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 Serbule Hills is an area similar to Serbule itself with a few higher level mobs and skills/trades. In the northeast at the top of the map is the Serbule Hills Inn where most NPCs are located. There are also a few farms here, both with NPCs and a few that are abandoned. The Ranalon have taken over the main body of water in the center of the map and goblins have set up camp in most of the eastern portion of the map.
+==== Favor, NPCs, and Inventory Management ====
+There are four NPCs in this zone that give inventory space: Baroness Marith Felgard, Julius Patton, Sammie Grimspine, and Tyler Green. You can consider this like a "part 2" to the [[serbule#favor_npcs_and_inventory_management|Serbule section of the same name]].
+=== Baroness Marith Felgard ==
+The Baroness has kind of "inherited" the responsibility of protecting Serbule Hills and despises Ranalon. She has some relatively easy quests to do and generally buys everything, but the inventory space she offers is what is really nice. I'd recommend gifting her Rings instead of selling early Rings in Serbule.
+=== Julius Patton ===
+Gift him Egg-based Foods and Flowers. He doesn't start giving inventory space till "Best Friends" level, but it's a lot of space when you do get there.
+=== Sammie Grimspine ===
+If you've been butchering stuff after you've slaughtered it or have tons of accumulated "Cheap Meats" then give them to Sammie. Her inventory space gains are as good as the Baroness's and you can still access them from Tyler Green or other NPCs when she is mysteriously absent.
+=== Tyler Green ===
+This was one of the first characters I got Favor with in Serbule Hills and learned there was inventory space NPCs in this zone as well. Even though it says he liked Citrus Fruits, you can use Oranges and Lemons to make better foods to get more Favor from him. Some of the best Favor gains come from Ability Recipe Books and Shields, though. Like Julius Patton, you don't get space till "Best Friends" level, but it's a nice amount.
 ==== Surveying ====
 Surveying can be picked up in Serbule Hills. The vendor that trains this, Jaime Fatholm, likes magical bows so save magic bows to gift to them. As a new player, I would do two "large" runs of ~20-30 surveys of Rubywall Crystal maps in Serbule Hills to get Surveying up and then worked my way to Serbule itself to do runs there. If you see references in the game to "Redwall", that is simply referring to what Rubywall Crystals used to be called. Rubywall is an actual wall that was created by the Council in the story to keep demons out.
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 ==== Meditation, Calligraphy, and Sigil Scripting ====
-{{:weredwarf_doing_calligraphy.png?direct&400 |Unknown weredwarf practicing calligraphy}}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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+{{:weredwarf_doing_calligraphy.png?direct&400 |An unknown weredwarf practicing calligraphy}}
+//An unknown weredwarf practicing calligraphy//
+</WRAP>
+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).
 Meditation is a skill necessary to Unarmed as Calligraphy is to Sword and Knife Fighting. Regardless of your skills, however, you will likely find some Meditation buffs and some Calligraphy buffs useful in making your character do more damage. For example, a few Meditation buffs also help you survive the cold in Kur or buff your health. Many of the Calligraphy buffs focus on Slashing damage for Sword and Knife Fighting, but even Archers can get benefits from the piercing buffs or Hammer and Unarmed from the crushing buffs. With the addition of a Meditation Stool or Calligraphy bench from Carpentry, these buffs can last for hours upon hours in game.
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 ==== Learning Goblinese ====
-Some of the monsters in the game speak their own language and you will be required to speak that same language in order to trade or otherwise interact with them. The first race of creatures that you encounter that speak a different language are the Goblins and there are lots of them in Serbule Hills.
+Some of the monsters in the game speak their own language and you will be required to speak that same language in order to trade or otherwise interact with them. The first race of creatures that you encounter that speak a different language are the Goblins and there are lots of them in Serbule Hills. Later on you will run into Goblin NPCs, but the ones here are all enemies.
 Goblins in PG are opportunists that form together in companies and work contracts such as kidnapping, murder-for-hire, and the like. In order to learn their language, you will often need to kill these Goblins and collect their business cards. Not all Goblins are hostile, but the ones you meet in Serbule Hills will be. Try to lure them out from their paths if you want to safely kill them, otherwise they will call their friends over when damaged and you'll get swarmed very quickly.
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 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.
+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 or what the game calls "Trophy Items" 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 non-rare to find items. Oftentimes, you can even find the items to get Shamanic Infusion leveled up on "Buy Used" tabs of vendors. This is a very cheap and easy crafting skill to level that can be used on a significant number of pieces of gear, so new players are highly encouraged to get it and experiment with it!
-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).
+Gershok is not the only Ranalon here, either. There are Ranalon Gardeners, Ranlaon Stoneshapers, and Scray Guards here. The Ranalon 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 ====
 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.
-{{ :ranalon_priest_at_serbule_hills_lake.png?direct&300|A Ranalon Priest at the Serbule Hills lakes}}
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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//
+</WRAP>
 ==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 to have on earrings that you otherwise might not use.
+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 as a Human. 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 base 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, Armor, or the ability to carry more Yellow Crystals in Gazluk, but for now it is a nice racial buff to have on earrings that you otherwise might not use.
 ==Civic Pride==
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 ==== Vocabulary and the Word Game ====
-Another skill that can be leveled is Vocabulary. This is needed for skills like Bard. A word game can be used to level this skill using the command "/wordgame" (without quotes) in chat, I believe.
+Another skill that can be leveled is Vocabulary. This is needed for skills like Bard. A word game can be used to level this skill using the slash-command "/wordgame" (without quotes) in chat. This is a game that anyone can play at any time, so you are kind of competing to see who can find the most words. It's a somewhat fun mini-game and a break from the normal game.
+This game and skill is NOT required, however you do get a synergy point at level 25 to Bard skill with it, so if you are planning on playing Bard, I would recommend playing the game for an evening, and possibly asking in Global Chat for others to play with you!
 ==== Brewing ====
 While I don't recommend that players learn Brewing early on due to how expensive it gets, you can find the NPC for it here, named Brianna Willer. Later on, if you purchase the game, this is definitely one of those late game crafting skills to learn. Your first experience with alcohol in the game may be at a Poetry Jam which usually take place Saturdays at Noon Eastern Time (US). You can drink at these events to get more dance buffs. Brewing also gives other useful buffs like Melee Accuracy, XP buffs, Health/Stam/Mana, and extra damage vs certain kinds of mobs.
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 ==== 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.
+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]].