> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gritlands.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gritlands Wiki: Survive, Trade, and Climb to the Top

> Welcome to the Gritlands wiki — your complete guide to gathering, trading, fighting, and clawing your way from a tent to the penthouse.

You arrived with a duffel bag and nothing else. That's exactly where everyone starts in Gritlands — a gritty online life-sim and survival-trading game where you claw your way up from the rural edge of a broken city to the very top of its skyline. Fish the lake, chop the timber, mine the rock, craft what you need, trade what you don't, and fight for the rest. Out here, stuff is money, every rung you climb is visible to every other player, and the penthouse in Grit Tower has your name on it — if you're willing to earn it.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="New Here? Start with the Basics" icon="play" href="/getting-started/what-is-gritlands">
    Learn what Gritlands is, where you start, and what you're actually trying to accomplish.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your First Hour Walkthrough" icon="clock" href="/getting-started/your-first-hour">
    Follow the step-by-step guide from the bus stop to your first CASH and your first fight.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Money Works" icon="coins" href="/economy/cash-and-stick">
    Understand CASH, \$GRIT, and the one place in the world where money enters the economy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Explore the Regions" icon="map" href="/regions/overview">
    Survey Grit Lake, the Quarry, Millside, Grit City, and the dangerous tunnels beneath them.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The five-step climb

Every player makes the same journey — from a tarp pinned to the dirt at Grit Lake all the way up to a penthouse in Grit Tower. Here's the shape of that road.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Land at Grit Lake">
    Your Uncle Roger sets you up with a tent, a fishing rod, and an axe. This is your home base while you learn to gather, cook, trade, and fight. Don't be in a hurry to leave — the lake is the only safe zone you'll have.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Gather, Craft, and Trade">
    Everything you pull out of the world — fish, timber, ore, scrap — can be sold raw, cooked into food, or crafted into something worth far more. Your first CASH comes from Sal's general store; everything after that is up to you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Move Up in the World">
    Turn CASH into better gear and better housing. Go from a tent at the lake to a rented apartment in Millside, then to property you own in Grit City. The skyline you see from the dock is where you're headed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go Underground">
    The Drains run beneath the entire map and hold the best loot in the game. They're also the only place where other players can take what you're carrying. Learn the risk, know your exits, and push your luck wisely.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Conquer the Gritlands">
    A penthouse in Grit Tower. A crew at your back. Territory that belongs to your name. That's the endgame — and every player on the server can see when you reach it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  This wiki is written for players and kept current with the game. Prices, drop rates, and reward figures get tuned with every update — treat any specific numbers you see here as a reliable guide rather than a hard rule, and check the notice board in-game for the latest changes.
</Note>