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Q: What happens if you die?
Q: What happens if you die?


:A: When you [[Combat#Death|die]] a random item from your currently selected Equipment Set will be lost forever. There is a chance that no item will be lost. You can lose ammo, consumables and summoning tablets, but not food or potions.
:A: When you [[Combat#Death|die]] a random item from your currently selected Equipment Set will be lost forever. You can lose full stacks of ammo, consumables and summoning tablets, but not food or potions. If your character is in Hardcore mode, on death it is permanently deleted instead.


Q: I had {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} on, how did I die?
Q: I had {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} on, how did I die?
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Q: Can I train combat without fighting enemies?
Q: Can I train combat without fighting enemies?


:A: You can earn Magic XP with Alt Magic, and Strength xp by catching fish in the Barbarian Fishing area.
:A: You can earn Magic XP with Alt Magic, and Strength xp by wearing Barbarian Gloves and catching fish in the Barbarian Fishing area.


Q: How does upgrading/trimming work?
Q: How does upgrading/trimming work?
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Q: Is it possible to get above 990 {{Skill|Hitpoints}}?
Q: Is it possible to get above 990 {{Skill|Hitpoints}}?


:A: Yes. {{PetIcon|Finn}} provides +10 maximum HP, and {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} provides +30 maximum HP. Also, some obstacles in {{Skill|Agility}} can increase your maximum HP.
:A: Yes. {{PetIcon|Finn}} provides +10 maximum HP, and {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} provides +30 maximum HP. Also, some obstacles in {{Skill|Agility}} can increase your maximum HP. If you have purchased the [[Throne of the Herald]] expansion, you can level up Hitpoints to 120, to a max base hp of 1,200.
 
Q: Why are my/enemy hitpoints and damage much higher than I expected?
 
:A: If you are playing on adventure mode, all hitpoints, damage, and [[Food]] healing are multiplied by 10. This is purely a cosmetic change.


==={{Skill|Ranged}}===
==={{Skill|Ranged}}===
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Q: Is {{Skill|Ranged}} worth leveling?
Q: Is {{Skill|Ranged}} worth leveling?


:A: Yes. {{Skill|Ranged}} has better clear times than melee for many different combat scenarios, especially against magic enemies. However, you will need to craft or find ammo.
:A: Yes. {{Skill|Ranged}} has better clear times than melee for many different combat scenarios, especially against magic enemies. However, you will need to craft or find ammo. You will need ranged to progress through the god dungeons https://wiki.melvoridle.com/w/Guides#Dungeon_Guides


Q: What is the best way to level up {{Skill|Ranged}}?
Q: What is the best way to level up {{Skill|Ranged}}?
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Q: Is {{Skill|Magic}} worth leveling?
Q: Is {{Skill|Magic}} worth leveling?


:A: Yes, {{Skill|Magic}} is extremely effective at killing melee [[monsters]], and most of the monsters in the game are melee. Most monsters have low {{Skill|Magic|nolink=true}} evasion, so you can kill them faster than with other styles. Also, [[Ancient Magicks]] are very useful in certain situations.
:A: Yes, {{Skill|Magic}} is extremely effective at killing melee [[monsters]], and most of the monsters in the game are melee. Most monsters have low {{Skill|Magic|nolink=true}} evasion, so you can kill them faster than with other styles. Also, [[Ancient Magicks]] are very useful in certain situations. You will need ranged to progress through the god dungeons https://wiki.melvoridle.com/w/Guides#Dungeon_Guides


:In addition, there are a variety of useful non-Combat spells that can be used via {{Skill|Alternative Magic}}, including {{Icon|type=spell|Blessed Offering}}, the most efficient way to generate {{Skill|Prayer}} points, and the {{Icon|Superheat}} series of spells that generates multiple bars per set of ores used and at the highest tier allow you to smelt bars without needing any {{ItemIcon|Coal Ore|Coal}}.
:In addition, there are a variety of useful non-Combat spells that can be used via {{Skill|Alternative Magic}}, including {{Icon|type=spell|Blessed Offering}} to generate {{Skill|Prayer}} points, and the {{Icon|Superheat}} series of spells that generates multiple bars per set of ores used and at the highest tier allow you to smelt bars without needing any {{ItemIcon|Coal Ore|Coal}}.


Q: How do I make {{Skill|Magic}} weapons and armor?
Q: How do I make {{Skill|Magic}} weapons and armor?
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Q: What are curses and auroras? Should I use them?
Q: What are curses and auroras? Should I use them?


Curses debuff enemies, while auroras buff the player. Some of these are very powerful and are important in late game combat. In the early game, it may or may not be worth it depending on your runecrafting efficiency. You cannot use curses or more auroras with ancient magiks.
Curses debuff enemies, while auroras buff the player. Some of these are very powerful and are important in late game combat. In the early game, it may or may not be worth it depending on your runecrafting efficiency. You cannot use curses or more auroras with ancient magiks. Curses and auroras do not directly give magic xp, but they increase your damage output and therefor your xp rate.
Curses and auroras do not directly give magic xp, but they increase your damage output and therefor your xp rate.


