So.. Hi

misty_rose_ • 7 February 2018 at 5:08 PM

I’m not exactly new but I haven’t played since the huge update many many moons ago. In a way I’m a newbie with all of the new stuff and I’ve honestly forgotten what all you can do on this site.

sparklefox • 9 February 2018 at 6:36 AM

@misty_rose_ - Welcome back to Egg Cave! I can help with answering any queries you may have regarding the new things this site has. I'll just post my usual newbie guide in case it helps you in some sort of way (it probably won't but it wouldn't hurt to do it anyway).

Alright, newbie guide starting... now.

Checking out the Forum Rules and the Site Guidelines would be an easy way to start. These explain what is and what isn't acceptable regarding the site itself and the forums. A couple of other useful links are the Player Guide (a helpful list of commonly asked questions) and the eCode guide (the code tags used around the site, such as the tags I'm using to make this appear in italics).

If you are replying to someone, you should ping them. Otherwise, they won't be notified of your reply and therefore be unaware that you've done so. To ping someone, simply type an @ followed by their username (e.g. @sparklefox ). You can also click the left-pointing orange arrow in the grey box below a forum post.

Pinging does not work out of forums and the blog, and to reply to the comments made on your wall, you go to the user's wall instead. That way, they will be notified about your reply.

EC can be mainly gained through feeding eggs / creatures. Cave Cash (CC) is used in the Cash Shop Park. This is purchased through real life money and can be spent on many exclusive items and creatures only available here. Exchange Credits (XC) is for use in the Click Exchange - found by clicking on the XC amount in the sidebar. These are gained through clicking the creatures in the Click Exchange, and every click on any creature(s) you have in here uses one of your XC. If you have none left, then your creature(s) won't appear in the Click Exchange until you gain more (and yes, getting a minus amount is completely normal and happens when people click fast enough on your creature(s)).

This post here explains many different abbreviations which are commonly used around this site.

Any creature which has reached level 2,000 or over is considered immortal and so cannot die. To evolve your creatures, you need to reach the right amount of stats for that creature's species (200 feeds, 1,000 views, etc.). You can find this out via looking up the species in The Archives, available under the Explore tab above.

If you already knew some of that (I know you most likely did since some of it is a little obvious), then sorry. Hope you have a nice day, and it's good to see you back.