Day-Night Cycle

Anvil features a day-night cycle, with lighting changes and reduced player vision during nighttime. Any players outside this limited vision range become invisible.

Time

Time is visible ingame in the map screen by pressing and hovering over the weather/season icon at the top. With a 24 ingame hour day taking 1 real world hour.

Daylight lasts 45 real minutes between 03:00AM and 9:00PM ingame, then followed by a short 15 real minute night.

Vision

During the night, a player’s vision radius gradually decreases, reaching its smallest point at midnight (12:00 AM), then slowly expands back to normal before dawn.

Carrying a light source such as a Torch  or standing near a Standing Torch  will increase vision during this period.

Guides and Mechanics

Guides

Getting Started  • Smithing Guide  • Farming Guide  • Cooking Guide

General Mechanics

Damage Types • Damage Resistance • Day-Night Cycle • Victory Conditions

Player Mechanics

Player • Avatars • Chat • House System

Item Mechanics

Quality • Large Items • Dropped Items

Structure Mechanics

Decay • Fire • Inventory • Structure Reinforcement • Fuel • Power

Map Mechanics

Underworld • Seasons • Weather System • Map Posts • Wilderness • Trade Resource