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What is Helbreath?Helbreath is a Korean Windows DX7.0a fixed-resolution full screen MMORPG (mass-multiplayer online role playing game). Beta testing so far means free! Works on Windows 9x-ME, 2000, XP with DX 7.0a or higher installed.
How good it is, comparing to Ultima Online?Bigger visual objects, 2 cities at war, less spells, less skills (therefore no druids, clerics, bards etc), better (but slower) graphics, smaller world (splitted into maps), no server emulators so you can't build own worlds ... You can easily shoot through walls, can't see people behind buildings, the only advantage in this game - mass monster spawns. BTW, it has many engi...
Who is GM?GM is Game Master - one of assigned administrators of the game. Their goal is to track down, warn and ban speed hackers, bug users, macroers who leaves their macro turned on for a whole night or just an abusive players. Players likes them for only one reason: Events. They are invisible (can't be affected by detect invisibility spell) all the time but still occupy a spot - ...
What are Events in Helbreath?Everywhere on map monsters can spawn in unusually large groups, but if in same location appears more than 2 such groups at a time - that's an event. Lately, you can get event schedule on the official site. So far all event I've seen took their place near the shop. Scenario of one of such events: 1. Mass slime spawn 2. Mass orc spawn (once I got 1500 EXP in 15 seconds on su...
How can we kill HelClaw?common ways to kill helclaw: call a group (4+) of high level fighters (110+ level) and some mages to heal & berserk them.. First of all, cast Protection from N-M on Helclaw. You know why? To stop someone from casting Protection From Magic (PFM) on it. Because if you get PFMed Helclaw - even all mages of a whole city will not be able to kill it. Here we go, we have PFNM...
How do I repair an item?Drag it (click and hold mouse button and move the item) over blacksmith or shopkeeper and release the mouse button.
What is a zemstone?If you have a zemstone with you when you die, it will be the only item that you drop, therefore it saves your other items. Since zemstones are relatively rare (and costs around 10-15k), it might be a good idea to save them for trips to more difficult hunting places. [Back to the top]
Why my magic skill is stuck at XX%?Your maximum skill % in magic is determined from your MAG attribute, max magic% = MAG*2. So you need at least 50 MAG to get your magic skill up to 100%
Why my [insert any weapon skill here] is stuck at XX%?Weapon skills are based on your DEX. Maximum % in combat skill is DEX*2. You need at least 50 DEX to get a combat skill up to 100%.
Where can I learn new weapon skills?You can buy manuals for combat skills from blacksmith, for example "Long Sword Manual". When you read a manual your skill is set to 20%.
What is the number over combat state icon?That is the number of special attacks you have available. The number is white if you can use special attacks. Recharge rate for special attacks is 1 per 40 seconds. Maximum number of special attacks is your level divided by 10. Note: To have special attacks you need to have 100% in this weapon's skill.
How do I exchange items with other players?Target player have to be in peace-mode, then you drag the item you want to exchange over the other player, click "Exchange", and then the other player drags his item to the exchange window.
How can I become a guild master?You need to be at least level 20, and your charisma needs to be 20 or more. Go to the Guild Hall to create your guild.
How can I join a guild?First, find a guild you want to join to. Buy a guild admission ticket from Guild Hall and give it to the guild master.
How do I become a citizen?Visit City Hall and talk to the NPC there to request a citizenship. You need to be at least level 5 traveller to get citizen status. Note that you can only get to level 19 as a traveller. Citizens do not have level limits BUT travellers never becoming hungry, travellers zone is safest zone in game, weapons or armors on travellers never gets exhausted. So better get your 10...
How do I unequip a weapon or a piece of armor?Open your character screen (F5) and your backpack (F6). Move your mouse over the equipment you want to unequip and drag it to your backpack.
How do I use Pretend Corpse?Open you skill screen (F8), scroll down the list and click the skill. You need to buy and read the manual for the skill read first of course, Pretend Corpse is an INT based skill so your maximum skill % is INT*2.
