Answering New Player Questions! (Plus FAQ in the OP!)

[BattleMouse]

**Edit: I am no longer active in this topic. Thanks for all the great questions!
I'll be leaving this up as a resource to future players. Keep in mind though that this topic was posted in 2014, shortly after the game came to Steam, and some of the info here may not apply to the current version of the game.**

Feel free to ask any questions you may have about Wakfu here, or find me ingame when i'm online. My character is Caelael.

I do not work for Ankama, so I may not be able to answer EVERYTHING. I am simply a player who has been around for almost two years, played most of the classes at least once, and has a level 130+ main. I'll do the best I can.

I will not answer questions about builds or which spells you should level. I am not experienced with every class enough to be telling you these things. Sorry about that!

***PLEASE do not ask or answer questions about what to buy and sell to make money. This can actually end up hurting the economy. Instead, I direct you all to http://wakfu-elements.com/ where anyone can research the market for themselves.***

**Also, please check the thread and FAQ first to make sure your questions haven't already been answered! Thanks!**

FAQ:
Q: Is Wakfu free?
A: Wakfu is free with an option to buy a Booster Pack. You can also buy cosmetics and pets from the Boutique, but many of these items are also sold in-game by other players for kamas as well. I am a f2p player with 2 level 80 characters and 1 130 character. You absolutely do not need to pay to enjoy the game or get to high level.
Free players get:
-Access to all of the content (with the exception of the very latest adventure island for endgame)
-Every Class
-Every Crafting Profession
-Run for Governor
-Join Guilds
-Reach level cap
-Play as long as you want
-Pretty much the whole game

The benefits for buying a Booster Pack are detailed here:
http://www.wakfu.com/en/mmorpg/booster-benefits

Q: How do I allocate specialty points?
A: Every level you earn 5 specialty points to put towards levels in your specialty spells.
To find the location you allocate these, press P on your keyboard to open your Characteristics window or click the farthest left icon on the bottom of the client. From there, click "Display Abilities." The upper tab (that looks like a scroll) in this window is for allocating your characteristic points. The lower tab (the Iop Head) is for allocating your specialty points. Once you open the specialty tab, the spells on the left are your Active Specialties and on the right are your Passive Specialties.

Q: Once I chose spells, or stat my points, can I ever change them?
A: Yes! The way you do this is with something called a "Respec" which will allow you to gain any spell levels you missed through questing, and change around where those levels are distributed, as well as change all of your Characteristic and Specialty Points. You can get a respec in a few different ways. The easiest of which is simply to level up, as you get two free ones, one each at level 30 and level 80. There is also a quest you can take from your nation's Jonk or Bossowl which will require you to grind out a massive amount of drops from level 30 mobs. This quest can be completed once a month. In my opinion, if you haven't hit level 80 yet and need a respec, it would likely be easier for you to get to 80 than to complete the quest. The third way to get a respec is to buy a Scroll of Absolution from the Boutique for 4,000 ogrines. Scrolls can be used once a week.

Q: What do I do once I join a nation?/Where are all the quests???
A: Wakfu is a sandbox game, and is not quest-centric like WoW. Once you join a nation, you won't see quests again for a while (Level 80ish). After that, you will unlock a new questline every ten levels or so, but that questline won't just hand you those ten levels (but it will hand you between 1-3 levels). Once you join a nation, here's all the things you can do until you hit 80: Join a guild, grind, do area challenges, drop gear you need, run dungeons, play the market, collect and level pets, collect costumes, collect emotes, roleplay, travel to Adventure Islands, visit the Trool Fair, get a dragoturkey (at level 36), take up a crafting profession, take up a gathering profession, get powerleveled (don't push that one), or start the Ootomai's Breastplate Quest (which you can pick up in Astrub). Most of your early levels will likely come from grinding, but there are a lot of other things to do to spice-up your gameplay experience.

Q: How much is _____ worth? What can I sell to make money?
A: If I told you what to sell to make money, everyone would start grinding for and selling those items, thus making them worthless. You can, however, research this yourself using this website: http://wakfu-elements.com/
Wakfu Elements is the single best resource for the ingame market, as well as item stats and character building. Explore the site and bookmark it so you never lose it.

Q: What gear to I put on my character?
A: Again, I point you to Wakfu Elements. They have an extensive set-builder which can help you build your character and gear at any level. You can search for exactly what you want from your gear and check out your approximate stats with that gear before you drop or buy anything. Give it a look. I think you'll really find it useful. http://wakfu-elements.com/builder

Q: Are there NPC merchants in this game?/What do I do with items I don't want?
A: There are no NPC merchants in Wakfu. Anything you buy or sell will involve another player somehow, whether that be at the market boards, inside haven bags, or direct trades with other players. That being said, you don't HAVE to sell items you don't want or need. Not all items are even worth the time to sell.
Your other options inclufe:
1) Simply deleting the item by clicking it in your inventory then clicking the trashcan button.
2) Dropping it on the ground for another player to possibly pick up by dragging it onto the ground. (Doesn't work for non-tradable items.)
3) If you are a member of a guild, many guilds have bank space allocated toward common items such as mob drops and keys for crafters to take advantage of.
4) If your guild has a Haven World, you can help out your guild by placing those items in their resource chest in the Haven World so that you can build more things inside it.
5) Take up a crafting profession. You can potentially use those useless items to make better things down the road and flip them for money on the market.

