MUME Help

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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.

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 type help 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 goal for any new player is to reach level 13 where they graduate newcomer-hood and drastically increase 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 like

narrate 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.

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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