Rain in Aelasar's Forest

The rain in Shroud of the Avatar is very cooling, especially on the coast.

Stats 29th November - Shroud of the Avatar

Crafting

Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62 - 73

Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95 - 99 - 105

Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60 - 61 - 62

Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75 - 77

Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112 - 113 - 113

Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27 - 29

Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57 - 59

Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59 - 59

Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40 -40

Agriculture -

Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 38

Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101 - 102 - 103

Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102 - 105 - 107

Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59 - 59 - 59

Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35 - 35

Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47 - 47

Adventuring

Polearms 10 -10 - 10 - 10 - 10

Shields 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269 - 323 - 368

Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

Light armor 38 - 38 - 38 - 38

Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132 - 132

Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20

Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86 - 88 - 93

Earth 50 - 52 - 93 - 132
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192 - 194 - 199

Health 54 - 119 - 136 - 142 - 147

Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85 - 89 - 91

Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43 - 46 - 47

Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74 - 78 - 82

Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 9,331

Gold 14,679

Locations visited:

Serpent's Spine Foothills Skull 4

East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3

North Ravenswood

Plains of Righ Inis Skull 3 (ores, trees, cotton) 

Owls Head

Aelasar's Forest

Central Brittany

Notes:

Was ganked twice in PvP and pickpocketed once in Owls Head whilst distracted watching the Telethon, great show by the way. Thanks to the devs and the Portalarium crew who made it cool.

My thoughts on PvP is that it should be in the game, but I will not be hunting others. I like the edge that it gives participation in the game, plus it helps interaction and removal of items from the game to give crafters a reason to craft.

Stats 28th November - Shroud of the Avatar

Last figure is the latest

Crafting

Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62

Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95 - 99

Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60 - 61

Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75

Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112 - 113

Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27

Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57

Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59

Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40

Agriculture -

Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 47

Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101 - 102

Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102 - 105

Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59 - 59

Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35

Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47

Adventuring

Polearms 10 -10 - 10 - 10 

Shields 0 - 0 - 0 

Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269 - 323

Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0

Light armor 38 - 38 - 38

Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132

Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20

Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86 - 88

Earth 50 - 52 - 93
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192 - 194

Health 54 - 119 - 136 - 142

Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85 - 89

Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43 - 46

Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74 - 78

Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 8,951

Gold 11,667

Locations visited:

Serpent's Spine Foothills Skull 4

East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3

Aelasar's Forest

Central Brittany

Avatar stat update - Shroud of the Avatar

Last figure is the latest

Crafting

Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62

Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95

Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60

Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74

Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112

Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27

Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57

Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59

Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40

Agriculture -

Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38

Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101

Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102

Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59

Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35

Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47

Adventuring

Polearms 10 -10 - 10

Shields 0 - 0 - 0 

Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269

Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0

Light armor 38 - 38 - 38

Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132

Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20

Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86

Earth 50 - 52
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192

Health 54 - 119 - 136

Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85

Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43

Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74

Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 6,396

Gold 6993

Locations visited:

East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3

Aelasar's Forest

Central Brittany

Shroud of the Avatar Stat update

As of 26th November 2016
Big two day session of grinding in Skull 4 location, Serpent Spine Foothills. Just about manage killing solo mobs there, but not 3 at a time.
Also I was PvP and an Avatar called Loot ganked me and I lost my Magic Dyed helm which I bought off Cianna for 300g. Lesson learned of course as I quite liked the look of it.
I am now in a Bear hat which give me +3 strength.

Numbers on the right are the latest.

Crafting

Mining 46 -62 - 62

Forestry 69 - 85 - 94

Foraging 53 - 59 -60

Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73

Fishing 42 -106 - 109

Smelting 23 - 27 - 27

Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 

Tanning 45 - 59 - 59

Milling 37 - 40 - 40

Agriculture -

Textiles 33 - 38 - 38

Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98

Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98

Cooking 45 - 54 - 57

Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35

Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47

Adventuring

Polearms 10 -10

Shields 0 - 0

Blades 103 -183 - 214

Heavy armor 0 -0

Light armor 38 - 38

Archery 131 - 132 - 132

Bludgeon 20 - 20

Sun 16 -77 -84
Air 96  -183 - 189

Health 54 - 119

Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 

Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43

Focus 29 - 66 - 71

Taming 11 -11

Gold: 4,340

Fishing in Nightshade Pass - Shroud of the Avatar Style

Sometimes during a farming session I like to relax with a spot of fishing, even in dangerous places like Nightshade Pass. Although only dangerous to new players like me.

