What to Do in Underpunks

## Where to Start in Underpunks?

Underpunks is a massive multi-user text-based adventure. There are extensive amounts of things to do and discover, loot to find, and skills to grind. It is easy to get lost, overwhelmed or not know where to start.

> Note: Underpunks is a work-friendly, family-friendly, and time-friendly text-based game. Every room has a 'cooldown timer' between commands, meaning you can type one thing every X minutes or hours. Patience is required, as is attention to the commands you are typing. Wrong commands will still trigger the cooldown timer, and some timers are 6 hours. This is part of the game, and experience. Take it slow. Think about what you want to loot, grind or do, and don't get caught up if a wrong command is typed, it's an initiation and happens to the best of us.
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This guide is aimed to both help new players get into the world and re-introduce old players.

### Initial Steps:

The first things that are required are some administration tasks:

1. Read the Server Rules.
2. Verify your account, this is required to join guilds, receive loot and make trades. Will also grant access to verified-only rooms.
3. Familiarise yourself with the commands, specifically, the movement commands.
4. Review the locations / map.

### New Player Tutorial / Squires:

For new players, the tutorial is a great place to start: To become a Squire and start the tutorial, do the following:

1. If you've discovered the server yourself, you will need to become a Squire. This is done by going to one of the Shires (whichever you desire, based on your thematic preference, timer preference, or if one shire specifically recruits you). Note: Downshire is not available for this yet.
2. If you've been given an invite link, that will be linked with an existing shire. Travel to your home shire.
	* Review locations for the locations of the shires, and their timers.
3. Once at your home shire, or desired shire, perform the tutorial command (!ut for Upshire Tutorial, !et for Eastshire Tutorial, !wt for Westshire Tutorial, !nt for Northshire Tutorial, or !st for Southshire Tutorial).
4. Additionally, if you are not ready to Squire, or do the shire tutorial, you can perform the Town Hall tutorial via the !attack command at the Town Hall.
5. Follow the steps until you've gained an understanding of the mechanics, and earned some coin.

* Note: You can switch which shire you are aligned with at any time, by travelling to the desired shire and performing the tutorial command.

A Squire is an important role in Underpunks. Squires get access to exclusive loot and fragile weapons. Squire loot, is achieved by killing vermin on your assigned shire, and is a different loot for each shire. The shire loots are very sought after by all players, as they can be used for a variety of important crafting recipes, and can not be obtained by non-squires and veteran players. See Squires for more details on the loot.

Currently, you are always a Squire, and do not 'graduate', meaning you will always have access to the tutorial, fragile weapons and Squire-exclusive loot. Once you feel you are ready to explore more of Underpunks, the following section explains ***some*** of the activities you can pursue in Underpunks.

## Returning Players / Next Steps:

For old players returning, or new players who have finished the tutorial (or want to skip it, or do something different), the next thing to do is choose a guild/skill/loot/path you want to begin to grind. There are currently seven main paths/options:

#### **Combat and Dungeon Crawling:**

* Joining one of the guilds is required. Training at these guilds to both be proficient at combat, and potentially loot weapons used for combat, is required before venturing into the dungeon.
* See join a guild to determine which guild/skill is best for you, and how to join/train with them.
* You can change guilds at any time, as long as a cooldown is not in place (1 week for most guilds, 3 months for monks)
* Once weapons and skills are obtained, explore the dungeon, grind for loot and armour, enjoy!
* For further information on the dungeon, see the article: https://gourgangeek.medium.com/underpunks-hideous-dungeon-d17806b224f5

#### **Work in the Quarry:**

* Work for various NFTs (such as shards, knives) and assets to trade or craft with, as well as tradable fragile loot (such as dust, or rocks), or tag loot (such as coloured powders).
* A Tool is required. Purchased off the NFT marketplace from other players.

#### **Forage for Shrooms:**

* Shrooms are NFT assets required in magic and other crafting recipes.
* A shard is required (such as Shard Purple) to be able to see in the Shroom Caves. Obtained on the NFT marketplace from other players, or gained from working in the Quarry (See above).
* Travel to the Shroom Caves and perform the !walk command.

#### **Fishing:**

* Fish for assets, such as mechanical fish, or gear.
* Fishing also gains a small amount of skill in the skill the rod was flung with.
* A Fishing Pole (brown) or a higher tier (such as Purple), is required. Fishing poles are obtained on the marketplace, or via the !take command on Eastshire.
* It is recommended to fish once you have already gained a decent level in at least one skill. The higher the skill level, the higher the chance of finding loot.
* Gear can also be obtained (purchased or fished up), such as Angelhandschuhe (purple), to increase fishing success chance.
* Travel to Westshire if you own a brown fishing pole, or Eastshire if you own a purple fishing pole and perform !fling <skill> command (such as !fling fortitude, !fling stealth, !fling strength)

#### **Take from the shires:**

* Forage and scavenge for various NFTs, gear and loot.
* Nothing is required but **there is the risk of being arrested.**
* Chance of being arrested is related to the specific Shires "LAW" level.
* Lots of loot required for various crafting recipes are obtained this way.
* No skills are gained when !taking on shires.
* Travel to one of the shires and perform the !take command.

#### **Gronking / Rock Climbing:**

* Climb the dragon infested cliff, to discover new paths, and loot a dragon egg.
* Exclusive to Upshire.
* Requires a Shard, Silk Rope, Recommends a Portal Edge and Mirror Stick.
* Review https://gourgangeek.medium.com/underpunks-the-wall-a93e5bbbf1ab for further details.
* Once at the top (level 40), you can tackle the Copper Maze for further discoveries, loot, and gamplay: https://gourgangeek.medium.com/master-the-right-hand-rule-to-conquer-copper-maze-in-underpunks-12f88a4fdaf7.

#### **Follow the path of Magic:**

* Magic is an in-depth, and long journey, but a lot of fun.
* Requires various items and skills, such as magic books, powders, juices, and the "Scholar" tag.
* Reach out in game to existing mages for further details and guidance. See Magic for more details.

#### **(For Tier 5+ Patrons Only) Become a Tech Rat:**

* Poke, prod, and dismantle curiors technologies.
* Loot tech parts required for crafting new tech and repairing other devices.
* A new field in Underpunks. Reach out to fellow Tech Rats for more details.

#### **Space Travel, Mining and Land Grabbing:**

* Travel space, with hundreds of meteors, moons, and things to mine, loot, scavenge, and claim.
* A new field in Underpunks. Reach out to a fellow Space Rat for more details.
* Requires space craft / vessel / UFO

#### **Events:**

* Events are always a good thing to prioritise, as they often give exclusive loot and rewards for a limited time.
* Check the "News" or "Announcements" channels, or ask in-game about any events that are upcoming or live.

#### **PvP Fights:**

* A balanced fighting arena, in the Oil fields.
* Short timer. Balanced damages. Duke it out for rep with Sand Bandits that are watching on, and be the last one standing to claim Oil, a sought after resource.

This should get you started, there are many, many, more things to do in Underpunks, that you will discover through observing, looting, and chatting to your fellow Underpunks. Enjoy and ask questions.