Helpful Hints & Tips

First off - Welcome to Avalon! We hope you enjoy your stay and plan on sticking around for a while. The following is a collection of helpful tips from the "Gurus" of Avalon. Hopefully they will help make your introduction to our world a little less painful.

• ** This game does not have pictures! You will need an imagination and the ability to read! No, I promise it is not as boring as you think it sounds!! Give it a chance before you diss it. **

• If you have a question, try reading HELP SCHOOLCOM first. Chances are you will be able to find the answer to the majority of your questions in that one help file.

• Do not harm the animals unless you are participating in the hunter/gatherer course at the school! Chances are most animals will kill you - they have much more health than you do to start out, and you will be initially unequipped to fight. This includes mules, ponies, eagles, puppets, and any other animated creature you may stumble into!

• Don't be embarrassed that you can't even kill an animal - you will get skills once you graduate from the schools and join a guild.

• When you type WHO you will notice that many players have really long names. When you TELL someone, you do not need to type out the entire name - just the part that looks like an actual name. Some people may have multiple names that look like their main name - try using the first "real" part of the name - many of us choose to have a seemingly realistic last name.

• Be patient and follow the instructions on the screen. There will be brief pauses at some points, but eventually you should get an action item.

• Unless you REALLY know what you are doing (i.e. you have played multiple text based games before), then do NOT refuse help.

• Cherubs steal items that do not belong to you. Most items that cherubs steal are for quests that reset every so often.

• While you are in the academy, you can type ACADEMY or INSTITUTE to be immediately taken back to your school.