First steps
Creating your character, the controls and what to do in the first hours.
1. Create your hero
In the menu, Solo opens character selection. Pick one of the eight classes (all of them are unlocked from the start) and give your character a name. If in doubt, the Warrior is sturdy and balanced, the ideal choice for newcomers.
After the prologue, you arrive in Amber Vale, the Act 1 town.
2. Talk to the village
- Captain Aldric gives the first campaign quest.
- Mira sells weapons, Gunnar armor and Elara artifacts and healing.
- Thorin runs the Forge and Tessa the Bench (see Crafting).
- Lyra handles the passive tree, specializations and the Trials.
- Lyra's training dummies let you test your skills' damage.
NPCs with ! have a new quest; with ★, a quest ready to turn in. The journal is on the J key.
3. Head out to Willow Road
The first area is Willow Road. Attack with the left button, use the skills on your bar and dodge the marks on the ground with Space. Remember:
- B opens the Town Portal, which leads back to the same spot.
- The Regeneration Stones (1 and 2 keys) restore Life and Mana over a few seconds and refill in town.
- Waypoint stones unlock fast travel.
4. Level up and build your character
Each level: 2 attribute points (C), 1 passive tree point (V) and 1 Skill Tree point (K). Start with the main skill of the path you want to follow. Your class page shows the three paths.
Better gear drops all the time: I opens the inventory, Shift compares with what you are wearing and L opens the in-game Item Compendium.
Default controls (keyboard and mouse)
Movement
| Move Up | WUp |
| Move Down | SDown |
| Move Left | ALeft |
| Move Right | DRight |
| Dash | Space |
Skills
| Skill 1 (attack) | Left button |
| Skill 8 (middle button) | Middle button |
| Skill 2 | Right button |
| Skill 3 | R |
| Skill 4 | F |
| Skill 5 | T |
| Skill 6 | G |
| Skill 7 | X |
| Ultimate | Q |
Items
| Life stone | 1 |
| Mana stone | 2 |
| Details / loot labels | Alt |
| Hide / show loot labels | Z |
| Compare items | Shift |
World
| Interact | E |
| Town portal | B |
| Hideout | F5 |
| Map | Tab |
Windows and menus
| Inventory | I |
| Character | C |
| Talent Tree | V |
| Skills | K |
| Quest log | J |
| Item codex | L |
| Bestiary | N |
| Chat | EnterKp Enter |
| Menu / pause | Escape |
Everything can be changed in Settings › Controls. The game also supports controllers (gamepad).
Loading screen tips
- ◆Press B in an area to open a Town Portal. The portal left in town leads back to the same spot, and slain monsters stay dead.
- ◆At Level 20 your Hideout unlocks: press F5 in town to go there.
- ◆Tab opens the area map, with Waypoints, chests, NPCs and portals.
- ◆Just walk near a Waypoint stone to unlock fast travel to it.
- ◆Your Regeneration Stones refill every time you arrive in town.
- ◆The mouse wheel zooms the camera in and out.
- ◆Bosses mark their strongest blows on the ground. Press Space to dodge out of them.
- ◆I opens the inventory, C the character sheet, V the passive tree and K the skills.
- ◆J opens the journal. NPCs with "!" have a new quest; with "★", a quest ready to hand in.
- ◆Maps opened at the Obelisk lead back to the town, or Hideout, you left from.
- ◆From level 20 on, dying costs 5% of the level's experience.
- ◆The stash keeps items, maps, skills and materials in separate tabs.
- ◆L opens the codex with every item in the game: possible affixes and where to find each one.