Dimraeth Races: Minotaur, Human and Elf Explained

Short answer: three races are playable — Elf, Minotaur and Human. Race is a mechanical choice, not cosmetic: Mudtek describes it as your base kit, and it determines the XP cost of raising each attribute. The store page's eight-race figure is the 1.0 target.

The launch roster

Mudtek’s release announcement names the three launch races directly, and the 2 September content update identifies which one is new.

Two of the three — Minotaur and Human — were already playable in the September 2025 playtest. Elf was added for Early Access. That matters for research: almost all pre-launch writing about Dimraeth races describes a two-race game.

Minotaur — the fully described race

The Minotaur has the most complete official description of any race, and it is unusually specific about physical scale.

The description is worth reading carefully because it deliberately counters a stereotype. Intelligence and strategic thinking are named as Minotaur traits alongside physical strength — the official text says they are “not only fierce warriors but also skilled in tactics and problem-solving.” That framing is consistent with how the race is used elsewhere in the game’s fiction: Manga, the Earlwood blacksmith, is a former Minotaur Empire warrior described as a thinker as much as a craftsman.

Human — the adaptive majority

The Human entry is short but establishes their place in Mirkea’s social structure.

“Most populous” is a significant world detail: Earlwood Village sits on the border of the Human Kingdom of Aldoria, and the villagers’ traditions are drawn from Aldorian human culture with Elven influence from the neighbouring Eternal Forest.

Elf — playable, but undescribed

The Elf is a launch race and one of the headline additions of Early Access. Mudtek has not published a racial description for it.

Why race is called your base kit

The most important mechanical statement about races comes from Mudtek’s November 2025 design post. It reframes the whole choice.

Three consequences follow, all stated officially:

Your race determines your weapon identity. A Minotaur is described as axe-wielding regardless of class choice. Class adds spells, passives and a skill tree; it does not replace the racial baseline.

Each race has its own attack combo. The combat devlog confirms “each race has its own combo chain (3-4 hits) that creates a rhythm in combat,” and that these remain useful late-game even for magic-heavy builds.

Race also has a defensive identity. The combat devlog states that every character has a “race-specific guard” with its own cooldown, separate from the universal dash.

Attribute scaling and race

The design post explains why race changes more than your opening stats. In Dimraeth, levelling an attribute costs XP, and the XP cost of each attribute is primarily determined by your race–class combination.

The official intent is to give every race–class combination clear strengths and weaknesses, and to make attribute spending a planning exercise around breakpoints for specific spells or items. You can chase an off-stat if you want a particular spell — the post gives the example of a physical spell on a caster — but you pay for it in total points.

The full planned roster

The store page advertises eight races. Mudtek has confirmed three. Of the remaining five, only one has been named publicly in any context.