Mud Player Tutorial

From Kiwiarena

Connection to the MUD:

From Windows XP or Lower:

Goto Start > Run Type: Command The Command Prompt will appear, in this you type: Telnet kiwiarena.net.nz 6666

From Windows Vista:

TUTORIAL COMING SOON

From Linux With GUI:

Open up your Terminal Type: telnet kiwiarena.net.nz 6666

From Linux With Command-Line:

Type telnet kiwiarena.net.nz 6666

Playing The MUD

To start with welcome to the wonderful world of Kiwiarena's MUD. Here we can do all sorts of things, like build houses or wrestle Llamas. But to do all this we need to know how to move and look first.

Remember: Help and Help {Topic}

DESCRIPTION

Look This command tell the MUD that your character has decided to have a look around their current position. On most MUD Clients this can be achieved by hitting the 5 on the Keypad. Other uses of Look include. Look at {object/person} Look in {container}

Smell This command is pretty self-explanatory. It instructs you character to test the air with his/her nose. Other uses include. Smell {object/player}

Listen This command is also self-explanatory. Your character strains to hear anything that might be a sound. Other Uses Include Listen {object/player}

MOVEMENT

North Or Keypad 8 will move your character one room North. Shortcuts: N

East Or Keypad 6 will move your character one room East. Shortcuts: E

South Or Keypad 2 will move your character one room South. Shortcuts: S

West Or Keypad 4 will move your character one room West. Shortcuts: W

North East Or Keypad 9 will move your character one room North East. Shortcuts: NE

North West Or Keypad 7 will move your character one room North West. Shortcuts: NW

South East Or Keypad 3 will move your character one room South East. Shortcuts: SE

South West Or Keypad 1 will move your character one room South West. Shortcuts: SW

Up Or Keypad - will move your character one room Up. Shortcuts: U

Down Or Keypad + will move your character one room Down. Shortcuts: D

There are a few more movement types in game that are defined by the rooms. They appear in the exits section of the room description described below.

CHARACTER INFORMATION

Inventory This brings up a list of the gear that your character is currently carrying. Shortcuts: I

Statistics This shows your characters prime statistics like strength and speed. Shortcuts: Stats

Score This Brings up your characters score card, this shows you when your character last had a feed and how drunk they are. It also shows a lot more useful information so I suggest that you look at it often.

Short Score This Shows you your vital statistics which would be a good idea to keep an eye on during combat. Shortcuts: SC

Combat

This is a major part of the MUD so I have decided to put it in it's own section.

Wear {object} This will make your character try to wear the object you have selected.

Wield {object} This will make your character ready the object for combat.

Kill {creature} This will tell your character to attack the creature. You don't have to type this more than once per individual creature. If something attacks you its is assumed that you will fight back.

Combat is a highly specialized job and most classes has skills or spells to help in combat. These will be explained under the appropriate sections for the classes.

At the start of your first combat you should know that if you health is dropping by more than about 5% per enemy hit you should run screaming from the combat. Because this is not a fight you will survive for long.

More will be posted here as the MUD reaches more playable levels. Because at the time of this writing the MUD is still in Creation Mode where there should be very few if any mortals on at all.