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The Ryzom [[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]] can be very handy.

* Теперь у нас есть доступ к текущему '''[https://board.ryzom.com/?controller=BoardViewController&action=readonly&token=c46b5ea0f37c83d155f3eacc3acf6956ee75cbfca4afa3f2c107fcb4e74d&lang=en&from_index=1 Roadmap]''' ans you'll find [https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=post%2Fview%2F186177&lang=en explanations about it].

* From October 2016, all clients migrates from 2.x (and oldiers) to 3.0, with a new installer/patch system. More on http://forge.ryzom.com/wiki/Ryzom_Installer_Manual

* [[New2017|in 2017 patches]] added many new stuffs (new chat, better inventory, new '''Loot Locking System''', [https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/26321/7 scenographic editor]...) , find [[New2017| here what's new, with links to forum]].

* [[New 2018]]: we can go back to Silan ([https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/28179/6#6 Patch 3.2.1]), [https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/28384/1#1 ranger rite on the forum] and '''PoWo Creator''' is coming...

* [[New2019|New 2019]]: Clients Improvements (as UI-Scale for ex), new bosses, Guild Islands, New rewards at Wheel of Fortune :p

Section added by [[User:Craftjenn|Craftjenn, Ranger du Cercle du Bois d&#39;Almati]] ([[User talk:Craftjenn|talk]]) March 2018 (CEST).<br />

Updated on [[User:Craftjenn|CraftJenn, Ranger du Cercle du Bois d&#39;Almati]] ([[User talk:Craftjenn|talk]]) April 2019

Чтобы начать создание нового аватара, выберите один из открытых слотов для аватара и нажмите кнопку «Создать новый» в правом нижнем углу экрана.

===Цивилизация===

Ваша цивилизация будет определять ваш базовый внешний вид, вашу первоначальную репутацию среди различных игровых фракций и начальные навыки создания расы, которые вы будете использовать.

===Внешность===

=== Кастомизация лица===

Разные цивилизации и полы будут иметь здесь разные возможности настройки.

===Пакеты действий===

Ваш выбор здесь определит первоначальный набор снаряжения и действий вашего аватара.

Независимо от того, что вы выберете, ваш аватар начнет с первого уровня во всех ветках навыков и сможет одинаково продвигаться в любом навыке, который вы выберете.

С помощью ползунков настройте исходный пакет действий вашего аватара.

Каждое имя на Атисе должно быть уникальным, поэтому для выбора имени может потребоваться несколько попыток.

Имена должны соответствовать [[Портал:Гейм/Сообщество|Кодексу поведения Ryzom]].

Выберите «ИГРАТЬ», чтобы начать игру на острове Силан.

Нажмите на Chiang the Strong, чтобы начать свою первую ознакомительную миссию.

===Датчики аватара===

[[File:Compass.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Compass menu]]

Например, чтобы найти животное, выберите «Животные» > «Гора 1», чтобы найти своего мектуба.

Или, чтобы найти члена команды, выберите «Команда» > «Имя», и компас укажет в его направлении.

В любом окне чата введите /target «имя», и если там не написано «объект не найден», то выбор «Цель» после щелчка правой кнопкой мыши по компасу будет нацелен на указанного человека.

<span style="font-size:1.5em">New </span> ( change in June 2020): [[DeepL]] use, in a single Uni for all. And REGION is translated with [[DeepL]] too.{{Clear}}

Очень полезная вкладка окна чата — СИСТЕМА. ИНФОРМАЦИЯ.

Merely go to System...>GAME CONFIGURATION>INTERFACE>CHAT>Tell or Team or any other chat tab and choose your favorite color!  

At the bottom of this window is a Font Size slider. Very Useful!

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* More on [[Chat]].

* More IG chat command at [[Special command]].

* You can use several desktop to organize your windows and their configurations: [[User Manual/Part 2 - The 4 desktops|The 4 desktops]]

* '''Hint:''' Stay in-touch with other players in the online chat available at https://chat.ryzom.com/channel/pub-uni Just login with your avatar's name and player password. Ryzom external chat (named [[RC]]) is very powerful - more on [[Chat/RC FAQ|RC FAQ]].  

===Target Reticle===

[[File:TargetReticle.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Target Reticle]]

When you hover your cursor on a beast or monster, a target reticle will appear.  

If you left click on it the target reticle will be color-coded to represent the general level of the MOB.  

