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Welcome to the '''newbie guide'''. In this document you will find a comprehensive introduction to Achaea. You will not find in depth information on each and every discussed item, but you will find pointers to other sources of information. If you are new to the lands and/or mudding in general we invite you to read on. | |||
=What are MUDs?= | =What are MUDs?= | ||
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Many of the specifics of this MUD will be delved into enough for you to learn, so we won't go into too many details here. | Many of the specifics of this MUD will be delved into enough for you to learn, so we won't go into too many details here. | ||
=The Achaea Concept= | ==The Achaea Concept== | ||
Once you have created a character and logged on to Achaea, you will find yourself in a world unlike any you are accustomed to. It is important to note that this world's setting is one of medieval ages and, as such, you won't find any modern technologies to role play with. You will, however, find a large host of magical and supernatural circumstances to play with. | Once you have created a character and logged on to Achaea, you will find yourself in a world unlike any you are accustomed to. It is important to note that this world's setting is one of medieval ages and, as such, you won't find any modern technologies to role play with. You will, however, find a large host of magical and supernatural circumstances to play with. | ||
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The path is open to you, and though the actions of others may influence your character, only your decisions will set your true path. | The path is open to you, and though the actions of others may influence your character, only your decisions will set your true path. | ||
=Connecting to Achaea= | ==Connecting to Achaea== | ||
There are many methods to connect to Achaea, only a few of which are discussed below. | There are many methods to connect to Achaea, only a few of which are discussed below. | ||
==The Nexus Client== | ===The Nexus Client=== | ||
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Our new NEXUS client is available [http://www.achaea.com/nexus/play.php HERE]. | Our new NEXUS client is available [http://www.achaea.com/nexus/play.php HERE]. | ||
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For advanced users, you may find alias, macro, and reflex(trigger) functions in the client as well. | For advanced users, you may find alias, macro, and reflex(trigger) functions in the client as well. | ||
==Other Methods of Connecting== | ===Other Methods of Connecting=== | ||
Other methods are preferred by some to connect to Achaea. It can be rather confusing to find one that is above the rest with all of the options available out there, but we do have a short list of favourites we don't mind sharing if it will help you out. | Other methods are preferred by some to connect to Achaea. It can be rather confusing to find one that is above the rest with all of the options available out there, but we do have a short list of favourites we don't mind sharing if it will help you out. | ||
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*[http://mudconnect.com/resources/MUD_Resources:MUD_Clients.html The Mud Connector] offers a vast list of MUD clients for you to choose from, with information on each. | *[http://mudconnect.com/resources/MUD_Resources:MUD_Clients.html The Mud Connector] offers a vast list of MUD clients for you to choose from, with information on each. | ||
=Creating a Character= | ==Creating a Character== | ||
Character creation in Achaea is not a difficult process. | Character creation in Achaea is not a difficult process. | ||
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Once you have begun this process, you will be prompted to choose your character's name, race, and sex, then viola: you are an Achaean. | Once you have begun this process, you will be prompted to choose your character's name, race, and sex, then viola: you are an Achaean. | ||
==Acceptable Names== | ===Acceptable Names=== | ||
When choosing your name, you should keep the following things in mind. | When choosing your name, you should keep the following things in mind. | ||
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One final thing about names: You may see other adventurers with names that aren't in the good or okay categories, and while unfortunate, that can't be immediately rectified in many cases. These names have slipped through the cracks until they became well known, but it shouldn't prevent you from choosing a name that will improve the overall quality of roleplay you, and those around you, experience. | One final thing about names: You may see other adventurers with names that aren't in the good or okay categories, and while unfortunate, that can't be immediately rectified in many cases. These names have slipped through the cracks until they became well known, but it shouldn't prevent you from choosing a name that will improve the overall quality of roleplay you, and those around you, experience. | ||
==Choosing a Race== | ===Choosing a Race=== | ||
The race you choose when you first enter Achaea is what you are considered to be born as. There are ways to change your race later, all of which involve reincarnation, but we aren't at later right now, are we. | The race you choose when you first enter Achaea is what you are considered to be born as. There are ways to change your race later, all of which involve reincarnation, but we aren't at later right now, are we. | ||
