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 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.
-=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.
+Gold sovereigns are the global currency of Achaea. With gold, you can buy most anything essential to life, such as food, clothing, weapons, and other trinkets. Making gold is never as easy as spending it is, however. Some easy methods of making gold are [[ratting]], catching [[butterflies]], [[fishing]], and completing [[quests]] (as explained in detail above).
-==Ratting==
+*'''Ratting''' ''(see also: [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=RATTING HELP RATS])''
-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.
+:The cities of Achaea (excepting Eleusis) are infested with rats. Should you slay these rats you can sell their corpses to any of the [[ratmen]]. As a reward for keeping the city clean you will be rewarded with some gold for each rat you return.
-==Butterflies==
+*'''Butterfly catching''' ''(see also: [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=BUTTERFLIES HELP 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.
+:Perhaps the most well-known method of making gold is that of butterfly catching. Simply obtain a net from [[Vellis]] in [[Minia]], and start hunting for butterflies. Instead of killing them, however, you must WIELD your NET, and attempt to CATCH the BUTTERFLY. Two locations where butterflies are well known to reside are Minia and the [[Savannah]]. Once you are finished, bring your net back to Vellis and GIVE it to him. He will reward you with gold for each butterfly you have caught. Some butterflies are harder to catch than others, and are worth more gold.
-==Quests==
+*'''Fishing''' ''(see also: [http://www.achaea.com/irex/helpview/help.php?q=FISHING HELP FISHING])''
-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, while potentially lucrative, requires practice and a great deal of patience. Your skill at fishing depends greatly on your experience in the [[Survival]] skill: the more Survival you know, the more successful you may be at the various fishing actions. It may not seem appealing at first, but as you progress it will become more interesting as you learn to fish properly and efficiently.
-==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=