RANGED WEAPONS: .... maxed at. profession . max .. notes

...................... level ... (Hit) ... damage

Sollomate Kiwio MK.II (L) .. 1 . Laser Sniper ... 5. from TT

Emik S30 (L) ............... 4 . BLP Pistoleer .. 5.

Chikara Vamachara Mk.I (l) . 5 . Laser Sniper ... 7.

Omegaton M2100 ............. 5 . Laser Pistoleer. 4. from TT

Solomate Opalo ............. 5 . Laser Sniper ... 8. from TT

Isis CB5 (L) ............... 5.7 BLP Sniper ..... 8.

Willard Heatray A (L) ...... 6 . Plasma Pistoleer 18

Breer P1a (L) .............. 6.9 Laser Pistoleer. 9.

Breer M1a (L) .............. 6.9 Laser Sniper ... 14

Svempa S40 (L) ............. 7 . BLP Pistoleer .. 9.

GeoTrek LP120 Niloticus (L). 8 . BLP Sniper ..... 12

Breer P2a (L) .............. 8.1 Laser Pistoleer. 11

Breer M2a (L) .............. 8.1 Laser Sniper ... 19

Willard Heatray B (L) ...... 8.2 Plasma Pistoleer 22

Isis BL800 (L) ............. 9 . BLP Pistoleer .. 22

or Emik S50 (L)

Breer M3a (L) .............. 9.5 Laser Sniper ... 20

or Riker UL1 (L)

Breer P3a (L) .............. 10. Laser Pistoleer. 16

or Korss H350 (L)



MELEE WEAPONS: ..... maxed at. profession ... max .. notes

...................... level ... (Hit) ..... damage

Loughlin Masher One (L) .... 4.5 .One Handed Clubber 22

Castorian EnKnuckles-A ..... 5 .. Brawler .......... 6. from TT

Castorian Survival EnBlade-A 5 .. Knife Fighter .... 11 from TT

Castorian Combat EnBlade-A . 5 .. Swordsman ........ 20 from TT

Chikara Mudra Mk.II (L) .... 6 .. Brawler .......... 8.

Loughlin Smacker One (L) ... 6.9 .Brawler .......... 9.

Loughlin Scratcher One (L) . 6.9 .Knife Fighter .... 13

Loughlin Cutter One (L) .... 6.9 .Swordsman ........ 23

Loughlin Masher Two (L) .... 7.1 .One Handed Clubber 32

Loughlin Scratcher Two (L) . 8.5 .Knife Fighter .... 18

Loughlin Smacker Two (L) ... 8.6 .Brawler .......... 12

Dominax Original Viper (L) . 9 .. Whipper .......... 3.

Loughlin Cutter Two (L) .... 9.2 .Swordsman ........ 49

Loughlin Cutter Three (L) .. 10.1 Swordsman ........ 53

or Rutic Slo (L)

Kesmek Slo (L) ............. 10.2 Knife Fighter .... 25



MINDFORCE WEAPONS: ...... maxed at. profession. max .. notes

........................... level ... (Hit) .. damage

Corrosive Attack Chip I (L) ...... 2. Pyro Kinetic .. 5.

