Services (Services Help)

In the cities and towns of Arda you will find many helpful NPCs that offer services to players. While there are many quest NPCs whose behaviour is strictly tied to their quests, there are several 'generic' services that can be found almost everywhere. These include:

• trainers - The NPCs that can advance your stats and skills, as well as admit you to their professions. By far the most important service in Arda!
• shops - Almost every town in Arda has at least one functional shop - a place where adventurers like you may sell and buy useful (and not-so-useful as well) items.
• banks - Scattered around Arda are several banks that can hold your excess money, for a small fee. The bank accounts are tied, so you may deposit gold in one bank and withdraw it in another.
• inns - There are many inns in Arda, offering rooms and beds to weary travelers. In addition to providing a safe place to sleep, inns can also rent you a strongbox where you can keep your valuable items.
• bars - Places of fun and entertainment, the bars of Arda offer drinks and food to the thirsty and the hungry.
• healers - The healers that reside across towns in Arda are very much sought after; they are the only ones capable to quickly restore lost health so that adventurers may complete their quests faster.
• auction - The four auction houses in Arda are places where players may trade items with each other. The trade goes through an NPC to ensure that it is fair.
• mailrooms - Every major town of Arda has a mailroom: a place where you can send and receive mail from other players and Ainur.
• courthouses - Courthouses are places where the lawsys (PvP) reporting takes place. A courthouse is also the only place where you can switch your PvP flag.
• stables - Stables located in most towns in Arda allow you to safely stable your horse, protecting it from being killed by mischievous players.
• smiths - Weaponsmiths and armoursmiths may fix your broken equipment back into usefulness.
• armour traders - NPCs who can replace one piece of armour for another, which may be more suited for your roleplay.
• cemeteries - Places where ghosts can return back to life.
• memorials - A special service dedicated to preserving the memory of players who have left Arda.

To learn more about a particular service, type 'help <service name>'.

For almost all of the above services, the following restrictions apply:

• Unless the region has fallen, services in Free Race towns will refuse to deal with Evil Race players, and vice-versa. Some may refuse their service anyway. Seek a service on your own side.
• If you kill a lot of citizens in a given town, services in that town will increase prices for you. See 'help kills' for more details.