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= What Do I Do ? =
*60 mins. Go find a flat spot to practice digging and get your Digging skill to at least 10, preferably 15. Just dig 2 dirt, drop them, repeat - until your skill is high enough. This may take an hour or so but is going to be invaluable almost anywhere you are starting up. You can dig on any slope that is 3x your skill or less. 15 is mostly a great starting skill but takes a bit longer than 10.
*15 mins. Find some clay (its a type of tile on the ground), Dig some up and make a [[Clay Jarclay jar]] and a [[Clay Bowlclay bowl]].
*30 mins. Find a place you can cut down trees and chop one down. Make a [[Mallet]], 4 or 5 [[Kindling]], and grab 2 logs or 40 kilograms of wood scraps.
*25 mins. This will take a while and is strenuous so make sure you top up on food first. Head to the nearest open mine, preferably one with a forge built in. Mine 20 [[iron ore]].
Cut down a tree and make 4 [[plank]].
Decide which of the tiles around the edge of your flat area is easiest to get to (its usually the one that used to be the lowest one) and, using your Mallet, right click that tile and plan a 1 tile building on that spot. (Read the guide on how to [[Guides:Build Househouse|Build a house]])
You will need a door on the '''outer''' edge of your flat space and a door leading to the '''inside''' of your 3x3 space.
Make 10 [[shaft]] from your felled tree logs and, with a Mallet activated and carrying 10 [[small nail]], plan [[Wooden wooden fence]]s around the outside of your space. (Your shack and its two doors will be the gate to the inside)
Then you should make [[string of cloth]] and then you should make a [[fishing rodpole]] or [[fine fishing rod]]. You should make as many of these as you can from your first lump of cotton.
Always Fish fish, then Repair repair your rod , then Fish fish again. Fishing rods are easily damaged but can feed you for months if you take care of them.
== Established ==
First, read all of these: [[Useful links for beginners | New Player Guides ]]
It is vital to understand how to cook! High skill is not necessary but you do need to make sure you read the various cooking guides. [[Casserole]] is recommended for the new player since it tends to decay more slowly and has reasonable nutrition value.
*A [[hammer]] is vital. Mine 10 ore and attempt several of these until you get lucky and complete one on the first attempt. You can use this to attempt to complete the others.
*Without a [[stone chisel]] you cannot make bricks or improves forges or ovens. Again, its easiest to make one by making several attempts.
*To smith well you will also need a [[whetstone]]. Your Stone Chisel stone chisel will help you make one.*For most carpentry and smithing skills you will need a [[pelt]] to refine and polish what you make. These are acquired by [[Butcheringbutchering]] various types of animal, rats and dogs being ideal for inexperienced fighters.
*For more advanced carpentry, normally essential if you want a [[bed]] and other nice perks, you should have a [[file]]. Again make several attempts until you get lucky and make one that is complete on the first attempt.
*Now improve all your tools. Bad tools make your life harder.
* 20 Smithing - invaluable skill but get your mining higher before you dedicate yourself to raising this one
* 20 Masonry - may seem not so important but a ql 20 forge is so much better than a campfire - this skill can really work wonders - at higher levels its awesome. Raise it by making walls and improving your [[Forge]], [[Oven]] and [[Coffin]]s
* 20 Fine Carpentry - not a great skill in many ways but spamming and imping barrels means you can make good ql [[practice doll]]'s (these are good for [[fighting skill]]skill) and you will have a much easier job of making a [[bed]]
* 8 Fighting - it helps you survive but this skill is very hard to raise - use a QL 1 shaft on practice doll at the start
* Animal Taming - its fun and eventually the animals you gain as pets can be awesome - but this is not a priority skill
Ask yourself what you have most enjoyed so far. Be it smithing or carpentry, housebuilding or terraforming, your particular area of enjoyment is always a good place to focus on developing your skills and getting more fun out of leaving your mark on the face of Wurm.
Do you want to make cash? It's not vital but it is nice to have. Perhaps you may want to consider which skills you can develop in order to score some work from other players. See [[Finding Work]].
= Final Advice =
