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[[Main Page]] / [[Useful N00b Linkslinks for beginners]] / [[Tutorial]]
[[Image:WurmPanorama.jpg|right|thumb|640px|Welcome to the [[Geographic Research 2|World of the Wurm]].]]
= Wurm Online Tutorial =
=== Skills ===
[[Image:Tutorial Skills.jpg|right|thumb|Skill List]]
Hit F2 on your keyboard to show a list of your skills. There are 4 main categories in this window, [[characteristics]], [[religion]], [[:Category:Skills|skills category]] and spell effects. The characteristic subskills sub-skills are values representing the current state of your body, mind and soul, for instance, to be able to attack anything, your body characteristic must be at least 1.5, or you will be too weak. Each sub-characteristic is again divided into several under-under characteristics, which has their own functions. For instance, the maximum amount of weight you can carry is determined by your body strength.
Religion skills consist of 3 things, [[faith]], [[favour]] and [[alignment]]. Alignment basically says whether you are good or evil, this is determined by the actions you do. Some [[gods]] won’t accept your [[Praying|prayers]] if you are evil for instance. Faith is a measure of how much your chosen gods like you, e.g. how much power they bestow in you. Faith is increased by praying at an altar dedicated to your chosen god, although it is capped at 30 for players who does not wish to become [[priest|priests]]. Priests are dedicated to following the will of their gods, and as thus, a priest has the ability to cast his or her god’s [[:Category:Spells|spell]] at the cost of favour. Favor is the equivalent of mana in many other role playing games. Favor is only regained over time once used, so it should be used wisely.
The [[:Category:Skills|skills category]] is by far the most interesting. It lists all the skills you have discovered, as well as a number representing your expertise within that skill. As your skills increase you will find that the various tasks in the game becomes easier, and you will make better and better items. Skills decay over time, as well as when you die, so take good care, your skills are the most valuable thing you have. Due to the skill decay, it is important to specialize if one wants to have high skills, as they will otherwise slowly decay.
Spell effects, or “[[:WikiPedia:Buff (MMORPG terminology)|buffs]]” as they are known in other games, are temporary magical effects that affect your character.
Underneath the white text are 3 coloured bars. The green one is your stamina bar and tells you how much energy you have left to do actions. When you perform an action, your [[stamina]] will go down and you will need to wait for it to recharge before you do another action, or the action will take much longer to finish. Tired people work slower. The speed with which your stamina bar recharges is determined by your food and water bars, the orange and blue ones underneath the stamina bar. You can refill your water bar by drinking water from a [[Water tiles|tile with water on it]], or from a container in your inventory. The food bar is refilled by eating, how to get food is explained later in the tutorial.
All actions except for moving are done by right-clicking. Try right-clicking a few things to see what options are available. Once the right click menu has loaded, you will at the bottom of it see an option saying “What’s this?” Clicking this will open an ingame in-game window with an explanation of the item you right clicked on.
=== Chat and Events ===
* Move about with the keys W, S, A and D keys. Turn by holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse. There is no jump key, movement in Wurm is very simplistic.
* You will start the game in [[Newtown]] (NT). NT is a relatively safe haven for new players, but as soon as you leave NT you must be wary of the many [[creatures]] that inhibit the lands of Wurm.
* Take your bearings using the [[Settlement_token]] in the centre center of NT. This is found on the path next to the trader huts. On top of the token is a compass.
* If you get attacked by a [[creatures|creature]], try to flee into water. Only a few animals ([[Large Rat|rats]] and [[Brown Bear|bears]]) can pursue you across water.
* Village guards will attack creatures that enter deeded land so if you can make it into a deeded area (such as New Town) you should be safe.
* For the first 24 hours of your Wurm playing time (real life time spent ingamein-game) you can get free food at the huts in NT.
After 24h have passed, you must obtain food via cooking or trade. Hence, it is wise to spend time learning to feed yourself. For this you will need a few items:
