► TUTORIAL: Ultima I - The First Age of Darkness

1. Begin

Click BEGIN ADVENTURE, then create your character: pick a Race, Class, and Sex. Each choice adjusts your starting STR/DEX/INT/WIS. Then press ENTER SOSARIA.

2. Moving in the World

The overworld is a wrapping hex map with six directions:

KeyDirKeyDir
WNWENE
AWDE
ZSWXSE

Or click any hex to walk there automatically.

◆ Fog of war hides the land. Explore to reveal it - your sight radius grows the map.

3. Key Actions

KeyAction
EnterEnter town/dungeon, or board the starship
CCamp / rest (on grass or forest)
BBuy at a shop stall (in town)
TTalk

4. Towns

Towns are hexagonal with six shops around the edge (T/M/P/F/W/A) and a fountain in the center. Stand on a stall and press B to trade for weapons, armour, and food.

5. Combat

When a creature attacks, hover the stats hint to size it up, then choose Fight or Flee. Battle plays out in a popup:

KeyAction
SpaceAttack
MMagic (costs food)
RRun
◆ Being downed leaves you at half health - you are never ejected from a dungeon by losing.

6. Dungeons

Each dungeon is 3-10 levels deep. In the first-person cave view: W=forward X=back A=turn left D=turn right. Find the stairs down (▼) and descend to the bottom to conquer it. The minimap (top-right) shows stairs, chests, and monsters you've seen.

7. Camping

Press C on grass or forest. Rest recovers about half your health; Sleep recovers fully. Both consume food and risk an ambush.

8. The Endgame

Conquer all three dungeons and a starship descends near the eastern peaks. Board it (Enter) to fly in space:

KeyAction
W/↑Thrust
A/DTurn
SpaceFire
EscRetreat

Destroy 8 vessels to reach Mondain, then defeat him (200 HP) to shatter the Gem of Immortality and win. A victory chronicle appears, and you may begin a new quest.

9. Winning and Losing

Win: defeat Mondain. Losing a fight: survive at half health. Restart: refresh the browser (no save system in this release).