The Age of Decadence

The Age of Decadence

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MrSean Oct 23, 2015 @ 10:55pm
Nearly perfect(?) walkthrough with hybrid (Spoilers)
Hello, I'll like to get feedback on this walkthrough i have done with a hybrid character.
Greatly appreciated if you are able to point out the quests/paths missed.
The goal of this character is to explore as much content as possible, followed by killing as many people as possible. :)
Note: I prefer to minimize reloading, and only started to take detailed notes of my playthrough after Teron.

Starting character: Mercenary.
6 str, 8 dex, 6 con, 8 per, 8 int, 4 cha.
5 swords, 1 dodge, 1 crit, 2 alchemy.

Teron walkthrough overview:
Mercenary -> thief guild. Used critical strike for throne room and bandit camp. Used explosive pots for final thieves' guild quest.
Final stats:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540677112
5 swords, 6 dodge, 4 crit, 4 craft, 2 alchemy, 2 lore.

Missed out: Feng's room(sneak req), Artifact in throne room(trap & sneak req), Mine fight(possible with excessive reloading)

Maadoran walkthrough:
Thugs - Ask for 100 gold (bodycount). You get to kill em all later anyways.
map -> see gaelius +12 skillpoints
Craft studded ordu armor 7 dmg resist
Rescue religious fanatics - 2 skill points, 1 combat.
Militaedus (easy thief option), get 2104 gold, 6 skill points, 1 combat
Train +4 lockpick.
Slum well: Two power modules + breathing apparatus, keep word of honor. 4 pounds of blue steel, 1 pound of meteor.
Pass the slum - kill 4 peasants. Avoid combat with thief group. Too weak to kill big group.
Nero package explodes. Get name of calvanus.
Get mechanical eye from slum trader & install it.
Train +1 dodge
Arena, thief->zealot->crossbow kid->Papa youchan->Raider
Visit saross, get poisoned, kill prospector. Train +1 lore, get three new locations. Partially fix engine.
Visit all new places for skill points (remember to skip mountain monastery as it gets raided automatically.)
Arena questline - bartender, whorrehouse, 100 swords
Kill mehrab's crew in slums.
Explore Abyss, +18 skill.
Train +4 lore.
Thief quest - get jar, don't turn in quest to side with gaelius.
Turn in calvanus quest+400 gold, 2 skill points.
Train +1 sword.

Stat check: 6 swords, 7 dodge, 4 crit, 4 craft, 7 lore, 2 alch, 4 lockpick

Inferiae - Kill Guardian, turn on defense systems. +12 skill points through portal.
Train +1 lore. Finish abyss. +18 skill points.
Slum - well portal. Get cannister from vat. Get jar. +1 dex, +1 con.
Zamedi cleared. +12 skill points.
Train +2 craft. Craft studded armor, steel helm, steel scimitar.
Fail rogue quest due to missing jar. Proceed with next quest to kill boatmen.+18 skill points
Train +1 dodge.
Aemolous gold - Kill bandits, return gold.
Nasir quest, body count, get gem, + 1000 gold.
Arena->Easily killed up to Mack the knife.
Train +1 streetwise (3 streetwise)

BETRAY THIEVES' GUILD AND JOIN GAELIUS
Harran's pass -> loremaster path + streetwise. Bring ordu to gaelius. +24 skill points
Explore palace top floor +6 skill points
Explore zamedi - reward +24 skill points.
Train +2 craft
Fix library generator, and get surgical kit. +2 civil +6 skill
Arch - Turn on, send one sacrifice. Get +6 skill. One power modules remaining.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540677386

Ganezzar walkthrough:
Laevinus - Get Dead river and Hellgate maps from above inn. +12 skill.
Feng - Get necklace&Ring for 100 gold each. Money is not an issue at this point.
Train +1 lore
Old site - kill aurelians. Get airship, +1 tube, +12 skill points
Train + 2 lockpick

Stat check: 6,9,7,8,8,4
6 swords, 8 dodge, 4 crit, 8 crafting, 9 lore, 3 street, 2 trade, 2 alch, 6 lockpick.