The order of danger from low to high is white, green, blue, yellow, orange, red, and purple.  

If you double-click on the mob, you will attack, so be careful.

The target text can be colored with the target ring removed by unchecking SYSTEM>GAME&nbsp;CONFIGURATION>INTERFACE>HUD>Show&nbsp;Target&nbsp;Reticle.  

An entity or certain object can be acted on by double-clicking on it.  

This can be unsafe in some instances, like while extracting a raw material source when suddenly a MOB steps in front of the green glowing material.  

In those situations, use right-click>Extract&nbsp;Raw&nbsp;Materials.  

This will avoid an unnecessary resurrection.

Another option is to go to SYSTEM>INTERFACE>HUD and uncheck Auto&nbsp;Equip&nbsp;Mode, then you won't attack a mob accidentally while digging.  

See also CONFIGURATION>INPUT>MOUSE>Double&nbsp;Click&nbsp;Mode for extra safety if you want.

===Target Window===

[[File:TargetWindow.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Target Window]]

After targeting a MOB, the name of the MOB, it's HP status bar and it's general strength will appear in the window.  

The symbol gives a number of its level or stars.  

One big star on a colored background represents a named entity; two black stars is a species boss. (3x*) means it's third rank of its species in the particular area.

===Task-bar===

[[File:Task-bar.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Two different views of the Task-bar]]

The Task-bar is located in the lower right corner of the Ryzom desktop. It is composed of two tabs and many functions.  

This is a diagram of those tasks: WINDOWS & ACTIONS

!colspan="4" | WINDOWS

!ACTIONS

|Identity

|Standing/Sitting(Ins key)

|Inventory

|Running/Walking(Del key)

|Actions

|Dodge/Parry(Shift+D)

|Missions

|Move(End key)

|Map

|Attack

|Communications... ►

|bgcolor="#eef" style="color:black;font-size:smaller;" | '''Communications'''▼

|Extract

|Help... ►

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Contact List

|bgcolor="#efe" style="color:black;font-size:smaller;" | '''Help'''▼

|Invite (to team)

|System... ►

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Guild

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Help

|bgcolor="#eff" style="color:black;font-size:smaller;" | '''System'''▼

|Leave Team

|Quit

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Forums

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Support

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Game Config.

|Talk

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Fame

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Mailbox

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Web

|

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Team

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Animals

|style="font-size:smaller;" |Patcher

|  

Notice that Animals is buried under Communications in the WINDOWS tab, and the word Actions is used in two locations, as a header and as a window name.  

The Game Configuration window contains many important settings for the game.  

Each setting should be evaluated at first startup to adjust for the computer's capability; particularly the global opacity setting and screen resolution.

The Task-bar (left above) can be shrunk to icons (above right) by clicking the small emblem Change display mode.  

Repeated clicking will cycle through five Task-bar formats: one text and four with icons.

Using an Icon format will allow both the move and map icons on the same view, as they are commonly used together.

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====Identity====

[[File:Identity.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Identity]]

The Identity window contains four tabs.  

*STATS shows the avatar's race and guild, scores, characteristics, skill points, resistances and protections, defence levels (active is green) and miscellaneous.  

*The ADVANCED STATS show where you have been and what points you have earned.  

*The OCCUPATIONS window may need to be refreshed.

: It displays any occupations that you have learned and the question mark reveals important information about all the occupations.  

*The INFO tab is important for selecting a new title--that is shown over your avatar's head.

====Inventory====

When clicking the second icon on the Task bar WINDOWS tab, an inventory window will appear.  

The basic window has two tabs, BAG and EQUIP.

Bag is everything that you carry, while EQUIP is the jewellery and armour that you are wearing.  

If you buy a mektoub mount and packer, they will appear in their own tabs as MOUNT1 and PACK2.  

Also, if you have joined a guild that has an outpost, and you are near that outpost, a new tab will appear in the inventory.  

That will be GUILD and contain all the contents of the guild hall.  

You will also see the Guild tab when you are in the guildhall.

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In the same way, that will be ROOM with all the contents of your apartment, seen when in it ([[#Apartment|see below]]).

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[[File:Filling.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Filling bag]]

Beneath the tabs are small numbers.  

The first indicates the number of items that can be carried, for example 10/500.  

This is 10 items of a possible 500.  

Next to that is a status bar that indicates the bulk that can be carried.  

