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=== The Reward Tool ===
Or you can look at [[The Reward Tool]] which is accessible, [[http://shop.wurmonline.com/WurmWeb/index.jsp here]], and earn yourself some in-game pocket money.
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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
To be very honest, praying is a very laborious way to make money. But you can, if you have lots of time to spare, make a very small amount of in-game cash by praying at an [[altar]].
=== Premium ===
I hope this guide has helped get you started with a lot less confusion than can be the case. As I said, Wurm is a game of limitless possibilities where you really need to set you own goals, but I hope it has helped you get an idea of what you can do by having a structured walk-through of how to get going.
At this point , many people, though, do seem to feel a bit at a loss. What's next?
Look around the are area you have set yourself up in and think about what you can do with it. Expanding your homestead is a great way to enjoy the game and explore more of its possibilities.
Ask yourself what you have most enjoyed so far. Be it smithing or carpentry, housebuilding or terraforming, that's 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? Its It's not vital but it is nice to have. So maybe Perhaps you may want to consider which of your skills you can develop in order to get you score some work from other players. See [[Finding Work]].
= Final Advice =
The second type is more mature but makes the forgivable mistake of getting so into the game that they burn themselves out. They grind for hours to get the next point of skill and forget that Wurm is a game. I have done this myself, set myself some enormous goal and focused entirely on that one thing till I was so sick of doing the same thing for hour after hour of game time that I had to quit the game for a month or three just to recharge my batteries.
Wurm is about having fun and having the chance to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Always remember to set yourself realistic, achievable goals or you will honestly just get sick of playingmay encounter frustrations, just the same as can happen in any other gameor in real life.
When you begin to find that what you have been doing is getting tedious, cut yourself some slack and jump out of the rut before you get into it. A change '''is''' as good as a rest, so change your focus and try a new skill or go exploring or just take a break from the game and go watch TV or something.
= Caveats =
* Be patient. Wurm is can be a difficult game at the start beginning, but the great rewards are there for the perseverantwill come to those who persist.
* Do not destroy roads or public pathways. Both premium players with deeds and GM's can enforce penalties against destructive players. Digging within one tile of a road may damage it.
* Don't steal stuff (its a right click menu option). Doing this usually means you will be attacked by guards in or near the area.
Author: [[User:Tritus|Tritus]]
=Further reading=
:[[Your first days in Wurm Online]]
:[[Basic Knowledge]]<br>
:[[Wurmians_starter_guide|Wurmians Starter Guide]]<br><br>
[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Babel/W]]
