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Welcome to Banes World! We're glad you decided to join our shard. This guide will walk you through your first steps — from creating your character to gearing up, training, and starting your adventure.

Your First Steps

After creating your character, open the nearest Moongate Portal and look under Favorites for Main Street. This is the central hub of the server — you'll find vendors, services, and other players here.

New Player Gear Box

On Main Street you'll find a red box stocked with donated gear for new players. This is a great way to get on your feet quickly:

Grab some starter armor and weapons.
Pick up a pet if one is available.
Everything in the box is free — take what you need to get going.

Training Your Character

The Britain Library

From any Moongate Portal, look under Favorites for the Britain Library. The library contains skill training books that will raise most skills up to 75.

Each book costs a small amount of health when used.
This makes the library a perfect place to train Healing at the same time — just bring bandages and study away.

Training Rooms

Also found under Favorites in the portal menu, the training rooms provide a safe environment to practice combat and magic.

Practice weapons and training dummies are provided.
Remove your armor before training — equipment takes durability damage when used on trainers.
Bows do not require arrows when used on the training dummies.

Leveling & Stats

Banes World uses a custom leveling system. As you gain experience and level up, you earn points that can be spent to raise your core stats.

Stat	Maximum Cap
Strength	300
Dexterity	300
Intelligence	300

Useful Commands

[level — Opens the level interface where you can view your progress and spend stat points.
[expbar — Displays an on-screen experience bar so you can track progress at a glance.

Skill Caps & Power Scrolls

Your skill caps are raised by consuming Power Scrolls. These allow you to train a skill beyond its default maximum.

Where to Get Power Scrolls

Combat & Magic Power Scrolls — Obtained through champion spawns, bosses, and other high-end encounters.
Crafting Power Scrolls — The Master of Arts, located at the Crossroads in Trammel, drops these.

Skill Bonus Gear — Important Distinction

Not all +skill items work the same way:

Item Type	Effect
Rings, jewelry, and loot items with +skill bonuses	Raise the skill up to your current cap only — they will not push a skill over the cap.
BOD reward gear (obtained by turning in Bulk Order Deeds)	Does raise skills above the cap, allowing you to craft special items that would otherwise be impossible.

BOD reward gear is the only equipment that breaks through skill caps, making it highly valuable for dedicated crafters.

Achievements & the UO Store

Banes World has an achievement system that rewards you with BW (Sovereigns) — the shard's premium currency.

Type [myachievements to see what's available and start planning your goals early.
Earn BW by completing achievements, and spend it in the UO Store.
Access the store by typing [store or clicking the UO Store button at the top of your screen.

The store offers leviable weapons, cosmetics, and many other useful items.

Gathering & Resources

Banes World features expanded resource types for leather, wood, and metal beyond what you'll find on standard shards.

Resource nodes are static — if you find a vein of Valorite ore or a grove of Bloodwood, it will produce that same material every time you return.
Explore and keep track of your favorite spots. Finding a reliable source of rare materials is a big advantage for crafters.

Join the Community

Have questions, want to group up, or just looking to chat? Join us on Discord — it's the fastest way to get help and stay in the loop.

Join the Banes World Discord!