Dead river - attach rope, fix machine. + skill points.
Train + 1 dodge
hell gate - Lockpick 2x generators +10 civic, get bomb, kill all constructs, give spear and mention surgical tools to bernie.
Power armor fight. Use whetstone, strong poison from slums. Win - select RA mode
8,11,7,8,8,4 - Fights become easy to win at this point.
Slums well - get bag (str requirement now met)
Monastery - Push leader, kill bandits. body count - enter vault, lockpick safe. Keep elixir and leave. Turn in elixir +6 skill.
Arena - Champion. Use acid vials, bolas, nets. 4 reloads.
Ganezzar fort - Kill challengers
Ganezzar rescue elias - lord darganus - 6 points. Kill Hector - 12 points.
Train +1 dodge
Agree with Meru to go to al akia. Kill soldiers, let meru get possessed. Kill meru. Get qantari sword, Aegis of the magi. +30 skill points
Erebus (palace loremaster) +5 civil skills, +1 persuasion and etiq.
Clear militades quest (kill daragon)
Power armor - Keep armor, lose word of honor, get power module as a reward.
Dead river - Kill scorpions, train +1 sword, get another respirator, power module
Kill god, or Talk to bernie - One God ending.

Final artis:
Module, 2x ghosthand, qantari sword (2 handed), aegis of the magi, Regeneration potion, Surgical kit, crimson eye, Astrolabe, large module, Demoncore, 2x respirator, Jellyfish, gracius map, Imperial power armor, galbo's ring, gun.

Final stats:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540677468

One god ending:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540678234

Killed god ending - Where's the phat lewtz!?!?!? :(
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540676593

Places unlocked:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540687120
Last edited by MrSean; Oct 23, 2015 @ 11:25pm
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CXXXV Oct 24, 2015 @ 5:07am 
Up you go.
-no bolter?
-i heard you get more dialogue if you go to arch with aegir and/or after meeting baalzar
coolio Oct 24, 2015 @ 3:49pm 
How do you betray the thieves guild to join galleus?
Vince  [developer] Oct 24, 2015 @ 3:54pm 
Great playthrough! :thumbs up:
MrSean Oct 24, 2015 @ 7:58pm 
Am starting up a new assassin for darius tomb. I dare say it may even be more complete than the previous.

Assassin
str 6,dex 8,con 6,per 8,int 8,cha 4

4 spear, 3 crit, 2 alch
Talk to coltan, get regs.
Killed initial mercenary easily.
Feng - killed crassius.
Train +2 sneak, +2 craft jump through blacksmith window, Get +1 bonus craft.
Aemolus gold at guard gate -Sell reward armor, buy spear & leather armor schematics. Craft 1 handed iron spear & ordu armor (10 pounds)
Train + 1 lore - Get jellyfish & kill squatters for bodycount
Palace infiltration - Crit side guard, sneak to right side, investigate stone tower, crit guard, crit guard (west door, guard takes off 25 hp), Throne room, body count. +6 skill points.
Bandit camp - crit kill. Bodycount. +12 skill, +12 skill reward.
+3 lockpick. Sneak up to feng's room, get +1 lore, +1 lockpick.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541382947

Train +3 dodge.
Kill gang behind thief's guild. Crit strike leader.
Shanty town - thief steals, critical strike guard. + 3 skill, + 1 combat. Pay 200 gold to guards.
Militadeus - First fight (use net on axe), second fight (throw fire potion, use poison short bow(THC+9) to snipe after spear is dead via headshots). Reloaded about 8 times.
Close fight...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541383033

