New Player Guide
Everything you need to know to get started in Mirage Online Classic — from picking your first class to your first dungeon run.
What Is Mirage Online Classic?
Mirage Online Classic is a free browser-based MMORPG with retro 2D pixel art — no download or installation required. It runs directly in your browser on any device, including Chromebooks.
The world is full of adventure, magic, war, and history. Whether you prefer fighting monsters in dungeons, mastering trade skills, building a guild empire, or competing in open-world PvP, there's something to pursue every session.
Picking Your First Class
Your class determines your starting stats, available abilities, and combat role. Don't stress too much — you can create multiple characters to try different classes.
🟢 Easy — Great for Beginners
🟡 Medium — Some Skill Required
Attack types aren't locked to your class. An Assassin can use ranged weapons; a Marksman can use magical weapons. Your class determines your starting stats and ability, not your weapon choice.
View all class details →Your First Steps
What to do the moment you log in for the first time.
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Complete the in-game tutorial
The tutorial walks you through movement, attacking, equipping items, quests, and spellcasting. It only takes a few minutes and sets you up with your first gear.
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Open Settings and enable key options
Before anything else: turn on Ignore Chat Channels (merges all chat into one feed) and Auto Reconnect (prevents frustrating disconnects). See the Controls & Settings page for the full reference.
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Explore Dragonia — your starting city
Visit the Bank to open your free item storage. Stop by the Blacksmith to see what gear is available. Pick up supplies from the shops before heading out.
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Hunt nearby NPCs to level up
Start with weaker enemies near town. Killing NPCs builds your level and your stats. Unlike PvP deaths, dying to an NPC causes no experience loss — so don't be afraid to experiment.
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Use your class ability
Press Q to activate your class ability. This is also the interact key for talking to NPCs, opening chests, and using world objects. Get comfortable with it early — it's important in dungeons.
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Keep an eye on equipment durability
Gear wears down over time. Return to a Blacksmith regularly to repair your equipment — some items will permanently break if their durability reaches zero and cannot be recovered.
Combat Basics
Combat in Mirage Online Classic is action-oriented — positioning and movement matter as much as stats.
Attack. Hold to keep swinging continuously.
Activate your class ability. Also interacts with NPCs and objects.
Toggle run on or off. Running is faster but may affect some combat timing.
Pick up items dropped on the ground beneath you.
Combat Tips
- Hit-and-run works. If a monster is too strong, attack once or twice and back off to recover HP. You can heal, use items, or wait for your class ability cooldown before re-engaging.
- Different enemies have different resistances. Some monsters resist magic damage; others resist physical attacks. Try adjusting your approach if you're struggling.
- Bring a Cleric friend into dungeons. Cleric healing dramatically increases how long a group can sustain dungeon runs. If you're solo, consider levelling a Cleric character for hard content.
- Check enemy levels before engaging. Rushing into a high-level area as a new player is a quick way to die. Stick to areas where NPCs are near your level.
NPC deaths, however, carry no penalty — you respawn without losing experience or items. Explore freely.
City Life
Cities are your base of operations. Each one offers essential services for adventurers.
Free secure storage for your items. Always bank valuables before risky dungeons or entering PvP zones. Banks also let you exchange gems for gold at nearby currency shops.
Buy, sell, and recycle equipment. Crucially, the Blacksmith repairs your gear — equipment durability degrades over time, and some items will permanently break if neglected.
Various specialty shops sell potions, tools, spell tomes, and unique merchandise. Each city has different stock — it's worth exploring all the shops when you arrive somewhere new.
Lodging for weary adventurers. Inns provide a respawn anchor in that city.
Key Locations
Dungeons
Mirage Online Classic has 50+ dungeons, ranging from beginner-accessible to brutally challenging end-game content.
Dungeons are instanced challenge areas with unique bosses and exclusive loot. Dying to an NPC inside a dungeon carries no experience penalty. Several dungeons have multiple difficulty tiers — Normal, Nightmare, and Hell — each significantly harder than the last.
Multi-Difficulty Dungeons
These six dungeons have three difficulty variants each. Start on Normal before progressing to Nightmare and Hell.
More Dungeons
Hidden Lair of the Norax
Garden of the Wanderer
Into the Haunted House
Tomb of Trizarhn
The Crags
Hall of Heroes
Darkcone Syndicate
Pit's Challenge
Shoe Full of Sand
Apocalyptic Rift
Northcoast Lockdown
And Many More…
Trade Skills
Trade skills let you earn gold and craft items between combat sessions. They have their own experience tracks and unlock new content as you level them.
A passive earner for when you're not running dungeons. You'll need a rod (craftable or found in dungeon chests) and worms (gathered from flowers). Stand near water and use your attack button to fish.
Main catches: Crappie (used in crafting and sold for gold) and Clownfish (only in Syndicate waters — used as dungeon keys and give faster XP). Upgrade to a Crappie-Matic 3000 rod as soon as possible — it halves worm consumption.
Enhance your equipment with magical stat bonuses. Practiced in Alephvale (east of Crendale Town). The core loop: disenchant unwanted items to obtain Essences, then enchant your equipped gear using those Essences and Runes.
Note: disenchanting permanently destroys the item. Use the Enchanter's Circle (a white floor tile in the Enchanter's house) for bulk disenchanting — it's much faster than the character menu. Enchanting unlocks more powerful tiers at levels 15 and 25.
Mine ore and resources across the world. Provides materials for crafting and can be a reliable source of income.
Gather wood from trees. Lumber is a key material used in various crafting recipes.
Track and hunt animals across the game world for materials and resources.
Craft potions and compounds from harvested ingredients. Necromancers also use Alchemy skill progression to unlock improved minion sprites.
PvP & Guilds
Player vs. Player combat is a major part of the end-game experience. Understanding the risks before you enter these zones is crucial.
PvP Basics
- Purple zones are open-world PvP areas — any player can attack you here. Enable Show Moral Text in Settings to identify these areas at a glance.
- PvP death drops 1 item — carry a Currency Note (purchasable with gold) to lose gold instead of gear. The gold goes to your killer.
- Outlaw status is applied when you kill another player outside of sanctioned events. Use
/pkto see how long your Outlaw timer lasts.
PvP Events
Regular events let you fight other players with specific rules and rewards. Use these commands to join:
/pvpNo-drop PvP event. Last player standing wins a token./stadiumLast player alive wins. No drops./hallwayA disorienting PvP event with inverted controls chaos. Gold entry cost./joindropsHigh-risk Crendale capture event — drops are enabled.Guilds
New Player Checklist
Do these on your first day and you'll be ahead of most beginners.
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Enable Ignore Chat Channels — merges all chat into one feed so you don't miss messages
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Enable Auto Reconnect — prevents frustrating disconnects during long sessions
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Complete the in-game tutorial — earns you starter gear and explains the basics
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Visit the Bank in Dragonia — set up your item storage before heading out
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Practice your class ability (Q key) — use it on weaker NPCs near town to get comfortable
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Repair your gear at the Blacksmith — don't let durability hit zero or items may break permanently
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Try a beginner dungeon — "Down in the Well" is a great first dungeon
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Start the Fishing trade skill — craft or buy a beginner rod and gather worms from flowers to start earning passively
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Join a guild at Level 15 — get chat, XP bonuses, and dungeon partners for 5,000 gold
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Join the Discord — the community is the fastest way to get help, find dungeon groups, and learn game mechanics from experienced players
You're ready. Jump in and start your adventure.
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