Starting area

The location where a character starts depends upon the race selected during character creation. Characters can move freely throughout the world after a brief instanced tutorial quest and are placed in a different low level area depending on which tutorial quest was completed.

Before level 10, Free accounts have access to a waypoint in every starter area, but cannot access the services in any race's capital city. However, there is an adjacent Services area that has all crafting stations, master craftsmen, access to a merchant, account vault, material storage and wardrobe storage.

Race	Tutorial mission	Starting area	Zone	Region	Capital city	Services area
Asura	Explosive Intellect	Soren Draa	Metrica Province	Maguuma Jungle	Rata Sum	Desider Atum
Charr	Fury of the Dead	Village of Smokestead	Plains of Ashford	Ascalon	Black Citadel	Ashford Forum
Human	Defending Shaemoor	Village of Shaemoor	Queensdale	Kryta	Divinity's Reach	Township of Claypool
Norn	The Great Hunt	Snowlord's Gate	Wayfarer Foothills	Shiverpeak Mountains	Hoelbrak	The Icesteppes
Sylvari	Fighting the Nightmare	Village of Astorea	Caledon Forest	Maguuma Jungle	The Grove	Mabon Market

Unlocked waypoints
Asura	Soren Draa Waypoint —
Charr	Smokestead Waypoint —
Human	Shaemoor Waypoint —
Norn	Horncall Waypoint —
Sylvari	Astorea Waypoint —

Notes

• There is a Dodge Instructor in an adjacent area.
• The game is configured to overpower players versus hostile mobs in starting areas compared to higher level areas.^{[verification requested]}

See also

• Character creation
• Playable races

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Playable races