AttendingTasks
Attending Tasks
You begin your life in the world in "Attending" status. This means you are under the protection of a Roman Master or Barbarian Celt Elder. You are protected from combat while Attending (however, you cannot attack anyone, either) but you also cannot own property (including setting piles and crops to private ownership as well as owning a house) until you have left Attending.
For a video guide to the Attending Tasks, please click here
Your options for leaving the Attending state are:
- Complete the Tasks set out for you by your Master or Elder. These tasks are mainly crafting tasks so if you are a warrior, do the first three tasks and then ask to be de-attended (see next option).
- Have a player Lord/lady (Barbarian) or Magistrate (Roman) "de-attend" you. To find out who is the current Lord/Lady press F10 or type: /info
- IMPORTANT: Once you complete the Attending Tasks or are deattended all the piles you have made (clay, firewood and logs) will disappear.
The Master/Elder is near the place that you arrive in Roma Victor. Once you find him, put your + cursor over him and hit Spacebar. Select the converse option and type 'master' in your chat box. That will start your sequence of tasks from him.
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A color-coded map of Erring attending quests for barbarians. More detailed maps Here.
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A map of the roman city showing all the merchants and locations you need for the attending quests.
These quests may not appear in the same order as below:
Get Clothes
When you receive the scroll, click on it and it will show a description. Read its description to find out where you are to take it. If you're a Barbarian, it will tell you to take it to the hidescrap merchant. If you are Roman that should be the whorl_a merchant. You will then have to converse with the merchant and click the scroll to present it to him, and then you will be given a suitable garment to put on.
Fill an Amphora with Water
Take an amphora_b to the river. There is a river east and a little south of Erring, in the next board over. In Corstopitum there is a river to the south and one to the north just past the forum. To fill the amphora, stand in the water and click on the amphora, choosing the refill option.
Get Shoes
When you receive the scroll, click on it and It will show a description. Read its description to find out where you are to take it. If you're a Barbarian it will say that it is intended for the boot merchant. If you are Roman it will tell you to take it to the mouldframe merchant. You will then have to converse with the merchant and click the scroll to present it to him, and then you will be given suitable footwear to put on.
Make a Firewood Pile
If you are a Barbarian in Erring, then to the west of the North Fort, there is a forest. If you are a Roman in Corstopitum, then walk over the bridge (you need to pay 10 sesterces) and find a path of distaves. That path leads to the grove, the only forest in Corstopitum. Either way, walk into the those woods and hold down the F6 key until your inventory is full of firewood.
Things to know before going to make your pile.
- You must have at least 1 point in construction. Most players can teach you this skill.
- You must have at least 1 point in Woodcutting. Every player that isn't new can teach you this skill.
Walk outside the woods and find a level place. Type /Construct and then click on the stick the master gave you, in your inventory. The stick will have new red tab options when you are inside the construction site. One of those new options is to create a firewood pile.
Choose that option and then click a piece of firewood. This time there will be an option to add item to the project, which you should do. The item will disappear, and a blue progress bar will tell you how much more time is left until you can add another piece of firewood in the same way. Add time for a firewood pile is 20 seconds for each piece.
To complete a firewood pile, you will need to add 125 pieces of firewood. Type /project while in the construction site to find out how much more firewood is left until you can finish the project. When you have 100% of the required firewood added, type /projectfinish. If you hurry with the gathering and adding building at the edge of the forest, you will be able to finish in 40 minutes.
For more help with piles, see Piles Overview.
Get a Fish
The master will give you a spear varying in quality which you should equip. Go find a river and stand in it. Click the spear in your inventory and choose the option to fish with it. You probably will not find a fish by the time your spear is in need of repair. In that case, go take your crappy spear and find a grindstone_a to repair it. If, however, you were lucky to catch a fish, go to a stove and attach by spacebar'ing it, then click on the fish and choose the option to cook it. You will need a piece of firewood in your inventory.
Alternatively, you can buy a fish at the barbarian or Roman fish merchant and just sell the spear. Don't forget, do not eat the fish. You need to actually give it to Master to complete the quest. Cooking it isn't enough.
Make a Clay pile
Find clay. Go back to the river where you filled your amphora. You can gather clay by using /gather (F6). Get a player to teach you pottery first.
This will take about 3 hours if you make it from scratch with 0 foraging and the projectsite just by the side of the riverbed.
Check your project status constantly so, that you don't waste time. You can finish the pile in about 2 and a half to 3 inventories. You only need 100% to get credit for it.
Get a pair of tongs_a
Buy them from a merchant. Tongs are one of those things that cannot be made from scratch (i.e. you need a set of tongs to work with the metal you need to make a set of tongs). The Master will reward you with money for bringing the tool to him, so that covers your cost. He even pays a bit more, so this will be the first time you make a profit in RV.
Get a bread
Buy it from a merchant. You can try making one if you want to try baking, but it will take a very long time and probably be more expensive in the long run. The Master rewards sesterces for this, so buying it is the most realistic thing to do. Again, spacebar on each loaf the Merchant offers to find the cheapest one available.
Make a Log Pile
Buy logs from a log merchant, and repeat the process for other piles, only with logs. This will cost about 100 Sesterces (more or less depending on the average quality of logs the merchant has available). You will need 50 logs to complete the pile.
Alternatively, you can go the forest and use a handsaw to fell a tree, and use the handsaw on it to extract the logs. The handsaw the Master gives you will only let you cut a couple of logs before breaking, so you will have to buy a good handsaw from the Handsaw Merchant if you want to do it this way (probably more expensive, but a decent investment if you're planning to be a woodsman).
You can get a little money back if you disassemble the log pile (AFTER talking to the Master) and selling the logs back to the Log Merchant. He'll only buy logs with greater than 1/1 quality, and he won't pay much. Unless you're really hard up for money, it's more neighbourly to leave the pile for others to use.
If you're planning to personally make the Workbench the Master requires later on, extract 4 logs from the pile.
You don't have to put all 50 in. You can do it about 21 logs. You only have to achieve 100% to get credit.
Get a Chisel
Buy it from the Chisel merchant. Making any of these items is not a simple procedure; if you want to be a blacksmith in the game, get out of Attending first and then start your career. Again, the Master will compensate you, so find the cheapest one available.
Build a Workbench
Start a construction, and then click on a log in your inventory. Select the option to make a workbench, which requires the following materials:
The other option is to find someone that has already made and/or owns a workbench_a. If they transfer the bench to you, the Master will give you credit for making the bench. Just remember to transfer the bench BACK to the person that helped you, or you'll probably find that you have a tough life ahead.
Build a Cart
- Create it - it requires long add times and many specialised skills.
- Or, buy one temporarily from a player or permanently.
Congratulations! You are now out of attending. That means you can set piles and fields to private status, own or rent housing, and attack and be attacked by players. Time to pick a profession and start living (checking out a guild might not be a bad idea either).
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