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You start meditatingAfter the v1.1 patch a new difficulty check was added:
"You fall ''** Minimum time from the start of the path to that level. Doesn`t take server off-line time and skill needed into a tranceaccount."''
*A sense of hopelessness suddenly strikes.*Are they after you?*Can you picture a situation where could you kill someone?*Do you know anyone who has not had a tainted childhood?*Is it really the same river the next time you step into it?*Is there a physical representation of chance?*Isn't life really pretty disgusting?*Should you accept when someone destroys what you love?*The light in a drop of water.*The sky lifts your heart.*The thought of the highest mountain makes your mind wander.*The thought that someone is watching strikes you.*The image of a small baby surrounded by snakes comes to mind.'*The vision of slow flowing rivers calms your mind.*This place reminds you of home for some reason.*What makes trees grow?*When? When when when?*Which path should you choose today?*Who was that?*You consider the wind and the places it goes.*You decide not to breathe at all. Does the future already exist?*You envision fire along the horizon. Dark clouds Levels above.*You feel the Earth and what walks 16 go on it*You feel like laughing like a donkey.*You focus on breathing.*You listen to the wind.*You ponder the minersinfinity(ish), digging deep in with the darkness same requirements of the mountains18 days between.*You think about how people can torture each other and who decides who will live and who will die.*You think about hurricanes and volcanoes and how it would feel Higher levels reduce to be one.*You think about rain.*You think about sunshine.*You think about the craftsmencooldown timers, tinkering and toiling.*You think about the sea and the creatures that swim in it.*You think of aggression and violence.*You think of all the people that decide your fate.*You try to clear your mind.*You try to recall all the faces you have met.*You try to think of nothing here.*You wonder how far you can go.*Where does my soul live as I leave my body?*When you judge and limit someone, does that limit you as well?like Recall home being reduced by 1 hour for each level above 12
'''== Path of Knowledge tiles'''Bonuses ==*Do you often lie or take chances when you are asked to speak?*Should you trust someone more because the person sounds more convincing?*What lies All meditation paths have you been told this week?*What would you do if you possessed most knowledge in the world?*You envision yourself teaching to the masses.*You think a number of the things powerful bonuses that interest you most.*You think of the various ways people become the best are unlocked at something and whether you should adopt some styledifferent levels.*You try to recall if someone said that the gods don't play dice.*You wonder how you would study and learn Path bonuses are unlocked when your level on a book of lies.*You wonder if it path is possible to find knowledge that in no possible situation would save lives.*You wonder if at (or higher than) the future exists but we only see parts of it like a mountainrange.*You wonder if there is something really interesting out there that you haven't heard of.*You wonder if time can move backwards somehow.*You wonder what you would say if you got to tell the whole world one sentence of truthminimum level required.
After 1 or more meditations on ===Holy Sites===Players can receive a special tile map of a dialog box shows up. This allows you to start a path[[Holy site]] from meditating, but only on those actions that could possibly give skill.
''Generally found in mines;You start meditating. :Appears at start of meditation. You start meditating, obviously.
=== Path of knowledge ===;You fail to relax. :Appears after meditating for five seconds. You failed starting your meditation, try again.
'''1st ;You fall into a trance. (Waiting Message''') :Appears after meditating for five seconds. Your attempt is successful. Do not move or you will interrupt the action.
As you meditate upon these things you realize that there is a pattern of thinking that you can try to follow;You finish your meditation. If this path contains :Appears at the truth or simply the figment end of someones imagination, you do not knowa successful meditation. Nonetheless, it Additional messages may pose an interesting challenge. Do you wish to embark on the philosophical journey of the path of knowledge? If you answer yes, you will be challenged by the selected path as you visit more places like this one and mediatealso appear.
'''2nd Message''';This is indeed a special place. :Appears at the end of a successful meditation. You have found a special tile that belongs to a path. There is no message on special tiles of the path of insanity.
If ;You decide to start pursuing the insights of the path of knowledge contains the truth or simply is [...] :Appears at the figment end of someones imagination, a successful meditation and if you do not knowchoose "yes" in a path dialog (see above). Nonetheless, ;You feel that it poses an interesting challengewill take you a while before you are ready to meditate again. You can gain skill from meditating again in <amount of time>. The following question springs :You have used your 5 meditating skill attemps or some extra attempt after them, and must wait <amount of time> for another chance to mind:get skill.
