Welcome to the eUS!

Day 932, 01:14 • Published in USA USA • by USA Department of the Interior

If you are a new player to the game, first of all welcome to eRepublik and welcome to the eUS! The focus of this article is to give you access to both information and resources that can help make your first few weeks in the game easier and more enjoyable.

Note: You lose wellness when you fight. So please read this guide before fighting, or else you will get stuck with low wellness.

GET CONNECTED

There really aren't that many things to do in the actual game other than work, train, and fight. What keeps the long-time players coming back is the social aspect of the game.

1) Subscribe and read newspapers that are informative and/or entertaining.
2) Join the eUS forums. On this you will find a section called "Welcoming Committee" where you can ask any questions that you have and get help if you should need it. This is also where a large portion of our community meets to discuss current events in the game, game mechanics, and just talk in general.
3) Chat on IRC, on rizon.net, You can use mibbit.com/chat (Rizon server), ChatZilla or mIRC to talk to fellow eRep people. Please join #eus-interior to get help. Other popular rooms include #eus, #eus-congress and #usa-chat. Also, every party and branch of the military has its own room.
4) Join a political party. For more info on parties, read this independent party guide.
5) Send a friend request to prominent players. Not only will they often help you, you will be able to see their shouts and stay in the loop about what's going on.
6) Get a mentor and free stuff. If you're a new citizen or just need help, please fill out http://tinyurl.com/NewCitizenHelp

You'll notice #2 and #3 involve going off-site. There's a reason for that: The more you play this game you'll realize it's full of bugs and inconsistencies. Because of this, the people who play this game have developed their own resources to communicate.

GET EDUCATED

The easiest place you can check for information is the eRepublik Wikipedia site. On that site, you will find a large part of the information you will need to learn how to play the game. A few key articles from the Wikipedia are:

Experience and Features
Work
Food
Train
Fight

Here are some more detailed guides. I recommend that you take the time to read them:

A Guide to Wellness Management

A Civilian's Guide to Fighting

A Guide to eRepublik

Move to California

The Federalist party also has excellent resources: Information Desk

GET TO THE BATTLEFIELD

1) Make sure you live in California, Karnataka or Florida. If not, please request one: http://tinyurl.com/NewCitizenHelp Wait until after moving to fight. If you fight before moving to one of these states, you will be unable to heal and will lose your wellness.
2) Go to the Department of Citizen Orders newspaper to find the correct battle to fight in.
3) If you have extra money, buy weapons at the Marketplace (under the Market tab on top). If not, you can fight without a weapon. It's more efficient to buy multiple Q1 (one-star) weapons than weapons of a higher quality.
4) The number of times you can fight per day (if you live in California, Karnataka or Florida):
Wellness between 80-100: 5 times
Wellness between 70-79: 4 times
Wellness between 60-69: 3 times
Wellness between 50-59: 2 times
Wellness between 40-49: 1 time
This is why it's important to keep your wellness as high as possible. If you need help keeping your wellness up, please read this
guide to Wellness Management.
5) The most important step: Use the hospital after you fight.

On these pages, click "Heal" next to Hospital and your wellness will be boosted.
If you live in California, go here.
If you live in Karnataka, go here.
If you live in Florida, go here.

You can only use the hospital once per day. Do not fight after using the hospital.

GET IN MILITARY

This is one of the most fun parts of the game. Not only to you get to fight in big battles, but the military will often supply you with free weapons and/or moving tickets. Each branch also has a lot of cool people.

If you're new, you'll most likely be joining the Training Corps first. The Training Corps is run by a great group of people and the other branches usually look for Training Corps members when adding to their numbers. Here is the Application

If you've been playing longer, you may be eligible for one of our other branches:

You can read about other branches here

In addition to the military, there are several private militias. Here are some of the most notable:

Seal Team 6: Article
Seal Team 7: Article
APF Militia: Article
EZ Company: Application


GET READING

Recommended Newspapers:


The Briefing Room

DoD Orders

Global Defense Report

Defense Intel Review

USA in Two Minutes or Less

A Guide to Wellness Management


References:

General Military Discussion on eUSforum

Military Rank & Damage Bonus

Useful Tools:

Wellness Calculator

Damage Calculator

Egobba's Map of eRepublik