The intention of this guide is to show new players how to start.

Start

The first thing you see when open the game is the menu. In the menu you can choose to go Campaign or Multiplayer to play a battle. If you are totally new, go Campaign and choose "early missions," it will show you the basics. This game is a Multiplayer oriented game, so lets get to it.

When you enter Multiplayer these options will appear:

Save game.
Player name.
Server.

If your setting are the correct just click connect and you'll enter the The Pyrosphere.

The Pyrosphere

The Pyrosphere is where you chat, and set the battles. It has three parts, the left panel, the chat window, and "the skies" (Pyrosphere).

• In the left panel appear the name, of all players in the Pyrosphere.
• In the chat window you can change the format of you name, you can change colors, sizes, styles, and add icons to make your name look better (check -basic format- ).
• In "the skies" you'll see all the players' isles and the rings.

How to start a battle

To start a battle you need to be in a Ring. Every position have a distinctive color, and usually the battles are set north vs south. It is common practice that the Battle Master is north and usually from the side, if the battle is not 1 vs 1. Don't try to watch or play in a 3's from white or green, because you will be in the middle of the way, and they will kick you out (Basically, you cannot watch 3's).

When you click in a ring the left panel changes. The name of all players in the ring will appear with a little square of their position color before them. Click in the square if you are ready to start the battle, and a full circle will appear if you can connect to the battle master. The battle can start only when all players have full circle, and it is the decision of the Battle master to say when.

If you are the Battle Master you can change the STATS. There you can set the number of bridges, range of generators, money in geysers, etc. Click on them to see the different options.

Now when everything is set and ready, the Battle Master will click the button to start the battle, and you will travel to the battle field.

The Battle has started

In the strategic guides you can learn how to get a good start, but you need to learn how to start.

When you arrive to the battle field, you have in front of you your isle and your priest. Your priest is the most important piece of the game, because he is the one that can construct buildings. So lets learn how to build.

Building

The first thing is to build a Temple. Right click in you priest and a submenu will appear. Hit Construct>, then Temple> then choose one of them. Choose Wind or Rain. A floating temple will appear, so move the mouse around until you find the right place for it (usually the closest to the geysers as possible) and click left with your mouse. The priest will go to build the Temple, and then you will have bridges and golems.

Golems are transport units, and their main function is to collect crystals (money). You need money to build units and buildings, so after the Temple is built you should connect to a geyser and send you golem to collect. To send your golem to collect click on it and move the mouse to the geyser. When the mouse pointer changes from a "x" to a "+" left click and the golem will start collecting.

Now lets build a workshop and put units into production. Same steps, but build a workshop. Depending of your level and units you can build different workshops. The basic workshop is Sun, so build one. Then right click on the workshop and choose Put Knowledge into Production. A list of units will appear, but a workshop can only build 2 units at the start, and one more for each upgrade. You always will need generators, so this is the first unit you should build, and then repeat the process and choose other unit.

The last important thing to build it is Outpost. The process it is the same, but Outpost are usually build outside of your isle, check the map, find a little isle big enough to hold a post, bridge to it, build generators so the energy reaches the isle, and right click in your priest and choose Construct> Outpost.

This Guide is to show you "how to", so now that you know how, check one of the strategic guides to learn "how to do it the best way"

For more intro information, you can check the Help Netstorm folder and choose Game.

By kelljes