Why can't I cast at ...? What is "safe zone"?Safe zone is area where you can't cast combat spells or hit in close combat. Summons can fight there, so safe zone can be conquered with summons (if you have where to make one). Safe zone usually placed near the entrance to the map. For example: Near entrance in north dungeon, in blacksmith, near MiddleLand entrance etc
What is the best way to make money?Fishing (30-50% fishing for small fish, 50-100% to make money on big fish), the most profitable but hardest to train. Mining (fighters only) - lots of money, but lots of player mines rocks as well, coal/iron/mithril sell ONLY to people, they can offer double shop price. Alchemy (making potions and selling them) - takes long because you need lots of ingredients which are mo...
What's the best way to get skill%?For combat skills: train with WEAKEST kind of WEAPON, better do that AS TRAVELLER on dummies (preferably with Agile modifier) or as citizen on someone's summons (note: not everyone likes when you kill their summons, and almost none likes when you without asking kill strongest creatures from their summons). If you have 2 computers you can login with a char with high vitalit...
What's the best way to get EXP?Here's all ways to get EXP I know sorted by amount of EXP (before doing anything from here - get 100% skill in your favorite weapon or magic): Party with a strong player (80+ to go to D3, D4, TOH1, TOH2, WW (Werewolf) pit, Cyclops pit), usually here is 1 mage and 1 fighter in party, can be more. Mage paralyzes monster, berserks fighter and PFMs him. Fighter just kills mons...
How can I switch sides?You cannot switch sides on your character once you have chosen your citizenship (you still can have citizens of different cities in 1 account). But here's still thing like helping Aresden with Elvine char (and Elvine with Aresden char) for example, by killing summons, paralyzing and killing teammates ... This problem was resolved in UO by counting "aggressive actions&...
Helbreath update I've logged in and ... can't move. Why?First lets check that you are not paralyzed (wait 60 seconds or hit self with weak magic). Now when you are sure that not an evil deeds of other players then it's most likely that map got updated. Sadly autoupdate frequently forgets to update some files and when map changes - you can get stuck (e.g. update on 18 may 2002 after recall).
How can I marry someone in Helbreath?It's possible. But the only way so far: you E-mail the GM for when you're having a wedding. He can be your priest, he can then officially make you husband and wife.
What is the wizard's tower, is there anything I can do or learn there?Wizard's tower is a building in a city (Elvine or Aresden) where you can buy spells, use "M" key in the city to find it. Go inside and click on NPC mage staying there, you will get a list of spells. To get certain spell you need gold and INT. However, some top spells can't be learned there.
How can I get into the city?Press "M" key (or double-click on the map) you will see 2 portals on it in beginners zone (Blue and Red), Blue leads into Elvine, Red into Aresden Go and just stop in the center of any of these portals - you will be teleported into the city.
What are cheats? Where can I get them?Cheating and Exploit using will not be tolerated. There is a NO tolerance for these actions and you will be punished and banned. Unattended Macroing is not allowed. Getting caught macro unattended repeatedly will get you punished.
So what are cheating, exploiting and macroing?Cheating is defined as the improper, inappropriate, and intentional misuse or abuse of bugs, design flaws, or game mechanics that is not in the spirit of the game. For example, here was following cheats: Trade hack, speedhack (Its not working anymore after actions speed detection code was added to the server, so I'm free to post speed some URLs: this and this), still not s...
Who's better to join, Elvine or Aresden?Not much difference actually, walk through the each city before choosing citizenship. Experience shows that players are rarely changing alignment to the city even if they create a new char in enemy city.
How can I transfer items from one my character to another?Move both characters into the same location, preferably behind a building or a tree in a non popular region of the map, write down coordinates (will be hard to find something behind a house ...)
What are upgrade points?Upgrades are only for level 130 people and they allow you to upgrade your stuff. Once you reach level cap (top level you can get in free version - 130), you continue to level until you reach 131, but as soon as you hit 131 you get reduced back to 130 and getting 1 upgrade stone. Then you level again to 131 and get reduced once again to 130 and get 1 more upgrade stone etc....
