THE CASTLE NEEDS MORE AMMO!

[Temple]

Im having a hellish time progressing the Castle due to ammo cache's being INSIDE THE CASTLE. I cant even get past the part where you get trapped and fight like a dozen swordsmen... Im using Ricochet, hunger and the Crossbow. I clear a dangerous zone then a very dangerous zone and im empty. Mostly hitting crits, using spells nonstop. How can I even progress at this point?

[Shocknfunk]

It’s a tough place but doable. May need to keep leveling and upgrading equipment. You can also buy ammo reserves from merchant.


Also looked at your profile and noticed you haven’t unlocked a Preyer spirit yet and have yet to fully upgrade any weapons. Would suggest to get some of them at their full potential and definitely go collect some mask shards for those preyer buffs.

[Temple]

AHHHHH I didnt realize you coul buy ammo reserves! You're a life saver!

[Temple]

Wait... Where can I get these reserves? Ive checked all over the hub and cannot find it

[EmpathyandEntropy]

You buy them at the merchant. He moves around but is on the map if you look at it. Also don't forget to use both of your guns and mess around with your spells. Finding the right elemental combos with significantly boost your DPS, and thus help you with ammo conservation.

[Otets Oleksii]

There are multiple ways to get inside the castle:
1) Consumable way. King's bells consumable (drops from Scarlet Coast mini boss and main boss), use it at the end of the stone bridge and the wooden gate will open
2) Miniboss way. There is a big event sign outside the castle, paying witchfire will summon a miniboss. Dps him down while dodging the adds and he will drop a single-use key. Once per run you can use it to unlock a dungeon door near the northen portal
3) Environmental way. I'll hid it under spoiler just in case you want to explore on your own. With some creative roof jumping you can bypass swordsmen trap entirely. Just look for the way to get to the higher ground right before the trap and you may find some opportunities there. Also, once you've got a specific item from the Scarlet Coast vault, you won't need to pay King's bells to enter through the bridge either.
If you want to beat swordsmen trap, the Ice Sphere heavy spell helped me a lot there

Bear in mind, that it won't be easier inside the castle than the outside, so be prepared. Good luck!

[Shocknfunk]

Originally posted by Temple:

Wait... Where can I get these reserves? Ive checked all over the hub and cannot find it

You'll have to unlock the merchant by heading down to the gnosis room. Instead of turning right to see the gnosis book just keep going straight to head up some stairs to unlock a door. You’ll need witchfire for it and forgot how much but it shouldn’t take long to gather the amount needed. After that he ends up hopping around your base from time to time. The ammo reserves cost a tiny bit of witchfire AND a few pieces of gold per pouch.

[Calculus]

Better ammo economy.
Like ricochet combined with lightning will make it have massive dps vs groups.
Also trigerring and doing calamity gives you a big ammo drop.
And remember, stunning enemies will cause you to deal more damage (it feels like +50%), which is important for ammo efficiency against big targets. Just break their sigils
I did everything in this game there is (except vault in the castle map) without ammo packs.

[Ayuruk]

Buy ammo packs from the trader at your base?

[k1000]

Buy ammo

[BlackIce]

nah, conserve ammo and learn your tools. upgrade your gear and spend the gold wisely

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

I did it yesterday first time full run wihtout boss, i had to plan ahead when to use ammo crate, but it worked fine and i had enough ammo left for the boss, but i was to shy :-/

(But i have to say that i have already everything on 3 and 40 vit ... it was on gnosis 2)

Maybe things will change a lot on higher gnosis idk ...

[Shocknfunk]

Originally posted by TheWitchIsOnTV:

I did it yesterday first time full run wihtout boss, i had to plan ahead when to use ammo crate, but it worked fine and i had enough ammo left for the boss, but i was to shy :-/

(But i have to say that i have already everything on 3 and 40 vit ... it was on gnosis 2)

Maybe things will change a lot on higher gnosis idk ...

The amount of witchfire and enemy variety will change, boss encounters stay the same