Right-clicking on that bar will look like Bulk: 99/300; or, look in the IDENTITY window under the MISCELLANEOUS heading to see that same value.  

Finally, the weight value is displayed next to a small weight symbol, for example 22.26.  

Armor and jewelry that are worn and weapons in-hand still affect the count, bulk, and weight in the bag.  

Large values of weight can affect your ability to move.  

Some things are very heavy, so stay aware of the weight.

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[[File:Dappers_Filter.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Dappers & filters]]

At the bottom of the inventory window is a small green sap drop.  

This is the number of dappers (money) that you possess.  

Further along the bottom are various toggling view filters, and the detailed and compact item views.

If you do not wish to lose your items accidentally, by destroying or trading them, select the right-click Lock/Unlock functions.  

It is recommended that you keep your most precious items, armour, and weapons locked.

<!--added by Craftjenn 2017/08/13-->[[File:FiltreI2019-02-09.png|thumb|filter on inventory, showing generic mats]]

New: text search in inventory, and [[Special_command#Outfit_Commands|group to move and ware armor easily]] ([[New2017|fast resume of 2 patches, links to forum]]).

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====Actions====

[[File:Actions.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Actions]]

The ACTION PROGRESSION window contains essential information on the avatar's skill levels in all of the available skill sets.  

On the left are the four fundamental areas of endeavour in a skill tree: Fight, Magic, Craft, and Harvest.  

These will expand further and further by clicking the + symbols, or collapse by clicking the – symbol.  

In the lower left corner of the window is the Auto Fold option, that will collapse any skill branches that you are not viewing.

The right side of the ACTION PROGRESSION window contains two tabs, Actions and Upgrades.  

When a branch of the skill tree is selected, the appropriate Actions or Upgrades for that level are displayed.

The coloured icons are the actions that you already own, whether they were purchased in that skill branch or another one.

The greyed icons are not owned yet, but may be purchased from the appropriate trainer once you reach the indicated skill level.  

Upgrades are not Actions, but other things such as increased Constitution that are also available from the trainers.

By selecting higher skill levels, actions available in the future will be displayed.

A click box in the lower right allows the display as a Detailed List.

====Maps====

[[File:Maps.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Maps]]

Map is a re-sizable window that will display a map of the area you are in.  

At the top are a +, zoom in, and a -, zoom out.

When zooming in all the way, the cities and towns may be clicked to enlarge them to the street level.  

To return from a city map to an area map, click the left arrow at the top of the MAP window.  

The triangle symbol is a button to center your location on the map. Additionally, the time and weather are displayed on the top line.  

This is quite helpful when foraging.

[[File:WebApplications.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Web Applications]]

[[File:EN app zone web 2020-05-04.png|thumb]]An alternate access to these functions is with SHIFT+W.

The bar can be removed from your interface via a command inside the webapps window if you don't want it.

 

The home page shows events and Apps.  

* In game: SHIFT+W

* Out of the game: https://app.ryzom.com

===Actions Bar===

[[File:Actions_Bar.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Actions Bar]]

As learned above, the ACTION PROGRESSION window is very helpful, but has another important use.  

When learning actions from trainers, icons are plopped all over the 10 Actions Bars (sometimes called the Shortcut Bar).  

In order to organize the Actions Bars, players may delete actions by using right-click Delete Action and accidentally delete a needed action.  

To recover any learned action merely open the ACTION PROGRESSION window and then drag the lit icon to any empty cell on the Actions Bar.

[[File:Actions_Upgrades.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Windows>Action&...>ACTION#2]]

[[File:Crystallize.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Crystallize]]

A red X on an icon indicates that the avatar is out-of-range of the target.  

Moving closer will cause it to disappear and make the action active.  

When right-clicking on a spell, you may see an option to Crystallize.  

This is for enchanting weapons.

A spell may be crystallized and added to your inventory (not all spells can be crystallized).

You can make a second copy of the Actions Bar by Task-bar>System...>Windows>Action&Inventory>ACTION#2.  

This second copy cannot be changed, but will mimic the original Actions Bar 1.  

It can be moved to any location on the screen.  

It can be time-saving, for example, to have fight actions open on the main bar while the heal actions are open on bar #2.

==Actions and Upgrades==

Actions can be purchased from any of the trainers.  

When learning an action, the complete set of root, options, and credits will be obtained in an icon.  

