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Your first order of business is to find [[iron rock]] and [[branch]]es, the more the better. Once you find a rock face, you need to rummage over it.  Rummaging is like foraging but for rock instead of grass, trees, or steppe.  You will likely only turn up two types of items: rock shards (in smaller amounts than you would mine) and iron rock.  You will need both to make your first tool, a [[crude knife]].
 
Your first order of business is to find [[iron rock]] and [[branch]]es, the more the better. Once you find a rock face, you need to rummage over it.  Rummaging is like foraging but for rock instead of grass, trees, or steppe.  You will likely only turn up two types of items: rock shards (in smaller amounts than you would mine) and iron rock.  You will need both to make your first tool, a [[crude knife]].
 
*Go to a large cliff or [[rock tile]] for rummaging
 
*Go to a large cliff or [[rock tile]] for rummaging
**get about 8 iron rocks, and 1 rock shard
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**get about 3 iron rocks, and 20kg [[rock shards]]
 
*Foraging tree tiles have a higher probability of branches
 
*Foraging tree tiles have a higher probability of branches
**get about 12 branches
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**get about 6 branches
  
==Decisions, decisions==
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*Use the [[iron rock]] on the [[rock shards]] to make a [[crude knife]]
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*Use the [[crude knife]] on the [[branches]] to make [[shafts]]
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*Use the [[iron rock]] on the [[rock shards]] to make [[crude pickaxe head]] and [[crude shovel head]]
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*Use the [[shafts]] on the [[crude pickaxe head]] and [[crude shovel head]] to make [[crude shovel]]s [[crude pickaxe]]s
  
Now that you have a crude knife, you can make either a [[crude pickaxe]] or a [[crude shovel]].  Personally, I find the pickaxe to be more useful, but either one can cut down a tree.  Before you start chopping though, be sure it is either a fruit tree or a mature tree.  Why?  Because you can't cut a felled tree into logs!  Not with any of these tools, anyway.  Still, you need to make a mallet, and you will need wood for a fire.
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==Smelting iron==
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*[[mallet]]
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*[[campfire]]
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*[[iron lumps]]
  
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Your going to need a lot more iron rocks, at least 17 (51kg) to make a carving knife and a shovel
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When you melt the iron rocks in a campfire you get .2kg for every 3kg.
  
If you made a crude pickaxe, you can get started prospecting for iron ore.  If you went with a crude shovel, you'll need to rummage for more iron rocks.  Either way, get your hands on some more iron (ore or rocks).  It's time to start making iron tools.
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While the iron rocks are heating up, you need to get about 6 more branches and make shafts, and a [[mallet]]
  
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==Make iron tools==
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*[[small anvil]]
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*[[carving knife]]
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*[[shovel]]
  
==Make some new tools==
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*Combine all of the *hot* lumps into one big [[lump]].
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*Use the mallet on the lump to make a [[small anvil]]
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*use the remaining lump on the small anvil to make a [[carving knife blade]] and a [[shovel blade]]
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*use the knife on the shaft to make a handle
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*attach the handle to the carving knife blade
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*Attach a shaft to the shovel blade
  
From here on out, the only difference between hardcore and normal Wurm is the lack of weapons while you are building your own set of tools and weapons (and armor and whatever else you decide to build). Being able to defend yourself is an undeniable advantage, but tools are far more important to you at this point.  Especially an [[anvil]], a [[pickaxe]], a [[hatchet]], and a [[carving knife]].
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This should be enough to get you going. You will need to get more iron rock for a pickaxe and hatchet, but now you can use the carving knife to make shafts, and the shovel to cut down trees (tip: only cut down mature trees, or fruit trees, you need a hatched to chop up felled trees)
  
Since the anvil must be made first, you need to make a [[mallet]].  This tool is only necessary to make the anvil to begin with, and once the anvil is made, its importance diminishes.  Fortunately, it is easy to make.
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Good luck in the lands of Wurm!
 
 
The hatchet and carving knife seem to me to be the most important tools to make.  You do need to replace the crude pickaxe with a better one as soon as you can, though.  You also need to locate an iron vein to get better quality ore.  Iron rocks are always low QL.  Also, until you make a [[stone chisel]] and find some [[clay]], you will need to smelt your ore in a [[campfire]].  This is much slower than using a [[forge]], but until you have made some basic iron tools, it's all you have.
 
 
 
 
 
This should be enough to get you going.  Good luck in the lands of Wurm!
 

Revision as of 10:03, 21 October 2013

Wurm is designed so that a player can start with nothing, and create every essential and craftable item. No starter gear, no weapons, no tools, just a shirt and pants, not even shoes! Noobs start with a set of starting weapons and tools. These can be lost, or thrown out. Wurm allows that. 'It isn't easy', starting over in Wurm, 'but it is possible'.

If you:

  • Died an lost an essential item
  • Lost everything to raiders on a PVP server
  • Dropped your starter gear and lost it
  • Or you just want a challenge, aka Wurm Hard Mode

then this is for you. This is not for the faint of heart, even more so than Wurm normally is. But if you like a challenge, you may find it rewarding.

Make crude tools

Your first order of business is to find iron rock and branches, the more the better. Once you find a rock face, you need to rummage over it. Rummaging is like foraging but for rock instead of grass, trees, or steppe. You will likely only turn up two types of items: rock shards (in smaller amounts than you would mine) and iron rock. You will need both to make your first tool, a crude knife.

  • Go to a large cliff or rock tile for rummaging
  • Foraging tree tiles have a higher probability of branches
    • get about 6 branches

Smelting iron

Your going to need a lot more iron rocks, at least 17 (51kg) to make a carving knife and a shovel When you melt the iron rocks in a campfire you get .2kg for every 3kg.

While the iron rocks are heating up, you need to get about 6 more branches and make shafts, and a mallet

Make iron tools

  • Combine all of the *hot* lumps into one big lump.
  • Use the mallet on the lump to make a small anvil
  • use the remaining lump on the small anvil to make a carving knife blade and a shovel blade
  • use the knife on the shaft to make a handle
  • attach the handle to the carving knife blade
  • Attach a shaft to the shovel blade

This should be enough to get you going. You will need to get more iron rock for a pickaxe and hatchet, but now you can use the carving knife to make shafts, and the shovel to cut down trees (tip: only cut down mature trees, or fruit trees, you need a hatched to chop up felled trees)

Good luck in the lands of Wurm!