Let's make peace between both Tribes and create a powerful Hero!

Welcome to the Strategy Guide for the Best possible peace Ending (in my opinion). I am going to show you the important steps to max out your hero's Lv-Points and to make peace between both tribe, while also making all leaders happy. Meaning you get into romance with Thane and Nauxus (if you forgive him and Axel), witness the happy Version of Axel and Thane relationship after the War +  Axel is happy enough to try out one of Thanes dishes. 

Keep in mind: it's impossible to  have a romance with Thane and Nauxus at the same time without at least one dead person. Killing the Spy is the best option. Period. If you don't care about the Nauxus Romance and his emblem and want to save everyone; you can play the pure Thane Route.  i will talk about  the Thane Route at the very end of the guide.

"Strategy Guide" does not mean "Walkthrough". There already is a well written guide by Redyoshi thats  explains everything in detail  until the 0.28  Patch.  Therefore i won't answer any questions that is already answered by the offical guide, except the one that are  important for this guides understanding or some helpful tipps.  If an explanation is lacking you may tell me and i may change it for the better.

The Guide is divided into three parts:

- Getting started + Powerleveling (Day 0 - 7)

- Before the War (Day 8-22)

- WAR!! (All Dungeon and Quest are finished, it's time for WAR!)

- Basic Combat Guide (new).

The Plan:

Act1: Do NOT  meet Nauxus in the Swamp (very important). First, go to the Bull Village  and kill the Lizard Spy. Suspicion: Nauxus 1 ; Axel 0

Act2: Help Thane. After you got the Fear Potion, take the Quest from Selye! (not Axel).  Sus: Nauxus 3 ;  Axel 1 (sidenote: Cause you killed the Spy and Axel likes you more, you can ask him about "What do the Bulls for fun?". :)

Act3: Help Nauxus with the Rogues Lizards. Edit: Decline Axel and Ignore Thane.  Sus: Nauxus 3 ; Axel 4

Act4: Give the Fruits to the Bull Tribe. (You MUST give the Fruits to the Bull-tribe to prevent the execution of the three Lizard Prisoners).   Suspicion Final Score: Nauxus 3  ;  Axel 2

I write the Text double - most of the time. Inside the Picture if you like to download bunch of picture. And above the pictures making it easy to copy + paste my text into a translator. 

Along the way there are several oppertunities to create an "Important Save". Meaning: a special savestate that you should save on a safe location, so that you don't overwrite it by accident. "Important Save" are a great starting point to try something diffrent or change Routes, without starting from the very beginning. 

Lastly I want to thank Redyoshi and all the other people who helped with the creation of the offical Guide. Writing this strategy Guide took several days and hours to play and write, although it's very basic and cheaply editing with 3Dpaint. So year, writing a guide takes time and effort.

Also Big Thanks to Caro and all the other who worked on this  enjoyable game and created awesome character like Axel (my favorite), Thane, Snow, Rasmus, Witer,  and many more.

Thane Route:

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pretty well summarized and easy to follow. tysm!!!

Basic Combatguide:

Who do we win a Fight? Get the enemy HP to 0 before your Hero's HP hits 0. However there is LUST and Charisma. So we can also win by increase the Enemy Lust to 100 before our Hero's Lust hits 100 or his HP hits 0.  

Quite often some Bosse got far more HP when the Hero. We need our Bind up / Healing Spelll to compensate. Our Healing Spell cost mana and got an cooldown.  If the Enemy inflitcst more damage when the Hero can patch himself up: the Hero will lose. Therefore our Hero needs to level up to increase his overall AttackPower and Stats to increase Atk or Survivibility even further.  The Hero got 3 way to attack the enemy: Per STR, MAG or CHA.  So to maximize our Attack, we only need one of the three Stats most of the time. At the Moment STR is the best choice for the beginning and remains strong throughout the game. CHA gets more powerfull but doesnt work against all enemies. Its rather uselss to build a Character who excels in both STR and CHA at the same time. So when creating a Hero, focus on STR or CHA. Rule: Jack-of-all-Trade-Character are weak.

