new player start guide ( Vol 1 )

WARNING < some spoilers >

I created this guide using a fresh wizard build, had no help, only used what this character could acheive on his own, with low hp's, low AB and his start dagger, this should work for you
also to note, upon character creation, never take a weapon feat at lvl 1, put 1 point into search skill, and be sure to max out your open locks, and find traps skill at least until lvl 7 or 8.

lets begin !

getting first ring. : starting from The City With A Name ( TCWAN) go to the east and enter into eastlands. follow path and talk to a prosperous farmer to start a quest.  a few yards up that path you will see a goblin scout at a water tower, kill this goblin, and loot the ring.
                           return to TCWAN

acquire start cash: go west in the city to the docks. a fisherman vender says he will buy bundles of fish you bring back to him, on your way to this ships hold holding this fish, you will see a captain on the docks, talk to him and he will start a quest to kill a cat.
                           enter ship hold, kill the cat, loot its hide, open crates get the fish, then return to the captain outside, receive a water breathing ring, then go sell your fish bundles to fisherman. we will return here later.

Haste Boots        : after selling fish you have a little bit of coin now, you want to find the magic imbiber shop and buy 3 potions of invisibility, and some healing potions ( save 50g ). leave and enter the temple inside the city.
                           north side of the temple you will find a portal, take this portal ( will cost you 50g) you have now entered the portal plane, find and take the room with 7 doors portal.
                           inside the room with 7 doors be careful, there may be a random NPC named Gorg here, he is very dangerous, so keep as much distance as you can, work your way up to north wall and take either of the 2 north doors.
                           inside this area will be platforms with portals at the end, you want to drink your invisibility potion here and work your way up the platform and enter portal. keep following until near the northern section will be a series of 4 platforms
                           the portals at end of each of these platforms random portal you to the other platforms in this section. keep entering these portals until you land on the southern platform. work your way past the scary undead and pull chain.
                           inside this little area, talk to illusion there and receive your first secret windwalker haste boots. pull the wind chime, then attack that undead so you can die and return to the temple, you can also backtrack invisible if you like
                           either way you are heading back to the temple at this point.

Shark Attack       : from the temple, if you have the money stop by the imbiber again and stock up on some healing potions, you can always go get more fish bundles from hold in the docks to afford more if needed. in the docks is a woman named Kelina, talk to her.
                           Kelina wants you to dive in the water and retrieve her clothes, good thing we have a water breathing ring to wear, the transition for this is very near Kelina. enter and carefully fight off sharks, find her clothes and return them to her.. boom 2K gold.
                           take this gold to the construction foreman just outside the temple entrance and donate all 2K to him, and keep the receipt. portals are now free to use.

Goblin Hunter      : Starting from CWAN, we are returning to eastlands, follow path, collect another regen ring along the way, and when the path takes you to the northern section, you are watching for a pair of stones that stand out, turn on your search here to find
                           the secret entrance, enter this area, stay to the right side carefully pick off goblin archers and find the goblin cheif and collect his head, then backtrack return to the farmer to collect your reward your next secret some crappy key. return to the temple.

HOOT are you?    : take the portal inside the temple again, this time we want the crossed blades portal, leave the little shack you in and enter the town of crossed blades. many helpful shops and NPC's in here, its a good idea to explore this town a little and talk to people
                            places of note: Dragon's Lair tavern. there is a sly man in here names Sling, if you request his normal wares, this is a good place to sell your junk, there are also some other interesting NPC's in this tavern. another place to note is the persistent bank
                           which has the ability to store items in the chest, and gold with the banker.. do not store bags or coin in the chest.
                           from here we are going to travel north in crossed blades to the great owl woods, we are going to follow the path north until it ends at a tower, enter the small tower and speak the the wise old hawk, I mean owl. tell him your searching for the 12 secrets
                           receive his feather which is another secret and 1K XP.
                           ( talking to the owl again about the secrets he will suggest the next secret to find, he will be your guide to find all the other secrets, but for now we are going to go off track a little, not to worry doesn't break his advice for later on.

Locate Hermit      : from the owl's tower, follow path back to Crossed Blades, and up on a hill behind the Dragon's lair you will find the hermit.. talk to him and receive the ancient book which is another secret to find, along with 1K XP.

Golem Puzzle       : I am not going to solve this for you, but will lead you there and wish you luck.  from crossed blades you are going to head south to the south path. a few yards up this path on your left is a little alcove with golems at pillars.  there is a sign that offers
                           a good hint, carefully pull and kill these golems 1 at a time, and collect their stones, these golems are VERY good XP at this point so worth taking your time to solve puzzle and gain a lvl or 2. also exploring this zone may or may not offer help.
                           upon completion of the puzzel you will receive an ancient stone shard, which is the secret and a random stone weapon, as well as 1500 XP.. bank the stone weapon for later, and leftover heart stones can be sold to Sling in the tavern for profit.

                          Time to return to TCWAN, from crossblades, head to vladamere's house, take portal to portal plane, then take temple portal to return to the temple.
                          restock healing pots, and be sure to have at least 1 invis potion, and 1 cats grace potion at the imbiber, explore some of the basic venders to upgrade equip, silver mage sells wands and magical robes, might I suggest robe electric resist for later?
                          otherwise can always return
                          save 70 gold.

Travel Voucher     : from TCWAN exit the south gate into the south fields, follow path south into forest road unpatrolled, continue follow path into forest road.
                           follow path a few feet and go up ramp on your right side onto a hill, on this hill you will find a little shack, enter the beemans house. talk to the beeman inside this house and purchase a single bottle of beeman honey #2 ( find traps )
                           exit his house, return to the city, take portal inside temple to return to crossed blades.
                           you are now heading back to the south path where you defeated the golems, this time we are following the path to the end, and drinking the invis potion before we enter Gathol woods. immediate turn right, and follow wall into an alcove
                           continue until you reach the north wall, turn on your search again, and find the trap door, this may take a little bit of time, but 1 point into search will work. once trap door reveals, enter it and DONT MOVE......
                           drink your cats grace potion, then drink your beemans find trap potion, all traps should vanish, use lockpick skill to unlock chest and loot the portal rune. congrats, use this rune..this place should look familiar.

Load stone mines : at this point we are on the track the Great Wise Hawk, I mean Owl will send you on, start from the temple, check the community chest at this time for possible useful items, exit to the city, restock healing if you need,  then head south again.
                           keep goig south until you enter the unpatrolled woods again, the mines are in this area somewhere, if only there was a house with people in it to give me a hint.. 3 lvls down in the mines is your next secret. use portal rune to exit to portal plane.

Return to owl       : from here you should rely on the Great owl to indicate where to go next until you have found all the 12 secrets, by this time players would have offered you help and advice and you already knw all the good starting areas and are well under way


GOOD LUCK and have fun !

side notes. Crystal caves is quite hard, be sure to pick up mind affect immunity, electrical, and cold resist equip..silver mage sells all of this, eccentric swordsman also has nice robe with electrical resist upon it.
                 another item you will want is dome death magic immunity, silver mage also has you covered here.
                there are a couple side quests for extra helpful equipment and experience such as Ambrose the druid hiding behind the cows in eastlands, Dejah in the woods with the white apes also has several quests you should check out as well
                - after getting all the 12 secrets, talk to dextro in the temple, select I am bugged, and he will lock the secrets into your database ( also a server reset will do this). now go get lvl 21.. Beryl groto, crystal caves, and ganthol labrynth good places.



author: Bagger Tea Jack Flash

this was made as a wizard, and I must say very challenging, but this guide will work for all classes, some will find it easier than others, but should work for all.

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