I can't say that I notice any difference in quality or number of catches. As long as you fish the bubbles you have about a 1 in 5 chance of catching something. My fishing level is about 50ish. But by next week it should be well into the 60ish

Shroud of the Avatar Stat Update

Stats for 25th November
Previous stats are first, current are second
This is the 17th day of play

Crafting

Mining 46 -62

Forestry 69 - 85

Foraging 53 - 59

Field dressing 66 - 72

Fishing 42 -106

Smelting 23 - 27

Butchery 34 - 54

Tanning 45 - 59

Milling 37 - 40

Agriculture -

Textiles 33 - 38

Blacksmithing 51 - 96

Carpentry 34 - 97

Cooking 45 - 54

Alchemy 15 - 35

Tailoring 22 - 47

Adventuring

Polearms 10

Shields 0

Blades 103 -183

Heavy armor 0

Light armor 38

Archery 131 - 132

Bludgeon 20 

Sun 16 -77
Air 96  -183

Health 54 - 119

Tactics 43 -80

Suberterfuge 43 -43

Focus 29 - 66

Taming 11

Gold: 1410

Every item in Shroud of the Avatar

Note: I have taking this project one step forward and created a whole website around finding the prices on Shroud of the Avatar, it's at avatarfinancialexchange.com

Prices are what I find player vendors selling items for
Bolded items are common items

This is a list of items Shroud of the Avatar, also known as SOTA. It's not yet complete, but it is constantly updated

Multiple prices are listed where merchants are selling at different prices
Merchants sourced are in Central Britanny only.

2015 Fireworks 45-Piece Gift Reward Pack

Aether Vibration Amplifier

2015 Fireworks 45-Piece Gift Reward Pack

Aether Vibration Console Amplifier

Airship City Home

Amethyst 400

Ancestor Tombstone

Ancestor'S Cloak 75,000

Animal Hide 35.8

Animal Whistle

Ankh Of Virtue Necklace

Apple 10

Aqua Dye

Ardoris Coleslaw 80

Artisan Box Of Plenty

Artisan Tool Reward Artisan Pickaxe 25,000 Astrolabe +1 3,000

Augmented Leather Boots

Augmented Leather Chest Armor

Automaton

Bagpipes

Baked Salmon

Baked Trout

Banana Bread 50 - 82 Bark bread 70

Barn Owl Decoration Pet

Baron's Crown Baron Founder (City Home) 550,000 Beef pot pie 100

Bear Hat Bear hat +1 150

Beetle Carapace

Benefactor Citizen Piano

Benefactor'S Cloak 15,000 - 65,000

Benefactor'S Cloth Tunic 15,000

Benefactor'S Plaque

Benefactor'S Vanduul Polearm

Blood Raven Reward

Blue Dye Blue stall awning 100

Bodice Bottoms

Bodice Top

Bolt Of Cotton Cloth

Brace Of Lapine

Brazier

Bronze Augmented Chainmail Helm Bronze Augmented Chainmail Chest Armor +4 13,000 Bronze Augmented Chainmail Gloves +2 3,000 Bronze Heavy War Hammer +2 3,000 Carpacian Augmented Cloth Chest Armor 500 Carpacian Augmented Cloth Helm 500 Carpacian Epic Cloth Chest Armor 500

Carpentry Hammer Of Prosperity

Chaox Pork And Beef Load

Chaox Pork And Beef Loaf

Checkered Cloak Chicken pot pie 100 - 165

Citizen Benefactor (Village Home)

Citizen Founder (Village Home)

Citizen Founder (Village Home)

Citizen Founder (Village Water Home)

Citrine

Commission-Free Vendor Cotton Epic cloth chest armor 600 Cotton Epic cloth gloves 300 Cotton epic cloth helm 300 Cotton epic cloth helm 300 Cotton epic leg armor 450 Cotton Long Kilt 3,400 Copper Binding

