Here is a bunch of useful tips and tricks for new players in the No Rest for the Wicked game.
Tips for New Players
- Don’t be too off put by how difficult the combat can be. Find yourselfbs good rhythm, play it safe, test out gameplay mechanics and find your playstyle.
- Dont be too afraid of dying. It’ll happen quite a lot. Play it safe as much as you can. You’ll reach a point to where it wont even matter much anymore.
- There is durability, and dying does cause your equipped gear to degrade.
- Try out different weapons. You never know what you’ll like.
- Dont be afraid to explore. Thats where a lot of the reward is.
Use everything the game gives you whenever you feel stuck. Theres plenty of tools to utilize to help navigate a lot of challenging scenarios.
Whenever you can, find backups. Weapons, tools, armor. You don’t want to end up in a scenario where your stuff breaks and it’s gone forever.
Trying out different builds will definitely help you succeed at the game; personally I really love having REACH and ARMOR so I can take opportunistic hits and still take a few hits without it being too punishing. Whenever I get a new weapon I can equip I test out the basic combo, running attack, and rolling attack combo to get an idea of:
- Timing – I love weapons with an initial move that comes out quick
- Delay – Ties into timing, but basically moves that execute quickly/slowly to see when you can dodge cancel
- Reach – I also love weapons whose first basic OR running attack is a lunge
- Charge – Some weapons have no charged moves, and sometimes only a later attack in the combo can be charged
I really wish there was a way to test out the rune abilities or if they had a description, but I’m sure that will be added at some point.
Oh also if you just reached your stats/level for a new item, I generally recommend equipping it with gems + upgrading over enchanting. I enchant new pieces after I already have a reliable piece and then leave alone, it sucks if the curse affix is something real annoying. But there are some real nice affixes that only exist in enchantment slots and if you get 2-3 you like it can make an okay weapon/armor really great.
Important for after you reach the town
Your first inventory “unlock” once you get it in the town basically HAS to be +1 row for the gathering materials tab. The variety of stuff just explodes with each new biome tier and it’s okay to destroy/leave a “worthless” item here and there, such is life, but if you don’t unlock at least 1 row for the resources you gather you will soon leave painfully valuable stuff behind. Obviously leave as much stuff as you can at the storage in the town and head out with an (almost) empty tab.
Spear + Shield combo is amazing since it offers both reach and protection, but spears only “unlock” after you reach the main town. Huge reach + the protection of the shield, you don’t have to get too close to enemies and can study their movesets from a slightly more comfortable distance.
You need a lot of wood in the beginning, might as well stock up on logs as there are trees everywhere in the starting location. When you find your first merchant just buy two axes right away and get to work (You can also find axes).
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