==={{Skill|Prayer}}===
==={{Skill|Prayer}}===
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:A: That is your [[Prayer|Prayer Points]]. Prayer Points are used to cast highly useful Prayers in Combat. You can train your Prayer skill only by casting prayers in the combat.
:A: That is your [[Prayer|Prayer Points]]. Prayer Points are used to cast highly useful Prayers in Combat. You can train your Prayer skill only by casting prayers in the combat.
Q: How do I train Prayer efficiently?
:A: Until someone writes a guide.. Start by earning prayer points. You earn some from monster drops, but you will want to earn more from Urns, Skeleton fish, Blessed Offering, or Slayer Resupply in the Shop. Then, activate prayers that give prayer xp and fight monsters! Your xp rate will depend on your damage per second, while your attack speed determines how quickly you will spend prayer points. You can optimize this by killing high hp, low evasion enemies with a slow attack speed weapon. You can also reduce prayer point usage as detailed on the prayer page https://wiki.melvoridle.com/w/Prayer#Reducing_Prayer_Point_Usage


==={{Skill|Slayer}}===
==={{Skill|Slayer}}===
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==={{Skill|Fishing}}===
==={{Skill|Fishing}}===
Q: Do I need to keep the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}}?
:A: Once the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}} has been read, the item no longer has any use and can be sold. Any further bottles found will also have no effect.
Q: Does Junk do anything?
:A: {{ItemIcon|Rope}} can be [[Upgrading Items|upgraded]] into {{ItemIcon|Bowstring|Bowstrings}}, and other fishing junk can be turned into gems with the use of {{Icon|type=spell|Rags to Riches I}}.


Q: How do I get the ancient ring of skills/mastery?
Q: How do I get the ancient ring of skills/mastery?
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:A: When you get a special item, you receive the same amount as you would fish. So if you are getting 4 or 8 fish at a time, you will receive 4 or 8 rings each time they drop.
:A: When you get a special item, you receive the same amount as you would fish. So if you are getting 4 or 8 fish at a time, you will receive 4 or 8 rings each time they drop.
Q: How do I unlock the Secret Area and Barbarian Fishing areas?
:A: To unlock the Secret area you need to randomly find the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}} while fishing and read it once. To enter the Barbarian fishing area you must randomly find the {{ItemIcon|Barbarian Gloves}} while fishing and wear them.
Q: Do I need to keep the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}}?
:A: Once the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}} has been read, the item no longer has any use and can be sold. Any further bottles found will also have no effect.
Q: Does Junk do anything?
:A: You can safely sell it, but {{ItemIcon|Rope}} can be [[Upgrading Items|upgraded]] into {{ItemIcon|Bowstring|Bowstrings}}, and other fishing junk can be turned into gems with the use of {{Icon|type=spell|Rags to Riches I}}.


Q: How did I get a {{ItemIcon|Treasure Chest}}?
Q: How did I get a {{ItemIcon|Treasure Chest}}?
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:A: Make sure you have the required combat levels to wear it. If the gear required over 99 smithing to make, it comes from the [[Throne of the Herald]] expansion and required you to complete [[Impending Darkness]] before wearing it.
:A: Make sure you have the required combat levels to wear it. If the gear required over 99 smithing to make, it comes from the [[Throne of the Herald]] expansion and required you to complete [[Impending Darkness]] before wearing it.


==={{Skill|Thieving}}===
Q: How do I get enough coal?
 
:A: You can gather coal in many ways besides mining it directly. Mining anything with the Mining Skillcape equipped will give an extra coal for each action. You can gain coal passively through the township trader. The quickest way to earn a lot of coal is to cook a low level food like shrimp using the Mole/Pig summoning synergy.
 
Q: When should I make bars with smithing instead of using the Alt Magic spell Superheat?


Q: Does Damage Reduction from armour work when thieving?
:A: Superheat is another viable way to make bars that may or may not be more beneficial for you. Superheat gives you magic XP, does not use coal and can make multiple bars at higher levels. However, you don't benefit from item preservation or doubling, you don't gain mastery levels, and there are fewer buffs and interval reduction effects compared to smithing.


