PROJECT ENTROPIA NEWBIE GUIDE

Project Entropia will be the next generation of interactive entertainment. In Project Entropia you will able to enter a whole world with amazing three-dimensional environments using a computer and the internet. It will be a massive virtual world where millions of users can interact with each other at the same time. Project Entropia will have a real economy system that allows you as a user to exchange real life money into PED (Project Entropia Dollars) and then back into a real currency again. Project Entropia will be free of charge with no monthly costs, which means that aside from the fees for your own local access to the internet while you are connected, the client software will be available with no payment to MindArk. All you need to do is get hold of the software that will be distributed in various ways, for example through the internet or on free CD's in computer magazines (review from mmorgp.com).

Getting started

After long avatar creating process (Take your time - try to make your avatar as good as you can. It is pretty boring to see that all males are 7 feet high athletes and all females have DD breasts) you are dropped to place called Port Atlantis. Pressing 'H' shows you the controls you can use. Pressing 'space' activates either arrow or crosshairs. Arrow lets you pick up, click and use menus, crosshair is useful for moving and hunting mobs. Radar in right-bottom corner of your screen shows you green dots - these are other avatars. Most of them is standing around travel portal (TP). Head that way (pressing 'Q' makes you run, use crosshair mode to change your direction with mouse). If you want to talk, press 'enter', insert your text and press 'enter' again.

First go through that shiny portal (similar to picture 3). When you reach other portals you can start teleporting yourself from one point to another.

Then head sweating:) Most popular place for sweating is Camp Phoenix which is NE from the place you are standing. Ask someone to help you to get there.

Economy system

One PED = 0.1 $. Most of the stuff can be sold to trade terminals. Also, most of the items can be sold to other players who pay you more then TT price:). To see the values of different items check this: http://www.pe-monitor.com . First, one MUST understand what the TT (Trade Terminal) value means. From now on think of the TT as a "WholeSeller". They manufacture it and sell it directly to you with no handling fees. They sell unlimited amounts and have a stable market on buying and selling. Thus, everything that can be purchased at a TT has a stable market value. Ie. A refiner worth 2.3 ped is exactly the same value as 230 rounds of ammo.
To trade you need good knowledge of prices and what items/ore etc are worth.
You need an original deposit to trade right away. This is also the most profitable profession of all. All you have to do is buy an item for a low price and resell it higher.
For example: You buy 50 ped skins from somebody busy hunting and needs ammo. He sells them to you for a low price then you head back to town and find a tailor and sell it to him for more. Its as easy as that. This can also be done with almost anything else.

Tip 1: Never buy anything that doesn't fit into a trade window

Tip 2: Deal only considering Full TT value minus repair.

Tip 3: Avoid current TT + X amount deals, unless they work to ur favor, and seller understands their loss.

Tip 4: If u find something selling for %250+, check around a bit and compare prices, understand your purchases

Tip 5: Understand, markets change, the examples in this thread will be completely different in a month. Supply/Demand Never forget

Auction
This is a VERY useful tool to all out there, keep looking in it and you might just get a deal of you lifetime!
How it works? Easy! Simply go to any auctioneer out there and right click on him a window will pop up showing the latest auctions. To the left there are tabs showing the different types of auctions by clicking on the small * more options will come so you can find something specific. To buy something double click on the item then more details will appear. Place your ped card on the slot and place a bid. If the time runs out and you have the leading bid you win! Also if there is a buyout set you can bid that amound to instantly win the auction.
To sell all you have to do is click sell at the bottom of the auction window, currently it costs 1 ped to sell, place the item in the slot and your ready to sell, remember to set the time, opening bid and buyout bid (link).

