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   * Unlock unique Bartering options   * Unlock unique Bartering options
   * Unlock new Favor quests (sometimes for even more unique items or skills)   * Unlock new Favor quests (sometimes for even more unique items or skills)
 +  * Unlock Storage Space so you can store items with an NPC
  
 You can think of the Favor system as a way to add a really interesting depth mechanic to NPCs that isn't usually found in other MMOs. You can think of the Favor system as a way to add a really interesting depth mechanic to NPCs that isn't usually found in other MMOs.
  
 === Uniqueness of NPCs === === Uniqueness of NPCs ===
-Many NPCs will even talk to you differently if you are different. Some won't talk to you at all if you are an Animal, an obvious Necromancer, or a Werewolf. The gameplay for a Spider Necromancer is going to be completely different to the gameplay of a Pig Priest or a run-of-the-mill character like a Human Unarmed Mentalist. If you are a Rakasha, you might get frowned upon in some areas and be welcomed in others, if you are also a Werewolf Rakasha, you might be downright hated by some NPCs and absolutely loved by others that would otherwise attack a player character on sight. Even on the animal side, the life of a Spider is often even harsh among the animals NPCs that either don't like or don't trust you while they will trust humanoids. Some Elves won't talk to players at all (regardless of race, animal, or otherwise) if they aren't clean: meaning you will need to find some water to rinse off in. Many NPCs have uniqueness to them that you just won't find in your standard MMO. The developers took the time to code in so many unique interactions for each and every class and each and every race and each and every animal form, there is simply no other MMO out there that has this kind of complexity with its NPCs.+Many NPCs will talk to you differently depending on who or what you are or what decisions you've made. Some won't talk to you at all if you are an Animal, a Necromancer surrounded by skeletons, or a Werewolf. The gameplay for a Spider Necromancer is going to be completely different to the gameplay of a Pig Priest or a run-of-the-mill character like a Human Unarmed Mentalist. If you are a Rakasha, you might get frowned upon in some areas and be welcomed in others, if you are also a Werewolf Rakasha, you might be downright hated by some NPCs and absolutely loved by others that would otherwise attack a player character on sight. Even on the animal side, the life of a Spider is often even harsh among the animals NPCs that either don't like or don't trust you while they will trust humanoids. Some Elves won't talk to players at all (regardless of race, animal, or otherwise) if they aren't clean: meaning you will need to find some water to rinse off in. Many NPCs have uniqueness to them that you just won't find in your standard MMO. The developers took the time to code in so many unique interactions for each and every class and each and every race and each and every animal form, there is simply no other MMO out there that has this kind of complexity with its NPCs.
  
 === Complexity of Skill Systems === === Complexity of Skill Systems ===
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 I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself: I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself:
   * Crabs, Clownfish, Grapefish, Perch - Use these to make food or meats instead and then sell (or gift for Favor) that food.   * Crabs, Clownfish, Grapefish, Perch - Use these to make food or meats instead and then sell (or gift for Favor) that food.
-  * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.+  * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer for Gardening or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.
   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.
-  * Stomachs - Players will pay 1k-1.5k in councils for each of these.+  * Stomachs - Players will pay 1k-1.5k in councils for each of these. This is probably the single item most players accidentally sell to the vendors, veteran players find them on the "Buy Used" tabs of Fainor and Marna all the time.
   * Amethyst - These are worth ~500 gold each and used for teleporting around.   * Amethyst - These are worth ~500 gold each and used for teleporting around.
-  * Tuft of Fur, Beaks - These two items (combined) can be traded to Flia for a free gem worth around 200 gold (If you have more Tufts of Fur than Beaks, you can buy Beaks from Way in the Mushroom Cave later on). This item also has its uses for teleportation in the late game as well as can be used like a Rubywall crystal for Crafting-based Work Orders. +  * Tuft of Fur, Beaks - These two items (combined) can be traded to Flia for a free gem worth around 200-500 gold (If you have more Tufts of Fur than Beaks, you can buy Beaks from Way in the Mushroom Cave later on). This item also has its uses for teleportation in the late game as well as can be used like a Rubywall crystal for Crafting-based Work Orders. 
-  * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt. +  * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt, an essential ingredient in gardening. 
-  * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, & Metal Claw - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. +  * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, Metal Claw, Silver Spring, & Enchanted Construction Nail - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. Many of these items are also very needed for late game Carpentry and Gadgeteering. A few are used for high level Giant Bat/Battle Chemistry weaponry. 
-  * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 100 to 150 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game.+  * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 130 to 500 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game. Selling a stack of 99 for ~15,000 in work orders is pretty common, sometimes they sell for less or more, though.
   * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.   * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.
-  * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 40-50 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. +  * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 30-40 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. Later on, you can get Empty Bottles by simply buying Fertilizer from Yetta and either using it or emptying it. The skill "Angling" can also help you collect mostly "free" empty bottles. 
-  * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which you can sell for more than the Mushrooms to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players. +  * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which increases your Mycology skill and you can sell for more than the Mushroom value to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players. 
-  * UnPig Juice - Keep an eye out for an UnPig Juice especially when killing Pigs. You can sell these for ~3000 on the Consignments tab with Mushroom Jack. Later on I'll talk about why you should maybe consider holding on to one of these, because you can use Ruggedizers as health boosts but they come with a small chance of turning you into a Pig. +  * UnPig Juice - Keep an eye out for an UnPig Juice especially when killing Pigs. You can sell these for ~3000 on the Consignments tab with Mushroom Jack. Later on I'll talk about why you should maybe consider holding on to one of these, because you can use Ruggedizers (40c cost) as large one-hour health boosts but they come with a small chance of turning you into a Pig so it's nice to have at least one of these in your inventory while using Ruggedizers to offset the small risk of being Pigified. 
-  * Ancient Coin - There are a few different versions of these. All of them can be sold to Sir Coth for money or gifted to Flia or Tadion for easy Favor.+  * Ancient Coin - There are a few different versions of these. All of them can be sold to Sir Coth for money or gifted to Flia for easy Favor to get access to her Barters. Tadion will Barter Ancient Coins for metals which is a great way to get some of these skill early if you aren't doing Surveying.
   * Hops - This is used in the Brewing skill and you could probably sell it for ~200-500 to a player that is doing high level Brewing and needs scores of these for the higher level crafting.   * Hops - This is used in the Brewing skill and you could probably sell it for ~200-500 to a player that is doing high level Brewing and needs scores of these for the higher level crafting.
  
