Adventuring
The most amazing part of the game is the adventure. You will hear the stories of many, lend help to those in need, right the wrongs of the past, and fight many battles.
Here are some of the basics you will need to get started on your adventure.
Related Pages: Getting Started | Basic Interface | Interactions | Asmodian Level 1-10 Guide | Elyos Level 1-10 Guide
Quest Basics
One of the first things you see when entering the game, is a
Quest NPC with the blue arrow icon above his head.
Right-click on the NPC to bring up the Dialogue Box. If the NPC had an icon above his head, the Dialogue Box will list any available quests.
Click on any New Quest to receive relevant information. Once you get to the page displaying rewards, click on Accept. This will place it in your Quests window (J). You can have up to 30 quests at one time.
Campaign/Quest related Icons:
Gold = Campaign | Blue = Quest
The NPC has a Campaign/Quest for you
The NPC completes an objective in a Campaign/Quest
The Campaign/Quest is complete and can be turned in to the NPC
Related Page: Quests
Targeting & Combat
Targeting
Pressing the Tab key will automatically target the closest enemy. A glowing red circle will appear below the target.
You can also left-click on an enemy to target them.
Combat
Once you have an enemy targeted, you can use the right-click of your mouse to begin auto-attacking or Skills from your QuickBar to begin.
> The enemies Status Bar will display at the top of the window
> Your Status Bar will display next to your character image in the lower left hand side of the screen
> Your QuickBar is centered at the bottom of the Screen. Active skills will be grayed out if they cannot be used.
> Your chat window will display the Damage received and inflicted
Related Pages: Combat | Targeting
Looting
After you have defeated your enemy, it will fall to the ground and begin glowing blue.
You can right-click to bring up the loot window or you can use Shift + right-click to automatically loot all items.
There is a looting action skill that will be in your QuickBar by default or can be added at any time.
Related Page: Looting
Gathering
There are a good number of things you can gather in the game -- from fruit baskets, grain sacks and other things lying on the ground, to different plants, fruits, and minerals.
As you run across these items, right-click to start gathering. Make sure not to activate any other skill or move your character as that will interrupt your gathering.
You will increase in skill the more you gather and will use that later in the game on higher level gathering items. You can monitor your Collecting skill under the Crafting tab of your skills window (K).
Related Page: Gathering
Pathfinding
Aion has a location system to help players find NPCs and specific locations. You can use the pathfinding system through your Mission window (J) or by using the pathfinding command: /pathfinding <target name>
-- Example: /pathfinding Elpas or /pathfinding Aldelle Village
Using the Quests Window:
> Open up your Quests Window (J) and click on a Quest in yellow letters. This will bring up the Quest Description.
> Words that are in blue can be clicked to bring up the Dictionary. When the Dictionary is brought up there will be a Locate button at the bottom.
> Clicking on Locate will bring up the World Map with a purple X marking the location. For easier navigation, press (N) to bring up the Transparent Map.
Related Page: Pathfinding
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