Nethros isn't a permadeath game so wiping is your choice alone. Still, there's a bunch of useful tips that I'll cover which will help you start strong and informed. These include all the race options, how to farm levels and weapon XP, unlock classes and more. Here's my Nethros beginner's guide.
Table of contents
- Nethros Race and Character Creation Guide
- Nethros Starting Quest Guide
- How to Wall Jump in Nethros
- How to Level Up and Increase Stats in Nethros
- How to Get Virtues and Skills in Nethros
- How to Do Assignments in Nethros (Farming EXP)
- How to Get a Class in Nethros
- How to Set Spawn Location in Nethros
- How to Get Glider and Grappling Hook
- What are World Events in Nethros?
Nethros Race and Character Creation Guide
Here's everything you need to know about character creation and races in Nethros:
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Race: Your starting race determines your starting stat boost with values usually being +10, you get a passive ability and also you'll unlock some active abilities as you play. Check out our Nethros Race tier list for the best ones. You can reroll races with Robux.
- Seraphim (2%): Start with mana, parrying spells refills your mana. When landing a spell 10% of the damage is converted to Lumia.
- Ashkin (5%): Take less damage from fire.
- Weaver (7%): Climbing height and wallrun speed increased. Critical attack poison your target.
- Draconic (12%): Take 10% less fire damage and get an increase to fire damage attacks.
- Geonite (18%): When you get guard broken you gain a shield to take 25% less damage for 3 seconds.
- Primalis (15%): Get an empowered dash that's faster. Your attacks apply Bleed if you have Momentum.
- Taurin (25%): When knocked, the time it takes for you to get back up will not be reset when you get hit so no matter how many hits you take you will always get back up after a certain amount of time. Being parried does not damage your posture.
- Human (30%): If you fall below 15% HP, your cooldowns are reset.
- Weapon: Weapons have slightly different movesets and ranges but you can pick your favorite here because you can switch weapons later at will. Weapons can be switched for Yins at any Weapon smith marked with the three vertical swords icon on your HUD or through crafting.
- Faction: Heathmorne or New Avalon are you starting area choices. There isn't really a huge difference apart from the location of certain NPCs like class trainers. You can reach both areas fairly quickly later on no matter which one you choose. Choose the one your friends have chosen to party up quick or if you're playing solo pick your favorites. Heathmorne is a snow/icy area and New Avalon is filled with more greenery.
Nethros Starting Quest Guide
You'll start the game by talking to the marked NPC in your spawn building. Left Alt is shiftlock by the way. The NPC will direct you to complete mini-quests for the Gatherer, Alchemist, Miner, Ritual, Forger and Reforger which will all be marked on your map and you can press J and then go to quests for details. Here are tips for all quests:
- Gatherer: Mushrooms are found on the ground at the surface level all over the area. Iverwood is located on the sides of trees and Moonshade are also mushrooms but found underground in the mine areas along with Gold and Silver.
- Miner: Speaking of which you can talk to the Miner to get a pickaxe and then go down to the mines where Gold and Silver ore deposits are plentiful to mine some. Check out my wall climbing guide blow for parkour tips to maneuver to and out of the mine.
- Ritual: This quest is simple as you just need to use the chalk and create a Respite ritual. Resting via these crystals or beds and hitting M is how you learn skills. More on that below.
- Alchemist: This is a bit of a weird one but essentially it works by you gathering 3 Iverwood for a Flux potion, 3 Mushrooms for a HP potion and 3 Moonshade for a Speed potion. You cannot interact with the brewing pot by itself, instead, you have to equip whichever of the ingredients above and then press E to interact to place three of the same in the pot. The pot has room for 3 ingredients at a time and you can experiment and brew different potions but you'll need the three above to complete the quest.
- Forger: For the forge quest you'll speak to the Forger NPC and receive a blueprint which you need to equip and activate. Make sure you have silver and gold. Then head to the anvil and craft the weapon you need by finishing a quick-time event minigame which you can repeat if you fail.
- Reforger: This quest teaches you how to buff weapons but it requires Yins. Simply interact with the Blacksmith NPC, place the weapon you want to reforge and pay the Yin amount for it to get boosted.
Once you're done with all of these just go back to starting NPC to proceed.
How to Wall Jump in Nethros
Wall hopping and running is the most important mobility skill to master in Nethros since it allows you to reach any height before the Mounted Hook. Here's what you need to do:
- Approach a vertical surface and jump on it and as soon as you touch it press Space and S (Backwards) to wall hop.
- Then, as soon as you wall hop aim your camera up and press Space again to air dash upwards.
- Repeat this to infinitely climb surfaces allowing you to scale walls of any height.
Make sure not to run up a wall unless you've reach the top since this will break your Wall Hop and Air dash chain and cause you to fall.