Electric Attack Chip I (L) ....... 2. Electro Kinetic 10

Cryogenic Attack Chip I (L) ...... 3. Cryogenic ..... 11

Kinetic Attack Chip I (L) ........ 3. Electro Kinetic 10

Combustive Attack Chip I (L) ..... 4. Pyro Kinetic .. 20

Electric Attack Chip II (L) ...... 4. Electro Kinetic 14

Cryogenic Attack Chip II (L) ..... 5. Cryogenic ..... 27

Combustive Attack Chip II (L) .... 7. Pyro Kinetic .. 38

Electric Attack Chip III (L) ..... 7. Electro Kinetic 24

First Gen Electric Attack Chip II. 8. Electro Kinetic 32

Kinetic Attack Chip III (L) ...... 8. Electro Kinetic 43

First Gen Electric Attack Chip III 9. Electro Kinetic 36

Combustive Attack Chip III (L) ... 10 Pyro Kinetic .. 51

Cryogenic Attack Chip III (L) .... 10 Cryogenic ..... 47

First Gen Electric Attack Chip IV. 10 Electro Kinetic 39



SUPPORT WEAPONS: . type .. maxed at. profession. max .. notes

............................ level ... (Hit) .. damage

Vumpoor J4 (L) .. grenade launcher. 4 . Grenadier. 30

Skildek P40 (L) . rocket launcher . 5 . Grenadier. 35

Eraktor Es10 (L). grenade launcher. 6 . Grenadier. 41

Eraktor Es20 (L). grenade launcher. 8 . Grenadier. 57

DetPil Rv50 (L) . rocket launcher . 9 . Grenadier. 52

Vumpoor Rx10 (L). grenade launcher. 11. Grenadier. 99

Healing Tools (FAP's): - maxed at - heal/

-- name ------------------- level - click - notes

1. Vivo T1 ---------------------- 1.5 - 10.3 --- buy @ TT

2. Vivo T5 (L) ------------------ 3.5 - 18.3 --- (adapted ok)

3. Vivo T10 (L) ----------------- 6 --- 25 ----- (adapted ok)

4. Hedoc SK-20 (L) -------------- 11 -- 34.3 --- (adjusted ok)

Mining Tools: ---------- maxed at

-- name ------------------- level - type -- notes

1. Transformer T-103 or T-104 --- 0 -- refiner - buy @ auction

2. Ziplex Z1 Seeker ------------- 1 -- finder -- buy @ TT

3. Earth Excavator ME/01 -------- 1 -- excavator buy @ TT

4. Finder F-210 (L) ------------- 2 -- finder

5. Finder F-211 (L) ------------- 4 -- finder

6. Resource Extractor RE-201----- 4 -- finder

7. Ziplex Z15 Seeker (L) -------- 5 -- finder

8. Resource Extractor RE-202----- 6.5- excavator

9. Ziplex Z20 Seeker (L) -------- 7 -- finder

10. Finder F-212 (L) ------------ 10 - finder

updated 27 December 2011Table of Contents:[001] - Genesis and Calypso Gateway - your first day[002] - Introduction[003] - Orientation and Sweating - first week[004] - Shopping, Swunting and Healing - second to fourth week[005] - Armor, Mining and Crafting - fifth week on[006] - Advanced Hunting[007] - Weapons List[008] - Tool List[009] - Abreviations and References[010] - End Notes-----------------------------------------------------------------------------If you have already left Calypso Gateway then skip to section 002.When you start this game you are put in the Genesis terminal area. There aresix NPC's {Non-Player Characters} there to talk to and learn the basics. The 6NPC's all have little yellow planet symbols over their head and appear asorange dots on your radar. When you have learned all you can and tried out allthe varieties of clothing in Genesis go over to the Teleporter to betransported to Calypso Gateway island.On the Calypso Gateway island try to do all the missions here, because once youleave the island you can never go back.I'll leave you to explore on your own, but here are a few tips.1.Visit all ten NPC's and gather all the missions before you start any ofthem.2.Don't hunt or mine more than the mission requires, or your tools andweapons will wear out and you may not be able to do the next mission. Whenyou finish all the missions then you can go blow your left over ammo andbombs.3.Click on the Quest/Missions Log icon on your screen to check your progress.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------I recommend this guide for anyone needing a good plan for Planet Calypso.My qualifications for writing this tutorial are that I have been playingEntropia Universe since 2001, when it was Project Entropia Beta. I have alsomanaged to make a profit playing this game, but only after years ofexperience and some wise investments. But that is not why I play, I playEntropia to have fun. I have put alot of research into how to play Entropiaefficently, and I have helped many players start out in this game. My avatarin game and on Planet Calypso Forum is named Fuega.This tutorial is not the fastest path, but I believe it is the mosteconomical one to building lots of good skills. This path is also verymethodical, so feel free to deviate for the sake of fun. And there will besome choices along the way, some will save ped but be slower and others theopposite.One of the first thing you should do is to find a society terminal and join alarge society. That