Beginner's Guide

When you first spawn at The Pit, raid the few nearby containers for items, and talk to Maisner (he'll give you some Quests). From there, head straight up to the Train Station and start begging (see the Begging section below). Money is an easier and more reliable way to get what you need and not die than rummaging through garbage.

Once you have some money, you can start buying a few useful items at nearby shops (or the Gas Station or Supermarket) - look at the Maintaining Stats section to get an idea of what "useful items" you should be looking for.

Before the first nightfall, you should also go to the Charity to get a free item of clothing, which can help you stay warm. (You can do this once every day).

Once you start getting too cold at night, head to the Guzzlers' Camp to stand by a fire and raid their alcohol caches.

In subsequent days, you basically want to continue maintaining your stats, but also start completing Quests and exploring the city more. Getting better clothing is critical to have more wetness cold resistance (winter is coming) and increase your Charisma, which helps you beg better. Clothing can be purchased at the Supermarket, Second Hand Clothing Store, or Charity.

### Begging

Approach people and try to talk. Most will ignore you, but when they stop to talk, make some conversation (this will usually increase your chance of success with begging).

Then attempt to beg - you'll probably not succeed with any given person, but if you try enough, you'll eventually get some money. This process can be slow, but you can also get lucky and receive large amounts of crowns from a single person.

If you fail to beg, you can attempt to steal if you want - but be careful. If you get caught (there are cops around the train station) then you can go to jail. Even if you don't get caught, stealing will cost you 3 Morale points.

The good news is that begging and stealing are both skills that you can level up, and you gain experience towards your next level even if your attempt fails. Levelling up makes future attempts more likely to succeed.

Charisma is important, since it will increase the chance that someone will stop to talk to you in the first place. You can get Charisma buy getting new clothing.

### Maintaining Stats

Most Stats will naturally degrade over the course of your day, and if any of them get bad enough, you'll lose health. You need to get rid of negative Statuses as quickly as possible, and keep your health up. DO NOT DIE. Although you'll respawn, you'll lose all your items (though some can be bought back from Maisner), and more importantly, your max stats will PERMANENTLY decrease. This makes it more difficult to survive in the future and can lead to a downward spiral.

(See also: Stats, Statuses).

#### Health

Use Bandages or Medkits to heal yourself. Medkits are more efficient.

#### Hunger

Eat! Hamburgers are a decent meal, if you can afford them.

#### Morale

Drink alcohol or look at a PlayGuy. If drinking alcohol, beware that you will get drunk (see Drunkenness) and also add to your Poisonness.

#### Tiredness

Sleep on a bench (some items, like Cardboard Bedding, can make this more efficient), or drink Coffee or energy drinks.

#### Coldness

Stand by a fire. You can make your own in some trash cans, but this is expensive - you need lots of burnable material. Ideally, find an existing camp (Guzzlers' Camp, for example) and stand by their fire.

In a pinch, you can also use alcohol to warm you up.

#### Wetness

Like Coldness, the best way to get rid of this is to stand by a fire.

#### Sickness

Drink alcohol or eat fruit (caution about alcohol again: it adds to drunkenness and poisonness).

#### Bowel fullness

Use a bathroom - for example, at the Charity for 10cr or the Gas Station for 20cr.