Beginner's guide
Your first hour in Ashgate.
Ashgate has depth, but getting started is simple. Here's the loop that carries you from nobody to a name people know.
Create an account
No download. Ashgate runs in your mobile or desktop browser. Register, verify your email, and you're in.
Meet Nico Vale
Your first contact — wary, dry, street-smart. Nico walks you through your first crimes, your first cash, and your first rank-up.
Commit crimes
Every crime costs nerve and carries a real risk of jail or hospital time. Pick jobs suited to your rank and district, and watch your heat.
Rank up
Cash and XP move you from Nobody toward Godfather. Every rank-up is a story beat — the city noticing you a little more.
Train and gear up
Put cash into stats, equipment, and vehicles at the Lockup and Back Alley Market. Bank what you don't need to carry at Crown Trust.
Join or found a family
Families offer protection, shared income, and a crew to fight alongside. Politics, loyalty, and betrayal all live here.
Watch the districts
Ashgate's ten districts each have their own mood — policed and tense, or booming and open. Where you work matters.
Make the Ledger
Big enough moves get written up in The Ashgate Ledger, Ashgate's in-world newspaper — real events, reported for the whole city to read.
Want the full picture first?
See what's actually live to play right now on the features overview, or read about the city itself on the world of Ashgate.
Start as nobody. Earn your name.
Join the Season Zero waitlist. Access is limited while systems are tested, and joining does not guarantee an invitation.