way you can make friends easier, and have mates you canask questions of.You should also make some commitments. First, of course, is to put a regularamount of time in the game. Second is to put a set amount of ped into thegame each month, such as $10 or $15. That is still less than most otheronline games cost. Don't start playing this game expecting to make money rightoff the bat.You can play this game without depositing money, several people have.I only deposited an initial $10 my first year. But I progressed really slowthe first few years too. It all comes down to what makes the game enjoyablefor you. Please don't stress out about depositing, there are plenty offun things to do in this game that don't require ped.I will give you web links to follow by copying and pasting them in yourbrowser.I added goals with check boxes for each section. You can do them in anyorder.There is a glossary of abreviations in section 009, and abreviations areshown in {}. Also the *1*-*5* refers to references found in section 009.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[ ] Sign up on Planet Calypso Forum and Entropedia.[ ] Set up your quick keys and screen icons.[ ] Talk to all the NPC's with missions in Port Atlantis.[ ] Join a Society and make friends.[ ] Collect five teleporters.[ ] Gather 500 vibrant sweat.[ ] Complete first 3 missions there.First you will need to make an account here on Planet Calypso Forum. If you havea question that I don't answer here, there is going to be an answer there. *1*Second, visit www.entropiawiki.com and join there too. It is the best websitefor stats on everything in this game. Also be sure to bookmark/favorite thoselinks in your browser, you will visit them alot.There are a few bad people that play all online games. If you run intosomeone that you think is a scammer, usually because they try to trade withyou without asking first, you can click the right mouse button on any item inthe trade window or your inventory, and look up what the going market valuefor that item is, or you could research the price on Entropedia. There isalso a tutorial for avoiding scammers at: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?77924 Fortunately 99.9% of all the players out there are decent people.Hit the keys I, Y, L, and G ("I" for inventory, "Y" for actions, "L" forediting, and "G" for keyboard setup), and play with editing your desktopicons and F1-F9 shortcut bars to what works best for you. You can dragactions or items to just about any key on your keyboard and/or create iconson your display. I usually place an item on one of my number keys and as aicon on my display. I keep my weapon hotkeys on my F1 bar, my emotes anddances on my F2 bar, and my mining tools on my F5 bar. In all my setups Iopen my Action Library and put "Unequip Tool" on my End key and "ToggleAuto-Use Tool" on my Insert Key, but you can use a different key if you like.You can change between 1st and 3rd person views by hitting the number 5 onyour number pad, or scrolling in and out with your mouse wheel. Use the leftmouse button to select what you want to target for hunting or sweating. Getquick at hitting the space bar, to change between aiming and the pointer forselecting things.You move your avatar by using W for walking while using your mouse to steer.Also use Q to change betweens walking and running, S to back up, E to jump,and A and D to straife. Alternately you can use your mouse to move and steerby holding down both right and left mouse buttons.The camera angle can be controlled by holding down the middle mouse button/scroll wheel and moving your mouse.Your first week or two in game will be absolutely free, no ped needed.When you arrived at Port Atlantis the first person you should have talked towas the Immigration Official, who would have marked on your map all themissions in Port Atlantis. Your first task will be to do as many of themissions in Port Atlantis as you can. Most of them you just have to go talk tosomeone, but a couple of them are hard, and you can wait and do those later.Your next task will be to sweat the Puny mobs around Port Atlantis.Collecting Vibrant Sweat and selling it to other players can be a way to playthis game without having to deposit. To collect vibrant sweat, equip yourVSE Mk1 and aim it at an animal and activate. Hopefully you put it on a numberkey or an icon on your screen along with "Toggle Auto-Use Tool".You can sweat or hunt in the first person or third person views.In the first person, move close enough to the animal, aim your crosshairs onthe animal, and activate your device by left clicking or hitting the numberkey you put it on.In the third person, you click on the animal once to select it and