The game uses a first-person view for movement through towns, wilderness, and dungeons. The party travels one step or turn at a time, searches locations, gathers information, and fights hostile groups in menu-driven, turn-based combat.

Players create and manage a party, assign equipment, learn spells, earn experience, and improve attributes through advancement. The world is divided into outdoor regions and specialized areas, with quests, keys, treasures, trainers, and dungeon puzzles providing progression. Combat choices include physical attacks, defensive actions, spellcasting, and item use.

Create a balanced party with durable front-line fighters, dependable healing, and several sources of magical utility. Keep spare weapons, armor, food, and recovery items, because long expeditions can exhaust resources.

Map every dungeon carefully and record locked doors, traps, fountains, trainers, and one-way passages. Save before entering unfamiliar areas, and return to town regularly to heal, restock, train, and identify or replace equipment.