Join the new world

This is an adaptation with permission of this guide from Buck Roger originally published in Greece.

This article two of a four part article, meant to serve as a reference for new players.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

At the end of 45 days, if you play your cards right, you can achieve all of the following:
** Level 16, with access to all the features of the game
** 20 Gold (Rewards from reaching Level 6, Level 16, Strength 5, and Working for 30 days)
** Wages in currency valued at about 5 Gold or more
** Skill 4 in your job
** Strength 5
** Rank 4 (Lieutenant) with a 180% damage multiplier (1.5 times a Private)
** (Optional) The respect and admiration of your peers

This guide will show you how to do all that and a little bit more.


Baby Stage: Your First 6 Days (Levels 1 to 4)

The baby stage is a delicate time. You are close to broke, you get paid very little, you have virtually no game options, and you may have no friends in-game. This is when most people quit the game, most often on the very first day.


None of these are real problems if you know what you are doing, but... on top of everything, you don't know what you are doing. For the first six days, until level 5, you have 3 things to do everyday:


Work - Make sure your job is at a Q1 (one-star) company and that you work everyday. Higher Quality companies take away more wellness, and your main struggle right now is to keep your wellness (the meter that makes your body blue) above 40 (a magical number explained in the next stage). If the company you work at has no money or raw materials, you will be unable to work. The enemies of eUSA have setup such companies, offering high wages, when these jobs don't actually exist. If you find yourself in this situation, attempt to work, and then quit your job. You can read more about finding a job on this article.

Train - Train every day. Even though this takes away more wellness, it gives you much-needed experience and progress in Strength.

Eating - Every night (midnight PST), your citizen will eat the highest quality food in your inventory. You need to buy Q1 or, possibly, Q2 food daily. You need the Q2 food if you had made some mistake (such as joining a high Quality company) and have to get above 40 wellness or stay above it. You can get some free food from the Meals on Wheels program.




In addition, there is one more thing you must do before you reach level 5.
Move - When you are level 5 and able to fight, you NEED to be in a region with a Hospital. Currently the only state with a Hospital is FLORIDA. When you hit level 3, message the Flying Unicorn Squadron and they will send you a moving ticket. Then you can move to Florida. There is NO reason to live in any other state. You can work in all the eUSA regions while living in Florida.


All of this should take only a few minutes a day. In addition, this is a good time to read the eRepublik wiki and start making connections, either on the eUSA Forums, the chat channels (#usa-chat on rizon.net channel), with a Mentor or among those who write and comment on newspaper articles (just send a message or friend request).

Resources
Department of Education Tons of great articles
eRepublik wiki - learn how this crazy game actually works, lots of history here too.
Mentor - Sign up to get a mentor!