Frequently asked questions

Kheldra is a browser MMORPG with a persistent world. Your characters, skills and items carry on from one session to the next, and the game has no seasonal wipes. The game is free to play. More: Getting started

No. You play in your browser on the Play page. Keep the tab in focus while you play, because the game logs you out after ten minutes out of focus. More: Getting started

Open the create account page, or choose create account from the login dialog, and enter the details it asks for. The game logs you in automatically once the account is made. More: Getting started

No. An email is optional, and you can play without ever giving one. If you add one it lets you verify the account and reset a forgotten password (you can add it later from Settings); without one, a lost password cannot be recovered, so keep it safe. A verification link works for 24 hours and can be used once, and a password reset link works for 30 minutes and can be used once.

No. Your email address is never part of anything other players can see, and your own account settings show only a masked version of it.

Use the forgot password page and enter your email address. The game shows the same message whether or not an account uses that address. Follow the link in the email within 30 minutes to set a new password, and note that setting a new password signs you out everywhere.

The game logs an account out after ten minutes out of focus, to keep the world safe. Every session also ends twelve hours after you log in, so you will need to log in again. More: Getting started

Yes. On a phone a joystick appears under your thumb when you touch the world, and a Loot button takes the place of the F key. The keyboard list on the controls page does not cover touch controls. More: Keys and controls

Each account has two free character slots. The character screen shows your available slots, and you can switch characters from the menu. More: Getting started

Yes. Characters, skills, spells and items carry on, and there are no seasonal wipes. Dying does not cost XP on live play. More: Skills and attributes

You can release an owned companion or give it to another character of your own choice. A rented companion cannot be released or given away, so return it to Orin instead. More: Companions and rental

Staff ranks belong to characters, not accounts. One character on an account can have a rank while another character on the same account has none. Most characters have no rank at all and are regular players. More: Staff

Walk with W, A, S and D or the arrow keys, and hold Shift to run. You can also click the world to walk to a spot. Inside buildings and dungeons the same keys step your character instead. More: Keys and controls

C opens stats, L skills, B spells and K the abilities and skills book. I opens your character, J the quest journal, N the crafting book, M the world map and H achievements and titles. P opens the group finder, O the bounty board, U the dungeon book, V friends and G the world grid. Press ? or F1 in game for the live help. More: Keys and controls

Escape and the close button close only the topmost stacked window. Settings, Map and Shops close all windows. When no window is open, Escape opens Settings, stops movement, clears your target and turns off auto attack. More: Keys and controls

Keys are ignored while you type in the chat box or any other text box. Press Escape to leave the chat input, then try the key again. Most keys also ignore Ctrl, Alt and Meta combinations, so browser shortcuts still work. More: Keys and controls

Drag a spell or an item onto a hotbar slot, or double-click an empty slot to open Abilities. Keys 1 to 0 use the first hotbar, and Shift with 1 to 0 uses the second. Right-click a slot to clear it. More: Keys and controls

Open the quest journal with J and choose Track on screen. Only one quest is tracked at a time, so tracking another quest replaces it, and you can switch between your accepted quests from the tracker. More: Quests and achievements

No. You are not locked into a class. You raise skills by using them, and any character can learn any skill. Item tooltips show Best for Warrior, Archer or Mage labels, which describe a play style and do not restrict you. More: Skills and attributes

There are 18 skills. Combat has Melee, Archery and Defense. Magic has Destruction, Restoration, Necromancy and Summoning. Craft and nature has Enchanting and Taming, gathering has Scavenging, Mining and Forestry, and industry has Farming, Smithing, Alchemy and Logistics. Support and economy has Healing and Trading. More: Skills and attributes

Each skill gains XP from the activity it covers. Fishing and scavenging train Scavenging, each cast of a spell earns XP for that spell and its school skill, and jobs, cooking, deliveries and trade routes train their own skills. More: Skills and attributes

Yes. Skills reach level 1000, spells reach level 500 and your character reaches level 5000. Those caps are very long horizons, not a target every player is expected to reach. More: Skills and attributes

