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Before you begin your adventures in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, you will need to create your ENDLESS FREE trial account by visiting https://accounts.eamythic.com/war/trial/.

After creating your account, you will be prompted to download the trial client. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the game. When installed, launch the game and enter your username and password to log in and begin your journey to the frontlines of WAR.

Should you choose to upgrade your trial to a full version of the game, you may 1) upgrade instantly via the Account Center or 2) purchase the game from any major retailer. Once your account has been upgraded, you can run the trial patcher to automatically download the complete game client.

Free Trial Client Size: Approx. 7GB
Full Game Client Size: Approx. 12GB

Helpful Links:

• Read the ENDLESS Free Trial FAQ
• Recommended System Specs
• Download the Game Manual

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Before entering the strife within Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, you must choose a server on which you will play. Ask friends what server they have selected so that you can play with them. You will only be able to play with people who have chosen the same server as you.

There are different types of servers available to choose from. The server window will explain the types of servers available to you.

Characters created on a specific server are unique to that server. You can create characters on other servers as well. You are also limited to one Realm—Order or Destruction—on each server. All the characters you create on a single server must belong to the same Realm. To play a character you must log onto the server where it was created.

Note: Free trial users will automatically be placed on a server, but can transfer to the server of their choice after becoming a subscriber.

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Darkness has washed over the lands. Maelstroms stir in the north. Chaos Marauders march southward propelled by a terrifying, unspeakable power. A plague grips the Empire's lands, transforming its victims into ghoulish mutants. Orcs and Goblins assemble in numbers never before seen. These battle-hungry greenskins have overrun half of the Dwarfs' homelands, the Worlds Edge Mountains, and they threaten to infest the rest. Meanwhile the Dark Elves have foreseen the coming age and have taken advantage of it. Their Witch King has mobilized all Dark Elf houses in a long-awaited effort to reclaim Ulthuan, currently the home of their hated cousins, the High Elves.

Humans of the Empire, High Elves of Ulthuan, and Dwarfs of the Worlds Edge Mountains are forced to unite in an effort to preserve their homelands and drive back the darkness. Together they form the Forces of Order. Worshipers of Chaos, Dark Elves, and Orcs and Goblins converge upon their rivals to unleash an era of conflict and an epoch of death as the Forces of Destruction. It is the dawning of the Age of Reckoning.

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At the heart of Warhammer Online is the Realm vs. Realm (RvR) Campaign that pits armies against one another in perpetual combat. Simply put, it's you versus actual opposing players, not NPCs. The campaign is an epic journey through the four tiers of gameplay (detailed below), until you reach its culmination: the sacking of a capital city within the fourth tier. Will you be defending or attacking?

Within most tiers are battlefield objectives and keeps: areas that are vital for each race to ultimately control. Claim and defend the battlefield objectives, and accumulate Renown for yourself and victory points for fellow warriors. Turn the tide of the war by having your realm control the zones as you fight to win the campaign and dominate the world of Warhammer Online.

Players from the enemy realm will not be able to engage you unless you are flagged for RvR. You can elect to flag yourself for RvR combat at any time by right clicking on your character portrait and flagging yourself for RvR. You will also be flagged for RvR combat upon entering an RvR area (highlighted in red on the World Map). You will be alerted by a red Warhammer Online skull symbol above your character, and the appearance of an RvR timer. The flag (shown on your character's head in the top left) is removed only when you leave the combat area and the RvR timer runs out. If you are flagged, you're fair game. Participating in RvR nets you items, currency, Renown, and experience.

As you participate in RvR in each tier, you are protected against players who are above your rank range by the Coward's Reward. Players who choose to enter an RvR area or flag themselves for RvR combat, and are above the rank range of that tier, will be turned into a chicken!

There are four types of RvR combat: open world RvR, instanced battle scenarios, Campaigns and city sieges.

Prepare to do battle in all four!