What ;You gain no inspiration here for your own path. :Appears at the end of a successful meditation. You were meditating on a special tile that is knowledge?on a path other than the one you have chosen or that you previously used for leveling at your own path.
*Everything I ;You have seen*Lies are hard time to focus and no question comes to you. You probably need higher meditation skill. :You need more meditating skill if you want to get the truth*Commonly accepted facts*Information that I have accepted as a fact*Applied experiencequestion.
If you choose the wrong answer you get the message ";You don't feel that sense of revelationneed to find deeper mysteries in order to advance your skill in meditation now. The answer is probably too obvious:You need to join a path in order to gain more meditating skill."
'''Leaving ;You still need to let your recent progress sink in for a few hours / several hours / many hours / days / more than a week / a few weeks. :Appears at the end of a successful meditation. You get this message after meditating on a special tile if you are following a path but must still wait until the next path'''question.
If you have chosen ;You recently left a path, you now have cult and need to contemplate the option Nature -> Leave changes for another X hours and Y minutes before embarking on a new philosophical journey. :Appears after leaving a path. This brings up a dialog that says: "Select quit You must wait 24 hours before switching meditation paths. === Waiting Messages ===The decision has been made to stop following remove this pathspoiler. The result is immediate It only takes away surprise and interest from the feature and dramatic"should not be re-added. ==Skills & Characteristics==* [[Nature]] > Meditating* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]
→Path Management and Advancement: removed rumours.
== Meditation ==
===The Basics===To meditate, use drop a [[:Category:Meditating rugs|meditation rug]]on the ground, right click it, and choose "Nature -> Meditate". Skill builds Due to the flatness of the rug models, it is recommended to 20 use them in a container you place on all tilesthe ground, after that such as a bucket, to enable easier pickup. The earliest you have to can join a meditation [[Meditating#Starting_and_Following_a_Path|path ]] is at 15 Meditation skill. You can wait to get join until 20 Meditation skill, but you will not be able to gain further skillgainskill past 20 without joining a path.
== Messages =Skill Training===Skill can be gained on any tile, but you have to move at least 10 tiles away from the tile that you meditated on previously. A successful meditation only occurs after completing the two minute meditation timer. You will not necessarily gain skill on every meditation. Below 20 meditation skill, there is '''no time limit''' between skill gains. You only have to move 10 tiles between meditations. A popular method is to drop a rug on the first tile and a second rug on the 11th tile of a path and to move between the two rugs. Another one is to patrol the perimeter of an 11x11 box and to meditate on each corner. Above 20 meditation skill, the chances to gain skill are limited to a few per day: * First 5 meditations need to be at least 30 minutes apart* After your fifth meditation, the wait timer will change from 30 minutes to 3 hours. The message ''You feel that it will take you a while before you are ready to meditate again. You can gain skill from meditating again in <amount of time>.'' indicates the longer wait time.* Every 24 hours, counting from a server's restart time, the timers reset to the 30 minute wait. Example:: Assume the server was restarted at 12:00 and you start meditating right away. The first 5 meditations can be done at 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30 and 14:00. The next ones must be at least 3 hours past the previous one and are available at 17:00, 20:00 and 23:00. After getting some [[sleep bonus]] you continue to meditate at 8:00 and 11:00. At 12:00, 24 hours after the server restart the minimum spacing returns to 30 minutes again. The meditation timer resets every day at the same hour that the last server reset was, and you can check when that is by typing /uptime. You do not lose a chance (nor do you get any meditation skill) if you meditate before the wait time is up, or if you meditate within 10 tiles of the previous meditation spot. If you are eligible to gain skill (i.e. you waited long enough and moved 10 tiles), then you will use up a chance to meditate, and will have a random chance to gain meditation skill. Your chance at gaining skill on a given meditation depends on the quality of your meditation rug, although the type of rug used appears to be irrelevant for skill gain. At lower levels, a ratio of about 50% can be reached. Around 70 meditation skill, the highest ratio has been about 40%. (These ratios have been reached with a rug in the range of 20-30 quality.) If you get particularly unlucky, it is possible that you won't gain any skill in one or two days. However, if the ratio over at least 10-20 tries is way below the above examples, then you should try changing the quality of your meditation rug. As a general rule of thumb, as you gain skill, you should lower the quality of your meditation rug to increase the difficulty of the meditation action and raise your chance of a skill tick occurring. == Path Management and Advancement == === Starting and Following a Path === On certain tiles, there can be a pop-up