How to play, Chapter 4
The village
In short
The village square is where everything starts. Every place has a letter: F for the forest, I for the inn, H for the healer, B for the bank, T for your master. Q leaves the village, and your hero stays where they are.
Places and their keys
You reach every place from the village square. Press the letter or click the line on the screen.
| Key | Place | More |
|---|---|---|
| F | Into the Ash Wood | Forest and combat |
| I | The Crooked Kettle inn | The inn and other heroes |
| P | Attack sleeping heroes | The inn and other heroes |
| H | Sister Ottilie (healer) | further down this page |
| T | Training grounds (masters) | Masters and levels |
| W | Brann's weapon smithy | Weapons, armour and shops |
| A | Hilde's armoury | Weapons, armour and shops |
| B | Goldwin's bank | Gold, bank and death |
| S | Your stats | further down this page |
| N | Daily happenings | further down this page |
| L | Hall of Heroes | further down this page |
| M | Messages | The inn and other heroes |
| J | Hunter's book | Hunter's book and titles |
| D | Building site | further down this page |
| Q | Leave the village | Controls |
Below the menu you will see the dragon's hoard, the event of the day, your quest from the notice board and, when the time comes, a note that you are ready for your master.
Sister Ottilie, the healer
The healer patches you up completely; she does not do half measures. She charges gold for every missing hit point, and the price goes up with your level. The prices for each level are listed in The inn and other heroes. The Herb Lore blessing and a finished well make her cheaper, the Ashmoon makes her dearer. You can also reach her straight from the forest.
Your stats
Press S to see everything about your hero: level, experience until your master, hit points, strength and defence including weapon and armour, gold and bank, your skill and its next stage, your quest, blessings and titles. On the website most of this is also shown in the menu on the left.
News and the hall
Under today's news (N) you can read who raided whom, who fell in the forest and who went up a level. The Hall of Heroes (L) shows the best of all time and of this year, the dragonslayers and the bulletin board contest. The same hall is on the website as the Hall of Heroes.
The building site
At the building site (D) all heroes rebuild Greyford together, one building after another. You donate gold from your pocket, or dragon gold, which counts as 1,000 gold at the site. Or you haul stones: that costs a forest fight and counts as much as the gold from one fight. Every finished building helps everyone until the Burning Night.
| Building | Effect |
|---|---|
| Well | The healer is 10 percent cheaper. |
| Palisade | Raids on sleepers in the field hit less hard. |
| Forge | Weapons and armour are 10 percent cheaper. |
| Temple | Death in the forest costs only a third of your gold. |
| Watchtower | Every hero gets one more forest fight each day. |
| Market hall | Goldwin pays half as much interest again. |
What a building costs depends on how many heroes have played in the last 7 days, but never fewer than 5. That way a year with few heroes feels just like a year with many. Donations also earn fame for your bulletin board in the contest.