The Dregs (no spoilers)

[neofit]

Hi,

If you don't want any spoilers about the Dregs then please stop reading.

I am looking for info about the Dregs with minimum spoilerage please.

I am playing SP. I went there at level 39, with my best armor being the standard Heavy (I have Hyrkanian but prefer the extra carry weight that the standard allows) and Steel weapons + damage bonus. It was easy, the main problem being able to actually jump out of the water :), until the last boss the big worm. Seeing how little damage I was doing vs how hard he was spitting, I thought I'd return another day?

First, I tried looking into every nook and cranny and only found one wall by the entrance that gave me some recipes. When this happens the game does not tell you what you got. I have found in my list a new feat called "Dredger" with some blue lighting. Was that all or did I miss something?

Second, I don't want to know exactly what the final boss drops, I already managed to spoil it a bit while googling the dungeon, apparently it's some kind of armor recipes. All I want to know if it's something a lvl 39-40 could wear, and if it doesn't require some resources from high up north where I haven't been yet and am not sure could survive for long.

[MysticForces]

Have you killed the abysmal remnant?
There's a book in the, now drained, acid pool once you kill it. I believe it teaches you a very unique reptile hide medium armor. Way back it used to be the best heat protection. Now I think it's more of a trophy.
Remember, get to the book as soon as possible. I made the mistake of not going for it soon enough. The acid pool fills up again. I had to swim in that and it's near impossible to see underwater.

I used a stack of bandages just to kill the abysmal remnant while running around in a circle to try and avoid his hits. I'm sure there is a more elegant way of doing it. I used daggers for the simple reason that they do bleed damage. This allows you to stack the bleeding while he's flopped on the ground, but still takes damage while you're dodging your ass off.

[Niebieski klopsik]

Do you want a boss fight tips? Because I can see you did it all wrong.

There is an armor recipe and two weapon recipes to be had. They are useable from level 20-30 if the initial ranges have been kept after the rework of combat. The armor is medium and increases grit/vitality, therfore encouraging the melee approach.

[Solomon Hawk]

The boss doesn't drop anything.
You harvest the corpse for the good stuff.

You can take the boss out .. at range .. with a decent bow and at least iron head arrows.and the boss won't even pay attention to you if you shoot from the base of the steps to it's pool.
It'll take a while, but you'll kill it. (Wouldn't hurt to poison the arrows).
When the boss is defeated, the pool it is in will drain and you'll find a folder near the grate.
Press E while looking at the folder. You'll learn new recipies along with those you learned at the begining of the dungeon.
Use an axe to harvest the corpse.
If you don't see a folder, the corpse is probably covering it, so harvest the corpse first and then look for the folder.
The armor you can craft from the recipie is Reptilian Armor and it provides cold protection now.
It's medium grade good class armor and it's a bit heavier than light armor but that can be compensated for at the armor station if you have the perk for it. It provides boosts to grit and one other attribute.

[Niebieski klopsik]

Why are you all insisting on killing the abysmal remnant with a bow? It's perfecty easy with any weapon and shield.

1. Stand at the edge of the pool and block the melee attacks and the spit
2. When he dives and lunges out - sprint sideways for a second and start attacking with a weapon of choice, dagger, polearm, sword, whatever
3. Pick the shield up and enter blocking stance when he returns to the pool.
4. Repeat till he dies.

You don't take a single point of damage this way.

[neofit]

I didn't do anything wrong against the Abyssal Remnant actually. I saw that with every acid spit it took out about 1/3 of my health with every hit, while fire arrows took only a few pixels of its health, which regenerated quickly if I hid to heal up a bit. I presumed it was too early and to not waste my time here and come back later, since probably the loot won't be usable at this level anyway.

Anyway I went back there and killed it. Got some recipes. Jumped onto the Feats window, saw Reptilian Armor, and as pre-reqs "Exile Epics", a level 60 feat, as well as an Improved Armorer's Bench which I won't get for some time either. I was kind of miffed, but back at the base I saw that I could already craft it in my regular Armorer's Bench.

BTW what use is it? The +grit sounded nice until I wore it. My current armor of choice is the standard heavy +encumbrance with weight reduction. The Reptilian cuts the Armor value in half, adds grit for like half a meter to climb as compared to naked climbing, a tiny bit of vitality not compensated by armor loss, and a tiny bit of cold protection. I am sure the latter is higher in better armor. It will look nice on thrall guards though :).

