How long do I have in act 1?

[sleeper]

It seems there is a timer but how long exactly do I have?

[Thurgret]

Think it's three days. You can definitely complete everything before then if you want to.

[F.O.A.M]

no timer, idk at what point you are in but the only thing that is on a timer is the very first demon attack on the tavern, and that is like 1-2 days only

[Kasa]

Originally posted by Kasa:

Figured I'd post this here for new players.
There are very few hard time limits and they are all in chapter 1 but they don't tell you what they are so I figured I'd link a post to a kind soul who lists them.

Spoilers are blocked so you won't see exactly what unless you click on them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/p7d527/wotr_and_timed_quests/h9iuudk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[Khitchary]

You want to do two areas before 3 days is up otherwise you are good. Market Square and the Library

[Maradum]

There is no main timer. You have 3 days until a certain event at the tavern. After that event some of the locations are changed, but after that you can take X amount of time till you do the Gray Garrison. The first 3 days are important, after that there is no fixed timer.

[Doenyon]

If you mean going fast enough not to have to do the defense, well, you do want to do that defense, it's massive xp, and some nice loot. :D
Also, there's some events that changes in kenabres depending on how long you took to reach them. (won't spoil though)

[Beewo]

Tip try to get to lvl 4 before that event and save before you sleep in the tavern.

[Beewo]

Originally posted by Doenyon:

If you mean going fast enough not to have to do the defense, well, you do want to do that defense, it's massive xp, and some nice loot. :D
Also, there's some events that changes in kenabres depending on how long you took to reach them. (won't spoil though)

You also get exp and loot for finishing the garrison before the event. But yeah takes some quick running around then.

[Gregorovitch]

You have about three days (read three rests) before the Defender's Heart defence battle triggers. If you go about it the right way this is in no way a problem. Simply don't use per rest spells or abilities, stick to melee/physical ranged supported by Ember's Slumber Hex, which is infinitely spammable and is super-powerful at this stage of the game, and keep trucking to clear Market Square (avoiding anything that's really dangerous for now), clearing the cultist hideout at the temple, pick up Dearun (you need to do this to rescue someone for a Market Square quest), and then rescue the Storyteller from the library.

I can do that on one rest. But then I've done it three times during beta so it might take you two. No matter, if you do all that, and hand in the quests you should easily flip L5. At L5 this big battle becomes a pleasant romp. Web and Grease are the main solutions for it. You can finish off anything you avoided previously after the defence battle before you start the final Act 1 mission at leisure. No more timers involved.

If you rest spam however this battle will trigger at L3 and you will be in for a world of pain.

This is all you need to know. Just don't rest until you absolutely have to until you get to level 5, or at the very least L4. To achieve this don't fight anything nasty you don't have to fulfil quests until after the battle. It's not difficult to do this.

[sleeper]

who is hulrun and ramien? It seems I need to do that before the defense

[Doenyon]

Originally posted by Beewo:

You also get exp and loot for finishing the garrison before the event. But yeah takes some quick running around then.

really ?
Like just as much ? That event for me is upward a thousand exp given how many you kill. Oh I'll have to try that sometimes.

[dulany67]

Originally posted by sleeper:

who is hulrun and ramien? It seems I need to do that before the defense

You will meet them in market square.

I also want to stress that you need to click the toggle for recommended rest OFF, and only rest for 1 cycle.

[Jaevwyn]

no really annoying timers that cause you to game over regardless of what you were doing, just independent event timers - much nicer than kingmaker!

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by dulany67:

I also want to stress that you need to click the toggle for recommended rest OFF, and only rest for 1 cycle.

Excellent point, I forgot about that. If you don't then any rest you do have to take will count double probably against the three rest limit.

[sleeper]

which is the day the demons attack 21 or 22 arodus?