Getting started

New to Dillei Online? Here is what you see on the screen, what to do in your first hour, and what to aim for after that - with pictures from the game.

One world, many islandsEveryone plays in the same world: a capital, farms and forests, caves and dungeons, and islands out at sea. You see it from above, square by square.

Hunt, loot, growMonsters give experience and drop gold and things to use or sell. Every level makes you tougher; better weapons, armour and spells make you stronger.

Three classesA warrior, ranger or mage, chosen once. Each fights its own way - and the three fight best together.

Goals of your ownA story told in quests, bosses with a lair of their own, hunting tasks, achievements, a bestiary to fill and rare finds. Free to play - supporters get a few extras.

Your screen

The game screen with numbered marks: a mage fighting wolves on a farm, the hotkeys, the map, the character panel, the BATTLE list, the backpack and the chat

A level 14 mage hunting wolves at Northgate Farms. Click the picture to see it full size.

1The world. You stand in the middle; everyone has a name and a life bar. Left-click a square to walk there, right-click a monster to attack it, a person to talk, a door or stairs next to you to use them.
2Hotkeys F1-F12 and 1-0. Drag a potion, a rune or a spell here and press the key.
3Map - what you have seen around you. Its marks show the shops, the bank, the boats, training and tasks: hover one to read it. BIG MAP (M) opens the world map, the book beside it the bestiary (B).
4You - level, health (red), mana (blue), experience to the next level, magic level and capacity (how much you can carry).
5Gear - what you wear: drag things on and off. The tabs above it show your skills, bonuses and spells. The crossed swords open the BATTLE list, the chart the hunt analyzer (experience and loot per hour).
6Buttons - character points, outfit, tasks, quests, achievements, follow and aggro, autoloot, the shop, options, your VIP list and log out.
7BATTLE - every monster you can reach or shoot. Click one to attack it; Space goes round them.
8Backpack - your bags open as windows. Drag things between them, onto your gear or onto the ground.
9Chat - Enter, type, Enter. Tabs for Local, World, Trade and Help, your private messages, and the LOG of everything that happened.
10Messages - the experience you gained, what you found, and what the game wants you to know.

Your first hour

1Make your character

Download the game and install it - it keeps itself up to date every time it starts.
Make an account: a number of 6 to 12 digits, a password of at least 6 characters and your email (the way back in if you ever lose the password).
Make a character: a name and a class - the screen compares the three. The class never changes. Right now there is one world, Grimvald: players may fight each other outside the protection zones (see Stay alive).
A warrior also picks the first weapon - a sword, an axe or a club - for the skill to train.

Everyone starts with the kit of their class:

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2Follow the guide

You wake up in the temple of Dillei, in the middle of the capital. The temple and the bank are protection zones: nothing can hurt you inside.
A new character gets a short guide of 9 pages the first time it comes in (under level 20) - open it again any time in Options.
A yellow ! over someone means a quest for you, a ? something to hand in. Start with the elder in the temple.
The marks on your map show where the shops, the bank, the boats, training and the tasks are.

The in-game guide, page 2 of 9: moving and fighting, with a picture of the screen

3Buy potions

Walk up to a merchant (three squares or closer) and right-click: the trade window opens - BUY or SELL, filtered by class, with the amount and the total.
Get a few health and mana potions before your first hunt - a health potion costs 20 gold at Odila. Drag them onto a hotkey.
You pay from your bags first, then from the bank.

The trade window of the alchemist: health and mana potions, runes, the amount and the BUY button

4Your first hunt

Right-click a monster to attack it, or press Space: it takes the next one on your BATTLE list.
Fight until you are hurt, then heal - a potion, a spell, or a moment of rest: health and mana come back on their own.
Each kill gives experience; enough of it and you level up.

The first monsters live a short walk from the temple:

Barn cellar levels 4–7 Northgate Farms: the stairs inside the barn (1499,1510).
Northgate Farms levels 4–6 Leave the city by the north gate and cross the pier (1455,1523).
The sea cave levels 4–6 Out of the south gate to the beach and round the rock: the cave mouth is at 1448,1645; it comes up on the castle island (1448,1673).
Bear Hills and the pine wood levels 6–13 Out of the north gate and west into the pine wood; the den's door is at 1405,1517.

5Loot and gold

Right-click a body to open it and drag out what you want - or press G to grab the top thing of every pile around you. Supporters can turn on autoloot.
Sell what monsters leave - tails, paws, fangs - to the merchants: Mirela, Garrick, Odila. Starting things sell for 1 gold.
Keep your savings in the bank: shops take what your bags lack from it, and a death never touches it.

6Take a hunting task

Varek stands in The Anvil and Hammerhold, 104 squares north of the temple. Talk to the task master and pick a monster, how many and the reward: experience or gold.
Every kill that gives you experience counts - the game tells you how many are left - then go back for the reward.
1 task at a time, 3 for supporters. Every reward is on the Tasks page.

For example: 50 rats pay 125 experience or 75 gold, on top of what the kills give.

