Rinaldi's List Of Useful Links

Rinaldi's List of Useful Links (v. 6/11/19)

Recently added:

Sotagraphs.com - a huge resource for game & player stats.
Tartarus Map (first level)
Guide to Free Lot & House by @Synergy Blaize
Advanced Taming Spreadsheet by @Jaath Windsong
Guide to Death Magic by @Perashim
Added More Guides to the Main Quest Line
Added New section: Combat, Decks, & Deck Building
Added Multiple Guides for Deck Building
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Note: This is my list of useful links, which I am sharing with the SOTA community. There are many useful SOTA links/websites that are not on this list. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list! This is simply a list of sites that I have used often or needed to use while playing SOTA. I may update this list in the future. Thanks to the creators of these posts, websites, and utilities. Enjoy!

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How to post pictures on the forums

See the last section at the end of this post.​

Useful Chat Commands (most of these are not on the Reference Card!)

• "/copy" - copies the contents of the chat log to the clipboard. This is very useful if you want to copy and paste some text (such as a website or link) from the chat window.
• "/loctrack" - toggles on/off your current location coordinates in the upper left of the game window. The location coordinates change in real-time while you move around.
• "/loc" - copies your current zone & location coordinates to the clipboard.
• "/visible" - toggles the visibility of your avatar to make him/her visible or invisible. This is very helpful if you want to remove your avatar for a screenshot.
• "/debug" - toggles on/off the debug information bar at the top of the screen. Info includes frames per second (FPS) and list of errors. Click the small slider-switch in the upper right corner to expand the list of errors.
• "/bug" - use this command to report a bugs in the public releases of SOTA. It opens your internet browser to the bug reporting section in the forums & copies a bug report to your clip board. Once you have created the thread for your bug, paste the bug report into your post, and fill in the details. See "Bug Reporting" section below for more details. For the QA builds, use "/devbug" to report bugs (this works the same way, except it opens your browser to the QA bug reporting section).

Game Rules & Code of Conduct (includes info on cheats, exploits, macros, MODs, player created content, real world transactions, etc.)

Community Rules & Guidelines
No Macros or Botting Allowed
Update on Botting Guidelines
Forced Connection Exploits
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How to Report an Exploit

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/warning-on-exploiting-the-game.55755/​

Bug Reporting

General Bug Reporting Information - scroll to the last section.
Bug Reporting Guidelines​

General Player Info & Help

SOTA Player Guide - instructions on how to install and play the game.
SOTAhelp.org
Avatars Circle
SOTA wiki
Quick Reference Guide - list of keystrokes and commands
SOTA Credits Page - a list of developers and distinguished community members (award recipients, founders, & crowd sourcing)
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"How to..." Guides for Game Play (also see the blue topics hereafter for more guides on a specific topic)

Writing and Publishing in Shroud of the Avatar - great guide by @Vyrin
Beginner's Guide to Taming by Jaath Windsong.
Guide to GM Taming and other taming skills by Duke Greagoir
Guide to Becoming an Epic Sword User by @Sara Dreygon
Guides To Agriculture by @Adrian (Kung Fu Master):

• Beginner's Guide
• Advanced Guide
• Master's Guide 1
• Master's Guide 2
• Guide to Indoor Agriculture (how to maximize planting capacity)​

Guide to Brewing Liquor by @Adrian (Kung Fu Master)
How to set permissions in your house
Guide to the main quest line in Episode 1 - great walk-through by @Elwyn.
How to Make Gold in Shroud of the Avatar - nice tutorial by @Vladamir Begemot.
Guide to Player-Made Dungeon Building - created by @Kaizen Strava.
Deck Building

Envy's Video
Mac's Video (also see his video on combinations & stacking glyphs in a deck)
Beginner's guide to deck building by @Rofo
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Tutorial Videos & Walk-Throughs

Solutions to puzzles & Treasure hunts
Lace's videos - see the forum post announcing these videos.
Elaina Stongbow's videos - see the forum post announcing these videos.
Skeggy Media's videos - see the forum post announcing these videos.
Mac's tutorial videos - includes paths of truth, love, & courage.
Shurtugal's videos - lots of guides and walk-throughs.
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In-Game Events

Avatars Circle Events List
SOTAgustball.com
Avatars Radio
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Easter Eggs, Puzzle Solutions, and Other Cool in-Game Stuff

Solutions to puzzles & Treasure hunts
Easter Eggs and Real World References
Listing of the Highest Damage and Healing in a Single Attack/Cast
Fishing Hall of Fame - listing of the biggest catches!
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Maps (some websites have several maps on a page; scroll down the page to find the map you need)

• OverWorld & Regional Maps
  shroudoftheavatar.com/map/
  Map of the Novia Underground - a diagram by @brogan that shows all the underground zones and how they interconnect (clicking on a zone will open the SOTA map for that zone).
  Timed Travel Map - a map by @redfish that shows the time it takes to travel on the overworld from one destination to another.

