214ab32fcc6c06db6e7e3fcc sha256 120ef360ead1a90afa5028488ba2e24c68f22b094fb9764b3d16fdfdf6535c90
GTKv2 Client, macOS - x86_64	1.75.5	2025-Aug-08	Download NOTE: macOS 11 Big Sur and newer, Intel based	md5sum 4481ded841c90fdb1809ecdc029fa256 sha1 6c8f14ad0571e3f36e961ffc578e60526097444a sha256 bec84d7937e8265efd39ab07849724a10ed20f6d63700dcc66d4fcdbdda7a79e
GTK Client, Windows	1.75.5	2025-July-25	.exe Download NOTE: The .zip is the complete client with related .dll files, etc. while the .exe is the client wrapped in an NSIS installer	ChangeLog md5sum a3a3189dcf071256f1cc4f48e3609bcf sha1 4db8d631f8aa590bbc9a95fbe2ab3fe92cd4e2d6 sha256 7d7bde75bc9e7a6af26e3f891da920124d53396f6f818e0868db512c23d4d16f
JX Client	snapshot	2025-Jul-05	Download	ChangeLog md5sum c921047d2cd04db123f22de34ad5db57 sha1 b4cdead3d032aabdf3dfabc197248157cd90ca92 sha256 e918183bfa317e835d3c5277e1d8fe30e2feace248f5731ba3a7e98b7c1f3c3d
JX Client.exe	snapshot	2025-Jul-05	Download	ChangeLog md5sum a24335c4369f309bc4ad654e1f5cc3a9 sha1 32ee29fc87e4d9e30901ed5a82c5e27cb5b92fe4 sha256 4e8f953cbd1a60fda94cd9400aa9d136328e63f02371b493ae91321cfdd96953
JXClient-latest.exe	snapshot	Daily Build	Download	ChangeLog sha512

For a complete list of available clients, visit the clients page.
For those who are looking to host their own server, visit the server page.
For those looking to create new or modify existing maps, visit the map editor page.

Mailing List Archives & Information:

Crossfire Announcement List:
http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire-announce
Crossfire CVS List:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/crossfire-CVS
Crossfire Discussion List:
http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire/
Crossfire Maps Discussion List:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crossfire-maps

Other Information:

Visit the Crossfire Board for questions, comments and discussion.
Visit the Crossfire Wiki for documentation
Character creation info and other walkthroughs
View the Level Experience table
Online channels for tech support, development discussion, game help & hints, and other ideas via IRC or Discord