Walk around with teh arrow keys... look for monsters called 'Rats' and then click on teh sword icon with a sub-text of 20 on it to kill them
You will get Experience points, Gold points, and sometimes drops...
Spend gold on items in teh Auction House... 'Actions' >> 'Auction House'...
Equip these items and teh drops on your profile page 'Character' >> 'Profile' and look for teh 9 boxes of equipment, as well as your 3 Backpack slots...
Also, be sure to repair your items once you get them once per square... this can be done via a quick link\button on teh 'View Map' page, by pressing teh 'r' key on teh 'View Map' page, or by going to 'Actions' >> 'Blacksmith' and kicking on teh 'Repair all items' button...
And finally... each time you level up you will receive 5 skill points, and 2 level up points... do not use the skill points until you reach level 20 or level 25... and place all your 'level up' points into the damage stat...