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 <WRAP right centeralign box 45%>{{ :tiger_outside_borghild.png?direct&400|A tiger and Leonard Allenson on the beach outside Borghild}}//A tiger and Leonard Allenson on the beach outside Borghild//</WRAP>In old school MMOs, you didn't have "taunt" abilities or they weren't always considered taunt abilities if they did exist. Instead, what we would do as new players would be to walk up close to a hostile NPC so that it started to run after us, and we'd either walk backward or run away (this is sometimes called "body pulling" and is also known as "kiting") to get the mob to a safer place where we can start unloading on it with all our skills and abilities so that when it called for help, there was no other enemies around it to help. <WRAP right centeralign box 45%>{{ :tiger_outside_borghild.png?direct&400|A tiger and Leonard Allenson on the beach outside Borghild}}//A tiger and Leonard Allenson on the beach outside Borghild//</WRAP>In old school MMOs, you didn't have "taunt" abilities or they weren't always considered taunt abilities if they did exist. Instead, what we would do as new players would be to walk up close to a hostile NPC so that it started to run after us, and we'd either walk backward or run away (this is sometimes called "body pulling" and is also known as "kiting") to get the mob to a safer place where we can start unloading on it with all our skills and abilities so that when it called for help, there was no other enemies around it to help.
  
-This is a player skill (not an in-game skill) you'll want to get really really good at as a solo player so you don't pull a whole room of enemies. It is even important as a tank or dedicated "puller" for when you are in a group. Learn how to body pull and walk backwards otherwise you'll get a good idea of the range of the alerts the NPCs send out to their kin.+This is a player skill (not an in-game skill) you'll want to get really really good at as a solo player so you don't pull a whole room of enemies. It is even important as a tank or dedicated "puller" for when you are in a group. Learn how to body pull and walk backwards otherwise you'll get a good idea of the range of the alerts the NPCs send out to their kin and pull too many mobs.
 ==== Questions That May Arise ==== ==== Questions That May Arise ====
  
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 === Skinning === === Skinning ===
-Skinning is a skill you can only use on animals that you've killed, but the Serbule area is full of mostly animal enemies, so this is where you want to start. The earlier you can start using this skill the better as it will get harder to skin in other zones if you haven't done a decent amount of it here in Serbule. You may have gotten a skinning knife from newbie island. If not, I've seen skinning knives on Marna in Serbule, but you might want to head to Eltibule (if you have purchased the game) to buy one from Kleave. The "Buy Used" tab on either may even have Master-level skinning knives or Amazing skinning knives based on whether or not a tool-crafter has been levelling in the area. Demo players may not have easy access to higher level Skinning Knives due to trade restrictions so you may need to go back to Anagoge to do a quest for Lawara to get one.+Skinning is a skill you can only use on animals that you've killed, but the Serbule area is full of mostly animal enemies, so this is where you want to start. The earlier you can start using this skill the better as it will get harder to skin in other zones if you haven't done a decent amount of it here in Serbule. You may have gotten a simple skinning knife from Lawara on [[anagogeisland|Anagoge Island]]. If not, I've sometimes seen skinning knives on Marna in Serbule, but you might want to head to Eltibule (if you have purchased the game) to buy one from Kleave. The "Buy Used" tab on either may even have Master-level skinning knives or Amazing skinning knives based on whether or not a tool-crafter has been leveling in the area. Demo players may not have easy access to higher level Skinning Knives due to trade restrictions so you may need to go back to Anagoge to do both quests for Lawara to get one.
  
