When should you leave Skalitz?

[Lobstersaurus]

Do ya'll just leave immediately or do you stick around for a little while to grind?

[⛧Perdurabo⛧]

Linger a little bit to get the ropes.
Pluck herbs to level herbalism a bit, maybe try to lockpick when you got the lockpicks from your friend.
Sneak some, listen to some conversations, they might tell something about a hidden stash somewhere in the village.....
maybe even steal some?!

Leave as soon as you feel like it ;)

[Lobstersaurus]

I've been here for well... A while....

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3036109353

[⛧Perdurabo⛧]

haha, there is nothing left for you to do there, go, run, get away from there: the world awaits you and skalitz probably want you out anyway looking at some of those stats haha.

[2GenL]

I grind xp until it becomes too tedious

[Lobstersaurus]

Originally posted by 2GenL:

I grind xp until it becomes too tedious

I usually grind for like 8 hours while watching my shows then come back in like 2 weeks and do it again.

[DargonBlak]

i've grinded in Skalitz at all different levels.

now i tend towards very low level grinding for strength, agility and weapon skills, but i push hard (in Skalitz) on some very grindy things that cannot be avoided like herb-picking (herbalism), lockpicking and vitality. oh... and maintenance too.

[Mirosława Solniczka]

I usually just stick in Skalitz for about an hour just to get my strength (since i always trade some points in exchange for Speech) and dex to level 10, same goes for Herbalism since there are so many nettles.

[Lobstersaurus]

Does anyone know if you can get any skills like Horsemanship up?

[Lobstersaurus]

So you can only ride horses with saddles I guess, damn that's a shame.

[Fēng Xīn]

i killed everyone & grind my self all the way to the top, stealth kill, lockpick & bow mastery idgas about my reputation on a dead city. its so much fun that way for me

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by Lobstersaurus:

So you can only ride horses with saddles I guess, damn that's a shame.

Not entirely true - you can ride horses without saddles, which usually equates to stealing.

However, you cannot ride all horses - and certainly none before leaving Skalitz town.

So, no, there is no way to improve horsemanship while inside Skalitz walls.

There is an opportunity shortly after, but the difficulty then is staying alive - poor equipment and the number of enemies work hard to encourage Henry to follow the Quest script.

Plenty of opportunity after the Prologue to grind anything and everything.

And the game becomes stupidly simplistic at high skill levels, so quite boring also, imo. But when ur first learning, it's what i did also.

Now, I like to leave Skalitz when i still have lots of learning to do - it's a more open world view and ties well in to most of the story line. i do grind some things, but that's just part of the story i've written for Henry (in my head).

[Lobstersaurus]

Originally posted by Fēng Xīn:

i killed everyone & grind my self all the way to the top, stealth kill, lockpick & bow mastery idgas about my reputation on a dead city. its so much fun that way for me

How do you farm your lock picking skill? Do locks reset after you pick them?

[Lobstersaurus]

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

Originally posted by Lobstersaurus:

So you can only ride horses with saddles I guess, damn that's a shame.

Not entirely true - you can ride horses without saddles, which usually equates to stealing.

However, you cannot ride all horses - and certainly none before leaving Skalitz town.

So, no, there is no way to improve horsemanship while inside Skalitz walls.

There is an opportunity shortly after, but the difficulty then is staying alive - poor equipment and the number of enemies work hard to encourage Henry to follow the Quest script.

Plenty of opportunity after the Prologue to grind anything and everything.

And the game becomes stupidly simplistic at high skill levels, so quite boring also, imo. But when ur first learning, it's what i did also.

Now, I like to leave Skalitz when i still have lots of learning to do - it's a more open world view and ties well in to most of the story line. i do grind some things, but that's just part of the story i've written for Henry (in my head).

I have main character syndrome, which explains my obsessive grinding.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Lobstersaurus:

Originally posted by Fēng Xīn:

i killed everyone & grind my self all the way to the top, stealth kill, lockpick & bow mastery idgas about my reputation on a dead city. its so much fun that way for me

How do you farm your lock picking skill? Do locks reset after you pick them?

I can't remember if the locks on chests do, but anytime someone goes through a previously locked door they lock it again.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by Lobstersaurus:

I have main character syndrome, which explains my obsessive grinding.

lol - no need to explain - i've been through many "syndromes" myself (and still counting).

and yes, locked doors will reset if an NPC passes through and closes the door.

so in Skalitz, just watch for someone walking around doing chores in and out of a building, and if they close the door as they leave, the door will normally be locked.

so, while grinding Skalitz - unlock these doors, then go grind something else and come back later to check for reset.