⚔️ Getting Started
Your First Login
An onboarding menu will appear, explaining the rules, lore, and how to begin. Read it carefully.
On your first character you receive a pickaxe, an axe, and 50 septims to get you started.
By default your name is hidden from everyone. Press X (default key) to introduce yourself via the context menu before others can know who you are.
Open your Skills menu (K) to pick a profession and track your Exhaustion Timer.
The compass is disabled by default. You can re-enable it in the launcher settings.
You Have Two Characters
Each account supports two characters. If you want to try a different profession or playstyle, use your second slot rather than burning your reset. You also have one profession reset per character (available at the Guardian Stones near Riverwood).
Carry Weight
Your default carry weight is 200. Backpacks increase this. Keep an eye on what you pick up — over-encumbrance is very real.
🛠️ Professions
Miner
Mines ore veins. Ore depletes and replenishes over time. Pickaxes can break on lower-tier ores.
Woodcutter
Chops firewood. Higher levels yield more firewood per chop.
Blacksmith
Forges weapons and armor. Access to forges and workbenches. Craft higher-tier items for XP multipliers (up to 3×).
Farmer
Only farmers can gather crops (wheat, cabbage, etc.). Whitelisted farming system.
Cook
Uses cooking pots and ovens. Exhausted cooks cannot craft.
Tailor
Uses the Loom to craft clothes. Master Tailors can perform face sculpts (costs 400 septims). Exhausted tailors cannot craft.
Hunter
Only hunters can loot animals (not creatures). Must set mastery as Hunter first.
Warrior
The strongest PvP/PvE profession. +25 Stamina at Advanced, Expert, and Master (+75 total). Not designed for solo play — meant for guards, legions, bandits, mercenaries.
Exhaustion
Every XP gain exhausts your character. While exhausted you earn no XP (e.g., a Hunter won't gain XP killing NPCs). Your Exhaustion Timer is visible in the Skills menu (K). Crafting professions also cannot craft while exhausted.
XP Multipliers
Crafting professions earn up to 3× XP for crafting higher-tier items. Always aim for the best tier you can manage.
Resetting Your Profession
Visit the Guardian Stones near Riverwood. You get one reset per character — it resets both your profession and your XP. Use it wisely.
💰 Economy & Trade
Jobs (Steady Income)
🌾 Haybale Delivery
- Rewards: 2 wheat + 2 septims per delivery
🪵 Firewood Delivery — Solitude
- Delivers firewood in Solitude
- Shared cooldown with other jobs
🪵 Firewood Delivery — Windhelm
- Same as Solitude job
- Shared cooldown with Solitude job
Carriages (Fast Travel)
Carriages are available in all major cities plus Winterhold and Dawnstar. Carriage prices have been increased — save up before travelling.
Notice Boards
Check the Notice Boards in Solitude, Whiterun, Riften, and Windhelm for jobs and announcements. Still a work in progress.
Resources at a Glance
🧂 Salt Piles
5–10 per deposit (buffed). Used in alchemy and cooking.
⛏️ Ore Veins
Deplete and replenish over time. Ebony mining is currently disabled.
💊 Skooma
Reworked with travel-like effects. KZL Skooma is unique and balanced. Old Skooma forms are now useless.
Notable Recipes
| Item | Recipe | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Cure Disease Potion | 3 Garlic + 5 Slaughterfish Eggs + 7 Grass Pod | Alchemist Lv 00 |
| Amethyst | 1 Sapphire + 1 Ruby | Alchemist Lv 20 |
| Skyguard Gear | Steel, Silver, Leather, Leather Strips + Skyguard Forge Manual | Any forge |
| Apprentice–Master Robes | Craftable (see Loom) | Tailor |
| Skeever (recipe) | Linked to book — find the book first | Cook |
🏠 Housing & Lockpicking
Getting a House
Find the Jarl of the hold you want to live in. Only the Jarl of that hold can grant you a house.
Stewards (appointed by Jarls) can also grant/revoke houses and chest access on their behalf.
