Combat

Combat starts by facing a monster and pressing Ctrl to swing. Damage is your stats and weapon against its armour; once hit, a monster turns hostile and comes for you. Bows and other ranged weapons strike from several tiles away; every weapon’s page states its range, its bonuses and any class it needs. Hitpoints come back on their own, faster sitting down, faster still with a potion or a heal. The training guide says what to fight at every level.

From the game’s help window

From the in-game help (F1). Where it disagrees with the sections above, they are current.

Fighting

The main control to fight something is Ctrl. Walk up to your enemy and press Ctrl while facing it to attack. Your damage will be calculated on your level, and stats. Once you hit the npc it will become hostile and will hit you back.

Ranged weapons

Ranged weapons are weapons that can shoot at enemies from afar.

What are some of the ranged weapons?

Bows- bows can shoot from 5-7 spaces afar from enemies

Note: Ranged items are more expensive and rarer than close range items.

Hitpoints

Hitpoints define how much damage your character can take before it dies. The red meter on top of the screen shows your current hitpoints, also a temporary small bar will appear right above your cahracter after it has taken damage from an npc.

Recovery

Hitpoints will automatically recover in time. If you want to recover faster you can use a heal potion, or a heal spell to speed up the recovery. You will recover more hitpoints when you sit down on the ground as well (press F11)

See also

• Stats: Pow, acc, def, dex, vit and aur, and the combat numbers they sit over.
• Casting: What a spell costs, what it does, and what it needs.
• Shared loot: What a shared drop is.