That icon can replace the previous version of a lower action.

However, if an upgrade is purchased, particularly from a magic trainers, then only the option or only the credit will be purchased.  

Each will drop an icon on the Task-bar that can be deleted.  

One must then edit by selecting an action icon and right-clicking the Edit Action choice to open an edit window.  

There the individual option or credit “brick” can be updated to the newly learned upgrade by clicking on it.  

The icon name must also be manually changed to the updated version.  

This will avoid confusion, because the trainer may still retain the complete action for that upgrade including credits that you might not have.  

However, the price in skill points will change to reflect the value of only the "bricks" or "stanzas" that you do not yet own.

It is not possible to "waste" skill points; once you have all "bricks" for a certain action, it will be removed from the trainer.

==Pop-ups==

===Looting Window===

[[File:Loot.jpg|200px|thumb|rigntt|Loot]]

[[File:Quarter.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Quarter]]

After making a kill, an option will appear on the cursor when moused-overit.  

That message will either say Loot for a primitive or Quarter for a MOB.  

A small Quartered Materials window will appear with the booty from this kill which will vary each time.  

Individual items may be selected by clicking each item with the mouse, then selecting Drop&nbsp;All.  

The entire booty may be collected by clicking Take&nbsp;All.

===Forage Window===

[[File:Forage.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Forage]]

After starting an extraction, a forage window will appear on the desktop.  

It will show the item foraged, and the quantity and quality of that item.  

When the extraction is complete the choices Take&nbsp;All and Drop&nbsp;All may be selected.  

Drop&nbsp;All may be selected at any time to abort the extraction.

These windows may appear at other times as well, such as when an NPC offers you a reward.

===Warning Icons===

Small warning icons will appear on the screen to alert you of any spell, catalyzer, or death penalty that affects you.  

A larger skull & crossbones image will appear if an owned mektoub dies.  

It will inform you how much time remains to collect your possessions from the mektoub before it decomposes.

Hovering the mouse over the icon will give more information about the function and status of that icon.

[[File:CS2022-2023-10-08 22-21-53.png|thumb|Sometimes system messages are displayed (not in a window)]]

===Outpost Battle Window===

The player will either pick ATTACK, DEFEND, or NEUTRAL.

If neither is selected, the avatar will not be tagged, and remains neutral.

They must stay as neutral observers and may be asked to move if they affect things.

 

Throughout Ryzom are small missions to accomplish.  

The mission givers are welcomers in each city, suppliers, captains, sergeants, corporals, ambassadors and many others.  

These missions pay sometimes in fame points, or race points, or dappers.  

Most may be taken multiple times, after a cooling-off period.

On main land more on [[User Manual/Quest and Rites|Quest and Rites]].

==Merchants==

[[File:Fame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Fame]]

There are Armour, Raw Materials, Weapons, Jewellery, Hawkers, Consumables, Stable boys and several other types of merchants throughout Atys.  

All of them will buy your goods.  

However, what is sold in one country is not available to purchase in another.  

For example, a sword put up for sale in Pyr (Desert) is not available for players to purchase in Yrkranis (Forest).

While travelling, you may wish to purchase new armour or replace a pick. If your fame is not good with a particular merchant's race, then expect to pay more and get less.

Check fame at Task-bar>Communications>FAME>YOU&nbsp;(Shift+F).

==Death and penalty==

A killed character can be resurrected by another through the casting (repeated if necessary) of healing spells by the latter (if available). If death occurred during a solo adventure, you can request this '''resurrection''' (or rez) either by sending a /tell to one of your friends, or by broadcasting a distress message on the ''REGION'' channel, message where you will specify your position and the time remaining before your character undergoes a forced resurrection. It is recommended that you only send such a call for help in the ''UNI'' channel if no one is in the region (see '''/who''' command described above).

If, finally, no savior is available or close enough to your character to raise him in time, you can still either choose the location of your forced resurrection on the map displayed at the time of your fall, or activate (also known as tearing) a teleportation pact to the altar of your choice. In both cases, your character will end up at the chosen place, alive, but with a '''death penalty''' (or DP). This penalty prohibits you from accumulating experience points ('''XP'''s) usually earned through your actions: these points are then used to exhaust the penalty. At lower levels, exhausting the penalty is fairly easy, but at higher levels many players exhaust it during a drilling sequence, an activity that produces a correct XP without running too great a risk of additional PD. In addition, altars sell a service that significantly increases the speed of PD exhaustion: '''Ma-Duk's Breath''' or '''Jena's Kiss'''.  

<div style="margin:0em; padding:1em 2em;border: thin inset #{{ColorAtys|type=dark|group=HRP}};background:#{{ColorAtys|type=light|group=HRP}};color:#{{ColorAtys|type=fg|group=HRP}};">'''Temporary absences''' If you have to go away from the computer and want to prevent your character from being attacked during your absence, take him to a safe place (near a wall, or in water, for example) then type the command /afk in the chat window of your choice: the animation of your character will then be suspended and light volutes will rise around him until you return. If you want to give more details to your possible interlocutors, just type, for example, /afk ''Avatar had to answer the phone''. Whoever will then send you a /tell Hello Avatar! will receive in reply the message ''Avatar had to answer the phone''.</div>

==Teleportation==

===Fast Traveling===

On Silan, Chiang the Strong may arrange for you to teleport to the north end of the island.  

Unfortunately, you must run back to the ranger camp, as there is no TP back.

On the mainland there are many places to go, but you will find it difficult to survive to get to them in the beginning.

You will not be able to buy all teleport pacts to start with.  

When you die, you can be resurrected (rezzed) by another player casting heal spells on you.

Ask for help with a /tell to friends or by a message in the REGION channel (specify where you are and how much time you have left).  

If there is no one in the region (use /who) then it is acceptable to ask in UNIVERSE channel.

This keeps you from accumulating xp for your actions. Instead the xp goes to work off your dp.  

At lower levels dp is very easy to work off.  

At higher levels most players work it off by harvesting, which gives decent xp with a low danger of getting yet more dp.

If you have to leave the computer, but you don't want to be attacked, go to a safe spot such as near a wall or in the water.  

Then type /afk in the message line.  

You will go into suspended animation and sparks will surround you until you return.  

If you wish to leave more details, just type /afk Dummy has to go to the bathroom.  

Anyone who does a "/tell Dummy Hi" will receive the message.

===Transporters===

'''New Horizon Transporters''' move avatars to any city in the region.  

They will charge 3000 dappers unless your fame is above '''43''' with that race.  

If it is, you will be transported for free.  

Another choice is available: to Help the Transporter.  

This is a great way to make dappers for yourself.  

Four of the occupations have a special feature of allowing you to sell your wares to the New Horizons Transporters for dappers and, if your race fame is high enough (you are known and can transport for free) you will get civilization points also.  

These you can spend at the official merchant for special items.

The default extraction action in forage should be the first leftmost icon in the action bar.  

If you have multiple forage/extraction actions, the double-click will activate only the leftmost icon.  

You probably want to set your default defensive move to Dodge while foraging.

Many players organize their action bars by activity, such as all fight icons on #1, all magic on #2, all craft on #3, all forage on #4, etc.  

Occasionally you are killed while harvesting, so a partner can rez  you.  

Later on, one person can extract whilst the other does actions to increase stability and source life (care-planning).

Then the node will give more materials and it will prevent unfortunate dying.

When you find a mat, or sometimes several in one close area, it is a good idea to use the map to mark that location.  

Later, you can right-click the little flag and set that in your compass.  

Then your compass will guide you straight to the mats.

A pick must be equipped to prospect and forage.  

Since each deposit has a maximum level (shown in the SYS. INFO tab) the pick is required to be of the same level.  

focus/hp boost and; all have the same durability.  

Picks break frequently (approximately every 5500 mats) don't get caught without a spare! Picks may be found at the tool merchant, the official race merchant,

or obtained from other high-level player/avatars.

Materials are available in the qualities of basic, fine, choice, excellent, and supreme.  

Digging better materials of the best q you can will result in the gain of more forage experience points per material harvested.

When you reach a new x10 level (i.e. 20, 30, 40, 50, etc.) you will be able to buy up the next level in that craft line.

The first thing you should do is edit that action to include the HP, Stam, Sap, or Focus boost attributes that you have gained, so they will be included in all your products.

Bulk can be the problem (the line indicator on your bag inventory), especially for weapons and armour.  

Sell, destroy or exchange your low q items before crafting.

It is suggested that you sell your crafted items to the merchant or to other players to accumulate dappers.

Money is always good, no matter how little it seems.

