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How to find information on the game?

There is an official starting guide which you can get to by typing /wiki getting started in the in-game chat, or by visiting this link.

You can access the airship route calculator here.

You can ask in the in-game chat. Most people are genuinely helpful, even if you ask the dumbest of questions.

To see the list of available chat commands, type /help in the in-game chat.

If you want to learn stuff about the game yourself, visit The Veloren Wiki. You can also open a specific page on the wiki by typing /wiki <name> in the in-game chat. The wiki is not always up-to-date, so it might have some mistakes.

There is also the Veloren reddit, though the information there is a bit more scattered.

The game receives updates every Thursday. To see the changelog, visit this link. It lists only the bigger, more important changes, so it may sometimes be out-of-date or incomplete. To see the list of the most recent merged changes, visit this link. To see the latest updates in a user-friendly format, visit the #blog-content channel on the official discord.

Step-by-step progression guide (scroll for more)

All the information presented below can also be found in different sections of this guide. However, I thought that presenting it in this manner might aid newer players who have little to no idea of how the progression loop works in this game.

T0 - First Steps - caves, dungeons and exploration

Try to use the appropriate chat mode for the circumstance. Do not spam the world chat with the talk you are having with your friend.

Three main types of activities are caving, dungeon raids and exploring.

Head into the wilderness and kill some smaller mobs. You may find luck following rivers and killing mobs like Geckos, Axolotls, Piranhas, small birds etc. Try getting some loot to sell to NPCs for coins. Coins are a physical item - you have to add the required amount into the trade window manually.

You can quickly get out of a cave by pressing ESC and going to Characters and rejoining on the same character. This will respawn you at the last campfire you sat next to.

If you can't see well in a cave, try getting a directional lantern like Tin Torch or turn up your brightness sliders to the max.

You can buy some beginner armor at a Blacksmith. If you want to craft some armor yourself, you'll need to gather ingredients. Kill mobs to get Animal Hide and turn it into Simple Leather at the Tanning Rack. Collect some Wild Flax and turn it into Linen at the Spinning Wheel. Craft a Stone Pickaxe with Twigs and Stones, venture into a cave and mine some Copper and Tin, then smelt them in the Forge into ingots which you then reforge into Bronze Ingot. That allows you to craft a Tier 0 version of one of the three main armor types:

• Metal (Armor + Stun Res.) - BRONZE - 40x Bronze Ingot (40x Copper Ingot + 40x Tin Ingot) + 24 Leather Strips (8x Simple Leather)
• Cloth (Energy + Energy Regen) - LINEN - 22x Linen
• Hide (Crit + Stealth) - RAWHIDE - 22x Simple Leather

At the beginning, you can only craft Bronze and Wooden weapons. To craft anything of a higher tier, you will need to get more recipes. Weapon crafting is done via Modular Crafting. You should also get basic recipes: Food Recipes, Potions Recipes, Utilities Recipes, Basic Equipment Recipe - all should be sold by NPCs in towns.

THERE ARE NO CLASSES. You can max out every kind of weapon skill on your character.

T1 - How to complete a Gnarling Dungeon and and be a good teammate

Before going to any dungeons, you should expand your inventory space with bags so that you can carry more loot. You can craft them yourself or buy them from NPCs or other players.

When going on an adventure with a larger party, avoid using Firestaff, Ignite Arrow skill on Bow or Blazing Charms. If a burning enemy hits a player, that player will start burning as well. This is why players often avoid using fire-based weapons and accessories.

If you do get set on fire from any source, roll to extinguish yourself. This also works after taking a swim in lava.

If you're struggling with melee combat, consider ranged weapons. It is way easier to kite mobs one-by-one and even slay more difficult enemies by getting high ground.

Before attempting to enter a dungeon, try finding a campfire nearby. This will be useful in case you die during a raid or when resetting a dungeon. A campfire might be located quite a distance from a dungeon, but it's still closer than the one you sat next to in a town.

If you're going together to complete a dungeon, don't forget to create a group. Being in a group allows you to heal each other and share XP.

Resetting involves everyone pressing ESC and going to Characters at the same time, so that the dungeon gets unloaded. If that gets done correctly, all the loot and mobs will respawn, allowing you to quickly redo the dungeon. The most recognized signal for readiness to reset is taking out your glider with Left Ctrl.

Dungeons are usually split into two parts - one part is readily available and contains some sort of mini-boss, while the "real" boss is hidden away or exists as a second phase of a mini-boss. You have to sometimes search around to find a key to enter the next part of the dungeon.

You can sell duplicate recipes for coins. Try collecting as many as you can - T1 recipes sell for 300 coins a pop!

T2 - Adlets and in-depth caving

Before engaging the boss or the mini-boss, try clearing out the arena in which you are going to be fighting. Even with an experienced team you can get overrun very quickly.

A good strategy for fighting bosses is for one person to tank it, while others do damage from the sides or behind to ensure critical hits.

You will find very dangerous enemies in the caves. Try getting better gear and get a better feel for the combat before taking them on. You can usually avoid, run past or sneak past these bigger enemies.

The different ores spawn randomly, with the exception of Bloodore and Gold Ore which only spawn in lava caves. Gems spawn depending on the cave, e.g. Diamonds spawn most frequently in Ice Caves.

T3 - Sahagin, longer voyages and farming dungeons

When embarking on longer escapades, make a habit of grabbing campfires along the way. This will ensure that you do not have to travel back halfway across the world in case you accidentally die.

Travelling along paths is safer, as you avoid many of the mobs that spawn in the wild, although those can still make their way onto the trail. It is significantly faster to cut across.

You can jump and glide from airships to reach a destination that is some distance away from the airship travel route. Just make sure you get a running start. You need to watch out for the wind, as it might blow you off course.

During your travels you may come across sites containing some loot and enemies. They are a good way to get some XP.

The Sahagin Dungeon is the main source of T3 recipes. If you can't get them to drop, try checking out Troll Caves. They also have a chance to drop from chests in Caves.

When farming dungeons it is useful to farm some keys beforehand to remove some of the grinding parts later on.

T4 - Haniwa, Vampires, Lava Caves and Hydras

Haniwa and Vampire dungeons require a bigger group to take on. You should find someone else to play with or joina group of more experienced players.

