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Learn how to play

How to control your character and other commands are explained in the Stendhal Manual.

You will enter in Semos Guard House, so

• Speak to Hayunn Naratha in the room where you start
• Say hi to get his attention then answer his questions (usually yes or no answers)
• More useful information is given in the purple tutorial boxes, read them carefully.

In general you should remember the following things:

• Say hi to characters with blue names. Keep the conversation going with yes and blue-marked words. Sometimes yes or no is the only usable answer.
• Read all texts carefully (because they might not be repeated)
• Carmen can heal you for free

Initial strategy

Get some money:

• Kill <creature>rat|rats</creature> to get <item>money</item> (Hint: double-click body, double-click to take coins).
• buy a sheep (-30 money) and walk your sheep near red berries (takes 5-10 min). Sell fat sheep (+150 money for weight 100 sheep) to Sato.

Get some basic equipment:

• Look in the charity chest south of the Inn in Semos for free armor.
• Buy <item>dagger</item> (25 money) from Xin Blanca (Semos tavern).
• Get <item>studded shield</item> from Hayunn Naratha by returning to him a third time after you talked to Monogenes.

Get some xp:

• Collect food and fight in Semos dungeon to level up. With each level you can explore further and still run home alive.
• At level 5 the wolfs north of Semos City are a good source for food.
• Ask NPCs (blue names) for quest or task.
• Do the monster quest for Mayor Sakhs in the townhall of Semos City, it is repeatable once a day. Ask Starkad (south of Semos) about how to find creatures.

Tips:

• Being poisoned swaps left/right and up/down cursor keys.
• At about level 5 try <creature>kobold</creature> (north of semos, in the mines).
• Bring a friend to go deeper in the Semos dungeon.
• Areas where you are protected from being attacked by other players are marked green on minimap.
• Keep an eye on the number of white sculls below the minimap.

Things to avoid:

• Dying, because dying means you lose stuff, EXP points and skills. (Or for a new player with no EXP yet: put all stuff in bank and explore. Die=coming back home.)
• Don't buy armor (in tavern back room) before trying the free places: charity chest (in Semos mud), talking and doing tasks/quests (legs, shield for free), getting it from corpses in Semos dungeon.
• Don't waste money in the "wishing well" lottery (until you become rich). Dice gambling is more rewarding at low levels - check the list of prizes on the walls by the gambling table in Semos Tavern.
• Don't attack players with white names - that disqualifies you from free healing (for a while)
• Don't go too far from Semos. Other players and stronger creatures can kill you.

Later game strategies

Always carry:

• <item>potion|potions</item> (buy from Carmen (if you are rich) or Dr Feelgood (Ados zoo) at better prices)
• a <item>home scroll</item> (buy them from Haizen's hut north of Ados rock) to get you out of emergencies
• <item>antidote|antidotes</item> (kill <creature>deer</creature> to get these) if you often get poisoned

Hunt creatures with useful items:

• kill <creature>orc chief</creature>, <creature>gnome|gnomes</creature>, and others that drop <item>potion|potions</item> or <item>minor potion|minor potions</item>.
• Get <item>ham</item> from "big" animals like <creature>lion</creature>, <creature>bear</creature>, <creature>boar</creature>.
• Two-legged monsters give armor/weapons. Try attacking a <creature>gnome</creature> (farm areas).

Make money:

• Ham can be traded for items with older players, or used to make food (Semos bakery)
• Buy <item>old scythe</item> (blacksmith), then explore farm (east/right-wards) to get lots of food that you can sell
• Sell armor in tavern, gnome village, etc. Check the NPC List for some details.

Get XP:

• Visit Ados city (east) to do quests

Tips:

• Having a good shield is most important, then a good armor, then cloak. The def is weighted to favour in this order.

See also

Stendhal Manual

Stendhal FAQ

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