Category:Getting Started: An Introduction Guide for Novices

Getting Started: An Introduction Guide for Novices

Part 1: Escaping the Island

After logging in your newly created character, you will spawn inside a derelict ship. Go to the nearby portal (the shiny circular thing on the floor) to exit to the next room. There you will encounter an NPC lying on the floor. Engage a dialogue by clicking on him. After talking, go exit via the next portal.

If you’ve noticed, the quests you will be doing also functions as an instructions tutorial on the game itself. While doing the quests, various game instructions will be displayed. Take note of these therefore if you are new to the game.

Outside, you will immediately notice two NPCs. One of them is the ship captain, the other one is another Novice. Talking to the Novice is optional. Talk to the captain to begin a simple quest, which involves defeating a couple of Porings and obtaining two pieces of [Wood]. After finishing the task, talk to the captain again and he will direct you to another NPC nearby another ship. Talk to that Sailor NPC first before stepping on the nearby portal and exiting to Izlude.

Part 2: Criatura Academy

Once you’ve stepped foot on Izlude, you will encounter the previous NPC lying on the floor inside the ship. Talk to him to initiate a dialogue along with the Novice NPC. The two will introduce themselves as Reno and Lumin, respectively. After talking to them, click on the nearby dark shadow NPC. It introduces itself as Shorty and requests that you take it with you on your journey. Accept the offer for now and it will squeeze itself into your inventory.

Before going further with this guide, you should familiarize yourself first with the coordinates system in the game. The coordinates are displayed at the upper right side of your screen, below the map display. The numbers are displayed in such a way that the first number X refers to rows from West to East while the second number Y refers to columns from South to North.

Also at this point, you may encounter various NPCs with the “Quest” dialogue bubble popping on top of their heads as you navigate through the town. Getting and finishing their related quests are optional, but feel free to do so if you want to obtain a few more free items and/or EXP.

If you’re finished familiarizing yourself to the surroundings, go to Criatura Academy, its entrance located at 128 254 Izlude. Inside, you will find the NPC named Sprakki at the nearby reception desk. Talk to her and she will give you various equipment as well as permission to obtain class skill manuals from the instructors.

Now there should be a couple of stairs with portals that go to the 2nd floor. Pick either of them to get to the class instructors. You may not be able to change into your 1st job class at this point, but you should be able to at least get a Skill Manual for novices. The dialogues needed to obtain the manuals vary by each class, but the option should be somewhere along the lines like “I want to try [class] skills!”. Also keep in mind that some classes have certain requirements, like having 100 zeny to obtain the Merchant Manual.

Part 3: Sprakki’s Instructions

After obtaining a manual, go back to the 1st floor and talk to Sprakki again. She will assign a new quest for you. To open the quest window, the default shortcut key is [ ALT + U ]. By clicking on the quest on your list, you will see the words “Kafra Employee” written in blue and underlined. Click on the highlighted blue words and an arrow line will appear that points to direction of your destination. You should take note of this feature when doing other quests in the future.

Click on the aforementioned name above if you haven’t already, then step outside of the Academy. Follow the arrows toward the Kafra Employee NPC at 128 148 Izlude. She will give you a package to be delivered inside the building at 111 180. Look for Morris inside and deliver the package. After talking, step outside the town. The town exit is located at 23 98 Izlude. Now look for Ur at prt_fild08 320 230. Talk to him then go find the Kid at 225 230. She wants you to defeat 2 Lunatics and obtain at least 1 Clover. Carry out her request then come talk to her again. Lumin will appear at this time. Talk to him next. Return to Ur to complete your task in the field.

You will now return to Morris back at town. Talk to him and he will point you back to the Academy, this time you will look for the Healer NPC. He should be somewhere inside the Academy at 60 43. Talk to him to complete your quest.

By this time, you should be at level 10 of your Novice job level. Spend all your skill points on the Basic Novice skills if you haven’t already, then. Now you are ready to graduate from a Novice to your first job class.

A couple of notes first before we finish up this guide. First, do not change classes in the Academy; do it in the classes’ respective towns and guilds instead. If you do so, you will get the 1st class platinum skills (Holy Light, Cart Revolution, etc.) for free, along with some starter gear. If you are having trouble getting to other towns, most of the instructors might offer you a free teleport. Second, after changing into your 1st job class, you should return to Criatura Academy as soon as possible and talk to Sprakki again. She and Lime Evernor will offer you a chance to become a member of the Eden Group and bestow upon you some basic Eden armor gear, which is significantly better than most gear offered by NPC shops.