Lava caves spawn deeper in the world. There are no markers leading you to them, you have to come across one. If you do, try remembering a way to it to make farming for Gold and Bloodore easier. Whenever you fall into lava, immediatelly swim out and roll on the ground. Rolling extinguishes any kind of fire damage, even one from swimming in lava.

Tier 4 gear is when you should start thinking about specializing your build. The stats upgrade for weapons from T4 to T5 is negligible, so you should experiment with T4 weapons to find your pick before settling on a T5 variant for maxing out stats. Especially, don't rush to craft Orichalcum weapons - save the ingots for the armor instead.

You find Hydras in and near rivers. Watch out for it's poisonous breath and it's ability to regenerate health.

T5 - Endgame gear and Overworld bosses

Endgame gear exists mostly for players who either want to min-max or get the highest possible stats. You can easily beat most of the game's content with T4 gear.

Relic Weapons (Sagitta, Laevateinn, Parashu, Caladbolg, Caduceus, Mjolnir) are a left over of the pre-crafting progression system. You can craft better T5 gear than them. They mostly exist as a collector's item. Do not collect many of them for trading purposes, as it's quite rare to find a buyer for them.

The main way of getting Orichalcum is to grind The Dwarven Mines. However, Alkahest can drop from Cultist chests and Ancient Gold from Cursekeeper boss from Terracota Ruins, so it is possible to craft Orichalcum without engaging with the Dwarven Mines dungeon.

There are overworld bosses that give you powerful T5 loot when killed. You find Wyverns and Phoenixes flying randomly around the world. They often get stuck on mountainsides, so you might have some luck there. The Fire and Frost Gigas each roam their respective areas of the world - the desert and the snowy areas. They are best taken on in a group. Dullahan spawns in Rock Circles scattered around the map. It can drop the relic sword Caladbolg and some useful T4 items.

SETTINGS TWEAKS

Interface

Tick Always show the energy bar and Enable Poise bar to have the health, stamina and poise bar be always visible on the screen.

Chat

Increase the Background Opacity of the chat window for readability.

Tick Character Names in Chat to identify players more quickly. Some players name their character differently to their account name. When you have it ticked on, whenever a player types in the chat, you will see their [playername] in brackets and Character Name afterwards.

Tick Show Timestamps in Chat to see when a message has been sent.

Graphics

Don't go above 500-600 LoD Detail. There is not much visual difference.

Turn brightness sliders up if you plan on frequently going caving / travelling at night.

Try out FXUpscale / HQX AntiAliasing Mode together with a lower Internal Resolution. You might be leaving free performance on the table (even if you have a beefy PC).

Adjust Bloom and Point Glow. If you don't like glowing lights, turn them to the minimum or slightly above. Setting Bloom to maximum allows you to find campfires in the wild sooner.

You can set Cloud Rendering Mode to Flat to remove clouds, fog and rain so that you can see better.

Sound

Choose a lower SFX Channel Capacity if you're experiencing audio crackling issues.

To make music play more frequently, turn down the Music Spacing slider.

Gameplay

Tick Show All Recipes to make searching for crafting materials easier for yourself. More on that in the Items section.

Untick Zoom in when charging bow if zooming in while charging a bow annoys you.

Tick Auto camera if you prefer your camera to always be behind your character.

Networking

Tick Lossy terrain compression if you're experiencing lag / high ping / crashes / have problems with loading the world.

Experimental Shaders

By typing in /experimental_shader into the chat, you can see a list of shaders. Most of them are either debug functions or are unoptimized/glitchy. To enable a shader, type /experimental_shader <name>. To disable it, type the same command again. The following are the options that I personally use to enhance the game's graphics and presentation:

• Outlines - adds comic-book-like outlines to objects in the game
• SnowGlitter - makes snow have little sparkling dots.
• Photorealistic - changes the shading to be more realistic.
• TerrainPop - instead of switching from LoDs to rendered terrain, the rendered terrain "pops out" of the ground.
• PuddleDetails - makes rain puddles look more realistic.
• Underwarper - distorts the screen when you are underwater.
• ProceduralLodDetail - increases the quality of the LoD models, but causes the LoD's to wave around. (MIGHT LOWER PERFORMANCE).
• Cinematic - increases the saturation.

If you want to give the game a more retro aesthetic, use these options:

• ColorQuantization - reduces the number of distinct colors used during rendering
• ColorDithering - renders the game using visual noise
and set the Internal Resolution to 0.350

CONTROLS TIPS AND TRICKS

You press F1 to open the Controls settings menu. You press F3 to open the Debug Info.

You can block using melee weapons by pressing Left Alt and roll by using Middle Mouse Button.

You can toggle your cursor by clicking , . This allows you to access Group menu or to resize or scroll chat. If you ever find yourself unable to play the game because you see your cursor, you probably pressed it by mistake. Pressing , allows you to loop Left Click and Right Click actions. If you want to stop the loop, press the relevant mouse click again.

You can have your character autowalk by clicking . . When you have lots of travelling to do, it eliminates the need to hold W.

Your character will also autowalk if you open the chat window while walking. In this case, you will need to press the movement key you held before opening the chat to make the character stop autowalking. If you don't, your character will be stubborn as a mule and won't stop. This type of autowalking also allows you to bunnyhop.

You can emote: K is sitting, J is dancing, H is saying a greeting and ⇩ is lying down. B is for toggling walking/sprinting.

You can enable free look by pressing L . This allows you, for example, to look around while gliding in the air.

If you maximally zoom in, you enter first-person mode. You can also press 0 to toggle between FPP and TPP.

FIRST STEPS ON THE SERVER.VELOREN.NET

What are good starting cities?

When creating a new character, you can choose your starting location. Avoid spawning in the desert, as that is where the most dangerous mobs are. Consider starting in capitals chosen by players. They are usually located near the center of the map and have the largest population of players and player traders. They usually are chosen because of ease of travel from and to them. There is usually one capital, but sometimes the community decides to split between two cities.

Alternatively, you can create a test character to ask in the chat "Which city has the most players?" or "Which city is the capital?". After that, go and create your actual character and spawn there.

As of 09 July 2026, the main capital is Abeim, while some players chose to base themselves in Ondirvaton.

Other cities may also have their own benefits, such as easier access to resources or proximity to certain dungeons.

Multiplayer etiquette

Don't use Firestaffs, Ignite Arrow skill on Bow or Blazing Charm item in large lobbies. If a burning enemy hits a player, that player will start burning.

