

As soon as you jump off the ledge, and onto the mountain side near the Sea Cliff Monastery, there's no going back. This will be shortly after you fight a couple Ahn'Bael and Demonlords. The second point of no return is when you exit the Xoldren Tunnels. If you didn't activate, then there's no going back to Thorniara, or anywhere else.

Note: This one can be avoided if you activated the teleportation circle at the fortress entrance, entitled "Rhobar's Fortress - Forecourt." If you activated it, you can simply teleport back and forth from Xardas' Tower and Thorniara. The first point of no return is when you teleport into Xardas' Tower, using the teleportation crystal atop the Northern lighthouse in Thorniara. If you forget to do anything, or collect anything, or whatever, load this save. First things first, when you get the quest "The Beacon," with the objective that reads, "Touch the teleporter," save your game, and do not overwrite it! This will be your fallback save. Refer to "Richer Than Diego" in Miscellaneous achievements for more info on this.

In fact, don't sell anything at all until you get to a certain point. You have infinite inventory space, so there's no need to go out of your way and sell things to a vendor. After a while, they'll give up and go back to where they were before you engaged them. If you jump on top of a rock, they'll often be unable to follow, and thus, unable to attack you. Also: Each version of each rune is on a separate cooldown, so for instance, you can use the weaker rune while the stronger rune is cooling down.Įnemies can't jump. There are stronger versions of each rune. They are extremely helpful, and the cooldown is relatively low, so be sure to use them when you find them. I thought they were a one-use, extremely powerful item. Now, this might be obvious to you, but I didn't figure this out until I got to Tooshoo: Runes are on a cooldown, and you can use them as much as you want. Make sure to explore everywhere (Which you should be doing anyway!), so as to find all the chests containing arrows and other goodies. By the time I got all the achievements related to the bow, I still had about 300 arrows remaining. They don't sell for much gold in comparison to healing potions, and they heal you for a lot of HP.ĭon't be afraid to use your bow. They will help you avoid using healing potions, and thus put you one step closer to getting "Richer Than Diego." If you really don't feel like waiting for the regenartion to heal you, use a bandage. Items with + Health Regeneration are going to be your best friend.
ARCANIA GOTHIC 4 PS3 GAMESTOP UPGRADE
So do not upgrade to Slay until you've gotten that achievement. Being able to stun enemies when they've got about 10 - 20% of their HP left, and then shooting them in the head is the best way to get that achievement. Note about Slay: Do not invest in Slay until you've gotten the "Sniper" achievement. Dominance's fourth unique skill, Slay, will also make getting magic kills much easier, as it kills any enemy at 30% hp or less. Lightning is amazing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its ability to stun enemies for 4 seconds. Invest one point in the Dominance skill tree as soon as it's unlocked, so as to get the Lightning Bolt spell. This will allow you to begin your attack further away from your enemy. You might also want to invest one point into the Mettle skill tree, so as to get the unique skill Lunge Attack. You'll also get passive bonuses to your melee damage and your total health, both of which are very useful. This skill is great because sometimes you'll stagger an enemy when you hit them, and with Hail of Blows you can just keep hitting and staggering them until they die. You should raise Discipline up to the fourth unique skill, Hail of Blows. You should start off your journey by investing your skill points in the Discipline skill tree. And sometimes it can be nice to block spells and arrows while your regeneration heals you a bit. The only thing shields are good for are their stats. Not to mention that when you let go of Y and lower your shield, there's a one second delay before you can attack. If you spend time blocking, you're just gonna be destroyed by the wave of unblockable attacks. The best way to survive is to roll out of the way (Left Analog Stick + Y). Enemies on Gothic difficulty will spam their unblockable, highly damaging attacks. Never use your shield to block melee attacks.
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So, some hints, some are only relevant to consoles as the pc (and probably mac) version doesn't have achievements, for example, and some are kinda spoilery but there's really not much to spoil storywise:
