Hell Clock is a Roguelike Action RPG developed by the Brazilian indie studio Rogue Snail and published by Mad Mushroom. Drawing inspiration from the ARPG greats like Diablo, Path of Exile, and Grim Dawn while packaging everything in a highly replayable roguelike formula, Gell Clock provides a great middle ground for people who want to experience the power fantasy of an ARPG without having to grind for hundreds of hours every season.

Patch 1.1, the Clockmaker’s Tools, is Hell Clock’s largest update yet. This patch brings crafting to Hell Clock, allowing you to modify the affixes on your Relics, craft powerful new Imbuements and corrupt Relics (the ultimate risk and reward).

• Tool of Tinkering randomizes 1 primary or secondary affix on the Relic. Use this to reroll unwanted modifiers.
• Tool of Enhancement upgrades a Common Relic to Magic.
• Tool of Greater Enhancement upgrades a Magic Relic to Rare adding a new Rare Affix.
• Tool of Locksmithing locks a primary or secondary affix, preventing other tools from modifying it
• Imbued Tool of Fury adds an imbued implicit. Fury implicits include bonuses for Melee damage, Fire damage, physical damage, and Life.
• Imbued Tool of Faith adds an imbued implicit. Faith implicits bolster Lightning damage, Mana, and Spellcasting.
• Imbued Tool of Discipline adds an imbued implicit. Discipline implicits include bonuses to Plague damage, Marksman skills, and Projectiles.
  • Items can only have 1 imbued implicit at a time.
• The Divine Tool randomizes the numerical values of your modifiers with the potential to push them beyond their normal maximum.
• A Corrupted Tool unpredictably changes your Relic, it could randomize primary or secondary affixes, add a powerful corrupted implicit, or do nothing at all.

In addition, there has been a complete balance rework with the goal of providing smoother progression and greater overall game viability. Take a look at IGN's post on the Hell Clock 1.1 Update for more information.

Maxroll Hell Clock Beginner's Guide

Maxroll’s comprehensive Hell Clock Beginner's Guide gets into the details of Hell Clock's core systems and mechanics with links to more detailed guides where you can learn more. Start by exploring the campaign, progressing through each act, and challenging bosses. Next, learn more about the game's progression and metaprogression systems. These include Skills, Blessings, Gear, Passives, Relics, and Constellations, all of which combine to make a variety of builds. Then learn about what awaits you in the endgame with Abyss, Oblivion, and Ascension.

Getting Started in Hell Clock

After getting started with the Beginner's Guide, continue your journey with Maxroll’s new player resources. First up, the Campaign Guide has information on all of the Survival Encounters and Bosses you find when progressing through Hell Clock's 3 Act story.

Note: As part of the endgame, you fight the Campaign bosses again. When you do, keep an eye out for enhanced move sets and new mechanics!

Skills

Skills are the core of your build in Hell Clock. Some Skills, like Split Shot, are easy to spam and often act as your primary damage. Others, such as Spectral Knives, have a longer cooldown and often take a secondary role. As you progress through the Acts and defeat bosses, you can access new skills (via the Skill Book), but you must spend 100 Soul Stones to unlock them. Check out Maxroll’s Skills Guide to learn more or browse all of the game's Skills in the database.

Blessings

Check out Maxroll’s Hell Clock Blessing Guide to learn about the progression (and metaprogression) systems you interact with throughout a run. Blessing of Proficiency enhances your skills, Blessing of Foundation gives global character buffs, whereas Blessings of the Future and Legacy give you new Gear or Relics.

Gear

You can find gear within your run or purchase it from the Blessed Corner. The items you have equipped are carried over between runs, and you can only equip 1 item at a time within each slot (you can store the spares in your Blessed stash or recycle them into Soul Stones). Maxroll’s Gear Guide covers everything you need to know about Blessed Gear in Hell Clock. Alternatively, you can also browse all of them individually:

• Revolvers
• Left Rings
• Right Rings
• Keepsakes
• Accessories
• Caps
• Jackets
• Shoulders
• Bracers
• Pants
• Shoes

Relics

Last but not least are Relics. This is the most impactful metaprogression system as Rare Relics offer a lot of power, and Unique Relics completely transform skills. Relics in Hell Clock function a lot like gear in ARPGs like Path of Exile or Diablo, giving you tools to build around and make something that feels unique. In addition, Relics can be crafted with the Clockmaker's Tools giving you more control over the affixes that you have available. Check out Maxroll's Relic Guide to learn more about Relics in Hell Clock or browse the database for a complete list of Unique Relics.

