ADVC / REALMGUARD
THE SHATTERED CROWN / PLAYER GUIDE

Every guardian
starts somewhere.

Your field guide to the realms: controls, combat, upgrades, saving, and the difference between quest gold and real ADVC.

Begin your adventure ↗Learn the controls ↓
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Your first five minutes

  1. Choose Play now on the game website, then start or continue your campaign. No wallet or ADVC is required.
  2. Practice moving and attacking near the Keeper’s safe camp.
  3. Defeat the enemies guarding a runestone. Stand beside it and press E to awaken the seal.
  4. Awaken all three seals in a realm. Find the northern gate to continue.
  5. Explore chests, improve your equipment at the forge, and recover at camp before difficult fights.
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Know your controls

MoveWASD / arrows
SwordSpace / J
Dash & dodgeShift
Rune burstQ
InteractE
Healing potionR
Realm mapM
PauseEsc / P

On mobile, use the on-screen direction pad and action buttons. Landscape gives you more room. Focus the game to use keyboard controls; enable audio only if you want it.

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Three realms. One crown.

01 / FOREST

The Emerald Wilds

Learn the basics, protect the forest, and awaken its three seals.

02 / CRYSTAL MINES

The Amethyst Depths

Watch the wraiths’ range. Use movement, cover and timely rune bursts.

03 / FINAL KEEP

The Hollow Keep

Break the last three seals, defeat the Hollow King, and claim the crown at the northern gate.

Nine seals and twelve chests are spread across the complete campaign. Open the map with M when you lose your bearings.

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Fight smarter, not just harder

  • Face your target. Your sword swings in the direction you are facing.
  • Read orange attack markers. Move away or dash before the hit lands.
  • Use rune burst nearby. It hits enemies around you; watch mana and cooldowns.
  • Heal before trouble. Potions restore 60 health. Carry up to six.
  • Use the forge. Blade and armor each have three upgrade levels. A potion costs 25 quest gold.
  • Return to camp. The Keeper’s safe area restores health. Realm transitions restore health and magic and provide at least three potions.
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Keep your adventure safe

Local saves

The campaign autosaves in your browser approximately every six seconds during play. Use the same browser and website address to continue. Private browsing, clearing site data, or changing host/port can lose access to a local save.

Account saves

  1. Sign in on the full hosted game website.
  2. Inside the game, select Account save.
  3. Choose Upload to save your campaign to the account.
  4. On another device, sign in and choose Load. Confirm only if you want to replace that device’s local progress.

Account saves are explicit, not continuous synchronization. A revision conflict means another device has uploaded newer progress. Keep your one-time account recovery code somewhere private.

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Quest gold is not cryptocurrency

You do not need ADVC to finish the campaign.

Quest gold is fictional, has no ADVC value, and cannot be withdrawn.

Spend quest gold at the forge. Real ADVC checkout is not connected in this public beta. Cosmetic designs are previews only; do not send coins for them.

There are no real-coin quest rewards, deposits, cash-outs, mining, staking, or guaranteed returns. Never send coins based on an old preview or give anyone your wallet seed.

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A campaign today. Co-op as a future mode.

This release is single-player. The recommended next step is a separate shared town, followed by small co-op quests. Multiplayer is not available yet, and your local campaign should stay playable without it.

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Before you ask the Keeper

I cannot open the game.

Use this website’s Play now link. If the game is unavailable, try again later; do not install server software on your device.

I am stuck at a seal or gate.

Defeat the nearby guardians, stand next to the runestone and interact. You need all three seals before leaving a realm. In the final realm you must also defeat the Hollow King.

My save is missing.

Check your browser, website address and account. If you previously uploaded an account save, use Account save → Load. Do not clear browser storage while troubleshooting.

Why is the ADVC shop unavailable?

Payments are intentionally disabled until the operator completes live-node testing and review. The entire campaign remains free.