This is meant as a guide to the most commonly used items and some helpful links to make your experience on aardwolf most efficient and fun.

MUSH CLIENT

The most important tool to make your experience as efficient is the Mush Client. It features many tools specifically designed for use with aardwolf and the mapper ( after you explore the areas) will make you super efficient. Combined with S&D and Dinv the experience is life changing

Download here: https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage/releases/download/r2017/Aardwolf_MUSHclient_r2017.exe

Cexit and other useful mapper commands:

https://aardwolfboot.com/forums/topic/the-cexit-and-you-and-also-useful-mapper-commands/

Pwars S&D and plugin manager – With a properly explored map this will automate most basic quests and cps ( especially to level 100 or so).  This is how people win GQ in just a few minutes.

Download here: https://github.com/hudmond/ppm/raw/master/Pwars_Plugin_Manager_v1.33.zip

Install instructions: unzip the file directly into your root mushclient folder (the one where mushclient.exe exists). Then in MUSHclient, press Ctrl+Shift+P and click Add, browse to your mushclient/worlds/plugins folder and load Pwars_Plugin_Manager.xml. Now simply type ppm and choose to install which plugins you like.

DINV – Great plugin to manage / track and organize your eq, weapons, consumables and portals.

Download here: https://github.com/Aardurel/aard-plugins

Basic Guide:  https://aardwolfboot.com/forums/topic/dinv-plugin-usage-guide/

Helpful Links – These are the links that people commonly ask for on question channel:

Searchable database of Mobs or room names: http://rooms.gaardian.com/index.php

Searchable list of area maps: https://aardwolfboot.com/maps/

List of all eqsearch items – helpful for mob names if not clan EQ:  http://www.aardwolf.com/wiki/index.php/Item/GamePlay

If you are stuck ( you probably just think you are) make sure you try all the basics: Try to recall, try to portal, type exits and see if there is a custom exit). Try to move in all directions and check the map for the area you are in above.  If all of these fail ask on clan channel and someone will answer / help.

Also remember there are plenty of help resources on aard.

“help-newbieaard” for help on which items to buy from questor

“help wish” for info on wishes

“help trivia points” for info on how to spend the trivia points you have.

I hope this helps make your mudding easier. There is a LOT to learn on aard and this is just a stepping stone.

Thanks,

Kazm

In this guide I present a way of faster movement between areas.

The most convenient and effective way to travel is by the use of portals. They are usually given by completing goals/area quests, killing some mobs or buying them via auctions. Not every area has a corresponding portal though. An option is to buy a trivia portal (15 tp – help trivia portal), but the cost is very prohibitive.

Another way for speeding up exploration is by using special exits: clan exits. For example, from Boot room “On the roof” there are easy transfers to areas like Kul Tiras or House of Cards.

Finally, the main point of this guide is to use above methods to find better speedwalks than running from Aylor recall.

Some examples:

To get to Kobold siege you would need to travel 2-3 continents and it would take a very long time. Instead, you can use you portal to Planes, go to Swordbreakers Hoard and from there run 2w6ne.
Another example is Weather Observatory – instead running from the recall you can use Aardwolf Amulet to run ~30 rooms (instead of ~90).

They are not the most optimal/the best routes to areas, use them as a reference only.
There are many others consecrations that would affect this list, like tier of the player or owned portals. Some links between areas, like the one between Aardington Estate and Hedgehogs Paradise, are also not included, because they are situational.

Usage:
I use Kobold Siege mentioned above. Open the file and find a row for Kobold Siege area (row 124)

80 100 Stutz Xadyen Kobold Siege Camp Hoard → 2w6ne

“Hoard” is in blue because this area requires using another portal/speedwalk and then to run 2w6ne.

Row 46 for Hoard shows:

5 50 Aardwolf Commun Swordbreaker’s Hoard Planes → 9e → enter pool
Hoard

Again we have to use another portal/speedwalk shown in blue + run 9e + type “enter pool”. “Hoard” is in red here because this defines speedwalk name for this area.

To find out speedwalk for planes we simply find this row (109):

60 100 50 Valkur The Upper Planes Planes

Here we have only “Planes” in red – this indicate portal – Amulet of the Planes in this case.