More Maxroll Hell Clock Guides

In addition to the getting started resources, Maxroll has a variety of guides that provide a deeper dive into the game's mechanics. This includes guides on the endgame activities, including Abyss & Oblivion and Ascension. Last but not least, learn the nuances of progressing the Blessings of Foundation to obtain the best Epic Blessings.

• The Great Bell / Passive Tree Guide
• Constellation Guide
• Relic Crafting Guide
• Unique Relic List and Affinity Guide
• Blessing of Foundation Progression
• Endgame Activities
• World Tier Guide (Abyss, Oblivion, and Void)
• Ascension Guide

Maxroll Hell Clock Builds

Maxroll’s development team has been working on a Hell Clock planner where you can theorycraft builds and share loadouts. This is currently a work in progress and likely to get updates in the future.

Planner Features

• First, select the mode between Campaign, Endgame, and Ascension.
  • If you select Campaign, the Bell Tree transforms into The Old Bell.
  • Endgame covers Abyss, Oblivion, and Void, giving you access to the Oblivion Bell tree.
  • Ascension transforms your Bell tree to the Infernal Bell and allows you to select Penances in the Ascension Tree.
• Next, start building your loadout by selecting Skills. If you want to set the build Public later, put your primary skill in the left-most slot to make it easier for people to identify your build.
• After that, work on filling out Gear, Relics, and Constellations.
  • Both your Constellation and Passive Trees track the order in which you allocate nodes.
• When it comes to Relics, you can select size, Rare Affix, Imbuement, Corrupted Implicit, and Prefix(es)/Suffix(es).
  • Common, Magic, Rare, and Unique Relics are supported.
  • Use the fields at the top to adjust Tier and Rank.
• Use Variants to create step-by-step progression for Gear, Relics, Constellations, and Passive Trees.

Coming Soon

There are a few features that haven't quite made it into the planner yet:

• Blessing Recommendations - The ability to recommend (or banish) specific blessings for each skill
• Relic Stats adjusting as you change a Relic's Rank/Tier
• Displaying Resistances to make it easier to tell when you're going to be capped
• Save importing
• And more

Community Builds

Use the Community Builds section to share your build with other Hell Clock players. You can also browse for something new to play. Use the Skill filter at the top or look for builds based on game mode (Campaign, Endgame, Ascension) and tag.Here are a few examples of what you can do with the planner:

• A Veil of Quills Endgame build that crushes both Abyss and Oblivion by flooding the screen with projectiles.
• This Physical Split Shot setup uses variants to show progression from Act 1 to Act 3.
• You can continue your journey with a lategame Split Shot Summoner able to challenge the Void.
• This Bleed Rosary Summoner is a theorycrafted build, adapting an existing build (Rosary Summoner) into something new.

Planners can be more casual too, if you're doing an Ascension run you can upload a snapshot of your character.

Maxroll Hell Clock Database

Dive into the mechanics with Maxroll’s Hell Clock database. Here are a few of the things you can find:

• Skills, including their scaling as you level them up.
• Unique Relics, including their affinities.
• Gear, learn about different equippable items and the stats they offer.
• Explore all 3 of the game's skill trees, including The Great Bell (Campaign), The Oblivion Bell (Abyss, Oblivion, & Void), and The Infernal Bell (Ascension).
• Constellations: learn more about the bonuses offered by Constellations and browse individual Constellation nodes.
• Check out the Clockmaker's Tools to learn more about crafting in Hell Clock.
• Last but not least, if you're going to play Ascension, first familiarize yourself with the Penances.

The Battle Continues

Patch 1.1 may be huge, but it isn’t the end of Rogue Snail’s content development plans. Rogue Snail has a detailed roadmap which includes two more major updates. Of course, like with all road maps the content and delivery date are subject to change. The next major patch is Movement 2.0, which will allow you to use all of your skills while moving. This is going to be particularly impactful for channeled skills like Repeaters. In addition the patch will bring a new character animation system and all 52 Constellations. The plan is to release this in November 2025.

After that the next major update is the Cursed War, slated for Q1 of 2026. This includes a free update with a full version of the Ascension endgame activity, 12 new biomes for endgame and improved random dungeon generation. This could include the Endless Nightmares system that has been teased in recent updates.

Along side the free update is a paid expansion, Hell Clock: The Cursed War, where Pajeu travels to a new location to fight the forces of hell. The expansion will add a 4th Act to the campaign, new biomes, new monsters, new bosses, Skills, Relics, and a “Cube Crafting System” which sounds suspiciously like the Kanai’s Cube mechanic from Diablo 3.

Written by IGN Staff with help from Tenkiei.