What is P2P. What do you know about P2P?P2P in gaming terminology is Pay2Play (in common computer terminology it's Peer2Peer e.g. connection), Helbreath is currently free, but has some limitations so you will be able to go past them if you pay for that. E.g. level 130 cap, you can't go past 130 - instead you are getting upgrade points. Level cap will be removed ONLY in P2P.
What is occupation flag? How can you do that quest?When you have 300 quest points you can start occupation flag quest. Unconfirmed: In the full version with the actual crusade only the guild master can become a commander during the weekly fatal wars. There is an occupation flag called master flag, perhaps it is only for guild masters.
Why I'm getting recalled from enemy city? What is a raiding day?Here is 2 kinds of days in Helbreath: usual and raiding :) You have about 30 minutes in enemy city on raiding day (usually Saturday and Sunday, Korean time) and only about 2 minutes on usual day. After this time elapses you will get recalled into your home city. Way to recharge time is simple: visit dungeon sometimes. Another tip: SOUTH dungeon, north (MiddleLand dungeon) ...
What is reputation? How can I check my reputation?Reputation (rep) is a number that measures your loyality to the city (therefore criminals and travellers can't give rep). Unlike contribution it can be negative, however you don't lose anything for negative reputation, just righteous weapons will hit you harder (from official manual) and you will have no rep damage bonuses with righteous weapons. Sadly, here is no know way...
What is bleeding island ticket? I'm stuck on bleeding island, How do I get out?Bleed Island ticket (you can get one in blacksmith) can teleport you to the Bleeding Island. Bleeding Island is unique monsterless territory where you can kill anyone (even teammates) without getting any bonuses or penalties. If you die, you don't drop anything, so go there and enjoy rumble (noncriminals can rep- you so preferably, hunt criminals). Some months ago criminal...
What is a quest? How can I get one?Still lots of unconfirmed information :-( To get a quest you need to be a citizen and have 15 or higher level. After you'll get a citizenship you can come to the City Hall and talk to the officer to get a quest. You can cancel as many quests as you wish - no penalty for that. Try canceling it a few times, maybe you will get an easier quest.
How can I get back to the beginners zone?Only travellers can go back to beginners zone, you can either die or try to enter map that will auto recall you, for example, Rocky Highland in Elvine, Internal Fields in Aresden
OK, I know the rules, but how do I macro?First, check this FAQ question - there's link to macro download (works only for windows 2000 or XP), if you have ME, 98 or other - sorry, this site will be no help to you. Here's your first macro, just go to Helbreath and press keys combination which you assigned in Hot Key. This macro just "Holds" your mouse button so you don't need to press mouse buttons to e.g...
How can I force summons to attack someone?If you summon on Citizen, summon becoming citizen of that city (not sure if you summon on enemy, but still - DON'T do that unless you are summoning on enemy criminal), if you summon on traveller - creature will become neutral (however you will sometimes see it as citizen, but actually its neutral). If you are citizen and hit creature which is citizen of your city - it will...
How do I kill someone without becoming a criminal?First of all, that's a problem because Travellers can't hit citizen players or other travellers, next, for citizens you become criminal (means -5 rep and good chance to lose 1-2 items), thats why these ways are popular: In beginner zone you can kill ONLY with 5th circle magic: Fire wall, Fire Field and Poison cloud, so you need stats like 49 int and 33 mag to have all of t...
What is MR party?Ok, as you can know when people are in party they can't hit self or each other with anything except for poison spells. BUT they still can get MR (Magic Resistance skill)! First of all I'll mention here MR-hit as hit with magic that gets totaly absorbed and increases MR successful skill use count (without safe mode or parties its a hit with magic when you take no damage). F...
How do I get away from the jail without losing anything?First of all, here is 2 jails: in enemy city and in your city, if you are in enemy city jail then you will not lose anything anymore - you lost your thing already when you got killed. Safely recall after 3 minutes or wait 5 minutes and it will autorecall you to your home city. First of all, remember how much time passed since you were sent into jail. (If you relogin, this ...
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