How To Play

Get started in Hope, learn the controls, and find your way through the world.

Your first steps

Akarra X2 is a persistent multiplayer world. Open Play, sign in, and choose or create a character to enter.

Get your bearings in Hope. Open Inventory and check your equipment. Open Character to see your level, attributes and class.
Begin with the townsfolk. Speak to Nicholas the Elder, then help Rupert at his farm to earn Knowledge of Dodge I. Follow the Hope quest route below rather than heading straight into an unfamiliar dungeon.
Choose your next journey. Use the World Map to find creatures and places. Creature levels describe the creatures themselves; they are not a promise that a fight will be safe.
Rest between fights. Watch Health, Magic and Stamina. Pick up useful drops, check your quest journal, and return to town when you need supplies.

Your first quests in Hope

Start here for useful knowledge scrolls and an introduction to the town. This is a suggested route, not a required quest order. Accept the task before fighting or collecting its objectives. Open Quests to track it, and check the NPC dialogue for requirements and reward choices.

A Mission for Knowledge
Start by speaking to Nicholas about the basic talents. His task connects the skills you will learn around Hope; you do not need to finish it before helping Rupert.
- Find and learn Venom Resistance
- Find and learn Fighting I
- Find and learn Dodge I
Reward · 1,250 XP
Find Nicholas the Elder on the World Map →
Rupert's Vermin
Ask Rupert about the vermin and accept his task before fighting. His farm is south of him; the Rat Hole is west. Kill the quest’s rabbits or rats in those locations, then return to Rupert. Use the reward scroll on your equipment area to learn Dodge I, then open Skills to check its gem requirements.
- Kill 10 Rabbits or Rats in Rupert's Farm or in the Rat Hole
Reward · 200 XP + Knowledge of Dodge I
Find Rupert the Farmer on the World Map →
Talk about magic!
A useful route for a future caster: talk to Arno, ask the named townsfolk about magic, then return to him. The Magic Use I reward is the learned skill you need to become an Apprentice.
- Ask Nicholas about magic
- Ask Sinistra about magic
- Ask Rupert about magic
- Ask Wynn about magic
- Ask Holger about magic
Reward · 100 XP + Knowledge of Magic Use I + Staff
Find Arno Windsphere on the World Map →
Holger's Challenge
When ready for another fight, ask Holger about his challenge and clear his cellar. Bring coins for the entry fee; check his dialogue before accepting. His reward choices teach different weapon families; pick one that suits the weapon you want to use.
- Defeat the monsters in Holger's cellar
Choose a reward · Knowledge of Swords I or Knowledge of Axes I or Knowledge of Spears I or Knowledge of Crushing I
Find Holger the Weaponsmith on the World Map →

After those first tasks, help Hartmut to learn about tending wounds and earn Knowledge of Shield Use I. Check the journal and NPC dialogue as you go.

Moving and interacting

Desktop

Click empty ground to travel there, or hold WASD or the arrow keys to move. The numeric keypad keeps you moving in a direction; Numpad 5 stops you.

Click a creature to attack, an NPC to talk, or a ground item to pick it up. Use Look, or hold Ctrl and click, to inspect a target.

Phone or tablet

Drag in the world to bring up the movement stick. Tap a creature to attack, an NPC to talk, or a ground item to pick it up. Use Look when you want to inspect instead.

Open Menu for your character panels. The touch controls provide Rest, Stop and skill selection; follow the target prompt when using an action.

Actions and shortcuts

Select an action first, then click or tap its target. Rest works directly. A right-click on desktop cancels your current movement or physical action.

Desktop action shortcuts
Attack	`Ctrl + A`	Follow	`Ctrl + F`
Trade	`Ctrl + T`	Pick up	`Ctrl + P`
Use / Open	`Ctrl + U`	Enter	`Ctrl + E`
Use skill	`Ctrl + S`	Rest	`Ctrl + R`

Shortcuts are contextual: chat and open dialogs may handle a key themselves. Escape leaves the game when a dialog or chat is not handling it.

Finding your panels

Use the interface tabs on desktop or Menu on mobile. F1 opens the in-game help.

Character F2: Level, attributes and class advancement.
Inventory F3: Equipment, backpack and carried coins.
Skills F4: Learned skills, spells and proficiency gems.
Quests F5: Your journal and objectives. Choose “Track this quest” to keep selected objectives on screen.
Maps F6: Your in-game maps and explored surroundings.
Options F7: Display and other client settings.
Friends F8: Your friends list.
Fellowship F9: Your party and its members.
Guild F10: Your guild and its members.

The website World Map is a searchable reference for creatures, NPCs, obelisks and reviewed dungeon entrances. Your in-game maps serve a different purpose: navigating as you explore.

Fighting and staying alive

Click or tap a creature to attack with your default action. To use a different skill, select it and follow its target prompt. Some actions need a target or a place; others act on your character.

Health: When it runs out, you are defeated.
Magic: Used by spells. Check a skill’s requirements before relying on it.
Stamina: Matters for fighting and movement. Exhaustion can make it harder to escape.

Use Rest to recover between encounters. If a fight is going badly, move away. Some creatures attack first or bring nearby allies into a fight, so inspect unfamiliar enemies before committing.

Choose a hunting ground

Use the creature guide to compare levels, health, attacks and drops, then follow Show on world map. Filter the website World Map by creature or level range to find recorded locations. For indoor creatures, reviewed entrance markers lead to their cave or dungeon.

Night can make the world difficult to see. Carry a light source, such as a candle, torch or lantern.

Growing your character

Your character starts as a Mundane. Experience increases your level; attribute points and proficiency gems help you develop your character. Open Character and Skills to see what you can spend.