Don't use Bombs in large lobbies. Bombs destroy the terrain and damage other players.

Whoever grabs the loot first, gets it. Talk to your group beforehand if you want to get particular loot. After you finish a dungeon, you should share the loot.

If there is another group already doing a dungeon, ask them whether you can join in. Being added to a group provides XP sharing and allows you to heal one another.

Avoid using global chat if you don't need to. More in the Chat section.

Server lingo

Commonly shortened towns' names

Longer and harder to pronounce names of cities frequently get shortened to the first few letters. This can also sometimes happen to frequently visited cities, such as capitals and cities with a large number of airship connections.

• reset - makes enemies and loot in a dungeon reappear. Find more here.
• aggro - making the enemy focus its attacks on you.
• inv / inv me - invite / invite me(to a group).
• cf / wp - campfire / waypoint. Both refer to campfire.
• mf - Mindflayer, the Cultist dungeon boss.
• mino - Minotaur, also referring to the T5 Myrmidon Dungeon, as it follows the naming scheme XYZ Metropolis. Used to be called metro.
• gr - Glowing Remains, rare drop from Mindflayer required for crafting best bags.
• ori - Orichalcum, which is the best Metal in the game.
• frosty / flamey / gigas - Frost / Fire Gigas. They are overworld bosses that require many players to take them down.
• disco deer - Hirdrasil, a deer with glowing antlers found in temperate biomes.
• M1 - Left Mouse Click / M2 - Right Mouse Click / M3 - Middle Mouse Click
• vd - view distance setting, usually followed by a number
• T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 - refers to the dungeon or gear tier.
• WTS / WTB - willing to sell / willing to buy. Used commonly by traders.

Item prices

There aren't fixed prices for items, but you shouldn't sell items for a lower price than you would get from a Merchant. Rare item prices are effectively set by the bigger traders due to limited supply.

The item prices can change from day to day and from update to update, so it is important to check for how much stuff sells for yourself. Furthermore, every major trader has individual pricing, so they might differ from person to person. You can check the most up-to-date prices by:

• asking in the in-game chat
• asking in the discord
• visiting the #parties-and-trading channel on discord
• searching through the #ingame-chat channel in the discord
• check the rough-prices table below (it is probably out of date)

COMMON ISSUES WITH THE GAME

I can't make my cursor disappear!

Just press , and all should go back to normal.

My audio is lagging!

This bug can be caused by having too high SFX Channel Capacity, try turning it down. If that does not work, navigate to %AppData%\airshipper\profiles\default\userdata\voxygen and open the settings.ron file, and set buffer_size to a higher number than 1024 (it should be set to 2048 or 4096 by default, but in case it is not, try doing that).

I have very high ping! / Game crashes!

To check your ping, press F3 .

Try lowering your View Distance in the Graphics settings. You might also try turning on Lossy terrain compression in the Networking settings. If that does not help, try relaunching the game.

I have ingredients, but I can't craft!

Crafting in the game requires that you get the appropriate recipe.

If you have the recipe: Go into your inventory, pick up any item and put it in another slot. If it does not fix it, try relogging

I can't mine any ores!

You need to zoom in with your camera or go into first-person mode.

I can't do certain actions after alt-tabbing!

There is an unintended mechanic in the game that allows you to loop certain actions. Sometimes, when alt-tabbing, that mechanic triggers for the Alt key, thus locking you into a block state. This can prevent you from doing certain actions, like picking up items or deploying your glider. Usually, pressing Alt again or remapping block to a different key should fix it.

There is a flickering black sphere on my screen!

This can be caused by having your renderer set to DX12. After opening the Airshipper launcher, click on the gear icon above the "Server Browser" button. Then under "Graphics Mode" change the renderer to Vulkan.

My chat/crosshair disappeared!

Press F5 to turn on/off chat and F6 to turn on/off crosshair and certain hud elements.

I get the "stream closed" error!

This can be caused by your internet connection being unstable.

This may also happen when using a VPN or a proxy. Those programs reroute your connection often, causing changes of the IP adsress you connect to the server from. It may happen when you open another website (i.e. typing /wiki <item> in the chat). When that happens, any previous connections you had will be disconnected. That causes Veloren to kick you out (or rather, your VPN/proxy is terminating the connection it had to the Veloren server). One way to solve it is to stop using a VPN or a proxy.

It may also be because your ISP/government is blocking internet traffic. In that case you may need to use a DPI Bypass tool.

Airshipper doesn't want to launch the game!

Go to %AppData%\Roaming\airshipper\profiles\default and delete the assets folder. Then let Airshipper redownload Veloren.

I can't properly respawn

When you die in first-person or with a large zoom, the game may have some trouble with respawning you at a campfire. You need to zoom out and you will respawn properly.

World is gone after switching to launcher version!

WHAT IS THERE TO DO?

DUNGEONS

Dungeons are the bread and butter of every Veloren player. There are five tiers of dungeons, signified with the amount and color of the dots above the icon. While technically the dungeon tier determines difficulty, after you get better gear it's more about what tier of recipes you get from it. All dungeons are technically doable solo, but they are balanced with multiple players in mind. There are three ways to call out dungeons :

Be sure to find and grab a campfire close to the dungeon. In case you die, you will respawn closer to it, saving you the trek. It also allows you to reset a dungeon.

Some high-tier dungeons involve climbing, as such they require you unlock the stamina skills. If you're getting carried by more experienced players and can't climb out of a hole, you can respawn at a campfire near a dungeon if you grabbed it beforehand.

I can't find ... in a dungeon!

1. The final boss in T1 dungeons is below the ground. To get to it, climb down the giant tree stump somewhere near the area where you fought the Chieftain.
2. The T3 Sahagin key is found on top of the wooden platforms in the towers on the outside ring of the dungeon.
3. The T4 Haniwa keys are located in vases found in the center of the rooms on the outer walls of the dungeon.
4. You enter T4 Vampire Castle dungeon by climbing on top of the roof and jumping on a chain hanging from one of the towers. You find the Vampire Key by killing a Harlequin.
5. Loot chests in T5 Myrmidon dungeon are in the area right below the entrance to the colloseum.
6. Terracotta Door Keys in T5 Terracotta Dungeons drop from the Terracotta Chests located on top of the spiked pillar in the tallest building in the dungeon. Terracotta Chest Keys drop from Terracotta Statues (the heads that shoot at you).

