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 ==== Meditation, Calligraphy, and Sigil Scripting ====
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+{{:weredwarf_doing_calligraphy.png?direct&400 |An unknown weredwarf practicing calligraphy}}
+//An unknown weredwarf practicing calligraphy//
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 While the [[serbule|Serbule]] section could have had Meditation, I figured I would list it here as Calligraphy really only comes from Sammie Grimspine who lives in Serbule Hills (well, except during the Full Moon, when she's suspiciously absent from the entire game).
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 Crafters will also want to get Sigil Scripting to level 25 and then get Favor up with Preta, who teaches them how to inscribe Malachite runes with specific animal-related buffs for the gear they are crafting. In fact, once you get Sigil Scripting to level 25, you can go back to being an animal most of the time if you wanted to level the skill up further.
-==== Ranalon Infestation and Shamanic Infusion ====
-Many of the NPCs in the Serbule Hills are concerned about Ranalons in this area. There is one Ranalon here named Gershok who teaches Shamanic Infusion, which is a buffing ability for some of your items, similar to Blacksmithing which you may have learned from Tadion.
-Shamanic Infusion is a bit different from the buffs you get from other skills. In a lot of cases, many of the skills and buffs you get from Tailoring or Blacksmithing are going to be using items you create from either Surveying or Crafting. Shamanic Infusion tends to use other-wise junk resources solely obtained from killing. There is a little bit of crossover in that some of the resources in Alchemy cross over, but a good number of them don't, too. Many of the early skills in Shamanic Infusion provide only small to moderate buffs and require one unique item and maybe three not as unique items. Oftentimes, you can find the items to get Shamanic Infusion leveled up on vendors.
-Gershok is not the only Ranlon here, either. There are Ranlon Gardeners, Ranlon Stoneshapers, and Scray Guards here. The Ranlon Tongues and Scray Stingers and Lures are decent for gaining Favor with NPCs that like or love Trophy Items. NPCs like Way, Velkort, and Kelim, for example, that you'll want to have a decent level of Favor with for eventually selling to (Way and Velkort) or training from (Kelim).
 ==== Learning Goblinese ====
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 If you pay for the game you will get to meet the non-hostile ones later on. Ragabir in the Casino should become an important friend by mid game and if you are a Necromancer you will want to become friends with Jumjab in Eltibule once you learn how to talk to him. Jumjab also will teach a great skill for leveling up random skills called Corpse Talking, though that's outside the scope of the demo. There are also rumors of a mostly-friendly group of Goblins hiding underground that will be necessary for training Brewing, Shield, and Sword.
+==== Ranalon Infestation and Shamanic Infusion ====
+Many of the NPCs in the Serbule Hills are concerned about Ranalons in this area. There is one Ranalon here named Gershok who teaches Shamanic Infusion, which is a buffing ability for some of your items, similar to Blacksmithing which you may have learned from Tadion.
+Shamanic Infusion is a bit different from the buffs you get from other skills. In a lot of cases, many of the skills and buffs you get from Tailoring or Blacksmithing are going to be using items you create from either Surveying or Crafting. Shamanic Infusion tends to use other-wise junk resources solely obtained from killing. There is a little bit of crossover in that some of the resources in Alchemy cross over, but a good number of them don't, too. Many of the early skills in Shamanic Infusion provide only small to moderate buffs and require one unique item and maybe three not as unique items. Oftentimes, you can find the items to get Shamanic Infusion leveled up on vendors.
+Gershok is not the only Ranlon here, either. There are Ranlon Gardeners, Ranlon Stoneshapers, and Scray Guards here. The Ranlon Tongues and Scray Stingers and Lures are decent for gaining Favor with NPCs that like or love Trophy Items. NPCs like Way, Velkort, and Kelim, for example, that you'll want to have a decent level of Favor with for eventually selling to (Way and Velkort) or training from (Kelim).
 ==== Community, Civic Pride, and Combat Wisdom ====
-Two attributes that you'll want to be aware of that might come into play during the demo (especially by the time you get to Serbule Hills) are Community and Civic Pride. They have little to do with each other, but they start to matter as you get to the point where you expand into new regions and areas where players are sparse.
+Three attributes that you'll want to be aware of that might come into play during the demo (especially by the time you get to Serbule Hills) are Community, Civic Pride, and Combat Wisdom. They have little to do with each other, but they start to matter as you get to the point where you expand into new regions and areas where players are sparse.
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+{{ :ranalon_priest_at_serbule_hills_lake.png?direct&400|A Ranalon Priest at the Serbule Hills lakes}}
+//A Ranalon Priest at the Serbule Hills lakes//
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 ==Community==
-Community is more like an attribute than a skill. The more you play by yourself with no other players around, the more likely you are to start seeing your Community attribute suffer, which, in turn, very slightly lowers the amount of experience you get. You don't have to interact with other players, but you may want to head to town on occasion to reset this. As a human player, you can get some earrings that increase your Community. I do not know if there is a tail ring (Rakasha) or navel ring (Elf) equivalent. Later on you won't need Community as much as you might need free Max Health or the ability to carry more Yellow Crystals, but for now it is a nice racial buff.