Earning money

Each newbie can sweat animals for approx. 110-120 leves depending on their other skills. This will give you around 2000 bottles of sweat which could be sold to other players for 60 PEDs or more. Collecting sweat takes a lot of time and patience but gives you time to get used to game controls, prices and etiquette of the game. Dont sell your sweat with less then 3 PEC per bottle. Dont run away from mob if it attacks you - you'll get evading skills. Also, other people can sweat the mob while you and the mob are standing still. Full guide of sweating can be found from http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2030 website.

When you cannot gather any more sweat there are a few possibilities to get some money:

• trading - if you are good salesman and dont mind standing next to wall for a few hours you can buy some stuff from other avatars and sell it with higher price to other people. There are a lot of traders in PE. You can also work for other avatars, sell stuff for them or run errands.
• Collecting oil and fruits. Oil can be picked up in oilrig in south-easters part of Calypso continent. Oilrig is located in the middle of PVP area so it is really hard to gather there as there are a lot of player killers around. Fruits can be picked up from land while walking around (you cannot find any if you are running). They are rare and you dont make much money out of it.
• depositing money. This is the way to get your PEDs most easily.

Mining
Mining looks hard but it is actually very easy! First of you need the equipment, this can be acquired thru the Trade Terminal. You need to fist decide what type of miner you want to be: Enmatter or Ore miner.

Enmatter:
Enmatter is the liquid you find under the surface of the ground.
Equipment
-Chikara Energy Refiner ER/100
-Omegaton Enmatter Detector ED-10
-Genises Star Energy Extractor EE/01
-probes (1 ped for 2)

Ore:
Ore is the solid material you find deep within the ground.
Equipment
-Chikara Refiner MR/100
-Omegaton Detectonator MD/10
-Genises Star Earth Excavator ME/01
-bombs (1 ped for 1)

Mining can be very expensive until you find the spots that you will be using over and over. Remember that ore and enmatter respawn over a set amount of time. Unfortunately no one knows how long it takes. Ore is more profitable than enmatter because it is found anywhere and it doesnā€™t rely on ground I have found. Always sell your ore and enmatter for a set market % say for example 125% for lysterium ingots. Use the refiner to refine your ore and enmatter.

How to mine- Equip the Enmatter Detector or ore detector. Make sure you have bombs for ore mining or probes for enmatter mining. Walk out to a spot you feel could hold ore or matter. Then left click and the bomb or probe will be placed. With a bomb you have to run a short distance away and with matter you donā€™t. Click on ā€œDetonateā€¯ and the bomb or probe will explode. You will either find nothing or a deposit. Run in the direction that the console in your hand points to then when all arrows are lit hit print claim. A rod will pop up and youā€™ll get a certificate showing where your rod is. Use your Extractor depending on what you have been mining. Equip it then click on the rod to get your ore or enmatter.

At the bottom of your console in your hands after you have detonated a bomb will be a message of how big the deposit might be.

Blasting
Detectors reach about 50-80 m from where you blasted( it could be more depending on what detector your using, better one reach further) Remember that you always find the deposit closest to you and therefore the surface. The deeper a deposit the more ore or enmatter it has in most cases. So if you want a larger deposit you will have to bomb a certain area over if you find something. Clusters are groups of ore close to each other that can be found by rebombing a certain spot in a certain area.

Veins
Veins are like rivers flowing under the surface of the ground which could contain ore or enmatter even both. Always be on the lookout for veins so mine in 3rd person and zoom out so that you can see your rods. You will most likely see them heading in a specific direction. Stand at your last rod and press P to get your coordinates, then run either N E S W until your one of you coordinates( X or Y) is 70 m more or less then bomb again. If you find nothing its either a hole the wrong direction or the vein stopped. Try in different directions because a vein can turn in any direction.

