A Noobish Adventure

[Alesondra 38]

Why Xanadu. I looked at all of the maps from the WURM Online Map

Dump Portal. They all looked incredably crowded and developed 

except Xanadu. So that's where I went because I wanted an adventure 

and that looked like the best place for that. I did the tute thing but that was a

few weeks ago. I forgot that character while deciding to do this so I made this

one. I want to get started so off I go. 

 

DAY ONE:

I came in at Greymead so I could get as close to the place I 

spotted on the map as I could. I wanted to get in water for safety 

from the beasties. So that seemed like a good place to start.

The trip south was had no events to talk about. I stopped at some 

clay and made 4 jugs to hold water and take 11 clay for when I left 

the lake and struck out cross land. I arrived at my jump off place 

in fairly short order without any beasties trying to eat my bones. Maybe the don't like to swim.  

 

I was going to take a road that went south from a settlement and 

then I was going to go west across a mountain to get to my picked 

spot. When I got to the settlement I discovered someone made a road 

from there that went west so I took that instead.

 

When I got to a spot on the road that looked direclty north of my 

spot I started off across land. I hit forest immediately. It was 

much worse than anything I had imagined. I could not see more than 

a couple of tiles ahead. Sometimes more. Sometimes less. I tried to 

go in a straight line but steep hills made me detour. I ran from a 

troll first. I went downhill so I could run faster. Then a mountain 

lion. Then a wolf.

 

And now I was hopelessly lost. I decided to go 

uphill to try and find a spot I could see from but then I got 

chased by another wolf. I stopped running long enough for my 

compass to show what direction was west. So I went west. I found a 

cow, caught it and tried to ride it but it was worse than walking 

because it put me up in the tree branches where i could see nothing 

so I just led the cow. Finally I came to a tall mountain. I looked 

at the dump map. Lo and behold, I was twice as far as I needed to 

go. This is when I realized I needed some shelter but had no way to 

make one. So I logged off. End of day one. 

 

DAY TWO:

I logged back on and immediately went to the mountain to rummage. I 

found a few bits of iron. Melted them and got a whopping .8 of 

metal. So, I would have to climb the mountain to find more. I would 

need six more to make a anvil. Then more to make nails. 

So up I went. After I found two more I got chased by a wolf. I 

could not run with climbing turned on so I turned it off. I went 

very fast until I hit the ground. Like the say, it isn't the fall 

that kills you it's the sudden stop at the end. At least I got away 

from the wolf. 

 

I foraged for cotton and food and got some of both after a while. 

Cooked the food and that back up the mountain. I started looking 

for iron again, found two more and then another wolf found me. This 

time I was up higher and down I went, plop. Got away again but with 

several bruises. 

 

Then came the troll. It came at me, I went to the tent to get the 

cow for a get away and would have made it to. But the game lagged. 

When I got back i was dead. Wow, that sucked. 

I thought to myself, "Self, there must be an easier way". So I went 

to the wiki and looked up iron. I discovered prospect.

 

Back to the mountain I go. I went to the lowest rock tile, 

prospected and EUREKA. Iron. Someplace in there was iron, the 

magical salve of living. This is where I decided someone had 

forgotten that logs could be made into cabins without iron. But we 

had to have this stuff to survive. So now I knew it was in there 

someplace so I started to 'tunnel' Alesondra, don't 'mine'. 

 

This is where the hell hound came. I tried to run but it had bit me 

so I was slow. The game lagged. I came back dead. Big surprise 

there. If I had shelter I would have been ok. But no IRON yet. 

Pfffft. I was beginning to see why people didn't stay. But I'm on 

an adventure so I plod on. 

 

I mine straight in and after four tiles run straight into the iron. 

The gods are smiling on my bruised up dead/undead self. So, I make 

a fire, make anvil, make nails, make fence, make little house and 

get ready to go back the way I came to find my spot. End of day 

two. 

 

DAY THREE

I log on, make enough nails for a small fence and four walls. I 

leave the things I made here except for the magic nails. I have to 

travel light so I can run. Too bad the stupid cow can't carry my 

pack. Must be cow union rules.

 

I look at the map. I have to go west to a mountain. Travel north 

and follow the mountain as it curves back to the west. Where it 

curves back to the south I have to strike off to the north and 

should make my target very close. Just have to look for a steep 

spot. So, off I go. I am running short of water so I have to do 

this quick as I can. 

 

All goes well. I come to the mountain. Go along it until it starts 

turning south again and head off to the north through the forests 

that seem to never end. For three days I am mocked by trees. They 

blind me and offer nothing. I can't even climb them for safety. 

These are cruel trees. Maybe some day I will kill them all, 

mwahahaha. I am losing my mind. 

 

I run from a wolf. I run from a mountain lion. All the while I 

stick to my direction, north. Then I come to a steep spot to my 

right, east. This must be it, at least I hope.

 

So, up I go. more rocks. I look at the map. They have the same 

shape as the map. I am here. I want to weep but have not time. Now 

I prospect and the very first time iron. 

 

First I climb to the top of this small mountain my rock face is on. 

At the top it is nice and flat for a very big area but lots of 

trees. Big surprise. Ha ha. I put my tent, hitch my cow. Why I have 

this cow I don't know. Guess it's now my companion. A cow with no 

name. 

 

Then I mine. I go in two tiles and decide to throw a die. 1 and 2 I 

go straight. 3 and 4 left. 5 and 6 right. It's 5. I go right. Three 

tiles and iron. I decide to mine back to the direction I came in so 

maybe I can have a second exit. I go one tile and...MORE iron. The 

WURM gods must like me. 

