This outline is recommended for anyone needing a good plan to start out in
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My qualifications for writing this are that I have been playing Entropia Universe since 2001, when it was Project Entropia Beta. I have also managed to make a profit playing this game, but only after years of experience and some wise investments. But that is not why I play, I play Entropia to have fun. I have put alot of research into how to play Entropia efficently, and I have helped many players start out in this game. My avatar in game and on entropia forum is named Fuega.
This tutorial is not the fastest path to graduation from your discipleship, but I believe it is the most economical one to building a lot of good skills. This path is also very methodical, so feel free to deviate for the sake of fun. It is recommended that you join a society and get a good mentor. Mentors should be there to help you, so if you get a mentor, also get their email address, so that you can still ask questions of them when they are not in the game. You should make some commitments. First, of course, is to put a regular amount of time in the game. Second is to put a regular amount of ped into the game. Such as depositing $10 or $15 a month. That is still less than most other MMORPGs cost. You can play this game without depositing, several people have. I only deposited an initial $10 for my first year. But I progressed really slow the first few years too. It all comes down to what makes the game enjoyable for you. Don't stress out about depositing, there are plenty of fun things to do in this game that don't require ped.
Now for the outline. I will give you web links to follow by copy and pasting them in your browser.
If you have not done so yet, you should watch the Entropia Universe Video
Guides at:
http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/entropia-universe-tutorials/101161-entropia-universe-video-guides-january-2007-a.html
There are several other good tutorials there, and it would be worth your while
to take your time to read them too. You should also join Entropia Forum while
you are at it.
The other most important website to go to is:
Hit the keys G, L, Y, and I, and play with editing your desktop and F1-9 bars to what works best for you. You can drag actions or items to just about any number or key on your keyboard and onto your desktop. I usually place an item on both a number key and on my desktop. Then I keep my weapon hotkeys on my F1 bar, my emotes and dances on my F2 bar, my mining tools on my F3 bar, and my animal taming tools on my F7 bar. I find it easiest to run around in 3rd person, by hitting the number 5 on the number pad. Then when I am in combat I will change to 1st person by again hitting 5. Get quick at hitting the space bar to change between aiming/steering and your pointer for selecting things. You can control your avatar by using Q for run and your mouse to steer, or holding down both right and left mouse buttons.
Your first week or two in game will be absolutely free, no ped needed. Your first task is to get all the teleporters (TP) on your map, and at the same time learn how to avoid getting attacked, by keeping the monsters (mobs) out of your inner radar circle. Save and Print out the map of teleporters and run routes from New Survival Map for Eudoria at: http://www.euforces.com/index.php?module=Photoshare&func=showimages&fid=20&viewkey=&template=slideshow&iid=353
I also recommend installing PEASS on your computer: http://pe.jongma.org It has a map of Revival Areas and Teleporters and other helpful tools to use within the game. Move it to where you want on the screen and use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom into the maps on PEASS. While running to the blue TP dots, you should avoid crossing into revival areas that don't have a blue TP dot, or you could get stuck. To make things easy, you don't actually have to run to each teleporter, once you get near enough, and are in that TP's revival area, you can just die, and you will revive right near the TP. But make sure that you actually go to the TP and get the message that it has been added to your map.
If things get difficult, generally, staying to the rivers and oceans may take
longer, but you avoid the monsters. Should you get stuck somewhere contact
these nice people for a rescue:
Next task will be to go to Swamp Camp and join in the crowds of people sweating there. Swamp Camp is located at 5623, 9161, just N.W. of Port Atlantis (you can hit P to get your position). Your goal is 1000 sweat. That may take a while, but it is worth it to get that skill. I have got over 20000 sweat personally. Afterwards you can sell your sweat, or you can save it for when you get into mind force skills. If you do sell it, ask around to be sure to get the best price you can. If you want a change of scenery, the other place in EU that lots of people sweat is at Nea's Place on Amethera. I actually prefer sweating there. At Swamp Camp and Nea's Place there are often people there who skill on healing and focusing, so you might get those services for free.
If you have not done so yet, it is a good time to start looking for a Society. Check out a Society Terminal. The thing that I enjoy most about EU is chatting with friends. It is the best part of this game.
Ok next step involves ped Now you are going to buy things to go hunting. I recommend buying a full set of Goblin armor. This is a good time to become familiar with the auction. You want to purchase it with the lowest markup. If you right click on an item, and select Market Value, will get the current sales data for that item, and you can buy wisely, perhaps getting it below current prices. You may have to wait a couple of days for the sale on the auction, but you can go do something else like sweating, and just check back from time to time on your bids. It should cost you less than 45 ped to purchase a full set of Goblin and repair it. Other players recommend Pixie armor as your first all-around armor, but I choose Goblin, because I recommend skilling on Snablenots first, and it gives you better protection against them. Your choice of armor depends on what you are hunting. If you choose to hunt something else, Pixie is a good first choice. Later in the game I recommend Limited (L) armor. With regular armor like Goblin you need to repair it every day you use it. Also with regular armor there is a charge for taking it off, so leave it on all the time if you can.
