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How to get in, what to do in your first hour, the rules, and what changed lately.
Getting in
Getting started
- Get the game from Sloan. The server is private and runs on Sloan's machine; there is no download on this site yet. Ask him for the client and the address.
- Start it. On Sloan's machine, Play-ROTF-Stable.bat starts the server (the last tested version, with the recruits' director) and Play-Unity-Standalone.bat opens the game client. The older Flash client still works through Play-ROTF.bat, but the Unity client is the one being built.
- The title screen. You land on the title art with play, log in / register and quit. Register an account (or log in to yours); log out lets someone else sign in on the same PC.
- Pick a class. A new account opens on the class carousel: < and > (or the arrow keys) step through the classes, each with its description and your record on it. Type a name if the account has none, then press Enter. Your character starts with a small random kit of low-tier gear.
The first hour
Your first hour
- The Nexus. You arrive in the Nexus, the safe hub. A chat line and a gold diamond on the minimap point you to the Muster Board, a few steps east of where you appear.
- Hire someone. Walk onto the board and press Hire on a candidate: the first hire is free and joins you at once. Press Summon party and they walk in. Take up to three; healers and tanks make the realm a lot friendlier.
- The realm. Take the realm portal. Start on the beach and in the lowlands, follow your quest arrow to the next target (quest kills give far more XP than anything else), and move inward toward the godlands as you level. Everyone within range shares the XP, so stay near your party.
- Your first dungeon. Realm bosses and gods drop dungeon portals when they die. Pirate Cave and Forest Maze are the gentle ones; the Realm page lists every dungeon by tier and who drops its portal. Kill the boss, check every bag: a white bag is the chase.
- When it goes wrong. Low on HP? Back off and drink. Really low? Return to the Nexus (the Nexus heals you). Your recruits do the same: they retreat, Nexus out and come back on their own. Type bots back off when a fight is too hot.