An Idiot’s Guide to Runescape: Part 1

      A quick Idiot’s guide to Runescape…. This is, on a huge level, the biggest online RPG (role playing game) in existance on the internet (as recognized by Guiness).  It follows the theme of most standard RPGs;  Kill foes and complete quests to attain experience points (points which add up to enable a character to reach higher levels… levels come with increased attributesand abilities) and items (these can be weapons, armor, or other means of improving your character, or currency used to do the same).

     Players can work in tandem or together.  It is a game that exists on a different level that standard RPGs, in the sense that the participants exist in the same arena and interact, and as such the game is always evolving.  No two adventures will ever be identical.  So, for those just beginning, from someone who has just begun, here are some resources and links that will make the first steps into the world of Runescape that much easier.

1. Explore Lumbridge

     This is the town where you begin your journey.  As with conventional RPGs, exploration is necessary in understanding a game, the methods of gameplay, and the basic tennants.  Talking to other characters, exploring stores and looking around all help to develop a basic understanding of things.

2.  Familiarize yourself with the maps.  The Runescape world is huge.

3.  Familiarize yourself with your inventory screen.

To start the game,  Start by equipping your bronze sword and wooden shield by left clicking each of them once.

Stay tuned for part 2…