[neofit]

And since I always forget that asking two questions in one single post almost always results in the first one being forgotten by the time people reach the second one ;), here it is again. Can anyone confirm that I haven't missed any recipes in the Dregs? What I have found so far:

* The "The Dredger" feat at the blue wall at the entrance
* The "Reptile Leather Epic" feat after killing the Remnant
* Abysmal (typo intended) Dagger, Sword and Arrows recipes

[Fremduk]

Originally posted by neofit:

I didn't do anything wrong against the Abyssal Remnant actually. I saw that with every acid spit it took out about 1/3 of my health with every hit, while fire arrows took only a few pixels of its health, which regenerated quickly if I hid to heal up a bit. I presumed it was too early and to not waste my time here and come back later, since probably the loot won't be usable at this level anyway.

Anyway I went back there and killed it. Got some recipes. Jumped onto the Feats window, saw Reptilian Armor, and as pre-reqs "Exile Epics", a level 60 feat, as well as an Improved Armorer's Bench which I won't get for some time either. I was kind of miffed, but back at the base I saw that I could already craft it in my regular Armorer's Bench.

BTW what use is it? The +grit sounded nice until I wore it. My current armor of choice is the standard heavy +encumbrance with weight reduction. The Reptilian cuts the Armor value in half, adds grit for like half a meter to climb as compared to naked climbing, a tiny bit of vitality not compensated by armor loss, and a tiny bit of cold protection. I am sure the latter is higher in better armor. It will look nice on thrall guards though :).

Game is intended for multiplayer so all bosses are intended to be challenged by party of 3-4 player to take them down in reasonable time.
If you attempting solo bosses you needed to stock up on healing items and have good wepon , Dregs is starting dungeon lvl20+ mid lvl dungeon in swamp / desert and high lvl two dungeon in frozen north ,end game dungeon in volcano ...

[His Quivzness]

You need to block his spit... A shield will take 100% of the spit dmg and you will lose no health. And you can avoid taking any melee dmg to your shield too if you're careful. When you're in his arena there is a small circle of very shallow steps up against the railing. If you circle him just inside this layer of steps he will only do his AOE spit and never the targetted one. Wou will also be out of range of his melee attacks. Meaning the only damage your shield will take is from the area of effect acid spit.

[Niebieski klopsik]

Originally posted by neofit:

I didn't do anything wrong against the Abyssal Remnant actually. I saw that with every acid spit it took out about 1/3 of my health with every hit, while fire arrows took only a few pixels of its health, which regenerated quickly if I hid to heal up a bit. I presumed it was too early and to not waste my time here and come back later, since probably the loot won't be usable at this level anyway.

Anyway I went back there and killed it. Got some recipes. Jumped onto the Feats window, saw Reptilian Armor, and as pre-reqs "Exile Epics", a level 60 feat, as well as an Improved Armorer's Bench which I won't get for some time either. I was kind of miffed, but back at the base I saw that I could already craft it in my regular Armorer's Bench.

BTW what use is it? The +grit sounded nice until I wore it. My current armor of choice is the standard heavy +encumbrance with weight reduction. The Reptilian cuts the Armor value in half, adds grit for like half a meter to climb as compared to naked climbing, a tiny bit of vitality not compensated by armor loss, and a tiny bit of cold protection. I am sure the latter is higher in better armor. It will look nice on thrall guards though :).

Have you used the shield? It blocks the acid spit completely.

Now about the armor: it's medium, meaning you can roll in it. Heavy armor dodge is a sidestep. It's short distance, and has the shortest immunity window. Light armor rolls you far with longest immunity, medium is in between but still lets you roll.

From my experience rolling works best for animals, while heavy armor and shields works best vs human enemies and undead.

This particular set has 2 versions (like most of the armors). One is endgame and requires level 60 and improved workstation, the other you can craft right now on regular station. They differ in armor value afaik, and possibly heat/cold resistance.

The bonus attribute is not an actual tradeoff. It's balanced towards your character build.
2 pieces give you bonus vitality (+2 total), other 3 bonus grit (+3 total). This means you have to spend 18 attribute points less for 3rd grit perk.

It's just an example. You can customize your gear towards desired attribute. If you want bonus +10 vitality, you wear all cimmerian armor with silent legion gloves and vitality warpaint. This way you'll have more points to spend for grit or str.

Adapt these stats to your needs.