From 1a71294dd8cc7628694399d34d9c1456938a8dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dnorberg Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:22:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add first Age walkthrough --- Getting-Started.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Getting-Started.md diff --git a/Getting-Started.md b/Getting-Started.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5be8e52 --- /dev/null +++ b/Getting-Started.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Getting Started + +This is the shortest route to a first random Age in Survival. Install the [required mods](Installation) before beginning. + +1. Craft an **Ink Vial** from two black dyes, a glass bottle, and a water bucket. Craft an **Ink Mixer**, **Writing Desk**, and **Book Binder**. The vanilla recipe book or optional JEI can show their recipes. +2. Put paper and an Ink Vial in the Ink Mixer. Take its **Link Panel Page**. One Ink Vial is used per Link Panel. Optional basin ingredients can add link modifiers; you can leave the mixture plain for your first trip. +3. Put leather or an empty Notebook and the Link Panel in the Book Binder. Give the Age a name and take the finished **Descriptive Book**. A Link-Panel-only book creates a seeded **random Age**; Symbol Pages let you choose its properties instead. +4. Open the Descriptive Book. Once the Age is ready, click the destination preview to travel. + +**Bring a bound Linking Book for your return.** Automatic Return Links are disabled by default. Handheld travel drops the book you used at the departure point, so it does not travel with you. A book placed on a Book Stand or in a portal receptacle stays there. + +## What to do next + +- Find Symbol Pages in Age libraries, then store or arrange them in a Notebook. +- Use paper and ink at the Writing Desk to copy Pages you already own. +- Add Pages to a future book to control terrain, biomes, weather, celestials, structures, and other features. See [Writing Ages](Writing-Ages). +- Place a Rivencraft book or Page on a vanilla Lectern to convert it to a Book Stand. + +If a book cannot be bound, read the Binder's Page warnings. Known out-of-order Pages may be repaired by the writing compiler and add instability; unsupported Pages or combinations can block binding. Operator-only detailed Binder status messages are disabled by default.