Quick Start

You wonder yourself into a new unknowned land. A bit of a corage makes you go forth and find that you must work hard and fight harder to live in such a dangerous land. The resorces are many ... but can you crop them?

* Be carefull when choosing your stats/skills on the main character creation. This will be the stats/skills you will start with!!
* This also is a 100% roleplaying shard so be attentive when making your character and playing it

Choose your class and your homecity. After some steps in the new world you find that many things are diferent ...

Where is the banker ???
There is none! You have a bank in each city, and inside that bank you have metal chests. Click once on them and you will see who it belongs to. If it is unclaimed (metal bank box), double click on it to claim it for your own. You can only have one bankbox.

There are no NPC's in the houses!!!
Correct. The incity houses are only available to sell to players. All vendors have been moved to the suburbs of the city into the market. They are all gathered together, in several tents, for your convenience.

I died and appeared back in town in a hospital. What do I do?
That's the way it is supposed to be, there are no ghost forms. When you "die" you are carried away to the hospital. Hurry back to your body and retrieve your things.

I shouted "Help, guards im being mugged!" and nothing happend !!!
There are no guarded areas like most of Ultima Online. Here, the guards are players that form the Militia, and you can only be "almost safe" inside your own city walls.

Militia?! What is that?
The Militia is the Law Enforcement unit of your city (race). Almost everyone can join it, just talk to the officers of the Militia. For more information read the document about the Militia in the Library section!

I left this on the floor and it vanished!
Abandoned items decay naturally, in roughly half an hour (though there are variations). Take care with what you drop.

Ok! Now i bought a weapon. What do i do?
Our sugestion is that you train before you go adventure on the world. Some parts of it are very dangerous! Try not to attack at once what seems bigger or stronger than you, or you may find yourself in the hospital very often. Don't forget to always loot what you kill, whatever it is can give you money by selling it in market or by selling it to other players.

"I can't use this weapon/armour!"
There are four possible reasons:
- you are not the right class
- you are not strong enough
- your skill in tactics is too low
- your weapon skill is too low
Any of these will stop you from using it. Check your class attributes in the class area to know your class restrictions.

Im tired of trying to kill stuff that brings me none or few money!
Join the militia, try asking players for a job, some may need your assistance for something.
Search for an older player to accept you as his squire: many experienced players don't mind having squires, and you will find one easily. But remember, being a squire requires dedication and obedience to you master. It has great advantages, though, and you will quickly learn the shard mechanics.
The city pays you if you rid the many dangers that surround it. Help the city!

How can i be payed by the city?
Firstly, try to kill some stronger foes and remove from their dead bodies tokens called insignias. (Note that not everything has insignias, only those that the town wishes to pay to get rid of). Go to the Militia Headquarters in your city and find a table with at least 4 books, click once on each of them to see what they are! Second double-click one the exact one to get your bounty (there is no problem if you double-click on the wrong books).

Now that im rich i want to buy a house. How can i do that?
You can get a house by buying an appropriate deed from the loca mage shop. Different deeds are available at different prices for the different-sized houses. Buy a deed, and use it on the house's door of your choice. Naturally, this only works for unoccupied houses.
If you wish to place locked items inside the houses you must first ask a Game Master for assistance with previous made plans for the house.

* Any information that may lack here will be much better detailed in the Darklands Manual, the frequently asked questions (FAQ) section or in the BlackSmith's Manual concerning advanced craftsmanship and what they can do in the Library section!
* You can also learn a bit more of Darklands by consulting its World Map or by learning the History of the World.