Start here — creating your account and getting in game

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The one thing that catches people out: you make your account on this forum, not in the client. The client has no register button. If you skip this step you will get stuck on the login screen.

Step 1 — Register

Register here. The username and password you choose are your game login as well as your forum login — one account, both places. Pick a username you are happy to be called in game, because it is the name that will appear above your head.

Step 2 — Get Java

The client needs Java 11 or newer. Most machines already have it. To check, open a terminal or Command Prompt and type:

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java -version

If that command is not found, install Temurin (adoptium.net) or your platform's OpenJDK build.

Step 3 — Download the client

Emberfall.jar — one file, no launcher, no installer. Double-click it, or from a terminal:

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java -jar Emberfall.jar

Step 4 — Wait for the cache, once

The first launch downloads roughly 126 MB of game data. This only happens once. After that the client starts in seconds. If it looks frozen on the loading bar the first time, it is not — leave it be.

Step 5 — Log in and choose your mode

Type the username and password you registered with. Then you pick one of:

• Normal — the standard game. You get a starter kit and a bank to get you moving.
• Ironman — no trading, no Grand Exchange, no help from anyone. Everything you use, you got yourself.
• Ultimate Ironman — Ironman, and you cannot use the bank either.
• Hardcore Ironman — Ironman with one life. Die, and you become a regular Ironman.

This choice is permanent. Read the description in game before you confirm it — staff do not change modes afterwards.

Connection details

You only need these if you are building your own client:

• World address — emberfall.co.uk
• Game port — 43594
• Cache port — 43595
• Cache revision — 218
• Client version — 12

Stuck? Post in Help & Support.