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Everything you need for your first hour in HermesWorld Realms: install, log in, make a character and find your way. Short version first, details below.

1. Install the client after signing in on the website and choosing Download.
2. Create your account and set your game password.
3. Log in, pick a server and create your character.
4. Grab your starter gear, finish the tutorial and head to Pireas Harbor.
5. Follow the leveling route and see what unlocks when.
6. Want it step by step? Read the New player guide Beta quickstart Talking to Hermes Known issues.
7. Stuck or lagging? Tell us on Discord.

1. Install

2. Create your account and game password

Make your Realms account on the account page. Your username is 4–20 characters (letters, numbers or underscore) and your password at least 6 characters. That username and password are exactly what you type on the game’s login screen. You can change the game password later on the same page.

3. First login

1. In the launcher, wait for updates to finish, then press PLAY.
2. On the login screen, enter your username and password and click LOGIN.
3. Select a server and click CONFIRM.

4. Create your character

At the character selection screen click CREATE, choose your race and class, then NEXT. Customise the face and hair, type a name and confirm.

Each race has its own classes; see Race & Classes before you pick.

5. Your starter gear

In your bag from the first second:

Your starter pack waits in Merged Inventory → Event tab (open it from the Basic Menu). Every new character gets these items (and 11 two-hour buffs):

• Guild Stone × 250, 8 stacks
• Soul of Honor × 100, 2 stacks
• Hero's Seal (Mana +5)
• Hero's Seal (HP +5)
• Hero's Seal (Attack +5)
• Hero's Seal (Stats +5)
• Ice Pack +5
• Tarprex - 7D
• Job Change Certification
• Roles of a Guild Master
• Fresh Banana × 250
• Gilded Ape
• Job Change Stone
• Reset Skill Stone
• Reset Status Stone
• 100% Ancient Skill Enhancement Stone × 20
• 100% Skill Enhancement Stone × 20
• Sealed Hunter Kit (30D)
• Lightweight 60 Slot Bag × 4

The pack also holds a full Empyrean gear set. It needs total level 170 (base level + Hero Rank + Divine Level), so keep it for the end game.

Log in every day: one reward a day lands in Merged Inventory → Mall tab, on a 28-day cycle. Item Mall purchases arrive in the same tab.

6. Tutorial, then Pireas Harbor

New characters start in the Tutorial Zone, where most monsters are below level 10. Follow the quest markers, talk to the NPCs who offer quests (quest journal: J) and learn to move, attack, loot and use your action bar.

Pireas Harbor on the Nereid Coast is the harbor town where players gather: merchants, quest givers and people to group with. Your minimap there may still say Sea of the Sirens. Two ways to get there:

1. Gatekeeper: every home town has one. Pick Pireas Harbor; the fee grows with your level:

   Level 1	27,000 gold
   Level 10	35,600 gold
   Level 30	65,500 gold
   Level 50	120,400 gold
   Level 70	221,500 gold
   Level 115	872,200 gold

2. Portal stone: buy a Pireas Harbor Entrance Portal Stone (36,000 gold) from the Sundries Merchant in Hermoupolis, Kerkyra Workshop, Pireas Harbor and the Fishing Hole of Nereus, then use it from your bag.

Tip: there is no teleport key. Drag your Town Portal Stone onto the action bar (keys 1–0) to jump home any time (Triton start without them); more cost 1,000 gold each at Sundries Merchants.

Heading out to the Sea of the Sirens (monsters level 12–33)? A Sea of the Sirens Portal Stone (36,000 gold) takes you there; it is sold in Dodona.

7. Leveling route

Monster levels below come from the game's own spawn data: the typical range of regular monsters on each map (elites, bosses and special pockets excluded). When your level reaches the start of the next stage, move on.

Past these fields the world opens up further; the Dungeon & Fields guide covers each area.

8. What unlocks when

Beyond Heroic Ascension comes Apotheosis: Divine Level 0–400, with a bonus every 10 levels. See the Ascension guide.

9. Controls

Jump, sprint and pick up

Most keys can be rebound in Options (O) › Keyboard, and the change is saved per character. The interface guide lists every window key.

10. Party, trade and shops

• Party: open Party from the Basic Menu, or use Party Matching on the side bar to find a group. Party dungeons such as the Asphodel Depths allow up to 6 players.
• Shops: town merchants sell the basics. In Hermoupolis, Nenio sells general goods and Hegesiphon armor; Claire, Andromachos and Euryphoros sell melee, ranged and magic weapons. The Towns page lists every merchant.
• Trading with players: set up a Seller’s Kiosk anywhere from Basic Actions (N): name it, drag items in, set prices and press Start Selling. Search other players’ kiosks to buy. Kiosks outside safe zones can be attacked. See Economy.
• Item Mall: extras are bought with Hermes Coins (HC) from the Basic Menu.

11. Report bugs and lag

Join our Discord and post there. To help us fix things fast, include:

• Bugs: what you did, what happened, what you expected, your character name, the map, and the time (with time zone). Press Print Screen for a screenshot. It saves to My Documents/ScreenShot/.
• Lag: tell us where you’re playing from, your connection (Wi-Fi or cable), the time it happened and whether it was everywhere or one place. Game servers are in the US.
• Never post your password, and staff will never ask for it.