thendouble-click on the animal to auto-move to the right location and beginsweating.Or you can also use the left mouse button to drag a mobs health bar onto yourscreen. And if you have already equiped your Mk1, you can then right click onits health bar and select "Use Tool" to auto-move to the right distance andstart sweating.I usually hunt from the first person view, but I move to position in thethird person, and I drag the name/health tab from the mob onto my screen tokeep track of its health while killing it and to loot it easier. And I usejust the right mouse button to shoot and loot it so it doesn't waste ammo ifI am off aim.Your goal is to collect 500 Vibrant sweat. That may take a while, but it isworth it to get the associated skills. I have collected over 20000 sweatpersonally. Afterwards you can sell your sweat, or you can save it for whenyou get into mind force skills. If you do sell it, ask around to be sure toget the best price you can.If you want a change of scenery, the other place that lots of people sweat isat Nea's Place on Amethera. I actually prefer sweating there. At Swamp Campand Nea's Place there are often people there who skill on healing. Say "thankyou" if someone gives you a free heal.Your next task is to start adding teleporters {TP} to your map, and at thesame time learn how to avoid getting attacked, by keeping the dangerousmonsters {mobs} out of your inner radar circle.Go to Entropedia and click on Locations, to get a map of all the TP sites.You don't actually have to run all the way to each teleporter, once you getnear enough, and are in that TP's revival area, you can just die and you willrevive near the TP. But make sure that you actually go to the TP and get themessage that it has been added to your map.Avoid the red PVP areas in the middle of the map, you will die there. If youneed to get to the other side, run around it or use TP's to get around it.If things get difficult, generally, staying to the rivers and oceans aresafer. It may take longer, but you avoid most monsters. And for some unknownreason, you can breath underwater but most mobs can't, so you can drown them.Should you get stuck somewhere contact the nice people at www.euforces.com for a rescue. After you finish getting all the tp's on the Eudoriacontinent, you should do the Amathera continent also.If I had to pick the most important locations for beginners it would bePort Atlantis, then Nea's Place for sweating, then Twin Peaks for trading,then Fort Argus for more Snablesnot hunting, and all the Malls in game.TP running can be frustrating if you let it, or if you take your time andenjoy the sights it can be fun. Remember, you may have to run way out ofyour way to get around dangerous groups of mobs. Enjoy the challenge, anddon't worry about dying. You don't loose anything when you die, you just getsent to the nearest Revival Terminal.If you have not done so yet, it is a good time to start looking for aSociety. Check out a Society Terminal. The thing that I enjoy most about EUis chatting with friends. It is the best part of this game.next step to follow…-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[ ] Buy a set of Pixie or Goblin Armor.[ ] Swunt till you max out the Sollomate Opalo.[ ] Max out the Vivo T1.[ ] Scan people, animals, robots and mutants.[ ] Complete all missions in Port Atlantis.Ok next step involves ped.Now you are going to buy things to go hunting.I recommend buying a full set of Goblin or Pixie armor. This is a good timeto become familiar with the auction. You want to purchase with the lowestmarkup. If you right click on an item, and select Market Value, you will getthe current sales data for that item, and you can buy wisely, perhaps gettingit below current prices.You may have to wait a couple of days for the sale on the auction, while youdo something else like sweating, and just check back from time to timeon your bids. It should cost you less than 25 ped to purchase a full set ofPixie and repair it if it is not fully repaired, or 45 ped for Goblin.Goblin offers better protection if you are hunting Snablesnots. But both aregood starter sets. And when you can afford it you should upgrade to Shogunarmor. A full set of Shogun costs about 155 ped fully repaired.These are "Unlimited" armors, so you need to repair them every day you usethem. Also with Unlimited armor there is a charge for putting it on, so leaveit on all the time if you can. Some people prefer Limited (L) armor becausethey don't have that charge to put it back on.Sometimes I hunt without armor, and save ped that way, but you should carry ahealing tool with you if you do that. And never wear armor if you are justsweating, it is a waste of ped.VERY