Guide

First hour

Starting out

Buy the book from another NPC for 10 silver, return to the quest giver, and pay another 100 silver to receive a rare weapon. The total cost is 110 silver. → Verdant Hollow ^[1]
Accessories and outfits can be obtained by defeating powerful enemies or opening chests scattered across the world. → Gear ^[2]
The information tab allows accessories and vanity accessories to be equipped and removed. → Information tab ^[3]

Getting around

Interacting with pylons unlocks waypoints for teleportation. → Pylons ^[4]
Pylon travel provides a way into the maze during daytime. → Pylons ^[5]
Displays location as coordinates. → Radar ^[6]

Combat basics

F performs a weave. → Weave ^[7]
Five consecutive successful weaves grant 25% more universal damage and increased universal speed. → Weave ^[8]
Each class has three moves: an ability on G, an aura on C, and a class-specific dash on Q. → Classes ^[9]
The bestiary lists enemy drops, including weapons, items, and accessories. → Bestiary ^[10]

Surviving the night

The maze door opens at night and closes during the day. → Maze ^[11]
Sanity has a maximum of 100. In draining areas, depletion from full to death takes about 2 minutes. Elsewhere, it refills from empty in about 40 seconds. Reaching 0 causes death and costs 1 Prestige. → Sanity ^[12]
Existing campfires restore sanity. The runner outpost also restores sanity and functions like a campfire. → Sanity ^[13]
Sanity potions provide another way to restore sanity. → Sanity ^[14]
An early quest awards sanity potions, and the potions NPC in the starter village sells them. → Sanity ^[15]

Prestige

Death reduces prestige by one level. → Prestige ^[16]
Killing players of equal or higher prestige increases prestige. → Prestige ^[17]

Toward a class

Learning a class requires finding its trainer in the open world and paying Silver plus Sins or Offerings, depending on the class. → Classes ^[18]

References

Includes retained in-game reference-menu text alongside the cited sources; differences are not a confirmed game-version change. Patch not stated. Sources checked 2026-09-13.