Quick Start Guide

A quick guide for new players covering: Settings, Character Creation, Combat Mode, Movement, Health, Looting, Weapon Quality, Navigation, Puzzles, Companion, Magic, and Skill Progression.

Video Walkthrough

Author: Grey Beard Gaming

1. Settings

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- Change "Cursor Look" to "Space"
- Change "Power Bar" to "Z"
- Change "Crouch" to "C"
- Change "Alternate Attack" to "E"

2. Character Creation

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- Drag clothes onto your character
- Choose "Riposte" under "Close Combat" skills
- You cannot choose other skills yet until repeated play-throughs
- Choose "Force" magic school and "Torrent" as the new skill to learn

3. Waking Up

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- When cursor is yellow you can left-click drag objects around the environment
- Press "I" for inventory and drag items into your inventory box
- For example, drag torch up to your character's hands and it will be equipped
- Grab plank of spiked wood and equip it as a weapon

4. Combat Mode

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- Press "Tab" to switch to Combat mode, shows red cursor
- Press "Left click" to swing weapon
- Double click to do a downward strike
- Hold click to keep swinging
- Hold "E" and press "Left click" to do a stab
- Some enemies are instantly hostile
- Some enemies aren't hostile until you swing at them
- To hit enemies while they're fallen, do downward strike then crouch

5. Movement

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- Use "Right click" away from yourself to move around
- Hold "Left shift" to sprint
- Use "WASD" keys to move around during fights
- Use "Space" bar to re-orient camera during fights
- Hold "Left click" on doors and swing them open or closed

6. Health

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- Yellow bar is your health
- Darker yellow shade is recoverable health (over time)
- Red portion of yellow bar is lost health (requires healing items)
- Healing items are rare, only one or two per level
- Healing items typically heal half of a full bar, so use effectively
- To use healing potion in your inventory, double click it and click your character

7. Looting

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- Double click to open chests/boxes
- Double click to loot bodies

8. Weapon Quality

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- Weapons can have a base quality which is not changeable
- Weapons can have a condition quality which can be upgraded later
- Weapon qualities affect the stats

9. Navigation

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- You can place a compass in your inventory to gain a new compass HUD
- You can find maps in game which show the layout of the rooms
- You can use "Exanimap" online (Mapgenie website) to see all map content

10. Puzzles

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- There are occasionally puzzles, use levers on walls and objects in room
- There are keys to pick up, can be on tables or hidden under objects in rooms
- Keys are specific to doors, to use a key in your inventory double click it and click the door

11. Companion

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- There is an NPC you can befriend named Derrin
- He can help take aggro during fights
- Press "T" to talk to him and ask to see his equipment
- Give him better armor and weapons when possible

12. Magic

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- Blue bar is your mana, slowly recovers after usage
- Press "P" to open spell menu
- Select a spell with "Left click" or use arrow keys
- Press "Enter" to confirm selected spell
- Press "Q" during a fight to cast the spell in direction you are facing

13. Skill Progression

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- When you have a new skill ready a plus icon will begin flashing by health bar
- Press "K" to open skill menu
- Select a new skill to learn

[Silkarino]

np!

[dongly]

The bullet point format was very helpful since I have a terrible attention span <3