RyonaRPG → Newbie guide

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RyonaRPG drops you into a large, dangerous world with little forced direction. You are expected to talk to people, prepare for specific hazards and sometimes lose a character. This guide covers the first hour without turning the game into a walkthrough.

Before you start

Launch the English edition

Extract the complete game folder, then run PLAY NATIVE ENGLISH.bat. Do not launch RPG_RT.exe for ordinary play. See Technical Help if the game does not start or the controls behave strangely.

Use several save slots. RyonaRPG has permanent location changes, character-specific states and events that can leave a character stranded in a dungeon.

Pick a setup

Choose Choice-Based setup on a first playthrough. It explains each major option instead of presenting the full special-menu setup at once.

The four difficulty choices are:

• V-MAX Mode is the beginner-friendly setting. Enemies are weaker, characters level faster and the setup can enable saving anywhere.
• Normal Mode is the standard balance.
• Mania Mode is intended for players who already understand the combat and equipment systems.
• Char Custom Mode triples enemy stats. Do not choose it for a first game.

Many presentation and gameplay options can be changed later through the Maiden's Secret Diary. Not every initial character setting is meant to be changed freely, so read the setup descriptions before confirming them.

Pick a character you like

Characters differ far more than they would in a conventional RPG. Their movement speed, equipment access, magic, natural recovery and special talents can change how the game feels. See Characters when you want a detailed comparison.

Your first choice is not permanent. A Simple Cot in one of the ground-floor rooms of the RAYON Village inn opens the character-change menu. Some special character states and modes restrict changing characters.

Basic controls

Key	Normal use	Combat use
Arrow keys	Move and select	Move
Z or Enter	Confirm and interact	Attack; hold to charge a weapon attack
X or Esc	Cancel; open the menu choice	Cancel a charge
Shift	Leave some towns or use a map shortcut	Cast the equipped normal magic; hold to charge it

Press X to choose between the ordinary RPG Maker menu and RyonaRPG's Special Menu. The Special Menu handles equipment, magic, abilities, character information and most game-specific options.

Magic does nothing until you equip it through Special Menu → Magic. See Game System for advanced controls and Magic for spell mechanics.

Your first ten minutes

You begin around the RAYON Village inn. Before entering a dungeon:

1. On the second floor, ask the nurse in your room to treat your severe wounds. Removing the starting bandages before treatment can make the bleeding return.
2. Examine the blank notebook in the room. It becomes the Maiden's Secret Diary, which contains options, game information and debug tools.
3. Open the nearby chests and take the starting money and supplies.
4. Speak to the ninja on the second floor to learn about the Nearby Forest. A diamond-marked message tells you when a destination has been added to a world map.
5. Save before leaving town.

Do not enable Debug Mode on your main save merely because the diary offers it. Debug changes can bypass progression or leave permanent switches in unusual states. Keep a separate save if you want to experiment.

Visit Beginner's Hall

Beginner's Hall is in RAYON Village. Its residents explain combat, status ailments, magic, enemy types and the abbreviations used in equipment descriptions.

The basement has a training dummy. Use it to learn weapon timing and raise low weapon-skill levels without fighting a live enemy. Higher weapon-skill levels unlock additional charge stages and weapon techniques.

The hall also leads to the Beginner Dungeon. Its enemies are suitable for early practice, but defeat there is real and may leave the character waiting to be rescued. Save first.

Buy a small survival kit

You do not need to empty every shop before your first trip. Start with equipment your character can use and a few answers to common status ailments.

• Buy a weapon with comfortable reach. Spears, swords and some spells let a new player keep safer spacing than fists or daggers. Two-handed weapons prevent you from equipping an off-hand shield.
• Keep Antidotes, Gold Needles and Holy Water for poison, paralysis and slime. Those ailments appear early and can be more dangerous than ordinary HP loss.
• Buy a status-protection accessory when you know which hazard a dungeon uses. See Status rather than trying to carry every cure.
• Keep a Whisperweed when possible. It creates a save opportunity and is consumed when used.
• Keep Black Ore as an emergency escape tool. It damages every enemy on the screen and grants temporary invincibility.

Enemies drop Potions often, so do not spend all your starting money stockpiling them. Equipment, status protection and emergency items usually make a larger difference.

Magic-users should equip a normal attack spell before leaving. Physical characters with enough MP can still benefit from an elemental Saber spell. Learning abilities consumes Crystal Shards, while magic uses Magirock; read Abilities and Magic before spending scarce early materials.

Learn how combat works

RyonaRPG uses action combat on ordinary maps. Trading hits at close range is rarely safe.

• Fight in open space when possible.
• Approach an enemy one tile away from its row or column, then attack as it moves into range.
• Hold the attack key to charge. Weapon type and weapon-skill level determine the resulting technique.
• Hold Shift to charge equipped normal magic. Press Cancel to discard an unwanted charge.
• Use walls, weapon reach and knockback. Many enemies are dangerous only when they can stand beside you.
• If you are knocked down, captured or frozen, press the Attack key repeatedly to recover or escape.
• Use healing items before the situation becomes desperate. Some disabling states prevent you from opening the menu.

Enemy families have different resistances. A weapon that destroys one enemy may barely hurt another. Enemy Types explains the broad rules; Enemies covers individual foes.

Choose a first destination

Three useful early destinations teach different lessons:

Destination	Why visit	Caution
Beginner Dungeon	Weak enemies, traps and basic dungeon practice	A defeated character may need rescue
Ancient Trial Grounds	A short early trial available from the world map	More dangerous than training inside Beginner's Hall
Nearby Forest	Contains useful finds and leads toward the Mountain Cave	Its fast enemies make it a poor place to stand and grind at level 1

To leave RAYON Village, press Shift or walk south through the opening below the fountain.

Do not worry if a destination feels too difficult. Return to town, change equipment or try another place. The danger symbols on the world map are estimates, not level requirements.

Unlock more of the world

Most world-map destinations appear after an NPC tells you about them. New information is announced with a diamond-marked message. Check these places early:

• both floors of the RAYON Village inn;
• the tavern;
• the church;
• Beginner's Hall;
• the same locations at night, when different people may appear.

The game does not expect one fixed campaign route. Follow whichever rumor, request or dungeon interests you, and consult Locations when you need an unlock condition or route.

What happens when you lose

Defeat does not always mean the same thing. Depending on the enemy, location and character state, the game may return you to safety, play a special event, trigger an ending or leave the character inside the dungeon.

When the game asks whether to rescue a fallen character:

1. Choose another available character.
2. Examine the magic crystal ball in the RAYON Village item shop to locate the fallen character.
3. Travel to that location and interact with the fallen character.
4. Return to the RAYON Village inn and speak to the innkeeper.

Some captures move the fallen character away from the exact place where the defeat occurred. Trust the crystal ball rather than searching only the room where the fight ended. See H Events and Endings when you want the detailed outcomes and conditions.

Good habits

• Save before every unfamiliar dungeon and rotate between several slots.
• Restock Whisperweed, Black Ore and the status cures you used.
• Read equipment descriptions. Resistances and special properties matter as much as raw defense.
• Train charged attacks instead of relying only on normal attacks.
• Retreat when an enemy ignores your damage. You may need another element, weapon family or special property.
• Talk to NPCs again after clearing bosses or changing the time of day.

Read next

• Game System for controls and core mechanics
• Characters for character strengths and restrictions
• Equipment for weapons, armor and special properties
• Status for ailments and cures
• Abilities and Magic for character builds
• Locations for destinations and unlock conditions
• Technical Help for installation and runtime problems