For example, an inherently slower weapon (e.g. a weapon that has a relatively low maximum possible speed value), if made well and with the right materials, can be faster than an inherently faster weapon made with mediocre materials.  

Each weapon has a maximum and minimum possible speed, damage, durability, dodge, parry, etc.

From these values and a little guess work, one can estimate what an item's attribute will be post-craft knowing the pre-craft values shown in the crafting window.

The crafted item cannot be a higher quality (q) than your lowest q component.  

Sometimes using superior components can lower the stats of the final product.  

Also, you will get a lower level product if you have a failure due to low success rate.  

To vary the component materials in a craft recipe, add a material to the plan, then click on it again.  

A SELECT QUANTITY window will pop-up so you can change the number of pieces of that material so you can add another.  

The final recipes can be saved by shift+w>Ryzom>Craft:Recipe-Book>New recipe or by writing it into your notebook.

[[File:Crafting.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Crafting]]

After a product is produced, add your logo.  

This is accomplished by creating a plain text file with your logo.  

Then right-click your crafted item and select WRITE.  

Copy and paste (<ctrl> v) into the box. Now, your logo will not look correct, so modify your text file

write box. (This should be done only for exceptional results – it's your fame on the line.)

There are certain tools needed for crafting. They must be sized according to the level of products made.

When they either wear out or break, a new one must be purchased from the Tool Merchant.  

Nothing can be repaired on Atys.  

Remember, everything is full strength or capability until it's hit points reach a value of one.

When you start your avatar on Silan, it has plans of its own race.  

On the mainland, however, your race plan needs the local materials if they are higher than fine or basic.

For example to make a matis medium quality sword from choice or higher materials, forest materials must be used.  

The only exceptions are materials foraged from the prime roots that can be used for any race craft.

Armour is crafted as LA, MA, or HA.  

It is usually provided to another player as a full set of armor that are color, quality, and level matched.  

Therefore, the crafter should obtain all the plans for a suit of armor.  

For weapons, pick a single weapon such as 2h sword, 2h axe, or 2h pike and get very good at that one thing.  

Specialize! High q items with good stats will be most desirable and sell the best.

Jewellery is crafted in sets of 6 pieces and combine protections against the 7 types of elemental damage, along with resistances to a spell against you.  

Since jewellery has no malus, every player wears full sets of jewelry, magically boosted with the desired trait, for example, foragers need focus-boosted jewels.  

The art of jewellery is to craft combinations that sum their effects to the benefit of the avatar.

As the crafter progresses in skill, they can purchase medium quality, high quality, and finally specialized designs such as the fiery Fryos swords as first seen on Silan.  

The use of these plans affects only one characteristic of the item – the durability!  

The plans with the animated racial effects have the same durability and take the same amount of mats to make as a comparable high quality item.

===Generic Plans===

Generic plans may be obtained from certain missions.  

These plans produce a plain weapon with an interesting characteristic.  

Normal items are made from race plans and race materials only, but gray generic plans can utilize any materials from any area of any race, as can the outpost plans and special plans.

===Special Plans===

The special craft trainers are called the Big Trepan and Tree Bore specialists, located in the capital cities.  

They will train on a number of special plans that have no further upgrades.  

It is not recommended that you invest in these plans early on, until you are level 200+.  

The reason for this is that the special plans all use rare materials drilled from Outposts.  

These materials are greslin, armilo, erigos, and rubbarn for tools and tekorn, maga, vedice, and cheng for weapons.  

The finished tools are powerful and the finished weapons are beautiful and lethal, but should only be produced by seasoned crafters due to the difficulty in getting the materials.

===Restoration Specialists===

The restoration specialists located in each capital city are part of high level content.

They will only function  if your avatar has NPC boss plans.

===Tool Crafting===

However, tool crafting is altogether different. Tool crafting is done with [[Outpost Produce|outpost materials]] exclusively.

Normal tools are not made.  

Specialist trainers sell the special tool plans and most guild High Officers have and can craft these plans.  

It is not recommended for low level crafters to learn tool crafting.

===Materials===

The quality of the materials you quarter from a mob is the same as its level (for example, q5 materials from a suckling white yubo or q8 materials from an inexperienced 1* green yubo).  

Most are basic mats, but some are of fine quality identical to the MOB's level.  

Destroyer MOBs drop choice mats, Named MOBs drop excellent mats, and bosses drop supreme mats.  