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The lands of the Warhammer world are many and varied, and so too are the creatures, races and monsters found throughout them. Face these hostile NPCs in an effort to complete quests, public quests, and dungeons. Defeat them to earn experience, loot rewards, and contribute to the overall war effort in Player vs. Environment (PvE) game play.

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Will you enter the epic conflict as a brutish warrior of Chaos gifted with terrifying powers, or will you be a master of the arcane as a rarefied High Elf? There are several races and careers to choose from, the combination of which allow for several different types of game play. Play as a Witch Elf to deliver precise, lethal blows with poisoned blades while in close combat. Play as a Dwarf Engineer to construct turrets and use explosives for devastating effects at range.

Once you decide on a race and career to play, you are able to customize your character's appearance and name. Keep in mind: the more you accomplish throughout the game, the more your character's wardrobe, gear, and trophies will improve. As you progress through Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, your character's entire look will continue to become ever more distinguished.

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Begin creating your character by choosing a Realm. Join the Forces of Order in an attempt to preserve the lands, or promote anarchy throughout the world by joining the Forces of Destruction. After choosing a Realm you will need to choose a race and career within that Realm.

An alliance formed out of necessity, the Humans of the Empire, the High Elves, and the Dwarfs cooperate as the Forces of Order in an effort to restore their homelands and turn back the tide of darkness gripping the lands.

Greenskins, worshipers of Chaos, and the Dark Elves are brought together by the common goal to sow destruction throughout the Old World. Each for their own reasons, they long to spill the blood of those bound together in the name of Order.

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Whether you have come to do battle as a proud and honorable Dwarf or wage a cruel attack as a devious Dark Elf, master the controls and you'll hold the fate of the war in your hands. Move expertly, kill swiftly, and decide wisely, and you will determine the outcome of the brutal Age of Reckoning.

Movement	Keyboard
Forward/backward/turn left/turn right	W/S/A/D or Up Arrow / Down Arrow / Left Arrow / Right Arrow
Strafe left/right	Q/E
Jump	SPACEBAR
Auto run	NUM LOCK

Action	Keyboard
Auto attack	C
Cycle targets	TAB
Camera adjustment	Left click (hold) and move mouse
Camera and character view adjustment	Right click (hold) and move mouse
Auto-run with mouse	Left and right click (hold) and move mouse
Talk	ENTER
World map	M
Tome of Knowledge	K
Character	P
Backpack	B
Abilities	V
Game menu	ESC
Guild	G

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A character's rank indicates how powerful or experienced they are; the higher the rank the more experienced and mighty the character. In Warhammer Online, you can increase both your player rank and your Renown rank.

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Every career has access to unique skills and abilities that they use to play the game. These abilities define the character and how it performs both in and out of combat. In order to learn new abilities you must first adventure in the world, gaining experience and seeking out special expert Non-Player Character (NPC) trainers who will teach you further skills.

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Abilities are the primary character actions used in the game. Activated from your ability hot bar or number keys, abilities can be used to attack opponents, defend or heal allies, or increase character performance both in and out of combat. Abilities generally require action points to activate. However, some careers do have abilities that do not require action points, but instead have special requirements to activate these abilities. Each ability is unique and frequently has different uses for a variety of situations. Learning your career's abilities and when to best use them is key to mastering combat in Warhammer Online.

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Morale abilities are powerful special moves that a player can only unlock by being successful in combat. The longer a player survives and excels in battle the more morale they generate. When a player has earned enough morale, special morale abilities become active for use. There are four levels of morale abilities each requiring more morale before they become available. After triggering the ability your morale drains back to zero and it begins building again. If a player leaves combat then his morale will quickly drain back to zero. Morale abilities can turn the tide of a fight and learning when to best activate them is critical to winning the battle.

