Beginner tips

Try not to use the gatekeeper very often. Run out to your hunting areas or to different towns utilizing SOE shortcuts. The gatekeeper will suck away all your adena fast.

Keep any raw crafting materials you get as drops or by seeding in your warehouse and don't sell them to the NPC store. You can use these later to craft equipment for yourself or to get adena by selling them to other players in Giran. Other players will buy them for more than the NPC store will give you for them. An example of raw crafting materials are thread, stems, animal bones, mithril ore etc.

A fresh start

You will start your adventures as a fighter or a magic-casting mystic class. That's until level 20. Generally, starting towns are pretty empty of players and sometimes boring.

This can be good or bad, depending on your point of view. On one hand, fighting solo until 20 is a pretty efficient way for you to level swiftly. On the other hand, there is no one readily available to talk to, ask questions or get help from if needed.

Move on from your starting area as soon as you're around lvl 20, no point in staying around for more.Once you complete your first class change, you will be moving to "D grade" areas. In these towns you will start to see people, get to interact and the game will take on an entirely different spin.

Until then, concentrate on learning the game interface etc. I suggest talking to the in-game Newbie Guides located in each starting village. These NPCs will direct you with advice and also give you bonuses.Do some quests to earn adena (money) and items as well. Alot of the newbie quests are repeatable so do them over and over. You will get tokens to transfer to other races starter towns for free. Talk to the Newbie Guide in town to use them and do quests there as well.

Beginners: FAQ. Colored mob names

Frequently Asked Questions. Yeah, we need them too.

Short insight on the color of mob names.

Dark blue is far below your level. They don't give enough exp, money or drops. Just mind you bussiness and avoid them on your farming run.
Light Blue are sometimes good. But generally... well just avoid them too.
Green mobs are around your lvl. They are best for farming.
White mobs are within your level range.
Yellow is a bit above your level but you should be able to kill it.
Pink is quite a bit higher than your level,drops are lower and exp is not so great considering the effort invested.
Red means you are probably in danger of dying if you try and solo this mob. Better to stay away.