STAGE
Finding your feet
Levels 2-3
You level well, earn Renown, spend your first stars and start a profession.
This stage is further along your path. You can read ahead, or return when you reach it.
In this stage
Your first week Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
A session plan for levels 1 to 5, the introduction questlines they open, and what to check before you spend.
Available from the startLevelling online Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
How skills, levels, attribute points and the health floor work online.
Available from the startPlanning a session Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Turn one hour or one evening into a route through caps, event windows, questline letters and travel.
Available from the startThe progression map Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
How character level, Renown, Firmament stars, gear, professions and companions depend on each other.
Available from the startRenown Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Online's own ladder from 1 to 50: what earns it, its caps, and what it unlocks.
Unlocks at character level 3The Firmament Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
The Firmament's signs, paths and two point pools, and how to spend and refund them.
Registered accountProfessions Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
The ten gathering and crafting tracks, introduced by The Court Crafter.
Registered accountGathering Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Nodes, climates, daily slots, seasons and Tides.
Registered accountCrafting Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Stations, recipes, quality odds and profession ranks.
Registered accountMoney and markets Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Marks and other currencies, daily caps, the global market and court writs.
Available from the startMaking money Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
What actually pays in DFO Online, the rates the source sets, and the routes that pay poorly.
Available from the startChoosing a money route Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Pick between quests, bounties, gathering, crafting, writs and the market by time, caps and opportunity cost.
Unlocks at character level 3Wagons and hauling Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
Carts and wagons, their upkeep, and The Merchant's Road.
Unlocks at character level 2Tavern games Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
The games A Seat at the Table introduces.
Available from the startThe hero's threat Draft — Draft: checked against the game source, not yet read through end to end
How the world grows tougher as your level and Renown rise.