Hello and Welcome to the beginner training center. This page has information on many different subjects of rock.



Click on the links in the index to find your way around.

Index
Races and their advantages
Movement
The basics of combat
Items and weapondry
Cryl
Stores and banks
PvPing
Death
Soldiers
Academy
Telnet

ROCK HELP AND TIPS

The point of the game is to get a higher level (you can check your level by typing "stat"). To get a higher level you must kill NPCs or players to gain experience. Then type "raise auto" to raise your stats. And that is how you gain levels in 2 easy steps.:)

RACES AND THEIR ADVANTAGES

Their are 5 different races you can choose from and each race has its advantages. First there is the dryne. The dryne race is a race of powerful dragons. Drynes are good fighters, but they arent very good magicians. The Drynes racial ability is their roar. When (to roar type "roar"). Their roar is cappable of paralizing other races, and causeing their enemies to flee from the room. The more you roar the more powerful it will be, but you only get 5 roars a day and if you roar over 5 times then your hp goes to 1.

Next race is the vreans. The vreans are a race of spiders. They are about 5 feet long and are fairly average fighters and magicians. The vreans racial advantage is their ability to weave webs (to spin webs type "spin web"). Their webs though not very strong at first,can be fairly strong and when used properly can be, useful in fighting. When you are caught in one of their webs you can not do anything until you have struggled free. To escape from their webs you must type "struggle" to try and free yourself.

Then theres the Shi-kul. The Shi-kul are a race of angelic like beings. They have an even balance of strength and magic.They are humaniod except for their large and powerful wings which when not in use are folded neatly on their backs. One of the advantages of being shi-kul is the ability to fly (to fly type "fly"). With their powerful wings they can fly through the world much faster than the plodding along other races. Another advantage to flying is that they can fly over water. Most people dont know how to swim and being able to fly over water is a great way to get to places most other people cant and it is also a great way to escape from your enemies.

Next the spectrites. The spectrites are shadow beings. They lurk in the shadows and are very hard to see. They specalize in magic and arent very good hand to hand combaters. All spectites share some sort of link with each other. They are telepathic which is the ability to comunicate with their own kind (called hiving) regardless of how far apart they are by using theirs minds to project the thoughts to their own kind(to hive type "hive (message)". Another useful ability is the ability to teleport (to teleport type "teleport (name)". They can teleport to each other and cover long distances in an instant. This is very helpful for traveling but takes alot of turns and a good size chunk of hp. You also can't teleport if you have any less than full hp.

Finaly the taer. The taer are rat like beings standing about 4 feet tall. They aren't very good at magic or at physical fighting. They have the ability to salp which is a slimy acid in their stomaches that builds up from eating dillfrogs.(to salp type "salp (victomname)" They vomit this up on their enemies causing a small amount of damage. Another useful ability is their ability to scurry (to scurry type "scurry (direction)". When they are surrounded by enemies and almost dead they can scurry and quickly dart out and escape.

MOVEMENT

Getting around, that is a very basic but important skill. I will explain how to move when using telnet since its realy better(see telnet in index) . Use abrieviations to move in the direction you want to go. EXAMPLE- northeast is ne. If theres no pathway in the direction you tried to go then you will smack into the wall. A useful suggestion when in places where there are big monsters, is to peek in the room you want to go in next(to peek type "peek (direction)). This has saved me many times. When theres low lag and if you can realy type, you can realy zip around. But unfortunatly your caracters do get tired and this stops you from racing everywhere at light speed.

THE BASICS OF COMBAT

The main key to rock is combat. There are many different types of combat, but the most basic is simply swinging your weapon or fist at your enemie.When you first start the game find cluckys tavern and type "go hole".
this will send you into the hills where the npcs can be found and killed. A npcs are the computer controled monsters in Rock (dont ask me what npc stands for). To attack a npc you type "a (npcname)".The npc will the attack back and the first one to run out of hp (hp stands for health points which is your life) dies. The best way to kill a hard npc is to go into the room and attack it, retreat rest and go back and attack some more.
(to rest type "rest")

ITEMS AND WEAPONS

Items and weapons give you protection and greater attacking ability.
To see what items and weapons you have type "Look (yourname)". Every one starts with the same stuff and then gets better stuff by killing NPCs and geting the stuff they drop or buying (see cryl) them from other players. When you first start you will have leather belt, foibly skin, shortsword, petrobeads, and wooden shield. The shortsword is the worst weapon in the game. It would be better to wield your belt which is an ok weapon. You can pretty much wield anything you can pick up. To see what these items look like type "look (itemname)"
(HINT= look at everything you can this will help you).

