Walkthrough

Character Creation

• Race and name don't matter (I think?)
• Generate a character with high Physical Strength (preferably 20)
• 100 points (the max) into Fighting attack
• 82 points (the rest) into Magic miscellaneous

Leveling Up Strategy

• First you'll want to max out Magic miscellaneous so you can heal and cast Exit to Land
• then max out Fighting defensive because almost everything hits you with physical damage
• then max out Magic defensive to have a better time against those Evil Clerics
• from there max out Lock picking, Climbing, Stealing, and Perception in any order, it really doesn't matter
• don't bother with Magic offensive because offensive magic is terrible

Starting Out

Enter the Castle, go to the second floor, and talk to the King to get the first quest.

Now we want to get enough money to buy a 2H Sword or two along with Full Plate. 2H Swords do the most damage, even compared to most +1 equipment. Full Plate is the highest class of armor. While in the Castle check the price of both at the merchants. If you can buy a 2H Sword go for it, otherwise we'll need to grind for some cash.

We can easily grind at the ruins for the first quest so let's do that. Exit the Castle and cast Wizard Eye to help you navigate the forest. Then head directly northwest of the Castle until you find the Ruins (Forest); ignore any encounters along the way because you are too weak to fight them. Protip: if you're being hassled then run from the fight, save, then reload the game and the monster will be gone! Outside the Ruins save then rest. Note that we save then rest because while resting there is a chance of being attacked.

Inside the ruins there are two chests in the top left corner of the map that give gold; chests also have a chance of dropping items which can be sold for more gold! The strategy is this:

• enter
• beeline for the chests (fighting anything along the way)
• get the chests
• cast Exit to Land (at this point it's not guaranteed to work so if it fails just beeline for the exit)
• save
• rest
• repeat (until you have a full inventory)

Here's the strategy for battles: head immediately to the right until the monsters have lined up (or as close as you can get to a line) then you'll have an easy time killing them one by one. If you find yourself in danger of losing then run away, cast Cure Light Wounds, then attack again. Monsters in the stack that you've already defeated will stay dead, which is nice.

If you encounter Goblins and still have Cloth armor then be sure to take their Leather armor!

Repeat this grind until you have a full inventory or your weapon breaks. Go back to the castle, sell your swag, then buy some 2H Swords and Full Plate.

Now that we have equipment we're going to focus on Leveling Up. Level 2 happens at 300 XP (takes 32 gold) and level 3 happens at 900 XP. To grind for this XP you can go back to the Ruins. If you're brave enough try attacking the Evil Clerics in the top middle; they're tough but give 70 XP a pop. They also drop a Mace +1 which can be sold for good cash.

When you have enough to level up go to Balinar (the town next to the castle), talk to the trainer and agree to his fees. There's a section dedicated to leveling up so consult that. When you level up you also gain more Life, Magic, and sometimes a Stat point. The amounts you get are entirely random. If you really want to maximize your stats you can save outside of Balinar, train, and reload until you get what you want.

Completing the First Quest

I'd suggest being at least level 3 to survive the first quest.

Go back to the ruins. Head to the very top left corner. There will be a secret wall just to the south, hiding an Evil Cleric. Talk to the Evil Cleric to steal his parchment. Now you can have to get out and head back to the castle. You can do this however you like but the easiest is to cast Exit to Land. All the Evil Clerics will become aggressive, so you'll be attacked by the one you talked to after anything you do; the others will come after you as well.

Head back to the castle and talk to the King for your reward. Immediately after he'll give you the second quest.

Completing the Second Quest

You're now tasked with finding out who Dalagash is. That's it. Very little to go on.

You must head to Zachul, which can be reached by boat from Rendyr. While you're at Rendyr you might as well shop for 2H Sword +1, which is better than plain ol' 2H Swords. Take the boat to Zachul. The armor shop there sells Full Plate +3, the best armor in the game, so take a while to shop. After shopping make sure to save!

Now onto the quest: enter, cross the river, then climb the fence. Kill the Evil Cleric guarding the door then pick the lock to face the Vampire. Casting Time Delay might be useful here. Enter the house and pick the locked door to reveal a Bard. Talk to him to advance the quest. Since you killed someone in town the Guards will be after you. Avoid them and run for the exit.

To get back to the main continent you have to take a boat. Enter town and for whatever reason everything will be cool, no guards chasing you (short memory I guess). Take the boat back to Rendyr. Head back to the Castle and talk to the King to finish the quest.

Completing the Third Quest

Myron has been invaded! You can reach Myron by boat from Trocines. The town is overrun by Evil Clerics and they're all aggressive. Some of them are camping out by the entrance to jump you when you arrive, how nice. Enter the weapon shop and pick the locked door, followed by the one behind it. The next encounter has two Evil Clerics in one stack. There will be a secret entrance behind the counter leading to the ring leader, another vampire.

After killing the Vampire (and taking the chests obviously) it's time to escape any way you see fit. When you enter the town again everything will be back to normal. Which is good, because we need to take a boat back to main land! You can either go to Balinar (which is closer to the Castle and finishing the quest) or Rendyr. Head back to the Castle and talk to the King to finish the quest.

Time to make some money

The next quest will require some XP and some gold to get there so time to learn to make some cold hard cash. If you've maxed out Stealing then head to Myron, climb the fence guarding the Evil Cleric, then go to town picking his pockets. It's totally fenced in so the guards can't get you, and there's a wall to the north that you can climb to escape and lower the heat.

Or you can try finding Blackeye's treasure in Dungeon (Blackeye). But it's a hard dungeon and not as easy to grind as the guy in Myron.

Completing the Fourth Quest

This quest is difficult because of one monster: Rust. They have a chance to destroy your armor every hit! To add insult to injury the game doesn't let you carry multiple suits of armor (like it does with weapons). The dungeon also has a lot of high level monsters, which doesn't help when you have no armor.

I'd suggest buying some 2H Sword +3 from a town (Maninox sells them) and leveling up quite a bit. The best way to level up is attacking guards; each one gives 40 XP and there's always eight in a stack. You go through equipment pretty fast though, but thankfully you have lots of money now right?

When you're ready, head to the dungeon hidden in the mountains up north. Prepare for a world of hurt. Head down a floor and fight the dragon behind the secret doors in the middle of the floor. Ignore all rust monsters along the way. There's another floor below but it's a waste of time.