How to get started

Colonist
At the beginning, Northwind feels very harsh. With RKers around every corner, with the freezing climate and the dangerous animals, it certainly feels rough. This is the best I can do of a Northwind starter guide. First of all, before you actually go in game I recommend spending a lot of time thinking about and developing your character as it costs robux to change it. When you spawn in there are seven stores/buildings; the bank, the woodworking shop, the woodcutting shop, the clothing store, the general store, the leatherworking shop and the hunting shop. First, take all the money you have out of your bank and into your inventory, then go to the stores and ask if they have work, you then select hauling contracts, go down to the docks, pick up the crates and deliver them to the NPC you selected the hauling contract from, keep grinding this for a bit.

Once you have a decent amount of pounds, go to the leatherworking store and buy some basic clothing to keep yourself warm, then hop onto the transit ship for St.Paul. When you are there, begin to grind mining and smithing while this is not the most profitable profession, it is the most stable, its is guaranteed money BUT with hunting it relies on luck to get loads of money off it. Once you are at expert smith and miner, join a faction but just a small one to start off with; this is because if you join a big faction immediately you may feel overwhelmed. When you have been in a small faction for a few weeks or so, join a big one. It is also at this time you just probably buy a black set, but some prefer grey or brown sets. Simply keep grinding to master smith and miner and when you are there just pick your own path, some people will grind other professions and become super rich, others will set up community events, some people just realize they like PvP and start up their own faction, after smithing and mining you are financially stable, so you can go down any route.

HBC
If you are to join HBC, I recommend joining after you have played colonist and have a basic understanding of PvP and game mechanics. When joining, you will likely be given basic items such as fur clothing, a lantern and a spyglass. To begin, go into the HBC quartermaster and claim some basic weapons (you must pay this back by doing crate runs). Then head over to James Bay and do some hauling contracts and then do the same thing as colonist, start grinding smithing but this time be sure to attend HBC rallies and events. (Feel free to update this I am not an HBC)