There are some key concepts that require familiarity for success in the skies of Sios. Action Points (APs) is fundamentally important to the game. The whole game can be described as managing APs to maximize gains (XP, gold, or otherwise).

As a beginner, start by either Exploring or doing the first quest (Patrol the Outskirts of the City) in your starting port (Imperial City) and defeat the encountered NPC's. Do this until you get to level 10. Buy equipments and weapons according to your specialties (ie: if you want to attack your enemies from afar, use either cannons or missiles). If you want to, you can upgrade your ship, but doing so costs resources which can be used on the later ships.

Don't forget to distribute your free stat points to your desired build. You can reset your stats when you reach level 10. You can also change your character class at the said level. Explorers(Scouts in the Acero server) may have hard time in leveling, since he/she mostly focus in both craft and navigation(The most common Explorer build), but not until he/she gets his/her first melee weapon, which is the Battering Ram sold at Al Amraan.

Given that users start with 300 APs, level 10 is achievable within a day. (But don't be worried if you don't achieve level 10, exploring has a lot of luck factoring in it ;). Quests are also the fastest way to make it to level 10 )

Take note that traveling to other ports is not yet recommended within these levels. PvP is also not recommended.

Hopefully by this point, familiarity with the interface has been established. How to proceed is up to what kind of captain is being developed. Other important systems to be familiarized with are the Black Market and Resource Exchange. Captains can also join clans and enjoy clan warring.