Playing Multiple Characters

On the Choose Your Characters screen, tick each character you want to play — up to 8 at once — then press Enter World. They all arrive in the game at the same time, each with their own health, inventory, spells, and location.

You can create up to 50 characters on your account; the 8-at-a-time limit is simply how many you can have online simultaneously.

Once in the game, a row of character tabs sits along the top of the screen — one per online alt. Click a tab to focus that character: the panels, the map, and your mouse and keyboard all act on whoever is focused. A tab lights up when one of your other characters has an unread private message, so you never miss a whisper on a background alt.

Faster than clicking: the number keys 1–8 jump straight to the alt in that tab position, and - and = step to the previous / next tab. (These use the top-row number keys, not the numpad, which is for movement.) It's the quickest way to flick between a fighter and a healer mid-battle. If you'd rather not have the number keys bound, turn off Character hotkeys in Settings.

This is the part to internalise: a character you are not currently looking at is not paused. Unfocused alts remain in the world — they can still take damage, gain experience, be attacked by monsters, and even die while your attention is elsewhere.

The easiest way to run alts together is to party them up. With your characters in the same room, type /invite alts and they instantly join your party — invites between your own characters are accepted automatically. From there they share kill experience and can be healed and buffed like any party.

• Self-sufficiency — run your own healer so you never have to wait for a group.
• Covering roles — pair damage, support, and utility classes to tackle tougher content.
• Storage & errands — keep a character near the bank, vault, or shops as a helper.
• Levelling together — shared party XP means your alts grow side by side.