First Steps

When you first enter the game and are in Newb York, find your way to the Library where you will click the Enter Building button. Find yourself a book to read on one of the various professions provided. (Go to the professions page for information about each one.) In the Library only farmer, miner , hunter , builder , and engineer are available, most players recommended that newbie's avoid the Hunter, Spy and Soldier Professions as these are under developed and offer little if no reward. The other professions (Spy, Soldier and Politician) won't become available until you emigrate to another country. Find the book to the profession you want and click the Borrow button.

How to read your Profession Book
Next we will read the book, there are two methods of doing this. The first method is clicking the Activities menu bar, once there click the New Activity button near the top left. From top to bottom you will see 5 options to edit. Job, Type, What to Build, Items to use during Activity (Max 5), and Duration (In ticks). We're going to look at the type option where it says build; click that and scroll down and click read. You will see the activity menu to contain just 4 options now, ticks has been removed because reading only takes one tick. Next look at What to Read and click the Select Item button.

Your Inventory will open up to the books available to you. Select the profession book you want and click the Select button on the right half of the pop-up screen. You will see in the green box at the bottom of the activities page that it will say something like "Read the farmer profession beginner's guide (paperback)" You will the click the Add Activity button near the bottom left of the page.

The second method involves going to the Inventory menu and selecting the Book tab, find the book you want to read and click the Item title. When the pop-up page comes up select read and then add activity.

Generally the second method can prove to be faster in most circumstances, but it boils down to your preference.

Finding A Job
After learning your first (or second) profession it is time to start earning income. Find the Job Centre and enter the building. You will see a lot of Jobs opened up to you depending on the profession chosen and jobs available. For now stick to jobs only posted by Game Master as many of the other jobs may require to go oversea's to other countries. Find a job that looks interesting to you and click the Apply button. With Game Master jobs you will be instantly approved, others depends on the person posting the job to approve of it.

Working Your First Job
After getting the job you want, you can work it through 2 different ways.

In the first way click the Activities menu bar. When there click new activity, and change your first option Job to the job you want to work. Select the amount of ticks you'd like to work and click Add Activity.

The second method involves going to the Jobs menu bar, and under contracts under the left click the job you are thinking about working. Once there click the work button, which will take you to the activities menu. Once there select the ticks and then Add Activity.

''It is important that when you work jobs you work them for the full ticks set, otherwise you will loose ALL Profession related Experience if you choose to Abort. Items can also increase your work/tick output. Finally pay attention to your strength, mood, and IQ as they can positively or negatively affect your job performance.''