We want to thank all the authors for creating information to many of the guides herein.  Most of these Guides are up to date, others are past guides though still somewhat useful unless otherwise stated.

Comunicate with amulets, Make your own amuletsHerbs are important to have especially if you can't find an empathLearn the rules of Elanthian EtiquetteLearn how to control your familiarsThe Mechanics of HuntingDon't forget to get DEEDS!!Collect gems all over elanthia and make your self some silvers

Note: We are still updating and adding more info so do bear with us. Thanks

Getting Started

Amulets

Think to others publicly and privately, usage and how to make them

Backroom Access

Frequent purchases to shops can get you backroom access
Fogging Information and Etiquette of fogging Familiars Information on Wizard and Sorcerer Familiars. They can spy, pick up things, talk and more

Banking

Deposit & withdraw your coins

Eye Spy

How familiars and eye spy work together
Floating Disks Information about them annoying yet helpful disks that follow you around Highlighting Colors to help you find people places and things
Gold Rings Transports you to your set destination Where to Buy Homes If you're a Four Winds member you can buy a home
Instruments Anyone can play instruments in Elanthia Jail, Constable & You Learn the laws of the land
Tipping for Services Not mandatory but quite a nice gesture Etiquette At times all of us need to review some rules of politeness and common sense...Written by a very wise Elder of Elanthia
Deeds How to obtain them and why it's important to have them . .
. . Avoid Pickpockets Keep thieves from your containers
Character Features 12 categories to choose from Getting started An ancient tome on starting out in Elanthia
Herblist Tells what remedies needed to heal your self Verblist A complete list of verbs and their meanings
Foraging Antalya has the best foraging guide ever recorded. Gruntlist For Dwarves only!  Have fun with these verbs!
Gemlist A list of gems in Elanthia and their value. Gemstones Jesh shows us what they look like.
Definitions Abbreviations & Definitions of various words used in the game Getting Along in Elanthia An old tome yet still informative about getting along in the lands. From traditional hunting etiquette to sex online, this is your informal reference.
Titles Lord, Lady, Grand Lady, Great Lord,,,etc Thoughts on Titles Aurec's thoughts on having titles
Gemlist A list of gems and their values Puzzles How to guides for the puzzles and riddles in elanthia
Starting out Guide to Getting Along in Elanthia Common items A brief list of the most common items  with magical tendencies found on monsters
Wand Guide Temporary old tome about wands. Will be updated for GSIV soon Oghier's Survival Tips Another ancient tome of Kulthea, yet is still useful
Citizenship Earn citizenship in your favorite towns...as posted on the official boards by GS3-Sleken Emergency Questions Nilandia answers some of the more common questions and concerns about GS4.

Hunting, Magic & Mechanics

Ambushing

by Lord Kulbaen

Stats & Skills

Your character's ten development statistics

Skinning, Skins & Sheaths

Skinning is an ability which can add to the purses of anyone who trains properly for it

Stat Cruncher

This program calculates the initial stat placement that yields the most training points over the specified number of levels.

Hunting & Weapons

A list of links about weapons, armor, hunting & more

Skins

Type of skins, from what critter and their values

Multistrike

Methodical Manuevering and Manipulating MultipleStrikes

AI Crystal

Tells what colors mean what when touching it with a weapon

DFRedux

Dfredux is the ability of a character to gain resistance to damage...

Metallurgy

by Lord Selkar

Breakage

Simu: How to keep your gear in good repair

Breakage List

A Guide to breakage by Lord Redwulf, courtesy of Lady Berylla

Breakage Class

Old tome by Willow Hall members

Breakage Values

by Lord Amery

Conversion

Snoogle lists the I.C.E. age metals and their modern conversion

Breakage

I.C.E. age document when breakage was first introduced

Combat Maneuvers

Headbutt, dirt kick, garrotte, shield bash, and more....

Breakage 2000

Amerlise explains breakage

Armor

A list of armor with information on manuevers, breakage and more

Experience & Absorption

This information was taken from a post on the Wizards boards on America Online on June 29th, 1997 ~ Lord Shytok

Weapons

You can also find info from  the link "hunting and weapons" section above

Runestaves

A new weapon for magic users, no need for sword or shield anymore.

Traps

What type of traps and how to disarm them

Experience & Fame

Node and normal recovery, when to rest etc.

Lockpicking

Information by Lord Porcell

Formulas

Formulas and encumbrance

Scarabs

Found on traps, what they are and how to disarm them

Hinderance

Magical hindrance for armors

Poisons and Diseases

Critters that carry poisons, diseases and where to find them

Dueling

The one and only site about proper dueling in Elanthia

Mana

Mana Recovery

Invasion Etiquette/Tactics

Etiquette by Lady Juspera

Survival Tips

Lord Oghier tells us how to survive in Elanthia

Level Chart

Experience requirements for each level.

Mana Disrupt

Mechanics of the spell Mana Disruption

Padweighting

Basic number range for assessing an item

Charging

How to recharge wands and such at Mel's reach

Nonpicker

How to open boxes without a lockpick

Fighting

Mechanics of fighting

Multistrike

Methodical Manuevering and Manipulating MultipleStrikes

Embedding

Aurec gives us the ups and downs of embedding

Magic

Embedding, enchanting, Wands, Staffs, Spells and more

Reallocation

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Brawling Weapons

Snoogle gives us a list of brawling weapons and AvD's

Hunting Undead

Hunting ghostly creatures. You do not collect skins from these creatures but they do sometimes carry treausres. A must for Voln followers

Weapon Tables

Research by Lord Malicae and Lord Sylvendale

Weapon damage

Complete Guide to Weapon Damage by Amerlise

Weapon Guide

Old Tome about the Mechanics of Arms in Elanthia by Lord Guillame

Library of Weaponry

Dated 1999, Within these pages there is information on the various weapons, pictures of each weapon, and some links to other interesting places

The Forge

A site devoted exclusively to the display and description of the weapons, armor, shields, and helmets we adventurers in GemStone IIV use on a daily basis, but haven't necessarily seen.

