Welcome to .hack//Infinity! Use this guide to navigate around the site and get started on the right foot. If you still don't feel confident of where you need to go to find specific information, feel free to drop by our discord's #help-desk.
Creating a character
01. Firstly, make sure you've read our Rules and Guidelines. You'll find the ooc and ic rules for the site, as well as the general guidelines on how to rp several key concepts of our game such as battling, looting, and feeling pain within the game of our plot.
02. Become acquainted with our Plot. Our plot is split into chapters, with the first chapter setting the tone for the overall story of the site. As members progress and move the plot forward by interacting with anomalies, participating in events, and generally hitting the goals set by the currently active chapter, new chapters will open up to continue the story. You may read up on how we've cleared previous chapters Here. It's a summary of the most important events that helped progress the story.
03. Choose a class. You may find the roster of available classes here
04. Read up on your class' skills. Skills for all classes can be found in the Skills & Spells. Make sure you like what you see before you decide on that class!
05. Create an application for your character. Our character app template can be found in the Apply board, which is also where you post it. You can also find adoptables, restricted playable characters, and face claims in this board.
After your character is accepted
01. Reply to the Face Claims to ensure your FC stays with you.
02. Go create an inventory thread in this board. This is where you'll keep track of your threads, weapons, consumable items, special items(shop & events), pets(shop & events), skills & spells, and anything else you can think of that will help you keep organized.
03. Consider making a real life profile for your character at this point, though it's not mandatory. It doesn't need to be accepted either. Just go to this board, fetch the template stickied on top, and create a new thread there.
04. Come say hi at our Discord! You can find people to immediately plot and thread with there.
05.Mac Anu is the starter city for all new players. Consider starting your adventure here or by grabbing a quest from the Quest Board. Or head straight into a field. There are pre-made fields made by our admins on every server board that you can immediately travel to and start playing in, without needing to worry about the particulars of creating a field/dungeon yourself.
Finally... From this point on, you can continue to learn more about [The World] the game from the multiple miscellaneous information threads located in our Game Guide and Encyclopedia. There are things such as resident gods, game lore, our magic system, how to loot, how to create dungeon/field areas, the timeline for the game's plot, etc...!
FYI, the game guide board is full of "how to"s for those who are not as familiar with how to play this particular vrmmo (think partying, raising your pet, how it looks like when you character travels into a field, etc...)