Once granted, you are the Owner. You can add Guests via the Property Management Menu.
Doors & Locks
Lockpicking is available for those who want to attempt entry. Exploits have been patched — don't bother trying.
Chests
All chest interactions are logged. The "Take All" bug has been fixed — items will no longer disappear. Owners can manage guest chest access through the Property Management Menu.
🗡️ Combat & Gear Loss
Gear Loss on Death
- Up to 2 items may drop from your inventory (can be 0 or 1 as well).
- Lower probability of ingredients dropping; higher probability of equipment dropping.
- Up to 10% of your septims are lootable.
- Your coin pouch visually reflects how much gold you carry — bandits may notice.
Safe Zone
Windhelm's Pit does not cause any gear loss if you die inside it.
Restoration Spells
Restoration spells have been fixed — they heal you properly and ignore armor. Carry potions and healing spells when adventuring.
Dungeons
NPCs spawn only when you are close to them (optimised for performance). Chests inside dungeons give a random number of items and random gold.
💬 Player Commands
All commands support chat autocomplete — start typing and suggestions will appear.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/l | Local OOC chat (proximity only) |
/ooc | Global OOC chat (3-minute send delay) |
/disguise | Toggle your disguise appearance |
/vamp | Toggle vampire facial features on/off (vampires only) |
/lockhouse | Lock your house door from the inside (owners only) |
| X (key) | Open context menu to introduce yourself / interact with others |
| K (key) | Open Skills menu (professions, exhaustion timer) |
✨ New Player Tips
Key Locations
🪨 Guardian Stones
Near Riverwood. Profession reset mechanic.
📋 Notice Boards
Jobs and announcements in all 4 major cities.
🏟️ Windhelm Pit
No gear loss on death. Good for early combat practice.
🪵 Kiln
Located in Ivarstead (moved from Shor's Stone).
🍺 Inns
Riverwood Tavern, Drunken Huntsman, Bee and Barb (Riften), Mixwater Worker's House — all available for rest.
🏰 Castle Volkihar
Now accessible via Icewater Jetty. Contains a museum and library.
🍺 Drinks (Alchemy)
🍺 Ale
Weight 0.5 · Value 5
- Restore 10 Stamina
- Stamina regen 30% slower for 30s
- +5 Heavy Armor skill for 30s
- +5 Light Armor skill for 30s
🍯 Nord Mead
Weight 0.5 · Value 5
- Restore 5 Stamina
- Stamina regen 30% slower for 30s
- +10 Carry Capacity for 180s
- Resist 2% Frost for 180s
🍷 Wine
Weight 0.5 · Value 7
- Restore 15 Stamina
- Stamina regen 30% slower for 30s
- Resist 5% Frost for 60s
Ingredient Sources
| Ingredient | Where to find |
|---|---|
| Wheat | Farm outside Whiterun (haybale job rewards 40x of it per 12 hours) |
| Jazbay Grapes | Farm outside Whiterun Hold |
| Lavender | Wild — common in Whiterun Hold fields |
| Snowberries | Wild — found in colder regions (Winterhold, Eastmarch) |
| Honey | Farm outside Whiterun Hold |
| Frost Mirriam | Wild — northern regions |
🎭 Social & Roleplay
Identity
Everyone's name is hidden by default. Press X to open the context menu and introduce yourself. You must introduce yourself before others can know your character's name — and vice versa.
Disguises
Use
/disguiseto hide your identity visually. Vampires can use/vampto toggle their vampire appearance to prevent metagaming — if you see a vampire with facial features visible, you may act on it in-character.Voice Chat Modes
🔇 Whisper
Very short range. Use for private conversations.
🗣️ Local (Default)
Normal proximity range for general RP.
📢 Yell
Extended range. Use sparingly — it carries far.
Voice chat also includes lip sync (mouths may occasionally stay open — speaking again fixes it). RMS normalisation means all players sound roughly the same volume.
Chat Channels
/ooc/lGovernance (Jarls, Guards, Stewards)