Next you need to go to the Auctioneer and purchase an Emik S30 (L) BLP Pistol. It is the easiest weapon in EU to max out. Now pull up your inventory, right click on your weapon, select item info, and look at the details tab from time to time. When you see that both your "Learning period damage" and "Learning period hit" say "Not anymore", it is time to switch to the next weapon. After you max out the S30, go to the Trade Terminal (TT) and max out all the weapons there. I recommend the Omegaton M2100 as your second weapon to max out.
Finally the hunt, The first animal you should hunt is the Young Male Snablenot. If you go to Entropedia again, and check out the Creature Maturity Levels, and sort the columns by Damage, and you will notice that the snablesnot male has the lowest Threat level of any creature worth hunting (the birds run away, and loot poorly). They are easy to find around Jason Center on your map. You can attack the Female Snablesnot and Diakiba also in that area, and your Goblin armor will protect you, but I still recommend sticking to the Young Male Snablesnot till you max out a weapon or two.
Always try to sweat an animal first, and then kill it when it starts attacking. That way you get extra sweat skills from it, and it is more profitable. It is called swunting.
I recommend to save ped to just wait in between killing each animal for your health to come back up. You should still buy the Vivo T1 from the TT. You will get nice healing skills from using it. And it is always nice to have one just in case. And as always, watch the skill increase bonus, and switch to the next model up when you max out the Vivo T1. Again you can determine which model should be your next by checking out Entropedia. Personally I hunt without armor, and save ped that way, but you have to wait to heal more often between kills, or use your Vivo more often.
I also recommend getting skills from scanning and animal taming, because they come fast and cheap, and you don't need to have armor for them. Scanning and animal taming can be boring, so if you want to move past this paragraph and come back to it later, that is ok. Also it takes ped, and if you are short ped, do this later. First thing I recommend is getting two scanners. And then stand there for hours and scan animals, people, mutants, and robots. There is a technique for each that makes it easier. Like for animals and mutants just scan something with low aggression, like a Diakiba or Globster, and just stay outside of their aggression area, moving around when they do. For robots there is a nice place that you can trap a MinerBot behind the stable on Treasure Island and scan it. For people, just ask them first, like someone standing by a crafting machine, and scan away. Then I recommend taming/buying a pet. Then you have to buy nutriobars from the auction, and make it do tricks, and you get lots of skills. For both scanning and taming, I recommend getting at least each profession up to level 3. It may be boring, so watch a movie while you hit the button (unless you risk using an auto-click program, which may violate the EULA).
Ok, now you have been playing for a month and you are close to graduating.
Now its time to spend more ped.
If you don't have one yet, you should to get a mindforce implant from the TT.
After you insert it, you can sell the inserter back to the TT. Then you need to
check the auction, and purchase a Lesser Teleport Chip.
If you have not purchased an energy refiner and mineral refiner from the
auction yet, you will need those too.
You can purchase mind essence from the auction, or you can purchase force nexus
and make your own mind essence using sweat and your energy refiner.
Now that you have some skills at defending yourself, at this time it would be good to start mining. So, go purchase the mining gear from the TT, read the tutorials, and start mining. I would also recommend downloading and mapping your finds with NRF from http://nrf.irken-invaders.net Mining is my favorite past-time in the game, and it builds very useful skills. Also mining has a fair chance of returning ped.
You should continue working your way up the weapon chart, skilling on each one. First create an account at Entropedia, so you can log in and save this. Then go to the Weapons chart; then click on the box next to 'Configure Columns'; then add a green check mark next to the first two boxes that say 'Req.' and 'Maxed'; then click on the box next to 'Configure Columns' again to save the chart; then click on the header 'Maxed' to sort the chart by that. This should give you the list of weapons with Skill Increase Bonus (SIB) you need to skill on and in what order. You can skip around a little on the order of weapon you skill on, but this is the best way to build weapon skills. Some people say to just stick to one type of weapon, but I say max out all the weapons with a SIB, because most of theskills are general and help in other areas.
