Nerdie's Noobie Starter Guide - MOVED TO WIKI
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Baby Steps - Getting a Grip When You Join
After you complete the Tutorial upon your first log-in, you will spawn in a busy area surrounded by a whole host of NPCs, players, sounds, and buildings. Arguably the most important building - and the one we will be focusing on right now - is just to the right of the Boros NPC near the walls of signs.
Click HERE to see the full guide under "Starter Guide"!
Baby Steps - Getting a Grip When You Join
After you complete the Tutorial upon your first log-in, you will spawn in a busy area surrounded by a whole host of NPCs, players, sounds, and buildings. Arguably the most important building - and the one we will be focusing on right now - is just to the right of the Boros NPC near the walls of signs.
Boros is the lad of the left. The building we want is on the right!
There's more to this room than meets the eye... we'll get back to it later.
Alright, so you've walked into the building. Congrats, you're a big strong Lokan now! To meet up with your bigger, stronger Lokan friends in your Town, you'll need to walk into that white portal seen in the image above. Note that you'll have to be added to the Town first (ask your Town leaders to invite you, and accept the invite via chat)!
Citizenship - Being a Beneficial Town Member
Congrats, Lokan, you've arrived in Town! From here, everything gets a lot more interesting. What you see when you arrive at your Town depends on how your Town is arranged. However, the basics of each and every Town are the same.
That portal you stepped through goes both ways. Stepping back into it will take you to Spawn, and you can always come back by entering the building and going through the same portal as before. If you wander a bit around your Town, you'll likely notice that Loka's Town system is not exactly a vanilla experience. Machines (called Industries) whir, Jobs are waiting to be accepted, portals lie in wait...
Let's start with what you can be doing to help out the Town.
Jobs
Jobs are vital to a Town's functionality. Higher-ups within the Town can easily create, edit, and delete Jobs for the Town. Let's take a look at an example.
"Irn Bru"? What kind of Job title is that?
Here we have a Job Sign. Signs like these allow you to accept a Job and complete it. On the first line, you can see the Job's name. Line 2 shows the name of the person who created the job. Next, you can see exactly what you need to do in order to complete this Job. On the last line, there may be a reward of some kind for when you complete the task. The reward may be Prestige (a number only useful within your Town, usually used to show the extent of your Town contributions) or any kind of physical item. Right-click the sign to start your Job, and use /j l to view all your current Jobs.
In addition to Job signs, there are also Job NPCs, which serve the exact same purpose.
This Boros fellow has Jobs from any player on Loka!
Here we can see a Job NPC with an available Job, as signified by the yellow symbol above its head. Right-clicking on the NPC opens a menu, as seen below.
Never liked skeletons anyway.
Shift-click on the Job you want to accept it, and remember, you can use /j l to see all your active jobs. Depending on the Job, it may complete automatically, or you may need to turn in items to the NPC. In case the latter, simply gather the items required and right-click the NPC. Take the items from your inventory and put them in the NPC's inventory, then exit the interface. Ta-da! You're done!
Resource Isles - A Rich Risk
Ores on Loka spawn differently than in regular Minecraft. Sure, you can go digging and grab some ores under your Town, but the real goodies are at places called Resource Isles. These dangerous yet rich islands can be found outside of each of the three continents. Let's take a peek at the World Map below to find one.
If anyone asks, Kalros is the best continent.
Here we've got Kalros' Resource Isle. Resource Isles (RIs) can be found easily on the World Map; they are off the main landmass and have a diamond icon on them. Depending on what you want to mine will dictate which RI you go to, as some have more of certain ores than others. Make sure to compare your coordinates to the World Map whilst sailing; you don't want to get lost at sea.
Resource Isles regenerate themselves over time, making their supplies limitless. They host huge caves as well! While certainly a miner's dream, RIs are not the safest place to roam. For one, PvP is enabled, and you won't keep your items upon death. Secondly, Illagers lurk around RIs - beware of the Evokers, Vindicators, and Vexes!
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I'm planning on adding:
Citizenship - Town user tips (locking, protecting, upkeep)
Citizenship - Town leveling
Any other suggstions? Keep in mind this is a guide for total starters, and is not meant to fully delve into all the specifcs of Loka, so I won't be adding all there is to know.
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