Understanding the screen

What the parts of the game screen are for.

Taskbar (bottom): your HP (red), SP (blue) and stamina, the experience orbs, the quick slots and the buttons for the character window, the inventory, the friends list and the system menu. The button at the bottom right opens the quick menu.
Chat (bottom left): messages of the players around you, your party, guild and the system.
Minimap (top right): your surroundings, the map name and the buttons for the big map and the Portable Biologist.
Buffs and boosts (top left): the icons of active effects; hover over one to see what it does and how long it lasts.
Quest scrolls (left side): new quests and quest steps; click one to read it.
Target (top centre): when you click a monster or a player you see its name and HP; the small i button on a monster shows its information and drops.

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