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Hit F2 on your keyboard to show a list of your skills. There are 4 main categories in this window, [[characteristics]], [[religion]], [[Category:Skills|skills category]] and spell effects. The characteristic subskills are values representing the current state of your body, mind and soul, for instance, to be able to attack anything, your body characteristic must be at least 1.5, or you will be too weak. Each sub-characteristic is again divided into several under-under characteristics, which has their own functions. For instance, the maximum amount of weight you can carry is determined by your body strength.

Religion skills consist of 3 things, [[faith]], [[favour ]] and [[alignment]]. Alignment basically says whether you are good or evil, this is determined by the actions you do. Some [[gods ]] won’t accept your [[Praying|prayers ]] if you are evil for instance. Faith is a measure of how much your chosen gods like you, e.g. how much power they bestow in you. Faith is increased by praying at an altar dedicated to your chosen god, although it is capped at 30 for players who does not wish to become [[priest|priests]]. Priests are dedicated to following the will of their gods, and as thus, a priest has the ability to cast his or her god’s [[Category:Spells|spell ]] at the cost of favour. Favor is the equivalent of mana in many other role playing games. Favor is only regained over time once used, so it should be used wisely.

The [[Category:Skills|skills category ]] is by far the most interesting. It lists all the skills you have discovered, as well as a number representing your expertise within that skill. As your skills increase you will find that the various tasks in the game becomes easier, and you will make better and better items. Skills decay over time, as well as when you die, so take good care, your skills are the most valuable thing you have. Due to the skill decay, it is important to specialize if one wants to have high skills, as they will otherwise slowly decay.

Spell effects, or “buffs” “[[:WikiPedia:Buff (MMORPG terminology)|buffs]]” as they are known in other games, are temporary magical effects that affect your character.

The inventory menu contains 2 things, your body and your [[inventory]]. Your inventory is where you carry the items you start with, create and pick up. Your body is where your equipped items are placed, as well as where wounds will be located when you take damage. If you click the + next to your body you will see your various body parts, as well as what they contain of wounds or equipment. The “Active:” on the bottom shows which tool or item you are currently using. To activate an item, double left-click on it.<br style="clear:both;"/>

Underneath the white text are 3 coloured bars. The green one is your stamina bar and tells you how much energy you have left to do actions. When you perform an action, your [[stamina ]] will go down and you will need to wait for it to recharge before you do another action, or the action will take much longer to finish. Tired people work slower. The speed with which your stamina bar recharges is determined by your food and water bars, the orange and blue ones underneath the stamina bar. You can refill your water bar by drinking water from a [[Water tiles|tile with water on it]], or from a container in your inventory. The food bar is refilled by eating, how to get food is explained later in the tutorial.

The Event chat is, as mentioned, where you receive information from the game. If you fail or succeed an action, get attacked or the server is shutting down, this is where you can find the information. The buttons underneath it are used for toggling your status. “Climbing” “[[Climbing]]” will enable you to go up steep slopes, but it will heavily reduce your stamina, and you can not regain stamina while climbing. [[Faithful ]] allows you to do actions that your god frowns upon, although you will lose some faith from it. When [[Lawful ]] is activated, it will prevent you from doing illegal things. If you go unlawful, you can steal items, but be warned, guards do not like thieves.

You move using the WSAD keys, and turn around by holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse. Pretty simple there. When you first start out in Wurm, you will be in [[Newtown]]. Newtown is a town owned by the game [[developers]], and is a safe haven for new players, but as soon as you leave Newtown you must be wary of the many [[creatures ]] that inhibit the lands of Wurm. The most fearsome beast you are likely to encounter is the huge spider, a threat that will tear you apart in a matter of seconds. If you get attacked by an animal, flee across flat land or up/down/across a not very steep slope (using the W key and/or a combination of W+A or W+D keys). Caution: Some animals such as [[Large Rat|rats ]] and [[Brown Bear|bears ]] can swim! Most other types of [[animals ]] will stop chasing you once you have entered the water for a few tiles (this depends somewhat upon how deep the water is). By the way, don't worry about drowning because your character will auto-swim if the water is to too deep for you to walk. Village guards will attack and kill most aggressive creatures that enter deeded land so if you can make it into a deeded area (such as New Town) you should be safe.