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:Dying is something to be expected during your first days in Wurm Online – so don’t be worried. You will lose a small percentage of your current skills (which aren’t very high yet anyway), and some of your inventory items will be missing. They remain with [[Death#Your_corpse|your corpse]] and can be retrieved later. The items are safe for quite a while; nobody will be able to take them as long as the corpse is lying on the ground – typically about 2 real days. When you die, a window will appear asking you where you want to respawn. You always have the option to respawn at the starter town, and – if you dropped your [[starter tent]] somewhere – near your tent. That’s why it is a good idea to drop your tent if you are staying at a place far from a starter town for a while. It is also possible tostart to start over with nothing.<br><br>

:You may have noticed that your water and food bar are slowly decreasing while you play Wurm Online. Don’t be worried too much: you cannot die from hunger or thirst! However, having full bars is always a good thing, because the lower they are the slower you will regain stamina. Drinking water regularly is more important than keeping your food level up, because your body is able to “fast” several times if you become too hungry. “[[Fasting]]” will restore your food bar (while lowering your nutrition value; but you don’t have to worry about that for the time being). Getting water is easy: just find a well or fountain, or go to the sea coast or any lake shore and drink! (Yes, you can even drink sea water!) Getting food is a bit more difficult. You can either [[forage]] for vegetables or berries (which are not very nutritious), go [[fishing]] , or try to cook a simple meal from fresh meat (look for animal corpses) and vegetables, using a campfire.<br><br>

:Later on, when your skills have increased, you will be able to ride horses or and drive carts. For now, you will probably just walk! (Technically, even as a new player you could ride a cow – but they are pretty slow.) There is no “magical” way of fast travelling in Wurm Online, so: no teleporting. One exception: When you decide to join an existing village, you will have a one-time option to teleport to that place. For travelling you can use your in-game map to see what the area looks like (press “M” to open it), but on the official Wurm forums you will find a “community map” of your server, which is a lot more detailed and offers a great deal of information.<br><br>

:Using abandoned vehicles, like carts, wagons , and boats, may seem tempting. However, it is actually very risky. As you are not the owner and don't have permissions for that vehicle you may easily get into trouble. When you happen to disembark the vehicle inside another player's settlement you will usually be unable to embark again and the vehicle will become useless. In these situations you will also lose everything you loaded into the vehicle, as well as any animals you hitched to it - unless you can contact the owner of the settlement and ask him to help you. Therefore you are strongly advised against using abandoned vehicles! '''''Never use an abandoned cart, wagon, or boat.''''' <br><br>

:You activate your hatchet by double-clicking the hatchet in your inventory, right-click a tree and select “Cut down”. Repeat this until the tree falls and you see a “felled tree” on the ground before you. In order to use its wood (for the creation of wooden planks, for example) you must then chop the felled tree and produce wooden logs by using your hatchet on the felled tree. Please note: “Activating” a tool is not the same as “equipping”. Tools to be used in crafting must always be “activated” (by double-clicking), whereas weapons, clothing, pieces of armour , or jewelry are “equipped” (using the right-click menu).<br><br>

:The information in this short overview is brief and probably far from sufficient to answer all of your questions. Therefore, you are encouraged to use [https://www.wurmpedia.com "this Wurmpedia"], an extensive and informative Wiki about Wurm Online. You can also press “H” in game to open a “Help window”. Type anything you want information about (for example "deed”) and you will see an abstract of the corresponding Wurmpedia article. Please use Wurmpedia frequently! Questions about the game and its rules and mechanics can also be asked in the “CA HELP” chat tab. Usually community assistants and other players will be present to answer your questions! There is also the "Book of Wisdom" which contains useful information about the game. It is available through the Notifications window. Open the main menu by pressing "Esc" or "o", select "Hud Settings", and click on "Notifications". Then click on the book icon at the bottom of the window.<br><br>