The most suggested and more practical way for a begginer player to train their for skill is as follows:
'''Create a [[practice doll]]''', equip a shaft and right click the practice doll and select 'practice'. This will make you start to attack the doll and periodically increase your overall fighting skill. This is not immensly fast, and will only work till you reach 20 Fighting Skill. Make sure the doll doesn't diebreak. Remember to examine it often to see whether it needs repairing and or improving.
'''Make a Weapon''', This will require access to a forge (If your new, you can use the [[New Dawn]] forge and mine) and the related equipment. It is advised you stay away from combat until you have a high quality [[weapon]], and a decent skill in the chosen Weapon.
'''Train your selected weapon skill''' The easiest way to train your weapon skill is to simply go out and chop down a lot of tree's with it. This will work until 20 weapon Skill. Only blade weapons apply for this method (as in no mauls, and the exception of a short sword), any other weapon must be trained through combat with other creatures. You gain more weapon skill when you do more damage, so things to consider when training weaponskill is your weapon QL (higher ql = more damage) and the animals you are killing (tougher animals = less damage done). To primary train weaponskill you should focus on weak creatures such as rats, cats, deer, horses, cattle.
'''Create your equipment''' Cloth Armour is the easiest and simplest armour type available to make in wurm, however it provides next to no protection and isn't recommended for combat. Leather armour would be a lot more appropriate, however leather is obtained through killing wild animals, which could proove to be difficult for some, so going straight for chain armour is the safest bet, especially since mining iron ore will increase the [[Strength]] skills.