 

Again, make anvil, make nails, make bucket. I will make a well and 

push it from tile to tile and see if it gets water. I spend all day 

pushing a well and no water. I make a deed but cannot afford a 

guard. End of day three.

 

DAY FOUR:

I push the stupid well all over the place and forage while I wait 

to see if it produces water. I make 27 coppers from forage. Finally 

the well lands in a good place and I have water. Now I have food, 

water and the magical iron. No clay but I can survive until I can 

chop a clear path to the road to my north and then take the road to 

the lake for clay. I wonder how many times I will die hauling clay. 

Better take the tent. This day is spent on planks and nails and 

foraging and pushing a well and chopping trees and some leveling. 

End of day Four.

 

DAY FIVE:

 

This morning I woke up and a thought struck me. I thought, Ale girl,

you are stupid. I was worried about running out of water but the whole

time I have a four leg milk machine with me for any time I am thirsty.

What a dummy. 

 

When I logged on there was a nice kitty outside my little square fence

area I made for my security. Now what do I do. I had a brilliant idea. I will

put all my stuff into a box and then run with the kitty chasing me until I

am far away and then I will run back and no more kitty.  So off I go with 

it chasing me. But instead of going downhill I just stayed on level ground 

so I did not get away far enough and it chased be back to my little square 

fence. So I did this again but went down a steep hill. So now it worked and 

I could get busy.

 

Today I leveled the whole deed edge to where it will all be so I could

make the fence all around. Then I leveled the place for a small house. 

Made a 'road' down to the mine. I got iron made all I need for blacksmith 

and made a bsb, fsb and little cart. All of this took a long time. It is slow 

going for a noob. 

 

I will now do the work everyone has done. House, garden, livestock. Maybe 

I will be premium, don't know. But the adventure is over. Now the work. 

I have learned much in five days. What to do. What not to do. And advice for 

other noobs. Especially GET A COW. But remember to milk it for drink. 

You will never be thirsty. 

 

So everyone have some good days and think about those on the bad days. 

Maybe I will see some people out here in the no place wilderness. Maybe I will

make a road so this is wilderness no more. I bid you all adieu. 

Edited August 19, 2015 by Alesondra

[Bosh 58]

Ha Great story! Kudos to you for pushing over the hump and finding the little moments of Magic in wurm... Enough to make you want to stick it out. Too many people give up at that first real rage quit moment unfortunately, when they should persevere one last time!

And obviously the cow should be called Wilson...

[Feonix 44]

My noob experience was very much like yours. The game is unforgiving to new players but after many years of playing generic cookie cutter games I finally found one that offered a real challenge. The fact that I needed to make a mine and look for iron, then mine the ore, melt it in a fire, make an anvil then finally a handful of nails just as a small component in making a fence or wall was the thing that had me hooked on wurm. I've read the other thread about the all wooden log cabins that would help a new player and I do feel torn about it. In the end I would say leave it the way it is. If I hadn't of had my brutal experience in my first days of wurm I would've been bored and back to playing with the masses trying to get to level 60 somewhere.

[Drastox 332]

I could never do what you just did. Attempted it a few times but always bought a pendulum before heading out. I'd always give up and join a village till I got better than go ahead and try with better skills.

[williamwierd 390]

The perspective of Wurm for everyone is certainly different. For some, it's a game where you can hone your skills to become a fine craftsman. For some, it's a game where you can become a great merchant who's name resounds throughout Wurm. For some, it's simply a game where you can find friends and have a fine time with. 

 

For noobs, it's a game where you're food for wildlife.

 

 

Rambling jokes aside, this thread was an enjoyable read for me. It brought back alot of memories of noob-hood for me, and I'm sure it did for others as well. The honeymoon noob period is always the most enjoyable, and I hope you continue to play

[Tipper 260]

For three days I am mocked by trees.

 

Edited August 19, 2015 by Tipper

[Nappy 1,369]

Reading this makes me wish we had that survival PVE server that someone keeps talking about from time to time.

[Marlon 303]

This is a great post. I love these beginner (or even vet stories).

I kept a blog, won't plug it here, from day one... then stopped updating it. I read it the other day, and realised I had a similiar experience, except I wasn't alone.

My S.O plays with me, and we picked this TERRIBLE rocky cliff side to deed on, only realised later that 5x5 of dirt surrounded by rock was a bad thing. But we persisted and that became a huge pretty settlement called Plattekloof. Moved on now... new place. But reading your story, ties in with my notions yesterday in that other post. 

 

Also some replied that Wurm hold something different for different folks. This is very true. It also has a way if filtering out the impatient trolls eventually, so they don't stay long. Leaves us with a great bunch of folks.

 

Just for info of others that are new. Yes, the map dumps makes it look overcrowded on places like Indy, but hey, it's not. There's a lot of places that have not been touched, screaming for a terraforming and survival challenge. The rest are settled beautiful deeds, or fallen estates (with nothing but a few decayed fences and a handful of stone slabs remaining). 

 

Im going to scroll up and read your last day now.

[Verotika 90]

I can't count how many times I died my first few weeks, even as member of a deed. Hang in there. Wurm is worth it

[Eobersig 1,006]

Reading this makes me wish we had that survival PVE server that someone keeps talking about from time to time.

[Alesondra 38]

Day five and last has been added. 

[Shrimpiie 3,665]

Moved to The Scribes Corner.

[Tipper 260]