I am new to neopets, and I would like to start fighting in the Battledome to raise my pet's level, but I don't know where to begin or what to do! Can you help?

theres serveral diffrent ways to, first you need to go to the pirate acadamy or the mystery island acadamy. sign a pet up and find out what kind of currency {dubloons for krawk island, and codestones for mystery island} alfter you do that you'll be able to pay theres no limit on the time it takes to pay so you can shop for the best deal.

Start off with a beginner Battledome set, I recommend you include some things like:

 

Scarabs Ring(s)

Obsidian Dagger

Leaf Shield

Purple Stick Hand

Minor Healing Scroll / Blue Scorchstone

 

As for the training, you might want to start with The Swashbuckling Academy for training, because it is cheaper than the Mystery Island Training School. As you train more and more, you'll be forced to go into the Mystery Island Training School (at level 40), but that's later.

 

Always keep your stats equal, but keep your endurance higher than other stats. If you wish to train agility, do so, but it is useless except for some weapons.

Richie's got a good list there, however Blue Scorchstone is a bit too much NP for a beginner, I'd say Bronze Scorchstone is a good one for the pricepoint of the other items.

Heh, well, since I'm writing a set for my BP application anyway, I might pull together a beginner's set.

 

Training can take time, but TDN's Battlepedia guide to quick training written by our very own BlackJaguar should help you. It is here:

http://battlepedia.thedailyneopets.com/ind.../Fast-Training/

 

If one of your pet's days are coming up, if they are under level 40, you can take them for FREE training on their special day! Cool, huh?

 

And... here's yet ANOTHER TDN BP guide. This one's about sets though. It has a beginner set, too.

http://battlepedia.thedailyneopets.com/ind...ic-weapon-sets/

 

Hope this helps!

Lion beat me to it but still let me just repeat it...

 

If you are concerned about training, feel free to use TDN's OWN Fast Training Guide.