A roadmap - what to do next, in order. Each step links to the page that covers it properly, so this one stays short on purpose.

Every new character is created wearing a full T1 +15 full-option set, plus Wing 1 +15 FO (DW/DK/FE/SU) or a clean Wing 2 (MG/DL/RF). Equip all of it. See Gear T1-T6.

Most importantly type /evo twice!

Before anything else, get your stats maxed. Reset at level 400, over and over. Set it running and leave it:

/reset auto
/addstr auto 32767
/addvit auto 32767

Those keep resetting you and keep spending the points for you - see Commands. The MU Helper does the killing while you are away. This stage is the longest one on the list, and everything after it is far easier with the stats behind you.

If you have the Goblin Points, buy Wing 2 from the X-Shop. It is a cheap, large upgrade over Wing 1 and it carries you until Wing 3. Full details on Wings.

Blood Castle, Devil Square, Chaos Castle and Illusion Temple all run on a fixed timetable. They pay jewels, Gemstones (which drop nowhere else on this server), spheres, and - in the highest Blood Castles - a rare Divine Archangel weapon. Winners are paid in Goblin Points, and entry tickets are bought with Goblin Points, so events fund themselves once you start winning.

Everything about them, including the invasion timetable, is on Events & Invasions.

Now start upgrading tiers. Every set from T2 up drops at +13, full option, excellent - what actually separates the tiers is socket count.

Clear Medusa before you go for Kundun. Both are on Events & Invasions.

The complete tier table - all six tiers, their socket counts, and which weapon each class gets at every tier - is on Gear T1-T6.

Wing 3 is crafted in two stages at the Chaos Goblin. The part that takes time is the Flame of Condor, which drops in the Balgass Barracks - start farming it while you are working through the tiers above. You also need an ancient item and a pile of jewels.

Recipes and success rates: Chaos Goblin Mix.

With T3 done, head to Raklion for Selupan. His sets come with 3 sockets and are the gear that carries you toward Erohim.

Sockets are where most of your power actually comes from. Extract seeds, bind them into spheres, mount them at the Seed Researcher. Three stages, each with its own success rate - see Sockets & Spheres and Chaos Goblin Mix.

T5 comes from Erohim in the Land of Trials, and the siege is how you get access. So join a guild - or make your own - well before you need it.

Castle Siege requires a full ancient set. Helm, armour, pants, gloves and boots must all be ancient items or you get warned and then removed from the battleground. Weapons, wings, pets, pendants and rings are unrestricted.

Ancient sets drop from the White Wizard invasion, which hits Lorencia, Devias or Noria. Start collecting them early - this catches people out. Full rules on Castle Siege.

Taking an item from +13 to +15 gives a real damage and damage reduction increase on top of the tier stats. Once a set is one you intend to keep, upgrade it.

A five-player raid with three difficulties, and each one gates the next on the gear the previous one drops:

This is where T6 and Wing 4 come from. Bring four friends - Uber Kundun.

Once you are in full T6 with the wings you want, there are two directions:

• Keep farming Hell for the new wing item options, which is what people chase for PvP.
• Or stop farming and polish - take the T6 set to +15 and fill every socket, and you are as decked as PvP gets.

Either is fine. The first is for people who want a specific option; the second is for people who want to be finished.

On top of the fixed timetable, GMs run surprise events - hide and seek and similar - with bonus rewards. They are announced in game and they are not on any schedule, so keep an eye on chat.