Your first hour in Arcane 101
What to do between creating a character and clearing the Forest, in order, with the two things that are easy to skip and expensive to redo.
Join the Lucky's Pals group before your first code attempt, finish the tutorial before anything else, and do not reroll your race in the first hour — you do not know what you want yet.
This is the order to do things in from the moment you create a character to the moment you clear the Forest. Two of these steps are easy to skip and expensive to redo, and they are steps 2 and 4.
The order
- Create your character and start the tutorial. Do not reroll your race yet. Race Rerolls are the reward from every code in the game, and they reroll randomly — spending them before you know what your deck wants is a waste. See races and rerolls.
- Join the Lucky's Pals group before you try any code. This is the step people skip. Codes in this game are, in the developer's own words, for members only. You cannot redeem one without group membership, and you cannot redeem one before finishing the tutorial. How to redeem.
- Finish the tutorial. It gates codes, and it gates the pet/companion system. Nothing else opens until it is done.
- Get your mount. 59,578 players own one — four players fewer than have finished the first quest. It is effectively part of the opening, and skipping it makes every later step slower. Mounts.
- Pick a school and commit. Eight are listed; no damage tables are published, so a tier list would be fiction. Pick on element coverage and on which cards you can read fastest mid-fight. Choosing a school.
- Put every upgrade into one damage card. Not four. One. This is the second step people skip, and it is the reason most players stall later. Card tiers.
- Clear the Forest around level 8–10. If you are below 8, run a few more fights first. If you clear it well below 10, that is normal in this game — and it is exactly why the second land stops people. Level pace.
- Do not walk into Frostfang Pass yet. Level to 10–12 first. Read the wall guide before you go, not after you lose.
The two mistakes, and what they cost
| Mistake | What it costs | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Trying a code before joining the group | A failed redemption and a confused ten minutes | Join the group first; it is free and takes a minute |
| Spreading card upgrades across four cards | Your carry never ends a fight; you arrive at the second land weak | Pick one card, feed it everything until Tier V |
Both are recoverable. The second one is the expensive one, because materials spent on the wrong card are gone.
What to do with your first codes
If a code works, it gives you Race Rerolls — every code in this game does. Rerolls change your character's race randomly, which affects traits, appearance and passive bonuses.
The right time to spend them is after you know what your deck is trying to do — which is not the first hour. Sit on them. They do not expire.
The first hour, in one sentence
Join the group, finish the tutorial, get the mount, pick a school, put every upgrade into one card, clear the Forest — and then stop and level before the second land.
Related
- Frostfang Pass — what happens next, and why it stops 76% of players.
- The 27-badge funnel — what the player base's behaviour looks like from above.
- All guides — the full list.
