The Tutorial Still Starts in Izlude
BlueStacks and LDPlayer beginner posts (July 2026) and the live SEA client agree: the opening hours are Izlude, not Prontera plaza. The scripted tutorial is about fifteen to twenty minutes if you do not mash skip. It unlocks movement, the first skill, inventory, the skill bar, and your first gear. Skipping it is how people later claim “Gift Code is missing” — the Account menu is gated on tutorial progress.
Monsters here are the classic welcome pack: Poring, Lunatic, Fabre in the 1–20 bracket. Combat Energy on 110% recommended targets beats wandering. Energy rules: Energy System. First class pick: Mage and Gunslinger still clear this ring fastest — Tier List.
Redeem codes after the login Gift Code button exists, not during character create. List: All Redeem Codes. How-to: How to Redeem.
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When to Leave for Prontera
Follow the gold main-story arrow until the capital hub unlocks. That is when Paradise Dance, orange Board, and Kafra storage become a daily loop — Prontera City Guide. Do not dump a week of Energy in Izlude after the story has already pushed you out; the 110% list will rotate to Prontera outskirts and Payon approaches (levels 20–40).
Overweight in the tutorial ring is still a slow walk. Sell junk whites to the NPC, keep potions. Getting started overview: Getting Started.
What Izlude Is Not
Izlude is not a Siege map, not an MVP timer, and not where you park for week eight. After you live in Prontera, come back only if a collection or card chapter still points here. Map context: Map Overview. Current habits: Week Eight Guide.