• Sky/Planet/Constellation Maps
  sotaastronomy.com
  Heavens & Virtues diagram - a great diagram of the planets, the virtues, the anti-virtues, the constellations, the cabalists, and how they all relate to each other. See the Schedules section below for siege and cabalist tracking.
  
  
• Mapping Applications
  Umuri's SOTA HUD - app to view all your stats, chat logs, etc. It has mapping feature too.

Spoiler: Player Made Zone Maps

Sewer, Cistern, & Catacomb Maps (areas under a city)

Ardoris sewers
Kiln Cistern
Kingsport Sewer
Owl's Head Sewer
Solania Catacombs
Soltown Catacombs
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Dungeon & Tower Maps

Epitaph
Hilt fortress
K'rul - preliminary map
Malice
Rise
Ruins of Ravensmoore
Tartarus - Upper level
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Mine Maps

Elysium
Etceter Crag - here is another version of this map
Graff
Owl's Nest - here is another version of this map
Serpent Spine
Spectral
Verdantis
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Pass & Passage Maps

Blackblade Pass
Midmaer passage
Quell passage
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Schedules

• Lost Vale Schedule - this pic by @Omegaflux shows when Lost Vale will appear [times on this chart are Eastern time in the USA].
• Lunar Rifts
  • Lunar Rift Chronometer - tells you where the lunar rift currently is, where it will be next, and the teleport destinations.
  • Lunar Rift Clock - tells the time in SOTA, where the lunar rift currently is, and where it will be next (created by @Elwyn). See this post for more versions.
  • Barugon's Stats Viewer (Companion of the Avatar) - app that tells here the lunar rift currently is, and where it will be next. It also shows a nice summary of player stats.
• Tracking Sieges & Cabalists
  • Siege Mapper & Cab Clock - a webpage by that shows which NPC towns are under seige, which cabalist is in each siege, how long the cabalist will be at the current siege, and the next location where the cabalist will appear. Provided by the Moongate Travelers and announced in this thread.
  • Tracking Sieges & Cabalists using a moondial - this video shows how to track which cabalists are laying siege to a given city by using the moodial, the Heavens & Virtues diagram, and a list of cities that are associated with each virtue & constellation.

Where to Find Things in Game

• Trainers - Moiseyev Trueden's post on where to find advanced/master trainers. You can also find master trainers using Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord.
• Emotes
• What each NPC vendor sells - this spread sheet lists what each NPC vendor sells, includes supplies, recipes, deco, housing, tools, etc.
  
• Ingredients for cooking - Fionwyn Wyldemane's cookbook shows locations, costs, yields, and other aspects of ingredients for cooking (click tabs at bottom of spreadsheet). See her post about the cookbook.
• Recipes - where to find recipes
  • Recipe Location Spreadsheet by @Rosemourne's (announced in this post).
  • Recipe Location Spreadsheet by @Datendrache (Engineer) (announced in this post).
  • Recipe Locations - click on the city, and it shows the recipes found there.
• Lunar Rifts - these tools tells you where the lunar rift currently is and where the teleport destinations are.
  • Lunar Rift Chronometer - tells you where the lunar rift currently is , where it will be next, and the teleport destinations.
  • Lunar Rift Clock - tells the time in SOTA, where the lunar rift currently is, and where it will be next (created by @Elwyn). See this post for more versions.

In-Game Prices & Vendor Locations

• shroudoftheavatar.net - list of prices paid (min, max, and average) from millions of sales in game.
  
• Avatar Financial Exchange - shows the current prices for the items being sold on various vendors. The list includes public and player-owned vendors in many different cities.
• What each NPC vendor sells - this spread sheet lists what each NPC vendor sells, includes supplies, recipes, deco, housing, tools, etc.
• sotatraders.com - lists in-game prices on NPC & player vendors.
• Null Trading - lists the items & prices for items being sold & purchase orders on many player vendors. Click on Vendors tab.

