Clans of the Forest: The 4 Clans & Their Territories

Clans of the forest clans are the four Warrior Cats Clans - ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan - and you pick the one you belong to before you start. Each Clan has its own campaign and its own territory, and the game adds two sacred locations on top: the Moonpool and the Island. That makes six locations in total.

• Four Clans: ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan, each with its own campaign
• Four territories with named terrain: dense forests, marshlands, dark pine swamps, open moors
• Two sacred locations from the book series: the Moonpool and the Island
• You choose your Clan before starting - the choice drives your campaign and your base stats
• No per-Clan stat tier list exists - the developers have not published one

The four-Clan structure and the four storylines come from the publisher's game page; the Clan choice is described in the Gematsu announcement story, and the territory descriptions are on the Steam store page.

Which four Clans can you join?

You select which of the four Clans you will belong to before starting, and that choice is tied to the campaign you play. Each of the four Clans has its own full story campaign - the publisher describes four campaigns with distinct prophecies, rivalries, characters and challenges - so a Clan choice is really a choice of which story you are playing.

The four storylines were written exclusively for the game by Erin Hunter, the author of the book series, according to the press release. That is a meaningful detail for anyone who came to the series through the books: the campaigns are original writing, not adaptations of existing arcs.

What are the four Clan territories like?

The store listing names the terrain of each one, and the descriptions are short and evocative rather than mechanical. ThunderClan's territory is dense forest. RiverClan's is marshland. ShadowClan's is dark pine swamp. WindClan's is open moor - the most exposed of the four, and the one that looks most like the high ground in the book series.

These are the four territories the game is built around, and they are the reason Clan choice is not purely cosmetic: you are choosing a campaign and a home territory at the same time. There is no published information about how much of each territory is explorable, how the areas are divided, or what order you visit them in, so any map beyond the six names is speculation.

What other locations are in the game?

Two, and both come from the book series. The Moonpool is one, and the Island is the other. Together with the four Clan territories they make up the six locations named on the store page, which is the complete published list of places in the game.

The publisher also posted an island map and territories preview during development, after the game passed 100,000 Steam wishlists. Our news and updates timeline records that post in date order, alongside the rest of the pre-launch announcements.

Does each Clan really have its own story?

Yes. This is the part most worth being precise about, because "one story with four coats of paint" is a common shape for licensed games. The publisher's own page states that the game has four full story campaigns, one per Clan, each with its own distinct prophecies, rivalries, characters and challenges. That is four campaigns.

What sits underneath is less clear. A Clan campaign is a mode within Prophecy Mode, and the store page also says characters, quests and stories are procedurally generated, so no two playthroughs are the same - which is why there is no canonical walkthrough to write before launch.

Is one Clan stronger than the others?

Nobody can answer that yet, and anyone who tells you they know is guessing. The only published statement on the subject is that your Clan, your level and your training shape your base stats. There are no numbers, no tier list, and no per-Clan stat breakdown in any official source as of 28 September 2026.

That is why this page gives you the territories and the campaigns and stops there. Where a clan tier list would normally go, there is nothing - it becomes writable when the game ships and players can report what they observe. The beginner's guide covers the other opening choice you make, and the characters page covers the book cats who appear alongside you.