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-Welcome to Banes World!
+Welcome to '''Banes World'''! We're glad you decided to join our shard. This guide will walk you through your first steps — from creating your character to gearing up, training, and starting your adventure.
-We are glad you decided to come to our shard.  Once you make your character find the closet portal and find Mainstreet under favorites.  This is the hub of the server.  You will find the various vendors there.  Also there is a red box for new players that has donated items to use to get started.  Grab some gear and maybe a pet from the box and head over to the portal.  Under favorites you will find several training rooms and the Britain Library.  The library has books that will train most skills to 75.  The books take a small amount of health when used and provide a perfect way to train healing while you study.
+__TOC__
-The training room has practice weapons and trainers to practice fighting and spells on.  Be sure to take off any armor as it will wear if worn on the trainer.  Bows do not require arrows when training on the trainer.
+== Your First Steps ==
-Take a look at [myachievements and get a plan to earn some BW for the UO store.  You can purchase leviable weapons and many other things in the store.  You can access the store by [store or clicking the UO store button at the top.
+After creating your character, open the nearest '''Moongate Portal''' and look under '''Favorites''' for '''Main Street'''. This is the central hub of the server — you'll find vendors, services, and other players here.
-Use the command [level to monitor your level progress.  You can also use [expbar to show a bar of your progress.  As you level you get points to raise your stats.  The cap for stats is 300 intelligence, 300 strength and 300 dexterity.
+=== New Player Gear Box ===
-Skills caps are raised by power scrolls.  The Master of Arts is at the crossroads in Trammel.  He will drop the crafting power scrolls.  The only bonus gear that will raise a skill above cap is the BOD gear obtained by turning BODS.  The rings and various other items you find with +skills only raise the skill to your cap and not over.  The BOD gear will raise it OVER the cap so you can make special items.
+On Main Street you'll find a '''red box''' stocked with donated gear for new players. This is a great way to get on your feet quickly:
-We have expanded resources in leather, wood and metal.  The spots are static so if you find your favorite metal/wood come back later and it will produce the same type.
+* Grab some starter armor and weapons.
+* Pick up a pet if one is available.
+* Everything in the box is free — take what you need to get going.
-Be sure to join our [https://discord.gg/5BgkGzZPyc Discord] for any questions.
+== Training Your Character ==
+=== The Britain Library ===
+From any Moongate Portal, look under '''Favorites''' for the '''Britain Library'''. The library contains '''skill training books''' that will raise most skills up to '''75'''.
+* Each book costs a small amount of '''health''' when used.
+* This makes the library a perfect place to train '''Healing''' at the same time — just bring bandages and study away.
+=== Training Rooms ===
+Also found under '''Favorites''' in the portal menu, the training rooms provide a safe environment to practice combat and magic.
+* '''Practice weapons''' and '''training dummies''' are provided.
+* '''Remove your armor''' before training — equipment takes durability damage when used on trainers.
+* '''Bows do not require arrows''' when used on the training dummies.
+== Leveling & Stats ==
+Banes World uses a custom leveling system. As you gain experience and level up, you earn points that can be spent to raise your core stats.
+{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
+! Stat !! Maximum Cap
+|-
+| Strength || 300
+|-
+| Dexterity || 300
+|-
+| Intelligence || 300
+|}
+=== Useful Commands ===
+* <code>[level</code> — Opens the level interface where you can view your progress and spend stat points.
+* <code>[expbar</code> — Displays an on-screen experience bar so you can track progress at a glance.
+== Skill Caps & Power Scrolls ==
+Your skill caps are raised by consuming '''Power Scrolls'''. These allow you to train a skill beyond its default maximum.
+=== Where to Get Power Scrolls ===
+* '''Combat & Magic Power Scrolls''' — Obtained through champion spawns, bosses, and other high-end encounters.
+* '''Crafting Power Scrolls''' — The '''Master of Arts''', located at the '''Crossroads in Trammel''', drops these.
+=== Skill Bonus Gear — Important Distinction ===
+Not all +skill items work the same way:
+{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
+! Item Type !! Effect
+|-
+| '''Rings, jewelry, and loot items''' with +skill bonuses
+| Raise the skill '''up to your current cap only''' — they will '''not''' push a skill over the cap.
+|-
+| '''BOD reward gear''' (obtained by turning in Bulk Order Deeds)
+| '''Does''' raise skills '''above the cap''', allowing you to craft special items that would otherwise be impossible.
+|}
+BOD reward gear is the '''only''' equipment that breaks through skill caps, making it highly valuable for dedicated crafters.
+== Achievements & the UO Store ==
+Banes World has an achievement system that rewards you with '''BW (Sovereigns)''' — the shard's premium currency.
+# Type <code>[myachievements</code> to see what's available and start planning your goals early.
+# Earn BW by completing achievements, and spend it in the '''UO Store'''.
+# Access the store by typing <code>[store</code> or clicking the '''UO Store''' button at the top of your screen.
+The store offers '''leviable weapons''', cosmetics, and many other useful items.
+== Gathering & Resources ==
+Banes World features '''expanded resource types''' for leather, wood, and metal beyond what you'll find on standard shards.
+* Resource nodes are '''static''' — if you find a vein of Valorite ore or a grove of Bloodwood, it will produce that same material every time you return.
+* Explore and keep track of your favorite spots. Finding a reliable source of rare materials is a big advantage for crafters.
+== Join the Community ==
+Have questions, want to group up, or just looking to chat? Join us on Discord — it's the fastest way to get help and stay in the loop.
+'''[https://discord.gg/5BgkGzZPyc Join the Banes World Discord!]'''