after finishing meditating that allows you to start a path. There are five paths that a player may follow. They are as follows: The [[Path of Knowledge|Path of Knowledge]] The [[Path of Power|Path of Power]] The [[Path of Insanity|Path of Insanity]] The [[Path of Love|Path of Love]] The [[Path of Hate|Path of Hate]]. To join a path you need to have at least 15 meditating skill. However, even if you start a path at 15 meditating skill the meditating limitation of one meditation per 30 minutes for skill does not apply until you reach 20 skill. Once you are on the path, a title will appear next to your name, similar to the [[champion player|champion]] title. Each step of the path brings a new title. At each step, you must wait for an increasing amount of time before you can advance to the next step on the path. Times between steps are shown in the section on Titles below. You can only follow 1 path. The message you get to start each path seems to take the following form: "As you meditate upon these things you realize that there is a pattern of thinking that you can try to follow. If this path contains the truth or simply the figment of someone's imagination, you do not know. Nonetheless, it may pose an interesting challenge. Do you wish to embark on the philosophical journey of the path of X? If you answer yes, you will be challenged by the selected path as you visit more places like this one and meditate.". Answering yes will make you an adherent of that particular path, with the title of Uninitiated. For the subsequent questions of each path, the dialog starts as follows: "If the path of X contains the truth or simply is the figment of someone's imagination, you do not know. Nonetheless, it poses an interesting challenge. The following question springs to mind", and is then followed by a new question with five possible [[Meditating answers|answers]]. The further along a path you are, the harder it becomes to get the question dialogs to appear. The chance to receive a question is determined by your meditation skill, your path level, and the quality of the rug you are using. '''If you fail to receive a question, you can simply keep meditating on the same special tile until you succeed; there is no need to move elsewhere or wait for 30 minutes.''' If you get a question wrong, the delay timer resets and you must wait out the full period over again. For example if you choose wrongly on the level 4 question, you have to wait another 6 days (real time) before you can try again. === Leaving a Path === If you have chosen a path, you now have the option Nature -> Leave path. This brings up a dialog that says: "Select quit to stop following this path. The result is immediate and dramatic". If you select Quit, you get this message: "You decide to stop pursuing the path of knowledge." You do not lose any meditating skill if you leave your path. However, you do lose all progress in the path and any path powers you have gained. You must wait 24 hours before joining a meditation path after leaving one: "You recently left a cult and need to contemplate the changes for another [cooldown time remaining] before embarking on a new philosophical journey." ===Path Leaders=== Once you have reached level 3 in your chosen path, you will have a new option Nature -> Path leaders. This brings up a dialog that says "You consider the local leaders of the path:". "Local" here means the server you are currently on. Once you reach level 4, your own name becomes eligible to appear on this list. You will need to be on the list to use the Light Path option for others. ===Enlightenment=== Leaders in paths are able to Enlighten others who are exactly three levels below the leader's current level. For example, a level 9 can advance a level 6 to level 7. A player can be enlightened 7 days after their last path advancement, regardless of level or regular wait time. You will not need to move or wait if the attempt fails, but multiple attempts may be necessary. There is a one minute cool-down between attempts, and a difficulty check will affect success chance (see end of this section). Simple instructions:*Leader activates a [[meditation rug]]*Student types /invitations*Leader right-clicks the student and looks for the ''Light Path'' option*Leader repeats this attempt until the student gets the path question dialog window that we're used to seeing for path advances*There is a one minute cool-down for enlightenment after every attempt. Example of successful enlightenment:<br> * Path leader: [12:07:16] STUDENT needs to type in the command /invitations. [12:07:27] You attempt to light the path for STUDENT. [12:07:27] You ask STUDENT a question. she seems to think hard. [12:07:58] STUDENT has reached the level of Goodhearted of the path of love! * Student: [12:07:24] You will now accept invitations to change kingdom and religion. [12:07:27] TEACHER asks you a question. [12:07:58] You think 'Sounds about right' [12:07:58] Congratulations! You have now reached the level of Goodhearted of the path of love! * Failure (Path leader). If you get those messages just retry after waiting 1 minute: [12:07:20] You attempt to light the path for <Player>. [12:07:20] <Player> does not grasp the question. he needs to meditate more.* Failure (Student). If you get those messages just retry after waiting 1 minute: <Player> asks you a very confusing question. You do not understand it and need to contemplate more. After a successful path enlightenment the leader cannot do it again for 7 days.
