Tavern defense

[Chris]

So im playing on hard with no issues but it would be nice if i could level up a bit for the tavern defense and im wondering how much time i have before the fight.Im still level3....also the fight takes ages in turn based mode which is my favorite so any tips?

[Razer]

Nice necro

[Draken]

Originally posted by ayrtep:

Originally posted by canuck250:

Fair but I want to punch home exploring the whole map instead of concerns of map travel. The main time killer is resting.

The key point here is that you want to avoid the random encounter that sends you back to the tavern for the tavern fight. Its random so the more travelling you do the higher the chance to trigger it.

So try to plan hitting all the encounters while minimising the distance travelled in the main map and prioritising encounters that favour doing pre-tavern-defence; treat it as a maths puzzle.

The map is kind of an X with the defender's heart at one tip, the Tower of Estrod at another tip, Tirabade Residence a third tip and Pitaxian Wine cellar at the last tip. There is also a free teleport back to the Defender's Heart near Pitaxian. Good luck.

Is it random? I though you can only trigger that encounter after the three days are up?
I actually used that encounter to get back to the tavern quickly after finishing the last time sensitive task with freeing the story teller.

One thing about the world map, crossing the rents is incredible time consuming. So try to only do that when necessary.

[ayrtep]

I have get the return to tavern encounter on my first journey south, before reaching the market square, and also after finishing everything else. Seems completely random. The three day thing seems to only applies to sleeping in the tavern, so irrelevant if you never sleep in the tavern.

[Uzkin]

I always manage to level up to level 5 before the tavern defense triggers. No tricks; I just don't rest a lot nor travel back and forth a lot.

I just fought the tavern defense again today, and I had already cleared absolutely everything in Kenabres by that time (exluding the bonus boss in Market Place that only spawns after the tavern fight).

[Draken]

Originally posted by ayrtep:

I have get the return to tavern encounter on my first journey south, before reaching the market square, and also after finishing everything else. Seems completely random. The three day thing seems to only applies to sleeping in the tavern, so irrelevant if you never sleep in the tavern.

I am pretty sure that the three day timer also applies otherwise, not just via tavern resting. It's three ingame days and the game counts that time as well. What you do have to watch out for though is the rest timer. If you set that to auto-rest it's easy to waste a ton of hours on inefficient natural health regeneration.

[Malavok]

Originally posted by Mordred Morghul:

Cheese it. Go out, do all the quests, rest as much as you need. Get all the XP you can. Always save on the map/before you rest at the tavern. If you get the messenger event from resting at the tavern or on the map as a random encounter, reload. It will not happen again for a little while longer. Keep delaying the event in this way. That is how I got to level 5 before doing it.

Yea this is the real way to make the fight easier and succeed at it. Just keep postponing it til you level up to 5 through quests. You will not get caught up in it if you don't rest at the tavern and reload every time you get the random encounter on the map.

[Malavok]

Originally posted by Draken:

Originally posted by ayrtep:

I have get the return to tavern encounter on my first journey south, before reaching the market square, and also after finishing everything else. Seems completely random. The three day thing seems to only applies to sleeping in the tavern, so irrelevant if you never sleep in the tavern.

I am pretty sure that the three day timer also applies otherwise, not just via tavern resting. It's three ingame days and the game counts that time as well. What you do have to watch out for though is the rest timer. If you set that to auto-rest it's easy to waste a ton of hours on inefficient natural health regeneration.

The 3 days thing means that after 3 total days you will either be forced to start the tavern if you (1) sleep at the base or (2) get caught by the messenger on the map. If neither of these happens, you don't have to start it yet. So you can just keep reloading every time the messenger encounter happens. It's random.

[Babbles]

Again - no way you want to play this part at level 3 - maybe re-roll a few more starts and find some low hanging XP fruit, try to get a level 5 Arcane Caster and that Rod of Extend I mentioned 2 years ago - really helps.

And the encounter is only semi random - at some point, you will have to travel, you *will* get a non random random encounter.

[Babbles]

Originally posted by Malavok:

Originally posted by Draken:

I am pretty sure that the three day timer also applies otherwise, not just via tavern resting. It's three ingame days and the game counts that time as well. What you do have to watch out for though is the rest timer. If you set that to auto-rest it's easy to waste a ton of hours on inefficient natural health regeneration.

The 3 days thing means that after 3 total days you will either be forced to start the tavern if you (1) sleep at the base or (2) get caught by the messenger on the map. If neither of these happens, you don't have to start it yet. So you can just keep reloading every time the messenger encounter happens. It's random.

No - the random seed isn't as random as you think. Show me a 15 day pre Tavern Fight save ... you can't ...