Cha-ching, 400++ gold from mili, buy 3 nets and 2 bolas. 2 liquid fire, 2 black bombs. Spend most of your gold. :(
pickpocket encounter behind guild tavern - Catch + 2 skill. (Kill = +1 combat skill.)
Mine - Sneak. Fail 2nd sneak encounter, fight and kill. Loot everything, don't repair(measely +100 gold reward), and go back to dellar. +12 skill, 50 imperials.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541383108
I think the next one is a bug.. So this path may not be feasible? :( They don't aggro.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541383182

Assassin quest - Kill girl 1st, followed by old man. Assist young spy. Kill gias. 2 nets, 1 bola. No reloads. :)

Swear fealty to Gaelius - Helm of destiny quest. + 10 skill points maadoran.
Maadoran - Follow thugs, get +100 gold via bodycount.
Arena - Kill 1st thief. I lost 13 hp. Wtf?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541383272

Talk to loremaster to unlock saross.
Domitius - map +12 skill
Train +1 dodge, Craft studded ordu armor
Kill mob outside preachers.
Accept quest to deliver package to neros.
Visit library of saross. Accept invitation, kill prospector. (no antidote required). No reloads - 4 hp left. :)
Get 3 new locations: Infereia, zamedi, arch. Visit them all. +15 skill points.
Arena - kill zealot, crossbow kid (keep the xbow +9 thc), Papa youchan (run around arena while poisoning him with spears)
Sewer lockpick safe, word of honor +1.
Train + 1 dodge, +1 spear
Slum mehrab gang - Used two explosive pots and 1 bola. No reloads. :)
Abyss - ID mask, reach bottom. +18 skill points.
Arena - kill raider.
Last edited by MrSean; Oct 29, 2015 @ 12:15am
MrSean Oct 25, 2015 @ 1:01pm 
Arena quest - killed tavern thugs with 2 nets. Killed next two thugs in whure house with 2 nets.

At this point, I was stuck, and spent two-three hours trying to kill anything without spending the 50 skill points but failing miserably. :(

In the end:
Train +1 spear, +2 lore.
Inferiae - kill guardian with whetstone and trident. Run around. (be prepared to reload a ton). Go to tower +12.
Zamedi - Help demon escape. +12 skill
Darius tomb - only 3 enemies left after pointing them to fake gold(via high lore?). Used 3 nets to kill. Darius armor YEAHHHH! +18 skill.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541935039
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541937104
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541942482

Increased crafting skill, made new helmet. Wtf moment:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541942727

Train +2 lore.
Palace upper floor + 6 skill
Destroy god in abyss. +18 skill
Train +1 streetwise.
haran's pass (loremaster + streetwise route). Buy ghost hand + power module. Let belgutai die. +24 skill points.
Zamedi quest from gaelius. (already completed) +24 skill points.
palace loremaster - Top floor +etiq +persuasion +5 civic.
Train +3 crafting, +2 dodge. Time to kill everything remaining before ganezzar.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541942597
Militaedes +2104 gold, +6 skill
Kill weak thugs. Lost to hermon's thugs. (what the...)
Nasir quest +3 skill, +1000 g.
Library of Saross - Repair +2 civic skill, Read tablet +6 skill.
Aemolas gold - +2 combat, +6 skill, +400 g.
Train +1 crafting. Blue steel weapons and no more bald head sticking out of helm. Phew.
Slum - hermon's gang finally killed.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541942878
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541942997
Deliver exploding package - +2 skill points +400 g
Get Mechanical eye.
Kill Thugs near arena.
Arena - Clear all except champion.

I'm god! Time to go kill the villagers in inferiae.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541943246
And.... i died. Stupid acid flask. -_-

End of maadoran
Ganeezar begins
Laevinus +12 skill
Get al-akia quest from meru.
kill zealots at main gate, get name of lord darganus.
Lord darganus quest - kill zealot +6 skill, kill preacher +12 skill
Visit old facility, dead river, hellgate +15 skill.
Clear hellgate (lockpick +10 civic, spear to bernie, 2x power modules)
Arch use eye and glove - +6 skill
Train +1 crit, +1 dodge.
Power armor time! Took about 4 reloads.
Return to power armor quest. Kill them. +3 skill, 1 power module. Fun begins.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541943394
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541943519
Time to kill the villagers in Inferiae. Revenge time.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541943686
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541943850
Arena -champion via bolas & nets.
Train + 1 spear
Ganezzar - Kill guards at fort
Train +1 lore
Old site - kill aurelian guards, get power module, open hangar, bring flying fortress to gaelius. +12 skill.
Monastery - Kill raiders, enter exit monastery, kill all villagers. Lockpick safe.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541944029

