This section is still pending a full write-up. However, to get the ball rolling because anything is better than a blank page:

Purchase your armor at the Armor Shop, and your weapons at the Weapon Shop. For players just starting, a Stick is often best so that you can also afford armor. The Weapon Shop is the only registered dealer of quality Sticks. Always remember to equip them in the Town Archives or else they'll be of no use to you.

To gain experience and gold, fight in the forest.

To heal yourself, you'll need to purchase potions at the Item Shop. The Health Drink is a cheap, reliable source of 50 health points throughout all of the levels. Potions may be consumed during combat, or in the forest before entering a fight.

In the bank, you can store the gold you have earned.

The Inn is not only a place to rest, but also a place where you can meet a lot of other adventurers, who may share some of their experiences to help you get started in Hiddenworld.

A good idea is to check all buildings on the town map, in order to find out for yourself which building fulfills what function.
During your first days in this world, many would recommend staying in the town of Suraly, where all travelers begin their adventures. If you choose to leave Suraly before you are truly ready, the lands may be dangerous.

Have fun exploring Hiddenworld!


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Rules of Hiddenworld

1. Chat/Forum behaviour:

The following rules cover all areas in the game where players can post text.

a. Swearing is not allowed.
b. No overtly sexual language or actions, i.e. no 'cybersex'. Hiddenworld is a public place, so anything you would normally do in public is okay.
c. Spamming is not allowed, this includes: excessive use of caps, pointless or gibberish posts and ordering items from the inn excessively (5 times or more).
d. Advertising or posting the URL of any other online game is not allowed.
e. Personal attacks are not allowed. This would include: Deliberate, prolonged (and hurtful) name calling, deliberately provoking a fight (verbally) with another player (except when it's within a roleplay), or if anyone asks you to stop any form of personal comments, and you fail to do so.

2. Names (Characters and Teams):
a. No junk names, names must make some kind of sense as a name. This includes: Random characters, repeated characters, over use of caps, sentences or unacceptable modern names (famous people or modern items).
b. Names must not be offensive, either sexually, racially or use any word generally considered offensive.
c. Names may not mimic current player or team names.
d. Names used by the game may not be used, this includes: Town/province names, creation story names or titles used by the game like king, queen and monsters found in the forest fights.
e. Any name of an ex Admin, or that appears in the Hall of Legends (previous and current version) are disallowed with the exception of the original person re-creating their character.
f. If you need a name change you must apply to the Guardians/Knights, who will vote on your application. You must have a very good reason for anything more than a minor change or correction.

Any character at level 3 or below that violates these guidelines will be permanently banned. Characters at level 4 and above with names deemed inappropriate will be asked to change the name if they wish to continue using the character.

3. Alt interaction:

An 'Alt' is any character you own.

Any character you log into will also be considered an alt. And for a period for 1 week after you last logged into it.

Any parties engaging in login sharing do so at their own risk, accepting any and all responsibility and/or consequences for rule infractions/infringements caused (with or without knowledge) by any of the other parties accessing the same set(s) of alts/characters as you.

a. Alts may not be on the same team at any time. A team containing alts may be disbanded.
b. You may not kill or attempt to kill an alt.
c. Alts may not marry.
d. Opening accounts at, or purchasing lottery tickets from your alts banks is forbidden.
e. Lords/Knights/Guardians cannot exile or ban an alt.
f. No more than 3 alts can vote in Uprisings or Knight Elections.

4. Lordships:
a. Lords cannot continuously die whether deliberate or not, or the King/Queen stay in Suraly, so the Lordship cannot be taken by other players.
b. A Lord can have no more than 5 characters banned from their province at any one time.
c. A character may make no more than 5 provincial bans in one game day.

Infringements of the above rules will result in the revoking of Lordship, and the loss of access to Lordships if it continues.

5. Privileged Guest and Nobility Status:
a. Players must be at least level 15 for PG, and level 30 for Nobility in order to request a status increase. Increased status is not automatic at these levels, an application must be sent to the Knights (Use the 'Inform the Knights' feature in the Palace).
b. Privileged Guest: Requires a short request stating you are requesting PG status and may contain brief reasons why you deserve or want the status.
c. Nobility: Applications should be longer and may be set in or out of character, but should be imaginative, creative, and as original as possible. Your application may include: Reasons you deserve or want status, what qualities you posses that make you suitable for it, any activities in the wider Hiddenworld community or anything you think will aid the Knights in making their decision. The Knights may also consider any knowledge they have of the applicant, this may include: Previous characters, current alternate characters, chat and community behaviour and any previous or current disciplinary actions.
d. You should receive a reply within a week.
e. No more than 3 applications may be submitted for Nobility within a 6 month period.
f. PG and/or Nobility may be removed by a Guardian or Knight if just cause is found to remove the status.

6. Bugs:
a. Any character found exploiting any bug that give your character or others an advantage that is obviously not intentional, will be banned.
b. Any bug found should be reported directly to Nick/Salocin.

7. Penalties:
a. For all infringements of the rules the penalties, in addition to those listed above will be as follows: At the first offence, there shall be a warning whether done verbally or through a scribe. At the second offence, there shall be a three day temporary banning. At the third offence the person responsible shall be permanently banned.
b. Depending on the severity of the offence the acting Guardian/Knight may skip any of the above levels of penalties as they see fit.


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WARNING: Hiddenworld automatically erases characters that have been inactive for extended periods of time. This window of ‘auto-deletion’ extends as you progress further in the game.
Level 1 (no EXP) – Auto-deletion in 3 days
Level 1 (with EXP) – 7 days
Level 2+ – 30 days