View source for Living off the Land (LOTL)

''“The rules for Living off the Land are simple. No trade, no banking, no merchants, and no picking up anything off the ground that wasn’t dropped by something you killed. Now you know what it means to ‘Live off the Land!’” - the LOTL Leprechaun''

==Introduction==
Living off the Land (LOTL) is an survival themed game mode in EUO that you can only opt-in to when you start a new character. Whole swathes of the game is now off limits to you. As the LOTL Leprechaun states: 

*You can't trade: so you can't get items from other players. You can't pick up any item that isn't soulbound to you (ie flagged as your possession from killing a monster or from crafting it yourself).
*You can't bank: so once you hit your carry limit you have nowhere to store excess items. Unless you have a house. Inventory management becomes very important. 
*Almost no merchants: you can't buy from most NPC merchants. That means no easy access to potions, weapons, food, scrolls, ec. 
*Exceptions to the no merchants rule are: the glass, silver, crystal and adamantium coin merchants in Nordhaven. You can also buy house deeds for the 50kgp housing towns from the LOL House Deed merchant in Darbrough.
*LOTL players can access trainers (ie at the [[University of Tanelorne|University]]) & ability trainers (ie spell trainers)  

However, you can interact with quest NPCs and complete most if not all quests.

==Becoming LOTL==

To be eligible for LOTL your character must be level 1, have zero experience and have not picked up or traded an item. To flag yourself for LOTL, the slash command is: 

*'''/lotl 1''' 

To turn LOTL off, the command is: 

*'''/lotl 0'''

You can turn LOTL off for your LOTL enabled character at anytime, but once you do it is irreversible.

==Changes in game play==
* if you have a tool in your inventory it won't drop again, slightly increasing your chances of getting all tools
* most tools and wands do not randomly break in use, with the exception of fishing rods when you fish in lava or the void or acquire dragonscale boots
* low level LOTL players get a small increase in food and potions drops from bosses
* LOTL players get increased returns from using deconstruction wands and polypile wands
* lutes drop as a tool for LOTL
* LOTL players get a seed when eating apples, tomatoes, peppers (only)
* LOTL players can only store items in chests that they've crafted themselves
* LOTL players can't share xp with non-LOTL players (and vice versa) in a party, if LOTL player/s gets last hit they get all the xp. 
* LOTL players in a party share xp as normal, but the player that does the last hit on boss gets the loot

==Tips & Tricks==

Having an existing house tied to your account is a massive plus as it allows you to store items since you can't use the bank, you must however have created the intended chest yourself. 

Polypiling is your friend. Deconstruction wand is your friend.

==Warning==
Not for newbies! No seriously, not for new players, even if you are a masochist! Lotl is meant to be a very restrictive form of playing for experienced EUO players who want an extra challenge.