==Part 1: Gear up!==
First off: Stick around the starting [[starting settlement]]. Use the [[spirit guard]]s for protection, and the [[bartenders]] for [[food]]. Also, there is often [[clay]], [[iron]] and water nearby.
===Starter kit===
Some of the gear you start with will just weigh you down in the first half hour. Open a [[bank]] account at the [[token]] and deposit the following:
===Check the trader===
Often times the [[trader]] will have cheap items that are very helpful to new players. As a new player you can trade [[forage]]d items, [[pottery]] and [[spindlesspindle]] s for the following. Sometimes you may have to bargain excessivly in order for the trade to be equal. If the trader says "I am low on cash right now" ''it is still possible to trade'', you just need to demand more items to make the trade equal.
*[[pelt]]
*[[tooth|teeth]] and [[gland]]s (low weight highly effective healing covers)