Arcane Atelier is played on Roblox and costs nothing to start. You begin outside the walls of Vanelona with no standing, no sigils and no idea that showing magic in public is against the law. The first hour is about three things: learning to cast, learning to fight up close, and staying unseen while you do both.
Your first hour
- Take the plains road out of the starting valley to the outer village. Vendors, the notice board and your first quest giver are all here.
- Learn one sigil. On its own it is a weak spell; it becomes useful once you attach a form to it.
- Practise hidden casting before quick casting. Being seen has consequences that follow you back into the village.
- Learn to block and parry before you learn to dodge. Combat here rewards holding your ground.
- Pick a faction only once you know what it wants from you. Standing is slow to earn and slower to repair.
Worth knowing
Villages remember what you have done in them independently of faction standing. A settlement can like you while your order does not, and the reverse.
Playing on a phone
Mobile is supported. Turn draw distance down in settings if foliage-heavy areas stutter, and use hold-to-cast rather than tapping when you are trying to cast hidden.