City of Heroes: Haven

Paragon City is open again. Grab the launcher, let it download the game, and you'll be flying over the city in no time. Hero or villain, your story starts here.

Your Origin Story in 3 panels

Download!

Get the launcher

Download Sweet Tea

Install it, open it, and add our manifest:

https://haven-coh.duckdns.org/manifest.xml

It downloads the game (about 4.3 GB, one time only).

Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" because the launcher isn't code-signed. Click More info, then Run anyway. Prefer the older CreamSoda launcher? Get it here, put it in an empty folder and add the same manifest.

Ping!

Get your account

Accounts are made through our Discord. Ask in the server and we'll set you up.

Join the Discord

Invite code: xz6U37kG46

Whoosh!

Play!

In the launcher, pick Play Haven and log in with your account.

New Hero Guide

New to City of Heroes, or rusty? The guide covers archetypes, power sets and slotting in plain words.

Game cut off on the right?

That's Windows display scaling, common on laptops. Close the game, then:

Open the folder where Sweet Tea installed the game.
Right-click Ouroboros.exe > Properties > Compatibility.
Change high DPI settings > tick Override high DPI scaling behavior > set it to Application > OK.

Screen size and full screen

Set in game: Menu > Options > Graphics & Audio. Changes take effect once you're in game.

Not using the launcher? Start Ouroboros.exe with -patchdir ouro -noversioncheck -auth 45.45.239.132

First time in Paragon City?

A Tanker, Brute or Scrapper is the easiest start: tough, simple, and fine playing solo. The guide explains the rest.

Read the guide