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This Entropia Universe newbie guide gives an overview of important topics for new players and points to more detailed information. If you can't find what you are looking for here or on the linked pages please ask on the forums: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/guides-and-help.21/ | This Entropia Universe newbie guide gives an overview of important topics for new players and points to more detailed information. It's embedded in the general [[Entropia Universe Guide]] whose topics you can access via the panel on the right. If you can't find what you are looking for here or on the linked pages please ask on the forums: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/guides-and-help.21/ | ||
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This Entropia Universe newbie guide gives an overview of important topics for new players and points to more detailed information. It's embedded in the general Entropia Universe Guide whose topics you can access via the panel on the right. If you can't find what you are looking for here or on the linked pages please ask on the forums: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/guides-and-help.21/
What's Entropia Universe
Entropia Universe (formerly "Project Entropia") is a MMOG/Virtual World platform consisting of several game worlds in the form of planets which are connected through space. Most parts of Entropia Universe are based on a Science Fiction setting. In Entropia Universe you play by controlling an avatar in a 3D world performing activities like hunting, mining, crafting and many more. Entropia Universe is best known for it's rather unique Real Cash Economy (RCE), meaning the ingame currency Project Entropia Dollars (PED) has a fixed exchange rate rate of 10:1 to the US Dollar and players can convert 'real world' cash into game currency as well as the other way round. Entropia Universe is free to download and to a large extent also free-to-play (F2P).
Before starting
Systems Requirements
Before starting it could be wortwhile to check whether your system meets the following reqirements. If you don't have a Mircosoft Windows system you might want to check this page: Entropia Universe on Mac OS or Linux
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If your system falls below the Medium Settings requirement you may still be able to participate in Entropia Universe, but your visual experience will be hampered. If you use Medium Settings on a system below Medium Settings requirements, you may suffer from low frame rate. If you use Low Settings, there may be artifacts such as white texture-less avatars, no ground vegetation, short draw distance and no shadows.
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Choosing a planet to start on
Choosing the "best" planet to start on is probably the most important decision to make for new players and should be taken before even creating an account because the action of creating an account can already preset the start planet depending on via which website the account is registed.
Each planet is developed and operated by another company but they are all interconnected by the ingame outer space and avatars can travel from one planet to another in spaceships. So why could the choice of one's start and home planet be of importance?
- spave travel involves costs
- space travel also involves dangers in form of space pirates
- each planet has a specific setting that might or might not fit ones personal taste, for example Planet Calypso and Planet Arkadia have a (Military) SciFi setting while ROCKtropia is based on music and pop culture
- some planets have another focus than the others (example ???)
- some planets have dedicated newbie areas and elaborated tutorial quest chains, others don't have that
- some planets are using features that are missing on others, for example Next Island has no instances
- the start planet usually decides that a part of a players potential spendings in Entropia Universe go to the company developing that planet, no matter which planet a player plays on later
For further information and a detailed planet comparison please refer to the following page: Choosing a planet to start on.
Getting started
- Download and installation
- Account creation
- Avater creation
- Choosing a planet
- Finding a mentor
- Joining a society
- Depositing or non-depositing
First steps inside the game
- Viewport and heads-up display (HUD)
- Orientation and movement
Planet-specific
- Planet Calypso
- ROCKtropia
- Hunt The THING
- Planet Arkadia
- Planet Cyrene
- Monria
- Planet Toulan
Possible further directions
- Missions
- Sweating and other F2P activities
- Hunting
- Mining
- Crafting
- Other professions
Links, references, contributors, categories, and more
Contributors:
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