Ever see those little gameplay tips in blue letters that flash across the top of your screen when you first begin the game? Those are sure helpful. But sometimes they move too fast or don't leave enough explanation, so here's a list of them all for you to take your time going over and understanding. They're in no particular order. Each tip or group of related tips has more information about that topic written below it.

• You can teleport to other zones at a teleporter.

Teleporters are the only way to move between zones. Zones are most commonly referred to as "maps." There are five main maps, six public dungeons, four personal dungeons, a guild hall, and a quiz room that may be teleported into. Some of these zones have certain requirements that must be met before they may be accessed. You may read more about all the different teleporters, the zones they take you to, and how to teleport on the Teleporters page.

• You can get smelting stones by hunting monsters or transmuting armor and weapons.
• Visit the Transmuter to turn useless armor and weapons into refining stones.
  
• You can use smelting stones to upgrade your items.

Smelting Stones are the most basic type of stone used for upgrading your equipment. When you upgrade equipment it becomes "plussed" and receives a +1 at the end of its name. This means that the base attack or defense of the equipment piece has been upgraded a little. Smelting Stones are gotten from transmuting armors or weapons via the Transmuter. When transmuted, they retain the level of the equipment piece they were; they may only be applied to equipment of an equal or lower level. Smelting Stones have a 33% chance of upgrading your piece of equipment +1. There are other types of Smelting Stones with higher chances of success. Learn about how to use Smelting Stones and the different kinds that there are on the Smelts and upgrading page.

• HP and MP will regenerate faster when sitting.

When you first start a character, your "Sit" action will be placed in slot 6 (or slot 7 for Healers) of your Shortcut bar. When you hit the hotkey assigned to it, F6, or press its icon with your mouse cursor, your character will sit. HP and MP regenerate significantly faster and in greater amounts when sitting, so this is a very good thing to get in the habit of doing when you have finished a fight. Different character classes have their HP and MP regeneration increased different amounts by sitting; some more than others. Your HP and MP will also regenerate when standing or when fighting, however the amount regenerated is very tiny.

• Equip or use items by double-clicking them.

• The A key will bring up your general action menu.
• Press TAB or ALT+E to bring up the inventory.
• The C key will bring up the social actions menu.
• The Q key shows your quests.
• The S key will bring up your character skill menu.
• The T key will bring up your character info menu.
• The W key brings up the map. From here you can see NPCs in cities.
• Press the Z key for system options.

All of these are called "hotkeys". Players start the game with their hotkeys ON. There is no menu option for them, but you are supposed to be able to toggle them ON/OFF by pressing CTRL+ALT. Know that this does not work all the time. Also, you are not allowed to rearrange or reassign hotkeys. Read more about the different hotkeys and what they open for you on the Hotkeys page.

• Press ALT+B for the News Board and Notices.

This is an old hotkey combination that no longer works.

• You can zoom in and out with the mouse scroll.
• You can adjust the camera view with the direction keys.

There are two other ways, too, that you can zoom in/out and move your camera. They are: the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to control your zoom, and the right mouse button to rotate your camera angle.

• To whisper, type [ ! ] followed by the character name and then your message.

Whispers are in-game private messages (PMs). They allow you to have private one-on-one conversations with other players on the same server as you. The range of the Whisper function is not limited; that is, you may talk to anyone anywhere on the server through it. This is one of the six different types of chat. The other chats are General (no function), Party (@), Guild (#), Transaction ($), and Shout (%). There is also System chat, but it is for system messages and not players. To send a Whisper, type "!name message", replacing the name with your receiver's name and the message with your desired message. Names must be spelled out all the way and spelled correctly. Whispers both sent and received by you will appear in your chat box in yellow.

• You can access the personal dungeon at level 5.
  

The personal dungeon is the solo-player side of the game. When you begin the game you start in one of the personal dungeons called the Dungeon of Straia. There are four other dungeons available to you throughout the game. You may start going into the first one, Hunt for the Balrog, at level 5. You may read about the different personal dungeons on the Personal Dungeon quests page. Links from that page to the pages with related maps and monster information are provided.