AfterWorld Survival Forum

New player, or may even be considered a returning one. I tried this back in 2007-08 and am kinda sad that this hasn't taken off yet.
Needless to say i remember almost nothing, so i got some questions to anyone playing this.
How does this work exactly? Is it the same as EU? Do i have to constantly depo for more real game time?
How much does this "citizenship" cost and how do i get it? Will it enable me to fully enjoy the game or would i have to deposit more?
What do people do in this game? I've done the tutorial and now am in a Quarantine zone and have come across one random guy that spoke Russian, is this really that dead?


I gotta say i'd want to give this a try, but only if it leads somewhere. I'm kinda fed up with EU since it doesn't go to where i was hoping for, on the contrary it has more bugs than ever now, they don't listen to their playerbase and it's extremely expensive for most of people to really enjoy.
So if this is just a "poor" man's EU, i don't see a point in in wasting any money and time in it.


Thanks in advance.

Welcome back.


I've never played EU and so cannot compare it to there, buy money used wisely in this game will last you a long while. Depo isn't nessessary, but it makes things easier. You can essentially enjoy every bit of the game without ever depositing, by doing activities/collecting stuff that people want so that they trade you awd for it (the in game money).


I can't really explain the game because it's vastly complex, but if you see me in game u can ask me any specific questions you like. Lately there is usually between 3-10 people online nonstop as far as i can see, so there are not many online, but then again, the game isn't finished yet. We have good news from the dev team and there will be progress in the future, I think anywhere from 6-18 months from now the game will be (for the most part) complete/functioning well with all/most features. There have been several players from EU coming here, perhaps talk to them how they like AW?


To become a citizen, you need to either pay 100awd to an officer or 50 pnotes. You get pnotes by collecting 500kg of a stone ore and giving it to an officer. Since pnotes are roughly 3awd each, its better to trade either stone ore, or pnotes, for awd and become citizen that way and in addition when paying with awd, you get a RIC which doesnt have a purpose (yet) but will, and it has a face value of 100awd so its worth it (later when you are able to sell it (if you wanted to)) you could probably sell it to another player for 150-250 or more awd, just a thought.


I would reccomend a one time depo of $20 and that would give 200awd, it would give you citizenship plus some money for basic tools that would last you a while, long enough for you to ask questions, read up, try it out, and decide if you want to keep playing

New player, or may even be considered a returning one. I tried this back in 2007-08 and am kinda sad that this hasn't taken off yet.

Welcome back - you are one of thousands of people that are sad to see AW not taking off yet, but it's closer now than it has been in years so now's a good time to return.

Needless to say i remember almost nothing, so i got some questions to anyone playing this.
How does this work exactly? Is it the same as EU? Do i have to constantly depo for more real game time?

Gameplay itself is somewhat similar to EU, but there are a lot of big differences. The first is that your money goes A LOT further in AW than it ever would in EU and what Z.A.V. said above is true. Other differences include no TT, no auto-targeting and firing, and no unlimited items, which sound like bad differences until you really experience them - they're smart differences that make AW a whole lot more fun to play.

How much does this "citizenship" cost and how do i get it? Will it enable me to fully enjoy the game or would i have to deposit more?

As Z.A.V. mentioned, Citizenship costs 100 AWD ($10US) or 50-100 Promissory Notes (PNs/PNotes) - I read a while back that it was increased from 50 to 100 but I'm not sure if that's still the case. Every donation (since this is still not a live game, there is no withdrawal mechanism so they do not use the term "deposit" anywhere) has a funds transfer fee, so if you donate $10US you'll get about 97 AWD if you use PayPal. That means that if you only want to buy citizenship you'll need to donate $11US to be safe and have a little bit left over, but you don't get anything other than citizenship so you really should donate $20US to get a feel for things.

What do people do in this game? I've done the tutorial and now am in a Quarantine zone and have come across one random guy that spoke Russian, is this really that dead?

The main professions right now are hunting with rifles and/or melee weapons (dagger, bats, swords, etc.), mining above and underground (UG) ores (UG is very similar to EU but not as complicated), and crafting. Just about every single item in the game was crafted by a player and every item can be crafted except for special, tweaked items like the NE tools, so the crafting system is both wide and deep but Afterwiki helps with the confusion.

The wiki is also your quickest and best resource for figuring out what to skill and when, so be sure to read through the First Steps article and all of the linked articles to get started. Later on you can delve deeper into specific items/professions/goals.

I gotta say i'd want to give this a try, but only if it leads somewhere. I'm kinda fed up with EU since it doesn't go to where i was hoping for, on the contrary it has more bugs than ever now, they don't listen to their playerbase and it's extremely expensive for most of people to really enjoy.
So if this is just a "poor" man's EU, i don't see a point in in wasting any money and time in it.

One of my favorite things about AW over EU is that there is no skill cap. There technically isn't a skill cap in EU either, but there's an effective cap in the way that skilling become so extremely difficult the higher you go that it's nearly impossible to progress without very deep pockets. In AW the skill gains are frequent, obvious, and beneficial though it also becomes more expensive and harder to gain skill levels the higher you go if you take the most obvious route, but it's nowhere near as bad as EU - not by a long shot.

I would guess that a significant percentage of AW's playerbase are former EU players - for all the reasons you mention and more. The AW devs are themselves former EU players that got fed up with EU and built their own competing game, so you are not alone by any means. It's a shame that AW hasn't had better funding and a larger development group years ago because they implemented many of the things that have more recently put into EU like cars and limited items. On the other hand, they haven't had to worry about big investors breathing down their necks every day and pushing them to do whatever it takes to bring in new blood and more money.

True, though the difference between AW and EU is that the curve ramps up much sooner in EU. That makes EU a "pay to play" game even though it doesn't have a subscription, and it's certainly "pay to win" in all senses of the phrase. AW is much closer to "free to play" and "pay to uber" yourself but there's a lot more to do without paying in AW than EU ever thought of since you don't need to be 'uber' to enjoy most of game.