How to reset a dungeon?

You reset a dungeon by everyone in a group going to the pause menu and clicking Characters at the same time. Dungeons respawn monsters and loot when nobody is around them, that is when the chunks they are in are unloaded. Before going to a dungeon, players usually grab a campfire close-by that allows them to reset very close to the entrance.

Everyone needs to go into the Characters menu at the same time for a reset to work! In larger groups of players you can stay for a bit (10-15 seconds) on the character selection screen, to give everybody time to unload the chunks.

The group leader usually signals the rest to reset by typing reset or just r in the chat. A somewhat recognized signal for being ready to reset used by players is deploying your gilder with Right Ctrl .

A more advanced resetting method is a partial reset. You need to lower your View Distance to 6 or lower, and then move far away enough to unload just the chunk with the boss. The more experienced players know the distance by feel, so follow their command to go behind a certain imaginary line they will indicate.

What to communicate during a raid?

Before going on a higher-tier dungeon raid, you should tell other players if you have lower-tier gear or are unexperienced with a dungeon. Most players will be happy to carry a newbie for them to get some XP, so don't worry about getting kicked for being underlevelled.

If you need specific loot, try to tell other players before going into the dungeon. Alternatively, you should be able to get your share after the raid is over.

You should tell others when you are going back to town for repairs.

You should also be able to communicate your readiness to reset a dungeon. A signal recognized by some players is deploying your glider with Right Ctrl .

Mining

Mining is done in Caves. All caves in the game are one giant interconnected system. You can walk in one place, and walk out halfway across the map. Be careful - caves contain very strong enemies that even experienced players have troubles with.

To mine ores and gems, you need to craft either Pickaxe. Some ores and gems are found at specific places: you will find way more Diamonds in Ice Caves and Gold and Bloodore can only be found in Lava caves (most difficult cave biome). If you plan on going to the caves, consider turning up your brightness settings or getting the directional lantern.

The ores respawn after some time if the chunk they are in is unloaded.

Which pickaxe should I get?

Both pickaxes can mine all ores present in the game. Steel Pickaxe is slightly faster when mining and looks cooler.

How do I get out of a cave?

The most obvious way is retracing your steps. The deeper you go, the more difficult this becomes.

You can press Esc and go to the Characters menu. After that, pick your character again. You will respawn at the last campfire you sat near.

You can also log-out and log back in. However, this is slower than doing it through the characters menu.

Another method is to type /kill in the chat. This will also respawn you at your last touched campfire. Keep in mind that this will make your equipped gear lose 1 point of durability, which means you will have to repair your gear afterwards.

EXPLORATION

Exploration, or more accurately travelling through the world, is what you'll spend most of your time doing while playing Veloren. You can find sites scattered around the world. Consider those "enemy outposts" or "cool places to find". They can contain loot chests or foes to fight. To open these, you may need to craft lockpicks.

How to get around faster?

There is no fast travel. There will never be, according to the dev team.

To get back to your last campfire you can press Esc and go to Characters. If your last savepoint was made in a town, it is a quick way to get back to civilization.

There are some faster methods than walking everywhere:

1. Airship travel
2. Quick Draw + Agility Potion + Dancing Edge + Jump
3. Mounts
4. Gliding
5. Bunnyhopping

Airship Travel

It is the most efficient way to travel to far-away towns. If the town you are in has an airship tower, climb it, and wait for an airship to your desired direction. Be careful when getting on - you need to jump to the airship, otherwise you might fall down. Go on the deck and sit on the seats behind him to avoid falling from the airplane during the travel. Remember that airship direction is one-way - they do not immediately return to the city they came from. An airship captain says out loud three times in which direction he is travelling before disembarking. To find out where an airship is heading, you can talk to the Captain and ask him Where is this ship going?. You can find out more about the routes on the airship map on the official wiki. You can reach it in-game by typing /wiki travel in the chat. A browser window will open with the site - you scroll to the very bottom.

Quick Draw + Agility Potion + Dancing Edge + Jump

It is a combination of item, weapon skills and a movement technique that is one of the fastest way to travel in the game. You need to unlock the Quick Draw and Dancing Edge skills from the Sword Skill Tree in the Agile branch. Make sure you are in the Agile Stance (you can enter it by using Quick Draw once). Then drink an Agility Potion and use Dancing Edge afterwards. You will notice that you have two speed buffs active at the same time. Finally, you spam Quick Draw until you run out of stamina or alternate between Quick Draw and a Jump. The jump from a Quick Draw, if done correctly, can carry you a great distance forwards.

Fire Dash

The Fire Dash skill on the Firestaff can give you a huge boost in horizontal momentum (up to 60 u/s). You can then convert some of it into upward momentum by opening your glider with Left Ctrl and angling your camera slightly upwards.

Mounts

Antelope is the fastest mount in the game. They are found in Savannah biomes, but you can very rarely come across them in Jungles and Forests. To tame it, you need to craft a Collar (you need to learn the Utility Recipe first) and Right Click it in your inventory when you are close to an Antelope.

Another good mob to tame is the Kelpie, which can travel faster through water.

You can find horses in barns on the outskirts of towns.

Gliding

Gliding is usually done from mountain tops or from airships. If an airship doesn't go exactly to the place you want to get to, you can travel in a direction parallel to it and glide off the airship. You control the direction of travel with your mouse. Holding W , A , S , D during gliding allows you to tilt your glider, but you will lose height faster. When jumping from an airship, remember to hold W for around the first second, so that you don't splat on the ground. You can sometimes come across upwind that will allow you to glide upwards.

Bunnyhopping

Bunnyhopping allows you to travel slightly faster than walking. You hold  Space  while walking.

You cannot bunnyhop while autowalking by pressing . . You can bunnyhop by autowalking by opening the chat window.

QUESTS

You can ask NPCs to give you a quest. They do not appear in the quest menu on the left of the map screen. Your active quests are marked on the map with a question mark.

Ask other NPCs if you can't find the quest giver or the quest objective. This will mark the quest giver's last known location on your map at the moment of asking an NPC for directions. You will need to search around that point to find the quest giver or ask other NPCs several times in a row.

PVP

Press O and click the two little crossed swords icon in the bottom-right corner to switch your battlemode. You can also do it with these chat commands:

You can only fight with people who also have PVP enabled.

