Not only is this a double threat class post, it’s a double double threat! (Double threat)^2, if you will. Today is a little different: we’ll be giving a general overview for all of the tier 1 classes, and talk tips on how to play them. We’ll also be giving hints for their class challenges, as they’re a load of fun and unlock items for your normal runs. We’ll be finishing off with some other basic tips for advancement if you get stuck. Let’s get into it!
Fighter
Abilities
💪 Instincts - Can sense enemies farther away in the fog
💪 Veteran - Gains XP when attacked by higher level enemies, and less XP needed per level
💪 Pit Dog - Dungeons runs start with 1 level of standard Death Protection on the character.
Don’t let the name deceive you, Fighters are very versatile. They make great use of spells and while also being fantastic strikers. Poke higher level enemies for XP, maybe realise you can actually kill them! You’ll be able to level up and get stronger, faster. Better. Harder.
Kin
💪 Dwarf - Dwarves were buffed in Rewind, and they’re great if you want a forgiving experience in early dungeons. +10 max HP can help you roll the early levels, so get a conversion in early.
💪 Goblin - Fighters are good at levelling up, Goblins are good at giving experience. What a match. While you won’t have any combat bonus from conversion, using level ups as heals is great, so keep an eye out for them!
💪 Elf - As we’ve said, fighters are not just focused on hitting things and can use spells well. Burndayraz’s damage scales with level, and Elves can help you get more casts off! There’s an early quest that’ll have you playing this way, so you’ll see the strength.
Class challenges
The first fighter challenge is fairly simple: use Wonafyt and Imawal to get enough levels and then take on the boss. Using Imawal on an enemy that is slowed from Wonafyt will give you one bonus XP, and the next enemy you kill after using Imawal will grant 50% more XP.
💪 Use all of your mana before exploring
💪 Use Imawal on slowed enemies for more XP
💪 Convert your items before fighting the boss for an extra edge
The second challenge is a little harder because you’ll be dealing with Goo Blobs, which have high physical resistance. Kill them with Burndayraz when you find it, and make sure to get value out of Veteran XP. The boss deals tons of damage, and attacks back when you Burndayraz. Potions are your friend!
💪 Get Veteran XP value from enemies you can’t kill
💪 Pay attention to your glyphs and where you can use them
💪 The boss will require many health and mana potions to beat
Thief
Abilities
🔪 Stabber - Deals an extra 30% damage to enemies with full health
🔪 Hoarder - +33% more items on dungeon map
🔪 Survivor - All Health Potions and Mana Potions restore both health AND mana
You scale incredibly well with Stabber and can spike super hard for a boss fight with potions! Make sure you hit enemies before you Burndayraz them to not lose your bonus damage from Stabber. This class gets better as you unlock items, so do the class challenges!
Kin
🔪 Halfling - Having more health potions for synergy with Survivor is super strong. This will focus more around attacking
🔪 Gnome - Much like the halfling, more potions gives more value from Survivor. However, you’ll be more focussed on spells like Pisorf and Burndayraz.
🔪 Orc - Gaining base damage from their conversion bonus, Orcs focus more on getting value out of Stabber. Glyphs like Getindare and Bysseps will be super useful.
Class challenges
This class has the strangest and most difficult challenges. In the bronze challenge, you’ll be playing around Getindare to take out bandits, collect their charms for health and damage, and then take out Trapped chests for their loot. The chests hit hard, so make sure you can regen enough!
🔪 An enemy with First strike will always hit you first, unless it is slowed
🔪 You’ll always be level 1 in this challenge, so your HP regen will be very slow
🔪 Take out the trapped chests ASAP! The 5th one will help you with the final boss
The silver challenge is ROUGH, but it will teach you how to use Lemmisi and Weytwut effectively. You’ll find the trapped chests again, but the enemies are far stronger. Use Lemmisi to reveal more tiles, and Weytwut to swap positions with revealed enemies.
🔪 Weytwut can be used on enemies that are far away
🔪 Lemmisi will always restore 1 mana when cast, use it to get out of sticky situations
🔪 While you’ll need potions for the final boss, using them to level up is also a good choice
Priest
Abilities
💒 Good Health - An extra 3 health is gained per level
💒 Good Drink - Health Potions are 100% effective
💒 Good Golly - Physical damage against Undead is +100%
Good Health and Good Drink alone make this class super strong. Every potion is a full health restore, and you have massive amounts of health. This combined with picking off high level undead enemies (vampires and zombies preferably) can turn you into a powerhouse.
Kin
💒 Halfling - More health potions to make use of Good Drink is a monstrously strong combo for taking down bosses, particularly in the Eastern Tundra
💒 Orc - Increased base damage will help you to kill some high level undead early, and scale up into some crazy damage late game
💒 Elf - This is more of a fun choice that ends up being a strong and balanced experience. You’ll be slinging spells more than other Priests, so enemies with high physical resists don’t get you down.
