Some Pointers to Help Get you Started
You
have 4 levels per Dungeon. And 2 Dungeons per land. Without the
added levels via the
patch, you have 4 lands in total you have 30
levels to get through, Draak is the 31st.
Always cover each land
before heading downstairs as often people in the lands activate
what
you have to do down below. You only meet Sebastian at the end of
your first Dungeon usually near who you return to see to get the
crystal from. You
meet him again in Serkesh (last land). By level 16
you should have 4 crystals - if you
don't talk to Chrissy or I as
something has gone wrong. By the time you meet Sebastian
again you
should have 7 crystals.
About the Quests as I know this
still bugs Chrissy and MamaZen. You
get a quest to do but not always do they come in
the level you are
at, sometimes it can be the next land. Was saying to Chrissy each
time I think I've finished a level I open my map and run round and
in some
cases you can see parts of your map are not lined in - head here as
you have missed this
room - this is very easy to do when in heavy
battles. The best thing to do is click on
this button it has this
<<<<< or is it this >>>>>> can't remember. I have learnt
to quickly
click through them till I find who asked for the Quest item. btw
Night Vision comes in very handy for seeking out monsters that
usually lead to
rooms not opened.Chrissy and I can really relate to
aging in this game right Chrissy!
*LOL* You age fast so don't be a
snail anywhere. Keep moving, in your first game Youth
Elixers start
appearing from level 28 and they cost you an arm and a leg. So start
learning to steal from now on. This is for Chrissy..........thieving
ages
you faster. So I'm not so sure what's the biggest gripe the age
factor that costs us
big or being broke. Wait till you see what that
skills bloke charges much later and for
what, to hear
"failed!!!!!!!!" Ahh speaking of skills you need them all. *shock*
*horror* Yep we've been there done that. Your most important to keep
on top
of is learning but the rest are just important.
If you are getting absolutely sick
of the way it is randomly
choosing quests you can choose your own quests:
In your Darkstone\Config directory there should be a file called
quest.txt.Each
line has a number from 0-2 on it. You can change the
first seven lines. I'm not sure
the effect of changing the last one
is.I'd leave it alone. Since each of the seven crystals
has 3
possible quests, I think you can figure out what those numbers mean.
After editing the quest.txt file mark it read-only so that when you
start the game
it does not modify it. (dszd0gm - Delphine)
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MAPS
Maps are saved in the temp-folder, not in the savegame. So if
you
continue your last game, your maps are still there, but if you
started
a new game, they are gone.
To get round the problem some Characters have
the skill
"Orientation" use this skill and you will see your map for a few
seconds, or use Night Vision it will at least show up where the
monsters are and
the map for a few seconds.
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RUNES INFORMATION
Okay, you can assign runes to any items ('cept
uniques and quest
items, I guess..oh, and probably food..though that would be funny;
'chicken leg of thunder 890(890)') you can assign runes to items
that
already have properties (+to all, etc), provided they only have
ONE property, i.e. not
'+to all', and '+to armour' (or whatever). If
you try to rune something that has more
than one magical affect,
your character will say something like "It does not work".
Yes,
assigning to rings is good, as they won't get wrecked; also,
assigning
to items you have to repair will drive repair costs
through the roof, so is also not
massively advisable (but you're a
thief, so cash flow isn't a problem).
How to use runes?
Boost up your mana as much as possible (get lots of items of '+X to
mana') and have
your rune and your 'item to be enchanted' in your
inventory/on your body. Then select
your chosen spell, and right
click on the rune. You get a mad-funky sound, and the rune
disappears. Then take your mouse pointer and left-click on the item
of
your choice. PRESTO, all your mana is gone, and you're left with
an item that is
'your spell X(X)'Then drink a mana potion to
replenish your stocks (it's easy to forget
to do..I did, went back
into the dungeon, got hit, cast healing, and said 'I do not have
enough - help! please help! ARGH") Incidentally, if you decide you
don't
want to rune this thing, but have already right clicked on the
rune, right clicking again
returns it to its original state, no harm
done (I think).I might have got the right/left
mouse buttons mixed
up on the second bit (I'm a bit crap like that), so save beforehand,
just in case.
As to the spells, that depends on the way you play...do
you use
thunder a lot? Would it be advantageous to you to be able to cast
higher level thunder from a separate mana source? Then do
it.Personally, I've not
really got into the whole 'thunder' thing,
and all my stuff is runed up with the
spells I usually use most
often, just so I don't get stumped and mana-less in the middle
of
nowhere...I also stay invisible for a LONG time..............
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