Foraged materials are found in the same maximum quality as the region level.  

So, in a q150 area all mats are capable of being harvested up to q150.

Materials may deliberately be dug in all grades; basic, fine, choice, excellent, or supreme.

Crafting experience points are only controlled by the number of materials used, your avatar's skill level, and the level of the crafted item, not by the nature of the materials used.

When right-clicking on a spell, you may see an option to Crystallize.

Then while holding a weapon in the right hand, right-click the crystal and select Enchant Right Hand.  

This will enchant the weapon.  

The icon Use Enchanted Item can be dragged to the Action Bars from the Action Progression window for Fight if it is lost, and will cast the enchantment when clicked with a mouse.  

The weapon must then be charged with Sap, accomplished via the Sap Recharge spell, learned from the magic trainer.

Alternatively, one can purchase Sap Crystals from special national merchants and use them to recharge the weapon by right-clicking on them and choosing Recharge Right Hand.

At the appropriate merchant, check what other RESALE items of your type are listed.

When you sell your item, adjust the percentage at the top of the SELL screen to get the price you want for your labor and time.

Usually you will sell your degraded items directly to the merchant and list only the normal items (i.e. multiples of 10) for sale to others.  

Keep an eye out for bargains in the RESALE tab as well; it's good business.

[[Crafting|More on crafting]].

These can be used with a shield or buckler in the left hand for improved protections if dressed in LA or MA, particularly.

Two-handed swords are a common standard weapon and are medium damage and medium speed.  

Axes and Maces give more damage than swords, with nearly the speed.  

Pikes are interesting in that they have a longer reach, reducing the ability of superior MOBs to hurt by 10%.  

They give less damage than other two-handed weapons, but have the greatest speed.  

Range weapons can ultimately hit with the highest damage of any melee weapon.  

They can deliver damage from a safe distance--until your avatar is out of ammunition.  

Therefore, one should keep a backup weapon in the bag.

====Weapons====

Choose the best weapon by examining the weapon's characteristics, found in the right-click INFO choice on each weapon.  

If you cannot see the values, grab the weapon with your mouse and move it.  

Multiply the damage by the speed to get the damage/min inflicted on your enemy.  

The more damage the better.  

Note that damage is the only factor on melee weapons that is affected by the level of the weapon, meaning that a higher level weapon is capable of more damage per hit.

It is important to seek values for Dodge, Parry, Adversary Dodge, and Adversary Parry that are as high as possible--highly positive for you, highly negative for your adversary.  

These values add to your defence and add to the adversary defence! Pick a weapon that looks good and you like using.  

Any weapon can be made great with the right materials and a good crafter.

Weapons can be held at the strength +10 level.

'''Tip''': Lightweight weapons consume less stamina.

Special stanzas can be learned for each weapon type.  

Specifically, bleed for slashing weapons, slow attack for smashing weapons, ignore armour for piercing weapons, and hit rate for range weapons.

 

====Create battle actions with custom stanzas====

These seem expensive, but are much cheaper than the damage caused by a MOB in a long drawn-out battle.  

Here is an example of a simple level 40 sword battle action combining the default attack root with increase damage and accurate attack and bleed, balanced with credits:

===Battle===

On the Task bar ACTIONS tab, in the lower right of the screen, you will see Parry/Dodge.  

This is best set to your advantage for combat: to avoid being hit.

Dodge is equal to your highest skill level if you are naked and empty-handed.  

If you equip weapons or armor with non-zero dodge values, they will subtract from or add to the total dodge value displayed at the bottom of the IDENTITY>STATS window.  

If the targeted MOB is low-level and your avatar has a high dodge value, then the MOB will hit less.  

The chances of a successful dodge or parry will be displayed on a mouse-over of the values on the STATS>DEFENSE window.

It might be best to set Dodge/Parry to Parry if you are fighting with a weapon.  

A parry value will be added when you hold the weapon, a value equal to your skill level with that weapon (bare-handed is, of course, your close combat level). Likewise, negative weapon values subtract and positive values add to parry.  

Therefore, Parry is weapon-specific.

So you can be a master pike and have 250 dodge and 250 parry with a pike that has +0 dodge and +0

parry. Otherwise, the parry value will equal your current melee level + parry mod on current weapon +

parry mod on all pieces of worn armour.

'''Dodge & Parry'''

Some simple relationships emerge, forager armour should be high in dodge, while heavy armour should be high in parry.  