Yes. Gather XP has an apprenticeship bonus that fades out by Scavenging level 8, so early levels come faster. Each gathering node also needs a minimum skill and the right tool. More: Gathering and mining

You earn 5 points for every character level you gain, at every level (level 2 is 5 points, level 50 is 245 in total). The Stats window and the Skills page show when you have points to spend. More: Skills and attributes

Might adds one point of melee power per point, and Agility adds one point of ranged power per point. Vitality adds 8 maximum health per point above 10, and it also adds armor and health regeneration. Intellect adds 3 maximum mana per point above 10, and Spirit adds 2 maximum mana per point plus mana regeneration. More: Skills and attributes

Perception widens how far away gather nodes are listed on the Map tab. The list starts at 4 steps and grows by one step per point. Hover or tap the attribute name in the Stats window to read its tooltip. More: Skills and attributes

Press C to open the Stats window. Use +1 or +5 beside an attribute to stage points, then press Confirm to keep them. Cancel clears any points you have staged but not confirmed. More: Skills and attributes

A respec refunds every point you have spent, so you can spend them again. It uses a respec token, and you earn tokens at levels 15, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000. A respec paid with gold is not available on this build. More: Skills and attributes

No. The store sells cosmetics and supporter tiers, and it never sells stats, gear, spells, skills or progress. In the current build, respec tokens come only from the character levels listed on the Skills and attributes page. More: Store and supporters

Press Q to target the nearest enemy, then press R to toggle auto attack. You can also click an enemy or use a hotbar slot. A character cannot gather and fight at the same time. More: Combat

Enemy melee strikes show a short warning before they land. A dodge has a wide window and a long cooldown, and it avoids the blow. A parry has a tight window and a shorter cooldown, and it blocks the blow and staggers the attacker. Heavy attacks cannot be parried. More: Combat

Hitting the same target again within 3 seconds builds a combo. Each hit adds 2 percent damage, up to 20 percent at 11 hits. Taking damage or missing the window breaks the chain. A combo changes damage only, and it never gives gold or items. More: Combat

Yes. A bow fires arrows from your equipped quiver or from your bag. Arrows stack, and terrain blocks a shot, so check the line before you shoot. More: Combat

You are downed for 60 seconds after a monster kills you, and for 30 seconds after a PvP knockout. While downed you cannot fight, cast, trade or use a portal. When the timer ends, press Check revival to return. More: Combat and risk

When the timer ends, press Check revival. You return with 30 percent of your maximum health, and at least 1 health. You can pay a gold fee to shorten the wait to 5 seconds, and that fee rises with your character level. More: Combat and risk

You return where you fell, unless a hostile monster is within 6 steps. In that case you return at the town hospital at the spawn point. Respawns are protected for 8 seconds, so you cannot be attacked the moment you return. More: Combat and risk

Items you were carrying wait in a corpse pile where you fell. Go back and recover them with the short minigame at the pile. Anything still in the pile after 30 minutes returns to you, so nothing is destroyed. More: Getting started

Equipped gear never drops in a PvP death. Each worn item loses 10 durability when you are downed in PvP, so repair your gear at the forge. More: Combat and risk

Loot opens in stages. The owner of the kill can loot first. After 2 minutes the owner's party can loot too, and after 5 minutes everyone can. After 10 minutes the loot is gone. Press F to loot every corpse within reach. More: Combat

Gold never drops in a PvP death, and the corpse run never takes gold. Early revival costs a gold fee, but you only pay it when you choose to. More: Combat and risk

No. There is no PvP inside Kheldra Town, so a PvP death there costs nothing. More: Combat and risk

Players can fight only in the Frontier, which is 12 to 37 steps from the map origin, and in the Lawless Wilds beyond 37 steps. The protected town within 12 steps has no PvP. Both players must have PvP turned on for a fight to happen. More: Combat and risk

Use the PvP option in the game. You cannot turn it on inside the protected town, and you can fight 3 seconds after you turn it on. You cannot turn it off during combat. More: Combat and risk