Turn in for regeneration potion. +6 skill
Go to gaelius, get Caer-Tor map.
Go to al-akia. Kill meru. Return to gaelius. +30 skill, +30 skill. Get aegis.
Go to arch, use aegis. +6 skill.
passing on militaedus quest (requires 5 streetwise) -> investing them in combat instead.
one goddess ending
Men rose up against "him". -_-
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541944262
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541944354
Or
Kill god ending
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541944484

Final stats:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541944685
Last edited by MrSean; Oct 25, 2015 @ 1:44pm
MrSean Oct 27, 2015 @ 3:04pm 
Playing with a crossbow character. Seems to have more disadvantages. Had to pick up 3 alchemy. Using the same path as the assassin above. Successfully up to maadoran now. :)
Heilig Oct 28, 2015 @ 8:13pm 
great guide!
76561188078797539 Oct 28, 2015 @ 8:18pm 
Trying your "almost full experience" assassin above. Running into some inconsistencies.

Train +2 sneak, +3 craft jump through blacksmith window, Get +1 bonus craft.
Either typo, or this has been lowered - the craft check is at 3 points total, raises to 4.
Going in with 4 craft loses the bonus.

Aemolus gold at guard gate -Sell reward armor, buy spear & leather armor schematics. Craft 1 handed iron spear & ordu armor (10 pounds)
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but having serious cashflow problem at this point. Do you sell anything specific?

Train + 1 lore - Get jellyfish & kill squatters for bodycount
I think I really need some combat practice. Took so many reloads to win... against squatters >.<

Palace infiltration - Crit side guard, sneak to right side, investigate stone tower, crit guard, crit guard (west door), Throne room, body count. +6 skill points.
Stuck on this. West door guard offs me even with additional +1 CS (total 4 points).

Can actually crit both guards in the tower (with CS 4) and get the fight with Flavius, but he's a tough cookie with this build.

Anyway, will mess around the compound tomorrow, gotta hit sack before work now. Blah, stupid responsibilities interfering with my gaming.

Anyway, thanks for the walkthrough. The decent builds I came up with that were doing fine in combat seem really limited as to access to various parts of the game (yes, I know, replay, but still). Don't feel like going social-side now, so the check details you provide are incredibly helpful.
iliketurtles Oct 28, 2015 @ 11:21pm 
Pretty sure all the free skill training only works if your skill is below a certain threshhold (and it seems like 4 is it). In addition to the lore scroll and pile of chests at Feng's, and the smith's table, Coltain can give you some free alchemy training as well.

Are you murdering the guard, and looting the merchant and chest? You should have like 260 gold in your pocket by the time you talk to Feng. I defer buying either of his trinkets (pretty sure I read you can purchase them again later in Ganezzar), so that saves some cash. Killing Cassius should net you another 75.

It feels like the Aemolas thing is kind of a wash early on (the hamata he gives you sells for a like half of the admission fee you paid), but the pay out later is pretty nice.

Buying the leather armor and spear schematics will cost you 125g, and the leather a few gold more, but making that ordu leather will be better than anything you will find (until you make the studded). It's a pretty sound investment.

Looting the palace to its fullest (see below) will nab you a few more gold. With 4 sneak/ 4 lock picking you can also visit the rich lady's house at night (as well as re-visiting Smith's to grab that chest you missed earlier). Completing the bandit and aurelian outpost quests will put another 100g or so in your pocket (which is a breeze once your crit, sneak, and body count are up to snuff). Corpsifying the street trash of Teron will put a few gold back in your pocket as well (also, bronze ingots don't sell for much, but turning them into upgraded items adds value with the vendors).

