Editing Advanced Strategies

{{FoCW Header|Advanced Strategies|Advanced Strategies Index}}

The purpose of this article is to gather a collection of advanced topics concerning ''Eternal Lands''. There's only so much that is really obvious, the really good tricks are discovered when people play and invest time in a game: they come up with really neat strategies and best practices. If you have anything you think belongs in here, add it. (LMB - Left mouse button, RMB - Right mouse button).

* If you have the EMU, carry [[wine]], some spare [[empty vial]]s and [[blue lupine]]s if they are not native to area you are going. Rather than having the [[Potion of Mana|potions of mana]] taking multiple inventory spots, it takes only three and you have a large amount of mana for recharging at minimal costs.
* Drink potions of mana and [[Potion of Reasoning|reasoning]] at start of minute when making items which require small mix time. You will get boosted [[experience]] for each item created.
* Use [[magic immunity]] in [[invasions]] and PK to avoid being hit by [[creature]] special effects like [[mana burn]]/[[cooldown]]. It hurts when 30 [[Grizzly Bear]]s are thrown at you during an invasion, destroying your ability to [[Magic|cast]] anything.
* Use ctrl-RMB to do a "forced walk"; you can walk anywhere without the danger of attacking/[[harvesting]] by accident. This is very useful if you have lots of [[summon]]s around, or want to avoid attacking [[creatures]]/players.
* You can use alt-LMB to attack something (the cursor will automatically change to the "attack" icon). This does not work when using a window manager like windowmaker (it uses keyboard shortcuts with the alt key for it's own purposes).
* Use the minimap while training [[fighting]] (alt-M), it makes finding your spawn much easier. You can also "auto-flee" if you activate the map-walking by clicking somewhere on the minimap. If this is more efficient than manually clicking, I am not sure.
* According to Entropy, fleeing by pressing the Home key is "not the right way to do it". Clicking on different ground tiles nearby seems to work better, too.

== Make the most of #days ==
[[Special day]]s can have very special benefits, which might not be that obvious at first glance ...

* Peace day: No [[combat]] allowed. This means you can either do safe [[Hydrogenium Ore|hydro ore]] runs without being pestered by PKers or [[Fluffy Rabbit|Fluffies]]. Or you can use the 1 [[cooldown]] feature of the old-school PK maps (currently [[Tahraji Desert]]). Additional good spots are the [[Nordcarn]] [[north cave]] (usually PK, a good spot for [[iron ore]]). But beware: peace day does not affect landmines, and fighters/PKers tend to get bored on this day.
** Please observe that [[Engineering#Mines and Wards|mines and wards]] still work in PK maps and that there are players actively using them to "harvest" hydro harvesters etc.
* Recycling day: great for using your most valuable resources. Make high-level [[crafting]], [[manufacturing]], [[alchemy]] stuff (plate armors, [[Crown of Life|CoL's]], [[Hydrogenium Bar|Hydro bars]]).
* Day of No Grief: no items break (in normal combat). This does not save your [[pickaxe]]s, nor does it shield you from the [[Branch of Destruction]]. But it is a nice day to wear all that expensive stuff you definitely never wanted to break, and it opens up the option that you can wear a different cape than the [[No More Tears Cape|NMT]]. A [[Mirror Cloak|mirror cloak]] for example is an invaluable tool when trying to bring down very hard [[creatures]]. Coupled with the option to use a [[Bronze Sword]], this is a good way to bring down hard monsters. When using the [[Monster Magnetism Cloak]], you can use this day to train in places where you normally wouldn't (because of [[yeti]]s or [[giant]]s around, for example). It is also a good day to kill creatures like [[hawk]]s which tend to degrade or break equipment. This day is safe for you to use [[Medallion of Life]] in combat, but change it after HP's wear off for a [[moon medallion]] which has better stats (+4 armour and accuracy instead of +2).

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