This page describes today's playtest build. Values may change during playtests.
There are no quests in the build yet. This is one way to spend your first hour. Do whatever you like instead.
1. Find your way around town
You start on the road outside the east gate of Highmarch. Walk in through the gate and follow the high street west to the market square.
Press M for the world map. The bank, smithy, provisioner, inn and other landmarks are marked. Hold Left Alt to see the names of the people around you.
2. Bank most of your gold
You carry 120 gold. Anything you carry outside town can be lost when you die.
Walk into the bank on the market square and say “bank” near Aldric the banker. Drag most of your gold into the box. See The bank.
3. Earn a little with your tools
You start with a hatchet, a pickaxe and a skinning knife. Each one is a way to make money.
- Wood. Walk out to the woods south or east of town and click a pine tree. Tobin the fletcher buys pine logs for 1 gold each. See Lumberjacking.
- Plants. Double-click berry bushes and apple trees, or the crops in the farmland. Hedda the provisioner buys them. See Foraging.
- Ore. Rocks in the hills north of town give copper ore and stone. Brann the blacksmith buys both. Ore weighs 12 stones a piece, so watch your load. See Mining.
- Hunting. Deer in the east and south woods give venison and hides. This is where your starting combat skills and your skinning knife come in. See Deer.
Every swing costs a little stamina. If you’re too tired, stand still for a few seconds.
4. Sell, then spend
Double-click a trader to open their shop. See Traders and trainers for who buys what.
With a few hundred gold you can:
- buy bandages from Hedda and learn to heal yourself
- buy a short sword from Brann and train Swordsmanship with Corwin
- buy a short bow and arrows from Tobin and train Archery
5. Mind the wolves
Grey wolves live in the east and south woods. A fed wolf leaves you alone. A starving wolf will come for anyone standing on a road nearby, and any wolf you hit calls its pack. See Grey wolf.
Goblins camp in the woods south-west of town. They attack anyone who comes close. See Goblin.
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