The Midlands are crumbling, and Songs of Silence just handed you the tools to do something about it. The Crownless King Expansion, released on May 7, 2026 by Chimera Entertainment, drops a full new campaign arc, 3 hero classes, 9 hero vocations, 7 battle cards, 6 strategy cards, 4 new units, and 1 new unit perk into both campaign and skirmish modes. If you were already deep into the base game, this is a substantial amount of new content to parse.
The premise is straightforward: Thorn is a rogue running a ragtag crew on the fringes of the Silence-ridden Midlands. Kingdoms are circling what remains of the realm, and Thorn's sharp tongue and light fingers may be the last thing standing between the Midlands and total collapse. Two new fully voiced chapters carry this story forward, and the skirmish additions give you entirely new ways to fight.
New campaign chapter select
What's in the Crownless King Expansion?
Before getting into strategy, here's a clean breakdown of every piece of content included, according to Chimera Entertainment's official store listing:
Multiplayer cross-ownership works cleanly here: expansion owners can still fight against players who don't own the Crownless King content in multiplayer matches.
The expansion requires the base game Songs of Silence on Steam. It's also available as part of the Campaigns Edition bundle, which includes the base game and both the Celestial Church and Crownless King expansions.
The three new hero classes explained
The Grimhowl, Harmonic, and Wyldfang each fill a distinct combat role. Understanding what each brings to the battlefield before you commit to a vocation is worth your time.
Grimhowl
The Grimhowl is described by Chimera Entertainment as a Freefolk leader who drives a Primordial mount directly into enemy lines like a living battering ram. This is your frontline disruptor. The class rewards aggressive play and positioning, since the mount itself functions as a weapon. If you like opening fights by shattering enemy formations before your ranged units clean up, Grimhowl is the pick.
Harmonic
The Harmonic is a mage class chosen by the Gift. The defining mechanic is drawing Hymn from enemies and converting it into lightning attacks. This is a high-skill class: you need to be in positions where you can actually drain enemy Hymn, which means reading the battlefield and timing your engagements carefully. The payoff is significant damage output when played correctly.
Harmonic Hymn drain ability
Wyldfang
The Wyldfang fills the rogue archetype. Nimble, wolf-assisted, and built around enfeebling attacks that slow enemies down. Where Grimhowl hits hard and Harmonic hits smart, Wyldfang hits fast and makes enemies less effective. The slow-on-hit mechanic has obvious value in longer engagements where you want to control tempo.
Each hero class comes with 3 vocations, giving you 9 total build paths across the three classes. Spend time in skirmish testing vocations before committing to them in the campaign chapters, where the stakes are higher.
What do the new units bring to your army?
Four new units join your roster with the expansion: Hogrider, Bull of Roya, Spikewagon, and Shadowolf. The Bull of Roya appears as both a unit and a battle card, which suggests it plays a named role in the Thorn narrative beyond just being a combat piece.
The Shadowolf pairs thematically with the Wyldfang hero class. Running Wyldfang alongside Shadowolf units creates an obvious synergy around speed and harassment. The Spikewagon reads as a siege or area-denial piece based on naming convention, though the sources don't specify exact stats. The Hogrider fits the Freefolk aesthetic of the expansion.
Source materials don't include specific stat values for the new units. The strategic assessments above are based on Chimera Entertainment's class and unit descriptions. Check in-game tooltips for exact numbers before building around them.
How to use the new strategy and battle cards
The 6 new strategy cards split into 4 regular cards and 2 building upgrades. The regular cards are Feast, Infiltrate, Light Fingers, and Raise your Pack, all of which fit the Thorn crew's rogue-and-outlaws theme. Infiltrate and Light Fingers sound like cards built around positioning or resource disruption. Feast and Raise your Pack lean toward buffing your own forces.
The two building upgrades, Hunting Grounds and Weapon Forge, expand your base development options. Building upgrades in Songs of Silence tend to have long-term compounding value, so prioritizing them early in a skirmish match is generally the right call.
The 7 battle cards cover a wide range of effects based on their names:
- Triumphant Path: Likely a momentum or advance card
- Thunder Song: Pairs with the Harmonic class theme
- Hunter's Call: Probably a unit summon or buff
- Bull of Roya: Named unit card with likely high impact
- Shield Warden: Defensive utility
- Order of Howl: Grimhowl or wolf-themed activation
- Drunkenbold: Wildcard effect, fits the rogue crew flavor
Battle card selection screen
Is the Crownless King Expansion worth it?
For players already invested in Songs of Silence, the answer is yes, with context. Two new campaign chapters with fully voiced characters extend the story meaningfully. The 3 hero classes with 9 vocations add real build diversity to skirmish. Thirteen new cards across battle and strategy categories change how decks get constructed. Four new units shift army composition options.
The expansion sits alongside the Celestial Church Expansion and the Lighteaters DLC as part of the broader content roadmap Chimera Entertainment has been building out. If you're picking up Songs of Silence fresh, the Campaigns Edition bundle (base game plus both campaign expansions) is the most efficient entry point. The Expansions Edition adds the Lighteaters DLC on top of that.
Expansion owners retain full multiplayer compatibility with non-owners. You won't be locked out of matches against friends who haven't purchased the Crownless King content.
For more on the base game and how all of this fits together, the Songs of Silence strategy guides collection covers the foundations you'll want solid before diving into the new hero classes.
Crownless King vs. Celestial Church: how do the expansions compare?
Both expansions add campaign chapters and skirmish content, but their thematic angles differ sharply. The Celestial Church Expansion centers on a different faction and aesthetic. The Crownless King Expansion is built around Thorn's Freefolk outlaws: rogue mechanics, wolf units, lightning mages, and battering-ram cavalry.
Players who prefer aggressive, fast-tempo playstyles will find more to work with in the Crownless King content. The Wyldfang's slowing attacks and Grimhowl's charge-based disruption both favor players who want to dictate the pace of a fight rather than respond to it.
For anyone exploring strategy games with deep faction systems and card-driven combat, Songs of Silence sits in an interesting space between auto-battler and 4X, and the Crownless King Expansion leans harder into the former with its aggressive new unit and hero designs.
For the full picture on what Songs of Silence has to offer beyond this expansion, head to the Songs of Silence game page for news, updates, and community resources.