19.4 CREDITS

What are they?
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There are two kinds of credits: Unbound Credits and Bound Credits.

What are Credits?
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Credits can be gained through in-game activities, service as a mortal helper, or purchased from organisations or other players in Lusternia. 

Unbound credits can only be used in these ways: transfer credits to other players or convert credits to Bound Credits. You cannot use credits for lessons or to make purchases such as artifacts for a character until you 'bind' them to a character. Unbound credits gained from artbards and service as a mortal helper are considered OOC and you are free to transfer them to alternate characters.

The command CREDITS REPORT will show you how many you have of each, as well as other pertinent information about your credits and credit spending.

What are Bound Credits?
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Bound Credits are normal credits which have been 'bound' to your character. Once a credit has been bound, it may be converted into lessons (each Bound Credit converts into 6 lessons each). Bound Credits are also used for purchases for your character such as artifacts, item customisations, and more. Should you return an artifact, the credit refund will be in Bound Credits. Basically, once you decide to bind a credit to a specific character, it can no longer be traded, transferred, or sold to other players. 

You may also gain Bound Credits through achieving certain levels of experience. See HELP LEVELS for more information.

Every character will receive a bonus gift of 2.5 lessons per Credit on the first 1000 Credits converted to Bound Credits.  

If you want to bind a credit to you, use the following command: 

CREDITS CONVERT <#> TO BOUND CREDITS

For more information on how you can use Bound Credits, read HELP LESSONS, HELP ARTIFACTS, HELP ARTIFACT SHOP, HELP CUSTOMISATIONS.


How to give or sell credits to someone else
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If you wish to transfer credits to another person, you may do so using:
   TRANSFER <x> CREDITS TO <person> FOR <x> GOLD.

If you want to give someone credits for free, then specify 0 gold. If you specify a positive number of gold though, the person will have to be online.

Acquiring Credits and Bound Credits
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There are a few ways to gain Unbound Credits, including:
- entering and placing in bardic and artisanal competitions (see HELP BARDIC).
- prizes awarded at various times for other in-game activities.
- purchasing from your city/commune or guild during sales.

You can obtain Bound Credits in these ways:
- through completing your daily adventures (HELP DAILY CREDITS)
- through converting unbound credits.
- artifact tradein (see HELP ARTIFACT TRADEIN and HELP ARTIFACT CREDITS).
- gaining certain experience levels (see HELP LEVELS).
- buying from Trader Bob's shop at the foot of Mount Avechna.


Disclaimer:
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Lusternia is a functioning world, and while we guarantee you will not lose any of the credits you gain, no such guarantee can be provided for what you purchase with the credits themselves. In this world, your actions have consequences, and the actions of others can result in consequences for you. It's this dynamism in the nature of the world that people enjoy about Lusternia. Thus, it is possible that the perceived or real value of the things you purchase with credits, or your ability to use those things, may both rise and decline during the course of play.

See also: HELP DAILY CREDITS, HELP CREDIT TRANSFER, HELP ARTIFACT TRADEIN, HELP LEVELS, and HELP BARDIC