Here is the list of how much ped worth you might pull out ( again this list may contain errors, from Enormous up have not been found)

Deposit Sizes
Tiny ~0.5 PED
Very Poor ~0.6-0.8 PED
Poor ~1 PED
Small ~1-2 PED
Modest ~2-3 PED
Average ~3-4 PED
Medium ~4-5 PED
Ample ~7-9 PED
Considerable ~12 PED
Sizeable ~15 PED
Large ~20 PED
Abdundant ~30 PED
Great ~42-61 PED
Substancial ~60-105 PED
Significant ~110-130 PED
Plentfull ~160 PED
Huge ~200-250 PED
Extremely Large ~300-500 PED
Massive ~500-700 PED
Vast ~700-1400 PED
Enormous ~1400-? PED
Mammoth ~+-5000 PED
Immense ~+-10000 PED

There are a lot of ore and enmatter you can find here are they and their tt values after being refined:

Mineral TT Value (Refined)

Azzurite 3,60
Belkar 0,06
Blausarium 0,12
Caldorite 0,51
Cumbriz 0,45
Durulium 2,40
Dianum 3,75
Erdorium 1,20
Gazzurdite 0,75
Gold 3,00
Ignisium 2,10
Iron 0,39
Kanerium 7,50
Langotz 2,70
Lysterium 0,03
Megan 0,54
Meganite 3,15
Narcanisum 0,24
Platinum 9,00
Rugaritz 4,50
Terrudite 3,30
Valurite 18,00
Xeremite 12,00
Zinc 0,30
Tridenite 6,00

Enmatter TT Value (Refined)

Alicenies Gel 0,10
Angelic Flakes 1,00
Binary Energy 1,50
Dunkel Plastix 1,10
Garcen Lubricant 0,20
Lytarian Powder 0,38
Magerian Spray 0,50
Melchi Crystal 0,04
Oil 0,02
Typonolic Gas 0,3
Force Nexus ???


Some useful mining tips:
If you get the following it means

surveying ----Large or up enmatterdeposit could be near
prospecting --Large or up oredeposit could be near
geology ------ beginning/end of vein
perception --- larger deposit nearby
intelligence( placement of rod)-- deposit is part of a vein

info received from this link.

Collecting TPs

There are 32 TPs in Calypso and 12 in Amethera continent. It might be useful to collect them all - it makes a lot easier to get to different places afterwards. Note that there are three areas in Calypso where other avatars can kill you (red circles on map - PVP areas). Avoid PVP3 area where you can be killed and your corpse can be looted. It is south from Camp Echidina, NE corner of the map. Entire Amethera continent is also PVP area. Still, damned athroxes there are bigger problem through IMHO:P

Calypso TP coordinates:

Mentors

Dont accept just anyone to become your mentor. You cannot pick another mentor afterwards by yourself and your mentor might not help you at all. As mentor will get a price after you have reached certain skill levels, there are some people who are collecting as much disciples as they gan get and dont help them afterwards anyhow. Check this guide also.

Scamming

One of the largest minuses of this economy system is a lot of scamming. You can be pretty sure that sooner or later someone will try to stole your precious money and/or items. Check http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3109 website to see different scamming methods. Avoid lending your stuff to people you dont know in IRL. Don't drop your stuff while trading. Dont buy armor and weapons just because someone says they are good ones.

Armor and weapons

Don't wear an armor at start. You can sweat animals and kill some sabakumas without any damage prevention. Getting killed doesnt cost anything. Getting hit while wearing armor damages it and you have to pay to repair it afterwards. After getting some experience in hunting you should get goblin or pixie armor.

Best low level weapon is an axe 1.0. You might even buy severals of them as brke down pretty quickly and you could break up to 3-4 axes in one hunting trip. Dont pay more than TT+1 for each of them - usually prices are even smaller (i have seen TT+0.4 for example). From rifles I suggest jester D1 (TT+0.3 or less). Also you can buy a fap5 from terminal. FAP and axe can be repaired in repair terminal, ammo can be bought from trade terminal.

A landscape view in Project Entropia

Map of Calypso

Bunch of avatars around Travel Portal (TP). Go through all TPs you can find:)

Jackpot for killing a low level mob

Mining global

New skill gained