Board Thread:Guides/@comment-5415737-20131110195551

Welcome! This guide is intended for people who are completely new to the survival genre and Survival 303. The covered areas are: stat bars, tools, other mechanics, island overviews, getting started, and basic recipes. Enjoy!

Grab
Chances are, you've seen this tool before in Roblox. If you haven't, you can use it to drag items around and rotate/flip them around with the mouse and R and T buttons. Note that crafted buildings/boats cannot be dragged around.

Gather
Use this tool to pick up any object you'd like that isn't a building, boat, or terrain by simply clicking. They will then be moved to your backpack. Smaller items, such as berries, take less than a second to pick up, while bulkier, heavier ones, such as boulders, may takes 5-10 seconds to grab.

Backpack
This tool contains all the items you've picked up. Click on an item to place it on the ground. In the upper right corner there is a search GUI, making it easier to find objects.

Eat/Drink
This tool is used to consume objects. Click on any edible item or water source to consume 1 portion. Drinking out of buckets uses a different GUI, however.

Craft
Probably the most important in-game tool, without it you cannot advance far. Click on any item near you that has already been gathered to add it to the crafting ingredients list. Once you have all the items in the GUI, click one of the buttons below it.

Use Create Tool for buildings, boats, tools, and anything else that shows up in your toolbar, use Create Item for any item that fits in your backpack, and use Process Item for composting, planting seeds, tanning hides, cooking on stovetops, milking cows, and hatching eggs. Below is the Clear Ingredients button, in case you make a mistake.

Stats
Stats are important. If any of them get down to zero, you will die. There are 3 stats in the game.

Hunger
Hunger goes down over time, and it is replenished by eating food.

Thirst
 Thirst goes down over time a little faster than hunger, and is replenished by drinking water and eating moist foods.

Health
 Note that this healthbar is seperate from your hitbar below your toolbar. It regenerates over time and by eating herbs and herbal remedies. It decreases by being underwater too long, being out in the rain, eating mushrooms/poison/poisoned food, drinking dirty water ( not from a well or water container, ) and drinking deathwater.

Storage
 You can store tools and unplaced buildings/boats by simply saying store/[insert tool here]. To store everything in your toolbar, say store/all. To put a tool back in your toolbar, say take/[insert tool here] and take/all to put everything back. Stored tools and buildings will not disappear when you die.

Chat
 There are some special chat commands in 303. You can just chat normally, but then everyone on the server knows what you said. (except guests) Not good if you're planning a raid. So, there are 4 other ways you can chat.

Whisper Chat
Only people who can see your chat bubble can see what you're saying. This should be your primary form of communication with people near you. To use it, put :: before your words.

Example: :: Hello, are you friendly?

Team Chat
If you use this, only people that are a member of your tribe and nearby people can see it. To use it, put t/ before your words. It is shown as orange on the chat.

Example: t/ Okay, I'm almost at their base. What's next?

Private Chat
Only the person who you are messaging and nearby people can see this. To use it, put p/[username]/ before your message. It is shown as yellow on the chat.

Example: p/Azecta/I'm going to Rockma for iron.

Status Chat
Not used very much, status chat can be seen by the whole server but doesn't have a : by the name. Put s/ before your message to use this. It is shown as gray on the chat.

Example: s/is selling fresh pies on Spring Island! (Shown as Moonpaw2 is selling fresh pies on Spring Island!)

Swimming
In Survival 303, you can choose to swim across the vast oceans from island to island instead of using a boat. However, this can be somewhat dangerous. To swim, jump in the ocean and click the swim button then begin swimming towards your destination. To jump back on land, click the bar rapidly.

Slowly, the bar will turn grey, and then you will have to rest underwater for a while. When you are underwater, your health will decrease, making swimming dangerous especially for new swimmers. When your swim level goes up, you will be able to swim longer distances.

Island Overview
This is a very brief overview of most of the in-game islands. Some have lots of ores, while others have an abundance of food, and others have flat, well-protected land. You should choose an island to settle upon that is most advantageous for you.

Bento Island




This island has a spawn, many deer that can be killed for food and leather, berry bushes, trees, water holes, and some rocks. This is everything you need to survive, however, it is a popular place to settle.

Paradise Island
Paradise Island has plenty of water, lots of edible plants and trees, plenty of space on the cliffs, and a dark cave filled with ores. It also has a spawn, and is a popular place for beginners to settle.

===Flax Island===

Flax has very little edible plants, some foilage, a waterhole, a spawn, a single iron vein, and some rocks. It isn't settled on much due to the lack of food and space.

Teraphyx Island
Teraphyx has plenty of edible plants, foilage, clay and dirt, and 3 hostile beasts called teraphyx guarding a pool of water. It has good, flat land on the cliffs, as well as a spawn.

Mainland


This huge, flat island has tall cliffs and ore-filled caves with plateaus on top scattered around, some edible plants, as well as chickens and cows that can be killed for food or farmed for milk and eggs. Large forests are scattered about, with some hosting small ponds. There are sevearl spawns, and even a saltwater lake with oil in the middle. This island is commonly settled upon.

Goldrock Island
This tiny island not far from Desert Island has a tiny cave with 2 lynxes that can be killed for fur, a bit of foilage, a puddle of water, almost no food, flax plants, some stones, and a gold vein. This island is extremely rarely settled on due to the lack of space and resources.

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