Your first hour

"Doing it the first time is the hardest and then it's actually enjoyable." — Carbonite Plunge Hydropools Ltd
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You are logged in with a character selected. Let's start roleplaying!

Talking

Type into chat as normal and your character speaks out loud. Everyone nearby hears you, and the text fades for people further away.

3 shortcuts do most of the work. You can type them straight into the chat box.

Type this Result
(( like this )) Out of character. Use it for anything that is you, not your character
/me straightens his collar An action rather than speech
** over here! A shout, which carries much further

For a quiet word, use /whisper. It carries a short distance only.

The full set is on chat channels and say-line shortcodes.

Emotes and animations

Emotes pose or animate your character, and there are 76 of them. Run /emote <name> in the console, not the chat box. A successful emote prints no text, so the pose itself is the confirmation.

Keep the emote list open while you learn them.

To leave an emote, press your taunt, jump or crouch key.

You can walk while emoting, and your character re-poses when you stop moving.

What to expect from XP

You do not earn XP by playing. There is no XP for kills, for time spent online, or for completing anything 'automated'. Every point comes from another player, usually a director after a scene.

A new character starts with default XP amount set by the server host and stays there until they are awarded more.

See how XP works.

Things to note

  • Emotes need you to be alive and standing on the ground. Dead, spectating or mid-air, the game refuses the command.
  • /taunt cancels an emote neatly. You can also jump or crouch but that may be visible to other players.
  • Slash commands do not run from the chat box. The chat shortcuts on this page work, but the game holds back anything else starting with a slash rather than broadcasting it.

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