Save cash by using healing salves on yourself when you're banged up rather than paying the expensive healer fees.

Flavius is a tough bird. I don't mess with him. If you're really trying to pad you body count, and you find you can take him, then more power to you. The back room of the guard house has a chest you can loot if you have 3 sneak/3 lock pick, but I can't personally attest as to whether investing those points into lock picking now won't make things too tight later. Otherwise, I don't see any reason for even entering the building.

Just go around to the main building, climb to the roof, take out there guard up there, and snag the key. Dropping into bedroom nets you free etiquette, and with those stats you can kill the guard in the hall, pilfer the dining room (steel pugio and golden dishware), handle the display room, and waltz in to the throneroom unscathed.


Edit: Actually, it's a slight departure from the walkthrough, but I infiltrated with 3 sneak, 3 lock picking, 4 crit, then proceded to pick the place clean. Next, hit the bandits (CS leader, intimidate, profit). +1 sneak, and you're ready to hit Feng's, which will get you 4 pick locks. With this, you can rob the rich lady's house, get that chest you passed up in the Smith's house, and successfully infiltrate the mines at the Aurelian Outpost (including popping open that chest).
Last edited by iliketurtles; Oct 29, 2015 @ 12:19am
MrSean Oct 29, 2015 @ 12:11am 
Sheepity, you are correct. It was a typo. My apologies. Should've been +2 crafting.

My new super uber crossbow character. I would not have been able to become arena champion so early in the game with melee skills. The bolter is an insanely overpowered weapon when combined with 4 alchemy.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=543823821

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=543823859
Last edited by MrSean; Oct 29, 2015 @ 12:11am
MrSean Oct 29, 2015 @ 12:13am 
Sheepify,

Stuck on this. West door guard offs me even with additional +1 CS (total 4 points).

The guard takes off 25 HP. I'll add that.
76561188078797539 Oct 29, 2015 @ 4:27pm 
Thanks to both of you.

I'll try to sit down tonight and give it another go. :)

Originally posted by iliketurtles:
Are you murdering the guard, and looting the merchant and chest?

Not entirely certain which part of the game you mean here, to be honest.
Last edited by 76561188078797539; Oct 29, 2015 @ 4:28pm
I found this super helpful; good work all around. Thanks for this.
iliketurtles Oct 29, 2015 @ 10:46pm 
I believe you said you were playing assassin background? I was referring to the first mission (killing the merchant). You can opt to let the guard live, but you'll get less loot for it. Killing him nets you all the loot. However, in the assassin version of the vignette, the merchant has already been robbed of his valuables (gems and a gold ring) by a thief (robbing the merchant is the thief vignette).

With these stats, if you start as mercenary, you will foil the robbery attempt (perception check), and all the merchant's loot will be yours for the taking once the assassin is dealt with (although you can choose to let him go as well), as well as another 250 in cash (and a bit of side loot) from the follow-up mission (provided you choose to fight, and the merchant dies).

You can choose to work for Neleos afterward, so the rest of the outline still works (killing spies -> defecting to Aurelian).
Last edited by iliketurtles; Oct 29, 2015 @ 10:49pm
76561188078797539 Oct 30, 2015 @ 4:06pm 
Originally posted by iliketurtles:
I believe you said you were playing assassin background? I was referring to the first mission (killing the merchant).
Ah, thanks. Didn't put it together.

I start as a merc, so get all the loot from the opening sequence. The money issues come from nonexistent trading skill, and prices of the schematics. I ended up selling some of the alchemy supplies that I couldn't immediately use, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the best way to go about it.

Technically I should be selling the looted weapons, but then I wouldn't have the resources to do crafting.

This is all long before the palace sequence, and I haven't used the healer even once.

Anyway, hope to sit down this weekend and try things out. Didn't manage to last time :(
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