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Quick Start
Once you have created and selected your character, click on the Enter
Middle-earth
button to enter the game. (You can create another character
— up to fi ve on each world at any given time — by clicking on the New
Character
button.) Your character enters Middle-earth in a special tuto-
rial area based on your character’s race. Here you will be shown the basics
of playing the game and will be introduced to some of the characters in
Middle-earth. After this fi rst private instance (an “instance” is an area where
you, or your fellowship, play in a special setting dedicated to just you) Hob-
bits and Men are taken to Archet in Bree-land, while Dwarves and Elves are
taken to Thorin’s Gate in Ered Luin. There you start your journey through
Middle-earth.
For an illustration and description of the Main Game Screen, see p. 49.
HINTS
The game displays tutorial hints in a pop-up window as you encounter
new situations. Read the hints to learn the basic game mechanics. Each hint
will normally only pop up once. If you want a hint to continue to appear
periodically, uncheck the “Do not show this hint in the future” box.
WALKING AROUND
Press W to move your character forward, S to move backward, and A and
D to turn your character left and right, respectively. You can also use the
arrow keys to move your character. Q and E make your character slide, or
strafe, left and right, respectively. (These are the default keys; you can change
them in Options: Key Mapping, p. 98.)
Mouselook Mode. Hold down the right mouse-button to use your
mouse to control the direction the camera faces, even while you are mov-
ing. This is called mouselook mode. If you are in mouselook mode, A and
D will make your character sidestep left and right rather than turn.
Doors. While exploring, you will come across buildings that you can enter.
Right-click or double-left-click on a door or gate to see if it opens for you.
Radar. The circular window in the upper right corner of your screen is
your Radar. Your character is represented by the triangle in the middle of
the map. See p. 50 for details.
NOTE
Some items are level-locked (can
only be used if you have reached the
required level), or bind on equip or
pick up. (Bound items cannot be sold
or traded to other players, although
they can be sold to NPC vendors.
You will be warned before
successfully acquiring OR
EQUIPPING those items.)
NOTE
You cannot equip armour or weapons
with which you are not proficient (the
ones with red text or frames), and you
cannot hold a second weapon in your
off (second) hand unless you have
dual-wield proficiency and it is an
off-hand weapon.
EXAMINING ITEMS
You can examine items that you have equipped (items displayed in your
Character Journal window) or items in your inventory by moving your
cursor over the item to automatically bring up the examination tooltip. You
can do the same with other players, non-player characters (NPCs), and in-
teractive items like doors. As an example, open your inventory (press I or
click on one of the bag icons in the bottom-right of the screen) and hold
your cursor over any item; its tooltip will appear, giving you detailed infor-
mation about the item. Your cursor will change to show how you can in-
teract with the item. There is also a comparison tooltip for equipped items,
which compares the item you are examining with the item (or items) it can
replace that you currently have equipped. The equipped item is shown in
bold text as Equipped. For more information, see Equipment, p. 60.
INVENTORY
Open your bags (press I or click on
one of the bag icons in the bottom-
right of the screen) and double-click
an item, such as a weapon or a piece
of armour, to equip it. (You can also
drag an item from your inventory to
an equipment slot, or right-click it.)
Dragging a weapon to the second
hand slot equips it as a second
weapon, in your off hand, but only
if you can wield two weapons. If
you drag an item to a Quickslot bar
(see Quickslot Bars, p. 56), you
can equip it by simply clicking on
the Quickslot bar button or pressing
the associated key on the top row
of your keyboard (1-=). You can
permanently destroy an item by
dragging it out of your inventory
and dropping it into the game world.
You will be asked to confi rm your
action before the item is destroyed.
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