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Presinha: /* Avoiding Death */ Minor, really minor, correction of a spell mistake.

2024-09-13T12:57:42Z

‎Avoiding Death: Minor, really minor, correction of a spell mistake.

Ioana003: /* Controls */ Added Placing Down Nest button

2024-09-05T19:10:34Z

‎Controls: Added Placing Down Nest button

Ioana003: /* Going beyond Death */ Explained how ressurection can be used in conjunction with reincarnation for easier/better trial farming

2024-09-03T16:39:49Z

‎Going beyond Death: Explained how ressurection can be used in conjunction with reincarnation for easier/better trial farming

Ioana003: /* Suggested Playables */ Added a few suggested playables and why they're recommended

2024-09-02T16:56:01Z

‎Suggested Playables: Added a few suggested playables and why they're recommended

Ioana003: /* Welcome */

2024-09-02T16:38:05Z

‎Welcome

Ioana003: /* Going beyond Death */

2024-09-02T16:37:39Z

‎Going beyond Death

Ioana003: /* Welcome */

2024-09-02T16:14:34Z

‎Welcome

Ioana003: /* Avoiding Death */ Added more info to Comfort

2024-09-02T16:14:09Z

‎Avoiding Death: Added more info to Comfort

Ioana003: /* Welcome */

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‎Welcome

Ioana003: /* Avoiding Death */

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‎Avoiding Death

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 ==Avoiding Death==
-Death sucks, right? And maybe you've been able to play the game for an hour or two, had some fun, got to a good enough size, but then you died to someone bigger. Or someone way smaller. Or maybe even someone you thought was your friend! There are many ways for yout Health Bar to deplete, and even some status effects that will have a direct effect on it, such as bleed. To help you on your journey, here are some of the more common ways to die, and how to avoid them!<br><br>
+Death sucks, right? And maybe you've been able to play the game for an hour or two, had some fun, got to a good enough size, but then you died to someone bigger. Or someone way smaller. Or maybe even someone you thought was your friend! There are many ways for your Health Bar to deplete, and even some status effects that will have a direct effect on it, such as bleed. To help you on your journey, here are some of the more common ways to die, and how to avoid them!<br><br>
 <i>Show off the health bar at full, low health, bleed, venom.</i><br><br>

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 * Space to Jump
 * C for Sniffing
-* F for Interacting (such as eating or drinking)
+* F for Interacting (such as eating, drinking, laying down eggs etc.)
 * Double tap F for picking up items and other players
 * Ctrl for Crouching, changing Stance, Diving, or Swimming Down (where applicable)
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 * Q and E for strafing while swimming
 * R to sit down (and R again to Lay Down/Sleep)
 * LMB for Primary Attack
 * Hold LMB for Alt. Attack

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-'''Inherits'''
+'''Inherits'''<br>
 During your creature's life, you may have gotten extra stat points in the form of inherits. Inherits can only go up to a +2 in a talent, and may similarly be negative as well. On a freshly spawned creature, you will get on average fewer or worse inherits.<br><br>
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-'''Nesting'''
+'''Nesting'''<br>
 While this mechanic was touched on earlier from the perspective of the parents, nesting is far more beneficial to the children. Not only do you have a chance to get a mutation, but your parents' builds directly influence the inherits you can get. This means that, if the two matched their builds to have the exact same talents, then you, the offpsring, are far more likely to get +1 or +2 inherits in those talents specifically. Being nested in is a great way to get a head start at survival, as well as getting inherits in mostly functional builds, making you much stronger as a result.<br><br>
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 If you plan on grinding reincarnations for better inherits and stats, it's easiest to grind only 2 of the trial types (e.g. Mobility Trials and Survival Trials), and then going to a Grand Shrine to Sacrifice (which matches that Deity's trial score to your highest trial score) or Pledging at any shrine (which matches your score to the second highest instead). Sacrificing will immediately kill your creature, whereas Pledging won't, but you must still die in order for its effects to help you.<br><br>
 '''Ressurection'''<br>
-If you don't want to reincarnate, you may also ressurect a creature. This will give you the exact same skin and inherits, and will put you at a higher growth than reincarnation, but it requires sacrifices. Similarly to reincarnation, the higher the trial scores of the sacrificed creature(s), the easier it will be to reach the score requirement. But if you're willing to regrow from scratch, you can always ressurect for free at the cost of even more growth being taken away from you.<br><br>
+If you don't want to reincarnate, you may also ressurect a creature. This will give you the exact same skin and inherits, and will put you at a higher growth than reincarnation, but it requires sacrifices. Similarly to reincarnation, the higher the trial scores of the sacrificed creature(s), the easier it will be to reach the score requirement.<br><br>
-Ressurection is typically not encouraged unless you have a creature with a skin you want to keep or have grown so large that ressurecting with paying the price means you ressurect at a large size (e.g. a 6.0 creature being ressurected as 3.0).<br><br>
+The main pros of ressurection is that you keep everything from that creature, down to the talents you already added (though you will need to deselect talents for them to work), and including your trials. Ressurecting a creature that has poor trials, or simply continuing to trial farm on the same creature ressurected over and over is a good way to maintain high trial scores without having to constantly be grinding them, which becomes much more difficult the more you grow. Once you reincarnate, all of your trials are reset.<br><br>
 ==Suggested Playables==