Copper Great Axe

Copper Ingot

Copper Ore Copper Augmented Chainmail Leggings +6 8,000

Corner Rough Wooden Fence

Corner Viking Wooden Fence Corpse Wax 7.5

Countach - An Album Cover Crocodile skewers 125

Daemon Hoof

Dark Aqua Dye

Dark Blue Dye

Dark Green Dye 400

Dark Orange Dye

Dark Pink Dye

Dark Purple Dye

Dark Red Dye

Dark Yellow Dye

Darkstarr Cloak 150,000 Darkstarr smoked duck 100

Diamond 400 Dinner chair 1,890

Domesday Certificate

Dragonbone Throne

Duke'S Cloak

Duke'S Crown

Dupre'S Duck Stew 100

Edelmann Benefactor (Village Home)

Edelmann Birdbath

Edelmann Founder (Village Home) 70,000

Edelmann Founder (Village Water Home)

Elven Three-Story Row Home Reward 157,500

Elven Two-Story Row Home Reward 87,500

Elven Wardrobe

Emerald Epic leather boots +8 375 Explosive potion 100

Fairy Wings

Fanciful Dragon Pipe Fancy bed 3,400

Fancy Tiara

Filled Test Tube Rack

Fishing Rod Of Prosperity

Focus Potion 100

Founder Artisan Tool Reward

Founder'S Cloth Tunic

Founder'S Plaque

Founder'S Vanduul Polearm

Foundry Expert Carpentry Station

Fyndoro'S Tablet

Giant Monarch Butterfly Decoration Pet Garlic Cheese Bread 75 Garlic Chicken 250

Gold Crown Of The Obsidians 2,500 - 2,100

Gold Ingot

Gold Ore Gorns venison roast 100

Gothic Mansion Three-Story (Village Home)

Grannus Beef Stew

Great Dane Decoration Pet

Green Dye

Grey Dye

Guillotine

Harvesting Axe Of Prosperity

Hatch (Basement Entrance)

Health Potion 100 Iron Crown of the Obsidians 2,000 Iron Great Axe +5 3,600 Iron Plate Boots +4 3,200

Iron Plate Boots +74 3,200 Iron Ingot

Iron Ore 66

Jack O' Lantern

Knight Founder (Village Home)

Knight Founder (Village Water Home)

Knight Marshal'S Winged Helm

Kobold Clockwork Wings

Kobold Fighter Mask

Kobold Statue

Kobold Tusker Mask Large Cabinet 2,800 Large Windmill Power Generator 30,000 Large writing desk 2,400

Large Fountain leather boots +1 200 Leather boots +7 1,500

Light Orange Dye

Light Pink Dye

Light Purple Dye

Light Red Dye

Light Yellow Dye

Lolo'S Founder Crossbow

Long Rug (Ornate) 1,200

Long Rug (Red) 640

Long Viking Wooden Fence

Lord Founder (Town Water Home)

Lord Marshal Helm

Lute

Magic Printing Press

Maple Wood

Metal Scrap

Meteoric Iron Augmented Plate Leggings Mounted Artic wolf Mounted antlers 125 -120 Mounted Artic Wolf 800 Mounted Brown Bear 1,200 Mounted Desert Wolf 1,500

Mounted Elder Wolf 2,200

Mounted Patriarch Bear 8,600 Mounted Polar Bear 2,200 Mutton pot pie 100 - 160

Nickel 99

Non-Combat Clockwork Pet Reward 18.000

Non-Combat Pet Reward 15,000

Novia Map Atlas Reward Pack

Obsidian Chip

Obsidian Potion Reward Obsidian Potion of Capacity 3,500 Obsidian Potion of Conservation 3,500 Obsidian Potion of Expedience 3,500 Obsidian Potion of Precision 3,500 Obsidian Potion of Stamina 3,500 Obsidian Venison loaf 750 Obsidian wolf chops 750

Oil Lamp Burner

Onyx 500

Orange Dye

Ornate Brass Darklamp

Ornate Skull Candle Oyster Potpie 100 - 200

Pewter Bowl

Phonograph

Pickaxe With Gold Engravings Pie dough 60

Piece Of Apple Pie

Piece Of Carmelized Onion Quiche

Piece Of Pumpkin Pie 105

Piece Of White Cake 125

Pine Long Bow Of Gaiaism Pine Long Bow +2 666

Pink Dye

Plain Carnival Mask

Player Owned Town City Lot Deed

Player Owned Town Row Lot Deed

Player Owned Town Village Lot Deed

Portable Aether Vibration Amplifier

Pristine Arctic Wolf Head

Pristine Brown Bear Head Pristine Elder wolf head 1,000

Pristine Timber Wolf Head 1,000

Prosperity Tool Reward Pumpkin Soup 72 Pure black dye 2,150 Rabbit stew 100

Raw Cotton 7.8 - 15.98

Recall Scroll 150

Rectangle Rug (Orange And Black)