Rolf: it's not a skill requirement per se but there's a difficulty check
Rolf: like level you try to achieve *10 or so
Rolf: increasing meditation skill will increase chances yes
== Path Levels =='''Failed attempt'A note to further make clear the timing for path advancement:''<br><br>The information in the "Delay to reach" column refers to the time that must pass in real-life hours or days since you gained your last level in the path.<br><br>Example: When you first convert to a path (represented below as 0 level), you then must wait 12 real-life hours before you can try for level 1. During that 12 hours, you may still meditate as normal for meditating skill gain (even on Path tiles). But when you meditate on a Path tile during this period, you will receive a message that says you "need to let your recent progress sink in" for some period of time before you may progress in the path.*You fail to relax<br><br>Meditation titles can be toggled via a check-box in the /titles command. They appear in your display name in the form of "<character name> the <meditation title>".
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2"
! Level
! Delay to reach !! Total Time to reach** !! Minimum Skill !! [[Path of Knowledge]] Titles !! [[Path of Insanity]] Titles !! [[Path of Power]] Titles !! [[Path of Love]] Titles !![[Path of Hate]] Titles
|-
| 0
| None || None|| 15 || Uninitiated || Uninitiated || Uninitiated || Uninitiated || Uninitiated
|-
| 1
| 12 Hours|| 12 hours || 15 || Initiate || Initiate || Initiate || Initiate || Initiate
|-
| 2
| 1 Day || 1 Day 12 hours || 15 || Eager || Disturbed || Gatherer || Nice || Ridiculous
|-
| 3
| 2 Days || 3 Days 12 hours || 15 || Explorer || Crazed || Greedy || Gentle || Envious
|-
| 4*
| 4.5 Days || 8 Days || 15 || Sheetfolder || Deranged || Strong || Warm|| Hateful
|-
| 5
| 8 Days || 16 Days || 15 || Desertmind || Sicko || Released || Goodhearted || Finger
|-
| 6
| 12.5 Days || 28 Days 12 hours || 20 || Observer || Mental || Unafraid || Giving || Sheep
|-
| 7*
| 18 Days || 46 Days 12 hours || 30 || Bookkeeper || Psycho || Brave || Rock || Snake
|-
| 8
| 18 Days || 64 Days 12 hours || 40 || Mud-dweller || Beast || Performer || Splendid || Shark
|-
| 9*
| 18 Days || 82 Days 12 hours || 50 || Thought Eater || Maniac || Liberator || Protector || Infection
|-
| 10
| 18 Days || 100 Days 12 hours || 60 || Crooked || Drooling || Force || Respectful || Swarm
|-
| 11*
| 18 Days || 118 Days 12 hours || 70 || Enlightened || Gone || Vibrant Light || Saint || Free
|-
| 12*
| 18 Days || 136 Days 12 hours || 80 || 12th Hierophant || 12th Eidolon || 12th Sovereign || 12th Deva || 12th Harbinger
|-
| 13*
| 18 Days || 154 Days 12 hours || 90 || 13th Hierophant || 13th Eidolon || 13th Sovereign || 13th Deva || 13th Harbinger
|-
| 14
| 18 Days || 172 Days 12 hours || 90 || 14th Hierophant || 14th Eidolon || 14th Sovereign || 14th Deva || 14th Harbinger
|-
| 15
| 18 Days || 190 Days 12 hours || 90 || 15th Hierophant || 15th Eidolon || 15th Sovereign || 15th Deva || 15th Harbinger
|-
| 16***
| 18 Days || 208 Days 12 hours || 90 || 16th Hierophant || 16th Eidolon || 16th Sovereign || 16th Deva|| 16th Harbinger
|}
'''Succesfull attempt'* New bonus available at this level, see below for more details''
If your Meditation skill is higher than current level x 15 the cooldown timer will be halved (e.g. If you have higher than 45 Meditation, the time between level 3 and 4 will be 2.25 days instead of 4.5 days.)
