Mastering Avowed: A Beginner's Guide to Obsidian's Latest RPG
Obsidian's Avowed offers a compelling RPG experience, blending elements appealing to both veterans and newcomers. However, RPGs can feel daunting for first-timers. This guide provides essential tips to ensure a smooth and enjoyable journey.
Understanding the Fundamentals
Avowed, like many RPGs, utilizes an experience point (XP) system. Gain XP by completing quests, defeating foes, and exploring the world. Leveling up grants attribute and ability points, allowing you to customize your character. Become a formidable warrior, a powerful mage, or anything in between – the choice is yours!
Attributes determine your character's strengths. Experiment! Avowed offers a helpful feature: the ability to respec your points, allowing adjustments to your build if needed. This makes it exceptionally beginner-friendly.
Exploring the World of Avowed
While not entirely open-world, Avowed offers a non-linear experience. While main story objectives are marked, resist the urge to solely follow the path. Exploration is key!
Delve into buildings, caves, and various locations to uncover loot and resources. Numerous side quests provide additional XP and rewards. Books and notes enrich the narrative, providing valuable lore. Seek out treasure maps for unique gear and gold. Exploration also yields significant gold, crucial for acquiring better weapons and gear, enhancing your combat effectiveness, especially against challenging bosses. Rushing the main story might leave you underpowered.
Managing Resources: Potions and More
Early combat can be challenging. Balance physical and essence attacks, and monitor your health and essence bars. Health and essence potions are essential. Health potions restore health; essence potions refill your essence bar. These are readily available throughout the world and from vendors. Health potions glow red; essence potions glow pink.
Conserve health potions; use food to replenish minor health losses. Certain foods and herbs counteract effects like poison – save these for when needed. Don't overuse potions like in a fast-paced shooter.
The Importance of Companions
Upon leveling up, remember to upgrade your companions' abilities. Neglecting them can lead to significant difficulties in combat. Strong companions offer valuable support, including healing capabilities. Investing in their skills ensures a more balanced and effective party.
Gear Upgrades: A Key to Success
Gather resources to upgrade your weapons and gear at the crafting station in your camp (located to the left upon entering). Focus upgrades on gear you intend to use for a while. Upgrades significantly improve attack power, critical hit chance, and damage resistance.
Embrace the Journey
Avowed is about immersion. Whether you focus on the main story or explore every side quest, create your own narrative. Enjoy the freedom and the unique story you forge in the Living Lands.
Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.