Rectangle Rug (Red)

Red Dye Red stall awning 120

Replenshing Snowball Box

Round Tower (Village Home)

Row Stone & Timber 1-Story Basement

Row Stone & Timber 2-Story Basement

Royal Founder'S Bow

Royal Founder'S Cloak

Royal Founder'S Plaque Royal purple dye 30,000

Rusted Iron Greenhouse Ruby 500

Sapphire 300

Scale

Short Little Stone Wall

Shroud Of The Avatar Painting

Sickle Of Prosperity

Sickle Of Prosperity

Silver Ore 60 -69

Skeleton Bone 1,000

Skinning Knife Of Prosperity

Skull Sword

Small Old Keep (Village Home) Small odd skul 100

Small Stone Ruins Small Writing Desk 1,800

Sooty Bark

Spider Legs

Steampunk Hat

Steampunk Top Hat 15,000 98,999

Stone Ladder Corner Castle Wall

Stone Ladder Long Gated Castle Wall

Stone Ladder Straight Castle Wall

Stone Short Gated Castle Wall

Stone Straight Castle Wall

Stone Three-Story (Row Home)

Stone Two-Story (Row Home)

Striped Cloak

Suet 380 Sugar cookie 25

Summoning Whistle Necklace (Ferocious Wolf Spider)

Summoning Whistle Necklace (Large Red Spider)

Summoning Whistle Necklace (Small Wolf Spider)

Summoning Whistle Necklace +1 (Ferocious Wolf Spider) Tavern counter with gate 120

Taming Collar

Teleport Scroll 150

Telescope

Tin 84 - 99

Tinkerer Certificate Tombstone 100

Tungsten

Venom Sack

Viking Storage Chest

Viking Three-Story (Row Home)

Viking Two-Story (Row Home) Village stone 2-strory basement 15,000

Wall Torch 375 - 399 Wheat 2 Wheat seed

Wind Power Generator Windmill (Village Home) 100,001 Wooden Storage Chest 500 Woolf hat +1 150

Yellow Dye

Lyndoman of Cornwall, main character in Shroud of the Avatar

This is my main character in the pre-release version of the MMO, Shroud of the Avatar.



Name:
Lyndoman Cornwall

Guild:
Order of the Forest Dwellers

Home location:
Aelasar's Forest

Character calling:
Air Mage with a secondary in Moon skills.

Main game goals:
Expert in cooking, agriculture, alchemy

Secondary game goals:
Visiting every location in the game and writing a guide called, "Cheeses of Britannia".

House:
Town lot, Druid's Tree House (lent by the wonderful, Guild leader)

Current stats as of day 12 of gaming:

Skills

Crafting

Mining 46

Forestry 69

Foraging 53

Field dressing 667

Fishing 42

Smelting 23

Butchery 34

Tanning 452

Milling 37

Agriculture -

Textiles 33

Blacksmithing 51

Carpentry 34

Cooking 45

Alchemy 15

Tailoring 22

Adventuring

Polearms 10

Shields 0

Blades 103

Heavy armor 0

Light armor 38

Archery 131

Bludgeon 20

Sun 16

Health 54

Tactics 43

Suberterfuge 43

Focus 29

Taming 11
Air 96

Skill training is turned on for:

Air

Tactics health/strength

Life

Ranged

Blades

12th Day of progress in Shroud of the Avatar

Progress is going in the right direction, but never fast enough. But that's a good thing as it shows a game is engaging.

The amount of information I could share is huge and the problem with blogging progress of my character's progression is being able to stop playing and start tapping out words.

This is good, because it shows that the game can be immersive, maybe too immersive. But such is the nature of games like this, and a game such as Shroud of the Avatar can be played in many different ways.

I have thought about why I enjoy the play and it's probably about micro progression, that thing you got when you played Civilisation, it's 1am and you have to be up for work in the morning and you think, "Just one more turn," Next time you look at the clock it's 4.24am.

We have all been there, although as an adult with a family this kind of thing should not happen. Ok it still does, but it shouldn't. Addiction in gaming is a real thing and life needs to keep balanced. As does the game itself.

