Getting Started

Welcome to Land of ZZTT, a classic isometric MMO inspired by the golden age of online RPGs. Here's what you need to know to jump in.

Town area showing the isometric world view with player character and nearby NPCs

Movement

Click anywhere on the ground to move your character. Your character will pathfind around obstacles automatically. Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

Chat

Press Enter to focus the chat box, type your message, and press Enter again to send. Press Escape to cancel.

Slash Commands

  • /party create — Create a new party
  • /party invite [name] — Invite a player to your party
  • /guild create [name] — Create a guild
  • /guild invite [name] — Invite a player to your guild
  • /trade [name] — Request a trade with a player
  • /summon — Summon your companion Pip
  • @Pip [message] — Talk to your companion
Your camera follows you by default. Press F to toggle camera follow on/off.

Combat

Click on a hostile NPC (red name) to begin auto-attacking. Your character will continue attacking until the target dies, you move away, or you press Escape.

Player in combat with a Goblin Sapper showing floating damage numbers and HP bars

How Hits Work

Every attack rolls a d20 (1-20) for a hit check. Your To Hit stat is added to the roll, and the enemy's Evasion Rating is subtracted. If the result is 10 or higher, you hit.

Damage

When you hit, your damage equals your Attack minus the target's Damage Reduction (minimum 1). Higher Attack and Armor Pierce stats help you deal more damage to armored foes.

Death & Respawn

When your HP reaches 0, you die and respawn at the town spawn point after 3 seconds. At level 5 and above, you lose 10% of the XP needed for your current level. You can de-level from XP loss.

Line of Sight

Attacks are blocked by walls and buildings. You must have a clear line of sight to your target.

You can press Space to swing your weapon even without a target — useful for practicing or showing off.

Progression

There are two parallel leveling tracks: Base Level and Job Level. XP from kills is split between both.

Base Level

  • Maximum level: 20
  • Each level grants +10 HP
  • Milestone levels (5, 10, 15, 20) grant bonus stats
  • XP formula: 50 × L × (L-1) per level

Job Level

  • Novice max job level: 10
  • Advanced classes max job level: 20
  • Each job level grants 1 skill point
  • Job XP formula: 10 × JL × (JL+1) per level
Kill higher-level monsters for more XP. Partying with friends gives +10% XP per nearby party member.

Job Classes

Everyone starts as a Novice. At Novice job level 10, you can advance to one of three specialized classes. You can switch between classes and level each independently.

The Job Master NPC in town where players choose their class advancement

Novice

The starting class. Learn fundamentals and earn your first skill points. Advance at job level 10.

Skills: Power Strike, Heal, Fireball, Weapon Mastery, Spell Mastery

Knight

Tank and AoE fighter. High defense, cleave attacks, and party protection skills.

Skills: Iron Skin, Precision, Charge, Cleave, Armor Break, Fortify, Iron Guard, Provoke

Assassin

Burst damage and combo specialist. Stack debuffs then finish with Assassinate for massive bonus damage.

Skills: Shadow Reflexes, Keen Edge, Venom Strike, Lacerate, Assassinate, Evade, Venom Mastery

Wizard

Ranged caster and healer. Burn with Immolate, freeze with Frost Nova, chain lightning across packs, and heal allies.

Skills: Arcane Focus, Immolate, Frost Nova, Arcane Burst, Chain Lightning, Mend, Frost Armor

Talk to the Job Master in town to change your job class. You keep all your job levels when switching.

Skills & MP

Skills are unlocked by spending skill points earned from job levels. Each skill can be leveled up to increase its power.

MP System

  • Max MP: 50
  • MP regenerates at 1 per second
  • Active skills cost MP to use

Skill Types

  • Active: Press the hotkey to use. Costs MP and has a cooldown (e.g., Power Strike, Fireball, Charge)
  • Passive: Always active once learned. Provides permanent stat bonuses (e.g., Weapon Mastery, Iron Skin, Shadow Reflexes)
  • Self-Buff: Temporarily boosts your stats (e.g., Fortify, Evade, Frost Armor)

Hotbar

The bottom bar has 8 slots mapped to keys 1 through 8. Drag skills or items from their panels onto hotbar slots to assign them. Press K to open the skills panel.

