Trip to the Bartender before my Protection ends

I decided to take a walk today. Since I was almost at the end of my ‘protection’ period, I wanted to go back and visit the Esteron spawn.

The protection period is 24 hours that a new character is granted where they get special perks. They can receive refreshments from the spawn bartender, they get an added light aura, they have reduced aggro range, and they take less damage.

The refreshments are useful so you get topped off in food, nutrition, and water. This is nice since when starting out, finding and cooking food can be a bit difficult.

Since I built my mine and flattened some land, I was able to plant some crops, but they have not reached maturity yet so I only have food that I have foraged for which is not as nutritious unless I find some meat to cook it with. On the cooking front, I am also hoping to turn some cotton I found into a fishing line, but haven’t taken the time yet – this will let me get some fish to cook. In any case, until my protection period is over, the bartender will freely supply me with all I can eat and drink.

The protection period also provides some added light surrounding you so things are not as dark. This is very useful at night since it can get really pitch black. It also helped as I was digging my mine. Speaking of which, I’ll have to make a few lamps to light the inside of my mine.

While protected, a character has increased healing and takes reduced damage so any falls you take will get repaired quickly. I really use this bonus as I seem to fall a lot. Once it is gone, I’ll have to be much more careful and carry cotton or healing covers during my explorations.

The last bit of protection may be the most important and most used – there is a reduced aggro range for creatures. This was really nice as I wandered around in search of a place for my deed. While it is important to find safe havens where guards or water will help in your protection, this reduced aggro range has been sweet and I am going to miss it.

Heading back to Esteron took me about 45 minutes and I got lost at first. Apparently I walked right around it without seeing anything in the dark – even with the added protection lighting. Eventually, though, I got there and chatted with the bartender. Getting topped off in nutrition should last me a while – I think I only have about an hour of protection left. There are also merchants at the spawn that sell a bunch of useful things – I just need to get some silver to spend.

Now that I am topped off, I’ll head home and get back to working on my deed.