Your dream goals for weapons will to be to have 3 or 4 primary weapons. First, you should have an economical weapon for killing low level mobs that get in your way, and for finishing hits on bigger mobs. Your finishing hit should be just enough to kill the mob. A good example of an economical finishing weapon is an axe. Second, you should have a high power fast kill weapon for when you hunt dangerous mobs. A good example of a fast kill close range weapon is a blp pistol. Third, you should also have a nice long range weapon. A good example of long range tag weapons are plasma rifles and rockets. Fourth, mid-range. If you have the ped you may also want a nice mid-range rifle that is fast. Fifth, be sure to use amps where you can, starting with the Bull Tac 10 (L) for blp guns and the Shear XR40 (L) for energy guns. And slowly move up the scale of amps as your skill goes up. Remember that the faster that you kill a mob, it does the least amount of damage to you and your armor, and it regenerates less health, saving you ped. Also you don't want to waste ped by overkilling the mob, so choose the right weapon for the job. A good hunter might change weapons 3 or 4 times per kill. Starting with the long-range tag, then switching to mid-range, then your close-range, and then your finishing weapon. And sometimes you get more skills when using more than one weapon per kill.
Also by now you will be needing some good armor. I recommend a set of good mid-level (L) Armor for everday use, such as Aurora or Zombie. You should read How Armor Works at: http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/armor/94684-how-armor-works.html and come to your own conclusions on what armor to buy. Personally I have about 7 different sets of armor to use depending on what I am hunting. My favorite armor to just run around in is BodyGuard (L), because it looks cool and costs almost nothing, and doesn't have that nasty charge for changing like clothes do.
Should you decide to get into crafting there are several helpful tutorials, but be warned, it takes alot of ped and patience to do crafting. I enjoy crafting using the stuff I obtain from mining. I would check out: http://www.candyman.se/pe/bobthebuilder The best place to start is to find a Technician (usually near an Auctioneer) and buy a Component (Vol. II) Book and a Galaxy SI Ion Conductor Blueprint, so that you can get the SIB on that bp and use the Animal Muscle Oil that you get from hunting. When you have enough ped I also recommend buying one of every blueprint and book from the Technician.
Finally, if you decide that you want to short-cut the skilling process and use implant chips you can. I have never done this, I prefer natural skilling. I also acknowledge that if for some reason you need to hurry through your discipleship and graduate, that the fastest way is to burn through ammo hunting, or to burn through probes mining. But why hurry. After all, don't forget to have fun.
If you need a mentor or society, you can contact Fuega on www.entropiaforum.com and I will help you find a good one. This document a work in progress, so I do appreciate suggestions. Private message me your suggestions, so that I can look them over, and add them as an edit. I am not writing this to farm for disciples or to disagree with anyone. I just thought this would be helpful to the community at large. If you use this tutorial or find it useful, please acknowledge such, and say hi. I hope that what I wrote helps someone.
PS. If you haven't figured it out yet, I like doing everything in this game, and suggest that people try everything in this game at least once, even if they end up concentrating on just one skill.
First shoot the mob at your maximum range (varies per weapon). Keep shooting. But if you are swunting, just sweat instead of shooting. Then when it gets to you, switch to your melee weapon. And if it starts running away, pull your gun back out. Know your weapons and how much damage they do, and learn to read the health bar of the mob, so you can judge how much damage to do to finish it off. Sometimes you need to switch weapons depending on the mob level or if you need just a small hit to finish it off. The tt pistol is a good finish weapon at first. Place your weapons on hot-keys, like your numbers, so you can change weapons quickly. To edit your desktop: hit "I" for inventory, "L" for editing, and "G" for keyboard setup. Then you can drag your weapons from your inventory to a number on your keyboard and/or to a button on your desktop. You can do the same for any action by opening your action library too.