*** BONUS for Mudlet users ***

Here are some examples how I have set above aliases:

1) Alias for portals
Name: The Grand City of Aylor
Pattern: ^aylor$


send("take 'garbage can' \"" ..portalbag.. "\"")
send("wear 'garbage can'")
send("enter")
send("remove 'garbage can'")
send("put 'garbage can' \"" ..portalbag.. "\"")


“portalbag” is my variable used for Aardbag, you should replace it with the keywords with your bag or if you keep portals in the inventory use this code:


send("wear 'garbage can'")
send("enter")
send("remove 'garbage can'")


2) Alias for speedwalk

Name: The Darkside of the Fractured
Pattern: ^darkside$


expandAlias("fractu")
send("run 2n")
send("enter jet")
send("n")


Goals that must be done below certain level/have any other requirements, like skills/align:

Fireswamp: Skill (staves) + required min level(15?)
Sirens: Chances for key decreases when level > 15
Glimmerdim: Must be Evil aligned, Must be Thief (remort or pthi), min level 25
Kultiras: Max level 40
Greece: Very tough mobs to kill, probably lvl+20 what is recommended
Fields: Required min level(60?), need to finish chapter 1 first (Den of Thieves)
Diatz: Need 3 more people of ANY level to finish this goal
Arena: Max level 96, good equipment + lots of potions
Snuckles: 80-100
FT1: 85-135
Deathtrap: Major creation is useful
Stuff: Better to do it below level 130 (to catch shadows)
Agroth: Skill (camp)
Talsa: Required min level(120?), and major creation is very useful
Yarr: Skill (steal)?
FT2: 120-130 (?), help ft2 is apparently wrong
Entropy: 90–140 (?)
Drageran: Max level 155
Cougarian: Need healing spells
Sahuagin: 150-165
Gathering: Max level 170
Desolation: Required min level(175), skill wands?
Adaldar: To kill Mannyn you need to have damage magic/shadow/light?
Helegear: Best to have hunt + pet
Desert: Must have all classes (TxR7) – classchange/tier to different pclass can be useful otherwise
Avian: Translocate is nice
Empyrean: Need living mines completed to get figurine
Nyne: Chapter 2 (Killing fields)

Min level requirements for some goals – some of them are not listed in the help file, but require to wear some high level items to complete:

Camps: Min level 5
Wtc: Min level 10
Petstore: Min level 5
Sennarre: Min level 5
Zodiac: Min level 20
Hodgepodge: Min level 20?
Canyon: Min level 30
DSR: Min level 20
Labyrinth: Min level 15
Wooble: Min level 35
Songpalace: Min level 75?
Tilule: Min level 75?
Deneria: Min level 80?
Hawklord: Min level 90
Jenny: Min level 91
Firebird: Min level 100
Northstar2: Min level 130?
Pompeii: Min level 100?
Prosper: Min level 110?
Prosper2: Min level 110?
Scarred: Min level 108
Arboretum: Min level 115
Insanitaria: Min level 115?
Cards: Min level 90
Tairayden: Min level 110
Stronghold: Min level 125
Northstar: Min level 130?
Diner: Min level 120
Slaughter: Min level 145?
Horath: Min level 170
LongNight: Min level 60?
Xmas: Min level 130
Uprising: Min level 160?
Annwn: Min level 170?
Raukora: Min level 115
Kearvek: Min level 175
Nottingham: Min level 190
Rebellion: Min level 190
Glamdursil: Min level 140 + hunt is nice
Lagoon: Min level 180
Times: Min level 150

Link to the Bootcamp Quest Point Planner – Auk

Don’t let Questor scam you with his Tp’s

To be quite frankly it’s a horrible deal, at least in comparison to all the shiny aard-equipment you could be getting. You’ll have enough TP as you go so no need to waste quest points on them.

Bags, bags, bags and even more bags!

In Aardwolf your inventory tends to get filled pretty quickly, it’s hard to find the name of that one cool sword you got in between all of your other stuff so I recommend having multiple bags to make your own sorting system.

Get the most potential out of your potential

You may or may not have heard about it (if you don’t help potential should get you all the info you need) but potential lets you raise the max amount of stats you can train, daily blessing sometimes gives you some too.  Try to buy some potential every once in a while because the price increases every time so daily blessing’s potential will be essentially worth more if you get it at a higher (free) cost.

Fantastic portals and where to find them

Portals are quite great, they let you travel to a certain area without movement points or your runto time being used, they are especially handy for Global Quests.

Here’s a handy link to where you can find most of the portals:

Try to do campaigns at around 0-100 levels

This is different for everyone, some people campaign more, other ones less, but just know that at around level 100 campaigns tend to get harder.

What I mostly do is I cp with noexp on until a hundred (or until I’m bored) and then I just campaign without noexp on.

Aardbags make life lighter

If you are struggling with the tremendous weight of all the stuff you are carrying around I recommend buying an aardbag, they level with you until you remort and then they stay at level 201.

The Aardbags are in fact so great that they can have negative weight counts, thé bag for hoarders so to speak.

Level ranges for equipment

The best level ranges for equipment are 1, 41, 71, 91, 131, 171, and 200.

Cexits, what are they and how do you use them?

