Move and act

• WASD or arrow keys to walk. Or click the ground.
• E or Space to enter a door, talk to a person, or strike a deposit. Hold it to keep mining.
• Mouse wheel or + - to zoom.
• F eat bread. I Pack · C Character · L Land · J Journal · T Town · Q Quests · M Owners map.

Fight

• Click to attack at the mouse pointer (or hold X). Click again fast for a combo. The last hit of a combo hits hardest.
• Hold the click to charge a heavy blow. It breaks through and knocks enemies back.
• Shift or right-click to roll. A roll at the last moment is a perfect dodge: time slows and your next hit is critical.
• Guns need cartridges. R reloads. Quick bar: 1 bandage · 2 tonic · 3 dynamite · 4 torch · 5 food.
• If your health reaches zero you wake at the inn. The doctor takes a quarter of your notes.

Stay alive

• Mining and work use energy. Sleep at the Inn.
• Hunger goes down all day. Eat bread or stew.
• If energy reaches zero you collapse and pay a doctor.

Land and law

• Ore belongs to the owner of the plot. Stake Crown land at the Land Office.
• Buy land from its owner, or lease mining rights for 3 days.
• Claim jumping (mining land that is not yours) can get you fined.
• Owners pay land tax each day. Three unpaid days and the Crown takes the plot.

Work and trade

• Sell ore at the Market. Prices fall when the shelves are full.
• The Refinery turns ore into metal. The Smithy turns metal into tools. Work shifts there for wages.
• Tools change your stats. A pickaxe gives more ore. A lantern lets you mine at night.

Shops and demand

• The town wants bread, fuel and tools every day. Shops never quite keep up. The notice board in the plaza lists orders: deliver goods there for good money.
• Craft at a furnace, an anvil or an oven (K). Cut timber with an axe. Harvest wheat in the fields.
• Buy any business, or buy a town lot and build one. You set its prices, what it makes and the wage (P).
• Stand for mayor at Town Hall. The mayor sets taxes, the bread price cap, note printing and town projects.
• Goals (G) and weekly challenges give rewards. The Leaderboard (B) ranks you against the town each week.

Caves, quests and the law

• Seven caves lie in the hills. Each level is deeper and more dangerous. Mine gem veins with a pickaxe. Dynamite opens cracked walls with hidden rooms.
• A ! over a person means a quest. A ? means they wait for you. The main story starts with the mayor.
• People have families and friends. If you hurt or kill a person, the sheriff hunts you and their kin want revenge. Kill twice and a posse rides out. Surrender to the sheriff to settle.
• The Sheriff posts bounties. Some want the outlaw alive: beat them until they give up, press E to tie them and walk them in.
• Own a plot to farm: till with a hoe, plant seeds, water with a can. Buy chickens, sheep, cows and pigs at the Ranch.

Money

• Three kinds of money: bank notes (paper), silver coins and gold coins.
• The Bank keeps silver and gold in its vault. A note keeps its full value while the vault holds enough metal.
• Town Hall prints new notes to pay its bills. Too many notes and each note buys less: prices go up.
• If the vault runs low, the Bank stops changing notes for coin.
• The Mint makes coins from silver and gold ingots.
• Borrow from the Bank against your land. Repay in 10 days or lose the land.