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The Official Rookgaard Strategy Guide

Written by Master Slayer on May 12, 2008

Overview

Rookgaard - The "dreaded" island in which many Tibians everyday have to struggle through when creating a new character. This strategy guide will provide you with an overview of how you should prepare yourself before you begin your gameplay. It will also provide step by step instructions that you should follow while playing on the island of Rookgaard.

Special thanks to Sunrise, Seranity, Excessus, the Association of Rookgaard, and all the inspiration that remains in Rookgaard!

Step One

Before we begin you must choose your preferred weapon. If you are going to use the fastest method off of Rookgaard then choosing a weapon does not apply. For the most efficient methods the strongest weapons possible are the most recommended:
Melee weapons: katana (sword skill), sword (sword skill), mace (club skill), hatchet (axe skill)
Distance weapons: bow and arrows (distance skill), spears (distance skill)

Distance fighting on Rookgaard is not wanted! It is a major time consumer. If you wish to understand why then please read the explanation below. If you want to skip past this please move on to melee weapons section.

Distance Fighting on Rookgaard

My best recommendation is to avoid using distance fighting while on Rookgaard unless you plan on staying on the island permanently. A spear has a higher attack\higher amount of misses than any other weapon on Rookgaard so it proves to be the most effective on stronger monsters. There is no point in constantly missing a spider when you can easily attack and kill it with a melee weapon much quicker. The three monsters specifically designed to kill with spears would be orc spearmen, rotworm, and minotuar. The orc spearmen though would have to be one of the two found on premium side since there is not enough room for them to run. On free side there is far too much open space for the spearmen to run in so melee attack would be best against it.

  • Orc Spearman
  • High attack
  • Average defense
  • High hit points

  • Rotworm
  • High attack
  • Low defense
  • Average hit points

  • Minotaur
  • Low attack
  • High defense
  • High hit points

Because of these stats spears work effectively to kill these monsters easily, however a high distance skill is needed. The strength of these monsters is not worth fighting against if you are a low level. By the time it would take a level two to kill a minotuar with spears he/she could kill seven rats with melee and earn twenty more experience and have much more hit points left afterwards. And by the time someone is done training with spears to get a respectful distance they could be at least level six by then.

Training on Rookgaard with distance at low level is pointless and a waste of time. Save the distance training for mainland where your advances will rapidly pour in.

Melee Fighting on Rookgaard

The quickest way to leave the island is to choose one of the three melee weapons listed above depending on which skill you prefer to advance in. You should kill small monsters with these weapons until you reach level eight. However, by choosing one of the fastest methods below you will be forced to use sword fighting skill.

Step Two

Choosing a Hunting Method. Now we are ready to begin. According to this strategy guide there are four ways of hunting on Rookgaard. For premiums there is the fastest way, and most efficient way. For free accounts it is the same. If you would like to leave the island extremely quick but have bad skills and not much money then please follow the fastest method. If you wish to stay a little longer and have a decent amount of money and skills then please follow the most efficient method. As said in the warning above this is for hunting purposes only. Most quests are not mentioned. Some Rookgaardians may not agree with these methods which is acceptable but for those who have poor strategy or no strategy at all this section will prove quite worthy.

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