# The Last Maul: the full fact sheet

> A free co-op maze tower defence for up to 8 players in your browser. Build a maze with your towers and hold the line together: 8 races, 120 waves across four acts, giant bosses, no download. Made by 13Eleven Limited; in public beta since 6 November 2026. Free to play: Fire, Frost and Storm and all of Act I (waves 1–30); an optional Premium subscription unlocks every race and wave. Plays in a desktop web browser with mouse and keyboard.

Generated from the game's data (rules as of 2026-11-04). The short map of the site is https://thelastmaul.com/llms.txt; the press kit is https://thelastmaul.com/press/.

## Quick facts
- Name: The Last Maul
- Genre: Co-op tower defence for up to 8 players; maze tower defence (a "tower maul")
- Developer and publisher: 13Eleven Limited (independent)
- Status: public beta since 6 November 2026, updated regularly (patch notes at https://thelastmaul.com/news/)
- Platform: desktop web browser with WebGL, mouse and keyboard; nothing to install. Phones and tablets are not supported (no touch controls).
- Players: 1 to 8, online co-op; solo works; empty seats can be filled with AI teammates
- Price: free to play; optional Premium subscription $2.99/month or $29.99/year, USD, VAT included (founder price during the beta)
- Accounts: optional. Guests can play everything that's free; a free account saves scores, level, unlocks and friends
- Ads: none
- Language: English
- Website: https://thelastmaul.com/
- Play: https://thelastmaul.com/play
- Contact (support and press): support@thelastmaul.com
- Discord: https://discord.gg/ty4VkvkYyN
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLastMaulGame
- itch.io: https://thelastmaul.itch.io/the-last-maul

## What the game is
The Last Maul is a tower defence where the towers are the maze. Creeps walk across open ground to a goal town; every tower a player builds bends their path, and the path can never be blocked completely, so the skill is making the walk as long as possible past the strongest towers. Players build in their own lane; all lanes merge before the goal, and every creep that reaches the goal costs the team lives (a ground boss costs 3). Gold comes from kills and from cleared waves; towers sell back for part of their cost and can be upgraded.

Elements: fire beats nature, nature beats water, water beats fire. A strong matchup deals 1.5× damage, a weak one 0.5×; neutral towers ignore the triangle.

## Co-op and AI teammates
- Up to 8 players in one game, each defending a lane of their own; the whole team shares one pool of lives.
- Rooms are public or private (join by a 5-digit room code); Quick Play seats you at an open table.
- AI teammates are computer-controlled players, always labelled as AI in the lobby and in chat (they say so when asked). They play their own lane with the same rules. Games with AI teammates are not ranked on the leaderboards.
- Friends, direct messages between friends and a global chat channel (links removed, profanity masked) need a free account to write.

## Difficulty
- Easy: 50 lives solo, 100 for two players, 400 for 8
- Normal: 20 lives solo, 40 for two players, 160 for 8
- Hard: 20 lives solo, 40 for two players, 160 for 8
- Nightmare: 12 lives solo, 24 for two players, 96 for 8

## Races and their towers
8 races. Each race has five tower lines: a cheap maze brick, three lines that branch at tier II into one of two specialisations, and an ultimate. Free races: Fire, Frost and Storm. Premium races: Nature, Water, Light, Gale and Arcane.

### Fire (free)
Splash damage, burn swarms. Strong against swarms, grouped enemies; weaker against single tanks, fast enemies. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/fire/
  - Ember (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/ember/
  - Flame Tower (tower line, branches at tier II into Inferno or Pyre): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/flame/
  - Cannon (tower line, branches at tier II into Bombard or Shrapnel Cannon): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/cannon/
  - Mortar (tower line, branches at tier II into Artillery or Cluster Mortar): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/mortar/
  - Volcano (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/volcano/

### Frost (free)
Slow, control, precision. Strong against fast enemies, swarms; weaker against armored bosses (bring rime shatter). Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/frost/
  - Chill (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/chill/
  - Frost Tower (tower line, branches at tier II into Blizzard or Frost Bolt): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/frost/
  - Glue (tower line, branches at tier II into Permafrost or Frostbog): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/glue/
  - Sniper (tower line, branches at tier II into Ice Shot or Rime Shatter): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/sniper/
  - Glacier (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/glacier/

