Various beginner questions

[Erikkolai 0]

1) Is there a cost, or any limitations, to respeccing your character?

2) What's the age rating? Are we free to swear to our heart's content?

3) How do Power Stones work, do you get any kind of buff from inserting them into your compass?

4) If you hold out your compass and press the middle mouse button, you tap it. What's the meaning of that?

5) If you hold down the HUD Info key, you can see that there's often a "Countdown to EQ" timer running at the bottom right, by your vitamin levels. What's the meaning of that?

6) The HUD will occasionally display a blinking icon with four stars on it, above your vitamin levels. What's the meaning of that?

7) For how long does a day/night cycle last?

I'd appreciate answers to any of these, thanks in advance!

Edited December 23, 2018 by Erikkolai

[Boredaholic 39]

answers i have regarding your questions with respectful numbers:

 

2.) swear all you want, it's all over the chat

6.) Its your torpor level, when you'll fall asleep. if it fills full you're knocked out and cant do anything.

 

that's pretty much all i know so far lol

[Loominaty 13]

1. not set yet

2. same as in ark

3. dunno, can´t play

4. dunno, can´t play

6. Topor-Level

7. Propably same as in ark-default. Dunno for sure, can´t play

[Phunkie 0]

Can I add some questions? It's my first survival game.

 

8. What is killing you when you spawn? Is it cold?

9. What is the survival checklist for the first 10 minutes? I always die within a few minutes. Most of the time I had no point yet to invest in crafting, and even when I had a point it took a while before I even could invest it. And when I invest it in crafting, I cannot find the mats for a campfire in time. So how do you survive the initial death?

[boomervoncannon 1,541]

Don't spawn into a cold region. Not all regions are equal.

[Raett 0]

Found the answer to number 6. Vitamin equalization takes an hour, but when it happens the HUD info key says the following: "Your vitamins are balanced! You feel great, with gains in movement speed, damage, fortitude, HP regen, and XP" or thereabouts. I lost it just as I was copying the text down (instead of a screengrab like a dummy).