A PvP hit tags both players for 15 seconds. While tagged, you cannot turn PvP off or log out. You also cannot walk or use a portal from the Frontier or the Wilds into the protected town. More: Combat and risk

In the protected town nothing drops. In the Frontier, unprotected trade cargo drops. In the Lawless Wilds, every carried item drops except equipped gear, gold and protected items. Protected items include keys, ledgers, portal books and coin pouches, and they never drop anywhere. More: Combat and risk

Yes. Items in home storage are not carried, so they cannot drop when you die. Nobody can attack from or into a claimed home plot. More: Housing and guilds

No. Guild members cannot attack each other in PvP, and party members cannot hurt one another either. Characters on the same account cannot attack each other. More: Housing and guilds

A combat tag blocks logout. The tag lasts 15 seconds after the last PvP hit, and any tagged character on the account stops the whole account from logging out. More: Combat and risk

When you step from one zone into a PvP zone, the game shows a one-line warning. It tells you that PvP is possible and that unprotected items or trade cargo drop if you are downed. More: Towns and travel

The Spell Trainer stands outside the protected town at map position 12.2, -14.3. Stand within 2.5 steps of the trainer to learn a spell. More: Spells

Your school skill must be at least the spell level, and you need enough gold. You cannot learn a spell you already know, and you cannot learn one while dead, mounted, on an assignment, in a building or in a dungeon. More: Spells

Damage, heal, raise, summon and portal spells cost 5 gold per spell level. Utility spells such as armor, cleanse and speed cost 8 gold per spell level, between 20 and 120 gold. More: Spells

A new character knows Spark and Mend. Spark is a basic damage spell that hits a monster, and Mend heals 20 health. The quest Learn Your First Spell is given by the Spell Trainer. More: Spells

Yes. Five spells are in the spell list, but no trainer or reward teaches them on this build. They are Frostbind, Stormlance, Battlefield Revive, Grave Command and Soul Bind. More: Spells

Spells have a range of 9 steps. Outside a dungeon, the map walls block the line of sight. A spell needs enough mana to cast, and you cannot cast while downed. More: Spells

Raise Corpse brings back a monster you killed as a temporary ally. The monster must still be unlooted, you must be within 9 steps of it, and the corpse must be less than 2.5 minutes old. More: Spells

Yes. Each cast gives XP to that spell and to its school skill, and it also gives a little character XP. Spells you use often rise in level. More: Spells

A companion is a wild animal that you tame, or one that you rent. Your active companion follows you, and stabled companions wait where they are. More: Companions and rental

Taming needs the Taming skill at the level of the species. Cheap species need level 1, cost 3 or 4 needs level 10, cost 5 or 6 needs level 25, and cost 7 and up needs level 40. You also need a free pet slot and the species food, which is seed, herb, ore or bandage. More: Companions and rental

You start with one pet slot. Reaching Taming level 50 adds a second slot, and Taming level 100 adds a third. More: Companions and rental

Stable slots come from taming and are capped by your account tier. The free tier has 2, Knight has 4, Lord has 6 and Sovereign has 10. No tier ever removes an animal you already own. More: Store and supporters

An active companion gets hungrier over time, and feeding it lowers its hunger. A companion left at full hunger can turn rabid, with a small chance at each check. Stabled companions do not get hungry. More: Companions and rental

Orin the Stablehand rents companions in 30-minute terms, and you can book up to four terms at a time. Each term costs 10 gold for each point of the species cost, and a rental uses a pet slot. Returning a rental early gives no refund. More: Companions and rental

When a term ends, the rented companion is removed. You can extend the rental with the same species, as long as you do not go past four terms ahead. More: Companions and rental

Press N to open the crafting book, then search for a recipe or filter for recipes you can make now. Crafting is timed, so each craft joins a queue and you can keep playing while it finishes. More: Crafting

Yes. Recipes show the skill level they need, and locked recipes tell you which skill to train. The book can also filter to recipes you can start with the materials you carry. More: Crafting

