Tutorial

The Tutorial covers most of the basics of Solace Crafting.  For players with more experience than the new character being used, the Tutorial can be turned off by pressing J (by default, see Keybindings) to open the Journal and clicking the button for tracking (default is on).

The Tutorial sections will pop up in their notification area, and display color-coded progress as steps are completed.  After the first round of basic tips, however, the notifications will no longer pop up, but the Tutorial will notify of completed sections as they occur.  The Journal tracks progress of the Tutorial for now.

Tutorial - Getting Started 1: Solace Basics

When near a Solace, the interaction prompt will appear.  Hit F to open the Solace Menu.

The Solace Menu allows changing the Solace name (orange button at top left) and access to the Storage Network, Travel Network, and Upgrade panels.  It also displays the locality information: Distance (from center, starting Solace is at 0.01km); distance from center in two cardinal directions (such as North and West); the Tier (staring Solace is in T0); and Biome (starting Solace is in Grassland).

The Storage Network allows any raw resources to be stored and accessed from any Solace, in addition to being available for construction materials in the Build Menu when within the Power Range of any Solace.

Press Tab to open the Tab Menu, which displays the Character Panel and Inventory, and the buttons for Crafting, Skills, Town, Building, and Terraforming.  Select Crafting by clicking the button.

The Crafting interface has four sections:

* Profession filters
* Category filters
* Recipe List
* Item Panel

To see all available recipes, select All for both filters.

Select Masonry Profession filter.

Select Weapons Category filter, and available Recipes are displayed along with their material requirements.  If the resource(s) are available, the requirement (such as 15 Stone for a Stone Club) will be in black text; if not, the requirement text is red.

Select the Recipe to see the details in the Item Panel.

The top of the Item Panel displays the Profession being used and the Character Level in that Profession, as well as the amount of experience in the current level.

Many items can be customized regarding Level, Tier, Rarity, and Material; some items include options for color (color of an item cannot be changed after crafting).  The Level, Tier, Rarity, and Material of an item will affect its stats.  It is possible to create items at levels too high to use, when the Profession Level is higher than Character Level.

The amount of available resource to create the item is also shown.

Hovering over the bottom buttons will display the amount of experience points awarded for creating the item (or practicing).  Click the Craft button to create the item.

When practicing, the resources are consumed, but the item is not created, and typically half the experience points (compared to creating) are gained.  To practice, the box beside the button will be checked before clicking the button.

Completing the first Tutorial section.  Note the Recipe requirement for the item is red in the Recipe list, and greyed out in the Item Panel.  Created items are found in Inventory.