Realm Domination/Action Bar and Bag

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The Action Bar gives you shortcuts to your flags. The Bag holds them, and the Realm display above the bar shows the battle in your region.

Open and close the controls

  1. Click the HUD's settings button.
  2. Choose Action bar to show the Action Bar and Realm display.
  3. Click the Bag button at the bar's left end to open your Bag.

Click the Bag button again to close it. Choose Action bar again to hide all three controls. Choose Settings from the HUD's menu for the main HUD options.

Hiding the bar does not stop your participation. To leave Realm Domination, turn off Take part on the website.

Move the Action Bar

  1. Press and hold the movement handle at the right end.
  2. Drag the bar where you want it.
  3. Release the handle.

The Bag and Realm display move with it. Your position, shortcuts, and open-or-closed bar choice are saved; the Bag starts closed when you return. If you cannot reach the handle, move the main HUD into view using its usual movement control first.

Open your flags

  1. Open the Bag.
  2. Click the flag stack to open Flag ×N, where N is your flag count.
  3. Choose the action you need.
Control What it does
Lay Siege Starts a siege in enemy territory without spending a flag.
Use Plants a flag when the region allows it. A successful plant spends one flag.
Assign Places a flag shortcut on the Action Bar.
Close Closes the dialog. From the Bag, it also closes the Bag.

Actions appear only when you can use them. If you see Stand on the ground first, land or stand up, let the display refresh, and reopen the dialog. The dialog closes after 30 seconds.

See Capturing and Defending for when to choose Lay Siege or Use.

Assign or clear a shortcut

  1. Open the flag stack and choose Assign.
  2. Click the Action Bar slot you want to use.
  3. Click that slot whenever you want to open your flag actions.

From a shortcut's dialog, choose Clear to remove the shortcut. This keeps your flags. Close closes that dialog only. If you spend your last flag, an assigned shortcut can become useful again when you earn more.

The bar has 12 slots, in two rows of six. The Bag has 12 cells, three across and four down, with page arrows. All flags share one stack; cells and slots do not increase your carrying limit. Page arrows do not create more flags or pages.

Read the Realm display

Click the display for fuller information in chat when a team name is shortened.

Display Meaning
Unclaimed No team owns the region.
Controlled The bar shows the owner's control.
Contested The bar shows the planted flag team's claim. Held by names any existing owner until the claim reaches 100%.
Protected A completed capture or defense has temporary Realm protection.

Sanctuary · your influence sleeps means you are on System Land or in a safe zone. Your influence fades or Too swift means you are not currently helping move the bar. Stand or move normally on the ground.

After arrival, Loading region… can appear briefly. For Reconnecting to Realm… or Realm display unavailable, wait for the display to reconnect before planting. Other availability messages tell you whether you need to join or cannot currently take part.

Follow the display during play. Chat notices such as Siege begun, Flag planted, and Region captured describe events that have already happened. See Help and FAQ if progress stalls.