Mabinogi's Frequently Asked Questions

To get a free Giant character card:
- You must not be allied with the Elves. If you already did, break it.
- Talk to Krug, the King of the Giants, in Vales, to get the Giant keyword, if you don't already have it.
- Talk to Krug using the alliance keyword.
- Accept the Alliance.

To get a free Elf character card:
- You must not be allied with the Giants. If you already did, break it.
- Talk to Castanea, the Elven Chief of Filia, to get the alliance keyword.
- Talk to her again using the keyword.
- Accept the Alliance.

Restrictions:
Only ONE free Giant card and ONE free Elf card will be given per account. If you delete the Giant and Elf Characters you made using the cards, you cannot get another card and you don't get your free card back.

Yes, you can keep the card even if you break the alliance later.
To break an alliance, talk to the same leader you allied with.

To get to the continent of Iria, use the continent warp option on the menu. It's a long walk to Vales or Filia, but if you keep moving there shouldn't be much problem. Mabinogi World Wiki has a good map of the continent.

If you don't have any other characters, you will get your free character card back after you delete the character you created on it. If you do have other characters, you won't get the card back until you have no other characters.

The card will only reappear after the reset at 7am PST the next day.

Human, Giant, and Elf characters, as of Pioneers of Iria, can rebirth for free at age 20 (or older).

To do this, just choose the rebirth option in the character selection screen.

Free rebirth does not allow you to change appearance or gender, and you will not get the free dye amp gift from the NPC in the tutorial area.

To run a player shop in Mabinogi, you need the extended storage service, and an item bag.

Extended storage service can be bought from the cash shop. Item bags can purchased from the in-game general stores and come in different sizes; the larger they are, the more expensive.

When you're ready to set up, buy a license at the bank in the town you want to set up shop in. Note that licenses are one use, but this doesn't kick in until you've made a sale. If you sell anything, do NOT close or try to move your shop, or you'll have to buy another license before you can open it again.

To turn in your shop license to get the money for what you sold, deposit it in your bank, same as you would a check or any item you wanted to store.

Pets and mounts in Mabinogi are yours forever after you buy them. The timer is because they have a set amount of time they can be out each day. This timer will reset at 7am PST, and you will be able to summon your pet again.

Fleta is a wandering NPC with a shop. She walks around Sen Mag Plateau, at or near the crossroads, and only appears from 9am-11am, 3pm-5pm, and 7pm-9pm.

"E" button will toggle your hood up or down.

Part time jobs!

For Tailoring and Weaving, take the jobs offered by general stores and clothing shops. Tir Chonail and Dunbarton are especially useful for this, with lots of chances they'll ask you to tailor or weave. They provide the materials, so it's not only free, you're being paid to increase your levels. Be sure to use up any leftover materials for extra experience.

For Refining, take Elen's part time jobs in Bangor.

For Cooking, take the beginner part time jobs from the Grocery Store in Emain Macha. He asks for apple juice and orange juice.

Gathering materials jobs raise your Production; you'll see a lot of gathering jobs from the Healers and Churches.

The General Shop owner in Dunbarton sells cooking tools. They're all together under the cooking tab. This tab can be hard to find; there's a button to scroll to the side to see more tabs that many miss.

There are a few apple trees around the outer edges of Dunbarton, particularly near the road. Some are growing in the road that leads south.

The Mabinogi Character Simulator allows you to try different looks and outfits outside the bounds of the game. This simulator is made by Mabinogi Laboratory.

There are a few tricks to making it run. First, it will only run in internet explorer, because it needs Active X. When you go to the page you may need to allow an additional add-on to run. When I first went, the link I clicked was directly to the simulator, and it popped up one message for an add-on, which I allowed, but the page then only half loaded. I had the control bars on the right, but no character model would load. Go to the FRONT page (which is what I linked to, above) and if there is a white space on it where no picture loads, just to the left of the text, click on that. It will prompt you to run another add-on. After you've allowed that, you can go back to the character simulator and it should display correctly. Mine did.

If you're still having trouble, this thread on Mabinogi World discusses different issues and how to resolve them.

The best resource for all things Mabinogi: Mabinogi World Wiki.