Advice for beginners

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For help getting started with FOnline: 2238 go [http://fonline2238.net/forum/index.php?topic=4.0 here].
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Here are a few advices that beginners should read. They are really useful and may save your life. Really, this article is a gold mine, pay attention to it.
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For help getting started with [[FOnline:2238]] go [http://fonline2238.net/forum/index.php?topic=4.0 here], it contains informations about how to create a good character, starting in game, and so on.
  
 
If you need any extra help other than that guide, it might be a good idea to check that whole section of the forum [http://fonline2238.net/forum/index.php?board=4.0 here].
 
If you need any extra help other than that guide, it might be a good idea to check that whole section of the forum [http://fonline2238.net/forum/index.php?board=4.0 here].
  
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'''For a more slang-ridden article on how to get started, here is a copy-paste from the old Fallout Wiki:'''
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= Advices =
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* Once you're in the game, you may want to know some useful [[shortcuts]]. F1 will show them. Players use mostly the keys Q (Shows your sight), W (Shows your range) and A (Shortcut to attack).
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* Take care, in the beginning, random encounters are deadly. Even rats can kill you if you don't run fast enough ! But as soon as you've grabbed a gun, you'll be able to slay 'em all !
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* At the beginning, trust nobody.
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* Get yourself a [[tent]]. You'll need 10 brahmin hides, and they are hard to get. Check shops often for them.
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* Several towns contain a brahmin pen ([[Klamath]], [[Modoc]], [[Vault City]], [[Redding]], [[NCR]]...). Talk to the pen keeper, grab his shoveller and you're ready to clean the pen from all the shit there is ! Talk again to the pen keeper when you're done, you'll be paid both in caps and experience points. See the [[shit shoveling]] page for more details.
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* Beware when you're in towns without guards (Most of North towns), gangs there will kill you without any hesitation. You can try to do some quests there to gain your first levels.
  
"When starting, you must observe the first rule of the wastes:
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* You can go in the desert and enter in a random location to search for resources. Resources are needed to craft items. Once you've gathered a few resources, you can craft some primitive but useful tools.
  
Trust nobody.
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* When you've got your first gun, avoid any human encounter. Try to kill spore plants, rats, little geckos, little radscorpions, brahmins and so on. Dogs are tough, take care.
  
After getting past that, feel free to ask others for help. You'll want to start shoveling shit or harvesting whatever you can for exp/caps. Open a bank account in whatever town you start. It costs $100 but it's worth it. If you get to level 2 without dying, good job.You won't survive for long.
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* Open a [[bank account]] in whatever town you start. It costs 100 [[caps]] but it's worth it.
Your next order of business is armor, a weapon, and a tent. You likely won't have the skills to craft guns or even armor, so you're going to need to trade for this with either a player or a shopkeeper. Go for armor first, then a weapon. Once that is in order, get ten brahmin skins together. This is much easier said than done. Killing brahmin probably won't be easy unless you've just vultured yourself a minigun. Check shops often for them. If you manage to finally get ten together, read the next paragraph.
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Enter the wastes and find a suitable place to build your tent. This means leave town, go to another square, click the green triangle. Try to go to your inventory and use your science skill on the ten skins. If it works, congratulations. If not, find another square of map. Remember, others can't see your tent unless they follow you from town or you bring them there. The former you have very little defense against. The latter is your own damn problem."
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Revision as of 22:43, 22 January 2010

Here are a few advices that beginners should read. They are really useful and may save your life. Really, this article is a gold mine, pay attention to it.

For help getting started with FOnline:2238 go here, it contains informations about how to create a good character, starting in game, and so on.

If you need any extra help other than that guide, it might be a good idea to check that whole section of the forum here.


Advices

  • Once you're in the game, you may want to know some useful shortcuts. F1 will show them. Players use mostly the keys Q (Shows your sight), W (Shows your range) and A (Shortcut to attack).
  • Take care, in the beginning, random encounters are deadly. Even rats can kill you if you don't run fast enough ! But as soon as you've grabbed a gun, you'll be able to slay 'em all !
  • At the beginning, trust nobody.
  • Get yourself a tent. You'll need 10 brahmin hides, and they are hard to get. Check shops often for them.
  • Several towns contain a brahmin pen (Klamath, Modoc, Vault City, Redding, NCR...). Talk to the pen keeper, grab his shoveller and you're ready to clean the pen from all the shit there is ! Talk again to the pen keeper when you're done, you'll be paid both in caps and experience points. See the shit shoveling page for more details.
  • Beware when you're in towns without guards (Most of North towns), gangs there will kill you without any hesitation. You can try to do some quests there to gain your first levels.
  • You can go in the desert and enter in a random location to search for resources. Resources are needed to craft items. Once you've gathered a few resources, you can craft some primitive but useful tools.
  • When you've got your first gun, avoid any human encounter. Try to kill spore plants, rats, little geckos, little radscorpions, brahmins and so on. Dogs are tough, take care.
  • Open a bank account in whatever town you start. It costs 100 caps but it's worth it.
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