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IBefore you begin What DFO Online is •Playing in the browser •Offline and online •Your first launch •Your first 90 minutes •Saving and returning •Your account Menus and screens •Interface and skins •Controls and settings •Troubleshooting •

IICreating your character The creation screens Choosing a race Classes Custom classes Attributes and skills Appearance and Layered Gearing •Choosing a playstyle •Beginner online builds •Choices that are hard to undo •

IIIPrivateer's Hold Your first minutes in Privateer's Hold •Privateer's Hold walkthrough •Moving through the Hold •Fighting •Combat maths •Weapon techniques •Guns and paired weapons •Archery and magic •Bestiary •Loot and inventory •Health, fatigue and rest •Lycanthropy and vampirism •Dying online •Stuck and recovery •Leaving the Hold •

IVYour first town Reading a town •Shops and prices •Banks •Taverns and rooms •Talking to people •The NPC guilds •The Fighters Guild •Thievery •Temples •Knightly orders •Mages Guild services •The Thieves Guild •The Dark Brotherhood •The law •Standing and reputation •Notice boards •Meeting other players •Play with a friend •Courier letters •Time and weather •

VGetting around Overworld travel •Danger and regions •The map and danger •Hired carriages Horses •Ships and passage •Portal Stones •Mages Guild teleport •Party travel •

VIFinding your feet Your first week •Levelling online •Planning a session •The progression map •Renown •The Firmament •Professions •Gathering •Crafting •Money and markets •Making money •Choosing a money route •Wagons and hauling •Tavern games •The hero's threat •

VIIGear and the sea Loot rarity •Sockets and reforging •Enchanting, spellmaking and potions •Magic item economy •Spellmaking maths •Salvage and repair •Craft specialisations •Owning a ship •Owning a home •Safe storage •

VIIIThe wider Bay Elites and champions •The Arena •Town raids •World events and their clock •Festivals and Starfall •Spawned and Elite dungeons •Catching up in short sessions •

IXRivals and the Breach The sea serpent •Revenants •Companions •Dagon's Breach •Player guilds •City control •

XThe late game Example build plans •Elite Gates and the Elite Breach •Abyss Dungeons •Masteries and specialisations •PvP and duels •The Open Zone •The Eltheric Ocean •Arena seasons and the Royal Tourney •Legacy •Endgame goals •

RReference How this guide is checked Glossary •Which rules apply online Coming from Daggerfall or Daggerfall Unity •Caps, timers and resets •Mods, saves and wipes •The questline ladder •Quest rewards •The main story •Lady Brisienna •The Court Crafter •Written in the Stars •The Bay's Troubles •The Burning Doors •The Covens' Hoard •The Weir Road •What changed •Fighters Guild hunts •The Hour That Was Not •Mages Guild fetches •The Old Coil •Temple errands •The Thirteenth of Frostfall •The Smith's Secrets •The Harbormaster's Word •The Merchant's Road •A Seat at the Table •The Herald's Call •Questions new players ask •Thieves Guild work •Dark Brotherhood contracts •Knightly order quests •Noble work •Commoner work •Merchant work •Coven work •Vampire clan work •Daedric quests •Curse cure quests •Keys and commands •Privateer's Hold tutorial •

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The DFO Online Handbook

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