Can u explain me how to camp properly?

[mbradtke]

Hello, can someone explain me how to camp? This might be a strange question but i play on difficult so battles arent so easy, means i need to heal quite a lot, there seems to be a time limit as well, i just left the starter area and i use potions to heal wounds up since i dont have a cleric yet, i dont want to rest the whole time, eventually i time out too early?

seems resting always takes 9 Hours? i have 4 rations, if i rest do i have to use em all or can i only use 2 to let 2 People rest or is that not possible? should i use rations at all or should i hunt? am i worring too much About this? the Camping UI is a Little difficult too understand somtimes, i dont get everything, so every Explanation would help, f.e what mean: use left heal spells from Party members before u rest??? makes so sense if i rest im full again anyway and i Need to rest 9 Hours anyway…. and what mean natural healing???

[InEffect]

well properly camping is about minimum time wasted. so always have rations and have the box for supplies checked. that way you will always add rations to whatever you hunted. then there is ekun or jubilost camping ability. both save time.

Natural healing is whatever minuscule HP you regenerate for 8h of rest(+1 for setting camp or whatever it's counting it in).

everyone is resting regardless of the job you assigned.

only job you have to have is a hunter with good lore nature to cut the supply usage. The rest are whatever. Cooking something but the basic meal just takes too much weight from you imo. I just never bother with it and sell cooking ingredients whenever I can.

camp camouflage actively hurts your exp from ambushes unless you really are on the last ropes when you go to rest. Only thing guards do is being awake when the attack starts(it's ok but not mandatory) and maybe wake your party members faster, but I'm not sure about that.

[mbradtke]

thx that helps (-: if i a have more Questions ill ask again!

[Finrod]

If you are good aligned (and have Linzi, Valerie and Amiri), it will take some time until you get your clerics.
Maybe you can hire a druid or a cleric in the meantime. If you are level 2 they are not too expensive. (There is no druid companion I think) plus, a druid will have a good knowledge in nature, which is good, it lowers resting time.
Normally I use the hunt. Ekundayo ability resting is good (less rations needed)

"Use uncast heal spells" is if you have a spontaneous healer or a druid with healing spells learnt, the game will use the spells that you didn't cast to heal the party

When leveling, Linzi can learn some cure spells.

[haplok]

I always use camp camouflage. Being attacked asleep and with buffs down is no fun. It's a miniscule amount of xp you're missing. Didn't stop me from getting to level 20 before HATEOT.