Summary
- Grab your friends to assemble a team of colorful spirits, then sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel.
- Check out these starter tips to help you become the best teammate, brawler, pottery sculptor you can be in Kiln!
- Kiln is now available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud, PlayStation 5, Steam, and day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. It will support Xbox Play Anywhere and Handheld Optimized.
It’s time to get fired up! Kiln is now available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud, PlayStation 5, Steam, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and with support for Xbox Play Anywhere and Handheld Optimized!
Kiln is Double Fine’s first online multiplayer pottery party brawler, where you become a little spirit that can inhabit clay pots to battle against your friends. What really sets Kiln apart is the ability to create your own pot using an array of tools on a pottery wheel, allowing you to experiment with different pot sizes and unique abilities that match your preferred playstyle. To get an idea on how much fun you can have with pottery creation, Double Fine shared some of their most-favorite creations here on Xbox Wire.
You can pick up Kiln starting today as both the Standard ($19.99) and Fired Up ($29.99) Edition on the Xbox Store, Steam, and PlayStation Store. The Fired Up Edition includes the base game as well as premium glazes, stickers, attachments, and custom pots! If you’re a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you can pick up the Fired Up Edition Upgrade ($9.99) to get access to the special contents.
Now, before you meet up with Celadon and head into the arena, we have some tips to share with you to help make you the best teammate, brawler, and pottery sculptor you can be!
Just remember: every pot has strengths and weaknesses! The only way to find the best pot is to try a bunch out and find the pots that suit you. So, time to get to crafting…
Throwing
Shape Matters!
As you start to get your virtual hands dirty, you’ll find that as you adjust the shape of your pot, a variety of factors start to automatically change for you as well, like Health, Capacity, and your Special Ability. This size also has an effect on your overall mobility in the arena, impacting which secret entrances you can access and how fast (or slow) you move.
Big Little, Little Big
A big (or little) thing to consider is how your health and capacity are inverse of each other – that is, the smaller you are, the more health you have to take hits in the arena, but the bigger you get, the more water you can carry to lead your team to Quench victory. Keep that in mind as you’re settling on sculpting the ideal shape and the role you want to play.
Right Down the Middle
When shaping your pot, be sure to use the Cross Section tool to get an inside look at your creation, cut right down the middle. This will help you fine tune those hard-to-see-angles.
Top It Off
Just like you should wear a hat when going outside, you should always have a nice stylish topper to compliment your pot. Keep in mind during the shaping process that the size of your pot’s mouth influences the size of your topper.
In Rotation
When you’re glazing, make sure you use the rotation feature to help with your layering of glazes and achieve the look that you’re going for. This can help provide some unique pot patterns.
Turn Around
The ruler and the shaper, once unlocked, can give you even more customization features to help with specific angles on your pots. You can also rotate these tools to give you even more options.
Embiggen
Just how big of a butt sticker do you want to put on your pot? With the resizing feature, you can make stickers as big or as small as you’d like to fit with your pot’s theme.
Have No Fear!
Even if you mess up the creation of your pot, you can always try again. And the more you play with the creation tools, the more you’ll get the hang of it. Practice makes pretty good!
Quench
Quench is the primary core game mode that will be available at launch for Kiln. The objective here is for two teams to square off, protecting their kiln, all while dousing the other team’s kiln. Through teamwork, strategy, and a little bit of luck, you can come out on top in this unique and fun game mode.
Now when it comes to combat, there are a lot of ways to approach it. Much like pot creation, there is no one way to play. Find the niche that fits your playstyle and your time in Quench will be successful! Here’s some starting tips to consider as you jump into battle!
You’re Leaking!
You drop water when you get hit. And when you roll. And when you get smashed. And when you’re hitting other players. Water is a precious resource, so keep this in mind as you’re shepherding your water to the enemy Kiln! Try your best to retain as much as you can as you move through the arena. Oh, and don’t forget: even if the enemy manages to smash you in front of their Kiln, it still counts towards dousing it.
Drink It Up!
The first thing you should do when dropped into an area is to locate the water sources – these are found in the large and small blue amphora and sometimes through grates in the ground. You can also drink up the water spilt from the broken clay pieces of your enemies — let them do the hard work for you!
Small But Mighty
Don’t forget to see what nooks and crannies you can fit small pots into! For example, in Dionysus’ Boogie Lounge, you can roll into a side room by the enemy’s Kiln to grab some water and pull off a sneak attack!
A Balanced Attack
When heading into battle, make note of your team’s composition. For example, you may want to jump into one of your smaller pottery creations if it seems like you have enough heavies on your side. Battles can be won or lost by the volume of water, so finding that balance between dousing and attacking is key to victory.
