In Brief:
- Cambria (official site) rolled out V0.4, Dungeons Hardcore, on August 22, 2026, reworking how its extraction dungeons hand out rewards.
- Survival now sits at the center of the reward loop, with necromancy arriving as a fresh mechanic and Side Rooms broadening what a run can look like.
- Player money at stake in Dungeons multiplied five times over, hitting $5 million in keys by the opening days of August 2026.
Changes to reward structure
With V0.4, Dungeons Hardcore, Cambria has rebuilt its extraction dungeons around a different payout logic. The patch arrived on August 22 and pins rewards to survival — what matters is finishing a run alive, not simply pushing further down.
Landing alongside that rebalance is necromancy, which layers in extra strategy. Survive a run and you walk away with Cut Gems, each one pegged at 1,000 keys, or roughly $100. The math is meant to push players toward completing dungeons rather than bailing out early.
New mechanics in play
Every dungeon entry is now a measured gamble. Getting in means burning Depths Keys, then locking in a combat class — melee, ranged, or magic — and a loadout drawn from glass cannon, hybrid, or tank. Playing it safe finally pays, because survival is the metric that decides success.
Side Rooms round out the release, deepening procedural generation and serving up a wider spread of encounters. Together, the additions are built to vary the moment-to-moment play and test players against unfamiliar mechanics.
Recent player activity
No corner of the Cambria ecosystem is busier than Dungeons, where players risking $5 million in keys as of August 5, 2026. Only weeks earlier that figure sat at $1 million — a jump that speaks to how quickly engagement has climbed.
The latest tallies put dungeon runs completed at 242,132, alongside 133,500 fishing casts and 87,900 gems appraised. Risk per run is dialed in by the player, and bigger bets open the door to bigger payouts.
Behind the game
Cambria comes from Tempest Labs and takes the shape of a browser-based MMO with clear debts to RuneScape and Ultima Online. The game lives on Ronin, Blast, and Abstract, handles NFTs, and reaches players across platforms via unified wallets.
Everything in the game sits on a “risk to earn” foundation. Because actions carry genuine stakes, the economy stays competitive and is driven by what players do to one another. The most recent expansions have opened up new regions and systems while building out gameplay systems and content.
Still ahead is the RSGP token generation event in August 2026, arriving in tandem with the Genesis mainnet launch. The game has cleared $130 million in volume with 112,000 registered players, and took seventh place in the Best Fighting Game category at the Blockchain Game Awards 2024.