Character Creation

When you first connect to Hellmoo, you will begin life as an orphan. To continue on, you will need to visit the museum in Freedom City to enter Dreams of Before. From there, you collect your skill items, and proceed into Dreams of Below.

Life as an orphan

As an orphan, you can screw around in the game world without any serious repercussion. This is a good way to learn the layout of the world and learn the basics of combat. The downside is that you cannot gain any IP or Exp, or do any fun journals. When you think you have a grasp on things, go to the Freedom City Museum to the west of the crack mansion.

Dreams of Before

The items you pick up will give you a raw in the skill they would associate with, and decrease the cost of learning that skill throughout the game. For a full list of items, and what skill they represent, visit the Character generation items page. After picking up the items, proceed to an underground location and wait for the bomb. Possible underground locations include the library basement, the bottom of the lake, the porno shack, and the police station basement. So long as you are below ground level you are good.

The item locations are as follows. Note that to get into the Attic and Mom and Dad's room, you need to search. You can take the porno mags to set your sexual orientation in addition to the normal four skill items that you can take. It is optional, you can take one, both, or none. I advise both, it will come in handy.

A detailed map with descriptions can be found here.

Skill	Item	Location
Appraise	City Times	Sunny Sidewalk, 1 east from where you wake.
Blades	Pocketknife	Abandoned Boxcar, 3 west of where you wake.
Bombs	Batch of firecrackers	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Chemistry	Chemistry Set	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake.
Climb	Birds Nest	Top of the Tall Tree, 1 east, 1 south, 1 southeast and 1 up from where you wake.
Clubs	Baseball bat	Vacant Lot, where you wake up.
Craft	Tube of Glue	Suburban Bathroom, 3 east from where you wake, in a medicine cabinet.
Fish	Fishing Pole	Down By The River, 1 east, 1 south and 1 southeast from where you wake.
Fists	Inflatable Boxing Gloves	In the River, 1 east, 1 south, 1 southeast and 1 east from where you wake.
Fuck	Pair of panties	Attic, 2 east and 2 up from where you wake. You will need to search your room to find the entrance to the attic.
Hack	Unix Book	Public Library, 1 east, 2 north and 1 west from where you wake.
Locksmith	Fireproof Lockbox	Mom and Dad's Room, 2 east and 1 north from where you wake. You will need to search the room to find a stepstool to get into the room.
Medic	First Aid Kit	Suburban Bathroom, 3 east from where you wake, in a medicine cabinet.
Persuade	Dale Carnegie book	Mom and Dad's Room, 2 east and 1 north from where you wake. You will need to search the room to find a stepstool to get into the room.
Pilot	Toy Airplane	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Pistols	BB Pistol	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Quickdraw	Pistol holster	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Repair	Socket Wrench	Abandoned Junction, 2 west and 1 north from where you wake.
Ride	Bicycle helmet	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake.
Rifles	Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine	Your Room, 2 east, and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Scavenge	Metal Detector	Bottom of the River, 1 east, 1 south, 1 southeast, 1 west and 1 down from where you wake.
Science	Glass beaker	Bedroom, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, on the floor.
Sneak	Ninja Mask	Attic, 2 east and 2 up from where you wake. You will need to search your room to find the entrance to the attic.
Spears	Broken Shower Rod	Dead End, 1 east and 1 south from where you wake.
Swim	Pair of Swimming Goggles	In the River, 1 east, 1 south, 1 southeast and 1 east from where you wake.
Teach	Paradise Lost book	Public Library, 1 east, 2 north and 1 west from where you wake.
Throw	Chewed-up baseball	Spot's doghouse, 2 east, 1 south and in from where you wake.
Torture	Brass Zippo Lighter	Abandoned Boxcar, 3 west from where you wake.
Track	Scout manual	Public Library, 1 east, 2 north and 1 west from where you wake.
Wrestle	Luchador mask	Your Room, 2 east, and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.
Whips	Lil' Indy Leather Bullwhip	Your Room, 2 east and 1 up from where you wake, in a toy chest.

Fetish	Item	Location
Men	Playgirl Magazine	1 east, 2 north, 1 west, and 1 down from where you wake.
Women	Playboy Magazine	1 east, 2 north, 1 west, and 1 down from where you wake.

Dreams of Below:

This is the section of your life underground and is where you allocate your stats. All of your stats start at 8, and by using the following items you will gain a raw in the related stat. you get 14 points to allocate between them. It is generally a good idea to put points toward what your skills use. (Ex; If you use blades, add reflexes and cool)

A detailed maps with descriptions can be found here.

First Room

Brains: Go board

Senses: Magic Eye

East of the First Room

Brawn: Weight Bench

Reflexes: Speed Bag

North of the First Room

Endurance: Stove

Cool: Droid

Character Types

Here a few types of characters that are fairly easy for a newer players.

Fists type: Take the boxing gloves, the birds nest, the first aid kit, and the metal detector. Add 6 points in brawn and 4 in reflex and endurance. This allows you to always have your weapon attached, and is fairly good for somebody looking to kill stuff with their fists. Plenty of room for advancement with the ripper and abomination mutations.

Reflexes/Cool type: Take the pocket knife, the bb pistol, the first aid kit, and the birds nest. Add 6 in reflex and cool, and 2 in brawn. This build gives you the option between a gun and a blade, and has the brawn required to max speed on pistols. This can generally become a good character for killing zombies and tougher with a few simple mutations. A great choice for a starter character.

Support type: Take the socket wrench, the first aid kit, the tube of glue, and the lil' indy bullwhip. Add 6 points in brains and senses, and 2 in reflex. This build allows you to fix, craft for, and heal your buddies, with a bit of combat ability on the side. A little tougher for a newer player but very valuable overall.

For advanced character building tips, see the Simple character building guide and Character Building 2 - skillsets and starting packages