The UI

## Navigating the User Interface

Upon clicking the play button and choosing to create a New Guardian or Continuing a Legend, users are met with the Home screen interface.

assuming that the player is using a new Guardian you will be met with the following UI layout:

#### Left Column:

Starting from the top you will see your general information panel. This tells you the following information in order:

* Username - As set by the player upon creating their first Guardian.
* Current Location - Set by the game each frame to accurately display to the player where in the world they are.
* Level Indicator - This one is self explanatory, it displays your current level.
* XP - Displays the players current XP pool.
* XP to Next - Displays the total amount of xp needed to progress to the next level
* HP - Displays the players current Hp against their max hp value at their current level as well as gives a visual representation of player health status by displaying a progress bar which changes from green to yellow when the players hp is less that 50% of their max, and changes to red once hp drops below 25% of maximum hp.

Below your Info Panel you will see a few buttons labeled as follows:

* Home - Returns the player back to Bloodhaven from anywhere in the game.
* My Guardian - Opens a user interface which allows the player to equip weapons and armor to their Guardian.
* My Gear - Opens a user interface which allows the player to scrap weapons and armor as well as perform slight modifications to weapons and armor.
* My Inventory - Opens a user interface which list to the player all stat boosters, perks, enhancement cores, and other spoils of war that are acquired during battle.
* Wiki - hehehe, It brings you here.

#### Top-Right Column:

This area is known as the Main Hub, it is where all major actions will be housed. there are many actions that you will see are greyed out, feel free to continue reading below for a breakdown of each option, or see Where to Begin to get the quick version.

The following is the ordered layout of the Main Hub:

* Current Location - Set by the game each frame to accurately display to the player where in the world they are. Just like the one in the Info Panel...just much bigger.

* Blacksmith (Unlocks at Level 5) - Merchant, buys and sells various weapons and armor pieces for basic currencies.
* Tavern (Unlocks at Level 5) - Merchant, Sells Alcohol and other sketchy drinkables.
* Alchemist (Unlocks at Level 5) - Merchant, Sells Potions, Herbal Remedies, and Medicines needed to survive long battles.
* Flight Master (Unlocks at Level 10) - Travel Agent, Facilitates travel to other areas of Bloodhaven and beyond.
* Tinkerer (Unlocks at Level 10) - Merchant, Sells Special Weapons for advanced currencies and will improve weapon and armor stats for a small fee.
* Market (Unlocks at Level 20) - Will become available when online multiplayer is implemented. Gear that players Scrap will serve as the stock for this vendor. Items sold here can be bought with either basic or advanced currencies.
* Auction House (Unlocks at Level 20) - Will become available when online multiplayer is implemented. Buy and Sell items with other players online in this interactive market economy.

* Quests - Opens a list of quests that are currently available to the player.
* Explore the Area - Look around and see what enemies and items you can find.

#### Bottom-Right Column:

This area is the quest tracker, it displays information such as the current quests name, short description, progress, and goal. This area will remain empty if there is no story or quest active.