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This is a guide for new players compiled from members of the community. Feel free to suggest changes on the Talk Page!
This is a general purpose guide focused on the early stages of character progression, it is encouraged for new and returning players to keep the spirit of adventure and independent thought amidst the age of Artificial Intelligence.

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Character Creation

Currently there are 9 Character Slots available for use.

Select an empty slot to create a character, here you have a choice to pick a race between Human or Doram .

Afterwards select your character's Gender, Hairstyle, Hair Color, and your Character's Name

Starting Area

Depending on the race you selected, you will spawn on different starting areas. Humans will be on a ship while Dorams will start in Lasagna. Here, you will be introduced to an optional tutorial which you can skip.

Dorams who starts the tutorial cannot leave Lasagna until completing the entire tutorial questline.
Leaving Lasagna to Izlude costs 200 Zeny.

Heading to Izlude

Izlude is a satellite town which all new characters begin their adventure, now if you're wondering how to get here when skipping the starting area, we will be using the Navigation System.

One way is to use the /navi command which will be used throughout the guides found here in iROWiki, now click on this (izlude 196/209)Paste Ingame and open the chat box in-game by pressing Enter and lastly paste the copied command to the chat box (Ctrl+V) and hit Enter to send.
- If you don't see anything to click on, refresh the page.

Arrows will appear, indicating where to go (Note: This is not a perfect system and may sometimes not work or lead you to dead ends).
- Humans will already have arrows to direct them outside the ship, apply the command after leaving the ship.
- Dorams will need 200z on hand for the transport fee, hunt monsters and sell their drops here (lasagna 166/116)Paste Ingame.
Another Way to use the Navigation System is to open the Navigation Window.

This opens the Navigation Window, here you can search for Maps, Monsters and NPC locations using the search function.

Criatura Academy

1. Criatura Acedemy is located at the Northern part of Izlude and Humans are required to register before setting off on their adventure, head to (iz_ac01 101/38)Paste Ingame and speak with Academy receptionist to register.

Dorams can skip to here.

2. Registration will grant you free equipment and potions:

Tattered Novice Ninja Suit
Somber Novice Hood
Novice Slippers
Novice False Eggshell
Novice Main-Gauche
Novice Guard
Criatura Academy Hat [1]
300 Novice Potion
Criatura Hair Cupon
- Beginners without any knowledge about the game are free to speak to NPCs around izlude and the Academy with the Quest Marker to learn more about the basic features of the game.

3. Talk to Sprakki by the counter for her introductions, then talk to her again for the introduction quest for the Kafra Services.

Alt+U is the shortcut command to view the Quest Window

4. Move to (izlude 127/147)Paste Ingame and talk to the Kafra Employee who will explain the services they provide, afterwards will have you deliver a box to Morris at the Izlude Merchant's Building (izlude_in 69/116)Paste Ingame

5. Find Ur at (prt_fild08 319/229)Paste Ingame
6. Talk to the Kid at (prt_fild08 225/230)Paste Ingame

Hunt 2 Lunatics
Obtain 1 Clover
- Make sure to pick up as much loot as possible to sell for Zeny (at least 500z)

7. Return to the Kid and after some dialogue, talk to Rumin who gives you a Red Herb.
8. Return to Ur who will explain about the basic classes.
9. Go back to Izlude and talk to Morris.
10. Return to the Criatura Academy and find the Healer (iz_ac01 60/43)Paste Ingame to show the Combination Kit.

At this point, you should have reached Job Level 10, else do some tutorials or hunt monsters.

Open your Skill Window (Alt+S) and click on Basic Skill until it reaches +9, then click on Apply and Press Ok.

First Job Change

Novices who reach Job Level 10 and have Basic Skill Lv.9 can now pick a Class to pursue. The Classes fall into two categories, Main Classes and Expanded Classes:

Swordman, Mage, Archer, Acolyte, Merchant, and Thief are Main Classes.
Gunslinger, Ninja, TaeKwon Kid, and Super Novice are Expanded Classes.
Summoner (Doram) are considered an Expanded Class but operate somewhat differently than the other classes in terms of Job progression.

