Runes of Magic is a free-to-play game set in a magical online fantasy world, known as Taborea. Create your own personalised character and begin a journey alongside countless others, exploring lands inhabited by mystical beings and threatened by dark forces.

Runes of Magic offers an unprecedented level of depth and character customisation thanks to its unique multiple class system, thousands of quests, items and skills. Prepare to experience engaging storylines, meet new friends and ultimately redefine yourself in an epic world of infinite adventure.

• Operating System: Windows XP
• CPU: Intel Pentium 4 with 2.0 GHz or similar
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Required Hard Drive Space: 4,6 GB
• Graphics Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible, 128 MB memory
• Broadband Internet Connection
• Keyboard and Mouse

• Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo with 1.8 GHz or similar
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Hard Drive: 10 GB
• Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1650 or higher
• Broadband Internet Connection
• Keyboard and Mouse

After creating your game account you will be given the opportunity to download the game. Alternatively you can visit our here You have a choice of the Advanced Client (8,9GB) or the Client (4,6GB), the difference being that the Slim Client is more compressed than its counterpart making it ideal for lower specification PCs. The download will take some time. You can install the game as soon as the download is complete. To do this, double-click on ‘ROMSetup’ and follow the on-screen instructions.

To start playing Runes of Magic you must first create your free game account on our homepage. After submitting the basic information required to create your game account, you will be sent a confirmation e-mail containing an activation link which you must click to complete your account registration.

Once the Runes of Magic installation is complete, you can launch the game via your start menu or desktop shortcut. The game will automatically update itself after start-up. The patching process may take some time. Once updates are complete the game can be launched by clicking ‘Start Game’, after which you will be required to enter your account details to log in.

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  Server Selection:
  • After logging in, the server selection screen will open and you will need to choose which gaming world you would like to play in. This window gives you information on the individual servers such as the sever language which is denoted by language abbreviations (e.g. EN for English), the type of server (PvE/PvP), server name, the number of channels, and the current server population.
    PvE servers stand for ‘player versus environment’ meaning that other players may not attack you without your permission. PvP servers (player versus player), on the other hand, generally permit players to attack other players who have reached level 15 or higher. For new players we recommend choosing a ‘PvP’ server. Make your selection and click ‘Confirm’.
• Secondary Password:
  • Before you can begin creating your first character, you will need to choose a secondary password for extra security, which will be required to delete characters and complete purchases from the Item Shop. For your own security, we advise you to choose a secure password that is different to your account password.

Before you can finally set foot in Taborea, you must create your first character. Click on ‘Create’ in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and you will be taken to a new menu allowing you to select different characteristics such as race, gender, hairstyle, hair colour, skin colour, face and body type. Your appearance will define how you look in the game in a cosmetic sense, while choosing your class will determine what kind of role you will play in Taborea and how it will shape your journey.

• Warriors are true masters of weapons who can use all manner of close combat weapons and can wear many types of armour including chain.
• Scouts are primarily masters of long-range combat which allow them to make use of their special skills with the bow and crossbow.
• Rogues specialise in special types of physical damage – for close-range they use daggers, and for long-range, projectiles.
• Mages use fire and electrical bolt attacks and can mete out a great deal of magical damage.
• Priests are not only experts in defending and restoring their comrades’ health points and other attributes, they also have the ability to resurrect fallen compatriots.
• Knights are the most heavily armoured class in the game and are the only class that can wear plate armour. They can also utilize skills imbued with the power of light to crush their enemies.
• Druids are powerful healers who support Priests with rapid healing spells. They can also cause long-lasting damage to their opponents. They are veritable all-rounders.
• Wardens are elite combatants and stand in the front line brandishing sharpened blades. They are able to summon mighty creatures to support them in battle thanks to their ancestral symbiosis with nature.