The Skills panel showing Novice skill tree with Power Strike selected and skill details
Potions can also be placed on the hotbar for quick access during combat.

Items & Equipment

The Inventory panel showing 30-slot grid with items, gold, and crafting materials

Equipment Slots

Your character has 8 equipment slots. Double-click an equippable item in your inventory to wear it.

Weapon
Helmet
👕Body
👔Underarmor
🎁Cloak
Gloves
Belt
👟Boots

Armor Tiers

  • Cloth — Minimal protection, suitable for casters
  • Leather — Light armor, balanced stats
  • Chain — Medium armor, good protection
  • Plate — Heavy armor, maximum defense

Consumables

  • HP Potion — Restores health over time
  • Mana Potion — Restores MP over time
  • Haste Potion — Temporarily increases movement speed
  • Teleport Home — Returns you to the town spawn point

Inventory & Shops

Inventory

  • 30 slots total
  • Equipped items remain in your inventory (they don't use separate slots)
  • Stackable items (potions, scrolls, gold) stack automatically
  • Right-click items for options (drop, split stack)
  • Press I to toggle inventory
Isabelle's shop interface showing buy/sell items, prices, and gold balance

NPC Shops

Talk to shop NPCs (like Isabelle in town) to open the shop interface. You can buy potions, scrolls, and other supplies.

  • Sell items at 25% of their buy price
  • Shop NPCs are marked with a special icon

Ground Loot

When monsters die, they drop loot on the ground. Click the loot to pick it up. Ground loot expires after 60 seconds. The player who dealt the most damage gets first pick.

Enchanting

Enchant scrolls can upgrade your weapons and armor to make them more powerful. Each successful enchant adds +1 to the item's enhancement level.

Enchant Weapon scrolls in inventory ready to upgrade gear

Enchant Scrolls

  • Weapon Enchant Scroll — Upgrades weapons (increases Attack)
  • Armor Enchant Scroll — Upgrades armor (increases Damage Reduction)

Risk Levels

+1 to +6Safe. Enchant always succeeds. No risk of breaking.

+7 to +9Risky. 33% success, 67% the item is destroyed.

+10 and aboveVery risky. 17% success, 17% nothing happens, 67% destroyed.

Enchanting above +6 can permanently destroy your equipment. There is no way to recover a broken item.

Gathering

Gathering nodes spawn throughout the world. Walk up to one and click it to start a channeled gather.

Node Types

  • Herbs (green label) — Found in grassy areas. Yield herbs for brewing potions
  • Copper Ore (purple label) — Found near rocky areas. Smelt into copper bars
  • Iron Ore (purple label) — Rarer deposits. Smelt into iron bars for advanced gear

How It Works

  • Click a node to start gathering — a progress bar appears above your character
  • Stand still until the bar fills. Moving or being hit cancels the gather
  • Each node has limited charges before it depletes and respawns later
Gathering materials are used in crafting recipes. Check the Blacksmith for what you can make.

Housing

Getting a Plot

Housing uses a deed system. Obtain a plot deed item, then use it from your inventory to claim land in the open world.

  • 4 deed sizes — Small Plot Deed (5x5), Medium Plot Deed (8x8), Large Plot Deed (12x12), Estate Deed (16x16)
  • Open-world placement — Build anywhere the terrain allows. Towns, spawners, portals, and roads are automatically blocked
  • One plot per account — Choose your location wisely. The deed is consumed when you claim

Building Your House

Press H to open housing mode once you have a plot.

  • Place a house — Choose size (3-10 tiles), wall/roof/floor colors, and door placement
  • Furnish — Place props like tables, chairs, lights, and functional stations
  • Name your house — Use /namehouse to set a name shown on the sign
  • Access policy — Set your door to Locked, Friends, Guild, or Open

Functional Props

  • Smelter — Smelt ores into metal bars
  • Garden Plot — Plant seeds and harvest ingredients
  • Brewing Station — Brew potions from ingredients
  • Magic Chest — Personal storage (40 slots)
  • Market Cart — Set up a player vendor to sell items while you're away

Player Vendors

Place a Market Cart prop in your house to run a shop. Stock items, set prices, and collect gold — even while offline.

