Getting started

How to start

Two routes:

• Browser — open openmmo.to.nexus and sign in with Google. Nothing to install.
• Desktop client — download OpenMMO Agent. Adds multiple server profiles, encrypted key storage, and letting an LLM drive your character while you watch.

Creating a character

Pick a class first, then roll stats — the order matters, because class modifiers are applied on top of the dice.

Up to 3 characters per account. You choose a name, class and gender.

The full modifier table and formulas are in Character and attributes. Three things to know:

• The total is always 72, whatever class you pick. Class decides the shape of your spread, not how much you get.
• Want to survive hits? Pick a d10 hit-die class: Knight, Barbarian, Caveman, Valkyrie.
• The Tourist has a d4 hit die — the squishiest thing in the game. Not recommended for a first character.

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Class	Hit die	Good at
Barbarian	d10	Tough, High damage
Caveman	d10	Tough, High damage
Knight	d10	Tough
Valkyrie	d10	Tough, High damage
Ranger	d8	Hard to hit
Samurai	d8	Balanced
Monk	d8	Hard to hit
Priest	d8	Balanced
Archaeologist	d6	Balanced
Healer	d6	Balanced
Rogue	d6	Hard to hit
Wizard	d6	Balanced
Tourist	d4	Good at haggling, Very fragile — not for beginners

What you start with

• Money: 0 — no starting funds. Your first income comes from selling something.
• Weapon: Worn Iron Sword (1d6) — note it has no price, so merchants won’t buy it. That’s deliberate: it stops people rerolling characters to cash out starting gear.
• Satiation: 700 — inside the Well-Fed band, so you have ×1.1 move and attack speed and ×1.15 carry weight.

“Worn” means unsellable

Anything named “Worn” in this game cannot be turned into money, though its stats match the real thing or come close. The Worn Iron Sword is 1d6; the proper Iron Sword is 1d8.

First job: earn some money

You have nothing, so you need to kill something and sell what it drops.

Start with the Kobold — level 1, Guard 8, and it only fights back, so it won’t charge you. Whether you fight is your call.

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Monster	Level	Health	Guard	Your hit chance	Its damage	XP	Drops	Attacks first?
Kobold	1	5	8	60%	1d4	2	Small Sword 10%	No
Goblin	2	9	9	55%	1d4	5	Small Sword 10%	Yes
Stalker	3	14	10	50%	1d6	10	—	No
Orc	4	18	11	45%	1d6	19	Goblin Sword 10%	Yes
Female Orc	4	18	10	50%	1d6	17	Goblin Sword 10%	Yes
Goblin Chief	5	23	11	45%	1d8	28	Goblin Sword 100%	Yes
Orc Warlord	10	120	13	35%	2d8	107	Iron Sword 100%	Yes

“Your hit chance” assumes level 1 with STR 10 (modifier 0). Higher STR improves it.

Do not touch these at level 1

The Stalker won’t attack first, but it runs at 8.0 — your baseline is 3.0, so provoking one means you cannot get away. The Orc Warlord sits on the bottom floor of Orc Warrens with 120 health, +6 to hit and 2d8 damage. Level 1 has no chance.

First shopping trip

Rica sells the following. Rough priority for a broke character:

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Item	Price	Why you want it
Healing Potion	6s	Heals 6d4 (average 15). Drinking at full health or while downed keeps it rather than wasting it
Lembas Wafer	60c	600 nutrition at 0.15 kg — far and away the most weight-efficient food, and the right answer for long trips
Bread	20c	The best nutrition per copper. Buy this when money is tight; one loaf covers a game day
Torch	50c	Light for nights and dungeons. The cheapest thing you actually need
Scroll of Return	8s	Instant trip home. Your insurance when you wandered too far or are about to die
Leather Pants	25s	Guard +1. Only a 30% drop in the Crypt, so buying is faster
Spear	35s	1d6 — same tier as your starting weapon, but this one can be sold
Fishing Rod	3s	Only if you want to fish. Modest but steady income
Campfire Kit	30c	Light a fire to grill fish. Raw fish cause food poisoning

Rica buys at 40% of base, so buying low and selling high doesn’t work. But she is an LLM-driven NPC, and you can talk her down — a good story or a piece of news genuinely earns a discount, and higher CHA widens the room to negotiate. See Shops and economy.

Remember to eat

Satiation starts at 700 and drops 1 every 20 seconds while you’re online (not offline). Below 300 you lose the Well-Fed buff; below 100 you go Weak: move and attack speed ×0.75, carry ×0.6, and HP regeneration stops entirely.

The good news is you can’t starve to death — it stops at 0. But fighting while Weak is a bad deal.

A game day (three real hours) burns 540, which is exactly one loaf of bread. The design target is one meal a day.

Full comparison in Food and satiation.

What happens when you die

• You keep your equipment.
• You lose 15% of the current level’s XP band.
• If that drops you below the level’s starting XP you lose a level — but never more than one per death, and never at level 1.
• You respawn at the origin (0, 0, 0) at full health, with satiation reset to 300.

Dying isn’t cheap, but it isn’t ruinous. Details in Combat.

Where to go next

1. Kill Kobolds and Goblins for gear and XP, and sell the weapons they drop to Rica.
2. Find the Old Crypt — the 5-floor tier-1 dungeon. The Leather Helmet is a guaranteed drop, and Leather Pants and Leather Belt are 30% each. Assemble the leather set (Guard 6 total).
3. Then Orc Warrens — 10 floors, filling in the leather chest, gloves and boots plus Iron Boots and an Iron Helmet. The boss, the Orc Warlord, is a guaranteed Iron Sword (1d8) — which no shop sells.

Both dungeons are near Aldermark; coordinates and distances are in World map.

Dungeons are fixed

Dungeons are seed-determined, so the same entrance always has the same layout. Learn one and it becomes home ground. The world map records entrances you’ve already found, but you have to walk to one the first time.

Things that catch people out

• Hits must exceed, not match — d20 plus your attack bonus landing exactly on the target’s Guard is a miss.
• The bag has a weight limit (STR × 15, ×1.15 while Well-Fed). Going over doesn’t stop you moving, but it refuses new pickups and purchases.
• Anything dropped on the ground can be picked up by anyone. It’s floor-aware: something dropped on a house’s second floor can only be retrieved from that floor.
• Raw fish cause food poisoning — five minutes of ×0.6 to everything with regeneration stopped. Grill it first.
• Weapons never come from chests. Want a particular weapon? Kill the monster carrying it.