Astral Shards
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Interface

The game screen is made of dark plates with a thin golden edge. Every panel can be moved: the “move interface” button at the bottom right unlocks them.

What is where

  • Top left – the hero frame: portrait, level, health and mana bars, states. Below it – your party, to the right – your target.
  • Top right – the land and the hour above the round radar; below it – the tracked quest.
  • Bottom left – the chat with its tabs.
  • Bottom centre – the spell bar: two rows of 12 cells and 5 pages. A cell takes spells and items: potions, scrolls, gear.
  • Bottom right – the purse and the window buttons: hero, bag, book, journal, clan, menu.

Radar and the quest arrow

The radar shows the whole land, the unexplored part under fog. Dots: red – enemies, gold – peaceful folk, green – other heroes, light blue – your party, violet – your clan. A tracked quest draws an arrow at the hero towards the nearest goal; once the quest is done the arrow turns green and leads to whoever takes the work.

Fog of war

The hero sees a circle around itself. Where it has not been is dark; where it has been but cannot see now, the land is dimmed and no creatures are shown.

Marks above townsfolk

“!” – they have a quest for you; a golden “?” – they wait for a finished one; a grey “?” – their quest is still in progress. Merchants, storekeepers and healers have marks of their own.

The numbers on these pages come straight from the game's data and follow every version of it. Made by twixon