
f I find anything else that would be extremely helpful for a beginner, I will add it. For a database of items and quests, please see this thread.
The basic currency in Archlord is gold. There is a currency you can buy with real money called Chantra, where you can go into the Chantra Shop and buy items that cannot be dropped by monsters or be bought from merchants.
These controls and hotkeys are set by default. If you wish to change them, you may do so in the game menu (press ESC when logged in to the game) and select Custom Keys.
Hotkeys:
I – Open your inventory. You have 4 bags with 16 slots each, allowing you to hold 64 items total.
C – Open your character window. Here, you can see your character stats, experience, and equipment.
Q – Open your quest log. Only your active quests are displayed here.
U – Open your mailbox. You need to buy letter paper from a <Merchant> in order to send mail.
G – Open your guild window. As a regular member, you should be able to see who’s currently online and what level everyone is.
K – Open your skills window. Skills are acquired through a <Trainer> according to your character’s class.
J – Open your craft skills window. Craft skills are alternate skills including Ransacking, Skinning, Carving, Cooking, and Alchemy. These can be learned from an <Adventurer>, a <Cook>, and an <Alchemist>.
P – Open the party window. Here, you can invite someone to a party and change party options.
F – Open the friends window. You can add people to your friend’s list and see where they are located.
M – Open the World Map. if you are in a town, the Town Map is displayed instead.
1 – Use a Health potion.
2 – Use a Mana potion.
3/4/5/6/7/8/9/0/-/= – Skill hotkeys.
Tab – Target nearest monster.
Spacebar – Automatically pick up the nearest item.
Alt – Toggles on/off item names on the ground.
R – Automatically set the chatbar to reply to the last person that whispered you.
Important basic controls:
* Double clicking a monster will automatically attack them. Alternatively, selecting a monster and pressing 3 will also attack them.
* Holding Control (Ctrl) and double clicking a player will enable PK mode and attack the corresponding player. However, killing someone over 4 levels under you if you initiated the first attack will net a Rogue Point. Rogue Points are bad.
* You can use the mouse to move, or you can use the WASD keys to move. The arrow keys (quickly) turn the camera.
* Holding the right mouse button will allow you to move the camera manually.
* Double clicking with the right mouse button will allow you to move to the target spot. This is especially helpful if you use the mouse to move and you’re traveling through a highly monster-infested area. This way, you don’t accidentally attack a monster.
* On the left side of your HP and MP bar are two arrows. If you slide these over to the right, a HP or MP potion will automatically be used once your HP or MP drops below the arrow. Thanks to Special for pointing this out to me.
* Dragging a Magic Stone or a Prayer Stone to an unequipped piece of equipment will attempt to socket the respective Stone into the item. You will lose the Stone if it fails, but not the item.
Basic Chat Protocols:
No /command – Normal chat.
/s – Shout. People within a certain radius will hear you.
/w – Whisper. Send a private message to someone with /w charactername.
/p – Party. Send a message to your party members.
/g – Guild. Send a message to your guild members.
The Auction House:
The best way to get better equipment, and to sell some equipment you don’t need, is the Auction House. Here, often times, commonly found items are sold cheaper than a regular weapons or armor merchant would sell them for. It is also a great way to acquire rare/unique armor and weapons.
It is usually best to check the Auction House to see the average price a piece of equipment or an item sells for. Obviously, if you want to try and sell something quickly, you’ll sell it for less than the lowest price. Remember, not everything can be listed in the Auction House.
To list an item in the Auction House, open your Inventory, click the Sell button in the lower right corner, and drag anything you wish to sell in the window that pops up. If you drag a bulk set into the window, the price you set will be for the entire bulk, not for each individual item in that bulk.
Equipment:
There are 5 types of equipment, and they all come in different color-codes for easy identification:
Normal – GREEN
Rare – GOLD
Unique – PURPLE
Elite – BRONZE (possibly)
Combination – PURPLE
Each piece of equipment is spawned with a random number of sockets, ranging from 1 to 8. All amulets and rings are spawned with 1 socket. All Magic Stones can be placed into these sockets, and there are certain Prayer Stones that can only be placed into certain pieces of equipment.
Stones:
There are 5 Magic Stones in 5 levels, and a multitude of Prayer Stones. As far as the Magic Stones go, they have Fire, Water, Soil, Wind, and Magic. Fire and Water oppose each other, Wind and Soil oppose each other, and Magic opposes everything. The higher level of the Magic Stone, the greater its effect.
If a Magic Stone is socketed into a weapon, it adds elemental damage corresponding to the stone. If a Magic Stone is socketed into an armor, it adds elemental resistance corresponding to the stone.
A Prayer Stone can only be put into a certain piece of equipment and has a specific effect, which is stated in its properties.
Parties:
There is a somewhat unique party system in Archlord. Every member in the party gets a bonus depending on the class of the party leader, and each member gets an exp bonus when they are near other party members. On top of that, they have a varying looting system and exp share system:
Loot:
* Contribution (also called “Autoloot” or “AL”) – You get items from a monster depending on how much you damage it in comparison to others. if you were the only one to fight the monster, you automatically get all of its drops.
* Round Robin – This automatically splits drops between party members in a random fashion.
* Free For All – This lets items fall to the ground as normal, allowing anyone to grab them.
Experience:
* Contribution – Same as above. The more you damage the monster, the more exp you’ll get. If you didn’t damage the monster on this setting, you only get 1 exp.
* Level Share – This will split exp among party members based on their level.
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