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{{guide}}This guide takes 1 to 3 hours to complete. Upon completion you will have a powerful collection of tools resources and skills to either begin your own settlement or become a powerful skilled monster slayer.
==Part 1: Gear up!==
You may find it helpful to stick around the starting [[settlement]] for your first few hours. Use the [[spirit guard]]s for protection, and the [[bartenders]] for [[food]]. Also, there is often [[clay]], [[iron]] and water nearby.
===Xanadu Update===
In some cases, on the new Xanadu server, it may be difficult to find water sources. In light of this, it is more than ever a good idea to stay near the bartender in your starting settlement. Although you cannot die directly of thirst in Wurm, being dehydrated can drastically reduce your stamina recharge rate, which can be deadly when fleeing from hostile creatures.
Currently, the best strategy for survival on Xanadu, aside from [http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/forum/177-recruitment-x/ joining experienced players in a village], is to follow this guide as best as possible within a 5 minute walk from your starting settlement.
===Starter kit===
Some of the gear you start with will just weigh you down early on (see [[encumbered]]). Open a [[bank]] account at the [[token]] and deposit the following:
*[[rakeRake]]*[[backpackBackpack]]*[[toolbeltToolbelt]]*[[birchwood Medium wooden shield]]
===10kg of wood===
*Also, collect about 6kg of [[wood scrap]] or logs. (use this as fuel for a fire in the next step)
===Clay Jars===[[Clay Jarjar]]s===Clay Jars can be used to carry drinking water.
*Find out where the nearest [[clay]] is, and dig clay until your [[digging]] skill gets to 5 or 10, this will also improve your [[body strength]].
**press F2 and check out what your [[Body Strength]] is. The maximum weight in kg you can carry is equal to 2 times your Body Strength, before taking a 25% walking speed penalty. (3.5 x Body Strength) results in a 75% speed penalty.
===Get some iron===
*Mine [[rock stone shards]] from a [[cave wall]] until your [[mining]] skill is 5 or 10. This will also improve your body strength.
*Mine an [[iron vein]] 5, or 15 times. (15 if you cannot find a public [[large anvil]]).
*create a [[campfire]], if no [[forge]] exists, and make the following:
*[[seeds]] (to start a farm)
*[[rope]] to catch stray cow or horse if you are lucky enough to find one.
===More options for getting coin!===
There are two further alternatives for getting coins.
First and foremost, you can "Sell" items to tokens through activating them and right clicking the token. This will award you 1 base iron coin and then another additional one per 10 quality levels of the item you are selling (1 + 1 * (QL / 10)).
* Corpses are always 100 QL, and will award you 11 iron each.
* You can sell for a max of 5 copper coins per hour. This is a low amount, but a guaranteed income.
*'''CAUTION''' The item you have active when selling will irreversibly be removed from your person. '''BE VERY SURE YOU WANT TO SELL THE ITEM YOU ARE SELLING'''.
Secondly, there is also the alternative to [[forage]], [[botanize]], or kill mobs for the rare chance to get coins upon completing the action or the kill. The denominations you can receive is 1 copper, 5 copper, 20 copper or 1 silver.
The upside of this is obviously the immense short term gains, but the downside is that there are absolutely no guarantees that it will happen at all.
* Chance of this happening is based on the [[Rarity system]], and chances can be improved by raising the Enchantment bonus of the village you are a part of.
* "Domesticated" animals (animals with blue outlines) have a higher chance to grant coins on kill.
==Part 2: Embark on your adventure==
Do not attempt to kill a [[wild boar]], [[anaconda|snake]] or [[unicorn]] these three are deceptivly strong and very dangerous '''if provoked'''.
Once you have a fight skill of 5 or 10 you can try more challenging game. If you are losing a battle, retreat into the nearest lake, most animals in Wurm cant can't swim. Also, you can call [[tower guard]]s by entering "guards!" in local chat.
If you want more practice you can train your skills, by chopping down trees with your weapon. This will damage your weapon, but you will fighting gain weapon experience. Also, see [[practice doll]] for becoming a better fighter.
===Settle Down===
*[[Peat]] is good for fueling fires.
But, [[Water]], [[Iron]] , and [[Trees]] are the most critical. See also: [[Prospect]]
====A quick house====
