earliest catalyst possible?

[DuelShockX]

Whats the fastest way to get a catalyst when you start a new run?

[NightmareGats]

Killing the hydra in darkroot basin

[DuelShockX]

Originally posted by NightmareGats:

Killing the hydra in darkroot basin

then spawning dusk?

[NightmareGats]

Originally posted by DuelShockX:

Originally posted by NightmareGats:

Killing the hydra in darkroot basin

then spawning dusk?

Yes.
The catalyst is the best one in the beginning.

[DuelShockX]

Originally posted by NightmareGats:

Originally posted by DuelShockX:

then spawning dusk?

Yes.
The catalyst is the best one in the beginning.

then whats the 2nd fastest method cause killing crystal men and the hydra will be too hard for my low level character. I'm trying out whats it like to be a mage

[WickedRequiem]

Well, if you just need a staff to cast a mage spell, you can always go buy one from "the man in the hole" in New New Londor (or whatever the underground town is called).

[DuelShockX]

Oh yeeeaaah forgot he exists since I never go to him and he doesn't have anything special/useful that other NPC's have

[NightmareGats]

Ahh sorry man, i thought you said "best one" in the beginning XD

[DuelShockX]

Nah, though I've yet to understand how magic adjustment works.

[Tups]

Originally posted by DuelShockX:

Originally posted by NightmareGats:

Yes.
The catalyst is the best one in the beginning.

then whats the 2nd fastest method cause killing crystal men and the hydra will be too hard for my low level character. I'm trying out whats it like to be a mage

You can do it naked with any starting class weapon/stats(battle axe or zwei works best though, else use the morning star). Hydra will smash/blast all the golems in 1or 2 blows.* You can also get the hornet ring, stone giant armor set and join the forest covenant.

*Some RNG may apply.

[Evilcheesewheel]

Start out as a sorcerer.

[AnKalameet]

Magic adjust is pretty simple--as your intelligence increases, it goes up. The Oolacile catalysts are the exception, as they're static at 180. This makes them great for low-level sorcerers, but by 27 intelligence, other catalysts catch up and then exceed them. Between 27-40 int, Beatrice's Catalyst/Izalith Catalyst/Sorcerer Catalyst are best, beyond that Logan's is best. Of course, starting at 32 int, which is the minimum required, the Tin Crystalization Catalyst blows them all out of the water, at the price of halving the number of casts you have. The Manus catalyst works similarly, though it has a much lower int requirement--it overtakes the Oolacile catalysts at 23 int, and has the highest magic adjust until 32, where it is relegated to a permanent second place.

(since Dark Magic scales to both the magic adjust of the catalyst and its strength scaling, dark magic cast with the Manus catalyst at high int and strength is more powerful than if it were cast with the TCC)

[Rithm Fluffderg]

Originally posted by DuelShockX:

Nah, though I've yet to understand how magic adjustment works.

Your MagAdjust is calculated based off of the spell tool's base MagAdjust with additional MagAdjust based on any scaling the spell tool has.

Each spell's power depends on a multiplication of the MagAdjust. Soul Arrow deals 0.9 * MagAdjust, which means that if your MagAdjust is 100, you deal 90 Magic Damage.

Heal will heal the player for 3 * MagAdjust on their Talisman. Great Heal is 8 * MagAdjust

Some spells don't rely on MagAdjust at all, though, usually spells that perform a strict function (like negating fall damage or making your steps silent or curing poison/toxic/pleed)