# ⚡ Getting Started Welcome, new Spartan. This page guides you through your first steps. *** ### 🧭 Step 1 — Join the Community Enter the Arena through our main hub (Discord, WhatsApp, or Community Portal). *** ### 📜 Step 2 — Read the Spartan Code Before contributing, understand: * Roles * Houses * Conduct * Culture *** ### 🏠 Step 3 — Choose Your House Pick a niche path that reflects your skillset and passion: * Scribes * Heralds * Artisans * Echoes * Forge Masters * Seers You may change Houses as you grow. *** ### 📈 Step 4 — Begin Contributing Campaigns are announced weekly.\ Pick one and participate at your pace. *** ### 🧱 Step 5 — Start Your Ascension Consistent participation = progression. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://the-arena-1.gitbook.io/the-arena/getting-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.