Game Guide

Everything you need to know about Emberhold RPG

Quick Navigation

Getting Started

/start Create a character and pick a class (Warrior, Wizard, Cleric, or Rogue)
/character View stats, equipment, bag, skills, and passives
/respec Reset your character and start fresh with a new class
/tutorial Resume the tutorial if you get lost or want to revisit it

Character Sheet

Your character sheet shows all your stats, equipped gear, skills, and passives:

Character Sheet

Stats & Equipment

Character Skills

Skills

Character Passives

Passives

AI-Generated Portrait

Each character gets a unique AI-generated portrait

The City of Emberhold

The City of Emberhold

Use /city to travel between locations:

🚪

Ember Gate

Explore the world and embark on Expeditions to distant lands.

Explore Expedition
The Ember Gate
🔥

Shrine of the Everflame

Restore your health and cleanse debuffs at the sacred shrine.

Heal Cleanse
Shrine of the Everflame
🛒

Cinder Market

Buy equipment, consumables, and sell your unwanted items.

Browse Shop Sell Items
The Cinder Market
🏟️

The Ashring

Test your combat skills in the arena or face random encounters.

Arena Run Random Encounter
The Ashring
⬇️

The Black Descent

Gather a party and delve into dangerous dungeons together.

Enter Dungeon (2-5 players)
The Black Descent
🔨

The Iron Ward

Craft and upgrade your equipment at the forge.

Crafting Upgrades
The Iron Ward
⚔️

Adventurer's Guild

Take on quests and contracts for rewards.

Daily Quests Contracts
The Adventurer's Guild

Combat Systems

Combat Interface

Turn-based combat with skills, status effects, and strategic targeting

🏟️ Arena Run

Solo 10-battle gauntlet with increasing difficulty.

  • Chests awarded at battles 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10
  • Safe exit points at battles 3, 5, 7, and 9
  • Resources persist between battles

🏰 Dungeon

Party co-op adventure for 2-5 players.

  • Multiple floors with varied encounters
  • Events, camping, and treasure rooms
  • Powerful bosses guard the depths
Dungeon Exploration

Dungeon Exploration

Dungeon Battle Start

Battle Start

Dungeon Combat

Dungeon Combat

⚡ Random Encounter

Quick solo fight for XP and loot.

  • Fast combat with immediate rewards
  • Good for quick sessions

🗺️ Explore Combat

Enemies discovered while exploring the world.

  • Part of the exploration system
  • May yield unique rewards

Explore vs Expedition

🔍 Explore

Location: Ember Gate → Explore button

A quick solo outing with a short cooldown. Each explore triggers a random event:

  • Combat — Fight enemies for XP and loot
  • Rumors — Discover hints about hidden locations
  • Resources — Find gold, items, or consumables
  • Story — Narrative moments with choices

Exploring reveals rumors that unlock new areas on /map.

Rumors Discovery

🧭 Expedition

Location: Ember Gate → Expedition button

A longer multi-stage journey with greater risk and reward:

  1. Prepare — Choose destination and supplies
  2. Travel — Face obstacles, combat, and discoveries
  3. Arrive — Reach your goal for rewards

⚠️ Expeditions can fail! Use /markers to recover lost progress.

Expedition

Expedition Journey

See what awaits you on an expedition:

Expedition Event

Travel Events

Expedition Discovery

Discoveries

Expedition Arrival

Arrival

Discovery Loop

Explore Find Rumors Unlock Locations Expedition New Areas

World Travel System

The world map features a tabbed interface for easy navigation.

Territory Map

Discover and travel to new locations across the world

5 Category Tabs

Navigate discovered locations by type:

🏘️ Settlements Safe havens with trade and rest
⛏️ Resources Valuable gathering locations
🏥 Support Helpful shrines and lodges
Mystery Unknown areas with high risk/reward
💀 Threats Dangerous areas to conquer

Biomes

Every location belongs to a biome with unique characteristics:

Temperate

🌲 Forest 🌾 Plains ⛰️ Hills 🏔️ Mountain

Exotic

🏜️ Desert 🐸 Swamp 🌴 Jungle 🏖️ Coast

Dangerous

🌋 Volcanic 🕳️ Underground ☠️ Wasteland 🧗 Cliffs

Mysterious

🌀 Void 🔮 Twisted 👻 Cursed ⚔️ Borderlands

Travel

🌊 River/Ocean 🛤️ Road

How to Travel

  1. Visit The Ember Gate in Emberhold
  2. Click World Travel
  3. Use the tab buttons to browse location types
  4. Select a destination from the dropdown
  5. Review the travel cost and danger level
  6. Confirm to travel!

Use /city when in Emberhold, or /location when exploring the world.

Progression

📈 Gain XP → Level up → Unlock skills and passives
📦 Loot chests drop gear (Common → Uncommon → Rare → Epic → Legendary)
🎽 Equip 6 gear slots + 2 accessories + 3 belt pouches
💰 Earn gold from combat and selling items
Item Loot

Powerful loot with random affixes

Daily Quests

Complete daily quests for bonus rewards

Other Commands

/lootchest Open earned loot chests
/trade @player Trade items with others
/map View discovered world locations
/rumors See hints about undiscovered locations
/daily_quests Daily objectives for bonus rewards
/leaderboard Server rankings