Q: Do I have to feed my pet if it's in my haven bag?/What happens if my pet reaches 0 HP ("dies")?
A: You have to feed your pet for as long as you own it if you don't want it to ever lose HP. It can lose HP through hunger in your inventory, while equipped, while listed on the market, while in the account chest, while in a trade window, in your haven bag, or anywhere else. However, if a pet loses all of its HP, don't worry! Any pet can have its HP restored by feeding it Osamodas Powder. One powder fed = 1 HP healed. Osamodas Powder can be fed to a pet multiple times a day and does not level the pet when consumed. It is a LVL 0 Chef craft made of thistle seeds and water.

If your pet reaches 0 HP, you will not be able to equip it until it is healed to at least 1HP, and you will lose the stats it grants until you heal it (if you have it equipped when it dies). You will not lose the pet. "Dead" pets are still able to be listed on the market, sold in Haven Bags, and traded.

Q: I somehow became an outlaw towards (instert nation here). How do I remove the outlaw statue?
A: You can remove outlaw status by being killed by a guard of the nation you are an outlaw towards.

[skippygoober]

I think you have to be level 38 before you can get the quest to become a Riktus Clan member.

Your account gets created automatically if you sign in with steam on the Wakfu client.

[BattleMouse]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Akthus:

I change my nation to Riktus Clan, i can change again to my last nation or other nation later? How do it?

If you become a Riktus, you can change your nation after one month by visiting the guard in astrub outside the nation you wish to join. You will need to pay 25,000 kamas to switch.

[dean.dip]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Har Kris:

Do u maybe know, why i loosing connection with launcher? I mean while i making character i getting dc and my connection drop. First time when i played it worked well, but now... well can do a ♥♥♥♥.

Was it a connection drop or inactivity drop? Wakfu seems to kick a person for inactivity quicker than usual during character creation (even when you're actively clicking on things) than while logged into a character, so pick out a name and customizations quickly.

edit: just realized that was an old question, but didn't seem to get a helpful answer anyway.

[willsama974]

Hi! I 'd like to know how to get a garden in my haven-bag.

[Devil's Reaper]

Where can I start up fishing? I mean i know what type of areas I have to go, but the gear for it? I've searched the internet for a week now for some type of info where i can get fishing rods or what ever but nothing not even info how I can make one. So yeah my question basically is about where can i obtain a fishing rod?

[Prolapsin #IBetYouKissGirlsFgt]

You already have one, along with any other tool for the harvesting professions.
Just go to the fishing spot and start fishing.

[Devil's Reaper]

for somereason no where in my inventory there is no fishing rod, well thanks for the answer, i will make new character to see if there is a bug or something , my computer somethimes acts real slow

[Prolapsin #IBetYouKissGirlsFgt]

You don't see the tools, they just appear when you go fishing or harvesting.

[Devil's Reaper]

ok, I couldn't even start fishing last time I am still restarting my game, had to update some programs first, I'll let you know if i get to go fishing when i get ot that poitn, thanks for all the help =) If there is anything else you think i should know as beginned let me know, I've gotten pretty good hang of the games fighting system, though still searching for the right class.

[Arion]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από willsama974:

Hi! I 'd like to know how to get a garden in my haven-bag.

Youll need a garden haven gem. This is a rare drop from ultimate bosses later in the game, but can also be gained as part of an achievement. If you go to the plant dungeon in amakna (forget the name x_x) at lvl 35 or higher and kill the boss first in one run and last in another you'll get one for free :)

You can manage your haven gems inside your havenbag.

[willsama974]

Great Arion! Thanks for that donjon achievement :)

[BattleMouse]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Arion:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από willsama974:

Hi! I 'd like to know how to get a garden in my haven-bag.

Youll need a garden haven gem. This is a rare drop from ultimate bosses later in the game, but can also be gained as part of an achievement. If you go to the plant dungeon in amakna (forget the name x_x) at lvl 35 or higher and kill the boss first in one run and last in another you'll get one for free :)

You can manage your haven gems inside your havenbag.

You can also get one for 60 almokens from the Almanax temple. They are also tradable, so you could buy one from the market board. It'll be pricey though.

[lotus]

Questions: How on earth do professions work? So can I just start chopping trees and fishing? Do I *need* to do this or can I just go combat only? And what would be an easy crafting profession for a newb?

[BattleMouse]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από lotus:

Questions: How on earth do professions work? So can I just start chopping trees and fishing? Do I *need* to do this or can I just go combat only? And what would be an easy crafting profession for a newb?

Gathering professions: Herbalist, Lumberjack, Fisherman, etc.
Those you can just start doing.
Crafting professions you need to learn from one of the tutors near the machines in Astrub, or in nation outposts.

The best profession I recommend to EVERYONE is Handyman. You can make dungeon keys to level it, which usually only take one or two ingredients which are dropped by the mobs outside the dungeon. At later levels you can make shelves for selling things in your bag, transmutation orbs (which are super valuable), and decorations for your haven bag. It's, in my opinion, the best crafting profession to start out with.

You do not need to do any of the professions, but leveling trapper helps with leveling since you can keep replanting mobs until you get perfect group-sizes for yourself.

[Mr.Door]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από lotus:

Questions: How on earth do professions work? So can I just start chopping trees and fishing? Do I *need* to do this or can I just go combat only? And what would be an easy crafting profession for a newb?

For gathering, you just need to do it. Tree? Chop it. Fish? Fish it. Flowers? Pick 'em.
For crafting, you need to go to the crafting machine and it'll show you the list of items. If you have the materials, you'll be able to make 'em.

You never need to craft in this game. It helps, especially handy man for keys or ikia kits, or leather worker for bags. Trapping is the most important because it allows you to farm and populate areas at the same time so you'll never run out of mobs.