CRYL

When you kill a NPC it usualy drops cryl. Cryl is the money in rock and you can pick it up by typing "loot". You can also get cryl by selling items to stores. (see stores and banks)

STORES AND BANKS

Stores can be found in clucky tavern and you can see what it is selling by typing look bar or look store. To sell something just type "sell (itemname)" when you are in a store (you must be holding the item to sell it). To see what the store is selling type "look (store,shop,bar)". To buy an item with from a store type " buy (item)"

There are 3 or 4 banks one in the hills, one run by kain( from town square go north, down, and then just keep going).
To deposit cryl type "deposit (amount)" when you are in a bank and to withdraw it type "withdraw (amount)" To see how much cryl you have from anywhere in the game type "bank". Banks are supposed to give you 3% interest and they keep you from losing cryl when you die.

PvPing

PvPing is the nickname for combat with other players. When you first start playing rock you will be a NEWBIE. Newbies can not fight with other players for 7 days. After your first 7 days you may fight with anyone about 10 levels away from you level (who isn't your race). If you are not a soldier you may only pvp a few times a day. When you attack somebody (or they attack you) you may not exit from the game for 2 minutes do to the habbit people have to exiting off of rock if they seem to be losing a fight. Sanctuaries are rooms in which you may not fight with ANYTHING. Most stores and banks are sanctuaries as well as the nexus. If you are losing a fight try to run to the nearest sanctuary.

DEATH

When you die all your items and cryl that you are holding will drop to the ground and (exept for your cryl) will be bound by spiritual glue for 90 seconds. You will be sent to back to the planar gate at nexus. When you die type life and try to get back to where you died and get your stuff before the 90 seconds is up. When sombody kills you they can not kill you twice in a row unless you attack them first.


Soldiers

When you are level 45 you have the option of becoming a Soldier. Soldiers can fight with any other soldiers regardless of their level who isn't their race or isn't alied with their race. Soldiers may attack other soldiers as many times as they want and kill them as many times in a row they want. (HINT:dont become a soldier as soon as you turn level 45 because you will be the lowest guy out there and be killed alot) At level 80 soldiers become eligable to become Generals. Generals get to select a certin amount of turns (rations) that you get for everynew day besides your regular bonus racial turns.

ACADEMY

The academy is a large complex building that is used to learn new abilities in. You enroll in different classes or "courses" to learn the new stuff. To enroll in a class you must go to the registration office. There you may see the courses that are available to you by typing "list". You can find out what the course is about by typing "about (coursename)". Each course costs a different amount of cryl depending on the skills powerfulness. As you gain levels and stats new courses become available to you.

To enroll in a course type "enroll (course name)" you must type the courses full name in when doing this. EXAMPLE- "enroll item management 101". Once you have done that a message should come up that says "You have enrolled in item management 101 for which you need (x) number of training periods to complete". You must then go into the school and find your classroom and type " checkin item management 101". You must then stay in the classroom for about 5 minutes while your caracter absorbs information. When you are finished the profesor will say "class dismissed" and you can leave. You attend the class once per day and each day counts as one training period. Each class will require a different number of training periods, you must attend the class until the number of training periods you have left are up. When this happends you have learned the skill. To see how many training periods you have left type "courses". To see what skills you have learned type "skills".

To get to the academy from the nexes go southeast and then "go gate" to get to the academy entrance. Sorry, I dont have a map of the place but try to find somebody who knows where the course your taking is or just explore and try to find your way around.


Telnet

Now that you got the game down how do you get on? Telnet is a server which conects you to the game. There is the optional web version of the game, but Telnet is 10 times better. Telnet tells you what happend when it happend and is faster and smoother. People who use the web version of rock are called WEBIES and are not very popular, they lag up the game for everybody. If you want to get good at rock telnet is the way to go . Also you get 1,000 turns extra every new day for not useing the web the previous day. Some comands in telnet are "press the enter button". This brings up the discription of the room, what npcs and players are there, and the exits from the room your in. To shorten the room description and lower the lag type "brief". Also to bring up a bar that shows you your hp, mana, and turns left, type prompt. If you dont want to download anything click here Java Telnet . Its simple and works for most people.
So choose telnet and make it easier for you and everybody else.








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