Anyone home?

[MaxManAtArms]

Hello all and one.I'm a new character and it seems that there's no one online. >>" Is anyone playing this any more? Did i join a dieing game? Or did i just choose a bad time to log on and play? Anyone? Hello? :S hope to receive a post or something.


~Max

[Cookie]

Welcome to the game, Max.

There are plenty of players and the player base has been going up. If you want to know how many are on at any one time look on the bottom of the home page. There are 85 players right now for example, when it is late for the European crowd and a very dark night, so fewer than usual players.

The map is very big in Haven and Hearth and as a new player you will probably end up in the wilderness, in a random spot beside your hearth fire. Your hearth fire is portable so you can pick it up and start exploring using it for a source of light. The only three hazards in Haven and Hearth are bears, who will attack you, knock you out and take your hit points and then hopefully wander away so you can recover; water, should you be injudicious enough to get the swimming skill and ever try it out; and other players who in a few rare cases like to murder anyone they see on random impulses.

If you have friends that you want to join you create a hearth secret and tell them what it is. They tell Mr. Holmes in the character creation room and he gives them a staircase where they can join you beside your hearth fire.

Other wise to find people you can play with you can look for your neighbours on the frontier -that may require a lot of exploring, or try to meet people through the forum, or on irc.

If you haven't done so, read Jackard's guide for newbies in the "How Do I" section of the forum. I think it is the third post down. There is a sticky on it so it stays in the same relative place.

Hope you have lots of fun!

[Flocke]

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[MaxManAtArms]

Well its true i'm in the wilderness and i really dont know what to do.This game is a bit more in deapth then i was beliving so i really dont know what to do. The only thign i have been doing is making fires like i read some where here on the fourms. The reason i asked if anyone was still playing was in game theres an option to see players and it said you were alone in the world. Thus the noobish reason i posted in the first place.

[Humbaz]

What you seen there is a kind of friendslist: you have to add people there by typing in their secret name/hearthsecret. You yourself can (and should) give yourself such a name too, so others can add you to their list. Once on the list you will see if they are online.

[sabinati]

your priorities for a wild spawn are:

get foraging, hunting and fishing
get survival, exploration, and unarmed or melee to 10

this will allow you to find blueberries, spindly taproot, nettles, and maybe chantrelles (not sure how much exploration you need on these now), catch rabbits and chicken for food and bones to make fishhooks and you can use the rabbit skins for bunny slippers, waterskins, and making your first batch of leather for backpack and other useful things (you'll need leatherworking), and catch fish and fight ants and raid their nests (do not fight ants until your melee is up, and i would recommend waiting until you have some leather armor).

get plant lore and farming
get farming to 10

explore for wild crops and look for a place to make your permanent home.

[warrri]

Hello all and one.I'm a new character and it seems that there's no one online. >>" Is anyone playing this any more? Did i join a dieing game? Or did i just choose a bad time to log on and play? Anyone? Hello? :S hope to receive a post or something.


~Max

The server is up

There are 155 hearthlings playing.