
I played Dark mode focusing on the magic skill tree and it was awesome. Bombs are definitely useful you should buy the schematic for grapeshot bombs and make a lot of them as they're cheap and make good ranged weapons.īut Goodmongo's skill guide isn't the only viable option. Goodmongo has good general advice about how to fight with the starting equipment. You will only have to get some harpy feathers I think and the Draug armor piece. This way you can have all the equipment you need to get the chapter 2 dark stuff right near the start. Once you get the good dark stuff then farm nekkers. Stash away all the stuff in your storage at the inn.Īnd don't rush for chapter 2. Oh and loot the entire town before leaving it. Hit twice and roll away to safety but not too far. Fight nekkers near the nest but do not destroy the nests. Do the troll quest which is easy as you can use the rock to kite the troll around and lob bombs at him. Sudden Death - 2 or pick one of the other two to suit your needs and only use 1 skillīut the key is to limit your fighting till you have the equipment. Tough Guy - 2 You can actually skip this if you really want to. I have the following skill from swordsmanship: I spend 16 skills in swordsmanship and then have 12 to place in alchemy.īy chapter 3 the game is super easy. Much later on I do go alchemy for more mutagen slots. Therefore I usually go swordsmanship first. So I like to kill things quickly over the other route. My style is to favor attack over defense. Once you get the dark equipment you can one hit most chapter one monsters. The key for me is to fight and run early. Then go for footwork and bombs (only 1 skill point). So for training I put 2 points into hardiness, 1 point into parry, 1 point into deflect arrows (mutagen) and 2 points into fortitude for the mutagen and extra vigor slot which allows a quen and 2 aards to be cast.


Either get 2 points in daggers and use them or two points in alchemist and lob bombs. The prologue and early chapter one are the hardest.

You can then go back and usually loot it without more monsters appearing. The key to fighting bigger fights before you are ready is to hit twice and roll away. Once you get the dark mode equipment things get super easy.