A single craft action is capped at 100 units. The Max button fills the quantity up to what your materials allow. More: Crafting

Tools and gear wear with use. Repair them at the forge, or press Repair all on the inventory sheet. The tooltip shows the materials and the cost before you confirm. More: Crafting

Stand near a resource node and press F. Each node can need a minimum skill and the right tool, and each has a cooldown before it can be used again. More: Gathering and mining

A factory is a production building that a character can own, with one factory per character. It turns inputs into goods over time, and its owner can withdraw stored inputs. Factories cannot be placed on claimed homes or guild land. More: Crafting

Yes. You can list goods on the Exchange, run a player stall in South Market, or sell loot to merchants. Player-crafted equipment can be traded. More: Stalls and market

There are 25 fishing sites in five regions: Riverlands, Deep Forest, High Frontier, Northern Trail and West March. You need a rod and bait, and each site has its own cooldown. More: Fishing

Each site has a cooldown after a catch, from 3 minutes at the quickest sites to 10 minutes at the slowest. The Riverlands sites have the shortest cooldowns and need the least bait, which makes them a good place to start. More: Fishing

Yes. The rod wears with use, so repair it at the forge to keep fishing. More: Fishing

Yes. Farm plots grow crops that you plant and harvest, and each plot has its own grow time and yield. The harvest becomes ordinary crafting materials. More: Farming and livestock

The pens in Kheldra Town hold hens, ducks, geese and quail, and the Forest pens hold sheep. Fowl produce eggs and sheep produce wool. An animal left unfed for 72 hours is marked as neglected. More: Farming and livestock

Yes. Breeding makes young animals, which take time to mature before they produce anything. Each breed has its own breeding cost. More: Farming and livestock

Food reduces hunger. Bread, cooked meat, stew and food rations each reduce it by a different amount, and stew reduces it the most. An inn meal costs 3 gold for characters above the free level, and you can buy one once a minute. More: Needs: hunger and rest

No. Hunger and fatigue never kill your character and never block play. Above halfway, they slow your skill XP and your health and mana regeneration, by at most 10 and 15 percent. More: Needs: hunger and rest

Kheldra Town is the protected starting town, a walled square about 44 steps on each side. It has a market, a forge, a bank, a guild, an inn and a Travel Broker. More: Towns and travel

The map also has Riverlands, Frontier and Forest. Trade routes link them with Kheldra Town, and each one has its own reputation track. More: Towns and travel

Waystones are fast travel points along five connected trails. Each trip costs a small fee, and the fee rises along each trail. More: Towns and travel

The ferry carries you between two shore points, such as Lantern Pier and Reed Haven. A short oar-rhythm minigame sets the trip time and the fare discount. More: Towns and travel

A portal book takes you to a town square in one step, and it is used up when you use it. The Kheldra Town book costs 30 gold, and the nearest town book costs 45 gold. Kheldra Town is currently the only town a portal book can reach. More: Portals and town books

A portal does not work while you are mounted, on a ferry, in a dungeon, dead or downed, or on a work assignment. It is also refused during the 30-second portal cooldown, and when a combat-tagged character would enter the protected town from the Frontier or the Wilds. More: Portals and town books

The Travel Broker stands beside the Town Square, at map position -0.5, 2.5. He sells both portal books and buys a book back for 1 gold. More: Portals and town books

Mounts are riding breeds that your character owns. There are 25 breeds, and each has its own speed and stamina. Mounts need feeding and rest, and you cannot ride inside a dungeon. More: Mounts and vehicles

Yes. There are 25 vehicle chassis, from a handcart up to large wagons, drayers and skiffs. Each one has its own cargo capacity, speed, fuel and durability, and you board a vehicle to use it. More: Mounts and vehicles

Couriers load cargo at one town and deliver it to another for pay. Repeat runs on the same route build a streak bonus. More: Towns and travel

The map has landmarks that you can discover on foot or by mount. Discovering one adds it to your personal journal. Discoveries never give gold, XP or items. More: Exploration and discoveries