Let's talk about Defense. On Paper, AGIlity seem to be the most powerful stat because it increase Atk by 2 and Crit + Dodge by 2%. But its not realiable. ENDurance however is. END give HP, DEF and increase the power of our healing spell just like MAG!.  For Character you like to attack with CHA/Flirt or even MAGic the +2 Atk power by AGI is somewhat wasted. 

Example Buildes:

Warrior: Max STR + medium END; Use your Basic attack and Bind up when needed. The base build of this guide and very able to defeat the first Boss with Savescumming. The best starting build at the moment. Very effective when playing the Peace and the Bull-Route.  Start: STR 8, AGI 5 or 6, END 4 or 5. Endgame: STR 15; AGI 7; END 8.

Cutthroat: Max AGI + high STR; Risky Playstyle, Save-scum-Build.  Overwhelm the Enemy with Leaping Slash and powerful crits. Start: STR 8, AGI 7.

Cleric: High CHA + High END + medium INT; A very tough Build but very low damage against certain Enemies that cannot be flirted with.  Synergie only with the Peace Ending. Start:  END 5; CHA 7;   

Warlock: High INT + High END;  another very tough build with the most powerful bind up + Holy Fist Spell.  Good Damage against nearly all enemies. Most effective with the Peace or Lizard Route.

Skills: 

Bind up: Basic Healing Spell. Use on cooldown to stay alive in tough fights. Become more powerfull with high INT + END. Dont forget to drink MP Potion in difficult Boss Battle. Becomes useless if the Enemy does way more damage when you can heal.

Defend: Defend when the Boss-Enemy is charging up an powerful attack. Character with high INT but very low STR use this to buy time while Holy Fist is on cooldown.

FLIRT: Your CHA Attack Skill. Become your Basic Attack if you prefer CHA over STR.

Hold Fist (Learned from Meko after Witer Ghost Quest on day 6):  Your Main attack against Ghost. Also the MainAttack for High INT + low STR characters.

Wolf Stance: Decrease your damage taken by around 10-20% while your physical attack power severly drops by nearly 30%-40%. Usefull when you prefer to attack with FLIRT (or Holy Fist) only! 

Leaping Slash (learned at level 3): Strike with around 40-50% more physical power. Exceptional high Damage with Criticals. However the very high MP cost of 30 makes it useless in most fights. 30 MP are better used for Bind up. However: If the enemy is so powerfull that healing yourself ("Bind up and Healing Potions") becomes futile, spam Leaping Slash instead. Kill the Boss before he kills you. Good Example: Fighiting the Swamp Boss without Goo-armor.

Sweep: Physical Strike against multiple enemies. 50MP Cost is very high. Still the better Choice when fighting against more than one enemy at once.

Fantasize: If you want to lose on purpose by Lust. Not recommended in a serious fight.

A few Change in my Guide (01.05.2024):

Auction:

1. Soulelixier: 20-30 boerc.

2. Lave Stone: 40-50 boerc. (Edit: Important later to upgrade Fire Enchantment to Level 2 !!)

3. Murphy Hand: 70-90 boerc. (Edit: Recieved a  Buff.  It is now very usefull against Bosses, because you only recieve +2 Corruption per Fight instead +1  per Attack. Also adds +3 DEF!!)

It has become slightly more difficult to win on the first bit. Savescumming does not always help you. Still it is possible to get all item.  Just bring a lot of beer and rum with you. Alcoholic drink help to increase your Lust toward 90-100 to get the maximum payment at the brothel.

Tree Monster:

HP Potion are more or less useless / too weak. Your Healing Spell "bind up" only works well enough with high END, DEF and INT. With high AGI you can also try to savescum to victory.

(EDIT: Since the Overhaul of the Combat System, this fight has become even more difficult without Goo-Armor.  You definitly need to visit the Bathhouse to double your HP before the fight !!  "Bind up" has become useless. Use your MP for Leaping Slash or Holy Fist instead. Try to deafeat him before your Lifepoints run out.  If this is still not enough, return back later long after the war with improved Stats.)

On next Playthorough i may try out the fire enchantment.