From this Hero online guide, you can find some basic information. This guide is for Hero online players lvl 1-30. If you are a low-level or moderate player, read the following information....

Level 1: Walk Outside The North or east side of dragon castle (recommend North) and attack the wolves. The North is recommended as the wolves there are only level 1. You should attack by pressing V or clicking the monster then pressing A. When an item drops Press S to collect it. You may get an item that makes a sound when you obtain it. This item is precious or ''rare'' and will have stats from +1 to +3. Keep this if you can or will be able to use it. This topic is about levelling not builds but a good beginner choice would be INT/STR (no flaming please) and you can vary all you like. CHI is needed for skills and shouting. So it is important you improve INT. 100 CHI is needed for the shout or ''lions roar''. STR is physical damage and skill damage and HP. DEX is dodge, amount of hits, and defence. (NOTE/EDIT: To teleport back to town you can use the yellow teleport scrolls that can be obtained for free from the 100 or 1 hero online gold cases and bought from tavern.)

Level 2: At this level you can equip the weapon of your choice. This will depend on the build you have chosen. Start attacking boars over the bridge on the east side of dragon castle. You will start to grasp basic concept of the game and you should think about creating a party with other players. Press CNTRL and left-click an opposite player for the menu of actions possible. When in a party hover over there icon for there face to see their level. Levels will increase EXP gained after an amount of time. You may now receive an item called a ''LOT'' and a flashing icon will appear at the top right of your screen. Click this and press the start button. Press stop to stop it. Every 50 kills you get one of these and it will give you a random item. EXP Is not shown but is given as a bonus if obtained by lot. Although not proven or even talked of I usually do a certain time and I will continuously receive the same item but not proven.

Level 3: Ok you now need to think about armour. But drops from monsters are best at your level. You should continue on boars and go a little more east for level 3-5 boars. Parties will get ALOT more exp if you do this for long enough. This is the easy part... faster than high levels and knowledge gained.