Hello everyone!!

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 7:32 PM

Heyo!! I'm Sur and I just joined the site earlier today. It's been a bit overwhelming, but everything looks really cool and I'm happy to be here! I dunno if I should add some stuff about myself, but I'll say that I love space, drawing, and ocean-y stuff, and leave it at that!

Deleted • 23 March 2018 at 7:32 PM

@surpirate - Welcome to Egg Cave! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

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. @wolfspike). You can also click the left-pointing orange arrow in the grey box below a forum post.

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. Just a little tip, but EC doesn't seem to currently support BBCode or HTML tags, so posting your creatures onto these forums using the codes provided for them will not work.).

A common mistake from newbies is that they'll ping and reply to people who have commented on their wall using their own wall. 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.

Egg Coins (EC) is the main currency of this site, and is used to purchase most of the things available on the site - such as items and travels for your creatures. These are mainly gained through feeding eggs / creatures. Cave Cash (CC) is another currency and 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. It would be helpful to read through it, in my opinion.

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.

I apologize if you knew any of the above information already.

Have a great day, and a nice time here!

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 8:07 PM

@wolfspike23 oh wow this is big help, thank you so much!! Pretty much everything above is new to me, so I really do appreciate it!
Other than that, I think the only pressing question I have right now is, is Dragold worth it? I've visited him a couple times but so far all he's done is steal my EC, ha.

skyfall4 • 23 March 2018 at 8:14 PM

@surpirate
Give him a bit of patience ;D He likes to steal, but when the time comes, he'll give some goodies 😃

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 8:37 PM

@skyfall4 I'll take your word for it! And hope I don't go broke in the meantime :'D

skyfall4 • 23 March 2018 at 8:42 PM

@surpirate
Master tips for all users xD:
Store your 🪙 in your strongroom/bank! There's no way the sneaky Dragold can steal it then!

Also, feel free to ask if you have any questions 😸

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 9:20 PM

@skyfall4 !! I hadn't even thought of that, thank you! If only I'd known that earlier, I could've kept a couple thousand EC out of that crafty dragon's paws. But at least he won't get more!
And as for questions, I've been meaning to ask about happiness. Is there a better way to keep my creature's happiness up than buying toys all the time? Considering how they break pretty easily (or maybe my luck is just that bad!), it seems like spending a lot of money for little gain.

skyfall4 • 23 March 2018 at 9:23 PM

@surpirate
There's always Tim's 😊 I don't know if this still works as it's been a while since I've done it, but when I did use it, I always booked all my creatures for 1 day. Then I cancelled it 😋 Always refunded most of my EC 😃

You could also feed other people's coves/creatures, make sure you're not feeding creatures that don't want to be fed! There's a good chance they'll feed back and you're creatures will be happy!

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 9:43 PM

@skyfall4 OHHHHHH that makes a lot more sense, thank you!! That's a much better way than what I was doing!
And I'm sure I sound a bit repetitive at this point, but I really appreciate you taking the time to explain stuff to me! Everyone on EC has been so welcoming, and it's just nice to see everyone is so chill here.

skyfall4 • 23 March 2018 at 9:49 PM

@surpirate
You're welcome! 😊

No problemo! 😸 The EC community likes to make sure new users get the info they need 😊 There's also the Player's Guide for some basic questions need answered, though not all thes answers you need will be there 😋

surpirate • 23 March 2018 at 10:10 PM

@skyfall4 Mhm! From what I've gathered, the players have all the best tips, but the Guide is certainly helpful as a starting point. Though it's safe to say I don't know what I'd be doing if I hadn't asked around over here!

skyfall4 • 23 March 2018 at 10:40 PM

@surpirate
I used to be like that! 😃 And I agree, players have best help 😊 Especially since they've been through it before as well