@firebones1244 Just do first chronicle a few times before trying to reach 5,5K max destiny. +50% loop action from sins is must, then after fifth reincarnation you get another bonus for loop action for ancient ruins monsters research in greed. Wreath is easy one with maxed flower fairy. For wood use beetle and forest title. But yes, it is a painfull process.
And later when you get to valley village and get tree golem, you will get wood reg. and it has +100% goddess statue production. +100% Wooden statue production is from rock bird from the same area.
@MikeySCE You need 5500 max destiny to search body in the cave. It will lead you to Smith's village where it can be unlocked. A part of the second chronicle. But you dont need it for a while. Just go few runs with the first chronicle to unlock all greeds and collect and invest some sins.
@vtopphol You can make shrines by choosing "steer clear of slums" and finishing 19 and more "talk with bishop" quests. Each shrine gives you +1 max to all statues/amulets. It can be usefull for achieving 5,5K max destiny for second ending, you need that for searching bandit body. But if you dont need more max destiny, there is no point in making shrines. Other statues and amulets give you some battle stats, but not very large ammount.
OMG! I am mad! Invested a LOT (=20 sins, so basically one full reincarnation) to be able to make an elixir and it does only +5 max destiny. Huge disappointment :(
@maclaren93 It improves speed of habits. You need that so you can get higher bonuses for class, sacred ritual, will and familiar. If you can get double efficiency just but adding one monster with habit bonus to your party, it is good idea to do it. And later it is one of two possibilites where to invest inspiration.
@minorisc You can't get rare summons offline. But you dont have to maximize them now. You will get that opportunity at the end of your first game, like 100x-1000x faster way.
@d4gaojuexin Difference is not big. First greeting will help you to achieve ending 2. Destiny regeneration is small in effect in comparison with orphanage gain so i always go for first greeting.
@alanstar102 Anchovy sendwich is produced while farming and farming is locked when leaving town. You can produce it later by cooking it (bread+salt+fish).
@unEpicD You dont need to go to the desert now, but it is good idea to try to kill some monsters here to be able to summon them. Sand swordfish for large habit bonus and charity larva for pray bonus. There are some other good things but you would not be able to get to them now. But before reincarnation - farm demon king fort with Norn in your party for exp base for sins.
Anyone knows what elixir does? After 2-3 reincarnations i will be able to produce it, but i would like to know if it worthwile that 30 sins investment.
@guidooo I haven't done it myself, but i believe that ts is possible. It just needs a LOT of training and preparation. Having a lot of sins bonuses to inspiration (+brain) and then a LOT of dark ritual and invest it all to Status up. Like 10000 lvl could be enough :D
And a lof of gluttony bonuses on actual run and milion lvl of warrior class bonuses to all status and speed. And maxed brutal arm, right choice of title, skill and one fully maxed equiepment.
@firebones1244 Main factor is time. But if you wait too long to do dark ritual, you will have to wait so long every time ho have the same effect. Then there is rank, but with higher rank the next bonus is not so big. Very big infuence is gluttony and later greed. And put in your party sludge slime (+ Martyr's arm later) before doing ritual, it has a bonus. And permanent factor: number of summons with max luck. Bonuses from quests and achievements are low, but collect as many as you can.
8. Try to have at least 3 sins for first reincarnation. You need some base exp and can mupliplay it with high gluttony. (for second reincarnation it will be easier with greed). You need 2 sins to mandatory upgrades that dont do anything. After that the most important upgrades are +50% for loop action and +50% for dungeon reward. +50% to insant action is also good, but you will have bonus to insant action in greed since first reincarnation. If you have only 1 or 2 sins, do not invest them, they have some unspend bonus.
4. Fastest way to obtain exp (mainly for sins base) is Demon king fort. Have Norn in your party and invest in your exp bonus in you chose warrior class. If you can kill him with one hit with sharp spike, you will get a lot of exp. Like 3-4K per few seconds. It is also a good source for seeds, you need creatures with bonus seed ammount (no drop chance because it is already 100%).
5. Scarlet dragon and Silver dragon are very powerfull to add in your party, they inscrease stats by a lot.
6. Wyvern and Lesser wyvern increase research drop ammount by a lot, but it is not shown in their stats. Add them to your party together with sludge slime, queen bee and dragon baby to have a lot of research points.
7. I reccomend warrior class for first play and tamer for first reincarnation. Mercenary title (warrior) is the strongest title and Commanders Assault (tamer) is the strongest physical skills (but needs a lot of stamina). With warrior it is the fasterst way to have high rank.
Some helpfull tips:
1. That last bonus of familiar on rank 41 is very important for having high satiety (and so bonus to sins) and works on greed too. First after dark ritual do not eat or examine anything, higher your rank to have some habit points and invest in familar first before gluttony and greed.
2. Reseach points of rare creatures can be easily obtainted at Demon empire fort. You just need to find one research naturaly and then put it in your party. Demon king will copy your creatures (except humans). So you can kill copied rare creatures and have a drop. It is also much faster way to obtain honey (queen bee) runes (silver dragon), rare metal and gold (both gold slime).
3. Fast way to find rare creatures naturaly is to have 2 shortcutes (buy it in Astral world) and connect each shortcut ot one dungeon with rare creature. You can switch them very fast until you find your target creature.
@pablomel You will be able to produce them later (for 3 stone statues and 1 durable leather) at Coastal City, it is the the quest line for stonemancer, i think like 6/8.
@pablomel Look few comments bellow, i have answered that question.
@tinygamer13 There are some quests that require potions so you can"consume" them. And later you will be able to produce holy water that require 3 potions, so you can get rid of them.
Another option is rare summon sludge slime that produce stench.
Stench is needed only for that quest with smelly sachets, after that it is useless.
@bowa73 I don't know where theshadowless got that info that you need destroyer key for dark ritual. Because you don't. It is quite the opposite, you loose all of your key when performing ritual and you can perform it with 0 keys. So it is good idea to use them all first.
You can use them after first reincarnation. There will be a new dungeon in astral world and destroyer key is needed to enter. You will get 1 key per hour. There is a boss in this dungeon which drops 1 ruby, 1 inspiration and can drop research points of 5 different powerfull summons.
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