IMPORTANT: Pull up your inventory, and right click on your weapon, andselect Item Info, and then select the Show Detailed Information button. Dothis often. When you see that BOTH the "Hit ability" and "Critical hitability" are at 10/10 you have MAXED OUT that weapon.Next you need to choose whether you are skilling economically or quickly.To maximise economy: don't switch to the next weapon till it has 10/10 inboth hit abilities. A weapon is most efficient to use at 10/10.To maximise skilling speed: watch the "Learning period damage" and "Learningperiod hit" instead and when they say “Not anymore” you have maxed out yourSkill Increase Bonus {SIB} on that weapon, and it is time to upgrade to thenext model that gives you a SIB. You will skill quickest on weapons that youget a SIB.Possibly you maxed out the Sollomate Kiwio Mk.II (L) in the Gateway area. Ifnot, stick with it till it is maxed out. If it wears out you can purchaseanother at a Trade Terminal {TT}.When it is maxed out, then you need to go to the TT and purchase a SollomateOpalo rifle and Weapon Cells for ammo. You should never sell this rifle!Keep it forever, and always repair it when it wears out at a Repair Terminal.There are even several player run events that only use this rifle.Later on in this guide, I will recommend using several weapons while hunting,but for now you should stick to just one weapon at a time till you max itout and get a feel for how to use it efficently.Ignore the messages that your weapon or armor has gone up in "tier" level andall the bells and whistles. Tiers are unimportant for now.Finally the hunt,The first animals you should hunt are the Puny Berycled Caudatergus andTripudion around Port Atlantis till you max out your Opalo. *2*When you are able to kill Puny mobs with one or two hits easily, you shouldhunt Snablesnot-Male Young next. You can also hunt Sabakuma and Diakiba inthat area after you are proficient with Snablesnots.Always try to sweat an animal first, and then kill it when it startsattacking. That way you get extra sweating skills from it, and it is moreprofitable. It's called "swunting".Take my advice, hunt small things that you can quickly kill, sweat themfirst, use a weapon that you are maxed out on, and then sell your loot at thegoing markup (don't TT it), you should be able to get by with just smalldeposits and possibly break even. You waste money when you start huntingoutside of your skill level.You should buy the Vivo T1 from the TT, and use it to restore your health.To save ped you can always just wait in between killing each animal for yourhealth to come back up. Doing that is free, but that makes for very slowgoing. Besides, you will get useful healing skills from using the Vivo T1.But be careful, you shouldn't waste 10 points of healing when you only need 5or 6 points to top off your health.You can also get skills from scanning using a scanner purchased from theTT, and they come fast and cheap. But scanning can be boring, and it takesped. So if you are short ped, do it later. Just pick mobs in each categorywith low agression to scan, and stay outside of their agression range, and"auto use" your scanner.If you want to speed up skilling in hunting or mining concentrate on justthat activity and skip sweating or scanning for now.And don't forget to have fun.next step to follow…-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[ ] Try out all the TT weapons.[ ] Pick a favorite weapon type and raise that profession to level 10.[ ] Get yourself a good set of armor.[ ] Help some new players that are sweating by healing them.[ ] Mine tons of enmatter.[ ] Mine tons of ore.[ ] Buy all the books and blueprints {BP} that the Technician sells.[ ] Raise one BP to a Quality Rating of 100 through crafting.[ ] Purchase a Teleport Chip and vehicle.Ok, now you have been playing for a month and you are no longer a noob.Try maxing out all the weapon from the TT to get a good feel for each type ofweapon. But once you find a weapon type that you like you should stick to thatweapon type till you get to at least level 10 in its Hit Profession. Click thestar icon, and to see your professional standings. The Profession (Hit) for eachweapon type is what relates to your "Hit ability" that you watch to max outweapons.The advantage of melee weapons are that they are easier to hit with so moreeconomical as far as damage done.The advantage of a ranged weapon is that sometimes you can kill a mob beforeit gets to you, so you take less damage, and that can also save ped.So, you can also shoot first with a ranged weapon and then switch to a meleeweapon when the mob gets to you, and that will save even more ped.If I am shooting, I will usually start too far away and right-click the mobto auto-move me to the right distance before I shoot. That way you don'twaste ammo by shooting from too far away, yet you start at the maximum rangeto hit it.For small mobs, your most economical rifle is the Sollomate Opalo with anOmegaton A101 Energy Amp and tiered up with Weapon Economy Enhancers.And your most economical melee weapon is the Falx from Next Island tiered upwith Weapon Economy Enhancers. Look for one on the auction.Both of these weapons max out very early, increasing their efficiency!Also by now you will be needing some good armor.