Skills and spells

Knowledge scrolls teach skills; carrying a reward scroll alone does not teach it. Check the scroll’s class and soul-colour requirements before obtaining one. To use a scroll, drag it to the equipment area or double-click it in the backpack. Proficiency gems improve learned skills through their gem slots; inspect the skill to understand its use.

Choosing a class

Use Change Class in Character when you meet the requirements. Plan your route through the class tree before advancing: progression follows its branches, and you cannot simply move back to a parent class.

Equipment, crafting and coins

Inspect before equipping

Inventory separates your equipment from your backpack. Inspect an item to check its requirements and effects, and match the listed requirements to your character. Drag equipment from your backpack to the equipment area with your mouse or finger. Drag it back to the backpack to unequip it.

Make and obtain items

Some items combine directly in your backpack; other recipes require an NPC crafter. The Crafting guide distinguishes combinations from NPC recipes and links their ingredients. The Items and Skills guides link known shops, creature drops, crafting recipes and quest rewards. Follow an NPC link for stock and prices, then its location link to the website World Map.

Trade and store valuables

To trade, choose Trade and select a nearby player. Review both offers before accepting. Visit an item-storage NPC to store belongings and bank coins; check the service’s displayed costs before confirming.

Carried coins are shown as gold, silver and copper. Bank notes are redeemable items: their value is not the same thing as a shop’s offer to buy them.

Death and recovery

If you are defeated, the game offers Respawn Now or Wait. Respawning returns you to your last waypoint. Waiting gives another player a chance to revive you with a suitable spell or item; you can type /respawn later.

Read the death messages carefully: dropped coins and permanently lost coins are different. Death can also leave your mount behind. Check what happened before setting off to recover anything.

Loss rules depend on the circumstances, including player-caused deaths. Do not assume every death drops all your equipment, or that everything lost can be picked up again.

Chat and fellowships

Normal chat is local. Type your message into the chat box and send it. Use a private message to reach a particular player, or fellowship chat to talk to your party.

See all chat and player commands →

Open Fellowship to organize a party and see member information. Following another player is useful when travelling together; choose Follow and select them.

For the full help topics, press F1 or open Help in the game.

All / commands

Type commands into the game’s chat box. Angle brackets indicate a value to replace; do not type the brackets. Aliases shown on the same line accept the same arguments.

Chat

/say <message> · /s: Speak locally. Ordinary text does the same.
/tell <name> <message> · /t: Send a private message to a character.
/reply <message> · /r: Reply to your most recent private-message correspondent.
/fellowship <message> · /f: Send a message to your fellowship.
/g <message>: Send a message to your guild.
/ooc <message>: Send a world-wide out-of-character message, subject to the global-chat cooldown.
/trade <message>: Send a world-wide trade message, subject to the global-chat cooldown.
/emote <message> · /e · /me: Describe an action to nearby players.

Character and information

/rest: Start resting.
/attr <attribute> <count>: Spend available attribute points. Use str, con, agi, int or fth; for example /attr int 1.
/respawn: Respawn after defeat at your last waypoint.
/return: Return to the world’s starting location while alive.
/afk [message]: Set an away message; the message is optional.
/getafk <name>: Check an online character’s away status.
/who: List characters currently online; hidden levels remain hidden.
/finger <name>: Look up an online character, respecting their information visibility settings.
/lock <field>: Hide a selected information field: level, email, position or stats. Locking stats removes your character from public statistics.
/unlock <field>: Make the selected field visible again, or restore statistics eligibility. Email addresses are not currently displayed by /finger.
/pklist: List victims for whom your character still has criminal guilt.
/getquests: Refresh your quest journal.
/accountinfo: Show your signed-in character and a reminder that credentials are managed by browser sign-in.
/updates: Open the update history.

Fellowships and friends

/fcreate <name>: Create a fellowship.
/fjoin <fellowship name>: Join a fellowship.
/fleave: Leave your fellowship.
/friend <name> <setting>: Add a friend with 1; remove them with 0.
/ignore <name> <setting>: Ignore a character with 1; stop ignoring them with 0.
/duel <name>: Invite an online character to a duel.
/duel accept · /duel decline · /duel forfeit: Accept or decline an invitation, or forfeit your duel.

Guilds

/gcreate <guild name> <tag> <colour>: Create a guild with a tag and colour number from 1 to 9. Repeat the exact command to confirm; guild rules and costs apply.
/gjoin <guild name>: Apply to join a guild.
/gleave: Leave your guild.
/glist <guild name>: List a guild’s accepted members.
/gtag <tag>: Find guilds with a matching tag.
/gmessages: Read your guild messages.
/gpending: List pending applicants to your guild; requires guild ownership.
/ginvite <name>: Accept a character from your guild’s pending list; requires guild ownership.
/gpromote <name>: Promote a member to guild owner; requires guild ownership.
/gkick <name>: Remove a member or pending applicant; requires guild ownership.
/gdlist: Show your guild’s diplomacy and other guilds’ settings towards it.
/gdiplomacy <guild name> <setting>: Set diplomacy: 0 neutral, 1 allied, 2 hostile. Requires guild ownership and payment; repeat the exact command to confirm.

Commands still follow game permissions, cooldowns and action restrictions. Administrator commands use a separate * prefix and are not part of this player reference.

Playing as an app

You can play directly in your browser. When supported, Install Akarra on the Play screen lets you add it as an app. The same world and account are used either way.

If installation is not offered, continue in the browser. The Play screen provides manual installation instructions where available.

Use Search the guides to look up an item, skill, creature, quest or NPC. Public Statistics and Character Profiles let you explore the community’s progress.