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So there There is plenty to do before that reaching the 20 cap means that you have done it on allskills. And along Along the way you always have the chance to make some cash working for another player. === Prayer === 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 ingame cash by praying at an [[altar]].
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== What To Do? ==
The purpose of this guide is to help you get through your first 24 hours of ingame time by providing you with a base in the game, your own place. What you find here is pretty much what most experienced players would tell you bit by bit.
Hopefully, by the time you complete this, you will have an inkling of what can be possible in the game and some ideas of your own about where to take it from there.
=== Preliminaries ===
== And, of course, money! ==
Money is a great luxury in Wurm just like it is in the real world. With money you can buy much better equipment, or save yourself the time and difficulty of building a boat. You can buy the land you live on and safeguard yourself against wild animals and 'destructive ' players. Most players are destructive by accident rather than by intention but its nice to know that someone cannot accidently cause you extra work by digging or building where you would prefer they should not.
You can exist in and enjoy the game on a basic account. Its a bit restrictive with its 20 skill cap but not so limiting that you cannot get a lot of great fun out of playing. There are hundreds of things to make and many many skills to develop.
=== The Reward Tool ===
As a premium player with high skill, the potential to make money selling your handiwork to other players is much greater. You can become financially self sufficient inside the game without spending real money. Its difficult but its been done by many hard working, perseverant players.
= What Now? =
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 walkthrough 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 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, thats 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 not vital but it is nice to have. So maybe you want to consider which of your skills you can develop to get you some work from other players. See [[Finding Work]].
= Final Advice =
You will see the occasional post in the forums saying something like "This game is boring", "it sux", Its all grind".
These posts are written by two types of people:
The first type you will have come across in real life. They sit staring out the window saying they are bored and doing nothing about it. They want everyone else to do everything for them and, left to their own devices, they do nothing and bore themselves to tears. If thats you, byeee!
The second type is more mature but makes the forgiveable 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 focussed 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 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 playing, just the same as can happen in any other game.
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.
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