Effects/Buffs of Various Items

• Food buffs
  • Daxxe Diggler's spreadsheet - lists food buffs, buff duration, & crafting tier.
  • macnlos's food spreadsheet - lists food buffs, buff duration, & crafting tier.
  • Tiina Onir's Database (food) - includes stats and recipes.
• Gem buffs - see Tiina Onir's Database (gems); this site shows the buffs achieved from socketing a gem, and the possible buffs when you enchant after socketting.
• Jewel Buffs - see Tiina Onir's Database (jewels).
• List of bonuses that can be obtained by master-working and enchanting
  
• Artifacts & their effects - also see this post.
• Devotional/Town Blessing Buffs

Experience Points, Skill Level, & Adventure Level

• How much XP do I need to reach a certain skill level?
  • Sir Leonard's XP Table - a table that includes the amount of experience points needed to get to a desired skill level. See his post regarding the table.
  • Rosemourne's Mod of Sir Leonard's XP Table - a modification of Sir Leonard's experience table that includes a way to calculate how much XP you need to get from one skill level to another.
  • Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord
• How much XP do i need to reach a certain adventure level?
  • Adventure XP Table - this table by @Trk2.
  • Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord
• Skill level required to craft a given item

DPS & Player Stats

• Umuri's SOTA HUD - app to view all your stats, chat logs, etc. It has many other features too.
• Barugon's Stats Viewer (Companion of the Avatar) - simple app to view your stats. Also has a lunar rift chronometer.
• Odin Bloodbayne's Stats Viewer - simple app to view your stats.
• DPSOTA - a battle stats meter by @Arpanet that shows damage inflicted (total, max, min, and DPS), damage taken, and your successful defensive maneuvers (dodges, blocks, glancing blows).
• SOTA DPS Meter - a damage/heal meter (Windows) by @Moussaka.
• Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord - provides PVP stats
• Sotagraphs.com - all types of data regarding players, loot, economy, combat, crafting, etc. (announced in this post by @that_shawn_guy)

Combat, Deck Building, & Character Builds

• Deck Building
  • Envy's Video
  • Mac's Video (also see his video on combinations & stacking glyphs in a deck)
  • Beginner's guide to deck building by @Rofo
• Guide to Becoming an Epic Sword User by @Sara Dreygon
  
• Guide to Death Magic by @Perashim

Crafting

• General
  • SotASmith.com - has fantastic flowsheets that show every step & material needed to craft an item.
  • sotacraft.com
  • sotacrafter.com
  • sotawiki.net/sota/Recipes
  • sotadb.info/browse/
  • www.sotatraders.com
  • Skill level required to craft a given item
  • List of bonuses that can be obtained by master-working and enchanting
• Recipes - where to find recipes
  • Recipe Location Spreadsheet by @Rosemourne's (announced in this post).
  • Recipe Location Spreadsheet by @Datendrache (Engineer) (announced in this post).
  • Recipe Locations - click on the city, and it shows the recipes found there.
• Cooking & Brewing
  • Fionwyn Wyldemane's Cookbook - shows locations,costs, yields, and other aspects of ingredients for cooking (click tabs at bottom of spreadsheet). See her post about the cookbook.
  • Guide to Brewing Liquor by @Adrian (Kung Fu Master)
• Agriculture
  • Helpful Guide to Agriculture - you can purchase this in-game guide for 10 gold pieces from any NPC bookseller (such as Alvin in Owls Head).
  • Guides To Agriculture by @Adrian (Kung Fu Master):
    
    • Beginner's Guide
    • Advanced Guide
    • Master's Guide 1
    • Master's Guide 2
    • Guide to Indoor Agriculture (how to maximize planting capacity)​
• Writing/Publishing/Books
  • Writing and Publishing in Shroud of the Avatar - great guide by @Vyrin

Taming

Beginner's Guide to Taming by Jaath Windsong.
Guide to GM Taming and other taming skills by Duke Greagoir
Advanced Taming Spreadsheet by @Jaath Windsong​

Quests

• Text based Guide to the main quest line in Episode 1 - a great walk-through by @Elwyn.
• Video Guides to Specific branches of the main quest line for Episode 1
  • Love - Zeme's Guide, Mac's Guide.
  • Truth - Zeme's Guide, Mac's Guide.
  • Courage - Zeme's Guide, Mac's Guide.
• Banner Quests - a summary of how to get the banners by @Omegaflux. Also see Side Quests link below.
• Side Quests - an extensive list of the quests that are not in the main story line (including the Banner Quests) by @Lady Kathleen.
• questsoftheavatar.com

Music & Music Files

www.lotro-abc.com
Avatar's Radio
Radio Free Britannia​

Player Housing (Houses, Basements, Dungeons, Lots, Deeds, & Permissions)

