Lan Yuejin seen from behind on a mound of moss, needle-sword lowered, looking up at the bamboo canopy.

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GROVEBLADE

Climb the Bamboo Sea.

Three flying swords circle you. The forest stands nine nodes tall, and the stalks you fight on bend with the wind.

Closed beta on PC and PlayStation 5, 5 to 8 March 2027.

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Scroll down to climb 往上爬

Xiao Tang seen from below in mid-leap, hook swords spread, tea leaves spilling from her basket.

Rope Bridges

Chapter Two 绳桥

Up here the floor is rope and old planks. Your three swords do the work your footing can't.

聚Gather. Pull all three swords to your hand for close cuts that are hard to read.

Shadows on the Blind

Four playable swordsmen 四人

All four are playable in the closed beta. Pick a shadow and that swordsman steps out.

Lan Yuejin

兰月锦orchid, moon, brocade

Lan mends the sect's robes by day. At night she cuts from twenty paces with a sword thin enough to sew with, and she never takes the thimble off.

Carries a thimble on a cord.

Higher up, six more wait their turn: Master Duan, Sister Qiao, Abbot Hui, the Ferryman, Lü Ge and Bai Mei.

Node Three

Chapter Three 第三节

The sect on the third node spars on a floor that moves. Lan fights at the length of a needle and Jia with the weight of a door, and the sect still argues about which of them has it right.

Sway. Strike while the stalk bends toward you and your reach grows. Swing as it bends away and the blade falls short.

Lan Yuejin lunges and the tip of her needle-sword meets the tip of Jia Wenhao's broadsword. Sparks and a ring of mist burst at the point of contact.

Bamboo Sway

Move with the wind 随风

Lan stands on a bending stalk and Elder Mo waits on the next one. Hold to balance. Let go when the stalk leans toward Mo. Miss and you climb back up.

Press and hold the button, or hold Space while it has focus, then release.

Tie Your Name to the Cord

Chapter Four, Summit Temple 山顶

Leave an email and pick a platform. Invites go out in waves from February.

Platform

Jia Wenhao in profile at the end of a plank, broadsword across his shoulders, looking down into the mist.

Mist Base

Chapter Five 雾底

Look down. The last chapter goes the other way, into the mist the forest grows from. Nine masters stand between the floor and the sky.

Master 1 of 9, Chapter One

The Moss Warden

A stone guardian grown over with moss. It wakes when the floor gets loud.

In the closed beta.

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Privacy 隐私

Last updated 24 October 2026

Who we are

This site is run by Hollow Reed Studio, developer of GROVEBLADE, together with its publisher Pale Lantern Games. When this notice says "we", it means both.

What we collect

If you join the closed beta we collect your email address, the platform you chose and the date you signed up. During the beta the game records crash reports, performance data and which chapters you reach. The site itself uses no tracking cookies and no advertising scripts.

Why we use it

We use your email to send your invite, beta news and a short survey after the beta ends. Game data helps us fix bugs and balance the masters. We never use it to build an advertising profile.

How long we keep it

Beta sign-ups are deleted twelve months after the beta closes unless you ask to stay on the list. Crash reports are kept for up to twenty-four months, then deleted or made anonymous.

Who we share it with

Only with service providers who send email and host our servers for us, under written agreements that limit what they can do with it. We do not hand your details to anyone for their own marketing.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, or withdraw consent, at any time. These rights apply under the data protection law where you live, including the GDPR in Europe and Indonesia's Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP). We answer within thirty days.

Children

The closed beta is for players aged 16 and over. If we learn that a younger player signed up, we delete the sign-up.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and only the small team running the beta can reach it.

Contact

Write to [email protected] or to Hollow Reed Studio, Data Protection, at the address listed in our Help scroll.

Terms 条款

Last updated 24 October 2026

Using this site

These terms cover groveblade.com and the GROVEBLADE closed beta. By using the site or joining the beta you agree to them.

Closed beta access

Joining the list does not guarantee an invite. Invites are personal, go out in waves and can't be passed on to anyone else.

Eligibility

You must be 16 or older and own a PC or PlayStation 5 that meets the requirements in the Help scroll.

Conduct

Play fair. Cheating tools, exploiting bugs on purpose, harassing other testers or attacking our servers ends your access.

Confidentiality

You may stream and share what you see in the beta unless we tell you a specific part is under embargo. Data mining and leaking unreleased files are not allowed.

Content and trademarks

GROVEBLADE, its characters, art, music and the three-sword mark belong to Hollow Reed Studio. Clips and screenshots you make for non-commercial sharing are welcome.

Changes and ending the beta

The beta is a test. We may change, pause or end it, or wipe progress, at any time. We will post notice on this site when we can.

Liability

The beta is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for lost progress, downtime or indirect loss.

Governing law

These terms follow the law of the country where Hollow Reed Studio is registered, without removing any protection your own local law gives you.

EULA 许可

End User Licence Agreement for the GROVEBLADE closed beta build

Licence

Hollow Reed Studio gives you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and play the closed beta build on your own devices for the length of the beta.

What you may not do

Beta build

The build is unfinished. Expect bugs, missing features and changes between waves. It stops working when the beta ends.

Online features and data

The build connects to our servers to check your invite and send crash and performance reports, as set out in the Privacy scroll.

Your content

Notes you send us help shape the game. You let us use it to improve GROVEBLADE without owing you anything for it.

Updates

We may push updates automatically. Some fixes need them, so playing may require the newest version.

Ending the licence

The licence ends when the beta closes or if you break this agreement. Uninstall the build when it does.

No warranty

The build comes without warranty of any kind, to the extent the law allows.

Contact

Questions about this agreement go to [email protected].

Help 帮助

Closed beta, 5 to 8 March 2027

Getting an invite

Sign up at the Summit Temple on this page. Invites go out by email in waves from February. Check your spam folder for mail from [email protected].

Minimum PC specs

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), a 6-core processor, 16 GB of memory, a graphics card with 6 GB of video memory, and 60 GB of SSD space.

PlayStation 5

Redeem the code from your invite on your console, then find GROVEBLADE Closed Beta in your game library.

Controls and accessibility

Controller and keyboard are both supported. Every hold input, Bamboo Sway included, can be switched to a single press. Subtitles, colour-blind modes for sword trails and camera shake settings are all in the options.

Saving and progress

Progress saves at each shrine on the stalks. Beta progress does not carry into the full game.

Reporting a bug

Press the report key from the pause menu. It attaches a screenshot and your position in the forest.

Connection problems

Restart the game and check the server status note on the Summit Temple. If it keeps failing, send us your log file.

Contact support

Write to [email protected]. Hollow Reed Studio, Reed House, 9 Lantern Lane. We answer in English and Mandarin.