Who to gift first?

[Ki11s0n3]

Just started playing and got my first gift. Was wondering if there was someone I should focus on gifting first.

[Suzaku]

Give everyone a single gift. You get keepsakes from them. After that, you can give it to anyone you want.

[Ki11s0n3]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Give everyone a single gift. You get keepsakes from them. After that, you can give it to anyone you want.

So you only need to gift them once? Is there any I should do first? Like do the keepsakes give bonuses?

[Learned Hand]

If you give Skelly or Cerberus a nectar, they will each give you a keepsake that's pretty useful when you're just getting started. You'll find nectar pretty regularly and basically every character will give you a unique keepsake after the first nectar, so spread them around to everyone after that.

[Ki11s0n3]

Originally posted by Learned Hand:

If you give Skelly or Cerberus a nectar, they will each give you a keepsake that's pretty useful when you're just getting started. You'll find nectar pretty regularly and basically every character will give you a unique keepsake after the first nectar, so spread them around to everyone after that.

Ok cool. Cerberus won't let me gift right now so I guess I'll go for Skully first

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Achilles for Myrmidon Bracer (reduce frontal dmg but some extra damage from behind), Hypnos for Chthonic Coin Purse (+starting gold), Skelly for Lucky Tooth (partial rez) are good options and useful throughout. Cerberus' keepsake gives flat hp buff which is okay when you're first starting a fresh save but I never use it anymore, too many more useful options later.

Later Eurydice for Evergreen Acorn (for boss fights), Patroclus for Broken Spearpoint (become immune for a short time after taking damage)

After these gods are good as they help let you choose what god to use for your build.

Give one nectar to everybody before giving anybody a second one so you can unlock all Keepsakes. Don't give Hades one atm, he won't give you anything back until for the time being.

[Ki11s0n3]

Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Achilles for Myrmidon Bracer (reduce frontal dmg but some extra damage from behind), Hypnos for Chthonic Coin Purse (+gold), Skelly for Lucky Tooth (partial rez) are good options and useful throughout. Cerberus' keepsake gives flat hp buff which is okay at start but I never use it mid-game.

Later Eurydice for Evergreen Acorn (for boss fights), Patroclus for Broken Spearpoint (become immune for a short time after taking damage)

After these gods are good as they help let you choose what god to use for your build.

Does the Lucky Tooth stack with the rez upgrade you can get?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by Ki11s0n3:

Does the Lucky Tooth stack with the rez upgrade you can get?

Yes, it's an additional rez on top of your death defiances.

[Sir Chaos]

Ideally you get one as a Dionysus boon on the first run and feed it to Sysiphus on the second.

His shackles are the sweetest early start, imo.

Then Chaos.

[Suzaku]

I also like Dusa's keepsake. Hers makes it so you sometimes get a healing item when breaking pots. Might help keep you healthy as you advance.

[Ki11s0n3]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

I also like Dusa's keepsake. Hers makes it so you sometimes get a healing item when breaking pots. Might help keep you healthy as you advance.

Yeah that sounds like it would be super useful

[Ki11s0n3]

Originally posted by Sir Chaos:

Ideally you get one as a Dionysus boon on the first run and feed it to Sysiphus on the second.

His shackles are the sweetest early start, imo.

Then Chaos.

Haven't found him yet, but I'll keep that in mind for when I do.

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Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Originally posted by Ki11s0n3:

Does the Lucky Tooth stack with the rez upgrade you can get?

Yes, it's an additional rez on top of your death defiances.

Note that the tooth defiance always gets used last, so if you lose 1 defiance then remove the trinket you will still lose a defiance.

[Makoto Naegi]

I gave my first nectar to Artemis and had no regrets. It's the only keepsake I've used. If you find a god that has boons that you want to get every run, give them a nectar. The keepsake will make sure you see them plenty.

[Manxome]

If you have 2 or more charges of Death Defiance when you equip it, Cerberus' collar is pretty much a straight upgrade over Skelly's tooth. (Of course, that may not be a trivial "if".)

Hypnos' coin purse is notable because you only need to equip it for a single region to get its maximum benefit, making it very helpful once you can consistently finish Tartarus without dying (and have the renovation to swap keepsakes between regions).

[plutoburn]

One nectar to everyone for keepsake, then give to people who will give you legendary keepsake (companion).