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The Road to Enlightenment
Getting Started | Quests | Defences | Equipment | Avalon Slang | Food | Communication | Roleplay | Avalon Macros | Clients | Skillsets |
Getting started
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You should also learn the way to PATH ENTRANCE (PE) off by heart. PE is the starting point of most quests and a general meeting place. It is not as hard as it seems. Once you walk there a few times it will eventually get easier. When you have some spare time or feel bored, walk around a bit. Most of the time exploring can be pretty helpful. Any member of our guild and citizen of Thakria will be helpful as well. So if you get lost, and have tried everything to get back, just ask someone.
These are many GOLDQUESTS scattered through Avalon. I am not going to tell you all of them, as you should do a bit of exploring as well. But if you are having any troubles, or want to help me find a few more, just ask me when you see me online.
NOTE: The numbers behind the items are there so that you can locate them if you APPLY UCKLICE. ( eg. locate shortsword208). This will allow you to see whether it has reset or not. This saves a lot of time since you don't have to go all the way there just to find it hasn't reset yet.
How to get to PE (Path Entrance) - From Center Thakria Square to Path entrance (pe): all east, s ,w ,sw, s ,s ,se, south til foul river, se, e, se, se ,se ,se, e ,se ,se ,se ,e ,se ,se ,se, ne, all east, sw, se ,se ,se ,se ,s ,se ,se ,se ,ne ,e.
Shortsword208 - From Path Entrance: e, e, n, get shortsword, s, w, w, w, sw, nw, nw, nw, n, nw, nw, nw, nw, ne, w ,w, w, w, w, w, w, se, s, sw, s, s, sw, w, ne, wield shortsword, n, n, jab wight (make sure that you jab him quick enough as he will try and attack you if you wait too long), get 100 coin, get shield, (leave crown as you would die if you take it) (Way back to PE (path entrance): s, s, sw, e, ne, n, n, ne, n, nw, e, e, e, e, e, e, e, e, e, sw, se, se, se, se, s, se, se, se, ne, e.) You can sell the shield for 5 coin.
Floorboard (Also known as woodman's quest) - Woodman from Path Entrance: w sw nw ne, examine grate, lift floorboard, get XXX coin. Up to 250 coin there, if 'you cannot lift what you cannot see' it has not reset.
Pouch682 - Starting from Path Entrance go: e, e, n, n, ne, n, e, s, e, e, ne, get pouch, sw, w, w, n, w, s, sw, s, s, w, w, n, n, n, w, w, nw, nw, ne, u, n, u, se, open pouch682, lift cube, push cube, nw, d, s, d, e, get 50 coin, get emerald (Way back to path entrance: w, u, n, u, se, nw, d, s, d, sw, se, se, e, e, s, s, s) You can sell the emerald at pawnbrokers for 12 gold coins.
NOTE: City quests will also give you 50 gold. You will also gain a bit of exp when you complete a city quest. You can REQUEST a city quest either at HECRITOR, who is near the SOUTH GATE, or PERIAM in the Palace, located further north of THAKRIA. These quest will also make you familiar with the land. It will widen your knowledge.
If you are waiting on goldquests to reset, you might want to consider reading the MANUAL, which is either found on AVALON'S site or by typing HELP CONTENTS in the game.
You will not have some of these yet but don't worry, you will get them as you grow older.
Life Potion - If you had some spare money to buy yourself a resurrection potion (default color= dull gray), then this one defence you want to put up. It will revive you when you get killed. See POTIONS AND RUNES for more help on these.
Deafness and blindness - You might think why you would want to be deaf and blind but these help against Loremasters, Artisans, Alchemist, and people that use some form of compulsion over you. If you are deaf, you wont be affected by the poison SHIROLOS, nor the compulsion spell until you are able to hear again and its also a defence against Bards . YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE BUY THESE RUNES FOR YOU IN ORDER FOR THEM TO WORK ON YOU. The Loremaster types, use runes as one of their attacks. They might show you a ZAHIR rune which is like web. You have to STRUGGLE to get out of it. If you are blind, then there is a chance that their attack wont work. If you have WIRREN and UCKLICE on, than you will still be able to see and attack.
Ignorance - This is a skill in AB PERCEPTION. It will allow you to partially ignore runes on the ground.
