Guide

How the Vale works, from your first steps out of Embervale to guild grounds and alchemy.

1. Getting startedMake an account and a hero, find your way around Embervale, and learn the controls.
2. Combat and skillsHow fighting works, how the weapon picks your job, and how to raise skills, use auto modes and come back from death.
3. Levels and experienceHow weapon and character levels work, how much experience each level takes, and where to hunt at each level.
4. Equipment and upgradingLearn the equipment slots and tiers, and how to upgrade gear from +0 to +9 at the blacksmith, smelt ore and sell what you gather.
5. Parties and guildsForm and join parties, share kills and loot, make a party permanent, and found or join a guild.
6. Lands, gardens and alchemyBuy a parcel, build on it, grow crops, brew potions and sell to passing citizens, by hand or with bots.
7. Trading and the marketTrade items with other players at fixed market prices, post buy and sell ads, and know what can and can't change hands.
8. Item shop and premiumWhat gold coins and Ember coins are, how you get them, and what the item shop sells for them.
9. While you're awayKeep your hero hunting after you log out, manage the Autoplay Time gauge, and bring another of your heroes into your party.
10. Curse stones and bossesFind and break the curse stones from level 5 to 50, open the treasure boxes they drop, and take on Rotmaw.