Tribes are the named bot factions that fill out public games (see Bots). Update 33.0 added custom tribe names, letting players buy a tribe name that can appear on bot tribes in public games.
Custom tribe names
- Custom tribe names are bought and managed from the new Tribes tab in the store.
- A purchased tribe name can appear on bot tribes in public games.
- Boosts, also bought in the store, make your tribe appear more often; the store shows when your next boost expires.
- A public tribe-name leaderboard tracks how tribes are doing, including their active boost counts.
Tribe name themes
Update 33.0 also added a tribe name themes system for maps. Real-world maps ship with themed tribe names, and mappers can define custom tribes — including custom tribe spawn coordinates — in a map’s info.json.
Territory colour
Since Update 34.0, tribes are visually distinct from nations on the map: tribes share one near-neutral grey colour family, while nations keep their muted palette. In Free for All, tribes get the same flat colour they have in team games.