*4* It is good to have a setof mid-level armor for general purpose use, such as Aurora (L) or Zombie (L).Personally I have about 7 different sets of armor and plates to use dependingon what I am hunting. Armor plates attach to each piece of armor to enhanceits protection.The best advice is to go to Entropedia and click on Armor, then click onArmor Adviser, then enter the creature and maturity you are planning onhunting, and just click apply. You will see what is the most efficentcombination of armor and plates to wear.My favorite outfit to just run around in is BodyGuard (L), because it costsalmost nothing and doesn’t have a charge for changing like UL armor does.And BodyGuard (L) is very economical with plates.Once you get a good set of armor and a decent healing kit {FAP} you can offeryour services to others to heal them while they hunt. Most people just chargefor the decay on the FAP because it is a good way to gain skills.It is good to carry around a fast heal FAP for emergencies like the EMT KitEk-2600 and a slow heal more efficient FAP with a SIB for general use andskilling.The most economical FAP you can currently find is the Herb Box from NextIsland. Buy on on the auction, keep it, and tier it up with Healing ToolEconomy Enhancers.Now that you have some skills at defending yourself, at this time it would begood to start mining.You need to purchase the Ziplex Z1 Seeker, the Earth Excavator ME/01, and abunch of Survey Probes from the TT. The Z1 has a range of 54m, so it is mosteconomical to space your probes at least 100 meters apart. Most people counthow many seconds it takes them to run 100 meters, and then run and dropby that count. Some people move slowly and chart their results on agraph. When you find a claim it pops up a range display and you move to themarker and use your Excavator on it till it runs out.I have included a list of mining gear and the SIB progression to follow insection 008. And if you have not purchased a Refiner from the auction yet youwill need one of those too. They are necessary for reducing the weight youare carrying so you don't have to return to your storage as often. Mining ismy favorite past-time in the game and it builds very useful skills.You should check the auction and consider purchasing a Lesser Teleport Chip.They are the fastest way to travel and sometimes help if you get in adangerous spot, but they do cost ped to use. Remember, you can always hit Ton the keyboard and teleport back to the closest revival terminal for freeanytime. You will need to purchase a Mindforce Implant and insert it using anImplant Inserter from the TT. Then you use mind essence to power your chip.You can purchase Mind Essence from the auction or you can make your own MindEssence using Sweat and Force Nexus in your Refiner.Another way to get around that is fun is to purchase a vehicle. If youhave about 50 ped to spare it is definetly worth the cost to purchase aValkyrie Mk1 on the auction. It makes finding tp's much faster and safer. Youmust also get a Vehicle RK-5 (L) and Welding Wire to repair your car as ittakes damage. And your car will need about 10 ped of oil for fuel. Also putall the vehicle related actions as buttons on your desktop.Should you decide to get into crafting know it takes alot of ped and patience*5*. I usually craft using the stuff I obtain from mining. The best place tostart is to find a Technician and buy the Blueprint Book Component (Vol. II)and a Galaxy SI Ion Conductors Blueprint. You get a SIB on that BP and canuse the Animal Muscle Oil that you get from hunting. When you have enough pedbuy one of every blueprint and book that the Technician sells. Most of thoseBPs have SIBs.Be sure to stick to level 1 BP's till you max out your Success Rate (thelittle green bar) on the crafting machine for each type of BP. Otherwise youwill have lots of failures and loose ped.Finally, if you decide that you want to short-cut the skilling process anduse skill implant chips you can. I have never done this, I prefer naturalskilling. Perhaps I am too conservative at times, since most uber players Iknow have chipped skills in. Please research chipping in skills before you goand buy them.next step to follow…-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[ ] Raise the profession level for one weapon type to level 20.