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The races available are [[Dwarf]], [[Human]], [[Mhun]], [[Troll]], [[Tsol'aa]], [[Atavian]], [[Horkval]], [[Grook]], [[Rajamala]], [[Xoran]],[[Siren]] (female only), and [[Satyrs]] (male only). | The races available are [[Dwarf]], [[Human]], [[Mhun]], [[Troll]], [[Tsol'aa]], [[Atavian]], [[Horkval]], [[Grook]], [[Rajamala]], [[Xoran]],[[Siren]] (female only), and [[Satyrs]] (male only). | ||
=The Achaea TOS= | ==The Achaea TOS== | ||
The [http://www.achaea.com/tos.html Terms of Service,] which everyone must agree to during character creation, can be found [http://www.achaea.com/tos.html here.] | The [http://www.achaea.com/tos.html Terms of Service,] which everyone must agree to during character creation, can be found [http://www.achaea.com/tos.html here.] | ||
=Achaea Policies= | ==Achaea Policies== | ||
These are the Achaea Policies in summary. If you need more information on any of them, please read section 15 of the help files either on the [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?id=6 website] or while logged in(HELP 15). | These are the Achaea Policies in summary. If you need more information on any of them, please read section 15 of the help files either on the [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?id=6 website] or while logged in(HELP 15). | ||
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As you can see quite a lot of things to learn in 10-30 minutes, depending on your speed completing the tasks. | As you can see quite a lot of things to learn in 10-30 minutes, depending on your speed completing the tasks. | ||
=After the Tour= | ==After the Tour== | ||
'''After the tour''', you will find you at the ring of [[Portals]]. From the portals you can jump to many places of interest across the realms. From here you can do many things, HELP WHATNOW has a very complete selection of very useful tips and pointers. There is no reason to repeat it all here. | '''After the tour''', you will find you at the ring of [[Portals]]. From the portals you can jump to many places of interest across the realms. From here you can do many things, HELP WHATNOW has a very complete selection of very useful tips and pointers. There is no reason to repeat it all here. | ||
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=Newbie Areas= | =Newbie Areas= | ||
There are areas that were built with newbies in mind. Older players | There are two areas that were built with newbies in mind. Older players cannot enter these areas, so you don't need to worry about starting out with people 200 times your might to deal with. These areas are known as Minia and Lodi, and will be detailed below. | ||
==Auma & Poraeus== | ==Auma & Poraeus== | ||
Auma and Poraeus are | Auma and Poraeus are kind old dragons that enjoy helping newbies as much as Romeo and Juliet do. They will help you to travel between Minia and Lodi if you ask very nicely. Try walking up to Auma and say, "Please take me to Lodi." and see how she gently carries you across the continent to the valley of Lodi. Poraeus will do the same, but to Minia from Lodi. They can be located near the entrances to their favoured areas. | ||
==Minia== | ==Minia== | ||
Minia is a land that only newbies and guides can enter. It is full of quests and denizens that are | Minia is a land that only newbies and the guides (Romeo and Juliet) can enter. It is full of quests and denizens that are suited for the level of a newbie. This is the perfect place to get accustomed with killing denizens and doing quests for experience and gold. | ||
Vellis, the butterfly collector, stays at the Ivy-covered archway to Minia, where he hands out butterfly nets for those willing to help him out. | Vellis, the butterfly collector, stays at the Ivy-covered archway to Minia, where he hands out butterfly nets for those willing to help him out. | ||
===The Pixie Village=== | ===The Pixie Village=== | ||
Playful pixies live in the Pixie Village | Playful pixies live in the Pixie Village. These pixies are in a long-time war with the Imps of the Ember Tower, since the scorned Imp Lord could not handle the rejection of the Pixie Queen. You can find the Pixie Village by heading northeast from Vellis. | ||
You can find the Pixie Village by heading northeast from Vellis. | |||
===The Ember Tower=== | ===The Ember Tower=== | ||
The Ember Tower is crawling with mischievous imps who war with the pixies of the Pixie Village. The source of the war can be traced back to the Imp Lord being scorned by the Pixie Queen, and not handling it very well. | The Ember Tower is crawling with mischievous imps who war with the pixies of the Pixie Village. The source of the war can be traced back to the Imp Lord being scorned by the Pixie Queen, and not handling it very well. The Ember Tower is located at the end of the trail heading southeast from Vellis. | ||
The Ember Tower is located at the end of the trail heading southeast from Vellis. | |||
===Miba, the Pygmy Village=== | ===Miba, the Pygmy Village=== | ||
The Pygmy men and women that live in Miba Village love the taste of the meat from the dog-like race of kobolds found in the Libra dungeon. Among the Pygmy are skilled hunters that capture kobold slaves to do their bidding. Miba is located by taking a northern turn along the trail to the southeast of Vellis. | |||
Miba is located by taking a northern turn along the trail to the southeast of Vellis. | |||
===The Libra Dungeon=== | ===The Libra Dungeon=== | ||