Playing Goalie
If it looks like your Kiln is getting close to being doused, it may be time to shift your attention to defense to give your offense enough time to counter-attack. Depending on the map, you may have a few tools at your disposal, like the sponge walls that take just a drop of water to block off a passageway for a few precious seconds. That might be all the time you need to help turn the tide of battle.
And that’s it! Now you’re a professional Kiln player. You will destroy all your enemies with ease!
All tips and tricks aside, it has been an amazing journey for us on the road to release. We want to thank each and every one of our Action Insiders who have been helping us with the playtest, as well as everyone who hopped on to test during our Open Beta Throwdown. We cannot wait to see what new metas and pot decoration techniques emerge, and please share all your creations and clips with us! Tag @DoubleFine, join the Discord, and join us on the journey to keep improving Kiln beyond launch.
Kiln Fired Up Edition
Xbox Game Studios
$29.99
$26.99
Double Fine Productions presents Kiln, a pottery power-fantasy that celebrates both Creativity and Destruction: the pleasure that comes from both making beautiful things, and then smashing those things to smithereens. Create your pot, grab your friends, and join a team of colorful spirits who face off against one another in online arenas, where the ceramic creations you sculpt on a pottery wheel become the bodies you bring into battle.
The shape of your pots affect your attributes and your play-style. Will you be big, or small? Wide, or tall? Will you make a plate, a jug, a cup or a bowl?
There are a multitude of different sizes and combinations to discover, each with unique abilities and attacks, along with new and surprising ways to play. Work together to find the best combination of pots and play-styles to break through enemy lines, and collect enough water to douse the flames of the enemy’s kiln — Does your team have what it takes to shape and smash your way to victory? As the battlefield becomes strewn with the shattered fragments of friend and foes alike, your brawling skills and some great teamwork will be required to assure victory.
After the battle is won, head to The Wedge to practice your pottery prowess, decorate your pots to make them yours, then share your creations with others (and admire their handiwork, too).
Create and Destroy Together – Making pots and breaking pots are both better with friends. Hang out, experiment with clay and share what you make, or jump right into multiplayer battles and start swinging!
Become a Master Potter– Manipulate realistic clay to craft and decorate in an immersive pottery wheel experience featuring a variety of tools and techniques.
Kiln
Xbox Game Studios
$19.99
$17.99
The shape of your pots affect your attributes and your play-style. Will you be big, or small? Wide, or tall? Will you make a plate, a jug, a cup or a bowl?
There are a multitude of different sizes and combinations to discover, each with unique abilities and attacks, along with new and surprising ways to play. Work together to find the best combination of pots and play-styles to break through enemy lines, and collect enough water to douse the flames of the enemy’s kiln — Does your team have what it takes to shape and smash your way to victory? As the battlefield becomes strewn with the shattered fragments of friend and foes alike, your brawling skills and some great teamwork will be required to assure victory.
After the battle is won, head to The Wedge to practice your pottery prowess, decorate your pots to make them yours, then share your creations with others (and admire their handiwork, too).
Create and Destroy Together – Making pots and breaking pots are both better with friends. Hang out, experiment with clay and share what you make, or jump right into multiplayer battles and start swinging!
Become a Master Potter– Manipulate realistic clay to craft and decorate in an immersive pottery wheel experience featuring a variety of tools and techniques.
Kiln Fired Up Edition Upgrade
Xbox Game Studios
$9.99
$8.99
Double Fine Productions presents Kiln, a pottery power-fantasy that celebrates both Creativity and Destruction: the pleasure that comes from both making beautiful things, and then smashing those things to smithereens. Create your pot, grab your friends, and join a team of colorful spirits who face off against one another in online arenas, where the ceramic creations you sculpt on a pottery wheel become the bodies you bring into battle.
The shape of your pots affect your attributes and your play-style. Will you be big, or small? Wide, or tall? Will you make a plate, a jug, a cup or a bowl?
There are a multitude of different sizes and combinations to discover, each with unique abilities and attacks, along with new and surprising ways to play. Work together to find the best combination of pots and play-styles to break through enemy lines, and collect enough water to douse the flames of the enemy’s kiln — Does your team have what it takes to shape and smash your way to victory? As the battlefield becomes strewn with the shattered fragments of friend and foes alike, your brawling skills and some great teamwork will be required to assure victory.
After the battle is won, head to The Wedge to practice your pottery prowess, decorate your pots to make them yours, then share your creations with others (and admire their handiwork, too).
Create and Destroy Together – Making pots and breaking pots are both better with friends. Hang out, experiment with clay and share what you make, or jump right into multiplayer battles and start swinging!
Become a Master Potter– Manipulate realistic clay to craft and decorate in an immersive pottery wheel experience featuring a variety of tools and techniques.
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