Newbie Guide 2

Dollars and Sense
Aywas has three primary currencies - Blue Paws, Gold Paws, and Silver Paws. Blue Paws (BP) are the most common and easily obtained through many site features. Most official shops take BP. Gold Paws (GP) can either be purchased with real money (Shop > Purchase GP) or obtained from other players. Items in the GP Shop can only be bought with GP (or from another player). Silver Paws (SP) are the rarest currency and only obtained from Museum Collections, High Scores in certain Games, and official contests. Unlike BP and GP, Silver Paws cannot be transferred between accounts, though the items they purchase from the SP Shop can be.

You can store your BP and GP in the Bank (Shop > Bank) for safe keeping and a little bit of interest each day. The Savings account has better rates, but only allows one withdrawal each day (which resets at midnight) so plan wisely. The Bank is also where you can send BP or GP to other players, to pay for a purchase arranged through the Forums, for example.

In addition to the various types of Paws, you can also accumulate Trash Points, Premium Points, and Seasonal Shop Points in certain circumstances.

If you acquire items that aren't worth selling and you have no use for, consider tossing them to Spenser at the Trash Dump - he'll reward you with Trash Points you can exchange for pets, items and even some Custom Tokens that can be used to make certain species of Aywas. Each level of rarity gives one point, so a Very Common item = 1 Trash Point, Common = 2 points, Uncommon = 3 points, all the way up to 11 points for an Admin Distributed item. Your Trash Point total is shown at the Trash Dump and the Trash for Treasure shop.

Premium Points are obtained by first having a Premium account (see the Premium Section, under Community) and then trading in Geodes (Silver Geode, Gold Geode, Blue Geode, Bronze Geode, or Metal Geode) for points. These in turn can be swapped for items at the Premium Outlet (Shop > Shop Listing > Premium Outlet).

Seasonal Shop Points (or Event Points) vary in how they are acquired and what you can trade them in for, but generally they are obtained either by participating in an event and/or trading in a specific item gathered during the event for points. They can be traded in at the Seasonal Shop (Shop > Shop Listing > Seasonal Shop) for special limited edition items. Seasonal Shop points expire and must be used before the Seasonal Shop closes! They do not carry over to the next event / shop offerings.

Earn Blue Paws
Your first goal should probably be to generate some BP income. The Games Page is a good place to start. Once a Day you can poke Kaz & Shoe, get Free Food, and Talk to Xero for some freebies. Hourly you can play Crystal Ball, Pick a Leaf and collect a Raffle Crystal. Check out the day's featured pet (Pets > Pet of the Day) for a free 500BP. Most other games allow you only a limited number of plays per day.

Start off with...
 * 10 x the number of days logged in just for visiting the site.
 * Talk to Xero - he'll give you 50 x the number of consecutive days you've talked to him in BP for just one click.
 * Play Higher or Lower ten times.
 * Pick a Leaf
 * Pet of the Day - 500 BP
 * Play Count the Objects five times.
 * Play Guess the Item - 1000 BP
 * Play Grave Robber three times - send scores of at least 8,000 BP.
 * Play Tam's Item Quest five times - do items worth less than 1k BP.
 * Talk to Kaz
 * Collect your Free Food once per day. It's recommended to wait until you have ten pets (or just before midnight), whichever comes first. And don't forget to have open inventory slots.
 * Play Rogue's Scavenger Hunt eleven times
 * Play Throwing Bones until you get a jackpot (25,000+ BP) You usually get a jackpot at your 100th+ play (1,000+ BP used)

Poor Man's Cooking Cooking with Chaos can be profitable if you don't have to pay too much for your ingredients. If Chaos gives you a recipe that requires something expensive, decline and try again until you get ingredients you have or that are low cost. You won't gain levels this way, but you might get lucky with the items he gives out. It's helpful to accumulate a stock of food items from Adventuring first, if possible. At Lv 1-10, you'll get 500 BP and five items for each recipe completed, taking 15 minutes. Stay away from Gourmet Cooking! Some of the ingredients are quite expensive and you'll only get a single item back.

While you're there, check out what Chaos is cooking himself, and see if he wants any cheap ingredients you have on hand. He'll reward you with 5,000 BP for your ingredient donation.

Adventure Bound Trying your hand at Adventure (World > Adventure) is another option for accumulating both items and BP. See the Adventure section below for more details.

Fossil and Gatherables Exchange You can exchange Fossils and Gatherables with the Museum Lady for a 1,000 BP reward and a random item. Fossils can be found only in the Arctic, while Gatherables can come from any area in Adventure (as well as through other site activities, such as Cooking or Games). If you get a request for an item you can't find, decline to get a different one. There is a daily limit but it's quite high, so you can generate quite a bit of starting funds in this manner.

Community Content, Community Income Interacting with the site isn't the only way to turn a profit - there are plenty of opportunities in the Forums for buying and selling. There's always a market for custom pet colorations or edited bases, and you might even want to try creating some designs to submit for Site Colors. Special events are frequent on Aywas, from special themed days to major holidays, and often have great opportunities to get desirable items to sell or trade.