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	==Suggested Playables==		==Suggested Playables==
		+	Welcome to the end of this New Player Guide! I have written down everything I believe a new player should know, while also hopefully not making it so long it's a slog to read through. So, as a reward, here's some creatures I think a new player should try out! Or maybe you skipped the entire guide and just wanted to see what is reccommended.<br><br>
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		+	'''Pteranodon/Tropeognathus'''<br>
		+	Currently, the only fliers in the game, although more are planned. By simply being able to fly, they have some of the highest survivability in this game, capable of picking their fights and almost always being able to get away if things get dire. They are great if you want to fly around and explore the map, as well as try out some aerial combat. The only downsides to these guys are the fact that Tropegnathus is capable of dealing a lot of injury damage, which will ground birds, as well as their piscivore diet means you're put in danger from aquatics a lot more often.<br><br>
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		+	If you do decide to play a pterosaur, however, I suggest flying up really high without going into thin atmosphere so you can see anyone from far away and using your speed to either get away or get the jump on someone.<br><br>
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		+	'''Oryctodromeus/Velociraptor'''<br>
		+	Another 2 rather similar animals, these two are the smallest playables available (with the exclusion of AIs). This makes them really easy to hide and get away with, essentially being the more grounded variants of the birds. Oryctodromeus gets a bonus in being able to make its own home in a very complext and fun burrowing system, whereas Velociraptor is more for those players who want to play carnivores rather than herbivores. Because of their speed and access to good getaway tools, they're great for beginners who want to learn more about blessings, buffs, diets, and generally like a more relaxed gameplay loop.<br><br>
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		+	Of course, that's not to say these guys can never be used offensively! Plenty of people love being anklebiters after all... I'm sure there's some guide out there on how to be the best Destroyer of Legs.<br><br>
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		+	'''Parasaurolophus/Megaraptor'''
		+	For those who like larger creatures, Parasaurolophus and Megaraptor are perfect! Both are deceptively fast, meaning you can always get away from threats, while also packing a good punch to kill a lot of creatures around their weight range (or even above!). Wiehenvenator is a decent Megaraptor alternative, but the latter's Z ability makes it just much more flexible and therefore beginner-friendly. They are also very popular picks, meaning you might just be able to find a group friendly enough to let you in and play together!<br><br>
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		+	'''Aquatics...'''<br>
		+	Although I'd love to be able to give some good beginner aquatics, because of how restricting they can be, no matter which one you pick, you'll probably have a more difficult time than the land-based creatures above. Regardless, you still have some options! Lurdusaurus and Ichthyovenator are both semi-aquatics, meaning you can live both on land and in water to a decent degree of success. Paleophis has a whole 3 different forms you can choose from, making it one of the most flexible aquatic (and land!) playables in the game. For strict aquatics, you have Archelon, an omnivore that eats fish and coral, which, although not the easiest to survive as, allows you to survive far easier than the rest of the strict carnivore aquatic roster.<br><br>
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		+	'''Closing Remarks'''<br>
		+	Well, that's everything! Now go out there and try out some of the creatures. Don't be dissuaded if they weren't recommended, nor if you die a lot at first - that's to be expected! Go make some friends, find some secrets, and most of all have fun playing the game.<br>

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 Welcome to Beasts of Bermuda - a dinosaur survival game focused on infinite growth and fighting against the weather and other players. This guide will give you the basics necessary for Survival in the game. This does not, however, gurantee it! Beasts of Bermuda can be a difficult game starting out, and you may not be able to grow even past 1.0. But don't worry, as you keep playing and you grow accustomed, it'll become a breeze!
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 ==Controls==

