XERA FOR BEGINNERS [ENG] 2020

Overview

Hello guys, this is a beginners guide, explaining basic knowledge to have a sweet experience in xera: survivali let you guys figure it out for the pvp side and hope this can help someone somehowGLHF

1. CHARACTER

you have one character in xera.
What does it means? You will have access to your inventory and all your items across all servers, and when you want to change server, you will keep the gear which is on your character.
Your character will have different statistic as skill rating, kills and death, experience, ingame money, etc. (skill tree incoming)

2. LEVELING

You start the game at level 1.
Level is defined by your current xp. for each death you loose xp (but you can’t loose a level).
You can increase your level by killing robots and achieving events but also by crafting and killing people.
Each new level grinded allows you to have a bigger stash weight available, so you can stash more loot.
The higher level you reach , the bigger your stash will be.
Some interesting crafting recipes also only unlock when reaching a specific level.
Cool thing for each level you earn a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crate (free to open aswell).

3. SAFE ZONES

There is currently 2 safe zones, or settlements in the map.
One north west (castle rock) and one south east of the world (golden eagle).
They are safe areas where you can’t shoot or be shoot.
There is 2 npcs in each one of them. One is used to access to your global inventory (via Grace npc) , allowing you to store items that you can use later (after a death for exemple).
The other is used to interact with the seller (via marquet npc) in order to gain ingame currency, but also to get rid of some stuff you won’t use.
this is the place where you can use helicopter.

4. GLOBAL INVENTORY

Global inventory means that you can store loot you found in a safe place that nobody can break.
its is usefull to gear up after a death or after a looting session to empty your character backpack.
It also means you can access to it across different servers.
The size of your stash is limited by weight. You can upgrade it by leveling up your character and get up to 3000kg free space for the highest level.

5. HUMANOIDS

Humanoids have taken over the humans in xera.
some of them run faster than you, are stronger than you, you better know your enemies.
each kill will reward you with some experience and sometimes loot or money in their dead body.
there is different types of humanoids in xera:
regular ones, exploding ones, blue ones , and model x (boss robot).

– regular ones: they are brown, easy kill, 1 hit with the melee (be sure to use first person and aim their head for this) or 2 bullets in the head with most of the weapons.civilian loot possible by looting their dead body.
– exploding ones: they are yellow with red lights on it, explode on contact. Be careful with them, they hurt. same possible loot as regular ones.
– blue ones: 20 headshot to kill, i dont advise to try melee on them,appears mostly at night. military loot possible by looting their dead body.
– model x: 60 headshots to kill, i dont advise either to try melee on this big guy. Its located in military areas: compounds, nator, airport x2.It is dropping high tier loot including meds, weapons (possible but rare sniper drop).

6. LOOT

differents places means different kind of loot:

– civilian loot:
in towns, farms, cars.

– medical loot:
hospitals and ambulance most likely, airdrops, heli crash and model x. this doesnt include gauze (basic bandage) which you can find pretty much everywhere

– military loot:
in compounds, airdrops, model x (or blue robots sometimes), military areas (roadblocks, nator and airport) heli crash and civilian bunker event.

you can find loot on the ground but not only. Search for medical bags, duffle bags, crates, military crate, cabinets, dead robots, etc.

7. EVENTS

there is different dynamic pve events accross the map. Keep in mind that each event can quickly become a high pvp spot.
some of them will be noticed by voice announcement, but they all will be shown on the map with eventually different status (compound and civilian bunker event).

– heli crash:

some helicopter crashes are randomly spawning in the world. They will be announced by an audio message and will be shown on the map. This one of the most valuable event for high tier loot (including some rare civilian bunker key loot)
no robots on this event.

– compound:

there is 3 different status : disable, enable, occupied. When disabled, its not showing on the map but you can still go there to loot some gear.
When its enabled, it will be shown as white fist in the map (you can go for it).
When its occupied (red fist in the map), it means someone is trying to achieve the event or went in the area next to it (currently occupied or have been occupied).
In this event, you’ll need to defeat 35 robots (mostly regulars with blue ) in order to have 2 aidrops as a reward (plus some xp and ingame currency for the achievement).
There is also a model x (boss robot) defending the area so you better bring some ammo before trying.

– airdrop:

some airdrops are randomly spawning in the world. They will be announced by an audio message and will be shown on the map.