Guide to claiming a row house with your free deed by @Synergy Blaize
Player Housing Primer (info on lots, deeds, houses, basements, deco, etc.)
How to set permissions in your house
Guide to Player-Made Dungeon Building - created by @Kaizen Strava.
sotahousing.com
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Charts, Tools, & Reference Material

• Quick Reference Guide - list of keystrokes and commands
• Sir Leonard's Experience Table - shows the # of experience points required to Grand Master each skill. Also, see his post regarding this table.
• Rosemourne's Mod of Sir Leonard's XP Table - a modification of Sir Leonard's experience table that includes a way to calculate how much XP you need to get to a desired skill level. See Rosemourne's post regarding this table.
• How much XP do i need to reach a certain adventure level? - see this table by @Trk2 that lists the XP required to attain a given level.
• Runic Cipher - basic info to help translate runic to English.
• Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord - a bot with a large array of useful tools and stats (can look up XP needed to reach a certain level skill or adventure level, XP gained when unlearning a skill to a certain level, where the master trainers are, and PVP stats).
  
• Lost Vale Schedule - this pic by @Omegaflux shows when Lost Vale will appear.
• Guide to Collectibles and Rares - a comprehensive spreadsheet by @Datendrache (Engineer) that lists in-game collectible and rare items (including approximate number in-game). See the announcement in the forums, and the SotA Collectors discord server.
• Sotagraphs.com - all types of data regarding players, loot, economy, combat, crafting, etc. (announced in this post by @that_shawn_guy)
• Also see the "Schedules" section above to find when things appear in game.

How to post pictures on the forums

1. Open https://imgur.com/ - you will archive your image(s) here.
2. Upload your picture to Imgur - Click "New Post" at the top of the website. Then drag your pic onto the grey box (or use the browse button) to upload your picture to imgur.
3. Copy the pic's link address - Once the pic is downloaded to imgur, hover the mouse over the downloaded pic and the link will appear in the upper right side of the pic. Click "copy" to copy the link.
4. Insert the picture into your post - In your post, click the "image" icon on the toolbar to open the dialogue box, paste your pics' link into the box, and then add ".png" to the end of the address, then click "insert"
   For example:
   http://imgur.com/XcJ8ksk - link copied from imgur
   http://imgur.com/XcJ8ksk.png - link posted to get the pic to show up in the post
5. To insert more pics, just repeat the steps above.
6. Trouble shooting - If the pic is not showing up, then check the following:
   • Is the file extension correct? Try ".png" or ".jpg" or ".gif" or ".jpeg" or ".bmp"
   • Is the link correct? On Imgur, do not copy the pics' link from the web browser search box. Copy the link using the copy button that appears in the upper right side of the uploaded picture.

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Spoiler: Change Log

06/11/19 - added sotagraph.com, added Zeme's guides to the main quest lines, added Advanced Taming Spreadsheet by Jaath Windsong, added deck building guides by Mac & Envy & Rofo.
03/20/19 - changed link of Lunar Rift Chronometer from defunct website to SOTAwiki.
02/26/19 - added Guide to Player-Made Dungeon Building by Hephestes. removed the discontinued Spoon's post of emotes, removed the defunct Shroud Reloaded website & Envy's announcement of Shroud Reloaded.
02/16/19 - added SotASmith.com, added Daxxe Diggler's spreadsheet of food buffs, added shroudoftheavatar.net/sotaItemPriceList, added Vladamir Begemot's How to Make Gold in Shroud of the Avatar , added Side Quests by Lady Kathleen, added Null Trading , removed Organized Chaos' database of Food Buffs (obsolete link).
02/10/19 - added Moongate Travelers Siege Mapper & Cab Clock, added Shroudbert Steinbot for Discord, added Path of Love guide by zeme.
12/24/18 - added how to track cabalist with Tracking Sieges & Cabalists using a moondial video, the Heavens & Virtues diagram, and a list of cities that are associated with each virtue & constellation.
12/2/18 - added Banner Quest Summary by Omegaflux, added "/bug" command, added "Reporting Bugs" section, removed Runic Translator website which is now shut down.
11/12/18 - added Lost Vale schedule by Omegaflux, Shurtugal's walk-through videos, Guide to the main quest line in Episode 1 by Elwyn, Recipe Location Spreadsheet by Datendrache (Engineer), SOTA DPS Meter by @Moussaka.
08/02/18 - removed the defunct SOTA Elasticsearch - See @devilcult's thread.
07/16/18 - Added Map of all the Novia Underground by @brogan; removed @Kor's Cabalists & Sieges tracker since the link was discontinued; updated Runic translator link from www.sotamuseum.com to www.ultimamuseum.com.
07/04/18 - added Guides To Agriculture, Elwyn's Lunar rift clock, Redfish's Timed Travel Map, sotatraders.com., and Sara Dreygons's Blades Guide. Removed obsolete links:

