Your first steps

1. Talk to the Buffer (or type .buff) to grab buffs before you start.
2. Kill monsters nearby - they are passive and won't attack first.
3. At level 20 a window offers your 1st class change - free, instant, no quest. Closed it? Tribune Maren has the same list.
4. Your first class change puts a D rental weapon in your hands (full D-grade stats, lasts 90 minutes of fighting; it is equipped for you unless you already hold a D or better weapon) and pays a one-time 1,500,000 Adena gift (every character gets it once). Spend the adena on armor and shots at Trader Helios (.shop), Newbie section. The next rental weapon is sold there too.
5. The class window then walks you on: spend your 3 talent points (a recommended build for your class in one click, or the full tree) and take your first task: 20 kills in Ruins of Agony with a teleport there. When the counter is full, a window teleports you back to Warden Thalos in Giran for the reward. The first three tasks come with that return teleport.
6. Level 20 also unlocks the Talent Tree (Sage Aldric or .talent), Bounty Hunt (Warden Thalos or .task) and Auto-farm (.autofarm, kills by the loop do not count toward a task).
7. Use the Teleporter to move to a level 20-40 zone (Ruins of Despair, Ruins of Agony, Abandoned Camp, Plains of Dion, Cruma Marshlands, Execution Grounds, Death Pass).
8. At level 35 a window announces the 2nd Class Trial at Tribune Maren (1,000,000 Adena fee, finished at 40). The 2nd class comes with a C rental weapon.

The zone

• Safe area - no PK, no item drops. You cannot be killed by other players here.
• Passive monsters - mobs only fight back when you hit them.
• Tuned for 1-20 - Gludin mobs are sized for your first 20 levels. From 20 onward, the Teleporter is your friend.

NPCs in Gludin

• Buffer - buffs and schemes (also via .buff)
• Universal Shop - equipment up to C-grade and consumables (also via .shop)
• Teleporter - travel to cities, dungeons, and leveling zones, including the lv 20-40 destinations (also via .gk)
• Tribune Maren - Class change (1st free at lv 20; trials for 2nd at lv 35 and 3rd at lv 75)
• Sage Aldric - Talent Tree (opens at lv 20) + Rebirth (lv 80+)
• Warden Thalos - Bounty Hunt tasks from level 20
• Blacksmith, Quartermaster, Alchemist - in Giran, not Gludin