### Storm (free)
Chain lightning across groups. Strong against grouped enemies, flyers; weaker against bosses (bring overcharge). Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/storm/
  - Spark (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/spark/
  - Tesla Coil (tower line, branches at tier II into Thunder Spire or Ball Lightning): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/tesla/
  - Laser (tower line, branches at tier II into Prism Laser or Focused Beam): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/laser/
  - Lightning Tower (tower line, branches at tier II into Storm Caller or Overcharge): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/lightning/
  - Tempest (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/tempest/

### Nature (Premium)
Poison DoT, stun, support auras. Strong against tanks, bosses; weaker against swarms. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/nature/
  - Sprig (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/sprig/
  - Poison Tower (tower line, branches at tier II into Plague or Spore Cloud): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/poison/
  - Stone Thrower (tower line, branches at tier II into Boulder or Tremor): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/stone/
  - Aura Tower (tower line, branches at tier II into Sanctum or Warden): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/aura/
  - Ancient (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/ancient/

### Water (Premium)
Tides, pressure, splash. Strong against grouped enemies, fast units; weaker against heavily armored single targets. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/water/
  - Tide (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/tide/
  - Wave (tower line, branches at tier II into Tsunami or Current): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/wave/
  - Geyser (tower line, branches at tier II into Riptide or Whirlpool): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/geyser/
  - Mist (tower line, branches at tier II into Fog Bank or Drench): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/mist/
  - Leviathan (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/leviathan/

### Light (Premium)
True damage, holy fury. Strong against armored bosses, undead; weaker against swarms. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/light/
  - Glow (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/glow/
  - Beacon (tower line, branches at tier II into Pulsar or Flash): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/beacon/
  - Judgment (tower line, branches at tier II into Wrath or Smite): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/judgment/
  - Sanctify (tower line, branches at tier II into Cathedral or Devoted): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/sanctify/
  - Seraph (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/seraph/

### Gale (Premium)
Rapid-fire wind, sustained DPS. Strong against swarms, fast units; weaker against heavily armoured tanks. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/gale/
  - Breeze (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/breeze/
  - Bowman (tower line, branches at tier II into Archer or Crossbow): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/bowman/
  - Gust (tower line, branches at tier II into Cyclone or Zephyr): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/gust/
  - Dart Volley (tower line, branches at tier II into Volley or Hailstorm): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/dart/
  - Hurricane (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/hurricane/

### Arcane (Premium)
Long range, devastating shots. Strong against bosses, spread enemies; weaker against swarms, fast attackers. Page: https://thelastmaul.com/races/arcane/
  - Glimpse (maze brick): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/glimpse/
  - Oracle (tower line, branches at tier II into Seer or Prophet): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/oracle/
  - Arcanist (tower line, branches at tier II into Archmage or Sorcerer): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/arcanist/
  - Obelisk (tower line, branches at tier II into Monolith or Ziggurat): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/obelisk/
  - Cosmos (ultimate): https://thelastmaul.com/towers/cosmos/

Relic towers (Act IV, any race, at most 2 of each per player): Truesight Beacon, Wardbreaker, Earthshaker and Headsman. https://thelastmaul.com/towers/#relics

## The campaign
One run is 120 waves in 4 acts:
- Act I, The Gathering Dark: waves 1–30 (lives refill when it's cleared)
- Act II, The Long Night: waves 31–60 (lives refill when it's cleared)
- Act III, The Broken Earth: waves 61–90 (lives refill when it's cleared)
- Act IV, The Last Maul: waves 91–120

Giants end the later acts:
- Wave 60: The Abyssal Kraken. It rises out of a black tide that drowns every tower behind it, and its arms seize your best tower ahead. If it breaks through, it costs 10 lives.
- Wave 90: The Deepmaw. A worm the size of a keep. It burrows under your maze and erupts, burying the towers around it. If it breaks through, it costs 10 lives.
- Wave 120: The Furnace Colossus. A walking forge. It tramples everything in its path and its roar staggers every tower near it. If it breaks through, the run is lost.
- While a giant walks, selling a tower refunds its full cost. Bosses and giants: https://thelastmaul.com/bosses/
- A run that reaches Act II or later can be continued another day from the start of that act (continued runs aren't ranked).