FAQ for the beginners

Character creation

On the official server.veloren.net server, you can have up to 8 characters per account.

On the character creation screen you are choosing the starting weapon(which should be replaced with better gear ASAP) and NOT THE CHARACTER CLASS. You are able to use all weapons and unlock all skill trees on any character.

The height of the character determines their weapon's reach, knockback resistance and hitbox size. Male characters are generally bigger than female ones (not the case for Dwarves and Danari). Orcs are the biggest, while Danari are the smallest. Danari and Dwarfs are also able to exclusively ride certain creatures, like Truant Saplings and Boars.

Apart from the character's race, all of your character's attributes can be changed later on. You can switch your character's sex by crafting the Hastened Reformation Tincture. All of the other attributes can be edited directly in the Characters menu by clicking on the pencil icon.

Do I lose items when I die? How to save?

You do not lose items on death. However, every time you die, your equipped armor and weapons lose 1 point of durability. You can expand your inventory space to hold more items by getting bags.

You save your game by sitting next to a campfire by pressing K. Whenever you die or log on to the server, you will spawn at your last campfire. Too see the location of your last touched campfire, you can type /waypoint in the chat. Grabbing a campfire next to a dungeon allows you to more easily reset it.

Every single city has a campfire. They also spawn randomly around the world. You should be able to find one reasonably close to a dungeon. To spot them more easily, you should up the Bloom setting. Campfires are easier to see during the night.

How to use Sceptre / heal?

There are four ways of healing in the game:

1. Sitting next to a campfire / sleeping in a bed
2. Eating/drinking food
3. Drinking potions
4. Using a Healing Sceptre

Sitting next to a campfire by pressing K or sleeping in a bed is the only way to passively heal in the game.

Eating food is best at the beginning, because potions require a recipe to craft. Try using Cactus Colada or Sunflower Ice Tea, as you can drink them while walking/fighting. Cooked Meat Slabs and Mushroom Curry are also a good choice.

Drinking potions should be done as a last resort to not die during a fight. You will do fine with just Minor Potions.

Healing Sceptre is the only healing weapon. Left Click is lifesteal beam. It can penetrate enemies, but it is not enough to heal your character. Right Click gives you and your group a healing buff. Its effectiveness depends on your combo. You can get it with the sceptre itself or with another weapon and press Tab to switch to the sceptre. I recommend building around 15-20 combo before using Right Click.

Can I see coordinates / mark location on the map?

You can see your coordinates when you place a marker on the map by pressing the Middle Mouse Button. You cannot see other players from your group on the map unless they are close to you. You can see markers from other players in your group at any distance.

You can toggle the elements visible on the map by ticking them on the right side of the map screen.

To change the level of detail of the minimap / main map mode, use the two buttons
in the bottom-right corner.

You zoom in/out on the minimap by pressing Num+ and Num-.

Which areas are good for begginers?

There aren't really any easier areas. You need to watch out for harder mobs in every single biome you are in. Use your eyes to determine if a mob is easy to beat. If something looks like it will devour you in one bite, it probably will. That said, Desert contains hardest enemies out of all the biomes. You should also not go too deep into the caves as a beginner, as they contain some of the toughest enemies the game has to offer.

To have an easier time, go to or spawn in the capital. There will be more players to help you there. Areas around the capital might not have as many resources for new players or NPC merchants as other nearby towns.

If you spawned in a town next to a river, try following it while avoiding harder enemies you may find alongside it. Try killing small mobs such as Geckos, Piranhas, Foxes, Parrots, Penguins etc. to gain some XP at first.

Where do I find crafting stations?

Every city has a crafting building. They can take the form of a larger version of a regular building in that town or of a shed. Every crafting building has a chimney and a firepit inside, so be on the lookout for that.

Desert cities have two crafting buildings - one with a cauldron and a cooking pot, and another one with the weapon/armor crafting stations.

Where to find recipes?

Crafting requires Recipes. After getting a recipe, you learn it by Right Clicking it in your inventory. To see the list of all recipes, click the little eye icon next to the Crafting window's search bar. Dungeons drop these main recipes:

		Metal	Cloth	Hide	Wooden	EQ
Unlocked	T0	Bronze	Linen	Rawhide	Wood	---
	T1	Iron	Cotton/ Woolen	Leather	Bamboo	---
	T2	Steel	Silken	Scale	Hardwood	Basic
	T3	Cobalt	Druid	Carapace	Ironwood	Basic Moderate
	T4	Bloodsteel	Moonweave	Primal	Frostwood	Moderate
	T5	Orichalcum	Sunsilk	Dragonscale	Eldwood	Moderate Advanced

Some T1 and T2 recipes can also be bought from NPCs. Some recipes can also drop from specific enemies, as well as sometimes drop from chests in caves. You should also try trading with players. Advanced Equipment Recipes are easy to drop from Cultist dungeon chests. Golemite Armor Recipe drops from Terracotta Ruins chests. Brinestone Armor Recipe drops from Sea Chapel Chests. Serpentscale Armor Recipe drops from Haniwa dungeon chests.

Which items should I get/craft first?

If you turned on "Show All Recipes" in the "Gameplay" settings, you can more easily search for recipes in which an ingredient is used in. In the crafting search field type input:<name>. For example, typing input:Diamond will show you which recipes need diamonds.

First things you should do is go to a Forest and find some Wood, Stones and Twigs. You can craft Twigs from Wood. If you find any mobs that you think you can take on, try fighting them as well and getting their Hide, which you'll be later able to craft into Leather.

You should also get some basic recipes, such as Ulitity Recipe, Potions Recipe, Food Recipe, Basic Equipment Recipe etc.

First items you should craft (or be gifted by a helpful player) are bags. You should also get some better weapons and armor. You should also get a pickaxe. Afterwards, craft yourself a couple of Minor Potions. Honey and Apples are sold by NPCs or grow on trees found in the overworld. You can shoot them down with a Bow.

There are three items you need to have in your inventory for several recipes: Sewing Set, Mortar and Pestle and Craftsman's Hammer.

How to craft better weapons?

The game features a modular crafting system. To craft higher tiers of weapons, you first need to find the appropriate recipes. To craft a new weapon you need to combine the primary component and the secondary component in the Modular Weapon recipe in the Crafting Bench:

Primary components are crafted with Metal in an Anvil (Melee: Sword, Axe, Hammer) or with Wood in a Crafting Bench (Ranged: Firestaff, Sceptre, Bow). You combine the Wood/Metal with an Animal material, which gives you certain stat benefits.

