Jack in

First few minutes

1. 1Click the button. The client opens in a new tab and loads itself once, then starts.
2. 2Use the form at the top of the text column: pick a name and a password, then Create. Connect if you already have one. On a locked-down browser the Paste button fills the password field.
3. 3Type look to see where you are, and help for the command list (look for the "Blackout:" prefix).
4. 4Click a tile in the 3D pane to walk there. Click an NPC to attack it, an item to pick it up, a gathering node to cut it — whatever the game says you can do with a thing is what clicking it does.
5. 5Press Escape to hand the keyboard to the map and move with the movement keys; Enter gives it back to the input. The input box tells you which mode you are in.
6. 6Drag an inventory cell onto another to swap, onto a body slot to equip, off one to unequip. Right-click a cell for that item’s own actions.
7. 7Character, Options and ? are buttons above the log. Ctrl+F searches the log. 3D hides both panes if you would rather play it as plain text.