 Lastly on Skinning, it is worth noting that sometimes you'll get rare items from animals, too, like Pig Snouts from Pigs or Magic Tooth from higher level animals (wolves and panthers) in Eltibule. These sell for a significant amount higher than normal loot. While they are also used for some crafting skills, they may be better items to gift for favor or sell for getting money early on. Joeh, for example, has one Favor quest for a Pig Snout that is worth quite a bit of early Favor. Lastly on Skinning, it is worth noting that sometimes you'll get rare items from animals, too, like Pig Snouts from Pigs or Magic Tooth from higher level animals (wolves and panthers) in Eltibule. These sell for a significant amount higher than normal loot. While they are also used for some crafting skills, they may be better items to gift for favor or sell for getting money early on. Joeh, for example, has one Favor quest for a Pig Snout that is worth quite a bit of early Favor.
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 Aside from just picking up fish from the bodies of water around Serbule, you can also do angling to find semi-important items and different types of fish. Roshun the Traitor in North Serbule will sell you the pole and bait to do this. As this is a very new skill added to the game, I don't know much of what it is useful for. I think this was added mostly to satiate those players that think an MMO needs some sort of a traditional fishing skill. Aside from just picking up fish from the bodies of water around Serbule, you can also do angling to find semi-important items and different types of fish. Roshun the Traitor in North Serbule will sell you the pole and bait to do this. As this is a very new skill added to the game, I don't know much of what it is useful for. I think this was added mostly to satiate those players that think an MMO needs some sort of a traditional fishing skill.
  
-Right now this is mostly just a simple rock-paper-scissors side game, but for new players it CAN be very handy for building up an inventory of empty bottles without having to outright purchase them, so it is probably worth your time to get this skill to level 15 relatively early. After that, I'm not sure its usefulness every really ramps up so consult with veteran players or others in your guild to find out if newer updates have made this skill worthwhile.+Right now this is mostly just a simple rock-paper-scissors side game, but for new players it CAN be very handy for building up an inventory of empty bottles without having to outright purchase them, so it is probably worth your time to get this skill to level 15 relatively early. Unfortunately, a bunch of high level foods also require specific fish from Angling, so you will need to grind this skill up at least a bit if you are a solo player that doesn't do the group-based content at level 80+.
  
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 Ivyn likes any kind of created food, [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2018327933|including Sausages]], but he seems to gain a little less favor for the work you will put in on that and his Favor quests are a bit more complicated for a new player to complete. Ivyn likes any kind of created food, [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2018327933|including Sausages]], but he seems to gain a little less favor for the work you will put in on that and his Favor quests are a bit more complicated for a new player to complete.
  
-You will not get access to Ivyn's chest (and SHOULD NOT access his chest) till he's at a slightly higher favor level than he starts with. If you do access his chest using the code you find on a wiki or from another player and store items in it, he will sell anything you may have put into his chest at a certain point. Getting more favor with Ivyn did NOT seem to give me more space, but I once heard in game that it *did* give more space. I then proceeded to give him a lot of stuff to increase favor and I didn't get any more space, so I was sure that was wrong but then I logged out and back in and while I wasn't recording exactly how much space I had, it *does* appear that I have more space than I used to, so it does look like increasing favor with Ivyn is a solid strategy for even more space.+You will not get access to Ivyn's chest (and SHOULD NOT access his chest) till he's at a slightly higher favor level than he starts with. If you do access his chest using the code you find on a wiki or from another player and store items in it, he will sell anything you may have put into his chest at a certain point.  
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 +Getting more favor with Ivyn did not seem to give me more space, but I once heard in game that it *did* give more space. I'm pretty sure it's only 32 slots no matter what and the wiki seems to confirm that.
  