The task master window: monsters by level with their experience, wolves picked, 50 to 400 kills and the gold or experience each pays

7Grow stronger

Every level gives more health, mana and capacity, and you walk a little faster.
From level 5 you get a character point every 5 levels: Vitality (health), Might (damage) or Fortitude (less damage taken) - see Character points.
Fighting trains your skills; spending mana raises your magic level. Spells need no teacher: the SPELLS tab lists those of your class with their words and the level they need - see Spells.
Better gear comes from the shops and from what monsters drop - see Items, filtered by your class and level.

The character points window: two points to spend on vitality, might or fortitude

Controls

WalkWASD or the arrows, or left-click

Attackright-click a monster

Next on the BATTLE listSpace

Talk, open, useright-click

Look at somethingShift + click

Menu of a player (follow, party, message)Ctrl + click

Move thingsdrag - hold Shift for the whole stack

Pick up lootG

HotkeysF1-F12, 1-0

Talk and castEnter, type, Enter

World map / bestiaryM / B

Tell a game masterCtrl + R

Log outCtrl + L

Every key and mouse combination can be changed in Options - Controls.

People to know

Right-click to talk to them. Everyone else is on the NPCs page.

Your first questElder Maelishas a quest for every newcomer · in the temple in Dillei

MerchantBramsells barricade barrels · in the alchemist's tower in Dillei

MerchantGarricksells ammo, armour, bags, weapons · buys loot · in the arms shop in Dillei

MerchantMirelabuys loot · in the fur trader's shop in Dillei

MerchantOdilasells armour, potions, runes, weapons · buys loot · in the alchemist's tower in Dillei

The bankRamonkeeps your gold and your things · in the bank in Dillei

The marketCorvinbuy from and sell to other players · in the bank in Dillei

TrainingDrillmaster Tarntrain your skills for free · in Goblin camp, 51 squares south-west of the temple

BoatsCaptain Holtsails supporters to every island - anyone to Dawnwatch and home · in Troll forest and camp, 41 squares north-east of the temple

Hunting tasksVarekgold or experience for hunting · in The Anvil and Hammerhold, 104 squares north of the temple

PromotionKing Haldorthe promotion, from level 30 · in The Anvil and Hammerhold, 117 squares north of the temple

What to aim for

Levels 1-10

Learn the ropes on Dillei’s own island: the first quests, your first hunting task and, at level 5, your first character point.

Hunt at Goblin camp Bear Hills and the pine wood City sewers The south beach

Levels 10-25

Trolls, goblins and amazons round the city; through the sea cave to the Castle Isle, and over the mountain pass to the Eastern Isle. Team up: a party shares the experience of its kills.

Hunt at Amazon camp Grothmar The cyclops plain Troll caves

Levels 25-50

Further islands and deeper dungeons. From level 30 the king in Hammerhold offers the promotion: pay 10,000 gold and defeat 50 dragons or wyverns within a day, and your class earns its title and twice the natural regeneration.

Hunt at The castle The Elderwood The buried city The east dunes

Levels 50-90

Dragons and the burned north; the Cinderreach opens at level 50, south of Dawnwatch. Stormcrown waits for levels 85 to 115.

Hunt at The Webwood The Smoking Peaks The glass waste The Stormcrown heath

Level 90 and up

Dragon lords, demons and undead dragons; the Gate of Six at level 100; and the great foes of the story, faced in their sanctums with up to two friends - see Bosses.

Hunt at The Hive The wyrm hollow The Stormcrown ledge The Cinder Vaults

The story

Quests tell the story of the Ember Seals and pay experience, gold and Warden marks - spent on gear that never drops. The QUESTS window lists what is waiting for you, and the world map shows every !.

The QUESTS window: quests waiting with who gives them, where and from what level

The bestiary

Every creature you defeat is written in a book (B): defeat more of a kind to learn where it lives, its life and blows, and its loot.

Achievements

186 of them, worth points (599 in all) - kills, bosses, tasks, quests, exploring and a few secrets. The trophy button on your panel shows them; see Achievements.

Rare finds

Any drop can come magical, rare, legendary or even mythical, with better numbers: see Item rarity. Now and then a monster comes back as a Nightmare or Hell creature: far stronger, with better drops and Warden marks.

Stay alive

Dying costs 3% of your experience and 10% of the progress towards each next skill. Your backpack falls on your body (anything else you wear only rarely); the body lies there 20 minutes - go back for it. You wake up in the temple.
Protection zones: temple of Dillei and bank of Dillei and Hammerhold. Nothing hurts you inside.
After a fight you cannot log out for 2 minutes - the icons under CAP show it.
Where players may fight, attacking someone who did nothing to you gives you a skull, and too many unjust kills a red one - see Fights and skulls. With AGGRO OFF on your panel a click attacks only monsters and players with a skull.
Stuck or worried? Ctrl + R writes to the game masters.

The death screen: slain by a dragon and a dragon hatchling, the experience and skills it took, the backpack left on the body and whose blows did it

Every death tells its story: what it took, what it left behind, and by whose hand.

Where to hunt at every level

The hunting grounds by the level they are meant for, what lives there and a few good tasks for that level. Click a place for the way there and a picture of it.