Changing path (for instance, by using [[marks]]) will remove any bonuses from your previous meditation path. It is hence not possible to have bonuses from more than one meditation path on one account.
Below is a table of the bonuses for different meditation paths, with links to further information on each bonus.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2"! Level! [[Path of Knowledge#Bonus|Path of Knowledge]] !! [[Path of Insanity#Bonus|Path of Insanity]] !! [[Path of Power#Bonus|Path of Power]] !! [[Path of Love#Bonus|Path of Love]] !! [[Path of Hate#Bonus|Path of Hate]]|-| 4| '[[Path_of_Knowledge#Get_Info_.28Level_1.29|Get Info (Level 1)]]' || '[[Path of Insanity#Clean Wound|Clean Wound]]' || '[[Path of Power#Trap Immunity|Trap Immunity]]'|| 'Others[[Path of Love#Refresh|Refresh]]'|| '[[Path of Hate#Rage|Rage (Level 1)]]'*You recently meditated here and need to find new insights somewhere else.|-You need to move 10 tiles in one direction to meditate again when you get this message.| 7*This is indeed a special place| '[[Path_of_Knowledge#Get_Info_.You have found a special tile that belongs to a path28Level_2.*You decide to start pursuing 29|Get Info (Level 2)]]' || '[[Path of Insanity#Fill|Fill]]','[[Path of Insanity#Shield of the insights Gone|Shield of the path Gone]]' || '[[Path of Power#Erupt/Freeze|Erupt & Freeze]]' || '[[Path of Love#Enchant|Enchant]]' || '[[Path of knowledgeMessage you get if you choose yes in a path dialog Hate#Rage|Rage (see belowLevel 2)]]'|-*You still need to let your progress sink in for several hours| 9After meditating again on a special tile | '[[Path_of_Knowledge#Get_Info_.28Level_3.29|Get Info (after choosing path dialogLevel 3) you get this message on top ]]', [[Path of Knowledge#No skill loss|No skill loss]] || '[[Path of Insanity#Teleport|Teleport]]' || '[[Path of Power#Elemental Immunity|Elemental Immunity]]' || '[[Path of Love#Love Effect|Love Effect]]' || '[[Path of Hate#Fear|Fear]]'|-| 11| '[[Path_of_Knowledge#Intellect of the Enlightened|Intellect of the Enlightened]]' || || '[[Path of Power#Stamina of the recent meditation message. Looks like you can only meditate x times per day on a specific tile.Vibrant Light|Stamina of the Vibrant Light]]' || '[[Path of Love#Healing Hands|Healing Hands]]' || '[[Path of Hate#Spell Immunity|Spell Immunity]]'|-| 12| '[[Path of Knowledge#Recall Home|Recall Home]]' || '[[Path of Insanity#Recall Home|Recall Home]]' || '[[Path of Power#Recall Home|Recall Home]]' || '[[Path of Love#Recall Home|Recall Home]]' || '[[Path of Hate#Recall Home|Recall Home]]'|-| 13| '[[Path of Knowledge#Final Breath|Final Breath]]' || '[[Path of Insanity#Final Breath|Final Breath]]' || '[[Path of Power#Final Breath|Final Breath]]' || '[[Path of Love#Final Breath|Final Breath]]' || '[[Path of Hate#Final Breath|Final Breath]]'|}
== Paths Additional Bonuses ===== Refresh ===There is a small, random chance that your food and water will be filled at the end of a successful meditation, with meditation skill level and rug quality increasing the chance. Your nutrition and CCFP values will be unaffected. You will receive a mini skill increase in meditation regardless of if you get a normal skill increase, but it will stack if you do.
==Messages = Path =;You recently meditated here and need to find new insights somewhere else. :Appears at start of Insanity ===meditation. After a successful meditation on a tile, you need to move 10 tiles in one direction to meditate again or you will not gain any skill. You could still join a path or get the path question, however.
;You should return here when you have become better at meditating. :Appears at the end of a successful meditation. You have found a special tile but do not have the required skill to start following a path.
== [[Titles ]] ==* ?? Guru at 50 skill{{stub}}* Swami at 70 skill* Rama at 90 skill
[[Category:Skills]][[Category:Meditating]][[Category:Babel/M]]