Stand within 2.5 steps of a plot outside the starter town and pay 100 gold. The plot must be on walkable ground, at least 3 steps from NPCs, resource nodes, dungeon entrances, portals and other plots. Each character can own one home. More: Housing and guilds

Upkeep is 20 gold a week, plus 5 gold for each level of structure you have built. You can pay up to four weeks ahead. After a missed payment there is a week of grace, and then the property is locked for building until you pay. Nothing is deleted. More: Housing and guilds

A home with no activity from its owner for 120 days is reclaimed. The game warns you 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before that happens. Your belongings are kept for recovery. More: Housing and guilds

You can invite up to 16 visitors, and they can walk into your home. Anyone else who tries is told that the home is private. More: Housing and guilds

Pick a guild name of 3 to 40 characters, and make sure you are not already in a guild. The leader can invite and remove members and can hand leadership to another member. Members can leave at any time. More: Housing and guilds

Only the leader can claim guild land, for 250 gold from the guild treasury. Guild land costs 30 gold per tier each week, and a guild hall costs 300 gold from the treasury. More: Housing and guilds

A party holds up to five members, including the leader. Dungeons also have group modes: solo for one player, party for two to five players, and raid for six to twelve players. More: Parties, friends and chat

Each merchant shelf sells one fixed bundle at a fixed price, such as bandages, potions, ore, logs and arrows. Stock is shared by everyone who shops there, and it refills every 60 seconds. More: Stalls and market

Yes. The Sell loot tab shows the buyback value of each item. Arrows and other ammunition cannot be sold back, and goods with no set value sell for the minimum of 1 gold. More: Stalls and market

The Exchange lets players buy and sell 25 bulk goods, such as ore, ingots, lumber, planks, salt and leather. You can list up to 100 units at a unit price from 2 to 100,000 gold, and each character can have up to eight open listings. More: Stalls and market

The default fee is 2 percent of a sale, with a minimum of 1 gold. It is charged when a sale goes through and comes out of the seller proceeds. The preview shows the exact fee before you confirm. More: Stalls and market

Player stalls are shopfronts in South Market, and there are two fixed stall spots. You need a Market Stall Kit to place a stall, a stall lease costs 250 gold for 30 days, and the stall takes 5 percent of each sale. More: Stalls and market

Items in the bank are not carried on your character, so a PvP death does not take them. The bank holds up to 5,000 units, and the number of tabs you can use depends on your account tier. More: Bank

Depositing gold costs 1 percent of the amount, and withdrawing gold is free. Once the vault holds more than 40 stacks, each item transfer pays a small fee, up to a cap. More: Bank

Yes. Every account starts on the free Adventurer tier. Paid supporter tiers are optional, and they only raise storage allowances such as stable slots and bank tabs. More: Store and supporters

The store may sell character appearance and outfits, housing decor, mount and vehicle skins, emotes and titles, and supporter tiers. The paid tiers raise stable slots and bank tabs, and they add no combat strength, gold, speed or production. More: Store and supporters

No. The store will never sell stats, gear, spells or skills, faster progress, market or stall advantages, gold or items for real money, loot boxes or randomized paid items. More: Store and supporters

No. The project rules say account upgrades and cosmetics must never sell combat power, exclusive best gear, unfair production advantages or economic dominance. Nothing in the store is meant to give one player an edge over another. More: Store and supporters

If a payment fails or a subscription ends, the account drops back to Adventurer straight away, and subscription cosmetics stop with it. Companions you already have are never removed when a tier ends. More: Store and supporters

The Knight, Lord and Sovereign buttons on the store page stay disabled until checkout is set up on the server, and the page says checkout is unavailable right now. Pricing, delivery, refund and consumer terms are published on the store page before anything goes on sale. More: Store and supporters

The refund policy is on the refunds page, and the terms of use are on the terms page. Read both before you buy anything from the store.