• "Potions - see Organized Chaos' database
• Buffs provided by components used to craft weapons & armor - see Organized Chaos' Database.
• sotamusic.com

03/31/18 - Added Mac's tutorial videos
03/25/18 - Added Greagoir Pendragon's Guide to GM Taming
03/18/18 - Added table that shows XP required to attain a given level
02/04/2018 - added Kor's Siege tracker
01/14/18 - added guide to publishing in game
12/25/17 - added runic translator, corrected website for SOTAmap
11/04/17 - removed some obsolete links, added Macnlos's food spreadsheet, Organized Chaos's database, Radio Free Britania, Sacrifice's Lunar Rift Chronometer
08/15/17 - Added SOTA Elastic search
06/04/17 - Added Shroud Reloaded website, Jaath Windsong's Beginner's Guide to Taming, Tutorial Videos by Lace, Elaina Strongbow (macnlos), and skeggy.
05/14/17 - Added Tiina Onir's database & Fionwyn Wyldemane's Cookbook
05/06/17 - Updated listing for Sir Leonard's XP tables, added Rosemourne's XP tables
05/04/17 - Corp por's list of bonuses for enchant and masterwork, deleted obsolete links
03/18/17 - Added Odin Bloodbayne's Stats Viewer, list of towns with devotionals, K'rul Map
03/04/17 - Added devotionals
02/26/17 - Added SOTA player guide
02/16/17 - Added list of Artifacts in game, minor format changes
01/15/17 - Added Avatar Financial Exchange
01/07/17 - Added SOTAgustball.com
01/05/17 - Added Sir Leonard's Experience Tables
01/02/17 - Added SOTA Navigator & links to Game Rules & Code of Conduct

 

Very useful.

Thank you!

 

Very Nice .

A great contribution of info in 1 spot.

Thanks Rinaldi

 

Thank you for your spirit of community !

 

Hello everybody. I made a change to the title of the thread (removed the version number) so that links to this thread will not break every time I change the version. If you previously added this thread to your favorites list or saved its link, please delete the old favorite/link and add a new one. This current thread title will remain permanent, so, from this time forward, links to here will continue to function.
Thank you,
Rinaldi

 

Thanks for adding my site,
Only just noticed it.

 

Hello Rinaldi,

great work!

Can you add the published player instruction to the General Player Info?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z-svq1OvcZwViqGxFCKdjH3NCn2LTfLuGny5qaAqjTM/pub#h.tuv1gq8lf1ji

Thanks
Bink

 

Done! Thanks for your suggestion!

 

Hello,
I have been steadily updating this thread, but I don't bother "bumping" the thread when i update the original post, so when you visit, check the "recently added" section at the top of the link list.
However, this time, I wanted to bring special attention to several new and very useful links that I have to added to the list in the last several weeks. Check them out:

• @Corp Por's List of possible enchant and masterwork bonuses
• @Sir Leonard's XP table
• @Rosemourne's Mod of Sir Leonard's XP table
• @Tiina Onir's database of crafting and buff listings
• @Fionwyn Wyldemane's Cookbook
• Lists of devotional buffs, and location of the various devotionals (see link-list for the links)

Thanks to those who compiled the references above.

 

Thank you for doing this!

 

Thanks for adding me!! I never expected much to come of my little spreadsheet.

 

Thanks for the shout out!

 

Thank you for adding the devotional listing link! I try hard to keep that accurate with feedback from others and if i happen to go into a town, I will check thier devotionals.

 

I thought this link-list needed some love, so I added some useful links & eliminated obsolete links.
Best wishes,
Rinaldi

 

adjust since this is in-house now

 

Just made some updates to the main list of useful links (the first post in the thread)

Updates include:

1. Kor's Cabalist & Siege tracker
2. Spreadsheet showing what each NPC vendor sells
3. Runic Translator
4. Guide to Publishing in -game by @Vyrin

 

Can you add www.sotatraders.com to your list, under either Item Pricing or Crafting (the site handles both aspects).

 

'swoons' Rinaldi is my hero

 

Hi ya,

I updated the main list of useful links (the first post in the thread)

Updates include:

• Guides To Agriculture
• Lunar rift clock
• @redfish's Timed Travel Map

 

Just a bump for www.sotatraders.com