– civilian bunker:

rare and high tier loot possible here, only accessible when the event is marked on the map and you need to have a civilian bunker key to activate it (you can find it only in helicopter crash if lucky).
you will have to defeat 30 robots before you can enter the bunker once the door is opened (including exploding robots and blue robots) .

8. WEAPONS

– ballistic : there is no projectile system (yet) so this is hitscan mechanic (instant hit).

– recoil : each weapon has a different recoil pattern. learn it to improve your accuracy.you will notice at a slow firerate the recoil reset itself. shoot fast and control or shoot slow, your choice!

– aim : headshot is heavily rewarded in xera. for exemple 2 headshots kill a regular humanoid, one with a melee weapon.same advantage in pvp where headshot deals x4 damage compared to bodyshots.

– durability : weapons have a durability system included. Using a weapon decrease durability. Low durability means lower damage, till 20% cap.

– quality : there is different tiers, low (most likely pistols), mid tier (smg and ar-15) high tier (scar, g36) and top tier (honey badger, scar h, ak, l96, vss).

– melee: you can easily find melee weapons in the world.melee weapons are designed to kill robots (regular ones) . its very effective if you use it in first person and aim for the head
some of them can be used for crafts by dismantling them or combine with another material. Using melee weapon makes you more sneaky regarding the other players in pvp situations.

– weapon list:

.pistols: 1911, g17, desert eagle.

.smgs:ump, mp5, honey badger

.rifles:ar-15, scar l , g36, scar h, ak

.snipers:L96, vss

9. CURRENCY

Ingame currency is needed to use the helicopter or to buy some good supplies to the safe zone sellers.
How to get ingame currency?
You can sell some extra stuff you wont need at the seller npc in the safe zone after a loot run.
You can also find money in different places: atm, cash register, dead robots,duffle bags or by doing events and leveling up your character.

10. SELLERS

– you can find the seller (npc named marquet) in each one of the safe zones. he’s located between tents
– Selling items will be rewarded with some in game currency.You will need this money to use the helicopter going from safe zone to safe zone, allowing you to drop on the map. It can also be used to buy top tier gear.
– There is a rotation in the items every 20 mins. The prices and the items are not always the same, including through different servers and safe zones.
Its important to notice that the seller will buy at a 2x better price if he’s himself selling it in the actual rotation.

11. FOOD AND WATER

There is no stamina but you will have to take care of the hunger and thirst level of your character.

above 70% of food and water, your character slowly regen health which is really appreciable. at 0% of one of it or both, you will loose health pretty quickly.

To avoid this, you can find food in civilian areas (kitchens have a lot usually) and on some robots or crates, most of them provide you between 10 and 15% food.
You can also craft a fishing trap and then cook the fish in a crafted campfire for a 35% gain in food.

For the water, you can find bottles of dirty or clean water and canteens. Dirty water dont give you penalty, its just give you less amount of water (ou can still purify them on a crafted campfire).
Empty bottles and empty canteens can be filled in the water or when its raining. Notice that each jump make you loose 0.5 water.

12. vehicules

– helicopter:

a helicopter is flying from safe zone to safe zone to transport players, it cost 50 ingame currency for a use and allows you to drop with a parachute on the map during the travel (you can’t pilot it for obvious reasons).

– atv:

4 ATVs are currently spawning on the map. Its a 1 seat vehicule with a duffle bag storage.ATVs are very useful for fast travelling around the map on free roam (unlike helicopter).
You’ll need to refuel it with a gas tank (gas stations are in the towns) and sometimes repair it with a crowbar.

– buggy:

soon ingame (2 seats and a duffle bag storage).free roaming

13. AGRESSOR STATUS

When you shoot at someone who didnt shoot you, you’ll be put in agressor status for some times
It means that you can no longer be protected in the safe zone (you will loose hp and players will be able to kill you) till the end of the timer.
You know someone is agressor when you see his nameplate in red so be careful when you engage combat when near to a safe zone area.

14. CRAFTING

There is multiple things you can craft in xera: drones, better melees weapons, c4, fishing trap, bandages etc.
Some require a certain level to be unlocked.
crafts like explosive drones give you a very nice tool for your combat experience, monitoring it from the sky or exploding it on your enemies.

(base building incoming)

XERA: Survival Guide