Blood of life

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

Okay, so I used Blood of life and it didn't increase number of lives, I had 4 when I used it, after using it it says Blood of life next to the number of lives or Times died stat, anyway ... I died and nothing happened except number of lives decreased to 3, so I guess it kicks in only when you die 'for the last time' (no lives left) , right ?

[DFuxa]

Correct - if you use the Blood of Life, it will only kick in on the last instance of your dying.

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

Thanks !
I died when I opened a chest, 4 rare enemies spawned and I didn't rest before opening it, almost made it though, ah I don't think I'm gonna open them anymore, not just chests but anything that I don't need to :)

btw I'm following your let's learn guide on youtube, currently on ep.5 , it's awesome, helped me a lot, I just started playing this game cpl of days ago, tried few combos with classes and races but was confused where to go and what's going on, you explained it very well !

[DFuxa]

Glad you found it helpful.

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

Got killed 3 times in Sandworm Tunnels and I managed to do that in 2 mins, with 0 lives left I asked to be back somewhere else and I went to Maze where I finished first instance with no problems. I'm level 12 btw
Kinda feeling pretty bad about that Sandworm thingy, thinking starting over just to get there and die the same way makes me sick, yeah I can play in Exploration mode but that's not fun and no matter how experienced I get to play that tunnel it's just not good, that level should have been optional IMHO, it's ridicilous ! If nothing else it's tedious.

[wckowalski]

Note that it's not just the blood of life, it will use eidolon lives before any other kind or extra life.

oh, and the sandworm lair is actually optional if you don't pay attention to the quest log. Only mandatory dungeons on the starting continent are dreadfell and reknor.

[DFuxa]

Ignoring Racial Starting dungeons and Class specific dungeons - such as the Dwarven starting dungeon, or the Cursed class dungeon.

[errantstar]

Originally posted by wckowalski:

Note that it's not just the blood of life, it will use eidolon lives before any other kind or extra life.

oh, and the sandworm lair is actually optional if you don't pay attention to the quest log. Only mandatory dungeons on the starting continent are dreadfell and reknor.

sandworm lair is absolutely madantory

e: class specific dungeons aren't ever required but unless you're on madness you should do them anyway

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

Yeah indeed, option to resurrect was there.
https://imgur.com/a/XOCMi

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

If that level isn't mandatory then I don't see where to go next, I have Daikara left to do (beside Sandworm) for Into the darkness quest. My quest log can be seen here :
https://imgur.com/a/jtmH3

To make my question more clear, do I need to complete Into the darkness quest in order to finish the game ?

[errantstar]

You don't have to but sandworm lair gives you a permanent benefit that isn't found elsewhere so skipping it is extremely dubious.

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

I see, well in the meantime I had more quests added, so yeah I think it's doable.
I'll try sandworm lair again, started new game with a new class and I find this one to be WAY better and quicker, suits better my style, anyway I'll try it again and if it doesn't work I'll just pass that one.

[wckowalski]

Yeah, sandworm lair is highly recommended for the item you get at the end, but you don't have to do any of the areas you can see to beat the game except dreadfell, and then reknor which opens up after doing dreadfell.

Most important tip for sandworm lair is to only move between rooms by following shortly behind a sandworm, and having a teleport can save you.

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

I did it, it was extremely slow (because I was extra careful) and it cost me 1 life.
And that life I lost on last level with boss who appeared right after spawning in that room, surrounded by maybe 10 more various creatures, it took maybe 2 turns and I was dead, I wasn't even aware that boss is in there, I realized that after I died.
Anyway I don't think it's worth it, didn't get anything special, maybe if you go there early, I went on level 16, but okay... glad it's not mandatory because definetelly it's not for me :)

[wckowalski]

The boss gives you the heart of the sandworm queen, which when consumed gives you a level worth of points to spend.

[Satoshi Nakamoto]

Damn, didn't know that, I probably missed it then somehow tho I doubt that (don't see how) or I just didn't know what that is and sold it, thanks for the info, I'll visit it next time again and check it out. If that's the case then it's definetely worth it :)