Beginner Section
There are many good sources of information on Netrek. Various FAQs, help files, and guides are available to help Netrek players of all skill levels. If you are new to Netrek and want to get started, begin here. If after reading through these materials you still have questions, contact the Netrek community for further help!
Are you a new player? Follow these simple steps to get started with Netrek!- Download and install a client for your platform. If you are a Windows user, download Netrek XP Mod.
- Read the Netrek Newbie Manual.
- Start your client and select a server to play on from the list. Good choices are continuum.us.netrek.org and pickled.psychosis.net.
- Go doosh some twinks!
Getting Started
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Netrek Newbie Manual
A guide for the Newbie Netrek player. -
Charlie's Beginner's Guide to Dogfighting
A very good readable guide on the do's and dont's of dogfighting. -
Netrek Glossary
This is a list of all the terms and abbreviations used in the game of Netrek. Very helpful if you try to find out what everyone is sending to the team message board!
Getting Clued
Want to get clued? Here are some great resources on how to get better at Netrek game play.-
Observing other players
In Netrek you can learn a lot by simply observing other good players! Connect to the observer port 2593 or simply right-click on the meta-server list at client startup. -
Dantes Dogfight Guide
Basics, Mechanics and strategy are all covered. -
KIA's Clue Guide
Valuable advise from Jan Sandorf, one of Europe's best players. A good read for the novice player, covering all basic situations in Netrek. -
Red
Shirt's Guides to Netrek
Bert Enderton's resourceful guides on playing Netrek. -
Get a Clue!
Archive
Quote: "Clue is the word that Netrek players use to indicate how much understanding one has of the game. Players that know what to do in different situations are considered cluefull, players that fool around are often called clueless twinks. These pages contain articles and notes that might help you to raise your clue-level. " -
The
Netrek Take File (mirror here)
This site has a number of animated GIFs that show how to improve one's play. Quoted from the page, "This page is provided for all those people who want some examples of Netrek play to discuss. Whether the plays are largely good or bad is irrelevant. The examples are not presented as templates to follow during play, instead they may be considered by players wishing to look in more detail at the way team strategies work (or don't) in the heat of battle. Alternatively this may be a useful resource for getting on a learning curve." -
JCH's
Netrek Information Archive
This archive, although a bit old, contains a lot of info on Netrek. -
Netrek Nexus Clue Guides
In-depth guides covering almost any aspect of Netrek tactics and strategies. Strongly advised to the more experienced player. And of course required reading if you play in one of the professional Leagues. -
Netrek Continuum
Big collection of netrek stuff.
Advanced Netrek
Think you rewl? Yeah, whatever! Clue games are usually reserved for players who have logged hundreds of hours in "pickup" Netrek. If you've never played on a clue game, you should join as an observer first to become familiarized with real teamwork and gameplay.-
Netrek Leagues
There are several organized Netrek Leagues where best players from all over the world form teams to play each other. Find out more about the different leagues here. -
Clue-pickup
Mailing List
If you want to play on league-style clued games, join this mailing list. Various teams announce clued games open to players during the league seasons. To subscribe to the list, send a message to vanilla-clue-pickup-subscribe@us.netrek.org. You can browse past messages in the Archive.
