Little Guidance for New Players

[Hylian_Knight86]

Hey everyone. I am new to the game and was wondering if I could get a little guidance for what to do. I am currently playing Dirwin, the ranger, and i cannot seem to get past level three. I keep getting ambushed by large preds. Also exploring the forums a little bit, i see people talking about stock piling stuff, where and how do you do that, I only have found the little chest at the boars-head inn and it doesn't seem to hold a lot off stuff. What I have been doing is putting the quest Items ie: the 3 swords for the blacksmith as i find them and for holding my map and any lintels I can find. I don't know how to craft any healing things besides the smoke stick, and have to spend most of my time just selling everything I find. (I have been just leaving "broken"(when the durability is red) weapons because they cant be sold and it is all ways a loss to try and fix them and then sell them. So where can you stock pile things? I am struggling to keep my guy fed and moral/sanity up.

Side note: WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP STEALING FROM ME! What I mean by this is I will "sell" the wandering hunter, the town drunk, the wandering women, and the apothecary old man, mushrooms and berries accordingly. and most of the time (3 out of 4) they will not pay me the 2 coins! ANY ADVICE AND HELP IS APPRECIATED!

TLDR; I need some guidance on how to grind things

[Gundalf]

Usually when you encounter dangerous wildlife they show a yellow exclamation mark, meaning that they have seen you but are not hostile yet. You can then simply walk away, as you they are often hard to beat in the early game. When wildlife shows a red exclamation mark they become hostile.

The main way to earn money and the core gameplay loop is to complete contracts, which you can get from the village elder and then you enter a dungeon.

[Pixel Peeper]

Yeah, predators don't normally attack you. You have many rounds to just get away from them before they go from "I'm growling at you so you go away" to "I'm gonna kill you now".

I've had one incident where wolves attacked a moose, it killed them and since it was already hostile it decided to kill me too. I felt like I was back in Caves of Qud when a bat wakes and enrages a Slumberling, and you become collateral damage.

I've heard about the "2 coin" bug before, but 2 coins are generally not worth thinking about.

Mostly, to make money, you have to complete contracts. They give you money and the dungeons usually contain quite a bit of valuable loot, often worth as much as the contract reward itself.

But if you have the capabilities you can also move Commodities around in your caravan, or go hunting for pelts (you'll also get meat, which will cut down on your food costs).

[brown29knight]

There is a building in town that has a bunch of guards. Talk to the one behind the counter, and he will offer you a free weapon. You can take a weapon of your choice, or decline and get free reputation.

Go upstairs from there, and you will see the elder of the town. Talk to him to get your first contract. You'll have to go to a fort and kill bandits. Do so, and you'll get a bunch of reputation and coin. You can turn the contract in at the town for the normal reward, at the mill or the drunken woodsman inn (when the magistrate is at those locations) for extra Brynn reputation, or at the tower for extra coin. (check your map while the quest is active, it will display the places you can go to turn the quest in)

After that, the elder in town will give you a quest to liberate the brewery from "bandits". There are a few different ways to do that quest. Try speaking with the carpenter to get more info.

When the brewery is resolved, one way or the other, you will have a cart and horses. Talk to Verren, meet him at the cart, and go to Brynn. Do a small quest with him (no combat), and you'll have the caravan, which will have a lot more storage space.

From there, things will get easier, as you'll be able to move around the map quicker via the caravan, and upgrading the caravan will make morale and sanity easy to keep up.

At that point I would go back to Osbrook and do more contracts there. There should be 2 more contracts there, each worth 500-600 coin + loot.

That is a very basic outline. This should hopefully be enough to get you headed in the right direction, but feel free to ask for more specific advice if needed.

PS: You got to level 3 just wandering the world? Impressive! That is not an easy thing to do.

[Sankhe]

When you're in dire need of money early game, you can sell herbs to the herbalist in the southern part of Osbrook. Sell the map after reading it. Drop recipes, nobody buys them back from you. There's a wagon driver named Ol' Tott in most settlements that will buy items in red durability but he rarely has much money and his prices are unfavorable. Quit sleeping at the Boar's Head if you're having money troubles. Go to the Mill to the Northwest of Osbrook, the Miller there will give you a free place to sleep and store stuff after you complete a short quest. (Hint: Hold ALT while exploring the fields)

[Gundalf]

I would also recommend to do the three 1 Skull difficulty contracts in Osbrookb before leaving with Verren for the main quest. And then use the earned crowns to buy a complete set of tier 2 medium armor from the blacksmith, this will increase your durability a lot as the 6-8 protection from tier 2 medium is much better then the little bit from the starting equipment.