Levels	Where to hunt - and what lives there	Good tasks
1–8	Barn cellarDillei and its island · underground Northgate FarmsDillei and its island The sea caveDillei and its island · underground Bear Hills and the pine woodDillei and its island Castle fieldsThe Castle Isle The dunesThe Eastern Isle City sewersDillei and its island · underground The south beachDillei and its island	Wolf 50 kills: 200 exp or 120 gold Snake 50 kills: 250 exp or 150 gold Spider 50 kills: 300 exp or 180 gold
8–15	Goblin campDillei and its island The swamp landingThe Eastern Isle The horned mountainThe Eastern Isle The mire mother's denThe Eastern Isle · underground The Old ChapelDillei and its island The city cryptDillei and its island · underground Troll forest and campDillei and its island Troll cavesDillei and its island · underground Orc war campThe Eastern Isle The minotaur farmThe Castle Isle	Skeleton 25 kills: 350 exp or 210 gold Bear 25 kills: 563 exp or 338 gold Minotaur 25 kills: 625 exp or 375 gold
15–25	Minotaur labyrinthThe Eastern Isle · underground Eastern Isle shoresThe Eastern Isle The Anvil and HammerholdDillei and its island · underground The elf woodThe Eastern Isle Castle dungeonThe Castle Isle · underground The deep cryptDillei and its island · underground Amazon campDillei and its island The amazon hideoutDillei and its island · underground The bog warrensThe Eastern Isle · underground The thieves denThe Ashen Reach · underground GrothmarThe Eastern Isle The haunted woodsThe Castle Isle The salt roadThe Sunscar DawnwatchDawnwatch The cyclops plainThe Ashen Reach The orc warrensThe Eastern Isle · underground The cultists' campThe Castle Isle The minotaur burrowsThe Castle Isle · underground The minotaur warrensThe Castle Isle · underground The brigand campThe Ashen Reach The sandstone tombThe Eastern Isle · underground	Ghoul 25 kills: 1,063 exp or 638 gold Hunter 25 kills: 1,875 exp or 1,125 gold Hyena 25 kills: 800 exp or 480 gold
25–40	Golem quarryThe Ashen Reach · underground Dwarf minesThe Eastern Isle · underground The east dunesThe Sunscar The castleThe Castle Isle The Warlord DeepsThe Eastern Isle · underground The burned forestThe Ashen Reach The ElderwoodThe Elderwood The scorpion dunesThe Sunscar The redrock badlandsThe Sunscar The dead landsThe Castle Isle The Cinder SanctumDawnwatch · underground The uruk pitsThe Eastern Isle · underground The minotaur cityThe Eastern Isle · underground The Greyspine foothillsThe Greyspine The Greyspine ledgeThe Greyspine The oasisThe Sunscar The iron hallsThe Eastern Isle · underground The halls of the embalmersThe Eastern Isle · underground	Orc berserker 25 kills: 2,438 exp or 1,463 gold Demon skeleton 25 kills: 3,000 exp or 1,800 gold Orc leader 25 kills: 3,375 exp or 2,025 gold
40–60	The buried cityThe Sunscar The pharaoh's hallThe Eastern Isle · underground The deep meadowThe Castle Isle · underground Dragon landsThe Ashen Reach The mountain topsThe Ashen Reach Wyvern HollowThe Webwood · underground The AshwoodThe Cinderreach The Dragons LairThe Ashen Reach Dragon lairThe Ashen Reach · underground The Smoking PeaksThe Cinderreach The Greyspine snowfieldsThe Greyspine Behind the mountainsThe Ashen Reach The Greyspine summitThe Greyspine The lava fieldsThe Cinderreach The deepThe Eastern Isle · underground The Creeping AbyssThe Webwood · underground	Ancient scarab 25 kills: 9,000 exp or 5,400 gold Dragon 25 kills: 8,750 exp or 5,250 gold Magma golem 25 kills: 9,500 exp or 5,700 gold
60–90	The Smoke TunnelsThe Cinderreach · underground The WebwoodThe Webwood Brimstone PitsThe Webwood · underground The Widows NestThe Ashen Reach · underground The deep dunesThe Sunscar The ash plainThe Cinderreach The Fallen KeepThe Cinderreach The glass wasteThe Sunscar The Stormcrown heathStormcrown The heart of the ElderwoodThe Elderwood	Giant spider 25 kills: 11,250 exp or 6,750 gold Basilisk 25 kills: 12,000 exp or 7,200 gold Hero 25 kills: 15,000 exp or 9,000 gold
90+	The wyrm hollowThe Sunscar The Dragons Lair (below)The Ashen Reach · underground The Stormcrown high ledgeStormcrown The crown of StormcrownStormcrown The HiveThe Webwood · underground The Stormcrown ledgeStormcrown Diremaw BurrowsThe Webwood · underground The Ember HallsThe Cinderreach · underground The Cinder VaultsThe Cinderreach · underground The Demon HallsThe Cinderreach · underground	Warlock 25 kills: 50,000 exp or 30,000 gold Dragon lord 25 kills: 26,250 exp or 15,750 gold Sand wyrm 25 kills: 26,250 exp or 15,750 gold