Class challenges
This class has the most simple challenges to complete, but the second challenge will be locked behind finding Gods (don’t worry, you’ll run into them.) The bronze challenge is fairly simple: kill undead, and find a chainsaw and shotgun to help you out. I’m not joking.
💒 Look for kills on higher level undead to boost your levelling
💒 Find tools to help you get that job done
The silver challenge is similar to the bronze challenge, except you won’t have as many undead enemies to pick off and Goo Blobs will have physical resistances. The boss is also incredibly tough, so make sure to save all of your health potions.
💒 Burndayraz and regen fighting Goo Blobs is the best way to take them down
💒 Save health potions and a level-up for the final boss. Frank has an unreasonable amount of health and damage.
Wizard
Wizard is fun if you like slinging some spells, and they work well with 2 other kin that have mana synergy (Gnome and Elf). And for my money Sorcerer is one of the most enjoyable classes in the game, so getting them early is fun!
Abilities
🧙♂️ Magic Sense - Can see locations of all glyphs from level start, all glyphs are small items.
🧙♂️ Magic Affinity - Skills cost -1 mana, glyphs donate 10 points to other conversions.
🧙♂️ Magic Attunement - Starts with Burndayraz, double burning stacks
See those little blue marks in the fog? Those are Glyphs! Make your way towards them to get value from Magic Affinity value ASAP. You don’t need to worry about holding them and clogging your inventory because they’re small. Magic Affinity will give you 2 Burndayraz casts from level 1, but the second part needs some explanation: holding more glyphs makes your conversions better. This means you can hoard Glyphs and convert bought items for massive amounts of conversion points. This makes your choice of Kin important.
Kin
🧙♂️ Gnome - Mana Potions are great for spiking against bosses in a way that having more mana sometimes can’t match. Having more mana potions can also make getting Mana burned less of an issue.
🧙♂️ Elf - Don’t get me wrong: having more max mana can help your early game tremendously, and it comes at a super low conversion cost. However, once you reach a point where it takes 18 tiles to fill your mana bar, things can get awkward. Still strong though!
🧙♂️ Orc - Do you know of Punchomancy? It’s not a tale the Wizards would tell you. The Orc’s conversion bonus is +2 base damage… Pisorf’s damage scales with your base damage and costs less mana than Burndayraz. Not to mention having more base damage great for synergy with Getindare and Bysseps. Go get em’ and be the best Punchomancer around.
Class challenges
The bronze wizard challenge is very easy as long as you read your spells. The guards can be bypassed. Things are going to get weird into the silver challenge though, don’t worry.
🧙♂️ Read your spells!
🧙♂️ Front gates are… Optional.
The silver challenge, aptly named “Malfunctionarium,” is a strange and difficult dungeon. Every enemy, and I mean EVERY enemy, will shuffle their positions on the map whenever ANY enemy takes damage. Not only this, but enemies with lifesteal will chunk your health when revealed. Luckily, there is a way to stop blinking enemies: slowing them. Use this to try to get monsters to stick around for 2 hits.
🧙♂️ Use Weytwut and Wonafyt to slow enemies and disable their blink
🧙♂️ Move towards the glyphs revealed by Magic Sense
🧙♂️ Wonafyt prioritises enemies in this order: Monsters that are not slowed, monsters that are the same level as the player, monsters that are a lower level then the player. There’s a trick you can do with this to slow the same monster multiple times. You’ll figure it out though, Harry.
Basic tips for advancement
Alright, this section should be short and sweet (don’t tell the Gnomes I said that.) Here are some hints on how to progress in the more “meta” sense.
Puzzles
Puzzles are the tutorials of this game. Unlock a god? Play the puzzles to see how they work. No idea how attack priority works? Play the puzzles to get all the details. That Kin you unlocked seems bad? Play the puzzles to see how they can be useful. You’ll also get rewards to upgrade your kingdom!
Class Challenges
As we’ve discussed, each class has challenges that teach you how to play them. Finishing the bronze challenge will give you gold, and finishing the silver challenge will give you an item that will start appearing in shops. Speaking of which…
Unlocking Shops
While out and about, you might find a funny looking scroll. It summons a demon that serves an interdimensional being called Bezaar. Don’t, worry they have the best bargains in town! You’ll have to do a quest or two for them to get better items, so keep an eye out for those.
The Witch is another character you’ll come across. They’ll sell you potions and send you on weird quests for more potions. This will help you in dungeons.
Unlocking Gods
Subdungeons are useful finds. They can contain gold, items, challenges, and snippets of lore. Sometimes, however, you’ll find one with an altar… Be wary of these rooms as they can be deadly, but overcoming the challenge or solving them will reward you with the presence of a God. These gods are fickle beings, and we’ll be writing a post on how to use them sometime soon!
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