Sunday, July 25, 2010

Piercing Gaze

The piercing gaze is a passive ability that allows a player to inspect another players equipment. There are six ranks total.
The below guide was taken from Allods Online patch notes and will be slightly edited as we unlock the ranks.


o Rank 1 can be learned at level 8. League players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Pavel Isaev in Novograd, and Imperial players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Rysk the Crafty in Nezebgrad. At rank 1 players will be able to view the items in the chest, waist, legs, feet, and weapon slots of players of the same faction

o Rank 2 can be learned at level 15. League players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Avery de Grandeur in Siveria, and Imperial players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Elizaveta Rysina in Nezebgrad. At rank 2 players will be able to view the items in the back, shirt, hands, wrists, finger, trinket, and off-hand slots of players of the same faction

o Rank 3 can be learned at level 23. League players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Marina Jidkova in Asee-Teph, and Imperial players can learn the ability by completing a quest from Zarida the Fierce in Asee-Teph. At rank 3 players will be able to view the items in the head, neck, ears, shoulder, bag, and mount slots of players of the same faction

o Rank 4 can be learned at level 25. Players from both factions can learn the ability by completing a quest from Nomarkh Taltal in Asee-Teph. At rank 4 players will be able to view the items in the chest, waist, legs, feet, and weapon slots of players of the opposite faction

o Rank 5 can be learned at level 27. Players from both factions can learn the ability by completing a quest from Charles de Pluie in Eljune. At rank 5 players will be able to view the items in the back, shirt, hands, wrists, finger, trinket, and off-hand slots of players of the opposite faction

o Rank 6 can be learned at level 29. Players from both factions can learn the ability by completing a quest from Yaver Qar in Coba Plateau. At rank 6 players will be able to view the items in the head, neck, ears, shoulder, bag, and mount slots of players of the opposite faction

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Shortcuts

All shortcuts are listed under Hotkeys in your settings. The spell shortucts aren't listed in this guide, they're bound to 1 through 0 on the keyboard and can be found in hotkeys settings.
Using shortcuts considerably speeds up your ingame actions

I
- Character Info
U - Reputation
K - Currency
P - Spellbook
N - Talents
L - Quest Log
B - Bag
F12 - Bag and Character Info
M - Map
G - Social
R - Autorun
T - Object highlighting
Z, X, C - Context actions, usable when context icons appear between your first and second set of spells at the bottom of your screen
Enter - Chat window


F1 - Selftargeting
F2 - Target 1st group member
F3 - Target 2nd group member
F4 - Target 3rd group member
F5 - Target 4th group member
F6 - Target 5th group member
Tab - Change target
F - Assist Target

Alt+Z - Hide interface
Prnt Scrn - Screenshot
Esc - Settings

Commands

All commands start with /
When you type the first letter of the command, a list of all commands beggining with that letter appears

CHAT
Type the command and hit spacebar to switch to a different chat
/say - white colour, can only be seen by people nearby
/zone - brown colour, can be seen by everyone on the same map
/shout - teal colour, can be seen by everyone of the same faction
/world - yellow colour, can be seen by everyone on the same server. Can only be used by GMs
/party - blue colour, can be seen only be people in your party
/raid - orange colour, can be seen by people in your raid. If you use /party in a raid, only the six people in your group will be able to read your message
/guild - green colour, can be read by your guild members
/office - dark green colour, can only be used and read by guild officers
/whisper NAME - pink colour, can only be seen by the person whose NAME you type up
/telepathy - light yellow colour, only psionicists can use this chat

NAME
These commands effect other players. Replace NAME with the name of the player you want to use them on
/whisper NAME - private messaging
/invite NAME - invites another player into your party. Only single players, party leaders and assistants can use this
/kick NAME - kicks a party member out of the party. Only party leaders and assistants can use this
/ginvite NAME - invites another player into your guild. Only guild officers and guild leader can use this
/gkick NAME - kicks another player out of your guild. Only guild officers and guild leader can use this
/trade NAME - invites another player to a trade

PARTY/RAID
These commands can only be used when you're part of a party or a raid
/invite NAME - invites another player into your party. Only the leader and assistants can do this
/kick NAME - kicks another player out of your party. Only the leader can do this
/party - party chat. In a raid, only the six people in your group can see this
/raid - raid chat
/leave - leave the party/raid you're currently in

GUILD
These commands can only be used when you're part of a guild
/guild - guild chat
/office - guild officer chat
/ginvite NAME - invites a person into your guild. Can only be used by guild officers and guild leader
/gkick NAME - kicks a guild member out of your guild. Can only be used by officers and guild leader
/gquit - leave your current guild
/gdisband - deletes your guild. Can only be used by guild leader

