New Player Welcome

Brand new to Experia? This is the full walkthrough of what you'll see on first entry (and again after every reroll). Share it with frens who are about to jump in. Ready to play? Head to /play.

This is what a brand-new traveler sees when they first enter Experia — and what every rerolled life sees again after permadeath. Use it as a one-time read, a shareable onboarding explainer, or a refresher before you hit Play.

The game in one line

Not dying is the game. Experia is a survival MMO with permanent death. How long can you live? How high can you climb? Players who reach high levels without dying become living legends. When you die, that character is gone forever — but anything you claim with $XAnimalswaits in your home chest for the next life. That's the loop: survive, claim what matters, and if you fall — start again with your vault.

The first hour, in order

1. Intro cutscene — the Experia story (watch or skip). Music starts muted; turn it back on in Settings when you want.
2. Character Creation stepper — skin → three Classes → optional tweaks → background → starting kit → permadeath oath → review.
3. HUD controls tour — optional, skippable, device-specific (desktop vs phone). No XP — just orientation.
4. Wake in your home (or under the open sky if the starter town is full) with a welcome note and gentle intro quests.
5. First-hour tutorial waves — redeem XP, sparring, vendors, salvage, craft, fishing, casino, spaceport — issued as you complete the earlier steps. These are a one-time welcome: their coin and XP rewards can only be earned once per account, so a later life starts straight into the world (the HUD controls tour is still offered again).

Deeper systems live in the rest of the Knowledge Base: How To Play, Traits & XP, Inventory & Crafting, Wallets & Claiming.

Character Creation stepper

After the intro, you are not dropped on a blank Character Sheet. A guided wizard walks you through seven steps. You can edit Classes, traits, and backstory later; the kit is first life only.

1. Choose your skin — who you look like in Experia. You can change skins later in Beta.
2. Pick three Classes — each Class is a full 69-point Loadout. You carry three at once and hot-swap them in play (🧬 / hotkey W).
3. Customize (optional) — tweak any Loadout or skip. Muscle 12 unlocks Kick; Magic 10 is spell-ready; Mind 15 is craft-smart.
4. Background — a preset origin story or write your own (editable later on the Character Sheet).
5. Starting kit — Traveler, Scrapper, Artisan, or Angler. One-time account welcome (not every life). Gear lands when you finish this wizard the first time.
6. The Oath — death is permanent. Home chest/floor + $XAnimals claims survive; everything else does not. Do not pick fights with town NPCs.
7. Review & enter — confirm and step into Experia.

Recommended Class packages

One-tap bundles if you want a clear first-life identity:

All twelve Classes

Each Class is a complete level-1 recipe (sum = 69). Soft tags on the card call out Kick / spell / craft readiness.

Backgrounds

Presets seed your origin story. You can rewrite it anytime (swearing is fine; hate is not). Other players can read yours with View Origin Story.

• Amnesiac Crash-Landed — Blank slate — rewrite your past anytime.
• Exiled Craftsperson — Good with tools; bad at keeping quiet about bad bosses.
• Washed-Up Gambler — You know a table when you see one.
• Frontier Homesteader — Plant roots. Defend them. Sleep when it's safe.
• Runaway Apprentice Mage — Magic first — consequences later.
• Coin-Chaser Merchant — Buy low, sell high, smile bigger.
• Write your own (custom) — blank slate.

Starting kits

Every kit includes a Homestead Deed, a Leather Pouch with healing potions, clothes, and a random lucky trinket. Role tools differ:

Kits are an account welcome — once. After a KO or voluntary reroll you wake naked of field gear, but anything already in your home chest or on your home flooris still there (plus anything you claimed with $XAnimals). Pemberton's General Goods can sell replacements; you'll usually buy better.

The Oath (permadeath)

• Death is permanent. If you die, this character is gone forever — levels, quests, field gear, and spells wipe. You never get that life back.
• Your Character Sheet tracks Deaths— how many lives you've lost. That number never resets.
• Home storage survives (chest + floor). Beyond that, claim with $XAnimals to keep field loot. See Wallets, Claiming & the Marketplace.
• Town NPCs are juggernauts. Do not pick fights in town.
• Play styles differ — some grind the wild and feed crafters; some stay in town and craft safely. Both are trying not to die.

Walking Is Good For You

Lifetime step milestones still encourage travel — but they start at 1,000 steps(then 10k / 100k / 1M / 10M / 100M). Walking levels you when you've really put in the miles, not after a stroll around the plaza.

Welcome packet & intro quests

With a home, you wake indoors: bed, toilet, welcome note, and (during Beta) a Scroll of Fireball on the floor. Intro quests:

If the starter town is full, you still get a Welcome Note on your hotbar and the town-square quest — so the tutorial can still unlock.

First-hour tutorial waves

Completing the town-square intro issues wave 2. Finish any two of wave 2 for wave 3. Craft or disassemble unlocks wave 4. Only issued quests count — veterans are never retroactively enrolled.

Wave 2 — after the town square

Wave 3 — after any two of wave 2

Wave 4 — after craft or disassemble

Quick tips before you step outside

• Unredeemed XP is just a reserve — open Character Sheet → Experience and redeem to actually level.
• Swap Classes anytime with 🧬 / W. The full Character Sheet is for later edits.
• Claim early. Permadeath is real; your home chest is the vault for claimed gear.
• Controls and definitions: How To Play · Keybindings.