• A – Character
  • This shows the level of your character as well as their current health level. Additional energy bars such as mana or focus may also be displayed depending on the character’s class. The number to the right of the energy bars denotes the channel on which you are playing.
• B – Experience Bar
  • This bar displays how many experience points your character has collected at their current level and how many more are required to reach the next level.
• C – Action Bar
  • This is where you can place skills and objects that you use often and need to be available at a moment’s notice. Once the skills are placed all that is required is a click of the mouse to activate them. They can also be accessed using the numeric keys on your keyboard, paying attention to the individual numbers assigned to each action key box. A further possibility is the creation of ‘Hotkeys’ for the action bar. There are four action bars available to you.
• D – Chat Window
  • This not only allows you to communicate with other players, but also lets you switch between channels intended for specific themes of groups.
• E – Minimap
  • The minimap shows your character’s immediate surroundings. You can adjust zoom using the interface at the edge of the map and this is also where you can gain access to the Item Shop. Additionally, you can also activate markers on the map to show where you can accept quests, as well as the locations to which you should return to complete them.
• F – Functions
  • Using the function bar at the bottom-right corner of the user interface you can access game functions for further content. This is also where you can open your backpack to manage its contents.

You can move your character using the W, S, A, and D keys on your keyboard in all manner of directions. Alternatively, your character can be moved by moving the mouse cursor to where you would like the character to automatically move to. This is known as ‘Point & Click’. You can spin the camera angle using the right mouse button and zoom in and out using the scrolling wheel. You can move the character in the desired direction simultaneously by moving the mouse at the same time.

• Q – Turn left
• E – Turn right
• Spacebar – Jump
• B – Inventory
• C – Character Window
• Y – Crafting
• H – Emotes
• K – Skills
• L – Quest Book
• G – Guild
• O – Friend List
• M – Display Map
• # – Item Shop
• F10 – Help
• Enter – Activate chat bar
• TAB – Switch between targets
• F1 – Target yourself
• F2–F6 – Select group members 1-5
• 1, 2, 3 … 0 - Quick bar which can be loaded with skills
• Z – Draw weapon
• Print – Screenshot

To open the Character Window press ‘C’ or use the symbol in the function interface.

• Armour:
  Your character is displayed in the middle of the screen with all the armour they are currently equipped with. You can adjust the viewing angle using the mouse. There are fields surrounding the character that correspond to specific body parts into which items from your inventory can be placed. By moving the mouse cursor over a piece of armour you can display further fields. These are either grey (empty), or contain items from your inventory that match this category.
• Attributes:
  On the left-hand side you will find your character’s attributes. The levels of the various attributes depend on class, level, and armour. Due to the various skills that different classes may possess, it is worth choosing attributes that would most benefit your character’s particular class.
  • Strength: Increases damage and maximum possible health. Increases attack power for classes who cause physical damage.
  • Dexterity: Increases chance to hit and dodge. Increases attack power for Rogues and Scouts.
  • Stamina: Increases physical defence, maximum health, and the speed at which health is restored.
  • Intelligence: Raises magical and physical attack power, and increases maximum mana.
  • Wisdom: Increases magical defence, maximum mana, magical hit chance, and the speed at which mana is regenerated.
• Personal Information
  Beneath the character display you will find a box in which you can write a personal message. This can be found under ‘Functions’ > ‘Social’ > ‘Personal Information’. This information can be viewed by other players.
• Weapon Skills
  There are further tabs on the right-hand side of the window. The first tab shows a helmet – this is the armour window mentioned previously. The sword tab directly beneath displays weapon skills. All weapon types in the game are listed here and your progress with each sort is displayed alongside. For example, next to ‘Dagger’ there is a ration: 10/80. This means that you have achieved level 10 of a possible 80 levels. The better you master a weapon, the more damage you can exact with it.
• Crafting
  The Fire tab allows you to find out how advanced you are in the various crafting professions. Progress is shown in percent. Once you have mastered 100%, all crafting levels can then be achieved.
• Title
  The tab decorated with a medal lists all the titles you have received during the game. If you would like your title to be displayed next to your character name, select the title and confirm the selection.
• Emotes
  The tab displaying a head gives you access to a list of commands which your character will carry out with various gestures, so-called ‘emotes’. If you click on of these, your character will act out the gesture. Individual emotes can be placed on the quickbar for more rapid use.
• Class List
  The class list shows which classes your character belongs to, which level each respective class has achieved, and how many experience points are required in order to reach the next respective level.

