Kerning City

Kerning City is the urban town on Victoria Island and the hometown of the Thief job branch. It is permanently bathed in nighttime ambient light and dotted with neon signs and subway entrances, the only town on the continent with a properly built-up cityscape.

Overview

The main town map itself is a single nighttime street with a few NPCs, most importantly Dark Lord, who runs a back-alley "trade shop" front for the Thief job advancement. Kerning City is also the host town for the Kerning City Party Quest, the lowest-level party quest available on the continent and the standard entry point into party play for early characters.

The training grounds are not on the main town map. Eastern and western portals lead out to the Middle Forest chain, which hosts the usual low-level mix of Snail, Red Snail, Blue Snail, Pig, Ribbon Pig, Orange Mushroom, Green Mushroom, Shroom, and Slime. The northern portal opens onto Construction Site North of Kerning City, where Stump, Axe Stump, Dark Stump, Blue Mushroom, and the urban Octopus spawn at a slightly higher level. A separate Subway Ticketing Booth entrance leads underground to the subway hunting grounds.

The town's named shops (a self-defence store, a pharmacy, a hair salon, and a repair shop) all live behind portals on the main street rather than as in-line market stalls, so the town map itself shows no merchant icons. They are listed in the Shops section below.

Map

Kerning City Construction Site

Kerning City Self-Defence Item Store

The Swamp of Despair I

Niora Hospital

Kerning City Hair Salon

Kerning City Repair Shop

Subway Ticketing Booth

Kerning City Pharmacy

Backalley Semi-Basement

Thieves' Hideout

Kerning City Civic Center

Sunset Sky

Malady

Maple Administrator

JM From tha Streetz

Lakelis

Leatherworking Station

Weaponcrafting Station

Nella

Shumi

Icarus

Mr. Hong

Alex

Doorbell

Mr. Pickall

Scarlett

Mong from Kong

Regular Cab

Community Board

Teleport

Notable NPCs

Name	Role	Summary
Alex
Andre in Kerning City Hair Salon	Hair Salon Assistant
Ben in Kerning City Civic Center	City Scroll Shop	City Scroll Shop in Kerning City Civic Center.
Chris in Kerning City Repair Shop		Does not currently respond when clicked.
Chun Ji in Kerning City Construction Site
Community Board (Kerning City)
Cutthroat Manny in Kerning City Self-Defence Item Store	Weapon Seller
Dark Lord in Thieves' Hideout	Thief 1st job instructor	Thief job instructor; grants 1st job advancement to qualifying beginners. Runs a "trade shop" in a side alley off the main street.
Don Giovanni in Kerning City Hair Salon	Hair Salon Owner
Don Hwang in Kerning City Self-Defence Item Store	Armor Seller
Dr. Faymus in Kerning City Pharmacy	Grocer
Exit in B1 (Area 1)
Icarus
Jack in Kerning City Civic Center	Estate Agent	Estate Agent in Kerning City Civic Center.
Jake in Subway Ticketing Booth	Subway Worker
Jane Doe in Niora Hospital
JM From tha Streetz	Leatherworker	Subway operator; manages the line down to the Free Market.
Lakelis		Entry NPC for the Kerning City Party Quest.
Max in Kerning City Civic Center	City General Store	City General Store in Kerning City Civic Center.
Mong from Kong	Internet Cafe Worker
Mr. Hong	Storage Keeper
Mr. Pickall	Master of Lock-Picking
Nella
Regular Cab (Kerning City)	Cab driver
Roxy in Kerning City Civic Center	City Clerk	City Clerk in Kerning City Civic Center.
Scarlett	Housing Registrar	Housing Registrar in Kerning City.
Shumi
Slade in The Hermit's Cabin	Hermit	Hermit in the swamp near Kerning City.
The Ticket Gate in Subway Ticketing Booth
Thief Job Instructor in Construction Site North of Kerning City	Thief 2nd job instructor
Thief Job Instructor (2nd Job Test) in Thief's Construction Site
Treasure Chest (Subway Depot B1) in B1 (Subway Depot)
Treasure Chest (Subway Depot B2) in B2 (Subway Depot)
Treasure Chest (Subway Depot B3) in B3 (Subway Depot)
Tulcus in The Swamp of Despair II	Scroll Seller
Weaponcrafting Station	Crafting station
Weston in Kerning City Civic Center	City Furnishings	City Furnishings in Kerning City Civic Center.

Shops

Operator	Type	Map
Ben	Use	Kerning City Civic Center
Max	General	Kerning City Civic Center
Weston	Setup	Kerning City Civic Center
Dr. Faymus	General	Kerning City Pharmacy
Cutthroat Manny	Weapon	Kerning City Self-Defence Item Store
Don Hwang	Armor	Kerning City Self-Defence Item Store
Tulcus	Use	The Swamp of Despair II

In addition, Kerning City Hair Salon (run by Don Giovanni and Andre) offers hair restyling, behind a separate portal off the main street.

Connections

East and west portals: Middle Forest training-ground chain; continuing east eventually reaches Henesys
North portal: Construction Site North of Kerning City
Subway Ticketing Booth: entry to the underground subway hunting grounds
Regular Cab: paid taxi to the other Victoria Island towns

Update history

Date	Changes
15 October 2026	The town was reshaped so that the Kerning City Civic Center is easier to reach, and the Maple Administrator now stands here.