ACTIONS
These commands make your character perform actions. The grouped commands perform the same moves
/attack /bored /flee /followme /healme /helpme /incoming /joke /mana /oom /welcome /wait
/afk /brb
/bow
/beg
/bye /goodbye /hi /hello /wave
/curse /swear
/callout
/cheer
/congratulate /congrats /grats
/dance
/eat
/excited
/flirt /sexy
/flex
/giggle /laugh /lol /mock /rofl /taunt
/kiss
/kneel /ty /thanks
/nod /yes
/no /nope
/point
/sheath
/salute
/sit
/surprise /scare
/shrug
/sleep
/triumph /victory


OTHER
/played - shows the total time you have spent playing for the character
/emote - shows up in chat as action performed (( for example "/emote dances" shows up as "Kopretinka dances" ))
/walk - switches between walking and running

Monday, July 19, 2010

The Imperial Ship "Invincible"

Walk out of your room to get the first quest.

To Arms!
Who: Whir the Unyielding
Summary: Equip the weapon in your bag. Then talk to Quartermaster Birchy the Merciless.
Reward: 220 XP
Solution: Hit B to bring out bag, right click the weapon to equip it. You can view all your equipped items by hitting I. Birchy the Merciless is to your left.

Battle Cocktail
Who: Birchy the Merciless
Summary: Drink the battle cocktail and then talk to Birchy the Merciless.
Reward: 385 XP
Solution: Hit B, right click the cocktail. You can hit Z to talk to NPCs without clicking on them.

Baptism by Fire
Who: Birchy the Merciless
Summary: Defeat the League troops and return to Birchy the Merciless.
Reward: 240 XP
* Recruit's Leather Tunic
* Recruit's Cloth Robe
Solution: Beat the League Captain, the rest of the crew will take care of the troopers. Birchy the Merciless is gone, talk to Whir the Unyielding instead.

Level up and equip your new tunic/robe. Hit I to asign your first stat point.

Cutting Through the Enemy
Who:
Whir the Unyielding
Summary: Defeat 4 League Troopers and 1 League Veteran and talk to Sarang Minx.
Reward: 720 XP
Solution: Head up the stairs with the other recruits. Defeat the troopers, the veteran is by the safe across the room.

Level up

The Secret Key
Who: Sarang Minx
Summary: Take the Activation Key from the safe and bring it to Alexey Grubin
Reward: 840 XP
Recruit's Cloth Pants
Recruit's Leather Pants
Solution: Hit Z near the safe to open it. Take the activation key and go through the doors to your left. You will pick up a quest inbetween.

Fire!
Who: Yasskul Odzhi
Summary: Hit the League ship using the cannon and return to Yasskul Odzhi.
Reward: 720 XP
Recruit's Cloth Slippers
Recruit's Leather Boots
Solution: Hit Z near the cannon to use it repeatedly until you get the quest check.

Go through the next door and you'll see Alexey Grubin. Turn in the key. Get the quest from Kazimir Sablin.

Maintaining Power
Who:
Kazimir Sablin
Summary: Talk to Sarang Khafre and determine the cause of power failure.
Reward: 520 XP
Solution: Go through the door to your right until you get to the room with Sarang

The Heart of The Ship
Who:
Sarang Khafre
Summary: Use the Neutralizer to destroy the magical shield, kill the Fire Elementals, and talk to Sarang Khafre
Reward: 780 XP
Recruit's Wand
Recruit's Bow
Solution: Hit B and right click the neutralizer near the barrier. Defeat the three Fire Elementals and hit Z to loot the bags.

Kanian Thieves
Who:
Sarang Khafre
Summary: Tell Kazimir Sablin that the "device" has been stolen.
Reward: 520 XP
Recruit's Shield
Discolored Health Potion
Solution: Wait until Kazimir walks up and finishes talking

Level Up. Hit N to bring up your talent tree and asign first talent points

Defeat the Crusader
Who:
Kazimir Sablin
Summary: Make your way into the Kanian ship, use the Activation key, and defeat Gradimir Kozlov.
Reward: 980 XP + 5 silver
Recruit's Mace
Recruit's Dagger
Recruit's Staff
Solution: Go outside the doors opposite Kazimir, defeat two League soldiers and teleport to the other ship. Defeat the League soldiers and Astral Demons. Hit Z near Gradimir's barrier and defeat him. Teleport out of the ship to Nezebgrad sewers. Turn the quest in to Igor Nochkin.

Testing post

First, testing post. Over time, this site should include complete translation of all race destriptions, guides to quests, professions and classes, as well as news and updates on current events and info on various guilds of Allods Online. There is a long path before us.