Help me!

[souper]

I'm a new player, so please help what the following items do:
Mana Orbs: ???
XP thingie: ???

If you can, please provide links for walkthroughs for certain bosses and also perhaps XP bags.
Anything helps, i play a bit defensively.
Oh, and help me find where Glitch's (blacksmith's) brothers are for knowledge and the part for choosing a path.

[Spookey]

Mana orbs refil your mana, and XP pouches give you extra experience to level up.

Also, I suggest this guide for the XP bags, I have heard the creator is a real stud ;)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=471586527

[souper]

thx, if u can give me some tips for finding the blacksmith's brothers for knowledge, that would help!

[Dentorhedge]

Well,

Glitch is in the Oukoku forge,
There is the feller below the Worm Pit,
There is the husband of the boy's mother,

One feller is either in the safe of a beastmaster with a sick daughter or
Through a magical lightning-activated secret passageway beneath a koi pond

and le Cavalier-de-Pala is chained up right before the final boss.

[Dentorhedge]

The only boss where blocking (holding down) is required is with the Salt Guardian in the beastmaster route.

In the magician route the best way to dodge the shots when the Pengu prince is summoning a blizzard is to dodge upward at the last minute.

Pleo (after the golden idol), magician route, can be charged through using the upward charge move

The mega-pheonixes from the beastmaster route endgame are immune to beast-power.

and more bits and pieces of shtuff...

[souper]

Thx. im a new player, so any help will help.

[CaRmAgE]

Originally posted by Dentorhedge:

The mega-pheonixes from the beastmaster route endgame are immune to beast-power.

Not true. They absorb fire from Hebi, but Buffo works fine (probably Suino, too, but I never tried it).

[souper]

k.... but i need help about the two pathes. you know, the beastmasters and something else. i dunno what it is.

[CaRmAgE]

About which path to choose? The path using the phoenix eggs at the door in the mountains is the beastmaster path, while helping the guy at the docks takes you on the magic path. IMO, the beastmaster path is easier, but the magic path has more XP. Both paths provide ways of healing yourself. Since you say you play defensively, you might want to try the beastmaster path first; when you run out of HP while beast-riding, your beast leaves instead of you dying.

[souper]

any guides/ walkthroughs for the magic path? i just went with beastmaster cuz i didn't know what
the other path was and how to get to it.

[PestoForce (Nick)]

There are lots of videos online if you want to see how to approach the magic path. But overall it should be pretty self-explanatory. You're welcome to post in the forums (or here) if you get stuck.

[souper]

i am beastmaster path, how can i switch paths?

[PestoForce (Nick)]

Once you've chosen a path you can't switch, but the other path is started by helping carve the statue for the pirate.

[souper]

so, are you saying that if i get diamond dust and carve the statue, that leads to the magic path?

[PestoForce (Nick)]

Yes.

[souper]

Thx.