Newcomer's Guide to Istaria

I'm writing a series of posts in my personal blog to detail little things that I feel would benefit a beginner to Istaria. These things are very basic, but hopefully helpful for a newcomer to know -- things that most long-time players could probably do in their sleep! :)

I've taken it from the point of view of a returning player who has forgotten nearly everything about settings and controls... and will be gathering these little tips into one series of short how-tos. It's basically a list of "I wish I had known how to do this before I spent 15 minutes of my life fudging it up to figure it out!"

So without further ado, I present the guide. It's short as of now, but I have a lot of post topics rolling around in my head to write in the future.

• Downloads: The Map Pack
• List of Races
• Setting Up Your Keyboard Commands

As you may notice, the list of Istaria community links I asked for in a previous post is to the right -- thanks to everyone who added to the list! I welcome other sites if there are some to add.

Also, I write these posts as a novice to the game. If a more experienced player has a correction, easier way to do something, or just input to give, please feel free to leave a comment on the blog post and I'll address anything that may offer concern.

Thanks for reading! I'll be posting updates to this thread as this section develops. :)

Looks good Aywren, very useful information for newcomers to Istaria :)

I'd suggest checking the guides on Chasing's Crimson Dawn site as well, plenty of useful info there to link to.

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Looks good Aywren, very useful information for newcomers to Istaria :)

I'd suggest checking the guides on Chasing's Crimson Dawn site as well, plenty of useful info there to link to.

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Thank you very much for the link! These guides are very helpful! I'm going to read through them right now. :)

Two small updates to the guide! I wanted to change things in my original post, but I guess I can't go back and edit after so long. Ah well.

New articles:

• Choosing Your Server
  
• Important Links for New Players

great job Aywren- much appreciated!:):)

Thank you very much! This is sort of a list of very very basic stuff at the moment -- so if anyone has other thoughts on topics that you think would be useful for a newcomer to know, I'm all for suggestions!

When I started my first hatchie (who is now a mightly lvl 33!) I was confused over what scales and claws to get. Not sure if that is something that has already been done in Chasing's draggie adventure guide, but perhaps good for newbies?

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When I started my first hatchie (who is now a mightly lvl 33!) I was confused over what scales and claws to get. Not sure if that is something that has already been done in Chasing's draggie adventure guide, but perhaps good for newbies?

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Hahah... well my hatchie is a mighty level 23! So you've got some experience on me there. :)

This is a very good idea -- I'm looking into writing an in-depth, pictorial guide to life as a Dragon in Istaria (including dragon scales and claws). This is really what I'm eventually hoping to work myself up into -- once I get a better feel for the game. I don't want to be the blind leading the blind, afterall.

So I'll need to do some research and get some experience underwing. I'm also holding off a bit to see how the world is going to change with the new T2 revamp being developed. It's not good to start writing a guide that will be outdated shortly!

Thank you for the suggestion -- I'd best start researching Dragon scales and claws. If someone has resources to point me to to help with this, that would be fantastic.

And, of course, anything that I write that you feel overlaps and would help out the wiki, just let me know. I'm going to try to keep the wiki updated and expand it whenever I see changes -- I use it all the time as a guide. I'm happy to share!

Chasing's Crimson Dawn site has the Dragon Adventure guide, can't go far wrong using this as a reference point. I haven't read through all of it, but there is quite probably info about claws and scales there.

After finally completing my RoP, I have a lot of dragon guides floating around in my head. I was one that waited until level 50 to earn the Simulated Scales before becoming adult, though it took a bit of searching to understand what these scales were, where the quest began (last time I had visited Vladtmordt, was 25 levels and weeks before!).

It seems there are many new hatchlings that aren't aware of this quest and the benefits of the scale. So I put together a quick guide on getting started, with accented maps!

http://www.riftblog.com/istaria-earn...mulated-scales

**Note that the maps I make for my site, I am uploading to the Wiki to use as well. :)

Thank you for bringing in the the simulated scales again, Aywren.

Most of the hatchies never heard about it.
Even I forgot about it*blush*

Nice work Aywren, the maps look great :)

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Thank you for bringing in the the simulated scales again, Aywren.

Most of the hatchies never heard about it.
Even I forgot about it*blush*

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I'm honestly not even sure where I heard about it. I think it was just a passing thing that said "if you wait till 50 to become an adult then...". It took me time and searching to understand what that benefit was, so I thought it was worth putting together a guide.

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Nice work Aywren, the maps look great :)

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Thank you! I hope to make one for each of the dragon trainers. There are so many, between two cities, that are required for a hatchling to visit just to get basic skills... and I know I still get turned around even with the map pack and other guides to help me.

I'll keep working on them as time permits. :)