Ember Ruin is a portrait-oriented dark fantasy RPG that sees you choose a side between the light or dark. In this desolate world, your choice matters a lot as you are the chosen legendary warrior. Now, withstand the harsh conditions of weather and mobs of enemies, as you charge towards them with your mighty sword. Our Ember Ruin beginners guide is a great starting point for new players as it empowers them with the knowledge of the game’s mechanics. Read on to know more!

Understanding the Gameplay Mechanics of Ember Ruin

For starters, Ember Ruin is a portrait-based Idle MMO, which means you will be doing the usual in such games – questing. Yes, the game features a ton of main quests and side quests for players to complete manually or automatically. We will share more information about this system later. The controls are also quite easy, and you don’t really need to play manually. There are limited options to do the combat manually, and the game essentially revolves around making your character stronger. This strength boost comes in the form of level ups, items, equipment, and weapons.

Questing System

The questing system of Ember Ruin is very straight-forward and reminds us of many Idle games. The main quests are located at the bottom center of the main menu. Players can simply tap on the quests to head over to the questing area. From here, the game’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) takes over and completes the quest for you without manual input.

Yes, there are a few dialogue exchanges that you can manually go over if you like reading stories. It’s imperative that as a new player you divert all your focus towards completing these main quests. They offer tons of account experience and other premium resources that can boost your account power significantly.

Learn the Combat Mechanics of Ember Ruin

The combat is actually the easiest part of Ember Ruin. Contrary to modern MMOs, the Idle gameplay mix takes away the action-packed combat system expected out of them. You traverse the open-world, do combat by clicking on foes, and get the results on the screen. There is no manual interaction when it comes to combat.

Hence, players need to put all their focus on gearing their character, upgrading their skills, and making them stronger in general. On the top left-hand side, you should see a number under your account name. This is the combat power (CP) metric. This number defines the total strength of your character.

The Skill System

On the bottom left-hand corner, you should see a “Skills” tab. Click on it to open all the active and passive skills available to your character. From here, you can toggle which skills you want to equip to your character. This will enable them to use these skills in real-time combat situations, although completely automatically. You unlock new skills by completing main story quests automatically.

In this menu, you can also expend a unique currency to upgrade all your skills at once. This can be done via the “Quick” enhance button. Further, you can learn about what each individual skill does in detail to strategize more effectively.

Equipment System of Ember Ruin

If you like collecting new gear and weapons, you will have quite the fun managing your character’s equipment in Ember Ruin. The game features a diverse equipment system wherein you can equip up to gear types on your character. Each gear slot has its own sets of items. The gear slots are as follows:

• Gloves
  
• Headwear
  
• Charm
  
• Greaves
  
• Boots
  
• Trousers
  
• Ring
  
• Earrings
  
• Necklace
  
• Bangle
  

Players can get new items from completing main story quests, defeating world bosses, raiding the gear dungeon, events, and more. Each gear comes in different tiers and rarities, making the system more complex. The higher the tier, the more base stats your item will have. Similarly, the higher the gear rarity, the more substats it will have. Each gear type has a limited set of fixed main stats that they come in. You need to manage your equipment to suit your playstyle. For example, if you want to deal more damage, look for more DPS stats like attack, crit chance, crit damage, etc.

Players can enjoy playing Ember Ruin on a bigger screen of their PC or Laptop via BlueStacks along with your keyboard and mouse.