Cera & Osso

Relic Survivor

Survive the Ermo's hordes. Each relic is a bead: where it goes changes it all.

Coming soon to Google Play

A lone penitent walks into the Ermo, the Wastes, with a terço (a string of prayer beads) of relics. You move; he fights on his own. Everything else is your choice.

Screenshots

  • “Where a bead goes changes everything”: choosing a relic, a grace and both ends of the terço, each with a different gain.
  • “Survive the hordes of the Ermo”: the penitent in the Adro, surrounded by the horde.
  • “Marry relics into Portentos”: the “Marry?” question, joining an action and a grace into a Portento.
  • “Face the Saint of each Cloister”: the Carpideira-Mor (the chief mourner) and her tears.
  • “Patuás that stay between runs”: the Patuás screen, three worn around the neck.
  • “Promises: power at a price”: an Alminha (roadside shrine) with three promises, each with its price.
  • “Play offline with one thumb”: the game menu over the Adro.

The game

The terço is your build

Each level, thread a relic onto either end of the string. There are 56 relics:

  • Action relics attack on their own: staves, candles, hand bells, censers, chains…
  • Graces don't attack: they empower the neighboring action. The end you pick decides who gets the power.
  • Gather beads of the same tag (Vela, Sino, Osso, Sangue, Água, Ferro, Incenso: wax, bell, bone, blood, water, iron, incense) to unlock bonuses.
  • Marry a max-level action to the right grace and it becomes one of 18 Portentos.
  • Silver and Gold relics show up the deeper you go.

What the Ermo hides

  • Criptas (crypts): a trapdoor opens in the ground. Go down, if you dare, for a prize.
  • Companheiros (companions): one at a time walks with you: the Cão de São Roque (Saint Roch's dog), the Galo (rooster), the Anjo da Guarda (guardian angel)…
  • Devoções (devotions): gather one saint's pieces and earn that saint's effect.
  • Rare Graces: the Romaria de Ouro (golden pilgrimage), the Eclipse… not every run brings one.

5-minute runs

Five mysteries, roadside Alminhas offering promises of power (at a price), and a Saint at the end. Then bank what you've gathered, or press on into the Vigil for more.

Patuás that stay

Every Saint you beat drops a patuá (a charm); elites, chests and the Vigil can drop more. There are 36, in five rarities, from Wax to Miracle. Wear three, and fuse three alike into a rarer one at the Fusion altar.

Five Cloisters

The Adro (the churchyard), the Capela dos Ossos (the bone chapel), the Claustro Afogado (the drowned cloister), the Procissão (the procession) and the Catedral Invertida (the inverted cathedral): each with its own enemies and a Saint that meddles with your terço. Penances 1 to 5 for those who want more.

Always something to unlock

  • Eight Orders with different weapons and playstyles
  • Ex-votos that bring new relics to your string
  • The Reliquary: discover every Portento recipe
  • A daily Bull, the Novena and a daily Alms

Made for phones

One thumb, portrait. Everything pauses while you think. Works offline. In English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Fair

No energy, no loot boxes, no purchases. Nothing that gives power is sold for money.

The eight Orders

Each Order starts with its own weapon and way of playing.

The Companheiros

One at a time walks with you through the Ermo.

Coming soon to Google Play

Want to know when it's out? Write to contato@ceraosso.com.