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Now that your weapon and shield are equipped, you can enter combat. [[fighting|Fighting]] covers this rather well. This also points up the difference between equipping and activating (see "Activate a tool" further down)

After combat (with mobs or the terrain) you probably have some wounds. Open your character window. In the center, if it shows a picture of you and what you are wearing, click the drawing of the person on in the upper left corner (still inside the picture box). This will bring up the wounds view, showing a skeleton. If you are healthy, no wounds, the outline around the skeleton will be clear. If you have wounds, it will be shaded in, according to how badly wounded you are. Click Right click on a shaded part to see what wounds you have and run the cursor on them to see how severe they are.

1) If there is a [[guard tower]] nearby (less than 20 tiles) you can target an attacking mob (right click / Attack / Target) and type "help" in local chat, and the guards (who were probably standing around laughing at your incompetence in combat) will come running to your assistance. They'll even let you loot the corpse. Isn't that special? If it's on a hill, the 20 tile range may be extended. "Help" or "Guards!" are good to quick-key. Open the console (F1) and type ''bind 0 "say Guards!"'' to bind saying guards in local chat to the number 0 key (you can use any key you want, not just 0 - but be sure you don't override a useful bind!).

3) Fence gates and gatehouses are great too, if they will open for you. You can go in, and whatever is chasing you (usually) can't. Trolls can, though, and they will even go through locked doors and gates.

4) Water is a good place to lose most aggro. Some swim though (like bearsand crocodiles) and water doesn't work as well on them.

6) Travel light. If you forage, eat the berries and nuts as you go. [[pelt|Pelts]] aren't worth much, leave them alone - they'll add weight. Don't pick up [[meat]], either, unless you have a bowl or two to cook it in. [[fur|Furs]] aren't worth much, either, unless you are building a bed. [[hide|Hides]] may be useful, if you have a place to keep them, but they are heavy. Leave them alone unless you are ready to make [[leather]]. Make [[healing covers]] when you can, too - hopefully you will be able to run from aggro fast enough to use them. Cotton is better for healing, but you won't get much until your foraging skill goes above 10. You have to decide whether to pick the seeds or keep it to use.

Equip your backpack to your torso. You can do this by pulling up you character window and dragging the backpack onto the back slot, or by right clicking and selecting Equip. There! Now you can carry more. It doesn't do that much good until you equip it. This wiki also covers other less intuitive uses of backpacks, mainly in crafting. The status bar also shows your backpack (and quiver) if equipped. You can open it from this icon as well (so you don't have to open the character sheet to access the backpack). Note that Otherwise, to get to items in the backpack, you have to open your character window and double click on the backpack icon.

Really useful once equipped to your waist (belt icon); right click - equip. The slots available are dependent on its quality (quality/10 rounded down). These slots correspond to your number keys, so placing a carving knife in the first slot will allow you to activate (or deactivate) by hitting "1"

Shift select or ctrl select a second log (under the first, or the one after that, so two or three are selected)Right click on the selection, choose "Create> Weapons> plank" Or select the stack placeholder to automatically get the first 3 items in the stack.

How many items will be affected depends on your [[Mind logic]] skill. You start with 3 items and can work on 1 more item for each 10 Mind logic skill you gainafter 30. Watch your stamina though, some actions will use it up. Stamina lowering actions also execute more slowly for subsequent actions due to lowered stamina from previous actions.

2) Make a [[Clay jar]]. You might as well make a [[Clay bowl]] too. Using your character window(equipment page), activate your hand as if it were a tool (double click on it - it is in the lower right corner of the character window). You will probably not be completely successful on the first try. This will result in an unfinished clay jar or bowl , and the icon is a darker grey than the clay icon. If you do succeed, the icon for the clay jar or bowl will be the same color as the clay icon.

2.3) Repeat the process with the suggested tool until the work item is finishedno longer unfinished.

3.4) Activate your [[steel and flint and steel]].

4) Put a log in the campfire. You can do this Activate the tutorial way or right log you want to burn. Right click the campfire, select "Open,Burn." and drag a log into it (it will burn eventually). You can also add some [[wood scraps]] too.