Wurm Unlimited

Results of the Hunt

stargrace April 5, 2016 1Comment

Yesterday was a fantastic day on the Sklotopolis server of Wurm Unlimited. I started out by finishing my main building, the second floor done in timber and then the roof done in slate that I got from Moumix’ mine. The black slate looks amazing, and I’m very proud of the house. Afterward I decided to improve my tools to 40 ql, and I created a few tools for Moumix and Mayameran too. Moumix had found a small anvil that was better quality than the one I was using and offered it up to me but I decided to improve my own instead – and good thing I did! I managed to turn the thing rare. Not only that, but I turned a needle rare that I was improving, too. I was very pleased to finally have a handful of useful rares.

I tentatively decided on a few skills to focus on. I’m going to continue working blacksmithing, weaponsmithing, leatherworking, and natural substance. I’m sure other skills will come along the way but those are the ones that I’d like to work at. Basically the same skills (minus leatherworking) that I was working on in Wurm Online.

When the chores were done and it was daylight in game again I hitched up the cart and forgetting anything useful (like bandages, meals, water..) headed out to the steppe and desert that lay to the East. The lands may have been empty of deeds, but were absolutely full of mobs to help raise up my combat skills and to collect some leather and natural substance materials. I can’t handle bison yet, but there were plenty of horses around and I took advantage of that. I came home with 4 female horses for Mayameran, who is going to dedicate her skills towards animal husbandry.

A few trolls tried to eat me along the way, and I was chased by a gator and a diseased bear for some time, but over all the trip was fantastic and I got to explore some pretty deeds in progress. There was a little bit of drama in GL-Freedom early yesterday that involved someone buying tools from another player and then going AFK when they were delivered (even though they did ask for the tools to be COD to them in the mail) but honestly little things like that come up often in MMOs – it’s just what happens when you have a group of people playing a game together. Thankfully it wasn’t anything drastic, and it didn’t interrupt anyone else’ game play.

Since I’m not able to afford a subscription to Wurm Online at the moment, let alone three of them, I decided to go ahead and sell off two of my priest characters. A few minutes after I put the auctions up I had a response about a buyout and I let them go for what I think is a pretty fair price. I still have my main character, as well as the character holding onto my second deed, in total besides those two priests I have 4 others, so it’s not a great loss to me. I had purchased those two priests to begin with a few years ago and just couldn’t give them the attention that a priest requires in Wurm Online. Another reason I’m thankful for Wurm Unlimited.

A lot of the ‘to do’ list has been completed, and there’s only a small portion left. Moumix helped craft two more beds and he brought over some BSB so that’s all done. He’s going down the path of Magnaron so we can have someone collapse a few mine tiles. Maya is going Fo, so hopefully in the future I can link up and get a few life transfer casts onto some weapons. I need to complete a few mailboxes (they start with a default courier of 30) and I still need to complete the storage building some time but I’m not exactly in a huge rush. Over all I’m incredibly pleased with the progress so far and I’m having a lot of fun.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Deed Chores and a Hunt in the Works

stargrace April 4, 2016 0Comment

Sunday was a really relaxing day. I did a bit of deed work but not too much, and focused on working my alt up in faith and meditation while I watched Netflix. Wurm is great for that sort of multitasking. I did work on the main building at Quail Ridge quite a bit, I completed the main floor, added a staircase, completed the second floor, and almost completed the walls to the second floor. After that is all done, it will be time for a roof, and two beds so when I log off I can finally get a little sleep bonus.

I’m also thinking of going on a hunting expedition. I need some leather, I’m tired of the three slot tool belt and I couldn’t find anything I wanted at the NT market (the main market on server). I’m hoping to save up my silver for a merchant that I could place there, I’m not sure they make many (any?) sales, but I love being more involved with the player base and the economy. I’ve started getting to know the regulars in GL-Freedom, and I try to take part in conversations where I can. There have been a few people here and there in local too, and I try to be friendly and chat when they’re paying attention. Over all I still really enjoy the community that has settled here, and am very happy to be a part of things.

I still haven’t decided what skill to settle on working so I imagine I’ll one again be a jack of all trades, master of none. I don’t mind this at all, it’s nice to be self sufficient. In most games I play I create alts so that I can handle “all the things” myself. In Wurm Unlimited this isn’t a requirement since your character can do pretty much everything (and on this server in particular you CAN do everything since priests have no restrictions).

The second floor of my main house is timber and I noticed they added a few new(er) models to the selections. Balcony was one of the choices, and even though you can’t actually walk out onto them, they’re quite pretty. I placed two balconies on the top floor, along with some fancy windows. The first floor of the building is for the workshop and holds my forges, loom, food storage bin, and a few other odds and ends. The upstairs is the living quarters, and will have some beds and other fancy furniture as I work up carpentry and fine carp. Then I have a second building that will be for storage and just hold bulk items in storage bins / crates.

It’s not a fancy place with fancy architect but it will allow me to focus on working up my skills which is what I enjoy doing. Some people like designing fancy places to live but I’d rather buy a place that’s already complete, and then make it my own from there.

The goal this week is to complete the main building, maybe work more on the second building, and organize that hunting trip I want to do. Maybe work a bit on natural substance, and clear out a few more tiles of my mine. I’d also like to find some time to work on channeling, my Fo priest is almost at 30 faith and she’ll need to travel to the white light to get converted to a priest, my Vynora priest has barely cast any spells at all (whoops) but at least it’s another thing to do in game.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Things to Do

stargrace April 3, 2016 0Comment

A list of things I need to get done both at Quail Ridge, and Goldstrike Outpost – these are only deed chores, they don’t include things like improving my armor / weapons or working on getting better tools. That will come in time.

