Rinaldi's List Of Useful Links

Rinaldi's List of Useful Links (v. 9/1/18)

Recently added:

Useful Chat Commands
Battle Stats Meter by @Arpanet
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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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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 from a scene 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 cord to expand the list of errors.

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/​

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
Shroud Reloaded - a website with a knowledge base, quest walk throughs, open minded forums, and more. See Envy's announcement of Shroud Reloaded.
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"How to..." Guides

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 Greagoir Pendragon
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
How to post pictures on the forums - see the last section at the end of this post.
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Tutorial Videos & Walk-Throughs

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.
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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
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Maps (some websites have several maps on a page; scroll down the page to find the map you need)

• OverWorld And Zone Maps
  shroudoftheavatar.com/map/
  Timed Travel Map - a map by @redfish that shows the time it takes to travel on the overworld from one destination to another.
  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).
  
  
• Sky/Planet/Constellation Maps
  sotaastronomy.com
  
  
• Sewer, Cistern, & Catacomb Maps (areas under a city)
  Ardoris sewers
  Kiln Cistern
  Kingsport Sewer
  Owl's Head Sewer
  Solania Catacombs
  Soltown Catacombs
  
  
• Dungeon & Tower Maps
  Epitaph
  Hilt fortress
  K'rul - preliminary map
  Malice
  Rise
  Ruins of Ravensmoore
  
  
• Mine Maps
  Elysium
  Etceter Crag
  Graff
  Owl's Nest
  Serpent Spine
  Spectral
  Verdantis
  
  
• Pass & Passage Maps
  Blackblade Pass
  Midmaer passage
  Quell passage
  
  
• Mapping Applications
  Umuri's SOTA HUD - app to view all your stats, chat logs, etc. It has mapping feature too.

Where to Find Things in Game

• Trainers - Moiseyev Trueden's post on where to find advanced trainers.
• Emotes - see Spoon's post, SOTA wiki, or Shroud Reloaded.
• Devotionals - Duke Gréagóir's list of towns with devotionals & which devotionals they have
• 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.
• 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 where the teleport destinations (from Sacrifice Guild; scroll down the page to see the chronometer).
  • 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.
• Recipes - see @Rosemourne's searchable recipe location spreadsheet (announced in this post); also see this list of recipe locations.
• What each NPC vendor sells - this spread sheet lists what each NPC vendor sells, includes supplies, recipes, deco, housing, tools, etc.

In-Game Prices & Vendor Locations

• 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.

Effects/Buffs of Various Items

• Food buffs - see macnlos's food spreadsheet & Tiina Onir's Database (food) & Organized Chaos' database
• 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
  
• Rare Artifacts & their effects - also see this post
• Devotional/Town Blessing Buffs - (also see List of towns with devotionals & which devotionals they have)

Experience Points, Skill Levels, & Player Statistics

• 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.
• Skill level required to craft a given item
• 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.

Crafting

• 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
• 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 - see @Rosemourne's searchable recipe location spreadsheet (announced in this post); also see this list of recipe locations.
• 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)

Taming

Beginner's Guide to Taming by Jaath Windsong.
Guide to GM Taming and other taming skills by Greagoir Pendragon​

Quests

questsoftheavatar.com​

Music & Music Files

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

Housing & Permissions

sotahousing.com
Player Housing Primer (info on lots, deeds, houses, basements, deco, etc.)
How to set permissions in your house​

Tools & Charts

• 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.
• 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).
• 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 Translator - copy runic from books and notes in-game, and then paste the runic into this translator. It will instantly translate the runic into English.

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

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