The inventory/backpack can be opened by using the keyboard shortcut ‘B’. All items collected though gathering, crafting, looting, or quests are automatically placed in the inventory. There they can be moved about and stacked; and items that are no longer required can be thrown away. Some unwanted items can also be sold to merchants.

There is also extra inventory space for pets and mounts, where you can place your trusty companions for safe keeping when you do not require them, or if you wish to summon another creature instead. This means that you won’t have to shove your lovable friends in amongst the loot in your backpack.

You can view your character’s skills by pressing ‘K’ on your keyboard. Skills are classified as either General’, `Class’, or ‘Class-specific’.

• ‘General’ skills of your class are listed under the second tab
• The third tab contains all the skills of your secondary class that can be learned during your adventure.
• Under ‘Class-specific’ you will find all further skills that your character has learnt during the course of the game. All skills can be levelled-up using talent points.
• The fifth tab is only available for the Guardian class. It contains the pet skills.

Talent points are used to increase the level of skills. You receive talent points for defeating monsters and successfully completing quests. The exact number of talent points available to you is displayed beneath the skills. You can distribute talent points at any time. To improve a skill, clickk on the skill and you can take it to the next level in the following window.

The most useful item for completing quests is the Quest Log which lists all quests that have been accepted and those which have yet to be completed. You can open the Quest Log by clicking ‘L’, or by clicking ‘Quest’ in the function menu. In the left-hand section of the Quest Log, all quests are sorted according to region and quest level. To view the quest description or to see the quest reward, simply select the name of the quest and the details will be displayed on the right. You can also automatically travel to monsters, NPCs, or quest items if they are displayed in blue. Right-click on one and select ‘Follow’.

• Display Quest: You can have quests displayed on the right of your screen by ticking the box next to the quests in question in the Quest Log.

• Complete Quest:: Once you have achieved the goals of the quest, the quest will be displayed as ‘Completed’ in the Quest Log. You can then hand the completed quest to the NPC to receive your reward.

To take part in combat you must first have targeted an opponent and have selected the desired combat skill from the action bar. For close-combat, your character will advance towards the targeted enemy. You can use various skills during combat. After using a skill, the skill may be displayed in red meaning that the skill must recharge before it can be used again. The same happens if the skill cannot be used for other reasons, such as too much distance between the character and the target.

Many players choose to join guilds in order to communicate easily with each other and to organise joint activities. Once in a guild, you can use guild chat by entering the command ‘/g’ and the guild window is opened by pressing ‘G’. The guild window displays useful information such as the online status of members as well as their respective levels and class affiliations. You can find your guild’s latest messages under ‘Bulletin’ and war statistics are stored under ‘War Info’. Gold and resources can also be donated to the guild by its members, which can be seen under ‘Resources’. Once you have enough gold and other resources you will be able to construct a guild castle. You can continually expand your guild castle throughout the game and guild members will profit from special buffs depending on the construction of the guild castle.

Once you reach level 10 you can choose a second class for your character. You can choose any class you like for either your first or second class. These classes can be switched between by visiting the class trainer who can be found in Varanas and in other locations in the game. Of all the active primary class’s skills will be available to you whereas only the general skills of the secondary class can be used. Additionally, 10% of the value of all secondary class attributes will be conferred upon your primary class. However, you can only use talent- and experience points and attributes on your active main class. Furthermore, only your primary class’s primary skills can be upgraded with talent points. It is not possible for your secondary class’s level to exceed that of your primary class. If you wish to train and upgrade your secondary class, you must switch classes by visiting the class trainer. There is no disadvantage to changing primary and secondary classes often – switching will not cause you to lose levels you have gained with your primary class!

Levels previously gained with a class that is no-longer your primary will be saved and reactivated should you choose to make it your primary again.

Certain classes are restricted to certain races: Only Elves can be Druids and Wardens, while only Humans can be Knights and Priests.

Once both classes have achieved level 20 you can select a third class by completing a quest from Johnny Dutin in Varanas. Once this is complete, you will find a new third class in the dropdown menu in the class interface.

