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Deskrawl: Idle ARPG

Deskrawl is an idle action RPG that runs along the bottom of your desktop. Choose your class, turn loot into a stronger build, and use these guides to plan your next upgrade.

4
Playable classes
12
Equipment slots
Windows
Available on Steam
Sep 28
Released in 2026

Watch the official launch trailer from the Deskrawl: Idle ARPG channel.

Start Here

Make your first upgrades count

New to Deskrawl? Choose your class, find a run you can repeat, and build toward the systems that interest you.

Plan Your Next Session

Take the next useful step

Follow a short reading path when you know the goal but need help choosing what to check first.

Classes & Builds

Build around the gear you have

Follow a class route with its resource needs, key equipment and alternatives in view.

Gear & Runes

Know what an upgrade changes

Read the effect, check the requirement and keep set bonuses separate from a rune’s own attributes.

Leveling & Loot

Find a farm you can keep clearing

Match your next session to its goal: experience, a specific material, or a better chance of useful gear.

1

Keep experience flowing

Compare complete runs, including deaths and travel, before moving to a harder stage.

2

Choose the drop you need

Find gear and material farms, and know when a named drop location is still uncertain.

3

Match the build to your level

Look for a route your current skills and equipment can sustain.

4

Know what happens when you leave

Separate reported offline rewards from running the game in the background.

Minions & Town

Give your hero better support

Add useful minion abilities, understand Reins, and spend town resources on the service you need next.

Trading & Market

Check the item before you trade

Steam Wallet transactions, in-game gold and item eligibility have different rules. Start with the action you want to take.

1

Understand the market

Learn which checks belong to the item, your Steam account and the listing itself.

2

Buy an item

Read requirements, understand buy orders and confirm the purchase before checking delivery.

3

List an item for sale

Choose between keeping, using or listing a drop, then review the amount you will receive.

About the Game

A loot hunt on your desktop

The game and the independent guide behind this site.

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Guide Library

Find your next answer

Start with the main walkthroughs, then explore focused skill, equipment, farming and game-help guides.

Deskrawl Beginner Guide: Your First Useful Upgrades

Start Deskrawl with a clear plan for gear, loot filters, Life Skills and early boss walls. Learn what to check before leaving your hero farming alone.

Getting Started
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Deskrawl Starting Class: Choose the Route You Want

Choose a Deskrawl starting class by the route you want to develop, with clear early-gear tradeoffs and no untested claim that one class is always easiest.

Classes & Builds
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Best Deskrawl Builds: Choose a Route That Fits Your Gear

Choose a Deskrawl build around your gear, damage route and farming goal, with patch 1.0.2a changes and clear reasons to switch when progress stalls.

Classes & Builds
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Deskrawl Hunter Build: A Practical Poison Route

Build a Poison Hunter in Deskrawl with a flexible early setup, a Venom Bolt transition, gear priorities and trap changes that matter after patch 1.0.2a.

Classes & Builds
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Deskrawl Monk Build: Sacred Judgment and Mana Sustain

Develop a Deskrawl Monk around Sacred Judgment, with practical Mana and survival priorities, an equipment caveat, and a separate Hundred Hands option.

Classes & Builds
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Deskrawl Sorcerer Build: Cold Damage and Reliable Casting

Build a Cold Sorcerer in Deskrawl around Ice Shards, Mana sustain and recovery, with Frozen Barrage breakpoints and the current limits of Frozen control.

Classes & Builds
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Deskrawl Warrior Build: Thorns into Half Moon

Build a Deskrawl Warrior with a conditional Thorns start and a Half Moon transition, including key item tradeoffs, Mana needs and recent set corrections.

Classes & Builds
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Deskrawl Runes Explained: Skill Bonuses and Rune Sets

Understand Deskrawl skill runes, Grand runes and set bonuses. Read class requirements, compare actual item effects and avoid confusing rune levels with slots.

Gear & Runes
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How to Get Runes in Deskrawl: Drops and Transmutation

Find Deskrawl runes through drops, trading and Alchemist transmutation. Check class requirements and avoid unverified level or map unlock claims before farming.

Gear & Runes
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How to Get Rune Sets in Deskrawl

Get Deskrawl Rune Set pieces through transmutation, check class restrictions, and separate reported boss drops from guaranteed results before spending runes.

Gear & Runes
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Deskrawl Potions After Death: What You Can Lose

Deskrawl players report losing active XP potion buffs on death. Learn what that means, how to protect a farming session and which potion losses remain unclear.

Gear & Runes
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Deskrawl Leveling Builds: Choosing Your Starting Route

Choose a Deskrawl leveling build around skills, gear and mana you actually have. Compare practical class routes without relying on untested fastest-build ranks.

Progression & Farming
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