In this article, we walk through creating some aliases and triggers that will allow you to track any wish protections (such as from web, marbu, dirt kick, etc.).

Tracking wish protection

If you’d like to see the payoff for your well-spent quest points, you can add the following alias to print your protection stats.

Copy the following XML, and then hit Ctrl-Shift-9 in MUSHClient to open the Aliases page.  Click the Paste button and your new alias will be created:

<aliases>
<alias
match=”protectionstats”
enabled=”y”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>Note(GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels recorded so far.”)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_dirt’) .. ” dirt attacks prevented.”)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_web’) .. ” web attacks prevented.”)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_marbu’) .. ” marbu attacks prevented.”)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_teleport’) .. ” teleports prevented.”)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’) .. ” vorpals prevented.”)</send>
</alias>
</aliases>

Note: if you don’t have any of the above wishes, this would be a good opportunity to track the attacks that DO affect you!  Then just remove the “prevented” word in the above alias, and your report will make sense.

Next, we’ll start filling in those variables.

Creating a level up trigger

Copy the following XML, and then hit Ctrl-Shift-8 in MUSHClient to open the Triggers page.  Click Paste and your new trigger will be created:

<triggers>
<trigger
clipboard_arg=”1″
enabled=”y”
expand_variables=”y”
match=”You raise a level! You are now level *.”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>– Search for equipment
SetVariable(‘level’, %1)
SetVariable(‘tierlevel’, GetVariable(‘level’) + 10)
Execute(‘dinv search level ‘ .. GetVariable(‘tierlevel’))
Note(‘New level: ‘ .. GetVariable(‘level’) .. ‘. Searched for gear at level ‘ .. GetVariable(‘tierlevel’))

— Set n_levels
if GetVariable(‘n_levels’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_levels’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_levels’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_levels’)) + 1)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Now, I threw in a bonus here, which will search for any equipment at your new level, each time you level up.  To ensure it works, create a variable called ‘tierlevel’ with your tier (0, 1, etc.).  If you don’t have dinv installed, or don’t want to use this portion, simply remove the top section of the <send> block, and only keep the part below “Set n_levels”.

This trigger will start tracking the number of levels you have risen from the time you created the trigger.

Creating the protection triggers

Now you can create the following triggers (using the same Paste method above):

Dirt Kick

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”11″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”Unseen * dirt*”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_dirt’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_dirt’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_dirt’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_dirt’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_dirt’) .. ” dirt attacks avoided in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

I no longer know the text that would appear if you actually got dirt kicked in your eyes, but I’m hoping someone will provide an example in case you don’t have the wish and want to track how many times you’ve had your eyes dirt-kicked.

Vorpal

If you don’t have the novorpal wish, you can track it here:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”1″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”* DECAPITATES you!*”
regexp=”n”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_vorpal’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_vorpal’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’) .. ” vorpal attacks in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

If you do have the novorpal wish, track protections with this:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”1″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”^Unseen (.*?) (head|decapitat)(.*?)$”
regexp=”y”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_vorpal’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_vorpal’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_vorpal’) .. ” vorpal attacks avoided in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Web

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”1″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”Unseen * web*”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_web’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_web’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_web’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_web’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_web’) .. ” web attacks in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Marbu

If you don’t have the nomarbu wish, you can track it here:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”7″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”* poison * your eyes stream in agony*”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_marbu’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_marbu’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_marbu’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_marbu’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_marbu’) .. ” marbu attacks in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

If you do have the nomarbu wish, track it this way:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”7″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”Unseen* poison *”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_marbu’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_marbu’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_marbu’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_marbu’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_marbu’) .. ” marbu attacks in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Teleport

I’ve never encountered this one, but so far this is my guess for preventing a teleport:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour=”1″
enabled=”y”
group=”detections”
make_underline=”y”
match=”Unseen * teleport*”
send_to=”12″
sequence=”100″
>
<send>if GetVariable(‘n_teleport’) == nil then
SetVariable(‘n_teleport’, 0)
end

SetVariable(‘n_teleport’, tonumber(GetVariable(‘n_teleport’)) + 1)
Note(GetVariable(‘n_teleport’) .. ” teleport attacks in ” .. GetVariable(‘n_levels’) .. ” levels!”)</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Summing up

Once you’ve created either the positive or negative detection triggers, you can run your “protectionstats” alias to see how many things have been either done to you or stopped from being done to you, compared with the number of levels.  An example of my output is:

154 levels recorded so far.
130 dirt attacks prevented.
78 web attacks prevented.
44 marbu attacks.
0 teleports prevented.
0 vorpals prevented.

Due to this, I suspect my teleport and vorpal prevention triggers may be off, but I’ll correct it as necessary.