BitCraft Online Beginner’s Guide: 15+ Essential Tips for Getting Started

by Fernando Diaz / Game Guides, Slider, Tips & Tricks / 01 Jul 2025

BitCraft Online is different from other MMORPGs. No instant leveling, no quest log to guide you, and no “kill 10 wolves” tutorial. Instead, you’re placed in a massive, one-shard world inhabited by players, shaped by players, and determined by players: the land, the economy, and even its geography. You can remake mountains, build settlements, tame beasts, and yes—talk to owls.

If you’re a newbie to BitCraft, the initial few hours can be overwhelming. So I’ve created this beginner’s guide full of helpful tips to get you up and running and to help you get the most from your Starfell experience.

Start by adjusting your settings

Before you even pick up a stick, access the settings menu from the bottom-right or by pressing Escape. Lock your map to north for better orientation, reduce grass detail if you want a performance boost, and enable dark mode to give your menus a bit more contrast. Transparency sliders are also available if you like cleaner overlays.

If you want to know which region you’re currently in, turn on Debug Mode in the settings, then press F4. It’s a simple way to find out where you are, especially in such a vast world.

Try right-click movement

BitCraft features default click-to-move controls, which are relatively old-school. However, holding down the right mouse button enables smoother movement, which is very useful when moving by boat or fleeing from enemies. You can even click on the map itself to auto-walk to a location—convenient for cross-town travel when you’re in the middle of something or need an in-game break.

Get familiar with the chat system

The chat system in BitCraft is not just background noise. You’ll see global chat in white or dark blue (depending on your UI color) and local region chat in light blue. Global chat is tied to your server and continent, so everybody around you can see it. There is also an Empire chat, which currently functions like global chat. Left-click the chat icon in the lower-left to bring it up or view discussions. You’ll use it more than you think.

Build the cart as soon as possible

Utilize the WISP tutorial early on—it leads you step-by-step through constructing your initial cart. This isn’t just a neat bonus: carts offer 10 cargo slots and act as mobile storage, following you and picking up any items you drop. Once you’ve stored your cart in your vault, use V to access it. Shift + V will summon it or return it instantly. You can only summon a cart after it has been vaulted, which also prevents anyone from stealing it.

Shift + right-click unlocks hidden functions

Want to access your cart’s inventory? Hold Shift and right-click on it. This will close any open menus, allowing you to interact with your cart directly. This also works with bags on the ground and other in-world objects.

Red names mean trouble

Wildlife in BitCraft isn’t just set dressing. Aggressive animals will have red names once they target you. If they’re neutral, you’ll see white names instead. Nighttime is especially dangerous as more hostile mobs spawn, so travel carefully or stick near water—most enemies can’t swim (though a few do have ranged attacks).

Taming unlocks pets and mounts

Looking for a pet? Track down Elisei, the taming NPC. They are located just outside the walls of the destroyed towns near a bank, or sometimes in player towns (look for a tower with a tree growing out of it). Complete quests to earn coins and taming experience.

Level 5 taming will unlock pet owls, small colorful creatures you can keep in your vault. Higher levels allow you to purchase mounts, but you’ll need to buy separate riding training to ride them. The taming system will probably get more complex as development continues.

Use other players’ buildings

You don’t need to be a settlement member to access its buildings. Player-owned towns typically have workstations like kilns, fields, and storage. Go ahead and process your materials there—note that each bank has a separate inventory, so plan accordingly. Press U to see when your items are done processing and which stations are nearby.

Markets are important

The BitCraft economy is local and player-driven. There’s no global auction house, so if you need to sell or purchase something, you’ll have to visit a physical marketplace. Find out which markets are near you and what they’re selling or buying by using the search function.

When selling, go to the Sell tab, place a sell order, choose the item and quantity, and set a price. The lowest listing is what buyers see first—so pricing matters. When buying, pay close attention to prices. You can likely find the same item for less elsewhere.

Teleport smartly

Use waystones to travel between settlements. Once you’ve visited a waystone, you can teleport back to it at any time. When your inventory is empty, teleporting costs only a small number of teleportation points. Even with a full inventory, teleports to your home are cheap—a single point—so they are ideal for errands. Your teleportation points are displayed above your stamina bar.

Learning professions takes time

Initially, it seems like you can do everything on your own. But as the world develops and resources become more spread out, you will need to specialize. Specialize in a few professions that suit your playstyle.

Don’t disregard low-tier resources. Tier-one fertilizer, bait, leather, and cloth are still in demand by high-level characters. The secret is pricing them appropriately—high enough that it’s worth your while, but low enough that veterans won’t just craft the items themselves.

Leveling Construction through terraforming

Want to construct wagons or higher-tier buildings? You’ll need Construction Level 20. Terraforming is the quickest way to grind it.

Take a stick, right-click the construction icon in the bottom left, and type “TERR” to open the terraforming tool. You can raise or lower terrain five tiles at a time. When you’re done, Shift + right-click the tiles to demolish them and repeat the process. This also lets you level out areas or check terrain levels.

No global market = real travel

BitCraft’s economy is intentionally down-to-earth. If a rare resource is only sold on one specific continent or server, you’ll have to go there in person. Plan trade runs, travel to distant settlements, and remember this: if you’re after something out of the ordinary, chances are it won’t be in the town next door.

Seed farming isn’t a cakewalk

To farm your own crops, you’ll use domesticated seeds—but you’ll first need to find wild ones. For example:

Tier 1 fiber bushes can drop Wild Fiber Seeds.

Star bulbs can drop Vegetable Seeds.

Wild grain can drop Ember Grain Seeds.

You need to process these wild seeds into domesticated versions that you can plant on a farm plot.

Salt is mainly an ocean resource

You may sometimes find salt near rivers, but for the most part, you’ll find it near coastlines. If you’re searching for it, remember you can use the compendium to track it—as long as you’ve found it at least once.

Use the compendium to track resources

After finding a resource in the world, Shift + right-click on it and choose “Compendium.” There, you can mark it, and BitCraft will indicate the nearest known location on your screen. You can also search the compendium directly if you’ve found the resource before. This is handy for hard-to-see resources or specific types of fish.

The world is built by players

Everything in BitCraft—cities, roads, the landscape, the economy—is built by the players. There are no central hub cities or developer-created towns. You and all the other players are building this world together—one tree, one trade, and one brick at a time.

Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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