Guides
Quick Start
You're new to BS12 and want to learn? Here's what you do!
- If you're new to Space Station 13 in general, read the Tutorial and Starter Guide
- If you're new to roleplay in general, read the Crash Course In Roleplaying
- Read the Rules.
- Read the Quick Start Section of the Canon Page. Canon here differs from other servers, so please read it even if you're not new to SS13.
- When you play as a job you haven't played before, always look over the wiki page for that job. Read the overview box at the top, and have a glance over all the linked guides.
- When you join the round as Security, take special note of these pages:
- When you join the round as a Head of Command, read Chain of Command
Starter Guides
Professions guides
- Space Law
- File:Construction.png Guide to Construction
- File:Singularity.png How to set up the Singularity Engine
- File:Solar.png How to set up the Solars
- Guide to Hacking
- File:Telecommunications.png Telecommunications
- Guide to Food and Drinks
- Guide to Medicine
- File:Surgery.png Guide to Surgery
- Guide to Cadavers
Job guides
Some jobs have additional content written on their job description page.
- Guide to Chemistry
- Guide to Virology
- File:Hydro.png Guide to Hydroponics
- File:Xray.png Guide to Research and Development
- Guide to toxins
- Guide to xenobiology
- File:Robot.png Guide to robotics
- File:StunBaton.gif Guide to Security
- Guide to Genetics
- File:Engineering.png Guide to Engineering
- Guide to Atmospherics
- File:Xenoarcheology.png Guide To Xenoarchaeology
Antagonist guides
- Guide to Traitoring
- Guide to identifying antagonists
- File:Nuke.png Nuclear Agent Field Guide
- Alien Guide
- File:Cultrune.png Cult Magic Guide
- Guide to Malfunction
- Working for the Wizard Federation
Other guides
- Karma System
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Critters (Game controlled beings)
- Creatures (Player controlled beings)
- Guide to Paperwork
- File:Code.gif NTSL (Nanotrasen Scripting Language)
- Random events
- Job selection and assignment
- Terminology
- File:Evilcrab.png Starter guide to admin tools
While you're here, be sure to check out the category page as it may contain some things that aren't listed here.