You also receive a Job Change Map through the RODEX (the in-game mail system) to give you in-game coordinates to the Job Change locations. You can keep this in your inventory even after changing if you chose a Main Class whom will eventually undergo Rebirth. Expanded Classes can discard the Job Change Map after Job Change.

Main First Class Job Change Locations

You have 2 options for changing to your First Job Class:

Talking to the relevant instructor on the 2nd Floor of the Academy
Traveling/being warped to the relevant Guild and talking to the Guild Leader there

It's better for new players to know where the actual guilds are early on for when they Rebirth, but also changing at their designated guilds provides them with extra skills they would need to otherwise do Job Quests for. Here are the Guild locations for each Main Class:

Swordman Guild is found in western Izlude (izlude_in 74/168)Paste Ingame.
Mage Guild is found in northwestern Geffen (geffen_in 164/124)Paste Ingame.
Thief Guild is found inside the Pyramid, 1 map northwest of Morroc (moc_prydb1 45/130)Paste Ingame.
Archer Guild is found at the Archer Village, 1 map north of Payon (payon_in02 64/71)Paste Ingame.

Mage, Thief, and Archer Classes can take the Kafra Teleport Service in central Izlude:

Alternatively Thief and Archer can use the Dungeon Teleporter in Eden Group to reach the Thieves Guild inside the Pyramids and Archer Guild near the Payon Cave.

Merchant Guild is found in southwestern Alberta (alberta_in 56/43)Paste Ingame.

Requires 500z to sail to Alberta from dock in northeastern Izlude.

Acolytes will proceed to the Church (prt_church 184/38)Paste Ingame in northeastern Prontera by walking 1 map west and 1 map north from Izlude.

Expanded First Class Job Change Locations

Use the Job Change Map you receive at Job Level 10 to pinpoint the location of the Job Change NPC of the Class you chose. The instructors on the 2nd floor of the Academy will be able to warp you to the proper location for free:

Gunslingers can speak to Lusa (iz_ac02 142/84)Paste Ingame who can send you to the Gunslinger's Guild in Einbroch.
Ninjas can speak to the Ninja Guide (iz_ac02 140/138)Paste Ingame who can send you to Amatsu.
TaeKwon Kids can speak to Arang (iz_ac02 71/85)Paste Ingame who can send you to Payon.
Super Novices requires you to be a Base Level 45 Novice before finding Tzerero (aldebaran 116/63)Paste Ingame in Al De Baran.

Once you have been sent to your respective location, you can use the Expanded Job Change Guides to learn more on how to complete the quest.

Sprakki's Call

After completing your first job change, you are explicitly told to return to Sprakki back at the academy.

NOTE: Skipping this will prevent you from changing jobs after Rebirth so might as well do it now.

Return to Sprakki (iz_ac01 102/43)Paste Ingame at the Criatura Academy who introduces you to Lime Evenor

Eden Group

Talk to Lime Evenor who registers you to the Eden Group and provides you with equipment and the Eden Group Mark.

Dorams will register by by finding Lime Evenor here (moc_para01 27/30)Paste Ingame.

At this point, you are now free to start your own adventure and the first agenda on your list would be Leveling.

For those interested, talking to Sprakki continues the questline related to Leno BUT must wait until reaching Level 21 to progress.

Leveling

Several ways to level up includes hunting monsters and fulfilling requests such as:

Useful Tools

Equipment

Earning Zeny

Farming Zeny in the earlier levels (1~99) is not a necessity besides for the purpose of transport fees, HP and SP restoration items and other relevant items needed for leveling progression.

Nevertheless, besides selling monster drops to Merchant NPCs, another important tip to earning Zeny is to first know the market and your character.
However, it is very important to know what the players need, what you can farm and to know whether or not it is worth the trouble.

Quest Items has a catalogue of items used either crafting or for quests, but does not guarantee a sale. For example, Red Herbs can be farmed 1 map east of Payon and will often have Player-run Buying Stores offering more than the NPC selling price to take them off your hands.

Overall, it is better to balance out Zeny farming and leveling during the early levels (1~99), better opportunities to earn zeny starts at Base Level 100 and beyond.