Important: No more than 2 classes can be active at any given time (a primary and a secondary class).

In contrast to the openly accessible world of Taborea, there are also Instances which can only be reached through special gateways. These gateways only allow groups/raid groups with a specific number of players to enter. Maximum group numbers vary between instances. Instances offer players real challenges – instance opponents are stronger than their counterparts in the wider Taborean world. Alongside normal opponents, there are also ‘Bosses’ or ‘Boss Opponents’ who require a great deal of tactics from the groups to be defeated. Taking part in instances can be very lucrative and victorious groups can expect high quality rewards and lots of experience points.

Player versus player is a feature that allows players to attack other players. There are various ways of taking part in PvP activities.

• Duel - To challenge another player to a duel, click on the player’s character and right-click on the small portrait that appears at the top of the screen and select ‘Duel’. This player then receives an invitation to the duel which, when accepted, will start a 5 second countdown to the beginning of the duel. Once this countdown has expired both players can attack each other. The minimap will display a red zone in which the duel will take place. If a player leaves this zone they forfeit the duel. This form of PvP is purely a matter of honour – players may lose HP but they cannot die. Once one dueller’s HP falls to zero, they lose and the duel is ended.
• Open PvP means that players can attack each other without having a commence a duel. The type of PvP in each game world depends on the server type. There are PvE and PvP servers. You will need PK the (player killer) skill to be able to take part in PvP activities which can be obtained in the Varanas class hall after reaching level 15.
• If you want to attack another player on a PvE server you must first have the PK skill. Once this skill has been obtained, a red mask will appear above the character to show that they currently in PK mode. The character can then only attack other players who are also in PK mode. Be aware that this is not a duel – you will die if you lose the battle. The loser will experience all the negative effects of death which are applied, for example, when you are defeated by a monster.
• PvP servers are there for players who want to experience PvP action throughout their whole gaming experience. You can, however, switch off PK mode for a break. After level 15 you can be attacked and killed by other players at any time (if PK mode is enabled). The difference between PvP and PvE is that your target need not have PK mode enabled in order for you to be able to attack them. A PvP server is the best choice for players who seek confrontations with other players and can live with the consequences of losing. If you prefer to do things at your own pace and join up with other players without the threat of battle, you should select a PvE server.
• Players or groups of players can fight each other in an arena battle to find out which the strongest team is or who the most adept arena warrior is. The battles take place in arena specially conceived for this sort of competition.
• Players can also join together in randomly selected teams against other similarly devised teams on special battlefields. Teams must then gather points or specific items from the opponent’s stronghold and bring them back to their team. There are points to be collected in both variants of the battlefield. The first team to gather the right amount points within the allotted time wins.

The settings can be found in the function interface ‘System’ in the menu or by pressing Esc. There is a wide variety of options available:

• Return to Game: Use this to exit the menu and resume your game.
• Video Settings: This is where you can adjust display settings such as shadow details, effects, screen resolution and other graphical display settings.
• Audio Settings: The various volume levels for music, surroundings, and special effects can be adjusted here.
• Interface Settings: These settings allow you to edit the various elements that make up your interface. This includes the number of action bars, and whether player- and opponent names and the chat channel are to be displayed or not.
• Key Bindings: Here is where you can allocate commands to specific keyboard buttons for actions that you would otherwise undertake using the mouse. The current button allocation will be displayed and can be edited.
• Macros: This is where you can create macros for the game. Many commands can be grouped together and given a symbol which can then be placed on the action bar. In doing this you can, for example, perform a range of emotes in a specific order with a simple click of the mouse.
• Help: This support function explains the basic functions of the game with illustrative example pictures.
• Report Problem: If you wish to contact Frogster Online Gaming GmbH support, you can write us a message using the pop-up window that appears.
• Stuck Report: If your character becomes stuck in-game and you cannot move, use this function to report the error and your character will be transported to the next resurrection point.
• Return to Character Selection: Clicking this returns you to the screen were new characters are created and where you can change between existing characters.
• Exit Game: This option ends the current gaming session.