HELPS ON THE WURM.
Premium/Non-premium. The only difference between prem and not prem is a skill cap of 20. This means you cannot
Destroy roads, fences, and buildings
dig on or build on very steep slopes or plan very large buildings
improve things past 25 easily. You'll need premium-made tools to get it higher.
kill a lot of the hard enemies.
I've played for months without premium, most of my main skills are at 20 now. I'm still very useful and can do awsome stuff, like mah 3X3 house and a giant patch of flat land I terraformed, and mah ramp and so forth and whathaveyou. Premium is more of a "Help rolf and get benefits" than "PAY OR YOU SUCK".
Communication
Type /t (name) to private message someone
you can only add people to friends if you can physically see them, but all friends are for right now is adding them to your house so they can use it.
The game will automatically save everything you hear in a text file where you installed wurm.
Type /dev to talk to all the GMs and CMs. This is useful if you're trapped in a noobtrap or stuck in a bug.
Type /stuck if you're stuck in something, it might get you out.
The cute lil animals
STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING OUTLINED IN RED
Until you get a weapon, you can be killed by a chicken. When you have a weapon, you can be killed by pretty much everything else. If you can find a guard tower or spirit guard, you can make an animal follow you over there until said guard kills it.
CROCODILES ARE DEMONS OF MISERY AND PUNISHMENT. THEY SWIM.
SCORPIONS ARE SLOW BUT ALSO DEMONS OF MISERY AND PUNISHMENT. THEY DONT SWIM.
TROLLS EAT GRENADES FOR FUN. THEY ARE FAST. THEY DO NOT SWIM.
SPIDERS MAKE BIKER GANGS CRY. THEY DO NOT SWIM.
DOGS ARE CYOOOT =D. You can tame them with meat.
WOLVES ARE NOT SO CUTE. THEY WILL EAT YOUR FINGERS.
The older an animal is, the harder it is. animals age from
young->adolescent->mature->aged->old->venerable
They also sometimes get modifiers like 'fierce' or 'diseased'. These make em harder. You'll see stuff like "Adolescent slow huge spider" a lot.
lols I is not moving halp
Weight in wurm is pretty realistic. You shouldn't have more than 60KG.
Don't pick up logs, fur, planks, tar, dirt, or hides unless you know you need them. Also make sure the climbing button on the bottom right isn't white. Click it if it is. If you're hurt you will also slow down (stupid, annoying feature)
[ June 02, 2008: Message edited by: Wooty ]