Build near town for foot traffic, or in the wilderness for a frontier outpost.

Pocket Apartment

Overview

Every player has access to a free personal apartment — a private instanced room. Talk to Magister Voss in town to enter.

Your Room

  • Size — 8×8 tile interior, fully walled
  • Props — Place up to 20 furnishings using the H toolbar
  • Cost — Props cost crafting materials only (no gold required)
  • Exit — Walk to the portal on the south wall to return to town near Voss

Functional Stations

All functional props work inside your apartment just like in outdoor houses:

  • Garden Plot — Plant seeds and harvest ingredients. Gardens grow in real time, even while you're away
  • Smelter — Smelt ores into metal bars
  • Brewing Station — Brew potions from ingredients
  • Magic Chest — Access your personal storage (40 slots)
The apartment is a great way to access crafting stations without needing to build a house first. Gardens keep growing while you're offline.

Crafting

Craft equipment, potions, and housing props from gathered materials.

How to Craft

  • Talk to the Blacksmith NPC in town, or use crafting stations in your house/apartment
  • Browse available recipes and check material requirements
  • Materials are consumed on craft

What You Can Craft

  • Equipment — 4 tiers of weapons and armor (55 recipes total)
  • Potions — HP, Mana, and Haste potions via Brewing Station
  • Metal Bars — Smelt copper and iron ore at a Smelter
  • Housing Props — Furniture, lighting, functional stations
Crafted gear can be enchanted just like dropped gear. A crafted Plate Helm +9 is endgame-tier.

Social

Press O to open the Social panel with Guild, Friends, and Party tabs.

Parties

  • Up to 6 members
  • +10% XP bonus per nearby party member
  • Commands: /party create, /party invite [name], /party leave

Guilds

  • Up to 20 members with Leader, Officer, and Member roles
  • Guild chat visible to all members
  • Commands: /guild create [name], /guild invite [name]

Friends

  • Add up to 50 friends. See who's online
  • Command: /friend add [name]

Trading

Trade items and gold directly with another player. Both players must confirm before the trade completes.

  • Command: /trade [name]
  • Trade auto-cancels if you move too far apart or either player dies

Storage

Talk to Valentine (the Storage NPC) in town to access your personal vault — 40 slots of persistent storage separate from your inventory.

Companion — Pip

Summon a loyal companion to fight alongside you.

Commands

  • /summon — Summon Pip
  • /dismiss — Dismiss Pip
  • @Pip [message] — Talk to your companion

Behavior Modes

  • Passive — Follows you, won't fight
  • Defensive — Attacks anything that attacks you (default)
  • Aggressive — Attacks anything nearby
Pip respawns automatically if defeated. Switch modes with /companion passive, defensive, or aggressive.

World & Dungeons

The Overworld

The main world features a town with shops, storage, and quest NPCs, surrounded by monster-filled wilderness. Explore to find resources, tougher enemies, and prime housing spots.

Day/Night Cycle

The world has a dynamic day/night cycle that affects lighting and atmosphere. Carry a torch or rely on world lights at night.

Dungeons

Step through portals (purple pads with floating labels) to enter dungeons. Dungeons have permanent darkness, tougher monsters, and unique atmosphere. Walk onto the portal to transition between zones.

Town NPCs

  • Isabelle — Shop (potions, scrolls, supplies)
  • Valentine — Storage vault (40 slots)
  • Blacksmith — Crafting station
  • Magister Voss — Pocket apartment access
  • Job Master — Class advancement and switching
  • Community Board — Browse nearby player vendors
  • Housing NPC — Buy plot deeds

Controls

KeyAction
ClickMove to tile / Interact with NPC
ScrollZoom in/out
SpaceAttack animation
EnterFocus chat
EscapeClose active panel / Cancel action
1-8Use hotbar skill/item
IInventory
EEquipment
UCharacter Status
KSkills
OSocial (Guild/Friends/Party)
NSettings
HHousing
GGame Guide
FToggle camera follow
CToggle collider debug
PToggle path debug
BToggle build mode