Armor Guide

Gloom's 1996 version but still useful. The text is faded so you will have to highlight the page to read his tome.

Armor Tables

Researched by the Coven

Armory

Official document by Simu

Armor tables.zip

Researched by Lord Phemo

Armor Handbook

The Complete Armor Handbook by Lord Bruherd

AS/DS Formulas

Old Tome about formula explaining attack strength vs defense strength

Crit Rankings

This table represents the crit rankings of the most common weapons types found in realms. Compiled by the Coven

Damage Weighting

This table represents Damage Weighting research done by Eli- in comparison of a Opaque Vultite Falcion (damage weighted) and a non-weighted falcion. Compiled by the Coven

Enchanting

An old tome by Hhooru

Level One

A script to help you get to your first level

Combat Originally posted in The Next Generation of GemStone, Combat Changes. Dodging Combat factors for GSIV
Amerlise's Chambers Preserved tome of tips on Armor, Weapons, Thieving, Critters, and Common Items Critters A list of critters, their levels, skins, if undead & more..
Spell Calculation . . .

Crafting

Some of the following crafting links are official documents of Simutronics.

Forging

Make your own weapons

Alteration Guidelines

This information is taken via the in game ALTER verb.

Smelting

Making iron is a task done for the Society of Voln

Fletching

Bolts and Arrows for Archers

Cobbling

Make your own boots or shoes

Forging II

Jerrec's more detailed forging guide

Sheath Making Warriors can make sheaths for you... Piercing How to pierce your nose, brow or ears. Check out the rest of this site also. It's an excellent source of info for GSIV

Economy, Astronomy & Tidbits

Economy Thunkster's well thought out Economy guidelines . .

Economics

An ancient tome about the economics of elanthia by Lady Wanton Destruction.

Elanthian Calendar

Hours, days, months and Elanthian Holidays

GS3Tidbits

Past and present Elanthian Information on Kulthea, puzzles, history and more

Moon Phases

Learn and download the phases of  the Elanthian moons

Elanthian Timeline

History from the Modern World to the Ancient

Guide to the Moons

Information on the four moons of Elanthia

Time Zones

Primer on Time Zones & Elanthian Speak

Constellations

Guide to the seasonal constellations of Elanthia

Roleplaying

Groggle

This infamous roleplayer has left us a parchment of RP advice before his journey to other lands.

Sorgi

Interesting RP advice from Lord Sorgi Roleplaying Tips for Gamers Tips, tales, plots and more for gamers everywhere
Roleplaying Awards Consistent roleplaying could get you an RP award RP Events Up to date summaries on longterm storylines Roleplaying Features of GSIV Updates of the roleplaying features for GSIV compiled by Lady Nilandia
Handbook to RPing *Foxfire & Afira have compiled this guide for all Nefi's RP Guide Excellent guide to Roleplaying

Entertainment & Humor

GSWord Search

An Elanthian word search to print up for fun

Dragon Bones

How to play one of the most popular betting games in Elanthia

Elanthian Funnies

Humor compiled by our Charming Bardess, Lady Naryia

Glad Games

Compete in Glad Games for prizes and trophies

Terasian Craps

A popular game created for Teras isle dwellers

GSIV News

Up to date news, events and announcements around Elanthia

A Day in the life of a Kobold

A humorous parody borrowed from Lady Juspera's Tomes

LittleNibble Dot Com

GSIV Humor - Where nothing is taken too seriously

Spider's Web

Lord Nevrek - guides and humorous scrolls.

Juspera's Good Ol' GSIV pages Humor at it's finest by the Lady Rogue herself, Juspera Ta'Vaalor A poem by Calan Pavilon Eric Bloom Eric Bloom, vocalist for the rock group Blue Oyster Cult is an avid gamer. Check out his site!
Kulbaen Lord Bleeds/Lord Kulbaen, one in the same has retired from GS to continue his career in his popular rock band named, of course...KULBAEN. Check it Out! Simu Radio Join us as we broadcast live and direct from the biggest private party of the gaming industry... Gambling Put up your money, bet bet bet! win win win!

Names & Grammar

Medieval Names

Book of Names

Name Pronounciations

Phantasy Names

Feminine Names

Ye Olde English

Grammar & Writing

Ye Olde Insults

Places

Navigating Darkstone

Melgorhen's Reach

Sheruvian Monastery

Vvrael & Rift

Guide to Icemule

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NPC's/Characters

Lanky Black-haired Vendor

Sleepy the Guard

The Monk

Grizzled Ol' Warrior

Wizened Gnome
Mangy red-haired Man

Flower Girl

Mystic

Gypsy Fortuneteller

The Peddler Gertie
Street Urchin

Drunken Sailor

Constable

Guard Captein

A Stooped Old Woman
Haggard Matron

Elven Aristocrat

Deputy

Young Elven Courier

Dockworker
The Ferryman

The Old Woman

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Wehnimer's Runner

Brutes of Crooked Way

Miscellaneous Information

Everything Elanthian

Tamcon's Various Info

Height Modifiers

Aid to turnip farmers

New Player Guide

Alchemy Graphics

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Flora & Fauna

Climate

Flora

Flower Language

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