Secondary components are crafted in a Crafting Bench (for Melee and Bow) or in a Cauldron (for Sceptre and Firestaff). They multiply the stats of the primary component. For melee, it determines whether a weapon is 1H or 2H. For ranged, it determines wheter it is fast or has better buff strength and damage.

You can dual weild 1H weapons of different types. If you dual weild two different weapons, skills from both become available to you to be put on one hotbar.

Which weapons to craft?

Don't overthink the exact type of gear you are to get. Every weapon and weapon type has its place. If you want to be an effective fighter, it's more important for you to understand the mechanics of the game. A versatile starter combo is a Sword + Bow / Healing Sceptre. Other weapons are more situational.

Dual weilded 1H weapons offer you more flexibility with character loadouts. If you want the highest DPS possible, check out Necti's video. 2H weapons are easier to use for beginners trying to understand the mechanics of the game.

These are the subtypes of 2h weapons I personally prefer:

Should I get the highest tier gear?

You will do absolutely fine with Frostwood / Bloodsteel / Primal / Serpentscale / Moonweave / Velorite gear. Do not rush to craft the gold-tier gear.

The tier multiplier difference between T5 and T4 weapons is just 0.05x. This translates to +0.8 power (yes, that's less than one point). As such, it is not that economical to craft if you do not have a surplus of materials available on hand. Grinding specifically for these is not worth it. If you are to get Orichalcum ingots, save them for the armor.

The other type of gold-tier weapons, the relic weapons, are purely for looking cool, you can craft weapons with better stats yourself. Buy only when you don't know what to do with those 200,000 coins in your inventory.

Which armor should I get?

You can buy your first armor (T0, T1 or T2) from a Blacksmith. To craft T0 armor yourself, collect Tin + Copper for Bronze, Wild Flax for Linen or kill some mobs to get Hide for Rawhide. I reccomend getting Bronze armor at the beginning. To craft armors higher than Tier 0, you need to find the approproate recipe. To craft one set of armor, you need 40 of its main material. There are several types of armor sets, which cover the broad three stat-types:

You can use every set with every weapon depending on your playstyle. Armor mixing between the different sets is also doable. There are also some special armor sets that fall in-between the three above-mentioned categories.

BE CAREFUL WHEN WEARING CULTIST / WITCH / PIRATE / BUCCANEER ARMOR! If you have three or more pieces on you, NPCs in towns will attack you. Cultist weapons also count towards this limit.

How to armor mix effectively?

Armor mixing is quite doable. It is most useful if you are not keen on delegating inventory space for separate armor sets for different purposes.

Hats, Belt, Gloves and Boots can be safely delegated to armor pieces focusing on stat increases, while Chest, Legs and Shoulders should be designated for the armor pieces focusing on protection. The less armor stat you have, the better you have to get at evading enemy attacks.

Unless you're planning on min-maxing a specific stat, ditch the cape in favour of the Traveler's Backpack. It provides additional 20 inventory slots and can be a gamechanger if you are often going on looting runs or are the ingredient hoarder type.

Gliders are purely cosmetic. Lanterns have two types: omnidirectional (light around your character) and directional (lightcone in the direction you're looking). They can make a difference when it comes to visibility at night or in caves, and as such the right choice of a light source can compliment your playstyle.

How do weapon/armor stats work?

• Power - damage
• Speed - attack speed and animation speed (affects build up, swing/skill usage, and weapon recovery)
• Effect Power - increases power of select non-buff/debuff skills, higher chance of stunning an enemy, increases knockback on hit enemies, increases the healing done by Lifesteal (Left Mouse attack on Healing Sceptre)
• Range - how far can you hit with a weapon
• Energy Efficiency - how much energy attacks/skills use
• Buff/Debuff Strength - increases strentgh of buffs/debuffs
• Armor - reduces damage
• Stun Res. - decreases poise damage taken
• Stealth - decreases range from which you're spotted by enemies. Enemies tend to target the person with lowest stealth.
• Max Energy - max energy
• Energy Reward - how much energy you regain by hitting an enemy
• Crit Power - how strong are crits

Are there better lanterns / gliders?

All gliders and most lanterns are purely cosmetic. The different lanterns have different light colors. If the lanterns are too dim for you, try turning up your brightness settings.

Regular lanterns are better for travelling at night, as they light up a larger area around you. There are also directional lanterns which have lightcones that make it good for mining in caves. The only thing that differs between the directional lanterns is the color of the light.

• Tin Torch - craftable, can be bought from NPCs. Recommended for new players.
• Seeking Eye - craftable, requires Lantern Recipe, can be bought from NPCS.
• Frozen Heart - drops from Wendigo.
• Luminous Bloom - drops from Hirdrasil.
• Eerie Pumpkin - drops from Harvester, Tier 1 dungeon boss, or from Witch Chests.
• Diver's Light - drops from Karkatha, the secret boss from T3 dungeons.
• Delver's Lamp - craftable from Tier 5 dungeons drops.

How to repair gear?

Every time you die, all of your equipped items lose one point of durability. To repair your gear, you will need to find a Repair Bench in a town. In most towns, it is located near all the other crafting stations. Some desert towns have separate buildings for some stations - in these cases, it is located in a room with a firepit in the middle.

Your gear does not lose stats until it gets below 3/12 durability. Try to keep it above that threshold.

You should signal your need to repair during a dungeon raid. A simple I need to repair message in the chat is usually enough.

How to get more inventory space?

There is currently no way to store your items. The only way of increasing your inventory space from the default 36 slots is by crafting bags. To craft them you are going to need to find all three tiers of equipment recipes (Basic, Moderate and Advanced). The maximum inventory space you can technically achieve is 164 slots.

There are two main sets of bags - Woven ones (utilising Red Linen, Silk, Soft Wool and Amethyst) and Leather ones (utilising Leather, Thick Leather, Trollhide and Diamonds):

• +6 Slots - Tiny Red Pouch / Small Leather Pouch
• +10 Slots - Knitted Red Pouch
• +15 Slots - Woven Red Bag / Reliable Leather Backpack
• +20 Slots - Sturdy Red Saddlebag / Trollhide Pack

You need each tier of the Woven bags to craft the next one. With the Leather bags there is no 10 slot one and the highest tier is a separate recipe. Alternatively, you can obtain a Liana kit (+15 Slots) by killing Sauroks in the Jungle or Heavy Seabag (+20 slots) by killing the Sea Chapel dungeon boss Dagon. The highest tier and most sought after bag is the Mindflayer's Spellbag (+27 slots).
You can also find a Pirate Satchel (+3 Slots) or craft a Traveler's Backpack (+20 slots) which you wear in your Cape slot. These two are unique in that they require to be repaired.