[ ] Collect all the TPs on Planet Calypso.[ ] Visit FORTUNA asteroid and the Crystal Palace.[ ] Try to complete level one of all the Iron Challenge missions.More hunting advice:It is ok to max out several different types of weapons with a SIB becausemost of the skills gained are general and apply to other weapons too. Youcan gain many skills economically by maxing out all the weapons listed insection 007. But it does make for slower profession progression if you try toskill on everything.Therefore, when you find a weapon that you like you should stick to just thatweapon type till you are good with it so that you can move up to betterweapons faster.When looking for a new weapon, try to choose one that you are close tomaxing out on, because if you don't you will waste a lot of ped on misses andlower damage output.Many UL weapons don't max out till skill level 100, and are therefore lesseconomical to use at first. You can sort the weapons by what level they maxout at on Entropedia.Or you can just stick to TT weapons and hunt low level mobs for goodefficiency.Different weapon types and items builds different skills. If you go toEntropedia it will show you which skills relate to different professions.Because most skills overlap and are general sometimes you will get whistlesthat you went up in a profession that you weren't even working on.Next know your weapons and how much damage they do, and learn to read thehealth bar of the mob, so you can judge how much damage to do to finish itoff. If you are using high power weapons that do alot of damage and eatammo, sometimes you need to switch weapons if you need just a small hit tofinish the mob off. The TT pistol is a good finishing weapon. Using afinishing weapon is key to hunting economically.Place your weapons on hot-keys, preferably your number keys, so you canchange weapons quickly.Once you start hunting big mobs, you may change how you hunt, possibly usingmultiple weapons per kill.Your dream goals for weapons will to be to have 2 or 3 primary weapons.FIRST, you should have an economical weapon for killing low level mobs thatget in your way and for finishing hits on bigger mobs. Your finishing hitshould be just enough to kill the mob. A good example of an economicalfinishing weapon is an axe.SECOND, you should have a high power fast kill weapon for when you huntdangerous mobs. A good example of a fast kill close range weapon is a blppistol.THIRD, you should also have a nice long range weapon for your first shot.Good examples of long range tag weapons are plasma rifles and rockets.FOURTH, be sure to USE AMPS where you can, starting with the Bull Tac 10 (L)for blp guns and the Shear XR40 (L) for energy guns. You can't put high endamps on low end guns anymore, so move up the scale of amps as your skill goesup. For efficency sake, you should get a Fi/Ra/Co Beast and a Omegaton A103or A104 when you can use them. Amps significantly increase efficiency.Remember that the faster that you kill a mob, it does the least amount ofdamage to you and your armor, and it regenerates less health, saving you ped.Also you don't want to waste ped by overkilling the mob, so choose the rightweapon for the job. A good hunter might change weapons 2 or 3 times per kill.Starting with the long-range tag, then your high damage close-range, and thenyour finishing weapon for the last hit. And sometimes you get more skillswhen using more than one weapon per kill.Hunting really big mobs beyond your level can be fun, but remember, that ifyou can't take it down in less than 20 seconds using your SIB weapon you areprobably wasting ped. It can be fun, if you don't mind the cost. If you wantto hunt big mobs I would recommend teaming up with other players.It is very debatable whether adding enhancers is cost effective.If you want to use enhancers on your items you need to have tier boxesunlocked. The better the tier rate the faster it reaches the next level andthe box unlocks. If you are only going to use one enhancer look for a tierrate over 100 on level 1. Unfortunately the tier rate given to an item israndom.If you are planning on using enhancers it is good to use UL weapons that youcan keep and tier up.Again I need to point out, that if you want to skill quickly as a hunter, youshould skip the sections on mining and crafting etc., and stick to skillingon just one weapon type. You can always go back and get the other weaponskills and other professions later.Next step… you are an Uber and tell me what to do.