 === Charles Thompson === === Charles Thompson ===
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 === Hulon / Council Storage === === Hulon / Council Storage ===
-This is inventory space that can be bought (at exponentially increasing amounts) with Hulon in Serbule. As an example, the 25th slot will cost 900 gold while the 49th slot will cost 8000 gold. I would recommend getting to about 25-30 slots early on to help deal with your early game inventory issues. You will be able to access this storage in a few other locations outside of Serbule as a paid player, it also doesn't have Favor requirements, meaning it's all about the silver you are willing to spend.+This is inventory space that can be bought (at exponentially increasing amounts) with Hulon in Serbule. As an example, the 25th slot will cost 900 gold while the 49th slot will cost 8000 gold. I would recommend getting to about 25-30 slots early on to help deal with your early game inventory issues. You will be able to access this storage in a few other locations outside of Serbule as a paid player, it also doesn't have Favor requirements, meaning it's all about the councils you are willing to spend.
  
 === Other NPCs === === Other NPCs ===
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 While the Pick-Me-Up Juice that you learn early on in Alchemy is fine, you're going to have a much better time of it if you use something like a Ruggedizer which can be purchased from Charles Thompson just outside Serbule on the way to the Serbule Crypt. These are quite cheap for what they give you. While this comes with a small chance to turn you into a Pig, do not fret it. UnPig Juices are easy to farm even if it seems like they aren't at first. If you are killing Pigs to get Pork Shoulders to turn into Bacon or Sausages for favor with Joeh or Ivyn, you are going to find UnPig juices as part of this process. Just having one will be sufficient in case you get turned into a Pig by a Ruggedizer potion. Otherwise, keep about 3,500 councils on hand in case you have to buy an UnPig juice off of Mushroom Jack's Consignment tab. While the Pick-Me-Up Juice that you learn early on in Alchemy is fine, you're going to have a much better time of it if you use something like a Ruggedizer which can be purchased from Charles Thompson just outside Serbule on the way to the Serbule Crypt. These are quite cheap for what they give you. While this comes with a small chance to turn you into a Pig, do not fret it. UnPig Juices are easy to farm even if it seems like they aren't at first. If you are killing Pigs to get Pork Shoulders to turn into Bacon or Sausages for favor with Joeh or Ivyn, you are going to find UnPig juices as part of this process. Just having one will be sufficient in case you get turned into a Pig by a Ruggedizer potion. Otherwise, keep about 3,500 councils on hand in case you have to buy an UnPig juice off of Mushroom Jack's Consignment tab.
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 +Speaking of Pork Shoulders, even when you have maxed out Favor with Joeh or others, do not just sell your Pork Shoulders to Fainor for councils. Instead, turn them into Sausages or Bacon first, then sell them for councils. This has two benefits as it not only makes you more money, but it also helps you level your Cooking skill. For a lot of other items, it's going to be better to convert them to food or other crafted item first, then sell the food item rather than the raw unprocessed food alone. Another example where this is beneficial is tanning skins. You can raise your Tanning skill this way and get more money out of it. Even crafting some early leatherworking gear with the skins is a good idea, typically.
  
 If you are looking for more tips along these sorts of lines of Survival and Min-Maxing, be sure to check out the [[buffs|buffs section of this guide]]. If you are looking for more tips along these sorts of lines of Survival and Min-Maxing, be sure to check out the [[buffs|buffs section of this guide]].
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 One of the easiest ways to replace gear is to collect Brains and Brain Lobes in Serbule and to take them to [[https://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Zeratak|Zeratak]], a large speaking mantis NPC in a building at the very north side of Serbule. One of the easiest ways to replace gear is to collect Brains and Brain Lobes in Serbule and to take them to [[https://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Zeratak|Zeratak]], a large speaking mantis NPC in a building at the very north side of Serbule.
  
-For those of you thinking "Basic <Piece of Armor>" gear isn't better than your current gear because it doesn't have writing saying it improves X or Y or whatnot, please note that Bartered gear randomly rolls buffs on it and you have a chance of getting something not just better than what you are currently wearing, but significantly better than what you are currently wearing. So it's not just an armor upgrade, it's going to be De Facto better than newbie island gear.+For those of you thinking "Basic <Piece of Armor>" gear isn't better than your current gear because it doesn't have writing saying it improves X or Y or whatnot, please note that Bartered gear randomly rolls buffs on it and you have a chance of getting something not just better than what you are currently wearing, but significantly better than what you are currently wearing. So it's not just an armor upgrade, it's de facto better than newbie island gear, regardless of color. If you can get a usable Red, Purple, or Gold gear piece from Bartering, it's absolutely better than the Gold gear pieces on the newbie island, IMHO.
  
 Also, yellow and purple newbie island gear is very common to see. It is not better than a Cyan level Barter trade with Zeratak. Please do Barters for early game gear, especially if you are killing lots of Brain Bugs. Also, yellow and purple newbie island gear is very common to see. It is not better than a Cyan level Barter trade with Zeratak. Please do Barters for early game gear, especially if you are killing lots of Brain Bugs.
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