Chat has seven channels: local, party, guild, whisper, roll, global and trade. Press Enter or / to start typing in chat. More: Parties, friends and chat

Your character must reach character level 3 to use global or trade chat. Global chat allows one message every 3 seconds, and trade chat allows one message every 10 seconds. More: Parties, friends and chat

Press V to open the Friends window and see your friends list. More: Parties, friends and chat

Type /report, then the player name and an optional reason, or right-click the name in chat. You can add a note of up to 200 characters. The report includes up to 30 recent chat lines that the player sent or received. More: Community rules

Yes. You can report the same player once an hour, and you can make up to five reports an hour in total. More: Community rules

No. Only moderators can see who made a report, and the player being reported never sees it. More: Community rules

A mute stops the player from sending messages in every channel, including whispers, until the mute ends. Moderators set the length of a mute, up to 30 days. More: Community rules

Refresh the page first. Then check the server status page for any known problem. If the problem continues, tell us on Discord and describe what you were doing when it happened. More: Server status

Press Ctrl, Shift and P together to open the performance overlay. It is useful to check before you report a slow or stuttering game. More: Keys and controls

Characters and progress carry on through the game, and there are no seasonal wipes. Check the changelog for what each update changed. More: Changelog

Use the feedback or error report options in the game. You can also tell us on Discord, and include what you were doing and what you expected to happen. More: Server status

The community rules are on the Rules page. Breaking them can lead to a moderator action, such as a mute, a temporary ban or a permanent ban. More: Community rules

Moderators read the report, its evidence and any earlier reports on both sides, and then choose the least severe action that stops the behaviour. Serious cases, such as cheating exploits, scams with proven losses or severe abuse, can skip steps. More: Staff

Staff actions never create gold. Gold only moves from the town treasury to a character, as a transfer. Staff characters are also never shown on leaderboards. More: Staff

A ban is checked when you log in, after your password is verified, and it ends every session you have open. The reason is shown to you. More: Community rules

No. An account can hold as much gold as it earns. See Economy and market tips.

Yes. New accounts have no trade lock, so friends can gift a new player anything.

Yes. Every water body has at least one fishing spot on its shore. See Fishing in every water body.

Homes follow the 120-day inactivity rule. Active guild plots are never reclaimed for inactivity. If a guild disbands, its plot and contents are held for 30 days, then moved to owner-recoverable storage.

Current built instanced layouts are mazes, not approved dungeons. In a maze, clear the combat rooms, solve the puzzle, beat the boss, then reach the exit. Press F to loot.

About every four hours by default. See World boss and respawns.

Press J, or use the Enchanting button on the dock. The window lists the gear you wear that can take an enchant, and carried pieces too. A carried piece is equipped first, and the piece it replaces goes back to your pack. More: Crafting

Three kinds. Keen Edge goes on a melee weapon, Far Sight on a bow or crossbow, and Warding on a shield or an armour piece. Each worn slot takes one enchant. The bonus grows with the tier and is reduced as the piece wears. More: Crafting

There are five tiers, shown as I to V. Tier I (Minor) needs enchanting level 5 and 10 gold. Tier II (Lesser) needs level 15 and 40 gold. Tier III (Standard) needs level 30 and 90 gold. Tier IV (Greater) needs level 50 and 160 gold. Tier V (Superior) needs level 70 and 250 gold. Materials rise with the tier: mana tincture and salt at tier I, crystal ore from tier II, binding ink from tier III, and a soul shard at tier V. Tiers III to V also use one to three catalysts: ember ash for Keen Edge, frost shard for Far Sight, or grave dust for Warding. More: Crafting

The base chance is 75 percent at tier I, 70 at tier II, 65 at tier III, 60 at tier IV and 55 at tier V, counted from the enchanting level that tier needs. Each enchanting level above that adds 2 percent. The chance never goes above 95 percent. A failed enchant uses up the materials and the gold, but it never damages the item or an enchant already on it. More: Crafting

You can add up to two extra mana tinctures to one enchant. Each one adds 5 percent to the success chance, and the total still stops at 95 percent. The tinctures are used up whether the enchant works or not. More: Crafting

