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Seridia: The Guide
In my Guide to Eternal Lands, I put a description of Seridia or C1. Here is the text...

MAPS, CONTINENTS AND PK ZONES: HELP WHEN TRAVELING!

Now, Eternal Lands is devided into two continents, C1, which is the main continent and has genuinely a weaker population of monster. C1used to be the only continent but C2 was added more recently to the game. C1 has a great number of maps, but the most used by people of weak combat are the following;

  • Isla Prima (IP)
  • White Stone (WS)
  • Nordcarn
  • Portland (PL)
  • Valley of the Dwarfs (VOTD)
  • Desert Pines (DP)
 C2 has a trickier twist. During night a bloodfurst beast called a Lenord, who will kill you at sight. He travels between EVERY single map, so beware. So if your a newbie, then Lenord is PUBLIC ENEMY #1! But C2 has some useful maps for alchemists such as Palas Vertas. Again, there are some well used maps. But here are the ones I use most;
  • Palas Vertas (PV)
  • Idaloran
  • Glacmore
HINT: Now the usual way to get to PV from Idaloran would be to travel through a few maps littered with powerful killer. Hopeless unless you have a Monster Magnetism Cloak or Perk. But, just on the rims of Idaloran, theres a valley you can travel through to get to PV.

Now to help you on your way, here the map to Seridia or C1. I suggest you stay in Seridia for most of your newbie life.

I've written down the most famous of the countries in Seridia. Here is a list of them with a quick warning or advice for that map!

If I have spelt a country on the map wrong, I'm sorry, but it's hard to memorize these thing by heart!

  • Isla Prima - Quick type = IP. If you wish for peace go here. Mostly free from invasion and with a low attack animals, it is a peaceful map special for newbies and the more gentle ones.
  • White Stone - Quick Type = WS. At day safe, at night a killer zone. Gargoyels roam the night here. This is a good magic shoppers zone though, as it is the only map in the game that has magic stores selling Sigils.
  • Portland - Quick Type = PL. Watch out, Bob the Gob(lin) roams here. A sole angry goblins roams Portland outside the city walls (a sometimes within) looking for weak travelers to barbaricly beat 'n' steal from. This place can be useful and many a time in the game as Wild boar are commonly found at the river side. This map also has a titanium mine filled with skeletons (great for training)
  • Tarshangard - Magic school pardise, but filled with Armed Goblins. BEWARE!
  • Nordcarn - A crossroad. Inbetween two of the most important maps in the game (WS and VOTD), Nordcarn is place of Gems and Manufacturing. The God on Manufacturing has a Temple here!
  • Vally of the Dwarfs - Quick Type = VOTD. This is one bussy map. It was so bussy it has regural invasions, but yet it population still grows. With a Storage close to the harbour, a goldmine with two layers, the first with goblins (a personnal favourite place to train)
  • S. Kiliran Fields/ South Kiliran Fields - Quick Type = S.Kiliran. Powerful monsters home. Avoid it. But there is a summoning areana to the north. Fun time, fun times!
  • Kiliran Fields - Quick Type = Kiliran. Powerful creatures live here and it is a map people can killl you on. BEWARE OF THIS MAP!
  • Morcraven Marsh - Quick Type = MM. What can I say? It's a big boggy marsh. With a PK arean on the coast, but mostly a marsh!
  • Desert Pines - Quick Type = DP. Miners central. You need to harvest a gem. DP almost certainly has it. Unless they don't. In which you need to loook somewhere else.

Now on to the topic of PK and PK zones. Let's get straight to the point. PK stands for Player Killing. Cheerful stuff. Anyway, Player Killing Maps are mostly used by very powerful characters. It's not a cheery place to be. How do I know. I'm not powerful enough , you say! Well, true, but I went to one because of a quest! Anyway, the boarders of a PK map are usually crowded. Not many get to the center. Why? Player Killing Map! Now PK Zones are kinda useful for training against PvP Training Partners. There are a number of welll known and used one, such as;
  • Nordcarn City Arena
  • Nordcarn Cave
  • White Stone City Training Arena
  • Morcraven Coastal Areana
  • Desert Pines Arena
But these ones can be suicidal  (also if you want to commit suicide, to helping tips; 1. Don't do it and 2. type in ' #suicide'  and press enter. Your dead!) as more powerful characters will hover outside the arena and attack the winner and steal both of your armour (I know this from personal experience). Use remote PK Arena.

Versus a Rock Man
I almost died taking this snapshot, so here, enjoy!