That said, plate and plate leggings are inherently more valuable, since they help during both vampire and human phases. Still, the earlier you can get various pieces of armor, the more time you will save not waiting for your health to come back.

This means that the more good potions you have, the more risks you can afford to take, which saves time.Įquipment : More an attribute than a resource, since you can't spend gear. Apart from that, their buffs act as a safety margin. Potions : Quite literally time in a bottle, potions are the units by which time is measured (food, soul elixirs or blood). Do cast spells when it saves you time, either directly or in the form of HP.

Therefore, don't spend mana (cast spells) unless you have to. What matters more is spending mana, which in and of itself eats hunger, which is time. Mana : Mana comes back with time, but fast enough that it doesn't matter much. It comes back with time, therefore lack of HP eats time. As a human, you're always some time away from full HP. HP : The only point of HP that matters is the last one, everything else is padding. Therefore, human time should be considered scarcer and preserved as much as possible. Human time is somewhat inflexible, you get the items you get and that's it. Vampire time is flexible, it can be stretched out by taking more risk (i.e. Since all of these naturally run out, you should always be moving forward, and the risks you take should be inversely proportional to the amount of time you have left (as measured in food, soul elixirs and, though it is plentiful, blood). In this case, this guide assumes that your main resource is not HP or mana, but time itself.Īs a human, time is measured in food and Soul Elixirs : You need both to stay human and alive, or in other words, to prolong your alive time.Īs a vampire, time is measured in blood : You need it to stay alive.

I like to break systems down to their most basic elements and seek maximum cheese from there. If you haven't played the game yet, go ahead and do that first this guide may make little sense otherwise. The walkthrough page is the most helpful. Feedback is welcome if your mileage varies.Įven with this guide, you will still need the wiki at times. This means it has my biases based on variance. This guide is my analysis of the game, based on my own experiences. See the game's patch notes for what might be different. NOTE: This guide has not yet been updated for 1.9.

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