My days of journeying on horseback involved a lot of random wandering, crying out for a health recharge station. Each plot is the same size, but players are able to create some truly monolithic households, complete with waterfalls and all the beast trophies a bowman could ever want. You’re free to use a majority of another player’s workbenches and forges to craft to your heart’s content.
Visiting a fellow player’s home actually ends up being incredibly helpful, especially at early levels. Random players and monsters can wander into your abode at any time, and a misplaced bomb can knock out a precious wall or forging station. Rather than restrict you to one location, however, Trove allows you to instantly teleport your home to one of many designated plots of land, usually close to starting zones or quiet corners devoid of enemies. Your most important instance of creation begins with a ‘cornerstone,’ a home you can modify and fill with a ridiculous number of workbenches that open up further options for crafting. While you’re still vulnerable to enemy attacks, the ease of mining drastically reduces the time needed to craft gear, items, and eventually your own abode.
Switching effortlessly from combat mode to mining, a handy laser lets you automatically scoop up veins of ore and place blocks from a distance. As you might expect, a lot of this crafting comes as the result of relentless resource mining. While one half of Trove is pure adventuring and discovery, the other is focused squarely on crafting and loot hunting. The rest remain locked until you fork over about $10 in real-world money or a few hours of extra grinding.
I was happy to fall into my character of “slightly unhinged seadog in a kabuki mask,” but given the game’s free-to-play nature, I was only allowed to unlock one additional class after a few hours commitment. There’s even an undead necromancer that reanimates minions to tank damage while you cast spells from afar. There’s the melee-heavy Candy Barbarian, the quick-footed Neon Ninja, and the magical Fae Spellcaster or Ice Sage. Trove begins in classic MMO fashion, inviting you to select a character class from some amusing but mechanically familiar options.
By the end of my time with Trove, I was a laser beam-shooting pirate with a cannon-mounted parrot companion struggling to defeat killer cupcakes. After spending time with it, what’s surprising is how much Trove does to set itself apart from the pack, merging some semi-inventive play styles with a wildly varied world to explore. Into this bramble of voxels comes Trove, a new Minecraft-style MMORPG from Trion.
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