Also, you can wall run in Nethros by approaching a wall and jumping on it while aiming your camera sharp to the side you want to wall run to and holding Space. If you press Space again you'll leap off the wall in the direction of your camera. Combine this with wall hoping to scale any mountain. It just takes some practice to master.
There's no fall damage in Nethros. Also I highly recommend getting the Mounted Hook for even more mobility options.
How to Level Up and Increase Stats in Nethros
You'll get character EXP by doing quests, fighting monsters and a lot of other activities. You can check your level by pressing Tab and looking in your lower right. Below your level you'll see the available stat points you have that you can put into the different stats. Hover them to see what they do and use the plus icon to increase them.
How to Get Virtues and Skills in Nethros
General character skills, weapon and race abilities and special passives are all called Virtues for passives and Skills for actives in Nethros. Here's how to unlock them:
- Resting: All Virtues are equipped by resting at any bed or resting crystal ritual and then pressing M to open the Virtue menu. Different Virtues have different prerequisites so let's take a look.
- General Virtues: These depend on your stats so you might need 10 Vitality or 10 Might for a certain Virtue. Once you have the necessary prerequisite stats Virtues will appear in the Virtue menu when you press M during rests on the left and you can equip up to 15 of them.
- Weapon Skills: These are displayed in the middle of the M Virtue menu via skill tree dots. Each weapon has its own skill tree and you unlock the nodes here by earning both weapon EXP from fighting and defeating PVP/PVE enemies with that weapon and spending Virtue points. Virtue points are earned by leveling and progressing the game. For example in the picture above I can learn the active skill Devastating Flurry for the Spear by spending 1 Virtue Point after having earned enough Spear weapon EXP from using it to defeat enemies.
- Race Skills: Your race will also unlock some special abilities for you to use. You'll start with a passive from your race but will eventually unlock active abilities from your race as well.
How to Do Assignments in Nethros (Farming EXP)
After completing the starting quest you'll be prompted to go to another main location. Once you reach it and speak to the main quest NPC there you'll be tasked with retrieving a package to prove yourself. Use the Wall Hopping trick from above to finish the quest in no time at all.
From here you'll be able to go to the Assignment board where you can take Contracts and Assignments. Assignments are your main leveling tools that you can spam. To start with the Delivery one is usually faster but the Escort one allows you to fight NPCs and level up your Weapon EXP. At the end of each Assignment you'll get a chest with gear, ingredients and crafting blueprints so these are great to farm. Contracts on the other hand are quests without a Quest marker that you can complete on your own and come back to claim their rewards.
Assignments will rank you up and each new rank you'll be able to do more difficult Assignments for betters rewards. They're also great for farming Levels and Weapon EXP.
How to Get a Class in Nethros
Classes in Nethros are unlocked via the weapon skill trees when resting and pressing M. You need to reach the skill node for a certain weapon where it says Class Extension (For example Witch Hunter Extension for the Rapier). You need Level 20 and also you have to unlock all your weapon's skills and Virtues until you reach the Class extension node. Then you need to find your class' trainer. For example, the Blade Dancer is unlocked by unlocking the starting Katana skills, reaching Level 20 and finding the Blade Dancer trainer at the waterfall near the New Avalon spawn.
How to Set Spawn Location in Nethros
You can set different spawn points in Nethros where you'll always respawn after you die apart from the default location. To do this simply go to any Bed icon NPC in any camp/stronghold and buy a bed for 200 Yin. From here, until you change it again, you'll always respawn at that exact spot.
How to Get Glider and Grappling Hook
Both the Glider and the Grappling Hook or the Mounted Hook are available at almost every weapon merchant marked by the three vertical sword icons. The Glider is everywhere but the Mounted Hook is easily available at your first NPC stronghold with the Assignment board which you'll be prompted to go to after the starting quest.
The Glider is available for 500 Yins and can be used to smoothly glide from higher vantage points. Note that there's no fall damage if you fall. The Grappling Hook is 10000 Yins and can be used to traverse vertical terrain much faster. Keep in mind that wall hopping which we covered above will solve your vertical problems before you get the Grappling Hook. The hook is just a better option for combat and overall world mobility.
What are World Events in Nethros?
These are global events that anyone on the server can join. They're centered around PVP and they're an easy way to earn Honor Points for the Honor Shop as well as reputation, Yins and higher level gear. They're also a great way to test out your build against other players with little to no consequences. There are currently two:
- Gladiator: Just a straight-up mass PVP death match.
- Dominion: A capture-the-flag style game mode where you have to capture and protect monoliths to win.
That's it for my Nethros beginners guide. Check out the Nethros Trello, Wiki and Discord for more information on the game.
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