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*3*List of some beginner weapons with SIB sorted by what profession level theymax at:(The Profession (Hit) is listed for each weapon to aid in choosing the nextweapon to use if you are sticking to one type.)Note: your support grenade and rocket launchers need explosive projectileammo, so save that when you get it in loots, and buy more on the auction ifyou need to. I usually shoot the grenades when I find 2 or more mobs closetogether.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------You can also go to Entropedia and get other data on these tools, like theirrange, efficency and rate per second.Most miners carry around two extractors: the TT version to save ped (they arethe most efficent), and a faster version for when you are in a dangerouslocation. Also, any refiner is better than the TT version, so buy yourrefiners on the auction.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------EU = Entropia Universe (renamed Planet Calypso)NPC = Non-Player Character (show up as orange dots on radar)PED = ingame money (aprox. 10 ped = $1 depending on fees)(L) = Limited item (can't repair, but generally more efficent)UL = Unlimited item (repairable at a Repair Terminal)TP = Teleporter (blue dots on your map, once you find them you can use them)TT = Trade Terminal (used to buy ammo and general supplies. To "TT something"is to sell it back at its base cost to the trade terminal.)Mob = animals, robots, and mutantsSwunting = Sweat first till it attacks, then kill (most efficient formof hunting)SIB = Skill Increase Bonus (found on the second tab of the items info,extremely important)BP = Blue PrintFAP = Healing Tool*1* After reading this guide, you should also check out some of the othertutorials at Planet Calypso Forums.Another very thorough guide for entropia was written by Alice and can befound at http://rp.apachenet.de/downloads/Entropia_Universe_Guide.pdf *2* If you go to Entropedia, and click on Creatures and then Maturity Levels,and sort the columns by Threat, and you will notice that the Puny BerycledTripudion and Caudatergus followed by the Snablesnot-Male Young andSabakuma Young have the lowest Threat level of any creature worth hunting(the small birds run away, and loot poorly).*3* Make sure you create an account at Entropedia so you can log in and savethis. Then go to the Weapons chart; then click on the box next to'Configure Columns'; then add a green check mark next to the first twoboxes that say 'Req.' and 'Maxed'; then go back and uncheck the box nextto 'Configure Columns' to save the chart; then click on the header'Maxed' to sort the chart by that. This should give you the list ofweapons with Skill Increase Bonus (SIB) you need to skill on and in whatorder. That is how I got the list of weapons in section 007.*4* Read How Armor Works at: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?94684 *5* For crafting advice check out: http://www.candyman.se/pe/bobthebuilder It has excellent stats on what to craft with the highest ped return.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------This document is a work in progress, so I do appreciate suggestions. Privatemessage me your suggestions, so that I can look them over, and add them as anedit.I am not writing this to farm for new players. Nor did I write it to competewith any other tutorial or to disagree with anyone. I have never borrowed thework of any other tutorial, it is original. I just like helping other people.I wrote the first draft of this for my society and friends back in 2005.I feel that this is a unique tutorial, because it mostly emphasizes skillingas economically as possible. Most other tutorials have the perspective ofskilling as quickly as possible. My best suggestion is to use this in concertwith other tutorials. You can never have enough knowledge.If you haven't figured it out yet, I like doing everything in this game, andsuggest that people try everything in this game at least once, even if theyend up concentrating on just one skill.If you use this tutorial or find it useful, please acknowledge such, and say"hi".Some friends have received my permission to post this guide on their website,but I can't keep those updated. I will always post the most up-to-dateversion of this guide on GameFaqs, PlanetCalypsoForum, and EntropiaPlanets.I wrote this guide using Notepad, so if it makes it easier to follow, you cancopy this to Notepad and print it out or download the copy at gamefaqs.This guide may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributedpublicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any otherwebsite or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and aviolation of copyright.