Kitab Pendekar

The Pendekar Book

Kitab Pendekar: how everything works

Live · v0.40Live · Tools I, v0.38Planned · Tools II–III

Pendekar is a browser RPG set in Malaysia, played the old-school way: click to walk, click to work, and level eight skills on a steady 0.6-second beat. This book is the whole of it written down: every skill, item, creature, quest and formula, read straight from the game's own code. It is also where new systems are designed before they are built. The first of those is tools: a hatchet for wood, a net for fish.

New: tools of the trade

Every way of gathering gets its tool, the tools come in tiers, and the forest and the river get things worth upgrading for. The first of three parts shipped in v0.38: a hatchet for trees, and a net, a jig, a trap or a line for each kind of fish.

Tools ITools of the tradeEvery way of gathering needs its tool.Tools IIHardwood and the forgeBetter hatchets, and trees that need them: meranti and cengal.Tools IIITraps and linesPrawn traps work on their own: set them in the river and come back.

Read the tools design, or jump to hatchets and the forest, nets, jigs, traps and lines, or the build plan.

Start

The basicsTicks, walking and running, health, getting knocked out, your pack, saving.

Skills

Skills and levelsThe eight skills, the XP curve and what each level opens.WoodworkTrees, palms, timber and fibre.FishingFour kinds of spot, from mackerel to tuna.CookingFires, grills, burning, and what heals how much.CombatAccuracy, max hit, dodging and the training focus.ArcheryBows, arrows, range and the practice targets.

The world

PlacesPerhentian Island, Kuala Besut, and the map of Malaysia.PeopleWho is who, where they stand and what they teach.CreaturesCrabs, monitor lizards and macaques: stats and drops.Quests and lessonsEvery quest step and every lesson, with rewards.

Things

Every itemAll 34 items, what they do and where they come from.The visual directoryEvery icon in the game, large: the items at three sizes, the interface icons and the planned tools.GearSix slots, armour and weapons.CraftingThe boatyard and its recipes.Trade and moneyKak Yah's prices, and where money comes from.

How to read this book

Live · v0.40: In the game now. Numbers are read from the game build named at the foot of every page.
Planned · Tools II: Designed, not built yet. The version is the one meant to ship it. Expect the numbers to move.
Idea: Worth doing one day. Not scheduled.
Ticks: The game runs on a beat of 0.6 seconds, a tick. Times are given in ticks with seconds beside them.
Names: English first, then the Malay name in italics, the way the game shows them: Timber Kayu.
Chances: “35%” means each attempt has that chance; an attempt is a fixed number of ticks.