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ULTIMATE BEGINNERS GUIDE | An Average Campaign

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Key takeaways

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Storyline (Campaign Flow)

  • The video frames progression as moving through major areas/acts:
    • Forest → boss at the end of each subsection
  • After clearing the Forest, you move into the Dungeon, which introduces:
    • new subclasses/advancements
    • more encounters
    • objectives like finding keys to unlock special doors (e.g., Mr. Bones)
  • Mines/Sewers and other dungeon routes are mentioned as additional progression paths for:
    • unlocking bosses
    • gaining loot

Gameplay Highlights & Core Systems

Lobby / GUI Overview (What Matters Most)

  • Party creation
    • Choose party size.
    • Set game speed to 2.
    • Enable stash crafting (lets you craft using teammate/shared stash items).
  • Run modifiers
    • Modifiers increase rewards (XP/silts) the deeper you go.
    • New players don’t need to worry about modifiers immediately.
    • Beating at 2x difficulty can reward items like a dragon helmet (example mentioned).
  • Achievements
    • Not just flavor: achievements grant boons/accessories, including items tied to specific bosses.
  • Mirror
    • Appearance customization: skin/hair/eyes/eyebrows, outfits, accessories, titles.
    • Races selection/unlocks (described later).
  • Boons builder
    • Core build-crafting system using boon slots (five slots).
    • Boons are bought with silts and unlocked via achievements.

Classes, Subclasses, and Themes

  • There are 7 classes:
    • Warrior: Knight / Grudge Setter / Rampager
    • Rogue: Assassin / Drifter
    • Brawler: Elementalist / Beast / Evolved (mentioned)
    • Ranger: Gloomstalker (noted as nerfed) + Fay Wanderer
    • Mage: Bloodkin Warlock / Necromancer / Artificer (mage got a “huge update”)
    • Priest: Druid / Zealot
    • Bard: Bard of Valor / Bard of Whispers (enchanter roles with healer/DPS variants)
  • Subclass choice is locked
    • You pick a subclass at the relevant progression step.
    • You can’t switch it later, so choose carefully.

Turn-Based Combat Fundamentals

  • Turn order is determined by initiative (higher acts first).
  • HP decreases when hit.
  • Energy system
    • Gain 1 energy per turn.
    • Some moves cost energy (example: a 2-energy move).
  • Focus mechanic
    • Using Focus grants more energy,
    • but increases damage taken that turn.

Inventory, Crafting, and Equipment

  • Inspect shows item description and sell price.
  • Crafting recipes unlock only if you have the required components/materials.
  • Equip/unequip by clicking items in the equipment area.
  • Abilities list scaling stats:
    • Some abilities scale with multiple stats (example: Strength and Dex; Strength scales better).

Stats & Investing Points

  • Stats mentioned:
    • Strength, Dex, Con, Ant, Faith, Charm, Luck
  • Each class generally benefits from different stat spreads.
  • Early example suggestion: invest points into Strength for the warrior.

Encounters: Where to Next

After “ready up,” you choose:

  • Powerful Stranger (trainer-related)
    • Approach (gain progression) or
    • Fight for loot.
  • Scavenge
    • Different options yield different materials (example categories: metal/leather, cloth, etc.).
  • Short rest
    • If you die, you gain exhaustion stacks.
    • Rest removes them.
    • With stacks you deal less damage (example: “20% less damage”).

Trainers

  • Talking to trainers can grant stat bonuses.
  • Alternatively, killing trainers can unlock crafting recipes via their “soul”/drops.
  • Example shown: a trainer offering +3% crit chance.

Boss Strategies (General Tips by Encounter)

The video lists multiple bosses with lightweight counterplay notes:

  • “Baby” boss
    • Key: don’t die
    • When it uses chaos slashing, “explode” is referenced—speaker suggests spamming guard until that attack happens.
    • When it uses a charging ability: dodge.
    • Team pattern: DPS + healer (potions for solo).
  • Dante
    • At 4–5 energy, it uses dangerous AoE: dodge.
    • Expected kill speed: “dies in like three strong moves” with a solid team.
  • Paladins
    • Little detail remembered by the speaker; likely not hard.
  • The Master
    • Has three phases
    • Strategy: bring a good DPS dealer (and presumably sustain).
  • Roid Rat / Maharaga Rat / Mutated Rat
    • Has three phases
    • Tip: kill the small scientist(s) before the rat form you’re dealing with so you can damage the main target properly.
  • Goblin Chief
    • Dismissed as not threatening (“not even a boss” energy).
  • “The Hulk”
    • Progression method: talk to the cobalt guy in the forest, then again in the dungeon, then fight it.
    • Speaker suggests it’s manageable and provides no exact tactics.
  • Mr. Bones
    • Requires the mysterious key to unlock the door.
    • Said to be beatable solo (example claim: solo with Evolved).
  • The Giant
    • With 2 energy: “pummel/double strike” → block
    • With 3–4 energy: heavy “sweeping edge” → block
  • Bone Drake
    • Easy with 3–4 health potions.
  • Void Herald (newer boss mentioned)
    • Knight solo was hard for the speaker.
    • Strategy: bring a cleansing tool for void scorch, plus potions and enough DPS to kill before dying.

Build / Race Progression Tips (Key Info)

Where to Find Build Info

  • The speaker points to:
    • Wiki (described as having “everything”)
    • Main Discord server → General forums → search for minmax builds

Race Unlocks (Requirements + Effects)

  • Human (start)
    • Grants 5% of your highest stat
  • Replian
    • Said to be unavailable now (April Fool event).
  • Dwarf
    • Unlock: beat Piloted Hearth Monarch at the end of the mines
    • Effects:
      • +10% max HP
      • +10% status resistance
    • Crafting “positive effects” gain extra scaling (subtitle garbled, but idea = improved crafting bonuses).
  • Elf
    • Unlock: beat the giant boss
    • Effects:
      • resistance to force and sight
      • immune to charm
      • energy/crit synergy (double-energy chance and crit conversion mentioned)
  • Cobalt
    • Unlock chain: forest encounter → dialogue → dungeon again → fight “Hulk”
    • Claimed effect: bonuses when dealing fire damage
      • life steal
      • resistance
      • reduced crit damage taken
  • Withered
    • Unlock: find a dark mirror encounter in the dungeon → beat the related boss (then follow the chain)
    • Example claim: HP regeneration per turn after completion
  • Luna
    • Hard/complex multi-step unlock (five steps):
      1. Find two blood sisters in dungeon / “cryption forge” and kill them
      2. Join the blood sisters
      3. Go to ancient envoy, kill them, then join them again in another run
      4. Become the blood warlock while having a boon equipped
    • Speaker’s take: “mid,” and suggests not wasting time unless you want the challenge.

Miscellaneous Key Tips

  • Use the wiki and Discord to fill gaps the video doesn’t cover.
  • Trainers, scavenge, rest, and exhaustion all matter for efficiency.
  • Crafting benefits greatly from having materials in stash—especially with multiple teammates.

Gamers / Sources Featured

  • Lemon Limes (speaker/creator)
  • Lemon Not Limes (creator’s brother, mentioned in the secret outro)
  • Main Discord server (referenced, unnamed)
  • Wiki (referenced, unnamed)

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