How Do I Customize My Character?

In the intro, there aren't many options until you spawn in and can access the customizer. So get your sex & name set to start. Then, when you are in the game, Shift+B to bring up the customizer.

Click on the head icon after the little tutorial, and that gets you into character editing, where you can pick a head, hair, and set skin color.

I would stop there since even in the customizer, the clock is ticking. So head to the river area, to that sandy island with the rabbits, and then you can have water and food to finish your customizations. Shift+B again, then work where it is safe and where you have food and water nearby.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial. Log in to the game, and you will first choose male or female.

From here, you will be taken to a sample character all tied up; this is the basic creation tool. You can't do much here, but you do have infinite time to play in this area.

My suggestion is to get your head and hair right here, and your basic sliders. Let's make our dark elf character! For race, choose anything that's close enough to your background. Religion is the same; get it close enough. Choose the voice you want next.

Let's focus on the head. The elf heads are later in the selections, so find those near the end. We will get to skin after we are in the game. Get it "close enough" for now.

Eye color is in the next section, face details.

Body features include your height, bust, and physique. Stick to average heights if you are average! EQ2 has a strange height system where you need to crank it to maximum for dark elves, don't do that, we need to let ordinary people be average and save the taller heights for the truly tall.

Click on Finalize Character, and this is important: SET YOUR NAME HERE! Press Edit and type it in. We are making Lanyth, so I named her that, and I can now press confirm.

We are now in the game, but the clock is ticking. Let's play through the tutorial!

Get to the island here; this is a safe place with food and water, and no enemies to bug you. M brings up your map. From this point, you will need an admin to grant you VERIFIED status, which will allow you to use the character editor. Get in touch with Silver, get her to log in, and she will grant you permission.

The video above explains how to press Shift+B to open the character editor. Go to town and have fun at this point, and you are now in the game!