Combat Basics

Summary

You can go into combat to gain items and Reputation in the Dark Forests. There are also some tasks that require you to visit the combat areas to seek out those unfortunate to have become lost.

Combat is for adults only, so it is only possible once you have completed the Prologue, by which time you would have grown up a bit. However, as soon as the Prologue is over, you will be able to visit Master Jogon in Rivermoor to learn the basics and unlock your first important skill.

To enter into combat, pass through the archways and you'll be taken to the loadout screen. Then straight into battle when you're ready

Difficulty

There are four combat zones called Dark Forests located on the map, with each one presenting a different set of monsters to challenge you. The name of each zone reveals its level of difficulty or challenge.

• Simplewood
• Midwood
• Toughwood
• Switchwood

In Simplewood, Mr. Fairweather will revive you four times before taking a year of life as payment. In Midwood, Mr Fairweather will revive you twice before taking a year of life as payment and in Toughwood they will revive you just once.

If you are struggling in combat, you can change the speed of the enemies by going to Accessibility in the Options menu and using the slider marked Combat Monster Speed.

Loadout

You can prepare for harder combat by...

• Levelling up your swords
• Using swords that are more effective against the enemies within (you can carry 2 swords and switch mid-combat_
• Crafting Wards and Charms
• Taking a cooked meal with traits like Strength or Toughness
• Buying or crafting combat recipes at an Apothecary
• Taking pets with you
• Unlocking skills via Jogon and Moon.

Many of these actions can be managed on the loadout menu.

Tutorials

For more information on combat you can seek out Jogon and Moon, who will give you in-game tutorials on how to fight with melee weapons and at range.

More details on their tutorial can be found here:

• Jogon Tutorial
• Moon Tutorial

Combat Rooms

Each of the Dark Forests has a number of rooms to get through and have varying depths. By going deeper, you can gain better star-rated loot, but the enemies are tougher. Each forest has some non-combat rooms. These are...

Statues

Mushrooms

Wishing Well

Campfire (Room)

You can view the room you are in and the depth in the top corner of the UI.