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General Gameplay Tips

By Arges

General gameplay tips I wish I had known during my first runthrough.

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Gamplay Tips

There are a few good character/hird guides out there already, so I thought it would be helpful to itemize a few things I wish I had known during my first playthrough for folks new to the game:

There are several ways to win. Either side with a territory or focus on raising either power or prosperity. Don’t try to max both power and prosperity as it will leave you short of 100 given the time limit. Getting to 100 is the only number that matters.
During camping, always try to convert as many herbs as possible into medicine. Injuries if left untreated progressively worsen and will eventually permanently kill a character. If you have no medicine you could lose the game. Healing during camping is your number one priority.
If the enemy has archers that have a line of sight to one of your unshielded units, always use demoralize. Archers are deadly and can quickly wipe you out. It makes sense to have several characters with demoralize in case someone needs to heal that round, etc.
Pick one of your redundant characters and turn them into a crafter to make weapons and armor for your hird. I used Asleifr since his stats are so spread he really doesn’t excel at anything.
Make sure one of your front line fighters uses an axe so you can hook shields away from enemy tanks.
Tinker water skins and equip them on every active character. This will effectively nullify archers flaming arrow attacks. Using items does not cost an attack action. If not doused, fire causes damage and develops into injuries on your characters. You want to avoid injuries at all cost.
Generally don’t be afraid to use items. You’ll find tons of item parts laying around in cities. Tinker what you need.
When strategically viable, charge archers with shielded units. They will waste an attack action with tactical retreat and pretty much guarantee their untimely demise.
Don’t be afraid to use the low profile trait on all characters that are not going to be shielded on your front line.

I hope this provides some helpful guidance for folks thinking about raiding and/or pillaging.

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Altair1243 29 May @ 6:41am

It's just not true that swords are totally superior to axes. Yes, swords are more damage focused, but axes can also cleave shields, which will do damage to HP not absorbed by shields outright (Ideal when shields are partially broken) and they can disarm enemies, preventing them from using their melee weapons. Seeing as enemy weapons go up a rank on the highest difficulty, that only gains value if you like greater challenges.

Also, heavy strike doesn't always break shields so not sure why that's a thing being passed around.

SnickeringSnaussages 26 Oct, 2023 @ 11:52am

I would add "Do not get Diplomacy on companions", as the wiki says it is "useless". I thought somehow there was a total diplomacy score being calculated and got it on Nefja, and, if it's true that it does nothing on companions, I'm frustrated that it's even an option for non-MC characters!

EolSunder 30 Aug, 2023 @ 11:48am

swordsmen do better later vs shields than axemen. axemen waste a turn using hook to nullify shields for the turn. Swordsmen use heavy strike to do large damage, eliminating the shield if it is blocked, works out the same plus requires the target to repair the shield. axe+shield stronger early game, sword+ shield stronger late game. Only make up swordsmen shield users, you can take 1 level of axe and they can hook shield as their 2ndary weapons, keeping sword/shield as their main damage dealer. There is no reason to ever use a axe/shield over a sword/shield.

Arcitens 28 Sep, 2021 @ 7:05am

Appreciate this and thank you for doing it without spoilers!

jamoecw 17 Aug, 2021 @ 4:47am

now if i can only figure out how to get the game to stop trapping my frontline guys behind my archers at the start of battle this game will be one of the best in my library.

Mauman 17 May, 2021 @ 1:01am

You can in fact get 100 in both categories if you're careful and explore everything.

If you're REALLY careful, you can even take the market upgrade for the Thaig (as it's the superior upgrade in my opinion) and still reach 100 power.

Acamapichtli 7 Dec, 2020 @ 10:01pm

Thanks for the tips. They sound useful. And this is free of filthy spoilers, cheats and exploits for anyone considering reading this article.

Skogr 14 Feb, 2020 @ 9:13pm

Good tips! Especially waterskins... My strategy there has been quite poor, arming my healer with a bunch of waterskins, and it's iffy at best. All eggs in one basket, you know? haha

Ybot 11 Jan, 2019 @ 4:57pm

Main reason I'm looking at guides as I don't think it ever explained what Prosperity and Power actually do, like do they influence morale or are they just numbers with no influence on the game? Wish I knew.

Ybot 11 Jan, 2019 @ 4:55pm

Good tips!

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