Highguard Maps Guide
Master every Highguard map with our comprehensive guide. Learn the terrain, strategic positions, and optimal base choices for each location. Understanding Highguard maps is essential for winning matches — from Defense Phase wall placements to Raid Phase entry points.
Understanding Highguard Maps
Highguard maps are large, open battlefields where teams choose their base locations and fight for control. Unlike traditional shooters, Highguard maps feature a unique system where you select both your map AND your base within that map. This creates thousands of possible match configurations and keeps gameplay fresh.
Each Highguard map has distinct terrain that affects combat strategies. Some maps favor long-range engagements with open sightlines, while others encourage close-quarters combat in tight corridors. Learning these Highguard maps will help you choose the right weapons, position correctly during each phase, and ultimately win more matches.
All Highguard Maps
Highguard launched with 5 unique maps, each with distinct terrain and strategic considerations. More maps are planned in the 2026 content roadmap, with Episode 2 bringing the first new Highguard map in February.
Kingdom
A coastal city in ruins across from Headwall. Once wealthy with royal castles and towers, it now serves as a conflict zone where crews seek treasure, relics, and ancient knowledge.
Key Features:
Strategic Tips:
- •Use the castle towers for sniper positions during Defense phase
- •The coastal side offers flanking routes during Raids
- •Watch for ambushes in the narrow streets during Gear Up
- •Multiple entry points make coordinated defense essential
Vesper City
An ancient canyon settlement carved over 2,000 years ago. Partially excavated, this former trade center and arcane archive contains vesper deposits and historical treasures.
Key Features:
Strategic Tips:
- •Control the high ground on canyon walls for massive advantages
- •The narrow pathways create natural chokepoints for defense
- •Vesper deposits mark high-value loot areas
- •Watch for enemies dropping from above during raids
Rivermark
A landscape transformed by ancestral civilization technology blending magic with industry. Features the legendary Barrier Wall, an engineering marvel of ancient times.
Key Features:
Strategic Tips:
- •The Barrier Wall provides excellent defensive positions
- •Industrial structures offer good cover during firefights
- •Open areas favor long-range weapons like the Ranger
- •Use magical technology points as landmarks for callouts
Dustline
A ruined settlement near the Barrier Wall amid a mysterious disaster zone. The surrounding wasteland suggests a sudden, unnatural catastrophic event that devastated the landscape.
Key Features:
Strategic Tips:
- •Limited natural cover makes positioning crucial
- •Ruined buildings are the only reliable defensive spots
- •Wide open spaces favor aggressive raid pushes
- •Best map for new players due to simpler layout
Summit
A mountainous kingdom remnant featuring a legendary golem army forged within the mountains core. Rich in resources and ancient industrial infrastructure with frozen archaeological significance.
Key Features:
Strategic Tips:
- •Elevation changes create complex engagement angles
- •Frozen terrain affects movement speed in some areas
- •Resource-rich zones are heavily contested during Gear Up
- •Golem structures provide unique defensive opportunities
All Highguard Bases
Bases are your team's stronghold in Highguard. Before each match, your team chooses a base that fits your playstyle and team composition. Each base has unique layouts, advantages, and vulnerabilities that affect both defense and offense in Highguard matches.
Wellspring
An abandoned outpost reclaimed by nature with curtain walls, sniper tower, and elevated ziplines for rapid movement between structures.
+ Strengths
- • Excellent sniper positions
- • Quick rotation via ziplines
- • Strong curtain wall defense
- Weaknesses
- • Multiple entry points to cover
- • Nature overgrowth creates blind spots
Smugglers Den
A multi-level pirate hideout repurposed by the Iron Vigil as a field base for Wardens. Features interconnected rooms and secret passages.
+ Strengths
- • Multiple levels create verticality
- • Interior fighting favors close-range
- • Secret passages for flanking
- Weaknesses
- • Complex layout can confuse defenders
- • Many corners to clear during raids
Kings Lair
A submerged fortress with buried halls and excavated pathways offering strategic advantages through its ancient architecture.
+ Strengths
- • Limited entry points
- • Strong chokepoints
- • Ancient architecture provides cover
- Weaknesses
- • Can be trapped inside during raids
- • Excavated areas create vulnerabilities
Hellmouth
A fortress suspended over a lava chasm with brutal chokepoints and elevated sharpshooter positions. High reward but dangerous terrain.
+ Strengths
- • Brutal chokepoints favor defenders
- • Elevated positions dominate
- • Environmental hazards deter rushes
- Weaknesses
- • Fall damage risk from lava chasm
- • Limited escape routes if breached
Frosthold
An alpine waystation with elevated balconies, layered interiors, and spacious defensive configurations. Great for all team compositions.
+ Strengths
- • Spacious for team fights
- • Multiple defensive layers
- • Good sightlines from balconies
- Weaknesses
- • Large size requires more walls to defend
- • Multiple approach angles
Bellringer
A multi-tower stronghold featuring central courtyard, high sightlines, zipline access, and elevated generator positions favoring sharpshooters.
+ Strengths
- • High sightlines dominate approaches
- • Zipline mobility
- • Elevated generator is hard to reach
- Weaknesses
- • Towers can be isolated and picked off
- • Central courtyard is exposed
Soul Well
A dark relic from a lost age where the dead still speak. Features an elevated altar for strong sightlines, fortified subterranean room, and a hardened rear keep. Added in v1.0.4.
+ Strengths
- • Elevated altar provides excellent vision
- • Fortified underground room for fallback
- • Hardened rear keep protects generator
- Weaknesses
- • Multiple levels require coordinated defense
- • Subterranean room can become a trap
Highguard Map Tips & Strategies
Defense Phase Tips
- •Study your base layout before building walls — know where chokepoints are
- •Build multiple layers of defense, not just one thick wall
- •Leave escape routes for your team to rotate quickly
- •Position walls to create crossfire opportunities
Raid Phase Tips
- •Scout the enemy base during Gear Up to plan your attack route
- •Coordinate entry points — dont all push from the same angle
- •Use terrain features to approach without being spotted
- •Bring the right Raid Tool for the base youre attacking