== Creating an Account ==
The first thing you want to do is to create a valid account. To do this, go to the [http://www.wurmonline.com/ Wurmonline webpage] and click Register (it's free). You will be asked for a Player character name and gender and an email address. Up to five Characters can share the same email address. Please note that the playername Charactername can only contain Alphabetic characters and no spaces. All letters in the name but the first one will be in lowercase.
You will then receive an email to the email address you supplied, in which there will be a completion link that will take you to the page where you choose your password and Challenge challenge phrase. Once this step is complete, you may start the game by going back to the main webpage and clicking the '[http://www.wurmonline.com/client/wurmclient.jnlp Click here to play now!]' image.
You must have the latest Java platform installed on your system to play Wurm Online. You may get Java [http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_xpi.jsp here.]
After starting Wurm you see the login screen, where you enter your character's Name and Password. Also check "I agree to the terms". Then click on the ''Play'' button.
Your character will [[Spawning|spawn]] inside a tutorial in [[Golden Valley (server)|Golden Valley]].
== Movement and windows ==