Levitate- A skill in AB CHARMING. This might not seem like a defence, but it allows you to pass over some traps and over the pit of the Mages. It also allows you to run without the loss of breath. Type FALL to cancel levitating.
Shroud - Shroud is a skill in your AB MYSTICISM. Its not very high, it is one of the first skills you get. It will protect you from being located. Only the bigger people who have high skills will be able to locate you, but your own PEERS should not be able to. It also protects you from being scented.
Invisible- You should always go invisible, when exploring or fighting. It will lessen your chances of getting hit. You can either sip invisible potion or use the spell if you have it in AB CHARMING.
Talisman - Boosts magic defence
Armour - Chainmail and platemail. These will take your damage deflection to 95% Herbs You need to be able to use herbs sufficiently to survive. Check out HERBS for more help on these.
Pipes -Same as with herbs. Check out HERBS which can be smoked. You should have a pipe for each of the following: MALLORAN, MEGILLOS, and ARKASU .
Equipment you will need: These are just some basics. You will gradually add to your inventory as you get older to get all the things you need.
NOTE: All items (whether potion, sack, cloak) should all be runed and cursed. You will need to buy a snowflake rune (so no one else can pick it up if you drop it accidently or get ordered to drop it) and an oval rune to protect it from thieves. Cursing the item will not allow you to remove it or drop it, which is very handy since this reduces the chances of you losing your items during combat.
PENTACLE item - You will need one of these until you get the spell in your charming ability. ( type AB CHARMING to see what your last skill is.)
WEB item - Also very handy to have. Most people will have some trouble with web. This will buy you some time to either get away to heal, or slay the enemy.
Handburn Item - You will need this when you are in a fight. When you are young, your skills won't be sufficient enough to do enough damage. So getting an item charged with handburn will help you to slay your enemy.
Other Items - As you grow older, you will need to acquire these: NULLIFY, HEALHAND. SUMMON, TRAVERSE, TELEPORT, COMPULSION, and a few others. These are not that important but will help you in fights. When in AVALON, type HELP CHARMS to see a list of the charges available.
Armour (Both chainmail and platemail) -These are probably the most expensive. When you wear them, they will
Back-pack or a sack -To carry your items in.
Diffusion Potion- Prevents you from being summoned and when shrouded, makes you harder to locate.
Health Potion - This is very important. You should at least have one if not two. You can only take a health potion every 30 seconds or so.
Allheale Potion - Heals many afflictions like INSOMNIA, DEAFNESS, ASTHMA etc.
Wax - You should at least have one runed wax. You need it to shroud yourself and to fight.
Pouch -This will depend on whether you have the pouch skill in AB SCHOLARSHIP ( read Skills for more help). Pouches allow you to keep herbs and poisons. If you put herbs or poisons in your pack, they will fall out when you log off.
Herbs - After you have obtained a pouch and have the skill, you should get ucklice and iorthir or wirren. These allow you to locate items and people. See also HERBS AND POISONS for more help.
Poisons - You don't really need any poisons yet. However later on when you get the KNIVES skill in AB STEALTH, poisons can become pretty useful. Also HERBS AND POISONS for more information.
Pipes - After you have obtained the skill POUCHES in AB SCHOLARSHIP, you will need to get yourself 3 pipes. One to smoke megillos, one for arkasu, and the other one for malloran. You WILL need all of these. Many afflictions are cured with these. MALLORAN creates an aura of returning, very effective against knights, however it will disappear when you commit an offensive act or after time.
While you are still young, you might as well make use of the FREE FOOD that's out there when you get hungry. Places like the SPRINGTOWN MISSION and the CHAPEL in NORTH OGG will provide free food. These are quite hard to get to, there are many way to get there. Ask someone to show you the way there. The easiest would be to go through MERCINAE and from the center there go north/eastish until you arrive at the JETTIES, from the you can get the ferry ( BOARD FERRY) and you will be taken to the Quays at Springtown ( LEAVE FERRY to get off when you arrive there). From there it is north, then go west until you get to the center of Springtown. Then go north and type SIT. You will then receive food for free. North Ogg is a little more complicated and more dangerous, but if you feel adventurous, just ask someone to walk you through it.