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	==Going beyond Death==		==Going beyond Death==
		+	Death is not the end. Like the deities say on that frightful, red screen, you can come back stronger.<br><br>
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		+	'''Inherits'''
		+	During your creature's life, you may have gotten extra stat points in the form of inherits. Inherits can only go up to a +2 in a talent, and may similarly be negative as well. On a freshly spawned creature, you will get on average fewer or worse inherits.<br><br>
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		+	Regardless of how you got your creature, you will always get inherits at the exact same growth:<br>
		+	* 0.45
		+	* 0.6
		+	* 0.8
		+	* 1.0
		+	* 1.2<br><br>
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		+	<i>Show off the inherit message popup.</i><br><br>
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		+	Spawn creatures (aka a dinosaur you spawned in with without nesting or reincarnating) have the unique property of never getting negative inherits, as well as a unique system for allocating inherit points: if you get a lot of inherits early on in life, you'll get fewer later on in life and vice versa. There is, however, a limit of how many inherits you have on spawn creatures, meaning that if you get all of them too early, you may end up with particularly bad inherits.<br><br>
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		+	So, how do you get better ones?<br><br>
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		+	'''Nesting'''
		+	While this mechanic was touched on earlier from the perspective of the parents, nesting is far more beneficial to the children. Not only do you have a chance to get a mutation, but your parents' builds directly influence the inherits you can get. This means that, if the two matched their builds to have the exact same talents, then you, the offpsring, are far more likely to get +1 or +2 inherits in those talents specifically. Being nested in is a great way to get a head start at survival, as well as getting inherits in mostly functional builds, making you much stronger as a result.<br><br>
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		+	In order to avoid negative inherits, however, the parents must make sure the eggs haven't been harmed both during gestation and incubation. Inbreeding (breeding with your direct relatives) also leads to negative inherits. Having the talent Good Parent, nesting at a Great Nesting Site, or having the Survival Blessing active can all increase the chances of better eggs or even of rare mutations.<br><br>
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		+	Once you have joined a nest, you will begin life as an egg. After some time (which varies based on active buffs and whether or not you're incubated), you can hatch and begin a brand new life.<br><br>
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		+	'''Reincarnation'''<br>
		+	Reincarnation is another option at your disposal for getting mutations or better inherits. The game will essentially use your talents and stats twice, as if you "nested with yourself", to give you a brand new creatures. Although your inherits will still be linked to whatever talents you unlocked, they're also directly linked with your Trial Score.<br><br>
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		+	In order to get better inherits, you must complete trials during that life. You can check your progress in the Trials menu via the Character Menu, or by pressing the Arrow next to any creature on Creature Select. Trial scores above 90% give the best results. In order to avoid any negative inherits, make sure your trials are above 85%.<br><br>
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		+	If you plan on grinding reincarnations for better inherits and stats, it's easiest to grind only 2 of the trial types (e.g. Mobility Trials and Survival Trials), and then going to a Grand Shrine to Sacrifice (which matches that Deity's trial score to your highest trial score) or Pledging at any shrine (which matches your score to the second highest instead). Sacrificing will immediately kill your creature, whereas Pledging won't, but you must still die in order for its effects to help you.<br><br>
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		+	'''Ressurection'''<br>
		+	If you don't want to reincarnate, you may also ressurect a creature. This will give you the exact same skin and inherits, and will put you at a higher growth than reincarnation, but it requires sacrifices. Similarly to reincarnation, the higher the trial scores of the sacrificed creature(s), the easier it will be to reach the score requirement. But if you're willing to regrow from scratch, you can always ressurect for free at the cost of even more growth being taken away from you.<br><br>
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		+	Ressurection is typically not encouraged unless you have a creature with a skin you want to keep or have grown so large that ressurecting with paying the price means you ressurect at a large size (e.g. a 6.0 creature being ressurected as 3.0).<br><br>

	==Suggested Playables==		==Suggested Playables==

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 * Ressurection
 * Inherits
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	<i>Show off Comfort levels and colours, as well as how it look on other players.</i><br><br>		<i>Show off Comfort levels and colours, as well as how it look on other players.</i><br><br>
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		+	In order to maintain high comfort, you would need to avoid eating poisonous foods or dirty water, stick to your diet, and have positive bias. Bias affects everything about your comfort, and can go into the negatives if you're not careful. To increase your bias, you should eat yellow flowers or pink and blue crystals that you find around the map. Alternatively, some talents can increase your base comfort stat.<br><br>
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		+	<i>Show the flowers and crystals.</i><br><br>

