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Introduction

Classes
Warrior
Wizard
Beast Tamer

Control System
Movement
Using Skills
Attack Enemies
Speaking and Chat
Items
Trading
Short cut keys

Interface

Skills
Warrior
Wizard
Beast Tamer

Items
Weapons
Clothes
Helmets
Accessories
Rings
Shoes
Other

Monsters

States

Intro
Starting Out - When you begin your adventure in Loterra You will found yourself  lost naked and poor in a strange village named Tipo. The first thing to do is find and talk to Tom who likes to help out new adventurers. If you do him a small favour he will reward and give you some useful advice about your class. You may feel weak and timid at the start but keep training and you will reach greatness and perhaps leave your mark in (world name) forever!

Note for BYOND vets - This game is entirely 100% verb free and played solely through the mouse keyboard and on screen interface. For this reason it would be a good idea to read through this help section a bit. However the controls are similar to most MMRPGs and I hope will be easy to use and more of a pleasure than your average BYOND experience.

Classes
Warrior - The Warrior starts out with the greatest advantage as he is able to fend for himself quite well without any spells and minimal equipment. However when he has just begun his journey he is more of a wild man than a finely tuned killing machine. The Warrior holds the greatest physical defense, attack and health. Through training and study he is able to master various techniques to aid him in battle.

Beast Tamer - The beast tamer is fairly apt in the art of hand to hand combat, however he really comes into play through the use of various beasts he has tamed which he can have attack his enemies, defend him and heal him. He will learn various skills to aid his beasts and himself in attack.

Control System
Movement - Your character can be moved in two different ways. One is the more traditional style of BYOND using either the arrow keys or num pad. The other is through the mouse, which is just as simple, click in the direction you wish to move. For using certain spells and other situations it is advised you learn to use the mouse as proficiently as you use the num pad or arrow keys. An example being whilst using fireball having one hand on the mouse at all times and being able to move is vital to target your enemy and both run away at the same time.

Using skills - Before skills can be used they must be set to an F key. you can do this by clicking the small button with an "S" on it on the left hand side of the screen. After having set a skill to an F key you are able to use it, for further details on what skills are available and how they work refer to the skills section.

Attacking Enemies - To attack an enemy simply click on them and your character will attack. To use most damage type spells move the mouse over the enemy and press the F key which corresponds to your spell.

Speaking and Chat - To speak in Loterra press the space bar which brings up a text box. There are special commands which allow you to either whisper to another player, shout and be heard further away or talk to people in your guild. To shout put an "!" before your message you will not be able to shout again for a short period of time. To whisper to a player put a "/" before the players name and then a space and then the message in the format "/playername message" This will send a private message to that player. To talk to your entire guild put an "@" before your message.

Items - To use or equip an item double click it. single click for a description of the item. To drop an item drag it onto the game screen from the "inven" panel.

Trading - You can trade items and gold with other players. To do this firstly you must ensure your player is set to "attack monsters only" to do this press the "A" button repeatedly until you get the message "attack monster only" Next you must stand next to another player and double click him/her to initiate the trade. For now you can trade one item and any amount of gold. This may change in the future.

Short Cut Keys
Q - Use a small hp pot
W - Use a small mp pot
E - Use a medium hp pot
R - Use a medium mp pot
T - Use a large hp pot
Y - Use a large mp pot
O - Bring up the options menu
I - Bring up the equipment screen

Interface
The interface for Loterra is designed to be as user friendly as possible. Rather than using the more traditional approach of using verbs to carry out actions in game all actions are carried out through the keyboard mouse and on-screen Interface (see below). The red globe in the left bottom of the screen indicates your health. The blue globe in the right bottom indicates mana. The bar running along the bottom part of the on screen interface indicates your experience. When it is full (entirely white) your character will gain a level and various stats. Your Inventory and stats are displayed in the panels below the user screen.
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Buttons
"I" - This button toggles the body equipment screen. You can also toggle this using the "i" button on your keyboard.
"S" - This button allows you to manage which skills are set to which F key.
"A" - This button toggles attack mode.
"O" - This button allows you to change your options. You can set sound, text and other settings here. Pressing "o" will also bring up your options.
"G" - You can create groups with this button. In groups all players will share exp and gain an exp bonus for grouping.
"House" - This button allows you to check your guild stuff........... << more work here

Skills

Warrior

Wizard

Beast Tamer

Items
Item types - There are 7 types of item; gold, weapons, clothing, helmets, accessories, shoes, other. Below is a table set out with images of each item, how an item is used and information regarding that item. Gold is the currency used to buy the various items in game or to haggle with other players.

Weapons
Weapons are equipable by double clicking on them in your inventory. They add various stats to your character to increase magical or physical damage.

Image	Name	normal damage	magical damage
	Small Knife	3-8	none
	Plain Staff	1-3	2-3
	Club	5-6	none
	Gem Staff	2-3	2-5
	Hand Mace	7-15	none
	Wide Sword	13-15	none
	Thin Sword	9-18	none
	Large Knife	5-12	none
	Meagre Tamer's Whip	5-9	0-2
	Purple Staff	2-4	7-13
	Wing Staff	1-2	9-19
	Moon Ball	2-4	13-22

Clothes

Image	Name	Physical Defense	Magical Defense	Physical Attack	Magical Attack
	Basic Clothing	1-3	1-4	none	none
	Clothes	2-4	2-6	none	none
	Medium Armour	3-7	2-7	none	none
	Dark Robe	2-5	3-7	none	1-2

Helmets

Accessories

Rings

Shoes

Other
Items which fit into no particular class of items are listed here with their function and how to use them.

Image	Name	Usage
	Potion (magic)	All magic potions are double clicked to use and gain an amount of mp
	Potion (health)	All health potions are double clicked to use and gain an amount of hp
	Tele Orb	When double clicked it will teleport you to the village city or town to which it points
	Snake Skin	Used for making clothes, can be sold for a small price

Monsters
The monsters in Loterra are of various types and strengths. Boss monsters are particularly strong but have the chance of dropping rare items

Image	Name	Type	Description
	Zombie	Normal	There are three types of zombie all of which prefer to stay in caves out of light
	Zombie King	Boss	The zombie king commands his zombies from inside his King's room. He is currently planning an attack on the humans.
	Bat	Normal	Common monster found in most caves fairly weak.
	Slime	Normal	An evolved bacteria which just keeps eating and growing
	Red Snake	Normal	A weak monster, good for beginners to kill.
	Green Snake	Normal	A weak monster, even more so than the red snake, good for beginners.
	Sand Snake	Normal	A snake which prefers to live around sandy places it has a sandy colour to hide from its prey.
	Scorpion	Normal	A vicious monster that will sting its prey to death.
	Karak	Normal	Member of a tribe with little intelligence, Tends to live in groups in the forests.
	Watcher	Guard	Attacks both monsters who stray into villages/cities/towns and "evil" players. Also attacks anything that has attacked him.

States

There are three different states that represent a players actions. They will be displayed above his/her head accordingly.

This stat represents a player who is currently talking or shouting

This state represents a player who has just attacked someone. You are able to freely attack this player without gaining this status.

This state represents a player who has killed enough other non aggressive players to gain "evil" status. Even watchers will attack this player.