[Pixel Peeper]

Also, keep in mind, there are usually a few different NPCs you can turn quests into, and they all give a different bonus.

Elders give normal money, but give a +25% local reputation bonus. This also increases "splash" reputation gains with other cities (since it's a percentage of local reputation gains).

There's usually a bailiff that also gives normal money, but gives 25% of your local reputation gain as Brynn rep (again, this stacks with the normal splash rep). This is by far the fastest way to gain Brynn rep if you want it.

There's another NPC that gives no bonuses to any reputations, but gives +25% money. I don't typically pick that option early on because it's minor and very short-term gain. Better reputation means better prices on everything (things you buy, things you sell, repair costs) along with access to other reputation-based bonuses, such as better stuff in stores and bigger store inventory.

[money3030]

Well if you Demand more payment and it works, you should Ask the Guard Captain for Extra money on Top. The faster you get better gear the faster you can clear fot more profits.

[Mimung]

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[Freeman]

Dirwin is quite difficult character to start with. Arna with sword and shield is much easier to learn, or Jogrim with axe and shield.

Never waste money on healing stuff. Craft splints and bandages from ropes, rags and sticks. That's all you need. Pick leeks and lentils from the fields.

After first quest you'll get access to tier 2 gear. A full set will turn you into a proper warrior.

Avoid beasts. Always.

Buy a crowbar and always keep it repaired. It's adventurer's best companion.

Every penny counts. Haggle contract money, buy only when very cheap. Sell when good profits.

[Gamerzilla]

It's been a while since I played, but you can completely ignore buying food while traveling (but probably not dungeons) by just munching certain herbs and then eating berries to top off thirst.

[DelSapri]

Originally posted by Gamerzilla:

It's been a while since I played, but you can completely ignore buying food while traveling (but probably not dungeons) by just munching certain herbs and then eating berries to top off thirst.

Not so much anymore Gamerzilla, in Rags to Riches, the berries are not so much effective. But if you can kills some rabbits, you can make some meat steaks that greatly helps.

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by DelSapri:

Originally posted by Gamerzilla:

It's been a while since I played, but you can completely ignore buying food while traveling (but probably not dungeons) by just munching certain herbs and then eating berries to top off thirst.

Not so much anymore Gamerzilla, in Rags to Riches, the berries are not so much effective. But if you can kills some rabbits, you can make some meat steaks that greatly helps.

The berries help with thirst. They barely do anything for food, which is understandable (they're berries, not meat).

But Lentils remove 3 Hunger, Leek remove 2, and if you hunt at all you'll indeed get some meat (even if meat has extremely low nutritional value in this game). Easy enough to grab four sticks and make a fire to cook them if you need to. But in general you want to wait before cooking them because it extends their duration by 2 days.

One thing some people don't realize: you can skin dogs. You'll get sinewy meat, just like you'd find on wolves. If you can harvest pelts you'll also get a very cheap pelt, not really worth selling, but you can turn it into a bedroll for a significant amount of EXP and a free save in the wild.

[Maa22]

Game sucks, be ready fr that, you will burn/waste time. Just got cursed by contract book and died because of that stupidity... 3-4 hrs gone.

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by Maa22:

Game sucks, be ready fr that, you will burn/waste time. Just got cursed by contract book and died because of that stupidity... 3-4 hrs gone.

Ah yes, the various contract curses and disabilities.

"You have a debuff that increases as time goes by, finish the dungeon quick!"

"You found the McGuffin Muffin! Too bad it causes massive pain, exit the dungeon before you die."

"The entrance is sealed behind you. Find the mechanism to open it or you're dead."

"You'll start bleeding randomly if you take too much time between kills. Just don't stop killing."

It can be pretty rough.

[Freeman]

Originally posted by Maa22:

Game sucks, be ready fr that, you will burn/waste time. Just got cursed by contract book and died because of that stupidity... 3-4 hrs gone.

Losing is fun.