The Libra Dungeon houses a race of dog-like men and women called Kobolds. The Kobolds are fairly bitter about their loved ones being enslaved and eaten by the Pygmy people. | The Libra Dungeon houses a race of dog-like men and women called Kobolds. The Kobolds are fairly bitter about their loved ones being enslaved and eaten by the Pygmy people. The Libra Dungeon can be down beneath the trail leading southeast from Vellis. | ||
==Lodi== | |||
Lodi is located east off the Raphaelan Highway between Shallam and Delos. While it is a newbie area like Minia, many would suggest it is better suited for more experienced newbies. In Lodi, there are a lot of quests that can be considered somewhat harder than the ones in Minia. Among the inhabitants are farmers, gnomes, wildcats, miners, and even a pair of trolls. | |||
===The Village of Gorshire=== | ===The Village of Gorshire=== | ||
The Village of Gorshire is situated on the southern side of the Valley of Lodi. It is home to a small community of gnomes | The Village of Gorshire is situated on the southern side of the Valley of Lodi. It is home to a small community of gnomes who are enemies of the evolved wildcats near the fields. | ||
===The Wildcats' Lair=== | ===The Wildcats' Lair=== | ||
The wildcats have been lead by Scylina, Queen of the Wildcats since they evolved into sentient felines a number of years ago. Before that, they were your average family of wildcats living in a cave. Scylina and her kin are in a constant state of hostility with the | The wildcats have been lead by Scylina, Queen of the Wildcats since they evolved into sentient felines a number of years ago. Before that, they were your average family of wildcats living in a cave. Scylina and her kin are in a constant state of hostility with the rest of the inhabitants of Lodi. You may find their lair in the northwestern parts of Lodi. | ||
===The Mines of Lodi=== | ===The Mines of Lodi=== | ||
Absent-minded miners spend their time in the Mines of Lodi, offering payment to any who can locate their lost possessions or help them out with their bat problem. | Absent-minded miners spend their time in the Mines of Lodi, offering payment to any who can locate their lost possessions or help them out with their bat problem. Find the mines in the eastern part of Lodi. | ||
=Gaining Experience= | =Gaining Experience= | ||
The easiest way to gain experience is to bash denizens; you can also complete quests to gain experience. Most players opt for a combination. When you choose to bash in a certain area and find out about the quests in that area you can gain more experience and a bit of gold in the same amount of time. | |||
==Bashing== | ==Bashing== | ||
Bashing is used to refer to the killing of denizens. Each denizen you kill has an experience value. Of course the experience value you are given for a certain denizen depends on its level. You can estimate the level of a denizen using CONSIDER. | |||
If you bash an area not frequented by other players you may kill denizens that have been alive longer. This offers you an experience bonus of up to 50% <<Right?>> added to the base experience gain for a denizen. | |||
===Where to Bash=== | ===Where to Bash=== | ||
A few suggestions for bashing until you reach level 30 are: | |||
*Minia, Lodi, Gorshire, rats in cities: Levels 1-20 | *Minia, Lodi, Gorshire, rats in cities: Levels 1-20 | ||
*The Great Rock, Tasur'ke, Actar: Level 18 and up. | *The Great Rock, Tasur'ke, Actar: Level 18 and up. | ||
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*Petra: Level 25 and up. | *Petra: Level 25 and up. | ||
*Manara Burrow, Manusha: Level 30 and up. | *Manara Burrow, Manusha: Level 30 and up. | ||
Remember that aside from your level your ability to fight, heal, and your skill levels determine the right place to bash. If you find an area is getting to easy, attempt to explore another area that may offer more experience, if it is too hard try to go to lower level area. | |||
==Quests== | ==Quests== | ||
For the quests in Minia and Lodi you can refer to HELP NEWBIEQUESTS. In it you will find pointers about how to complete a scope of the available quests in the areas. There are also quests not listed in that file that you may find out about by greeting denizens and finding out about items lying around. In the other areas quests are not described and they are increasingly difficult to figure out. Sometimes simply greeting the denizens is not enough; you may need to ask them about specific things or people you have noticed in and around the area. | |||
In addition to these local quests, there are a few quests called honours quests. Honours quests are extremely difficult to figure out and are far beyond the scope of this document. When you complete an honours quest you will get a line added to your HONOURS reference so that others can see you have successfully completed one of these illusive quests. | |||
=Making Gold= | =Making Gold= | ||
Many things you may want or need cost gold, therefore you need to find out how to make gold early on in the game. The main ways to make gold for a newbie are ratting, catching butterflies, completing quests, and fishing. | |||
==Ratting== | ==Ratting== | ||
The cities in Achaea are infested with rats. If you chase and kill these rats you can sell them to ratmen. As a reward for helping to keep the cities clean you will get a bit of gold in return. HELP RATS lists the value for each type of rats and the ratman or woman of each city. | |||
==Butterflies== | ==Butterflies== | ||
Perhaps the best known quest in the lands of Sapience is the butterfly quest. Greeting Vellis of Minia allows you to obtain a butterfly net. With this net you can catch butterflies found in Minia and a few areas surrounding Minia. After you return a net with butterflies in it, Vellis will pay you for each butterfly you caught. Some butterflies are harder to catch than others and are thus worth more money. A detailed explanation of how to make money using this quest is listed in HELP BUTTERFLIES. | |||
