Tips & Tricks

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• Always carry food. Starvation kills more players than NPCs. Buy Dark Bread before venturing out.
• Buy medicine early. A Healer's Pouch (25 HP) can save your life against an aggressive NPC.
• Avoid dark rooms without a lantern. In darkness you can only retreat; no searching, no exploring.
• Search every room. Hidden exits lead to secret areas, and some rooms contain hidden contraband items.
• Check the map. Use map to see everywhere you have been and plan your route.

• Get a job first. Visit the Market Square and accept any job immediately; wages accumulate passively.
• Sell NPC trophies. Every creature you kill may drop a trophy. Sell these to vendors for crowns.
• Use the bonus command. Once per hour, bonus gives you crowns, hunger, or a revive.
• Faction discounts stack up. Seers get 15% off everywhere, and that saves crowns on expensive weapons.
• Collect wages before logging off. Run work to collect what you have earned.

• You get 2 attacks per NPC cycle. Player cooldown is 3 seconds, NPC aggro is 6 seconds. Use this advantage.
• Defend is PvP only. The defend stance reduces damage from other players but does not affect NPC attacks.
• Heal others with medicine. Use heal <player> to use your medicine on a wounded ally.
• NPC stats are fixed. A Soul Leech is always 10 HP / 5 DMG regardless of your level. Your growing HP and damage bonus make you stronger over time.
• Retreat from losing fights. Moving to another room breaks NPC aggro. Live to fight another day.
• Use Veildust in emergencies. Consuming Veildust drops NPC aggro without moving rooms.

• Use OOC for out-of-character chat. Keep in-character and out-of-character communication separate with ooc and looc.
• Block problem players. Use block <name> to hide their messages if someone is being disruptive.
• Report serious issues. Use report <name> <reason> to alert administrators.
• Set a description. Use describe <text> to give your character personality that others see when they examine you.
• Use the who command. Type who to see who is online and where they are.

• Buy a lantern before exploring. 35 rooms across 6 regions are dark. Without a lantern, you can only retreat — no searching, no exploring. Buy one from the Black Market Dealer (25 cr) or find a free one at the Undercanal Entrance (respawns every 60 minutes).
• Activate ward stones. Dormant ward stones in dangerous rooms can be activated for crowns. While active, no NPCs will spawn in that room. Great for safe farming breaks.
• Carry Portable Ward Stones. These consumables create a temporary NPC-free zone (6 minutes) anywhere. Level 10+ required.
• Don't attack the Hooded Peddler. The wandering merchant is invincible. Attacking it results in instant death. Browse their rare wares with shop instead.
• Post bounties carefully. The Penance Stalker is an invincible bounty hunter. Use bounty <name> <amount> to hire it, but know that others can post bounties on you too.
• Watch for horde events. When veil strain rises, horde waves spawn across the world. Soulwisps appear between waves — use talk and energize to help mend the veil.
• Flee when outmatched. If a fight goes badly, use flee to escape through a random exit. Higher level relative to the creature means better flee chance.
• Carry antidotes. Creatures in Witchfen and beyond inflict poison. An Antidote cures any poison type instantly. Stock up before venturing into the wilds.
• Fish for easy crowns. Fishing poles are cheap and catches sell well to fishmongers. A good low-risk income source while exploring the Waterfront or Witchfen.
• Experiment with alchemy. Ingredient flavor text hints at hidden properties. Your Grimoire remembers discovered recipes. Bad combinations can explode — start with two ingredients.
• Dig everywhere. A shovel lets you dig in any room. Deeper regions yield better finds, but Grave Salt is the real game-changer for loot quality.
• Know when to cash out. Pit fighting rewards double each round, but dying means losing everything. Rounds 3-5 NPCs inflict poison — prepare accordingly.