Mastering Avowed: A Beginner's Guide to Obsidian's Latest RPG
Obsidian's Avowed offers a compelling RPG experience, blending elements that appeal to both seasoned veterans and newcomers. However, the genre's complexity can be daunting. This guide provides essential tips to ensure a smooth and enjoyable journey.
Understanding the Fundamentals
Like most RPGs, Avowed rewards exploration and combat. Gain experience points (XP) by completing quests, defeating enemies, and discovering new areas. Leveling up grants attribute and ability points, allowing you to customize your character, shaping them into a formidable warrior, a powerful mage, or something in between. Attributes dictate your character's strengths. Fortunately, Avowed allows attribute point respecialization, offering flexibility for experimentation.
Exploring the World of Avowed
While not entirely open-world, Avowed offers significant non-linearity. While main story objectives provide direction, prioritize exploration. Delve into buildings, caves, and various locations to uncover loot, resources, and a wealth of side quests—many offering easy XP gains. Books and notes enrich the lore, enhancing your understanding of the game's world. Seek out treasure maps for valuable rewards. Thorough exploration also yields significant gold, enabling faster acquisition of superior weapons and gear, crucial for challenging encounters. Rushing the main story might leave you underpowered.
Managing Resources: Potions and Food
Early combat can be challenging. Balance physical and essence attacks, carefully monitoring your health and essence bars. Health and essence potions are essential. Health potions (bright red) restore health significantly, while essence potions (bright pink) replenish your essence bar. These are readily available throughout the world and from vendors. However, conserve health potions; use food items to replenish minor health losses. Certain foods and herbs counteract effects like poison—save these for specific situations.
Supporting Your Companions
Leveling up provides skill and attribute points. Remember to invest in your companions' abilities. Neglecting them significantly weakens your party, leading to increased difficulty and potential setbacks. Strong companions provide valuable combat support and healing capabilities.
Gear Upgrades: A Key to Success
Gather resources to upgrade your weapons and gear at the crafting station in your camp. Prioritize upgrades for gear you intend to use for an extended period. Early on, weapon changes are frequent; invest resources judiciously. Upgrades enhance attack power, critical hit chance, and damage resistance.
Embrace the Journey
Avowed thrives on exploration and player agency. Whether you focus solely on the main story or delve into every side quest, the game adapts to your playstyle. Create your own narrative, and most importantly, have fun!
Avowed is currently available on PC and Xbox.
