Beginner's guide

1. First steps

After creating your hero you get a short novice path: a first quest, an attribute upgrade, a shop purchase, an arena fight, the Barkeep's reward and reaching level 3. Every step pays out, and at the end you get a weapon for your class.

2. Levelling

• Quests in the Crypt use energy — you get 100 a day.
• Expeditions in the Tavern run while you are offline; you can spend up to 24 hours a day on them.
• Your town's port and daily tasks add extra XP.

3. Spending gold

Put most gold into your class's main attribute (Strength, Intelligence or Dexterity) and Constitution for health. Then upgrade gear from the shop, quests and the market — see the item list.

4. Fights

Rest by the Tavern fireplace to heal before the arena or a boss. Opponent cards show how hard a fight is likely to be.

5. The Forge

Enhance gear with elixirs. Up to +5 failure only costs the elixir; from +6 a failed attempt can destroy the item, so think twice before pushing your best gear. An Immortal Stone (1500 gold) has a 50% chance to bind 1–5 Immortal charges to an item; each charge saves it once from shattering. Details on the Forge page.

6. Join a guild

Guilds give a chat, a shared treasury with bonuses, a guild boss and guild wars. See guilds and the market.