How to play Riventale

Open riventale.world, press New Game, choose a path (Easy, Medium or Hard) and your world is made in a few seconds. On a computer, click the game to start moving.

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First steps

A new world shows these steps in the corner of the screen until you have done them:

Gather wood. Hold left click on a tree trunk (on touch screens, press and hold).
Make boards. Press E and put a log in the crafting grid.
Build a Maker's Bench. Fill the 2×2 grid with boards.
Craft a pickaxe. Place the bench and right click it. Put 3 boards across the top and 2 hafts down the middle (hafts are 2 boards, one on top of the other).
Mine some stone. Dig down to the grey stone with your pickaxe.

After that, look for crystal towers on the horizon: they mark the elemental temples. Gear up before you visit.

Keyboard and mouse controls

Key	Action
`W` `A` `S` `D`	Move
Mouse	Look around
`Space`	Jump, swim up
`R` or `Ctrl`	Run
`Shift`	Sneak (you won't fall off edges)
Left click (hold)	Mine a block, attack
Right click	Place a block, use, eat
`E` or `Tab`	Inventory and crafting
`Q`	Drop an item (`Ctrl`+`Q` drops the whole stack)
`1`–`9` or scroll wheel	Pick a hotbar slot
`V` or `F5`	Change camera view
`T` or `Enter`	Chat (`/` for commands)
`G`	Robot squad orders
`Esc`	Pause, settings, Save & Quit

Touch controls (phones and tablets)

Turn your phone sideways: Riventale plays in landscape.

Move: the joystick at the bottom left.
Look: drag anywhere else on the screen.
Use or place: tap. Mine or attack: press and hold.
Jump, Run, Sneak and camera view: the buttons at the bottom right.
Inventory, drop and chat: the small buttons at the top left; ☰ at the top right opens the menu.

Tips

Saving: your world saves in your browser. Use Save & Quit in the pause menu, and Continue on the title screen takes you back in.
Night is dangerous. Build a shelter or carry a weapon before dark.
Critical hits: hit a monster while falling from a jump.
Robots: tungsten calms the wandering robots. A tamed squad follows your orders (G).
Pages: torn pages from loot chests tell the story. The pause menu keeps every page you find.
Slow computer? Lower the view distance in the pause menu.