Warcraft is a beast. You should seriously consider whether you are ready to take it as if you were committing to prohibited substances. Levels, achievements, heavy multiplayer, lots of different builds to play, a full economy, endless gear, and just tons of things to collect for vanity, you really have no hope of having any other entertainment if you start playing WoW.

Here are some tips for beginners *

#1. Right-clicking on things in your bag uses them. Like eating, equipping, using key items, etc. It’s also how you can keep track of goals. There’s a lot I can’t think of, so feel free to right-click when in doubt…

#2. Shift and holding the mouse down or clicking something usually does something. Shift + number changes bars, holding Shift on an item compares what you’re wearing, clicking a chat name will show where that person is, and so on.

#3. For the fashionistas out there, Ctrl clicking on something that isn’t equipped will bring it up.

#4. In the options, you have a lot of things to change, such as the display, user interface, video and audio settings. Under the screen, you can set it so that you don’t see your helmet or cape. You can also change the number of action bars to configure your abilities.

#5. Items that have blank names are usually useful in some way, enough that it’s worth checking out what they’re for online on thottbot and such. But grayed out items can always be thrown away, not picked up, or sold for a small price to vendors. Gray items are of no use to anyone. Be careful throwing some away, some gray ones from the daily rewards could be worth gold.

#6. No one needs ammo bags or quivers anymore thanks to a patch, but don’t think that because you have a weapon you need an ammo bag. Just fill your pouch slots with normal pouches and put your ammo in there; if you’re a hunter then you don’t need an ammo bag because you get the speed bonus without one. You also don’t need to carry special bags that carry certain items, it’s probably best to put them on your bench.

#7. While you may think you can sell anything you’re not using right now, you may need those same items later, so to some extent, it may be better to keep certain rugs for a while. It may even be worth setting up an alternate bank to send all the things you don’t want to give up and can’t use.