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Wiki:Layout guide

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This page is about the section order of each page type. For how articles are written and titled, see Wiki:Manual of Style.

The Layout guide sets the section order for every type of article on this wiki, so a reader always finds the same information in the same place. It is the companion to the Wiki:Manual of Style, which covers writing, titling and categorisation.

Every content page ends with the same tail: Changes, Trivia, References, then the navbox footer.

Fixed section order per page type, so readers always know where to look. Modelled on OSRS Wiki. Every page ends with the universal tail: Changes → Trivia → References → navbox footer.

Quest page

  1. Hatnote (e.g. {{Quick guide}}
if a condensed guide exists).
  1. {{Infobox Quest}}
(right rail).
  1. Lead paragraph (one line: what the quest is, who gives it, where).
  2. Details — start point, requirements, items required, recommended, enemies.
  3. Walkthrough — named narrative sub-stages (=== Stage name ===).
  4. Rewards — quest points/XP/unlocks ({{Quest rewards}}

).

  1. Required for — later quests that need this one.
  2. Changes / Trivia / Transcript link → Quest series navbox.

Item page

  1. Hatnote, only when the name is shared across tiers (see Wiki:Item page guide#Two items with the same name).
  2. {{Infobox Gear}}
for weapons, armor and accessories; {{Infobox Tool}}
for tools; the older type-specific infoboxes for cosmetics, consumables and materials.
  1. Lead paragraph — one sentence: what it is, its tier and set, and how it is obtained.
  2. Possible rolls — for gear that drops from dungeon chests: {{RollTableHead}}

, one {{RollRow}}

per rarity band, closed with |}. Never any probabilities.
  1. Legendary effect — only where a Legendary drop can carry one.
  2. Creation — station, requirements and materials, for anything craftable.
  3. Item sources — every source, with how often it drops given in words (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very rare, Extremely rare) and never as a number.
  4. Optional player-facing prose — strategy, usage, gallery.
  5. Changes / Trivia → item-set or type navbox.

Full instructions, the parameter reference and a worked example: Wiki:Item page guide.

NPC / Enemy page

  1. {{Infobox NPC}}
or {{Infobox Enemy}}

.

  1. Lead + related-NPC links.
  2. Location(s) — where found.
  3. Drops — tiered loot table (always → gear → materials → rare → tertiary),
  fixed columns: item · qty · rarity · value.
  1. Dialogue / role (NPCs) or Combat / tactics (enemies).
  2. Changes / Trivia → region or faction navbox.

Location / Region page

  1. {{Infobox Location}}
(region, fast-travel, music, map image).
  1. Lead + lore.
  2. Getting there — all access routes.
  3. Sub-areas — as subsections, with {{Main}}
spin-outs for big ones.
  1. Quests, Inhabitants (NPCs), Points of interest (stations, shops).
  2. Changes / Trivia → region navbox grouping every POI/NPC.

Dungeon / Raid page

  1. {{Infobox Dungeon}}
(location, floors/tiers, enemy types, boss, map).
  1. Lead + Getting there.
  2. Access requirements — level/quest gates, entry cost.
  3. Enemies — weak → strong, grouped by type.
  4. Boss — mechanics, phases, drops (link to boss NPC page).
  5. Rewards / loot.
  6. Changes / Trivia → dungeon navbox.

Crafting station page

  1. {{Infobox Station}}
(where found, what it makes, skill gate).
  1. Lead.
  2. Recipes — table of everything craftable here (inputs → output, level, cost).
  3. Locations — every place this station appears.
  4. Changes / Trivia → station/crafting navbox.

See also