Atys is an entirely natural planet, where "hunting" usually involves slaughtering animals and the vast majority of equipment is created by other players. As in most MMORPGs, combat is still a popular activity, but players may also "dig" for resources and use a simple system to craft unique items (recipes for ultimate items exist, but they are closely guarded).

Actions are composed of card-like stanzas which are bought from trainers. Players earn points to buy new stanzas by successfully using previous actions; killing stronger monsters, harvesting better materials and crafting better equipment will result in a faster rate of action growth.

Atys features five complete ecosystems filled with diverse flora and fauna (much of which can be used in item crafting), as well as numerous background animations and beautiful landscaping.

The Nevrax team has strived to make Atys simulate a realistic environment and has had major success in this field. Animals and various creatures in the world of Atys have differing AI, based upon their species that allows them to behave in a realistic manner. The AI of the creatures allows them to perform many realistic behaviors, such as migration, movement as a herd or pack, and exhibiting behavior of real-life animals. Carnivores, for example, will hunt other animals for food, and certain animals are known to hunt in packs, making them even more dangerous if a homin is to encounter one.

The Ryzom Ring

The Ryzom Ring provide revolutionary gameplay aspects to the MMORPG genre, by being the first game to actively allow players to create their content and instanced areas. This is response to the fact that the Saga of Ryzom is not much of a content-based game, rather preferring to be centered around live events and the progresstion of the story through these events. By allowing players to create their own content, Ryzom Ring greatly increase the amount of things to do in the game. Players are allowed to create their own areas that could be used from everything to parties, standard quests, or even raid-like dungeons reminiscent of EverQuest and World of Warcraft.

Community sites:

Saga of Ryzom Warcry

Game Info, Forum, Screenshots and much more.

Ryzom Vault IGN

Game info, Databases, Guides, Maps,...

Ryzom MMOz

News, Forum and Screenshots.

Ryzom Jeuxonline

Un site très complet sur le jeu et l'univers Ryzom.

Fansites:

Ballistic Mystics

Guild site with a lot of info. Huge Database, useful tool as Calculators and much more.

Atys Chronicles

RP stories.