Getting started
- Open the game from the Telegram bot. Sign-in is automatic — there's no form to fill in.
- In a browser, sign in with email and password (or join as a guest on local/dev). In Telegram the Mini App signs you in automatically. From Profile you can enable browser login or link Telegram.
- Open Lobby → Create match (you pick your color under Settings), tap an Open match, or enter a friend's code. Set Slots and Bots — a bot fills a slot. Ready appears once all slots are full, and the match starts when every human player has tapped it. The list shows who already has; if you wait too long, you're removed. Training seats you immediately.
- Build a 🏪 market, hire a merchant (🛒 / 🐴 / ⛵), set a route, and start trading.
Quick legend
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🏪 | Market |
| 🏯 | Your guild hall |
| 🛒 🐴 ⛵ | Merchant transports (cart / caravan / junk) |
| ⚓ | River port (junks dock here) |
| 🏠 | Houses |
| 🍚 🔧 🧵 … | Goods (same icon on the map and in Market) |
You set your display name in Profile (👤 in the top bar). Guests and local players join as Trader.
A new Open match appears under Open matches. A Private match is joinable by code or link only — copy it from the Lobby after you take a seat.
In the Lobby, tap i for live timers, fees and wave markers, or read this Help for the full rules. On a standard-length match, a signed-in 1st place earns 50 PZR if a human rival built a market, or 10 against bots (1st place only). Other lengths pay in proportion, rounded down. Against humans, 2nd–4th place get 30% / 15% / 5%. In Profile you'll find your invite link: you get 10% of the PZR your friends earn from a match. Training pays no PZR. See Profile, PZR, leaderboard.
The bottom bar has Merchants · Build · Market · Routes · Lobby. The ? at the top opens Help, and the ? in a sheet title jumps to the matching topic. Profile → Learning map walks you through the same loop with checkmarks. Training opens a small sandbox (rice, hemp and hemp clothes; no bots, no prep, no invites, no opening pause and no match clock). It isn't listed under Open matches, and it blocks Create match until you leave it.