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===Learn how to play===
===Learn how to play===
:* Say ''hi'' to characters with [[NPC|white names]]. Keep the conversation going with ''yes'' and blue-marked words. Sometimes ''yes'' or ''no'' is the only usable answer.
:* Say ''hi'' to characters with [[StendhalNPC|white names]]. Keep the conversation going with ''yes'' and blue-marked words. Sometimes ''yes'' or ''no'' is the only usable answer.
:* Read all texts (because they won't come back)
:* Read all texts (because they won't come back)
:* Carmen and Ilisa can ''heal'' you for free
:* Carmen and Ilisa can ''heal'' you for free



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:* Speak to Hayunn Naratha in the room where you start
:* 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)
:* Say '''hi''' to get his attention then answer his questions (usually yes or no answers)
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:* Monogenes, in Semos city, gives you a map of Semos
:* Monogenes, in Semos city, gives you a map of Semos
:* Io Flotto in Semos temple, tells you how to /msg other players and more.
:* Io Flotto in Semos temple, tells you how to /msg other players and more.

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===Initial strategy===
===Initial strategy===
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# Collect food and fight in Semos dungeon to level up. With each level you can explore further and still run home alive.
# Collect food and fight in Semos dungeon to level up. With each level you can explore further and still run home alive.
# Buy "old scythe" (blacksmith), then explore farm (east/right-wards) to get lots of food.
# Buy "old scythe" (blacksmith), then explore farm (east/right-wards) to get lots of food.
# Ask NPCs (blue names) for ''quest'' or ''task''. Don't forget Mayor Sakhs, whose quest is repeatable once a day. Ask Starkad (south of Semos) about how to find creatures.
# Ask NPCs (blue names) for ''[[StendhalQuest|quest]]'' or ''task''. Don't forget Mayor Sakhs, whose quest is repeatable once a day. Ask Starkad (south of Semos) about how to find creatures.


Tips:
Tips:
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Things to avoid:
Things to avoid:
* Dying, because dying means you lose stuff, EXP points and skills. (Or for a new plyer with no EXP yet: put all stuff in bank and explore. Dye=coming back home.)
* 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 (pants, shield for free), getting it from corpses in Semos dungeon.
* Don't buy armor (in tavern back room) before trying the free places: charity chest (in Semos mud), talking and doing tasks/quests (pants, 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 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.
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===Later game strategies===
===Later game strategies===
* Make money by selling armor in tavern, gnome village, etc.
* Make money by selling armor in tavern, gnome village, etc.
* Visit Ados city (east) to do quests
* Visit Ados city (east) to do [[StendhalQuest#Quests_in_Ados|quests]]
* Potions:
* Potions:
:* kill orc chief, gnomes, and others that drop potions
:* kill orc chief, gnomes, and others that drop potions
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* Ham:
* Ham:
:* Get ham from "big" animals like lions, bears, boars.
:* Get ham from "big" animals like lions, bears, boars.
:* Ham can be traded for items with older players, or used to make food (Samos bakery)
:* Ham can be traded for items with older players, or used to make food (Semos bakery)
* If buying or hunting for armor, remember that having a good shield is most important, then a good armor, then cloak. The def is weighted to favour in this order.
* Kill veteran kobold to get a shield (It's told that a shield +10 gives more DEF than armor +10?)
* Always carry a home scroll (buy them from Haizen's hut north of Ados rock) to get you out of emergencies
* Always carry a home scroll (buy them from Haizen's hut north of Ados rock) to get you out of emergencies
* Carry antidotes (kill deer to get these) if you often get poisoned
* Carry antidotes (kill deer to get these) if you often get poisoned