Magician armour should be high in dodge, unless the mage has a very high level hand-to-hand skills.  

Weapons high in parry will be suited for selecting a parry defence.  

But, if you are a high-level forager training low-level melee, for example, you can use dodge to your advantage since parry will be low.

The mage should be dressed completely in light armour (LA) only.  

Heavy armour (HA) and helmet malus will degrade magic abilities, for both the sender and the recipient.  

 

Always don the best armour possible while realizing that small increases in stats probably aren't worth the dappers the armour will cost.

This is determined by examining all the armour’s statistics.  

The Dodge or Parry modifiers should be high as possible, depending on usage.  

The slash, smash, and pierce show the protections to those particular attacks.

Likewise, higher numbers are useful here.

Usually passive-magic boosts are added by the maker, but there is no magic protection in armour.

Therefore, it is important to wear good jewellery. Jewellery serves to absorb magic and also provide characteristic boosts, such as hit points or sap.  

This will make your avatar more likely to survive in battle.  

Outfit your avatar with jewellery with q level up to your highest skill level +25.

Always use acid on beasts, cold on kitins (bugs), and rot on plants.  

High level racial spells will be available from trainers at level 125.  

Amps are equippable at q=intelligence +10.  

Although staffs can hold spells and sap, magic amplifiers will multiply the spell damage by (1+damage bonus) * (1+speed bonus).

Good amps are essential!

MOBs all across Atys have certain resistances to melee and spells.  

So, in addition to strengths in speed, damage, parry, dodge, amp multipliers, etc., some MOBs suffer reduced damage or no damage whatsoever from an attack. It would be wise to know the ways of the enemy before attacking.  

For instance, try to solo kill a kipucka with a slashing weapon.  

Then use a piercing weapon against that same kiupcka, provided you're the same skill level, and killing it will be no problem.  

This is because kipuckas are resistant to slash but not resistant to pierce!

To kill a large MOB such as this great kipucka, several formations are commonly used.  

The fighter (tank) goes to confront the MOB, while a magician sends healing from a distance.  

If there is a strong healer and a weak healer, then the weak healer “back heals” the strong healer's sap and life HP.  

Other layers of offensive magicians and defensive fighters may be added.  

''(Implied, but not stated:team.)''

Fighters will proceed to the MOB, one offensive fighter or magician will position mid-way, and the defensive magicians will stay in the rear.  

Because, if the attacking fighter dies, the MOB will go straight for the magicians, generally in LA, and kill them.  

The mid-way fighter protects the magicians.

Use an enchanted weapon to fire a spell before you attack, to give you the advantage.  

Then attack.

''(or not – that's only one way to start, and a bad way for bosses since it drags minions.)''

Switch to the SYSTEM&nbsp;INFO channel to see detailed results of your battle.  

This window will tell you the body part struck, how many points damaged, etc.

It will tell you how your spells worked, how your battle went, and exactly how you died.  

This is invaluable in diagnosing your armour, actions, and attacks.  

If you don't like the results, try editing your actions or find a different mob.

'''City of choice'''

When you leave the training area of Silan is up to you.

It is recommended that you complete all the missions from the skill training NPCs, plus the missions from the Kami and Karavan representatives and from Chiang the Strong.  

Some of these ask you to form teams, but if you can do them solo, it will work.  

Others really need teams.  

All of these missions yield good experience and many of them yield armour and weapons that are better than anything else in the training area.  

(Note: experienced players with friends on the mainland have left Silan at level 1 and survived.  

As a new player, don't count on it.)

So it is time to join the rest of the world.

The opportunity is given in the last mission from Chiang the Strong.  

You have to choose a city to go to.

The default is the capital city of your race, but if you have friends in game already you may not want to take that option.  

It's up to you.  

Information:   Pyr is in the Desert (Fyros), Yrkanis in the Forest (Matis), Fairhaven in the Lakes (Tryker), and Zora in the Jungle (Zorai).

==Guilds==

Joining an active guild can greatly speed your avatar development.

There are many guilds of different types and alignments.  

Guild halls are accessed through the doorman, at the glowing terminals found it cities and towns, or at any outpost the guild controls.  

Any member of the guild may add items to the guild hall, but only high officers and the leader may withdraw items.  

Using the G key will display a guild window.  

Several sort orders of displayed guild members can be cycled by using right-click with the mouse.