The Elder Scroll: Blades is finally out, at least in early access, and playable on iPhones or Android devices.

While Blades isn’t as big or complex as Skyrim, it does have a surprising amount of depth compared to other RPGs built for phones. Not all of this depth is properly or clearly explained in-game, so after playing it for a few days, I’ve come up with some helpful tips.

Elder Scrolls: Blades officially hit early access this week, although the wave-based nature of invites means plenty of people haven't been able to go dungeon crawling yet. And when you do get to go dungeon crawling, it's worth knowing how much the loot you get back from those dungeons might cost to open.

At Bethesda's E3 conference last year, Todd Howard got up on stage and revealed that the company was making a spin-off of the Elder Scrolls series for phones. It's been sitting in the pre-register period on Android since then, and as of this morning, the game is available to download.

Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile spin-off of Bethesda's gargantuan Elder Scrolls universe, has been pushed back to early next year.