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The land around Highmarch as it stands in the playtest build, its roads, and the day and night clock.

Every creature in the build at a glance, and a short note on how deer and wolves live together.

Make an account, create a character in one of five slots, and choose your three starting skills.

The rules all four gathering skills share, from reach and swing time to yield, tool wear and regrowth.

Spellbooks, spells and the reagents every spell burns.

Every raw material in the build, its tier, weight and selling price.

There are no classes or levels. Skills rise by use, up to 100 each and 700 in total.

One world was split into many shards. All of them have gone dark except Aldermere.

Default keys and mouse actions, and how to rebind them.

The great hart and the hind, the grazers of the east and south woods.

The walled river town where new souls arrive, with its gates, streets, market square and landmarks.

Chopping trees for logs, from common pine to rare emberwood.

The skill for swords and axes, and the short sword's three abilities.

The standing stones that hold the souls who crossed over, and where they wake after death.

How weapons work, how fast they swing, how hits and damage are worked out, and how weapons wear.

The five armour sets, where blows land, how much armour absorbs, and what it costs you in stamina.

Pack hunters of the deep woods. They hunt deer, defend each other, and watch the roads when starving.

The skill for maces, clubs, hammers, war axes and staves, which wear armour down faster.

Mining rocks for five tiers of ore and three kinds of stone.

Pieces of fallen worlds wash up in Aldermere. Every dungeon is one of them.

Who sells what in Highmarch, what they pay for your goods, and who can train your skills.

A suggested route for a new character, from the east gate to your first sale.

Your backpack, bags and pouches, stacking, and how much you can carry before you slow down.

What you lose when you die, where you come back, and how long your corpse waits for you.

The skill for daggers and spears, including the dagger every new character carries.

Small, quick monsters that camp in groups and defend each other.

Skinning deer and wolf corpses for hides and pelts, and the chance of a prime hide.

The fields around Highmarch's walls, with three farmsteads, a mill and crops to forage.

Bows and crossbows, arrows, shooting on the move, and the short bow's three abilities.

Human outlaws, some with bows, who drop everything they wear. Not placed in the world yet.

Picking berries, apples, crops and rare herbs. No tool needed.

Your bank box in Highmarch keeps gold and items safe from death, logout and restarts.

The east and south woods, their trees, their herds and wolves, the woodcutters' camp and the hunting lodge.

Smelting ore and forging tools, weapons and armour at the forge.

Hire a vendor to sell your goods while you're away.

The high ground north of Highmarch, with the mine, the lookout and a cave, and the best ore in the region.

A slow, tough loner with a heavy club. Not placed in the world yet.

Fighting with your fists, and your defence when you hold no weapon.

Blocking blows and arrows with a shield.

Winning over wild animals as pets and mounts.

The burial ground outside Highmarch's west gate, with its own chapel and a crypt.

Boats, fishing at sea, sea monsters and sunken treasure.

Tactics raises or lowers the damage of every blow you land.

Knowing where to strike and how to bind a wound. Anatomy adds to your damage and your bandages.

Player houses in the open world, and towns that grow up around them.

Bandaging your own wounds, how long it takes, and how much it heals.

How the way you behave changes how the world treats you, from honest names to murderers in red.