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 =Gaining Experience=
-Your experience determines your experience level, which in turn determines your health, mana, and other characteristics of your character. With each level you gain, you earn five more lessons to spend, and at certain milestones, you gain bound credits that may be traded in for many different things (including more lessons). (See [[Level]] and [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=LEVELS HELP LEVELS]) One of the easiest ways to gain experience is to hunt denizens (also called "bashing"). Successfully slaying a denizen will earn you experience relative to that denizen's strength and level. Another way to earn experience is to complete various [[quests]].
+[[Level|Levels]] are a measure of experience. The more experience you gain, the higher your level. You can see your current level at any time on your SCORE, or by using SHOW LEVEL. Some of the benefits of gaining a level include:
+:Complimentary [[lessons]] - Every time you gain a level, you receive 5 lessons. If you die and fall below that level, then you lose 5 lessons. If you go below 0 lessons then, you won't be able to use or spend lessons on learning (or other things, such as adding another personal landmark to your list) until your lessons come above 0 again.
+:Bound [[credits]] - When you obtain certain levels for the first time, you also gain bound credits. The breakdown is:
+:*Level 7 - 5 bound credits
+:*Level 10 - 6 bound credits
+:*Level 15 - 7 bound credits
+:*Level 20 - 8 bound credits
+:And so forth, continuing on up every 5 levels to level 95 for 23 bound credits, then jumping by two at level 100 for 25 bound credits.
+:New [[Shout|Shouting]] Voice - Your shouting voice becomes stronger as you gain new levels.
+:[[Achaean_Lingo#L|Logosian]] - At Level 80, you no longer need to [[:Category:Restaurants|eat]] or [[sleep]].
+:Dragon - Upon reaching level 99, you will gain the ability to change into a [[:Category:Adventurer_races|Dragon]], granting you new powers and extra health.
 ==Hunting==
-'''Hunting''', or '''bashing''', refers to the slaying of denizens. Every denizen has an experience value, depending on its level and strength, and you can estimate this level by using CONSIDER (i.e. ''CONSIDER IMP''). A full list of denizen strengths may be found in [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=CONSIDER HELP CONSIDER].
+'''Hunting''', or '''bashing''', refers to the slaying of [[Category:Denizens|denizens]] and [[Category:Creatures|creatures]]. Every denizen has an experience value, depending on its level and strength. You can estimate this level by using PROBE or CONSIDER (i.e. ''PROBE WILDCAT'' or ''CONSIDER IMP''). A full list of denizen strengths may be found in [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=CONSIDER HELP CONSIDER].
-There is a very useful guide to hunting in Achaea located on the Achaean Forums, at [http://forums.achaea.com/index.php?showtopic=14196 this topic], which lists locations from newbiehood to level 60+. As a newbie, however, you will likely want to stay within Minia, Lodi, and Mount Gheladan.
+As a newbie, you will likely want to stay within Minia, Lodi, and Mount Gheladan. Once you reach Level 21 you can try areas like the [[Actar Valley]], [[Great Rock]], and [[rats]] of all types in the cities (except [[Eleusis]] which has no rats).
 ==Questing==
-There is a multitude of quests throughout the lands of Achaea. As a newbie, you may want to whet your teeth on the newbie quests in the newbie lands, many of which are listed in [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=NEWBIE_QUESTS HELP NEWBIE QUESTS]. Within this scroll, you will find tips and pointers on many (but not all!) of the available quests in the areas. There some quests not detailed that you will need to discover on your own: try greeting denizens around you, and examining the world around you more closely. Outside the newbie lands, quests may not be discussed by mandate of Divine law, and they become increasingly difficult to complete. Sometimes greeting the denizens is not enough; you may need to ask them about specific things or people you have noticed.
+'''Questing''' in Achaea almost always involves some type of denizen. Quests can be as simple as locating an item and delivering it to the proper denizen, or so complex that it takes many real-time days or weeks to puzzle out. You can find quests in just about every area in Achaea.
+The quests in Minia, Lodi, and Mount Gheladan are relatively easy to complete. This is to help get you acclimated to the realm while teaching valuable lessons on how things work.
+In many cases, starting a quest is easy. First, you GREET <denizen> or say something about quests, like "Do you have any quests for me?" Sometimes you may need to ask denizens about specific things or people you have noticed. Then they offer you a quest. When you answer in the affirmative (either spoken or with an emote), the quest will be added to your quest log. [http://www.achaea.com/game/helpview/achaea/questlog HELP QUEST LOG] tells more about this handy feature.
-In addition to these localized quests, honours quests may stretch across large areas of the land. Honours quests are often extremely difficult to solve and are far beyond the scope of this guide. When you complete an honours quest, an appropriate line is added to your HONOURS page (thus the name ''honours quests'') so others may view your impressive deeds.
+Some Achaean quests are far more difficult and complex than others. They may involve many steps, travel across great distances, careful timing, very dangerous situations, and so forth. These are sometimes referred to as [[honours]] quests, because those who successfully complete them will receive lasting recognition in the form of an honours line.
 =Making gold=