Shuttleport Island to Mainland Guide

The Froob’s One Page Guide

1. Talk to Brandon Thorn, do as he asks for a light bar, a belt, and a level.
2. Kill beach mobs in the immediate area to level up to around level 6, be sure to loot everything.
3. Give Thorn monster parts, he will give you first aid stims, health and nano kits. You will be outgrowing these soon, so only get a few.
4. Take the belt to Stacklund who will upgrade it. He can also tell you how to upgrade any of the starter weapons, but we suggest you let Adri Afeli do it for you, see item six.
5. Sign up with Clan or Omni, then trade your loot with your sides equipment vendor.
6. Talk to Adri Afeli by the docks and get your weapon(s) upgraded.
7. With the cash you earned from all the mobs you killed leveling up. Buy you beginners nano package.
8. Do Travis Molen’s sided shoulder pad quest twice to get a pair.
9. Do Travis Molen’s 5 quests for the Newcomer’s Armor pieces, gloves, pants, body, sleeves and boots.  (There is no helmet). Use the best helmet you find looting mobs.)
10. Buy sided badges and upgrade each of you Newcomer’s armor pieces.
11. Don’t waste your time doing the backpack or other quests. You can buy a backpacks cheaply on the  main land. If you need experience in order to level up so you can equip something new, then do these quests, and repeat them if more experience is needed.
12. Optional, kill all the Dyna-camps you can find on the Island.  You may get a decent buffing item or two, like a Ring of Power (extra damage), Ring of Offense (extra offense points) and a few others. These are nice to have, and only cost a few minutes it takes to kill the mobs.  Not worth camping for however.
13. Go to the Mainland. Ignore the drunk.  Enter the subway, find the Vagabond that hangs out in the passage way between the 2nd and 3rd set of doors beyond the entrance.  Kill him and loot the Vagabond cloak.  If it drops, place it on your back slot. The +25 all defense is golden at low  levels.  If the cloak does not drop, take note of the time, proceed to the left wing off the large main hall.  Kill robots, muggers, looters and Vagabonds (the other Vagabonds may also drop the Vagabond cloak) for 20 minutes, then return to the first Vagabond and kill him again.  Repeat this process until you get a cloak. This cloak and the newcomer’s armor is all you need for the next 15-20 levels armor wise.
14. Get a Bio Communicator to turn monster parts into more valuable blood plasma.  For sale in shops for a few thousand credits, or get a free one by talking to the woman standing near where you first arrived. Agree to return her Bio Communicator to a guy over by the shops.  He will end up giving you one for your very own.

At this point you are on your own.  You should know how to play your character, how to kill mobs to level and how to earn credits.