	'''Sickness'''<br>		'''Sickness'''<br>

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 ==Avoiding Death==
-Death sucks, right? And maybe you've been able to play the game for an hour or two, had some fun, got to a good enough size, but then you died to someone bigger. Or someone way smaller. Or maybe even someone you thought was your friend! Regardless, there are many ways to die in this game, from weather, to sickness, and even other players. So here's some tips to avoid these scenarios!<br><br>
+Death sucks, right? And maybe you've been able to play the game for an hour or two, had some fun, got to a good enough size, but then you died to someone bigger. Or someone way smaller. Or maybe even someone you thought was your friend! There are many ways for yout Health Bar to deplete, and even some status effects that will have a direct effect on it, such as bleed. To help you on your journey, here are some of the more common ways to die, and how to avoid them!<br><br>
 '''Weather and Shelter'''<br>
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 But how do you know it's enough? By going into the Character Menu, you can see a Shelter stat. This is a percentage, meaning it can only go up to 100. And 100 is where you want to be! In order to avoid lightning or tornadoes, you want to be at maximum shelter. Not everything gives 100% shelter, but if it's just a light rain, then hiding in a log might just be enough to get you by. You can also see the Shelter percentage by carefully looking at your health: if it has a blue-cyan circle, then that's full shelter! If the circle is only half filled, then that's only roughly 50% shelter.<br><br>
 Smaller creatures (like Velociraptor or Pteranodon), are more prone to being scared by weather events, which decreases their Comfort stat. If your Comfort drops too low, you start slowly dying from stress! There are talents to mitigate this, like Weather Resistance or Resilience, but someetimes all you need is another friend in the same group to be close to you and your comfort will shoot way up.<br><br>
 '''Sickness'''<br>
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 '''Other Players'''<br>
 Here it is, the section you were probably waiting for! How do you deal with other players that want to kill you? Well, sometimes you can just... not deal with them! Playing as a fast creature means you can outrun them and eventually get away. You can use water to your advantage, especially if you have the talent Aqua Affinity, or try to run down hills and jump up structures to avoid death. If you're a semi-aquatic or a flier, you can swim away or take to the skies! The easiest way to avoid dying to players is to avoid players entirely.<br><br>
 But that's the boring answer. And while there's a lot of cool strategies you can employ, maybe you want to play as one of the larger herbivores or carnivores and can't avoid fights. Or maybe you want to instigate them yourself. After all, a dead player is one less player that might kill you. So here's some Combat Basics!<br>
 . <b>Use terrain to your advantage.</b> By having the high ground or protecting your back from other players, you limit their options to try and attack you.<br>
 . <b>Sit and Lay Down to heal.</b> Sitting or Laying Down will heal your health, stamina, and AP much faster. Similarly, if you are inflicted with a status effect like Bleed or Injury, you can heal it off quicker by lying down to sleep.<br>
-. <b>Try not to run out of Stamina or AP.</b> Running out of either stamina OR AP will lead to you being unable to attack anymore. This means your attacker is free to do as they please without any risk of dying. Try to back away or keep the opponent away to regain stamina and AP.<br>
+. <b>Try not to run out of Stamina or Action Points.</b> Running out of either stamina OR AP will lead to you being unable to attack anymore. This means your attacker is free to do as they please without any risk of dying. Try to back away or keep the opponent away to regain stamina and AP.<br>
 . <b>Use your abilities.</b> Each playable creature has a number of special abilities or attacks they can use: Paleophis and Oryctodromeus can blind opponents, Wiehenvenator can use its Tenton Break bite, Parasaurolophus can stomp and deal massive damage and injury. Learning what your creature's abilities do and using them is crucial.<br><br>
 Although these tips are, admittedly, very basic, the nuance comes more from that last one: the more you learn about your own abilities and talents, as well as those of other creatures, the better you'll get at avoiding death! Sniffing opponents to figure out their build (be it through the blurb or through the colour they are highlighted as) is very useful. Feel free to look through the Group Finder or ask on the Discord Server for groups to help you along and make the journey much more bearable!<br><br>