==Quests== | |||
Aside from the butterfly quest, there are many more quests in the lands that let you make money. The easiest ones are in Lodi and Minia where opposing sides are willing to offer you money for each corpse of their enemies you may be able to give them. There are more things you may be able to do for money though. Often requiring you to help a denizen to complete a certain task for them. | |||
==Fishing== | |||
The art of fishing is something that takes practice. Depending on your survival skill and sense of timing it can become very profitable. It may not be the first thing you will do to make money, but as you progress it could become more interesting to learn how to fish effectively. HELP FISHING details the process. | |||
=Shopping= | =Shopping= | ||
==Buying and | After making all that gold you can start spending it. Of course you could try and convince others to sell you items, or you could gamble it all away, but a more obvious approach is to start shopping! | ||
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==Buying from stores== | |||
Across the lands you will find stores, mostly in cities and in some of the villages as well. A store allows you to execute the command WARES and will show you a list of items you may buy. To look at a particular item you can LOOK <item> while visiting the store and to see more details you can PROBE <item> as well. If there are more items of a specific type you can use the number to reference the item you wish to examine, for instance: PROBE BOXERS1234. | |||
==Buying from denizens== | |||
Some denizens may also offer wares, if they do you can ASK <denizen> WARES and look at what they are offering. If you decide that you want to buy something from a denizen you BUY <item> FROM <denizen> | |||
==Buying from other players== | |||
If someone has something you want and is welling to sell it to you, you can also buy from another player. There is of course a chance that they will take your money without handing over the item, therefore we advise you to only buy from those that you trust. | |||
==Selling goods== | |||
If you have an item you can no longer use and are over level 11 you can use MARKET to offer it to another. The market channel is only meant for buying or selling items or services. | |||
=Customising Your Character= | =Customising Your Character= | ||
As you progress exploring the lands you might want to add more detail to your character. Detail helps you to [[roleplay]] with more consistency and shows others what you are like. Here we try to describe a few of the many ways you can detail your character. | |||
==Your Description== | ==Your Description== | ||
One of the first things you will want to do normally is to [[describe]] your character. Your description is what someone who looks at you sees. You can use DESCRIBE ME <description> to edit your personal description. It will always start with "<name> is a <sex> <race> and is ...". The easiest way is to try a simple example and look at yourself so try DESCRIBE ME tall. and have a look. Of course a good description is usually somewhat longer than that. Description guidelines are detailed in HELP DESCRIPTION. | |||
==Clothing Yourself== | ==Clothing Yourself== | ||
After you have described yourself and are still only wearing the simple cloth you were given during the introductory tour you might want to find something more interesting to wear. Around the lands there are many shops with different clothing items and there are also tailors that can design custom clothing and jewellery. Shopping for clothing seems to be something that some male and female characters enjoy very much and your clothing will be listed at the end of your description. | |||
==Your Warcry/Motto== | ==Your Warcry/Motto== | ||
==Your Background== | ==Your Background== | ||
=Class and Skills Learning= | =Class and Skills Learning= | ||
==Myrrh== | ==Myrrh== | ||
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==Learning Skills== | ==Learning Skills== | ||
==Public Teachers== | ==Public Teachers== | ||
=Houses= | =Houses= | ||
==What are Houses?== | ==What are Houses?== | ||
==Joining a House== | ==Joining a House== | ||
=Cities= | =Cities= | ||
==What are Cities?== | ==What are Cities?== | ||
==Joining a City== | ==Joining a City== | ||
=Healing= | =Healing= | ||
==Healing Health== | ==Healing Health== | ||
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==Smoking/Pipes== | ==Smoking/Pipes== | ||
==Elixirs and Salves== | ==Elixirs and Salves== | ||
=Combat Basics= | =Combat Basics= | ||
=Player-Killing Rules= | =Player-Killing Rules= | ||
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==Landmarks and the WALK TO command== | ==Landmarks and the WALK TO command== | ||
==Special and Magical Movement== | ==Special and Magical Movement== | ||
=Death= | =Death= | ||
==Praying for Salvation== | ==Praying for Salvation== | ||
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==Experience Loss== | ==Experience Loss== | ||
=Basic History and Mythology= | =Basic History and Mythology= | ||
=Credits= | =Credits= | ||
=Issues and Customer Service= | =Issues and Customer Service= | ||
=Advanced Communication= | =Advanced Communication= | ||
==Shouts== | ==Shouts== | ||
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==Newsboards== | ==Newsboards== | ||
==Forums== | ==Forums== | ||
[[Category:Newbies]] | [[Category:Newbies]] | ||