title: "Getting Started" description: "Create your character and complete your first ARVEE adventure." category: "Start Here" slug: "getting-started" order: 3 visibility: "public"

Getting Started

You can begin without knowing anything about the combat system. ARVEE's Home screen walks you through your first encounter and basic character upgrades.

Your first session

1. Run /start in Discord. This opens Home, creates or loads your player profile, and shows your main character information.
2. Select How to play to view the introduction, then open Adventure.
3. Choose the suggested world and select Enter combat. Starting with an early world is safer than jumping to a higher-level one.
4. In battle, use Attack, Skills, Items, Defend, or Flee. Pay attention to enemy intent, mana, and cooldowns.
5. After your first qualifying victory, return to Rewards in Home. Choose your available weapon reward when prompted.
6. Open Gear, inspect the reward, and equip it. You can now continue the first-adventure checklist and unlock the tutorial boss when eligible.
7. Visit Shop to restock, Workshop to explore upgrades, and Quests to track objectives.

Your initial starter loadout and supplies are granted once. Reopening /start does not create a new starter package each time.

Understanding the Home screen

Home helps you find your level, carried Gold, health, mana, suggested next action, tutorial progress, and game features. All features opens additional activities and commands. The screen can be reopened whenever controls expire without resetting saved progress.

Early priorities

• Equip your best available weapon and keep a useful consumable in your inventory.
• Fight enemies close to your level, rather than choosing the highest world in the list.
• Complete the introductory reward path before spending heavily on other items.
• Claim quest and milestone rewards: some rewards need you to press Claim.
• Learn what Prestige resets before performing your first Prestige.

Useful commands

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