First Days

Getting Started: Your First Days in Icebound

This guide covers the basics every new arrival needs to know to get started.

By now you've read the Server Rules & Story Primer, completed Character Creation, finished the Tutorial, and been placed in the game world.

For an overview general functions, UI, and broader concepts, please reference the New Player Guide.

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Arriving in Boilertown

You will start the game from the Medical Tent. You're encouraged to talk to the doctor (double-click him) and he'll provide you some context as to why. NPCs on Icebound who's name is in gold have functions for offering lore, directions, jobs, or other services. We strongly advise you to rake your time and explore the area and these NPCs. They often will provide directions, guidance, and lore points to better help you navigate the game world.

For now lets look at a few essential NPCs in town:

- Dock Hands can be double clicked to access your Storage (Your Bank, for longtime UO veterans) - Public Market to shop for goods from other players, you will likely start with a few coins based on your background and may want to visit the Market to get gear or supplies to account for what you plan to do, but more on that next. - Job Foremans

Gearing Up

Since you've settled on your character concept and chosen your starting skills, you'll have begun with some supplies from character creation to get you going in those skills. Use the Skills page on the wiki if you want to go more in depth, but every character starts with 25 in Survival and Scavenging to make sure you can get moving right away.

Survival gives you access to crafting recipes that turn low end materials into makeshift gear. It won't last long, but it should be enough to get you started. You can access this by using the [craft command, or by going to the topbar, selecting Craft, and navigating to the Survival menu.

Of course, you'll need materials first, and Scavenging is a great way to get some. In town, there are scrap piles just south of the large overhanging rock and cave, right by the crafting shed.

Double click a scrap pile to gather scrap supplies, then process them at the salvage machine to turn them into usable materials. These materials can be used in Survival Crafting or other crafting skills to make the gear you need.

Skilling Up

Gathering

Crafting

Combat

Jobs & Fatigue

Newbie Dungeon

The best place to begin your Combat journey is the old mineshaft northeast of Boilertown:

Here you'll find rats and spiders to train against, along with debris and other resources you can use to raise some of your gathering skills.

Community

If you still need help, other players and staff are happy to help you out, don't be afraid to ask questions in the Player Help section of our Discord!