Rookgaard

Background


Rookgaard is the beginner island that you start on when you create a new character. It has limited equipment and monsters. The island exists to give players a first taste of the game and for them to gain some basic skills and equipment to prepare them for the Mainland. New players start on Rookgaard with a Beginner Set, which includes a jacket if they are male or a coat if they are female, a tiny orange club, an apple, and a torch. Once they have mastered the basics and reached level 8 they can go see the Oracle. At the the Oracle they can choose a hometown and a vocation. The choice of vocation is permanent and can only be changed by rooking the character. It is not possible to go back to Rookgaard once you have chosen to go to mainland (except, as mentioned earlier, if you kill the character down to level 5). Also for premium characters, there is another Oracle (The Gatekeeper) in the Premium part of Rook. You can choose a premium hometown here. However over time people have began to become permanent inhabitants of Rookgaard. This community of Rookgaardians is continually growing and now there almost 4500 players level 19 and above who live on the humble beginners island.

Creatures
You may encounter a few inaccessible creatures such as the Ghoul and Minotaur Mage. Don't worry, they cannot harm you. The Minotaur Mage has a reason for being on Rookgaard and has a very long and interesting history which can be read about in various books in Rookgaard. There is also a Seagull in the south premium part that seem to be impossible to reach.

Bank
Since the Christmas Update 7.9 there is a Bank on Rookgaard where you can store your money and change you gold into platinum coins and even crystal coins! The best tactic is to deposit all your gold into the Bank so if you get killed you won't lose it. The bank can be found under the Academy, run by Paulie.

Rumours
Common rumours about the island


 * Somewhere close to Rookgaard on a tiny island there lies a Spike Sword . Players are able to make it disappear by walking on secret switches in the floor that cannot be seen. The sword returns to the island when there is a floor reset or at server save.
 * Some say you can open the door in the Minotaur Hell that leads to the Minotaur Mage. There is no accessable key that can open this door as the book in Mino Hell tells you the Minotaur Mage locked himself away, thus he should have the key.
 * A sign to the 'Maze of Fury' can be seen in a cave in the premium area of Rookgaard and a hole marked on the map but it is not possible to access it, there are stalagmites blocking the path and the entrance hole is covered with unmoveable stones.
 * Some players on Rookgaard are in possesion of Brass Armor. It can't be looted on Rookgaard anymore, but some of the NPC's on the island offer to buy it. It was preveously lootable from regular Minotaurs in an older tibia client.
 * The iron that spawns somewhere on Rookgaard are said to be useful by taking them to the Blind Orc who can forge the iron into items. It is not proven fake nor true as people don't not know every single Orcish word to test the theory.

Spoiled Quests
For information on quests that can be found on Rookgaard, see the section of Rookgaard Quests on the Quests page. There is also a route for level 1 characters to pass the level 2 bridge. You can see that here.

Geographical Location
The town of Rookgaard is located here.

Training
Since your skills advance MUCH slower as a character with no vocation (all characters on Rookgaard), it is advisable to wait until you reach the Mainland to train. The only reason you would want to train on Rookgaard, is if you plan to never take your character to the mainland. In this case, players are advised to train melee skills on full defence with a weak weapon on Trolls, while distance fighters should train with spears on balanced against Minotaurs.

Rookgaard Guide
Free Accounts: New players should first find the Doublet Quest. Next, they should visit the main free account rat caves and find the Rapier Quest while killing the rats and collecting as many dead rats as possible to sell to Tom the Tanner. You can also keep the money inside the rats and sell the cheese at the Farm. Once they have collected enough gold they should try to purchase a weapon such as a mace or hatchet and also a wooden shield and a leather set. At level 2, they should start hunting around the swamps killing snakes. If they feel strong they may go and loot dead orcs in search for studded equipment. When they have gained some levels gather a group to attempt the Chain Armor quest and even possibly the Carlin Sword Quest. Player should try to get levels as fast as possible from killing Snakes, Spiders and Poison Spiders.

Premium Accounts: New players who are premium should first visit the rabbit caves and collect all the meat and sell it to the NPC, once they have enough money they should buy a weapon and some equipment. Next they should kill Snakes and spiders for level 2 and then clear the Wolf mountains to get level 8 as fast as possible.

Related Pages

 * Rook Depot
 * Rookie
 * Rookgaard Hunting Chart
 * Rook Equipment
 * Rookgaard Academy