Forge worlds. Run adventures. The ultimate Daggerheart companion app for worldbuilders, game masters, and players.

Write linked lore, build maps and timelines, manage Daggerheart characters, and run encounters from the same app.

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  • Core tools are free
  • Works offline
  • Unlimited Daggerheart characters
A battle-ready fantasy barbarian A fantasy ranger drawing her bow
Heartforge tablet map editor with an interactive note overlay open
Heartforge running on a phone

Character art by Forrest Imel

Your Daggerheart character and campaign tools, together.

Create unlimited characters for free and bring Heartforge as your sheet to any table, or prepare and run complete adventures with linked notes, the compendium, and encounters.

A masked fantasy assassin A fantasy sorcerer conjuring fire A fantasy paladin in blue armor
Character art by Forrest Imel

Full-featured character sheets for players

Create unlimited characters for free in a guided flow, follow their growth as the story unfolds, and bring the finished sheet to any table or shared adventure.

  • Hope, Stress, armor, and damage
  • Built-in Duality dice roller
  • Domain cards, equipment, and abilities
  • Guided leveling and character growth
Create your character
Eon Oakenhold's Daggerheart character sheet in Heartforge

Adventures

Tools for building your world the way it wants to be built.

Build a connected Daggerheart world and run it from the same adventure workspace. Organize characters, locations, items, notes, encounters, maps, timelines, canvases, and soundscapes for anything from a one-shot tavern brawl to an epic campaign.

A hand-drawn cavern map made in the map editor
The Cavern Mouth A weathered entrance where the surface path slips underground.

Build region and dungeon maps.

Build regions and dungeons, then turn landmarks into living entries in your world.

Build timelines for history and campaign arcs.

See world history and campaign arcs unfold together, from ancient betrayals to next session's consequences.

The bells go silent Every bell in Orrinshire stops on the same night, beginning a generations-long crisis.

Add soundscapes to notes, encounters, and statblocks.

Start with bundled soundscapes such as Combat and Adventuring, or create your own with MP3s and Apple Music playlists. Link one wherever you need it, then open its music board at the table.

Orrinshire soundscape Lanterns in the rain
3:38

Interactive player preview · audio not included

Premium shared adventures. Together at the table.

Invite the party into your world.

With Premium, a GM can invite players into an adventure, share its homebrew, and see live character resources. Players join with a free account and can use the app without paying for Premium.

  • Invite your players
  • Players join and play for free
  • Shared homebrew
  • Live HP and resource updates

Premium for GMs: $2.99 monthly · $22.99 yearly · $38.99 lifetime

Start a shared adventure
A fantasy sorcerer conjuring fire Character art by Forrest Imel

Characters

Character sheet and Duality dice roller.

Bring your Daggerheart character to life with an intuitive, mobile-ready Daggerheart character sheet app. Track abilities, manage equipment, log Hope and Stress, and level up with a clear, guided flow. Use your sheet independently at any table, or bring it into a GM's shared adventure for live party sync.

Eon Oakenhold's Daggerheart character sheet in Heartforge

Build and level

Guided creation and advancement keep traits, experiences, equipment, and abilities together.

Track every resource

Mark Hope, Stress, armor slots, and damage thresholds as the session unfolds.

Roll Duality dice

Tap a trait or action and resolve Hope, Fear, and modifiers without leaving the sheet.

Use your sheet at any table

Heartforge works as a complete character sheet, even if the rest of your group uses other tools.

Compendium

The Daggerheart compendium, ready offline.

Browse and manage your library of adversaries, loot, classes, ancestries, equipment, and environments. Whether you need a quick tier-specific adversary mid-session or want to plan your next deadly encounter, everything is just a tap away with clean, readable statblocks.

An adversary statblock open in the Heartforge compendium

Domain Cards

Abilities and character options

Classes

Foundations and subclasses

Ancestries

Heritage features and choices

Communities

Backgrounds and community traits

Equipment

Weapons, armor, and items

Adversaries

Ready-to-run statblocks

Encounter

Encounter tracker and GM tools.

Track adversaries, Fear, countdowns, spotlight order, damage, and Stress from a focused surface built for the table.

A Daggerheart encounter running in Heartforge

Adversaries at a glance

Keep difficulty, thresholds, damage, and Stress visible as the scene changes.

Fear and countdowns

Track the pressure that makes a Daggerheart encounter move.

Fast access to statblocks

Open the rules you need without leaving the encounter.

Use it free. Enjoy more with Premium.

Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase that keeps Premium forever. Basic remains free for characters, prep, and everyday play.

Basic

Everything you need for everyday play.

Free
  • Unlimited Daggerheart characters
  • Complete character sheets and Duality dice
  • One active adventure with connected notes
  • Unlimited encounter units, with detailed statblocks for a limited number
  • Maps, canvases, and timelines for worldbuilding
  • Daggerheart compendium and custom content
  • Homebrew drops in the app
  • Native apps that work offline without an account

Premium

Expanded creation, richer presentation, and linked play.

$2.99 monthly $22.99 yearly $38.99 lifetime

Everything in Basic, plus…

  • Invite players into linked adventures as the GM
  • Keep multiple adventures active at once
  • Character-sheet images and unlimited rich notes
  • Unlimited Map, Canvas, and Timeline objects
  • Detailed statblocks for every encounter unit
  • Split-pane view with the Encounter tracker and prep tools side by side
  • Images on statblocks
  • Unlimited soundscapes embedded and played from notes
  • Increased cloud storage
  • One-page adventures in homebrew drops

Questions before you set out?

Here is what is free, what works offline, and how accounts and shared adventures work.

Is Heartforge free?
Yes. Core tools are free, and the native apps work without an account. Premium adds shared adventures and costs $2.99/month, $22.99/year, or $38.99 one-time for lifetime access (USD).
Is Heartforge official?
Heartforge is an independent companion app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Darrington Press.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The native apps keep your core tools and saved content on your device. If you sign in, changes sync again when you reconnect.
Do I need an account?
No. You can use the native apps without an account. A free account is only required to sync between devices or use Heartforge on the web.
What does Heartforge offer players and GMs?
Players get a dedicated Daggerheart character sheet for Hope, Stress, armor, equipment, and abilities. Game Masters can build worlds, embed rolls and live statblocks in notes, prepare encounters, and run complete adventures.
Can I invite players to my adventure?
Yes. With Premium, a Game Master can invite players, share campaign homebrew, and see live character resources during play. Invited players need a free account, but they can join the adventure and use Heartforge without paying for Premium.
What devices are supported?
Native apps are available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android. The web app works on smartphones, tablets, and computers; Windows does not have a native app. Web use requires a free account.

Adventure awaits.

Create a Daggerheart character or start building the world around them.

Core tools are free · Native apps work without an account