A good game imitates aspects of life that are interesting.

However it should also have a little dullness about it, creating ups and downs, excitement and then a little banality. Bean counting is an aspect of the game and it's something that is quite powerful, zen even.

The aesthetic of the game is very good and you can see how much better it will get once more development time has been put into the environmentals.

Everyone plays a game like this differently, the sandbox concept lends itself to a diversity of play. We saw this with Minecraft where players created different ways of playing. From what I know about Shroud of the Avatar, this is something the development team are striving for.

It's still early days though, the game is not yet finished, player Markee Dragon commented on one of his videos that it is about 80% finished. And as the game started in 2013 I think it will be 6 to 12 months before it reaches a point that will be mainstream.

Of course a game like this will never be finished and will hopefully reach a point where it can continue for as long as the Ultima series or indeed, World of Warcraft, which is still going strong if a little diminished in player numbers.

Lots and lots more to say about this game, now if I could only start playing it and blog more about it.

Day 8 in Shroud of the Avatar

Things to do today in Britannia:

• Trip to Adoris to clean out bank and hit locations along the way to say hi to Town Crier.
• Plant more with various seeds and using different planters
• Develop cooking skill more

Visited:

Liberty
Breakers Landing (cool air balloon)
Serpent's Watch
Green Acres
Cottage Grove
Dawns Keep
Ordinas Mortis
Brittany Estates
Brittany Graveyards
Serenity's Edge

Nightshade Pass 3 Scull (ran through quickly, killing one mage, had to take this path top deliver mail on the other side of the pass. Still too hard to solo)
Blackblade foothills 2 Scull

Items I want to buy
Bookcase 2,000g
Large dark cabinet 3,500
Oval Rug (Red) 1,600g

Notes

At Liberty, I found a comprehensive bunch of merchants gathered around the entrance to the location, which is great as I don't need to travel. Anything that cuts down on travel helps.

Skills

Crafting

Mining 43/

Forestry 51

Foraging 47

Field dressing 62

Fishing 38

Smelting 21

Butchery 12

Tanning 47

Agriculture 0

Textiles 26

Blacksmithing 43

Carpentry 21

Cooking 15

Alchemy 12

Tailoring 19

Adventuring

Polearms 10

Shields 0

Blades 81/100

Heavy armor 0

Light armor 38

Archery 132/131

Bludgeon

Sun 15/16

Health 42/51

Tactics 34/42

Suberterfuge 43

Focus 29

Taming 11
Air -/90

Failed to get to Adoris, got sidetracked grinding in West Ravensmoor, Skull level 3.

List of things to do today in Shroud of the Avatar

A list of goals I want to complete today in SOTA after playing 7 days.

Today is my 7th day of staring a new life in Britannia, which is the land of Shroud of the Avatar, a new MMO which is the spiritual offspring of Ultima.

This will be a journal of what I get up to.

Goals today

• Cooking, buy a recipe and cook one thing.
• Sell cooked item.
• Create more cooked food to increase cooking skill.
• Create more health potions to build alchemy skill
• Create Portal and Teleport scrolls to sell
• Organise more deco for new home

Bought Baked Trout recipe from merchant in Nido 

Bought health potion supplies from alchemist merchant in Nido

Need

Wood pulp recipe, for scrolls

Went to West Ravenswood to boost skill pool, using Longbow to easily dispatch Brown Bears and Wolf Spiders.

Visited for 100g Town crier and screenshot

Shady Copse

Southmarsh

Nido

Stats as of today:

Crafting

Mining 43

Forestry 51

Foraging 47

Field dressing 62

Fishing 38

Smelting 21

Butchery 12

Tanning 47

Agriculture 0

Textiles 26

Blacksmithing 43

Carpentry 21

Cooking 15

Alchemy 12

Tailoring 19

Adventuring

Polearms 10

Shields 0

Blades 81

Heavy armor 0

Light armor 38

Archery 132

Bludgeon

Sun 15

Health 42

Tactics 34

Suberterfuge 43

Focus 29

Taming 11

Recipes learned:

Recall scroll

Hard maple timber

Wood pulp

Salmon meat

Butter

Jar of cooking oil

Housing

I have been lent a house to rest my weary head in Aelasars Forest