Grind. Build. Raid.

Grindhold is a game you play in Discord. Mine and hunt for loot, build a village that makes coins while you sleep and grows from the Stone Age to the Space Age, then send an army at someone else's.

It's free, and it only sees the channels you let it into.

So far, 59 players have built 33 villages and fought 23 battles.

A Grindhold village, alive: builders hammer, fires burn, water shimmers and the Great Hall glints

The grind happens in chat

Every command is a quick roll: some coins, a few ore, a pelt, and now and then a broken pickaxe. Every so often something happens on the way home, and you get a few seconds to pick a button.

/work shift /mine /hunt /dig /scavenge /greet /crime /perform, each on its own cooldown, and /daily for the streak.

A close look at a Grindhold village: its Great Hall, mines, vaults and builders at work

Your village keeps working when you don't

Mines fill your vaults around the clock, up to what they hold. Upgrades take real time, and you can watch the builders on them. The Quarry and the Lodge dig up loot of their own, and the Forge makes your tools better.

A 40 by 40 map, a wall around it, and defenses and traps inside.

A Grindhold village at the top of the Stone Age, its Great Hall at level 4
Great Hall 1 to 4
A Grindhold village at the top of the Bronze Age, its Great Hall at level 8
Great Hall 5 to 8
A Grindhold village at the top of the Medieval Age, its Great Hall at level 12
Great Hall 9 to 12
A Grindhold village at the top of the Industrial Age, its Great Hall at level 16
Great Hall 13 to 16
A Grindhold village at the top of the Space Age, its Great Hall at level 20
Great Hall 17 to 20

From the Stone Age to the Space Age

Your Great Hall's level sets your village's age, and everything in it dresses for the age of its own level: the buildings, the Lord on his balcony, the defenses, the walls and traps, and your troops. Pick an age to see a village at the top of it.

Only the looks change. The Cannon is a giant slingshot in the Stone Age and a plasma turret in the Space Age, and at the same level it hits just as hard.

  • The Great Hall at level 4, in the Stone AgeStone Age
  • The Great Hall at level 8, in the Bronze AgeBronze Age
  • The Great Hall at level 12, in the Medieval AgeMedieval Age
  • The Great Hall at level 16, in the Industrial AgeIndustrial Age
  • The Great Hall at level 20, in the Space AgeSpace Age
The Great Hall, your village's heart, from a Stone Age longhouse to a Space Age command dome. Every level has its own picture.
A Grindhold battle, played back: troops cross the field and the camp's buildings fall

Then you raid somebody

Buy troops in the shop, pick the side to attack from and whether the tanks go first, and the battle plays itself out. You take the loot and get a replay. They get a replay of their own, a shield if it hurt, and one shot at revenge.

Raids are matched by trophies and Great Hall level, so nobody can pick on you by name. For the friends in your server, there's /rob.

  • Caveman

    Cheap and quick. Hits whatever is closest.

    From the start
  • Slinger

    Fragile, but shoots from well behind the front line.

    Barracks 2
  • Cave Troll

    Walks straight at the defenses and soaks up the damage.

    Barracks 3
  • Cave Thief

    Ignores the fight and heads for your storage.

    Barracks 4
  • Rock Hauler

    Runs at the nearest wall and breaks a hole in it.

    Barracks 5
  • Shaman

    Casts from range and hurts everything around the target.

    Barracks 6
  • Rock Dropper

    Flies over the walls and bombs the defenses.

    Barracks 8
  • Pterodactyl

    A flying monster. Takes twenty spaces in your camps.

    Barracks 10
Every troop at level 1, drawn to scale. Each one dresses for a new age as the Academy levels it up, and takes that age's name, and the shop sells more of them as your Barracks grows.
A Stone Age village on Red Canyon, the Mammoth Skeleton out front
Red Canyon and the Mammoth Skeleton · from the start
A Bronze Age village on Desert, the Obelisk out front
Desert and the Obelisk · from Great Hall 5
A Medieval Age village on Enchanted Forest, the Sword in the Stone out front
Enchanted Forest and the Sword in the Stone · from Great Hall 9
An Industrial Age village on Old Town, the Hot Air Balloon out front
Old Town and the Hot Air Balloon · from Great Hall 13
A Space Age village on The Moon, the Rocket out front
The Moon and the Rocket · from Great Hall 17

A ground and a decoration for every age

Each age adds its own ground and decoration to the shop, sold once your Great Hall reaches it: a red canyon and a mammoth's bones in the Stone Age, up to the Moon and a rocket in the Space Age. Decorations go out front, where anyone who looks at your village will see them.

In any age: Snowfall and Volcanic, weather included, and the fountain, the hero's statue, the banners, the well and the golden dragon.

The village on Snowfall, with snow falling
Snowfall
The village on Volcanic, with embers rising
Volcanic

Questions

Is it free?
Yes. There's nothing to buy with real money. Everything in the game comes from playing it.
How do I start?
Add Grindhold to a server you manage, or ask whoever does. Then type /tutorial anywhere it can see: the Lord shows you around in seven pictures. /work list is where to start, /help covers the rest, and every command has its own line on the commands page.
What can the bot see?
Only the commands you send it, in the channels it's allowed in. It never reads your messages. It asks for three permissions: seeing channels, sending messages and attaching pictures.
What are the ages?
Your village's age follows its Great Hall: the Stone Age at levels 1 to 4, the Bronze Age at levels 5 to 8, the Medieval Age at levels 9 to 12, the Industrial Age at levels 13 to 16, and the Space Age at 17 to 20. Everything else dresses for the age of its own level, troops included. It's a look: nothing plays differently.
Can someone pick on me?
Not by name. Raids are matched by trophies and Great Hall level. A raid that does real damage gives you a shield, and you get one revenge on whoever did it.
Can I trade with other players?
Yes, from level 5: /trade with someone in your server, or the market with players everywhere. The market guide shows how.
What do you keep about me?
Your Discord id and your progress in the game, and that's about it. The Privacy Policy spells it all out.
How do I delete my data?
Type /delete-my-data in Discord. It's gone for good.
Something's broken. Who do I tell?
Use /report in Discord, ask in our support server, or email support@aygames.gg.

Try it tonight

Add it to your server, type /work list, and see what the goblin does.