Quail Ridge: 

• Complete storage building main floor, stone.
• Complete floor of main building, slabs.
• Complete floor of storage building, slabs.

• Complete bed x2 x1
• Re-do fence in iron instead of wood
• Complete 7 3 bulk storage bins
• Complete 1 large barrel
• Complete 3 small barrel
• Create a dock area
• Complete Path of Love tile
• Complete loom
• Complete staircase
• Complete floor 2
• Complete floor 2 walls (timber)
• Complete main house roof
• Mailbox

Goldstrike Outpost:

• Complete 2 forge
• Complete 2 bulk storage bin
• Bring over fuel
• Complete a mine door
• Complete 10 5 lamps
• Complete large barrel (with water)
• Complete Fo altar
• Complete horse pen (2×2)
• Mailbox

This should keep me busy for a while.

Hunt for the Elusive Iron

stargrace April 2, 2016 1Comment

Along with basic resources like wood, water, and clay, iron is pretty far up there on the list. My deed is too close to water level to have a mine right there so up in behind along a mountainside is where I decided to start one instead. I put up a door, and even though it’s off-deed I’m not too concerned about it. I spent most of the evening yesterday working my way through rock, trying to find iron. After about 50 tiles, I still hadn’t found any. I was getting pretty frustrated, normally mountains are filled with different types of ore, but I was just having zero luck at all (as is my way, RNG and everything random absolutely hates me). Finally, when I was just about to give up hope, I stumbled upon a single block of iron. I’m pretty sure I did a dance of incredible joy.

I spent a few minutes mining some iron, lugging it back home, and turning it into lamps for my deed. I also improved my tools up to 25ql, 5 higher than their default 20. Each day I’m going to try to improve them a little bit higher, until I’m using fabulous tools.

On a more humorous note, I also made my first rare that wasn’t a resource. I had already gotten rare dirt and a supreme dirt, but I needed a storage container for my spare tools so I was creating a coffin when it went rare. The unfinished coffin glowed while it was on the ground, pulsating with rareness, but the finished product has no glow at all, and as far as I know there’s no benefits to this item being rare. On the plus side, I did get a neat achievement for creating the rare to begin with, so that’s something.

Since I have so much time to play these days I also decided to create an alt. The alt will probably be Fo or Magnaron bound, and only handle tiny little tasks. The issue I have is that I quickly run out of fatigue on my main character since I’ve been playing so often. I understand why fatigue exists, but it’s a bit of a nuisance to those of us who have more than your average surplus of time on our hands to be in game. My main character can regain some fatigue numbers while I piddle around on another character. Sure, I could just leave completely and play another game while it regenerates, but what would be the fun in that!

Eventually I’ll need to continue work on the deed. There are buildings to be completed, fences to be built, and meals to be prepared. I did get around to finding a maple forest and I walked home with about 50 maple sprouts which I planted right away. I love maple trees, they’re very colourful and beautiful. Once the land around my deed fills in I can’t wait to see what it looks like. I haven’t seen the seasons change on this server yet, but I assume that they do indeed change.

More updates tomorrow! Happy gaming.

Making a Deed a Home

stargrace April 1, 2016 0Comment

Day three on Sklotopolis – and I’m still loving every minute of it. The server has busy days and days where things are more quiet, but I was probably a bit too hasty in my first assessment, as it was during a quieter time. That’s alright, I like both quiet and busy times! The players are friendly and helpful, answering questions in CA or in GL-Freedom (the server-wide chat) and I’ve made lots of progress in game. I’ve almost reached 30 faith which means I can convert to a priest before too long. I’ve also joined the path of knowledge for meditation, and I’ve answered the initial question that confirms you want to join, as well as the second question that marks you as an initiate.

I created bricks until I got to 30 masonry, not overly difficult because it’s my affinity along with the server experience bonus. I created bricks and mortar so that I could complete the first level of my workshop, and it’s looking pretty good.

Moumix completed the roads to and from the deed, so I can get to my mine easily. I’ve been working away in there in the hopes that I would discover some ore – but I’ve had zero luck with that as of yet. I’ve uncovered at least 15 tiles, and no ore. Maybe today my luck will be better.

Crops on this server are ready in a bit less than a RL day, and they don’t rot. As I mentioned before a lot of the changes that this particular server has implemented are convenience and don’t necessarily take away the essence of what I think Wurm is, but it does allow the more casual player to experience the game. I’ve earned enough silver by being online and killing mobs that I could expand my deed if I wanted, but I think for now I’ll keep it the small size that it is so I can focus on building my skills instead of getting too wrapped up in large deed projects. Plus I tend to play my deeds like I do my video games – in a very nomadic lifestyle. The smaller it is the easier it may be to pack up one day and move elsewhere on the server.

Yesterday saw a nice influx of new-to-the-server players, and each day I make sure to go and vote for the server. Word of mouth is a great way to get the news out, and I’m hoping the server continues to see growth. Remember, if you’ve ever wanted to play Wurm Online, but were restricted by time or the monthly fee, you can buy Wurm Unlimited on steam. Of course I’m a bit biased when it comes to this game, but hey we all have our favourites.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!