How to get event items?

Event items are special items that drop from specific mobs during Easter, Christmas, Halloween or April Fools. The events reoccur every year, so you simply need to be playing tha game during those times and kill the appropriate mobs to get the items. List of the aforementioned mobs and items can be found here

How to get better at fighting?

How to set up my skills/hotbar?

Each weapon type has it's own skill tree. You gain experience by actively using this item in your main hand or offhand.

To open the Abilities window, click P and then the Book tab on the left side of the window.
To assign a skill, drag it from the list to the slots in the Abilities window. To unassign a skill, Right Click it or drag it outside of the Abilities window. When dual weilding one-handed weapons, the skill on the left side is for your main-hand weapon, and on the right - for your offhand.

You can assign items do your hotbar by dragging them from your inventory to the hotbar directly. If you're using 2h weapons, I recommend the following arrangement:

• 6 - your main weapon
• 7 - pickaxe / another main weapon
• 8 - Agility potions (see here.)
• 9 - Sunflower Ice Tea / Cactus Colada (you can eat those while moving)
• Q - Minor Potion

You can normally equip two weapons on your character and switch between them with Tab . When using 2H weapons, having another weapon in the hotbar slot allows you to quickly switch between the weapons in the main slot, while giving you the opportunity to switch to a secondary.

Which skills should I get? (scroll down for more)

Be aware that you cannot reset your skill points.

These are the skills that I personally use. THESE ARE NOT THE META BUILDS OR BUILDS FOR MOST DAMAGE. Consider these beginner-friendly builds to get the feel for the given weapons and their different aspects. You should experiment with the different skills yourself to find those which fit your playstyle. ALL SKILLS CAN BE MADE USEFUL. If you want the highest DPS possible, check out Necti's video.

As mentioned previously, when dual weilding one-handed weapons, you can equip the skills for the main-hand weapon and for the offhand weapon separately. I use mostly 2H weapons, and as such mixing skills for different weapon types will not be covered in this guide. Experiment and reach your own conclusions :)

Sword

My sword build focuses more on being universal. These 5 skills provide you with most flexibility without needing to switch to other weapons. To find more information on sword skills, click here.

1. Quick Draw - this skill is essential for mobility. When combined with an agility potion, it allows you to travel at very fast speeds. It also enteres the Agile Stance which changes the Mighty Strike skill into Hundred Cuts, which is the main damage dealing skill.
2. Whirlwind Slice - this skill is the main AoE skill. It enters the Cleaving Stance, which changes the Mighty Strike skill into Bladestorm, allowing for even better AoE attacks if the need arises.
3. Riposte - this skill allows you to parry attacks. You need to time this attack to coincide with the enemy's attack. By using this skill, many high-level enemies can be beaten without taking any damage.
4. Dancing Edge - this skill allows you to attack faster with the sword. It requires the Agile Stance to be triggered with the Quick Draw skill. Can be changed to Disengage or Feint if you prefer dodging attacks.
5. Finisher (Mighty Strike / Hundred Cuts / Bladestorm) - this devastating attack is the main damage dealing skill. It requires 10 combo to use. To use Hundred Cuts, activate Agile Stance with Quick Draw and hold Right Mouse Button near an enemy. You can also activate Dancing Edge to attack even faster. When you achieve 10 combo, press 5. If you're dealing with large swarms of enemies, first activating Whirlwind Slice and then using the Bladestorm skill will allow you to dispatch them effectively. Be wary that if you get attacked during Bladestorm, you will stop attacking.

You may also consider using Hamstring and Eviscerate from the Crippling branch for dealing damage. I usually set them in the 4 and 5 slots.

Hammer

Hammers are focused on disabling enemies and dealing damage. This build focuses on this aspect while being somewhat easy to understand. To find more about hammer skills, click here.

1. Tenacity - this skill allows you to regenerate more stamina from attacking. It also gives you damage resistance.
2. Pile Driver - this skill decreases an enemy's walking speed. Very useful for controlling an arena.
3. Upheaval - this skill throws an enemy into the air while also increasing poise damage taken by them (less poise = easier to stun). Can be used in conjunction with Pile Driver to effectively stop an anemey from briefly engaging in a fight.
4. Heavy Whorl - the AoE skill for the hammer.
5. Tremor - allows you to damage enemies through walls by sending a shockwave along the floor.

You want to charge your Right Mouse Click attack in order to stun enemies most effectively.

Axe

To be done.

Pick one of those: Berserk, Sunder, Bloodfeast, Fierce Raze, Furor, Adrenaline Rush, Rake, Brutal Swing, Bulkhead.

To find more about axe skills, click here.

Bow

Eagle Eye and Hawkstrike for critz with the Warbow.

For faster shooting bows (i.e. Shortbow or Composite Bow), the new meta seems to center around Piercing Gale, Storm Chaser and Septic Shot.

Firestaff

How do crits work?

Critical hits are not chance based. They depend directly on the players actions and their Crit Power stat.

1. If you hit an enemy from the side, you deal mini-crits
2. If you hit an enemy from behind, you deal crits
3. If you perform a perfect block, you will get a guaranteed crit for a short time following the block
4. If you hit a stunned enemy you deal crits
5. If you hit a headshot, you deal crits
6. Some specific weapon skills, like Hawkeye on Bow, guarantees crits

How does XP sharing work?

To share XP in-between players, you need to invite them to a group. You also need to have hit an enemy at least once and be somewhat close to the fight.

XP you get from any source gets divided between three categories:

• General Combat XP
• Weapon in your active slot
• Weapon in your inactive slot

How to add friends / make a group?

There is currently no friend list implemented. You just have to remember people the old-fashioned way.
You can make a temporary group that will last until everyone leaves it or the leader quits the game. There are two ways of adding people into a group:

1. Through the Players menu
2. Through a chat command

You open the Players menu with O. Remember that the list displays Character Names. Too see someone's playername, put your cursor on their character's name. To add someone to your group, select them in the menu and click the Invite button.