It stays on the piece you are wearing. An enchant belongs to that copy of the item, so taking the piece off or swapping it for another strips the enchant. A slot holds one enchant, and you can only enchant it again at a higher tier. More: Crafting

A first-tier tool lasts exactly 250 uses before it breaks. A higher tier lasts 250 times its tier number, so a tier 2 tool lasts 500 uses. Each gather, prospect or fishing cast uses one, and a rope fall uses two. A broken tool cannot gather until it is repaired. More: Gathering and mining

Repair a tool with materials, or use one repair kit to repair every owned damaged tool below maximum condition in one action. The inventory sheet's Repair all button shows materials and cost before you confirm. More: Crafting

Armour loses condition each time it absorbs a hit, and a weapon loses it on each swing. A first-tier piece loses 0.4 percent of its condition per use, which is 250 uses to wear out. A tier 2 piece loses half that per use. More: Combat

A fenced pen of 25 chickens, northwest of Kheldra Town. Chickens are passive. A chicken only fights back when you hit it, and then for 10 seconds. More: Farming and livestock

Looting a chicken gives a feather. It also gives one manure as bonus loot. More: Farming and livestock

The Starter Pasture is four wheat plots beside the chicken pen. The free Pasture Seed Basket gives 4 wheat seed each time, with a 4-minute cooldown. The Pasture Well gives 2 pure water per draw, with a 10-second cooldown. Tend each plot with water and manure from your pack. More: Farming and livestock

Your race is a one-time starting gain when you create a character, and it has no lasting bonus. Human: 500 trading and 500 scavenging XP, plus 2 softwood logs, 3 bandages, 4 herbs and 4 seeds. Elf: 500 archery and 500 forestry XP, plus 6 feathers, 2 softwood logs and 8 herbs. Dwarf: 500 mining and 500 smithing XP, plus 3 ore and 8 stone. Halfling: 500 farming and 500 healing XP, plus 10 seeds, 6 herbs and 2 bandages. Orc: 500 melee and 500 defense XP, plus 2 iron ore and 5 bandages. More: Getting started

Not after creation. Race and appearance are cosmetic apart from the one-time gain, and they are not read by combat, movement, damage or any stat. More: Getting started

Rent an apartment at the lodging desk in an open settlement. It costs 250 gold for 30 days. Renewing costs 250 gold again and adds 30 days to the end of your lease. A lease has a 7-day grace period after it runs out, and you can still renew during it. If you do not renew, the lease lapses, and your stored items and furniture move to a recovery record that you can claim. More: Housing and guilds

An apartment has 8 furnishing slots, one piece per slot. There are 11 templates: bed, table, chair, shelf, cabinet, chest, lamp, banner, rug, desk and wardrobe. You craft furniture at a workshop from carpentry (forestry) or tailoring (farming) recipes, from level 2 to 40. Placing furniture needs an active lease, so renew first. More: Housing and guilds

Yes, on Map 1. Stone roads run between the settlements and the four gates of Kheldra Town, and dirt tracks lead to dungeon and maze entrances and to resource areas. Signposts stand at junctions. Each one lists the nearest settlements or gates in each direction, with the distance in steps, and the dungeons, mazes and resource areas along the way. A sign opens when you are within 7 tiles. Roads are the walking route. Portals and ferries are still the fast way to travel. More: Towns and travel

You can have up to 3 active quests at once, including quests ready to turn in. More: Quests and achievements. More: Quests and achievements

A quest can require another quest, a character level or a skill level. You can accept at most 5 quests in any 10-minute period; the starter quest chain is exempt. A giver offers at most three quests that you have not accepted yet, and the journal shows what you still need. More: Quests and achievements. More: Quests and achievements

A draggable box on the screen that follows one of your active quests, step by step: accept the quest, complete the objective (with progress), then return to the quest giver for the reward. Distances are in steps. Press the backslash key to show or hide it, or use the Hide button and the Next steps chip. You can also turn it off in the settings. More: Quests and achievements