The following tips have been adapted from Transcora's Dark Ages I: The Continents Walkthrough. It has been floating around the internet for years, but is now hosted on this site. You can view the complete, and entertaining, walkthrough from the following link (WARNING: Contains spoilers!): View the walkthrough.

• Save your game often! If you are having trouble getting past a part, all that you have to do to ensure you will be alive is save often. There's a method that hasn't failed yet. Get an egg timer and set it to 5 minutes and no problem.
• Pressing 'H' brings up the help menu where you can find all the game commands.
• If you have money and you intend on buying something, think for a second. Do you want to be able to kill an enemy, or do you need sufficient defense against harder enemies? Balance your weapons and armor equally to get the maximum effect in your battles.
• There is only one known map of the world for Dark Ages and it is a world map. It can be found in the screenshots section.
• The highest level you can achieve is 50. If you're still having trouble winning the game, then there is nothing here that can help you.