Trader new player guide

This is a page for the Trader specific page for the Newbie Help Guide. Whenever possible, overlap with the general guide should be minimized.

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How to Trader

Getting Started

Joining

1. Find the Guilds
2. DIR is your best Friend

Tools of the Trade

1. Ledger
2. Feedbag
3. Beasts of Burden

Survival Skills

Evasion

Simply put, evasion is the skill which determines how well you avoid attacks. Aside from classes in the subject, the only way to learn is to get out there and use it within combat settings.

Athletics

The main use of the Athletics skill is to overcome natural obstacles, such as climbing a tree or swimming a river. A good place to start training this skill is the town walls in whichever town you started in.

For more information see Athletics.

Perception

Perception is rather simple and not all that dangerous to learn. Collecting rocks is the most common outdoors method to learn perception, while collecting torn cloth inside is helpful. Collecting is done with the Collect verb, and to reduce clutter kick the piles after collecting. It will also teach the skill Outdoorsmanship. Initially you may need to gain a few ranks by doing simple foraging, use the FORAGE verb.

While in combat you can train perception by using the Hunt verb.

Additionally you can gain perception through normal box popping, during the disarm ID, and pick ID steps, and also the disarm analyze steps.

Locksmithing

This ability lets us get into places others do not want us. The primary use for this skill is opening boxes dropped as loot from critters. By getting into these boxes, you will be rewarded with gems (which you can sell at a gem shop to learn Trading skill) coins, runestones (which can be sold at pawnshops to learn Trading skill) and/or special items.

For more information see Locksmithing

Outdoorsmanship

There isn't much use for this skill as a Trader, but it is becoming an important gathering skill within the Crafting system and can be easily trained while training perception.

For more information see Outdoorsmanship

Skinning

One of the most popular choices of survival skills, it can also be a quick way to working your Trading skill by selling your own bundles. This skill also has the benefit of being one of the easiest to train. However, in order to make use of it you must combat creatures which can be skinned.

For more information see Skinning.