## Daily Challenge
- One challenge per UTC day, the same for every player: a set race, map and starting gold, played solo on Normal. Every Daily is free, whatever the race.
- Formats by weekday (UTC): Giant Day on Sunday; Classic on Monday and Friday; Act Slice on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Twisted on Wednesday. Classic and Twisted play Act I; Act Slice plays a stretch of a later act; Giant Day ends with a giant.
- Rule twists: Swift Horde: creeps move 15% faster; Iron Hides: creeps have 20% more health; Twin Lords: every boss comes twice (and pays twice); Sky Raid: every wave brings 3 extra flyers per lane; No Retreat: built towers can't be sold once the first wave starts; The Swarm: 50% more creeps (not bosses), each with 35% less health and gold; Regen Surge: every creep heals 0.5% of its health a second (half while slowed); Master Masons: towers build and upgrade twice as fast; Gold Rush: kill gold +25%; War Chest: 50% more start gold, but wave bonuses are halved.
- Medals: Bronze for a clear, Silver for a clear losing at most 25% of the lives, Gold for a clear without losing a life inside the medal clock (24 minutes on a classic day).
- The Heroic Daily is the same day on Hard with 12 lives.
- Daily leaderboards per day; a streak counts consecutive days played. Today's challenge and the archive: https://thelastmaul.com/daily/

## Free and Premium
- Free, with no time limit: Fire, Frost and Storm; waves 1–30 (all of Act I); the Daily Challenge and Heroic Daily with every race; co-op with friends and AI teammates.
- Premium: all 8 races and all 120 waves (Acts II–IV, the giants and the Furnace Colossus).
- Price: $2.99/month or $29.99/year (2 months free), USD, VAT included; founder price during the beta. New players can try Premium free for 7 days (card required, one trial per person). Cancel any time.

## Maps
- 5 themes: Summer Plains, Endless Desert, Winter Plains, Dark Forest and Dungeon Depths.
- 7 layouts: Standard, U-Shape, Zigzag, Cross, Gauntlet, Radial and Spiral. Diagrams: https://thelastmaul.com/maps/

## Questions and answers
### Is The Last Maul free?
Yes. Fire, Frost and Storm and waves 1–30 (all of Act I) are free to play, as long as you like, and so is the Daily Challenge with every race. Premium unlocks the other 5 races and everything after Act I.

### Do I need to download anything or make an account?
No. The Last Maul runs in your web browser. You can play as a guest; a free account saves your scores, level and friends.

### How many players can play together?
Up to 8 in one game, each defending a lane of their own with one shared pool of lives. Empty seats can be filled with AI teammates, and you can always play solo.

### What is a tower maul?
A tower defence where your towers are the maze. Creeps walk across open ground to the goal, and every tower you build bends their path; you can't block it completely, so the skill is making the walk as long as possible past your strongest towers.

### How long is a game?
A full run is 120 waves in four acts, ending with the Abyssal Kraken at wave 60, the Deepmaw at wave 90 and the Furnace Colossus at wave 120. Once your run reaches Act II or later you can continue it another day from the start of that act. The Daily Challenge is a new challenge every day: Act I, a stretch of a later act or a giant, often with a rule twist.

### What do I need to play?
A recent desktop browser with WebGL and a mouse. The game picks a graphics level for your computer and you can change it in Options.

### Where can I find people to play with?
Join our Discord community (discord.gg/ty4VkvkYyN) and post your room code in #looking-for-group to find teammates. In the game, the Open Games list shows every public lobby, and Quick Play seats you at an open table where AI teammates keep you company until others arrive.

### Can I play on my phone?
Not yet: it needs a mouse and keyboard. Send yourself the link: open thelastmaul.com on your phone, tap Play on your computer and type your e-mail address, then open the link on your computer.

## Company
The Last Maul is made and published by 13Eleven Limited. Contact: support@thelastmaul.com. © 2026 13Eleven Limited. All rights reserved.