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Newbie

In the game: help newbie

Tips for new players. Type guide for the first-steps guide, and open the Help pane (the Help button, or help) for every topic. Please read the RULES first. Stuck? Ask on the Newbie chat channel: newbie <question> (see CHAT).

Where you start

Everyone starts in the town of Daleville, on the North Ride. You start wearing armor and wielding a weapon fit for your class, with a lantern, a bag, some bread and water, and 10000 gold.

See also: INVENTORY, EQUIPMENT, WEAR, CLASSES, RACES

Levels

Your levels come by themselves: as soon as you have the experience, you have the level, and each level teaches your class's skills and spells for it. They improve as you use them; the Character pane's Skills tab lists them all. You gain experience by winning fights and by using your skills and spells.

See also: EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, GAIN, PRACTICE

Eating and resting

Hungry or thirsty, you hardly heal. Rest or sleep to recover faster, or rest by the font of life at the Common (14 west of where you start), which heals quickly and where no one can fight.

Shopping

The town's shops sell food, water, lanterns, weapons, armor, potions and wands (list, buy, sell). home takes you back to town. Gear left by other players may be in the Training Ground (7 west and 2 north of the start): take what you need, but please do not junk anything you find there.

Fighting safely

Before you attack something, make sure it is not another player, and consider it to see whether it is too hard. Set wimpy to flee automatically when you are nearly dead. Do not kill shopkeepers or guildmasters: they serve everyone.

Where to go

The world map shows the zones you have found with their levels; good first zones next to town are Under the Well (levels 1 to 5), the Catacombs (2 to 8) and Spider Haunt (2 to 10).

Other players

Most of who you meet is run by the game (shopkeepers, guards, monsters) and will not chat. who lists the players: ask them, they are usually glad to help.

Handling items

You type	It means
`all`	everything possible (`drop all`)
`2.item`	the second item of that name (`wear 2.bag`)
`all.item`	all items of that name (`get all.bread`)
`9*item`	that many of the item, up to 9 (`put 9*potion bag`)

When you are ready for more

The ADVANCED guide has tips for experienced players: the gear that makes the most difference, leveling faster in groups, what each class is best at, finding secret doors, and earning gold.