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Tactics are special strategy bonuses a player can choose when not in combat. Each tactic can alter the player's power by increasing or decreasing different abilities, skills or statistics. In order to activate a tactic the player must first assign it to a tactic set while out of combat. After a tactic has been added to a set the player can choose to switch between sets when they are out of combat preparing for their next fight. Tactic sets allow you to customize your tactics for your favorite play styles. Tactics are specific to the type of skills and abilities they affect and come in three types:

Career tactics	Special bonuses to skills, abilities and stats earned by your career
Renown tactics	Special bonuses to RvR related skills and abilities
Adventuring tactics	Special bonuses unlocked via the Tome of Knowledge which grant bonuses in player vs. monster combat only.

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Career mastery offers advanced player customization options that will allow players to choose which aspect of their career is most powerful. Masteries can significantly alter your play style and role in Warhammer Online. Each career is given three mastery paths to choose from and players can increase their proficiency in a path by visiting a trainer and selecting from the following options.

Increase mastery level	A player can spend a mastery point to increase their mastery level. This will increase the level of all abilities related to this mastery by one level per point. In addition, a player will unlock access to special abilities, tactics, and morale by increasing your mastery level.
Purchase mastery ability	Players can choose to spend one mastery point to purchase unlocked mastery abilities.
Purchase mastery tactic	Players can choose to spend one mastery point to purchase unlocked mastery tactics.
Purchase mastery morale ability	Players can choose to spend one mastery point to purchase unlocked mastery morale abilities.

In addition, players can reset their career mastery and refund all of their points by choosing the RESPECIALIZE option in the mastery training window. Refunding mastery points will cost a small sum of money.

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Loot the corpses of those you defeat. Open the treasure chest that awaits those who conquer a Public Quest. Receive rewards from the completion of personal quests. Take your chances inside dungeons to recover artifacts spoken about in legend. Throughout your journeys in Warhammer Online you will earn new armor, weapons, trinkets and trophies in various ways. Those items and equipment will both empower you and allow you to further personalize your character.

Place your mouse cursor over corpses and chests you have participated in defeating and earning and right click to loot. A menu will pop up on which you can select the items you wish to take, or you can simply select LOOT ALL to take everything.

Looted items will go into your backpack, which is accessible by clicking the backpack icon on your quickbar or pressing 'B.' To equip those items click on the character icon or press 'P' to open your character pane. Then simply drag the item you wish to equip from your backpack to the appropriate slot on your character pane (i.e., helm to head slot). You will be unable to change equipment while engaged in combat.

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The Tome of Knowledge is more than a book—it is your personal record of your journeys, battles, and accomplishments while playing Warhammer Online. You can learn about the back-story of each Realm, race, and creature that populates Warhammer Online. The Tome of Knowledge also tracks all of your accomplishments: every kill, every quest, every item, and more. Virtually anything you need to know about your game play can be found in the Tome of Knowledge.

The Tome also offers more opportunities for unlocking new abilities and tactics that will boost your career and aid the overall war effort. When an entry is unlocked an onscreen message appears displaying the number of experience points awarded. Click on the message to open and read the related entry within the Tome of Knowledge.

It's the story of Warhammer Online. It's the story of your career.

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A Guild is a collection of allied players who work cooperatively to enjoy adventures, fight mammoth monsters, and accomplish fantastic feats all throughout the Warhammer Online world. Guilds also act as a social hub, allowing you to build a network of friends and allies as you play through the game. Additionally, Guilds are an ever-growing, ever-changing part of Warhammer Online.

As you and your Guild mates fight your way through the world, facing perilous danger and achieving glory on the battlefield, your guild earns access to new and exciting features. This is known as the Living Guild because—just like individual players—guilds can gain experience and rank-up through the game.

Attaining new Guild ranks unlocks guild advancement rewards such as customizable Guild heraldry, Guild cloaks, Guild standards, Guild tactics, and so much more.

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Thank you for entering the world of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. We hope your experience with the game is full of surprises, conquests, and bloody adventures.

For more information, go to www.warhammeronline.com.

Until then, enjoy the game and... WAAAGH!