:A: Yes. The damage taken when stunned is reduced by any Damage Reduction you currently have.
==={{Skill|Thieving}}===


Q: I'm not getting any progress while offline.
Q: I'm not getting any progress while offline.
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:A: Yes. If you died when {{Skill|Thieving}}, you will be notified when you enter Melvor Idle. To avoid this, make sure the target's max hit is below your auto eat threshold.
:A: Yes. If you died when {{Skill|Thieving}}, you will be notified when you enter Melvor Idle. To avoid this, make sure the target's max hit is below your auto eat threshold.
Q: Does Damage Reduction from armour work when thieving?
:A: Yes. The damage taken when stunned is reduced by any Damage Reduction you currently have.
Q: Do the protect item and DR prayers work with Thieving?
:A: As of v1.1.1, yes, although this may change in future updates. The prayers protect item, safeguard and that other one work in thieving but do not use up any prayer points.


==={{Skill|Farming}}===
==={{Skill|Farming}}===
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Q: How do I follow this guide about rerolling modifiers?
Q: How do I follow this guide about rerolling modifiers?


:A: Astrology was reworked in v1.? and no longer has RNG modifiers. Instead, you spend stardust to level up stars.
:A: Astrology was reworked in v1.? and no longer has RNG modifiers. Instead, now you spend stardust to permanently level up stars.


Q: What is my Meteorite chance?
Q: What is my Meteorite chance?
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Note that when you purchase the expansion, your mastery pool percentage will drop as new items are added. This one-time drop is more detrimental the more mastery pools you have filled up.
Note that when you purchase the expansion, your mastery pool percentage will drop as new items are added. This one-time drop is more detrimental the more mastery pools you have filled up.


:Q I already have virtual levels past lvl99, will they carry over when I buy the expansion?
Q: I already have virtual levels past lvl99, will they carry over when I buy the expansion?


:A: You can choose whether you want to keep your levels, or if you want to reset them back to lvl99.
:A: You can choose whether you want to keep your levels, or if you want to reset them back to lvl99.


===Saving===
===Saving===
Q: I forgot my password, can I recover my account?
Q: How do I back up my save locally? Should I do it?
 
:A: Yes, in fact the game tells you to do this every time you select your character!
 
To back up your save, go to the character select screen, and tap on the settings button on the save slot you want to back up. Then, tap any of the bottom three options. The "create shareable URL" option is most convenient, this will copy a short URL to your clipboard. Now you can paste this URL somewhere safe, like a notes app that has a cloud sync. I recommend you leave yourself a quick note next to the URL to mark the date or any other identifying info for later.


:A: Click the "Forgot Password?" button on the login page and follow the instructions.
If you want to use the backup, go to the settings menu of the slot you want to replace, tap "Import save", and then paste.
 
How often you back up your saves locally is a personal decision, but I would suggest at least once a month. While cloud saves are great, it is possible to accidentally overwrite your cloud save and lose significant progress.
 
Q: Why would I need a Melvor Cloud account?
 
:A: Creating a free Melvor Cloud account allows you to easily swap between devices and keep your progress, and back up and recover your save files. Save files are not backed up by Steam or any other service.
 
Q: What are local and cloud saves? Do I need to force save?
There are two types of saves: cloud, and local. Local saves are saved every 10 seconds and are stored on your device. Cloud saves require a free Melvor Cloud account and push a copy of your local save to the cloud. This happens automatically every two hours if you have "Auto Save to Cloud" turned on in the settings (on by default). You can also manually update your cloud save by tapping the green "Force Save" button at the top of the screen. It is recommended that you force save before leaving the app, especially if you plan to play next on a different device.
 
When you are loading your game, you will want to load the most recent save. If you last played on the device you are using, the local save will be more recent. If you last played on another device and saved to the cloud, the cloud save will be more recent. Tap the "Show Cloud Saves" or "Show Local Saves" button at the top of the screen to swap which saves are shown.
 
Q: I forgot my Melvor Cloud password, can I recover my account?
 
:A: Click the "Forgot Password?" button on the login page and follow the instructions. If you didn't have an email associated with your account, then you can try to ask for help on Discord.


Q: My save isn't loading/is broken, how can I fix it?
Q: My save isn't loading/is broken, how can I fix it?


:A: First, try disabling mods. If "Fix my Save" in Account Settings doesn't work and you can't reload an older save, there may be another issue preventing your save from working. If it doesn't work, ask on the official [https://discord.gg/KNakXTh Discord].
:A: First, try disabling mods. If "Fix my Save" in Account Settings doesn't work and you can't reload an older save, there may be another issue preventing your save from working. If it doesn't work, ask on the official [https://discord.gg/KNakXTh Discord].
Q: How did I lose progress?
:A: This is usually due to loading the older local or cloud save and then overwriting the newer one. Make sure the save you load is the newest version. If you are consistently backing up your saves locally, you can load your backup and lose less progress.
Q: My hardcore character account was deleted!
:A: Your character died when offline, because it was hit higher than your auto eat threshold or you ran out of food or other consumables. You can see your latest hardcore cause of death at the bottom of your character select screen.


Q: Will there ever be a save reset?
Q: Will there ever be a save reset?
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