+Community is more like an attribute than a skill. The more you play by yourself with no other players around, the more likely you are to start seeing your Community attribute suffer, which, in turn, very slightly lowers the amount of experience you get. You don't have to interact with other players, but you may want to head to town on occasion to reset this. As a human player, you can get some earrings that increase your Community. I do not know if there is a tail ring (Rakasha) or navel ring (Elf) equivalent. Later on you won't need Community as much as you might need free Max Health or the ability to carry more Yellow Crystals, but for now it is a nice racial buff to have on earrings that you otherwise might not use.
 ==Civic Pride==
-Civic Pride is a very small part of the game, but is worth mentioning. You can add Wood Chips or Fuel Oil to torches in towns and turn them on at 7pm or off at 5am for a bit of experience in this. While the rewards aren't extremely high for levelling this skill, it's still worthwhile.
+Civic Pride is a very small part of the game, but is worth mentioning as it can reduce NPC costs and increase the gold they have available as well as give you other passive buffs to Favor and Hangout Experience. This makes it a relatively important skill to level early on if you are planning on putting hundreds of hours into this game.
+You can add Wood Chips or Fuel Oil to torches in towns and turn them on after 7pm or off after 5am for a bit of experience in this. While the rewards aren't extremely high for leveling this skill, it's still worthwhile to do during downtimes between grinding when you are in town. I would recommend that when you are at a point where you have 5k gold regularly on you that you take the time to buy like 70 fuel oil from Fainor in Serbule and add the oil and light the lamps in Serbule, then head to Hogan's Keep and use Cedar Chips (or Maple if you aren't using them for your Mushroom Farming) to refill the torches here.
+Often you'll find you are competing with other players to do this same thing, so if so, consider the 7 lamps at the Serbule Hills inn, too, as those are often overlooked or ignored.
+I actually ignored this skill and survived just fine, but given how much I spent playing this game, I shouldn't have ignored it. I would recommend most players try to get this to at least level 15 if they have their first two combat skills at or around 40ish, as you'll want at least the level 15 benefits. That said, getting the skill to level 25 is VERY handy as it will give you an extra inventory folder which is helpful in organizing your inventory (folders don't give extra space, just extra organizational capabilities). It is worth mentioning however that getting this skill to level 25 will require at least a few nights of focusing on nothing but leveling this skill, so you might want to do this on a gaming session when you are semi-distracted (watching Youtube on another monitor or something). It also pairs well with Gardening if there's a particular gardening session you are doing in Serbule anyway during these times.
 ==Combat Wisdom==
 Combat Wisdom is a different type of experience point that you might start getting into either in Serbule or Serbule Hills. At the time of this guide's creation, this is not in full implementation. It is possible it will be used as a way to further specialize your character and their skills. Right now the main way you get Combat Wisdom is by killing named mobs/enemies.
-In Serbule Hills, there are a significant number of these special mobs, many of which have Favor quests associated with them or the nearby areas where you are likely to run into them. Serbule has a few of these named mobs as well. They are typically a bit harder to kill than similar enemies of the same type.
+In Serbule Hills, there are a significant number of these special mobs, many of which have Favor quests associated with them or the nearby areas where you are likely to run into them. Serbule has a few of these named mobs as well. They are typically a bit harder to kill than similar enemies of the same type. There is usually a quest with one of the NPCs associated with them, too, but you don't need to have the quest to kill them.
-In some cases, you may not want to tussle with them till you can easily handle multiple mobs of the same type. Also, many of these named enemies will "summon" other mobs around them to attack you that have the same or similar names. Later on in Eltibule, as a paid player, you will run into some particularly-dangerous named bears, for example.
+In some cases, you may not want to tussle with them till you can easily handle multiple mobs of the same type. Also, many of these named enemies will "summon" other mobs around them to attack you that have the same or similar names. Later on in Eltibule, as a paid player, you will run into some particularly-dangerous named bears that give Combat Wisdom, for example.
 ==== Vocabulary and the Word Game ====
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 Also, the quests for Favor here are quite difficult for a new player and might be something more easily done as a paid player of the game. As far as I know, however, demo players can chose to play as Weather Witches.
+==== Moving On ====
+If you've been clicking through this guide chronologically, you're near the end! I'd recommend heading to the [[serbulehillsdungeons|Serbule Hills Dungeons]] section of this guide or going back to the [[serbule|Serbule]] section to learn about other early-game skills. Or, if you want to learn about non-demo skills, head to [[eltibule|Eltibule]].