1. Create your account

Grab the game from the launcher on the front page and let it patch to the latest build. At the title screen choose Create Account, pick a login name and password, and confirm. Your account is the shell that holds your characters — you can make several characters under one login and switch between them freely.

2. Create your character

From the character screen choose Create Character. You pick a name, gender and appearance, then distribute your starting stat points across Strength,Dexterity, Intelligence, Magic,Vitality and Luck. There are no locked classes in Helbreath — your build is defined by where you spend points and which skills you raise. A rough guide:

• Warrior — lean into Strength, Vitality and Dexterity, train melee weapon skills, and wear heavy armour.
• Mage — favour Intelligence and Magic to unlock higher spell circles and cast for more damage.
• Hybrid — spread across both to fight and cast, at the cost of peaking later than a pure build.

See Character Development for how each stat feeds HP, MP, SP and your damage, and Talents & Builds for full build templates.

3. Your starter kit

Every new character enters the world already equipped to survive the first fights. On creation you receive:

• 300 gold to cover your first repairs and shop trips.
• 2 Health potions to top up HP mid-fight.
• 2 Mana potions to keep casting.
• 2 Revitalizing potions to restore stamina (SP) when it runs low.

4. Controls & entering the world

Pick your character and log in to drop into town. Helbreath is mouse-driven at heart:

• Move by clicking where you want to walk; hold to keep moving.
• Attack by clicking an enemy while in attack mode — press Tab or Home to toggle between safe and attack modes so you don’t hit townsfolk by accident.
• Talk to NPCs by clicking them to open shops, banks and quest givers.
• Chat by pressing Enter, typing, and hitting Enter again.

Two panels do most of the work: F5 opens your character sheet (stats, HP/MP/SP) and F6 opens your inventory. A complete rundown of every key and text command is on Commands & Hotkeys.

5. Leveling up

You grow by hunting monsters. Kills grant experience toward your next level, and each level gives you fresh stat points to spend. Just as important, usinga weapon, spell or skill raises its mastery over time — the more you swing a sword the harder and more reliably it lands. Early on, clear the low-tier monsters near town, bank your loot often, and keep your potions stocked. When a zone stops being dangerous, move to a tougher one. The Maps guide shows which hunting grounds suit which level range.

6. Gearing up

Fresh gear comes from three places: shops in town for the basics,monster drops for better and rarer pieces, and crafting/enchantingonce you have the materials. As you find upgrades, equip them from your inventory (F6) and watch your stat requirements — heavier weapons and armour demand more Strength or Magic to use without penalty. Later you can push gear further with the +N upgrade andshard/fragment enchant systems. Start planning with these:

• Character Development — stats, HP/MP/SP and how your numbers grow.
• Combat — damage, mastery, safe/attack modes, PvP and EK/PK.
• Maps — towns, dungeons and where to hunt at your level.