To invite someone through the chat, you can use the following command:

To access the group menu after successfully creating a group, you need to unlock your cursor by pressing , and clicking the group menu button to the left of your hotbar.

How to resize / scroll or message someone in chat?

To resize or scroll your chat window, you need to first toggle your cursor by pressing , . To resize the chat window, you Right Click it and drag up or to the right. You need to click on the box itself, not on the edges. To scroll the chat window, you put your cursor on the chat window and scroll. You can also use PgUp and PgDown keys.

To write to someone in chat, you need to change your chat mode. Enter the shortcut and press Space. You only need to type the shortcut in chat once for the chat mode to change. Any message you write afterwards will be sent in that chat mode. There are 5 chat modes:

• /w is for global chat (everyone can see your message). It is saved on the Discord server.
• /r is for region chat (~200 blocks around you)
• /s is for say (~100 blocks around you)
• /g is for group chat (people you have in your group)
• /t <playername> is for direct messages (the [playername] is the one in brackets in chat)

To list all available commands, type /help into the chat

How to add money/items in trade?

You get money by selling items to Merchant NPCs or to other players

You add a certain amount of an item to the trading window by first dragging the entire stack of it into the trading window. Then, you click on the stack in the trading window. In the bottom-right corner a pencil icon will appear. When you click it, the game will allow you to write the exact amount you want. After that, press Enter.

By Shift Clicking you add one of an item to the trade.

By Ctrl Clicking you auto-add the amount to balance the trade while trading with NPCs only.

You can also hold an item with Left Click and Right Click on an empty inventory slot to split stacks. While possible to do, it is rarely used.

Which items / NPCs are worth trading with?

You can sell Recipes from a T1 or a T2 dungeon for around [300 coins]. Keep the higher-tier recipes to trade with players.

Scales (drop from Crocodiles, Raptors, Haqulaks, Asps etc.) [~150 coins] and Hard Carapace (drop from Beetles, Snappers, Drakes etc.) [~250 coins] are quite good for trading with NPCs. You can get quite a decent amount of them with relatively little grinding.

Merchants are your main source of getting Coins. They also have the widest array of wares: they sell some basic equipment, T1/T2 recipes, as well as some crafting ingredients, Potions and Charms and much more. Players usually sell unwanted loot to them, so you might happen upon some high-tier items in capitals.

Farmers and Chefs sell you some basic food items. Chefs can sell you a Food recipe.

Blacksmiths sell basic armors as well as some basic recipes. They are a source of Iron Armor & Weapons Recipe.

Hunters sell T1 and T2 weapons and weapon parts.

Herbalists sell more crafting ingredients, potions and charms as well as some T1 recipes.

Alchemists sell Potions and Explosives recipes, as well as some miscellaneous ingredients.

How to haggle effectively?

Sometimes you may haggle a better price for yourself with another player. While you might not be as effective of a player merchant as these two fine gentlemen on the screenshot, there is still a lot you can do.

1. You can sometimes barter instead of trading with coins
2. People can pay more for an item if they want it in a given moment
3. Not all items have a set price, so you can set the price yourself sometimes

Players will usually sell Cultist Gear, as for higher level players it is useless as it drops often.

How to master the movement?

You jump slightly higher when you jump immediately after a roll.

Don't let your stamina fall to single-digit value during a fight. Every roll takes 10 stamina.

How to climb walls?

To begin climbing a wall, jump at it and hold  Space  for a brief moment. After you "stick" to the wall, you can let go of it. Holding onto a wall uses up stamina. During a wallclimb, you move with W,A,S and D.

To perform a walljump, click  Space  either when jumping onto a wall or while holding onto a wall.

To let go off of a wall, press Shift.

How to dodge/counter/block attacks?

The most basic type of dodge is rolling. You perform it by clicking the Middle Mouse Button.

You can also dodge attacks by using Sword Skills, mainly Feint in the Agile branch and Disengage in the Defensive branch.

You can counter attacks with Swords using the Riposte skill from the Defensive branch or with Hammers by using the Retaliate skill.

You can block attacks by pressing Left Alt. You can also perform a perfect block if you block just before an enemy hits you. By successfully parrying in this way, You will briefly stun your enemy, make him have lower attack speed and leave them vulnerable to attacks, while the next hit you do will be a guaranteed crit.

How to find special mobs?

Giant birds

The way you calculate the population of birds on a given world is thus:

(X coordinate world size / 32) * (Y coordinate world size / 32) / 66536

In case of the official server.veloren.net server, this comes down to 16 birds at a given time. There are 8 types of bird mobs that can spawn:

• Phoenix
• Cockatrice
• Roc
• Weald Wyvern
• Cloud Wyvern
• Sea Wyvern
• Frost Wyvern
• Flame Wyvern

The different types of birds travel from dungeon to dungeon. You are very unlikely to catch one by afk-ing at a dungeon. The best way to catch them is to travel around the world by foot, paying particular attention to mountain ridges. These mobs often get stuck on sloped terrain.

Gigas

Gigas is an overworld boss requiring a larger team of players to beat. Frost Gigas spawns in snowy regions of the map, while Fire Gigas spawns in the desert regions of the map. Only one Frosty and one Flamey spawns in the world at once. An effective way of finding them is travelling with airships with a high view distance or by gliding from mountain tops across large distances.

Before fighting overworld bosses, you should gather better gear and get good at dodging attacks. Ideally, you should gather a team of players before attacking overworld bosses. Additionally, the bosses have a respawn timer of 30 minutes.

Dullahan

Dullahan can be found in Rock Circles strewn around the game world. He has a ¹⁄₈ chance of spawning, and a 5% chance od dropping Caladbolg, so whenever you visit a stone circle you have a ¹⁄₁₆₀ chance of getting the Relic weapon.

How to tame / rename pets?

To tame pets, you need to craft a Collar (you need to learn the Utility Recipe first) and Right Click it in your inventory when you are close to a mob you'd want to pet. To see a list of all available mounts and pets, click here. You can have up to 3 pets at a time.

It is not possible to rename pets.

Which mounts are best?

Antelopes are the fastest mounts on land and are one of the recommended methods of travel.

Kelpies can travel effortlessly through water.

Salamanders float on lava, as such they can be a cool mount option to traverse lava caves.