MUME Help
NEWBIE, NEWCOMER, WELCOME
I. Introduction
MUME is an open world game based on J. R. R. Tolkien's creation, Middle-earth. Within the game you will find familiar places such as Rivendell, the Shire, and Bree. You will find less welcome figures like Bill Ferny, Old Man Willow, and even Sauron. You may even find more mysterious people; Beorn, Galadriel, and Tom Bombadil.
II. Starting the Game
If you are a new player just starting off, you may be confused as to where you are and how to leave. The place you are in is called the Halls of Mandos. This is the place to where all new characters of the good races start off, and is also where Arda's fallen heroes go to recover when they have been slain in battle or because of a nasty trap.
The only way to leave the
Halls of Mandos is by
praying to a destination. New players are recommended to begin in the
Tower Hills, which offers
inexperienced adventurers a large number of
quests to familiarize them with
the game's mechanics. To leave your starting room for the
Tower Hills, type:
pray to the
tower hills
Before leaving your start room, please read this help file entirely. Many of the questions you will have are covered in the FAQ's and they will hopefully save you a lot of confusion.
III. The Help System
The text you are reading now is part of the extensive set of help pages which has been carefully written and updated to help new players and old. Simply typehelp
with no arguments
for a list of available
commands and
help topics. All of the
commands in these
help pages are easily identifiable
and have their own help page that
you can read. All you need to do
is type help
<command>
which will
give more information: for
example, help newcomer
which is this help article.
IV. Playing the Game
What you do after you have prayed to the Tower Hills is up to you. You can decide to solve quests to gain experience (help
quest
), explore the
world to gain travel points
(help
map
), or
chat with the friendly community
on global communication
channels
(help
narrate
).
A recommended first goal for any new player is to reach level 13 where they graduate newcomer-hood and drastically increases the depth and challenge of the game. Graduation unlocks the evil races for your account allowing you to play an Orc, Troll, or Black Númenórean. These races are on the opposite side of the war, are considerably harder to master, and have their own separate global communication channel.
V. Where to find Answers
If you ever get lost, can not find something, or need further information, you can ask other players by typing questions likenarrate Hello! Any
advice for new players?
. To find the
names of players who you're
chatting with on your side within
MUME, you can type
who
. To find a little information about any of the people that you
see listed or in person type
whois
<name>
, an example being
whois manwe
.
Type help
tell
,
help
say
for more information on
communicating with other players.
Related help subjects are also
mentioned in the 'See also' part at the bottom of
help files. You can always type
help
<topic>
to find out more. For example, you can type
help
faq
to
read summaries about basic
MUME
commands and
features. The
FAQ
help file is also available on the
MUME
web site at
https://mume.org/help/faq
We hope this text could give you a few hints on how to start and where you can get the answers you need.
See also: | BASICS, FAQ1, FAQ2, FAQ3, FAQ4, FAQ5, ADVANCED, FEATURES, RULES, PRAY |
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