List of beginner weapons, and suggested order for training:
| RANGED WEAPONS: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | maxed level | category | max damage | notes |
| 1. Emik S30 (L) | 4 | pistol blp | 5 | |
| 2. Isis CB5 (L) | 4.7 | rifle blp | 8 | |
| 3. Omegaton M2100 | 5 | pistol laser | 4 | buy @ tt |
| 4. Solomate Opalo | 5 | rifle laser | 8 | buy @ tt |
| 5. Willard Heatray A (L) | 6 | pistol plasma | 18 | |
| 6. Breer M1a (L) | 6.9 | carbine laser | 14 | |
| 7. Svempa S40 (L) | 7 | pistol blp | 9 | |
| 8. Breer P2a (L) | 7 | pistol laser | 11 | |
| or Breer P1a (L) | ||||
| 9. GeoTrek LP120 Niloticus (L) | 8 | rifle blp | 12 | |
| 10 Breer M2a (L) | 8.1 | carbine laser | 19 | |
| 11 Willard Heatray B (L) | 8.2 | pistol plasma | 22 | |
| 12 Isis BL800 (L) | 9 | pistol blp | 22 | |
| or Emik S50 (L) | ||||
| 13 Breer P3a (L) | 10 | pistol laser | 16 | |
| or Korss H350 (L) | ||||
| 14 Riker UL1 (L) | 10 | carbine laser | 23 | |
| or Breer M3a (L) | ||||
| 15 GeoTrek LP175 Sphyra (L) | 11 | rifle blp | 17 | |
| MELEE WEAPONS: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | maxed lvl | category | max damage | notes |
| 1. Loughlin Masher One (L) | 4.5 | crush weapon | 22 | |
| 2. Castorian EnKnuckles-A | 5 | slash weapon | 6 | buy@TT |
| 3. Castorian Survival EnBlade-A | 5 | short blade | 11 | buy@tt |
| 4. Castorian Combat EnBlade-A | 5 | long blade | 20 | buy@tt |
| 5. Loughlin Smacker One (L) | 6.9 | slash weapon | 9 | |
| 6. Loughlin Scratcher One (L) | 6.9 | short blade | 13 | |
| 7. Loughlin Cutter One (L) | 6.9 | long blade | 23 | |
| 8. Loughlin Masher Two (L) | 7.1 | crush weapon | 32 | |
| 9. Loughlin Scratcher Two (L) | 8.5 | short blade | 18 | |
| 10 Loughlin Smacker Two (L) | 8.6 | slash weapon | 12 | |
| 11 Loughlin Cutter Two (L) | 9.2 | long blade | 49 | |
| 12 Loughlin Cutter Three (L) | 10.1 | long blade | 53 | |
| or Rustic Slo (L) | ||||
| 13 Kesmek Slo (L) | 10.2 | short blade | 25 | |
| 14 Force Mace Assail (L) | 11 | crush weapon | 37 | |
| RANGED SUPPORT WEAPONS: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| maxed at | auction | max | ||
| name | level | category | damage | notes |
| 1. Vumpoor J4 (L) | 4 | support grenade | 30 | maybe more |
| 2. Skildek P40 (L) | 5 | support rocket | 35 | if shot at |
| 3. Eraktor Es10 (L) | 6 | support grenade | 41 | mulitple mobs |
| 4. Eraktor Es20 (L) | 8 | support grenade | 57 | |
| 5. DetPil Rv50 (L) | 9 | support rocket | 52 | |
| 6. Vumpoor Rx10 (L) | 11 | support grenade | 99 | |
Note: your support grenade and rocket launchers need explosive projectile ammo, so save that when you get it in loots, and buy more on the auction if you need to. I usually shoot the grenades when I find 2 or more mobs close together.
List of tools, and suggested order for skilling. You can also go to Entropedia and get other data on these tools, like their range, efficency and rate per second.
| Healing Tools (FAP's) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | maxed at level | heal/click | notes |
| 1. Vivo T1 | 1.5 | 10.3 | buy @ tt |
| 2. Vivo T5 (L) | 3.5 | 18.3 | (adapted ok) |
| 3. Vivo T10 (L) | 6 | 25 | (adapted ok) |
| 4. Hedoc SK-20 (L) | 11 | 34.3 | (adjusted ok) |
| EnMatter Mining Tools | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | maxed at level | type | notes |
| 1. Ziplex JU10 MatterSeeker | 1 | finder | buy@tt |
| 2. Genesis Star Energy Ext. EE/01 | 1 | extractor | buy@tt |
| 3. MatterTransformer MT-104 | 0 | refiner | buy@auction |
| 4. MatterFinder MF-210 (L) | 2 | finder | |
| 5. MatterFinder MF-211 (L) ....... | 4 | finder | |
| 6. MatterDriller MD-201 (L) ...... | 4 | extractor | |
| 7. Ziplex JU55 MatterSeeker (L) .. | 5 | finder | |
| 8. MatterDriller MD-202 (L) ...... | 6.5 | extractor | |
| 9. MatterFinder MF-212 (L) | 11 | finder | |
| Ore Mining Tools: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | maxed lvl | type | notes |
| 1. Ziplex Z1 OreSeeker | 1 | finder | buy@tt |
| 2. Genesis Star Earth Exc. ME/01 | 1 | excavator | buy@tt |
| 3. OreTransformer OT-104 | 0 | refiner | buy@auction |
| 4. OreFinder OF-210 (L) | 2 | finder | |
| 5. OreFinder OF-211 (L) | 4 | finder | |
| 6. OreMiner OM-201 (L) .......... | 4 | excavator | |
| 7. Ziplex Z15 OreSeeker (L) ..... | 5 | finder | |
| 8. OreMiner OM-202 (L) .......... | 6.5 | excavator | |
| 9. Ziplex Z20 OreSeeker (L) ..... | 7 | finder | |
| 10 Ziplex Z25 OreSeeker (L) | 10 | finder | |
Most miners carry around two extractors: the tt version to save ped (they are the most efficent), and a faster version for when you are in a dangerous spot. Any refiners is better than the TT version, so buy your refiner on the auction.
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