Getting Started on Olympus

Installing the client#

Olympus ships as a small launcher that downloads the game client and the cache for you, and keeps both up to date. Download it from the home page, run it, and log in with any username to create an account.

Olympia Nova - the home island#

You arrive on Olympia Nova, a Greek island built into the slopes of the mountain. Everything a new hero needs is within a minute's walk of the arrival plaza:

Every skill in the Skills tab is clickable - clicking a skill teleports you straight to where it is trained. That is the fastest way to move between districts.

Map of Olympia Nova#

Hover or tap a number to see where everything is. North is up; the map is rendered straight from the game's own map data.

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1. 1
   Bank plazaThe heart of the island. Bank counters on the podium, ::home lands just south of them. Plutus the bankers, Aphrodite (Make-over) nearby.
2. 2
   Great Temple of ZeusThe acropolis at the top of the grand stair - the island's landmark.
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   Stoa of Shops (east temple)Every shop keeper: Athena (Skilling Shop), Zeus (Vote Rewards), Hebe (Starter Store), Apollo, Nike, Hermes, Hera.
4. 4
   Hall of Crafts (west temple)Daedalus (Crafting), Prometheus (Firemaking), Tyche and Asclepius. Crafting teleport lands here.
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   Temple of the Hunt (south temple)All the slayer masters - Vannaka, Duradel, Kuradel, Sumona, Orion.
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   Quarry of HephaestusEvery ore vein from copper to runite, plus the Orichalcum and Aetherium veins. Hephaestus (Mining) and Atlas stand here. Mining teleport.
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   Forge & Summoning plazaThe Hephaestus furnace and anvils (Smithing teleport), and Pikkupstix with the summoning obelisk beside them.
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   The farmEighteen Olympian beds, compost bins, Demeter (Farming) at the gate. Farming and Herblore teleports. Hestia (Cook) keeps her range just west.
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   CookingHestia (Cook) and the ranges. Cooking teleport.
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    Artemis' ReachThe hunting meadow. Artemis on the terrace sells traps, nets and gloves; every creature from crimson swifts to the Nemean lion cub lives on this slope. Hunter teleport.
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    Hercules Training CourseThe level-99 agility loop - start at the Laurel arch on the south side. Agility teleport.
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    Woodcutting groveWillow, maple, yew and magic trees around Pan (Woodsman); the four grand Olympian trees stand along the south-east shore.
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    Market stallsCrafting, food, general, magic and scimitar stalls. Thieving teleport.
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    Energy wispsThe energy fragment wisps.
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    Fishing spotsOff the south shore: every stock spot and the three Olympian ones (Leviathan, Serpentfish, Moonray) with the Master fisher. Fishing teleport.
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    The docksThree moored triremes on the west shore.

Commands you will use every day#

Pick a class#

Olympus is PvM only, and every account picks one of five classes with ::classselect. Each class has a signature resource meter that fills as you fight and unleashes automatically:

• Warrior - Guard builds from hits you take and pops a Bulwark shield plus a retaliating slam.
• Mage - Mana builds from damage dealt and casts levelled spells (Arcane Nova, Chain Lightning, Meteor) at full.
• Ranger - Focus starts full and is spent on empowered shots, regenerating per tick and per kill.
• Berserker - Rage builds from every hit dealt or taken and auto-triggers a 6-second Frenzy of echo strikes.
• Necromancer - summons that fight beside you.

Classes have their own 10-node talent tree (::ctalents) which levels from damage dealt. You can change class later; talents refund.

Where the money comes from#

The coin of the realm is Dracma. You earn it three ways:

1. Killing things. Every monster pays Dracma on a ladder that runs from a few thousand per kill in the starter zone to millions per kill at the top raids.
2. Skilling. Every gathering or production action pays Dracma scaled to the resource's level - a level-99 gather pays about 3,000, a level-99 craft about 4,500. That works out at roughly 3-4.5M an hour. See Skilling overview.
3. Trading. Sell to other players on the Agora (::ge); a 2% tithe is taken from the seller's proceeds. Shops buy at item value, and the Forge's salvage crucible turns unwanted gear into Forgemark.

Skilling also pays Skilling Points (spent at Athena (Skilling Shop) at home) and rolls for Olympian Bonds and mystery boxes on every action.

Your first goals#

1. 1
   Speak to Hebe (Starter Store) at the plaza for a starter kit, then kill your way up the starter zone ladder - Minotaur, Scorpion, Naiad, Cyclops, Lesser Titan, Talos. Each unlocks the next.
2. 2
   Get a gathering skill to 99. At 99 every skill opens an Olympian tier that runs to 150 and needs a tool from the Skilling Point Store. Woodcutting is the friendliest first climb.
3. 3
   Claim your daily login and vote rewards (::vote), and link your Discord (::linkdiscord) - Discord roles grant in-game buffs.
4. 4
   Complete achievements. They pay Olympian Talent Sigil, which are the main source of talent points.
5. 5
   Open ::talents and put your first points into Harvest (skilling) or Onslaught (combat).