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-===== Newcomer Guide =====
+====== Newcomer Guide ======
 Welcome to the world of Arkhalia! An action-oriented persistent world (PW) for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.
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   * [[https://discord.gg/HjUzFwh|Join us on the discord to chat, report issues or suggest improvements]].
-==== Introduction ====
+===== Introduction =====
 Arkhalia features content for solo and party play starting from level one to 40 and beyond ([[en:ll|Legendary Levels]]). It is also heavily modified compared to regular Neverwinter Nights, coming with lot of unique features. Let's take a look at what Arkhalia has to offer:
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 Additional ruleset changes for [[en:ruleset|Season 2025]] and from the [[en:ruleset:ruleset_communitypatch|community patch]] can be found on the wiki.
-==== Arrival in Loftenwood ====
+===== Arrival in Loftenwood =====
 Your adventure starts in Loftenwood, a small town in the east of Arkhalia.
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 **Hint**: There's an achievement for talking to all the important people in Loftenwood! You can access the achievement screen via the journal.
-==== Your next steps ====
+===== Your next steps =====
   * **Loftenwood's Cemetery** (Level 1+), to the west, has foul and easy zombies to slay.
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   * **Onwards**, it's only the beginning! If you follow the road south, you will eventually end up in **Sandgrove**, a town in the desert. There, and beyond, many more adventures, towns, treasures, bosses and dungeons are waiting to be explored.
-==== Good to know ====
+===== Good to know =====
   * The **custom player action** from the **ring menu** allows you to teleport to your most recent bindstone for free. You also have some appearance options and the ability to see various stats like damage immunities, number of boss kills, deaths, etc.
   * **Damage resistance** from items and feats stacks: Having two items with 3/- and 2/- physical each, they would stack and block 5/- physical damage. Six levels of Dwarven Defender (3/-) would further increase the total resistance to 8/-.
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   * Not every part of the crafting system is in place yet, Alchemy, for example, is still incomplete. Thus, apart from questing, collecting plant and fungus parts has no use.
   * Gems can be removed from a slotted item by placing it in special **gem removal chests**. One such chest can be found in Loftenwood's Adventurer Guild. This service costs gold, but retains both the item and the gems.
-  * Agardon's (town) bag shop has a **crafting chest** that combines three gems of the same kind into a stronger variant.
+  * A higher-tier socket property still allows lower-tier gems to be inserted. Chipped gems can go into perfect sockets, but not the other way around.
+  * Dener (town) and Agardon (town) both have a **crafting chest** for sale that combines three gems of the same kind into a stronger variant.
   * Got some weight on your shoulders? Early on, **weight reduction bags** are rare, but can appear as random loot or be purchased in said bag shop in Agardon. Consider investing in some strength gear in the meantime, 2-3 points do wonders.
   * Once you got your crafting equipment from the shops, [[en:craftingguide|you can start right away]].