Guides

First Hour Survival (New Player Onboarding)

If you are brand new to MUME or text-based MUDs, start with these essential resources to get up to speed in your first hour:

1. Quick Start & Command Cheat Sheet — Essential setup checklist, command syntax cheat sheet, combat safety, and death recovery.
2. Basic Commands Index — Detailed overview of fundamental MUME commands.
3. Character Creation & Stats — Choosing your base abilities.
4. Accessing Information — How to use help, info, and game channels.
5. Movement & Exploring — Navigating Middle-earth.
6. Light & Vision — Staying out of the dark.
7. Combat Basics — Understanding combat, wimpy, and screen text speed.
8. Death & Recovery — What happens when you fall and how to recover gear.

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Adventuring & Character Growth

Once you have mastered the basics, follow these guides to expand your journey:

9. Cooking & Campfires — Basic survival, food, and water.
10. NPCs & Mobs — Interacting with inhabitants of Middle-earth.
11. Healing & Herblores — Staying alive with herbs and remedies.
12. Making Gold — Funding your adventures.
13. Guilds & Practicing — Training your character abilities.
14. Travel Points — Exploration as progression.
15. Missile Weapons — Archery and ranged combat.
16. Mounts & Pets — Riding and animal companions.
17. Cities & Settlements — Finding safety and services.
18. Magic & Spells — For aspiring spellcasters.
19. Leveling 1 to 12 — Your first steps to power.
20. Welcome to Level 21 — Transitioning to the end-game.

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Class & Race Guides

Deep dives into specific playstyles and builds:

• Troll Guide — Playing the massive servants of Shadow.
• Zaugurz Orc Guide — A guide to the Zaugurz tribe.
• Shaman Guide — Master the spirits and rituals.
• Alweon's Caster Guide — Versatile builds for magic users.
• Ranger Skills — Tracking and wilderness survival.
• Warrior Skills — Mastering the art of the blade.
• Scout Guide — Stealth and backstabbing.

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Featured Community Guides & Reference

• General guide with rare useful information — Essential tips, skill caps, and rare knowledge.
• Spell List — All spells and their effects.
• Herb Guide — Identification and usage of herblores.
• Quest Guide — Available quests across Middle-earth.
• Character Stats — Deep dive into advanced mechanics.
• Staff, Gem and Focus — Essential for mages and clerics.
• Abbreviations — Common MUME slang and shorthand.
• Super Mobiles — Information on legendary enemies.
• Guildmasters — Where to find your trainers.

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Advanced Strategy

• Moria Strategies — Surviving the Mines of Moria.
• PK Guide — Player vs. Player combat rules.
• Leveling Guide — Experience and leveling information.