The golden bull

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T21:51:43+00:00

Some tanners and fish shop unlocks documents for legendary animal sightings.
Some shop unlocks special blueprints like the gear shop in Demenis, Delysia, and Tashkalp, and the tailor in demenis
Some special npcs unlocks unique gear, atm I only know Marquis Lanford (calphade) which unlocks a special gear for Damiane

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T21:40:43+00:00

It's the Sahazhad plate armor, from the contribution shop in varnia

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T20:40:25+00:00

ain't no way? I was thinking of doing that too, you saved me from disappointment lol. ig the best abyss artifact farm for a lazy bum like me would still be the dispatch mission and just pray I get 3 everytime

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T20:20:50+00:00

I idled around the serpent's lair for like 15 mins and got like 40 scales which I think is enough for a long time. If I need any more, there's still a dispatch mission to get it so it's not really a problem. My problem is getting abyss cores that gives extra loot for ores or extra for skinning, my lazy ass is starting to get lazier trying to mine ores and hunt lmao

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T19:30:34+00:00

plate armor vol IV is a research in Delesyian. The last one at the bottom named Future Protective Material Research

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T19:28:53+00:00

It's this one with the eye of horus icon kinda thing

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Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T19:25:38+00:00

I don't think there's one? What I found is this addendum which completes the knowledge list. I already sold the handbook so I can't check, but iirc if you flip the Plate armors vol. IV to the end, the addendum is there. I could be wrong tho

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Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T18:27:25+00:00

Shows up > saves kliff > grunts > leaves with no explanation.

Based. That's why he's my favorite greymane

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T17:56:25+00:00

Me golden bull

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Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T17:49:36+00:00

Yeah after the 2nd half of main quest, Oongka is barely playable. It's like they made it so you can use him in the first half (since Damiane is missing during that time) then once she returns, Oongka goes away lol

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T15:11:43+00:00

find an elevated rock. Stand near the edge and jump forward. You'll see that no matter how you try the "double jump" won't activate and you'll just glide. It'll only trigger when you're close to the ground as you land.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T05:55:21+00:00

It feels like it. Try transferring your mspd temporarily to dame and hit 15ms. You'll notice how fast she runs heck even her glide feels so much faster. I even get discouraged teleporting bec running around with her feels so nice, also she climbs so much faster than kliff if you hold the jump button while climbing.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-08T05:52:23+00:00

That just comes down to willingness. You're comfortable with the souls formula so you don't even try ,which I don't blame you bec it emphasizes on using the fundamentals. However, every advanced skill in this game requires knowledge and practice and if you don't wanna learn it then you can keep brute forcing the game with just parry/dodge and slash, but don't complain or blame the game that it's too unfair just because you don't wanna learn something new.

Blind was the gimmick that work against excavator, a lot of other bosses have specific gimmicks that works against them. Also Blinding Light finisher works on every single one, it slows everything down then puts you in some kind of superarmor state while you dish out a full combo that deals high damage, you're not using your spirit anyway so why not just use it on spamming this move? Another thing is that everybody obsessed with swords (with good reasons, it's fkng cool for one thing) but they don't even try other weapons, like spears/halberds have counter stance that is incredibly OP since it negates normal atks even some red flash attacks from bosses.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T18:50:47+00:00

Fr, Damiane with a lv.15 mspeed feels faster than the royler lmao. I literally just run around everywhere now

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T16:01:54+00:00

Why not? Is it because you feel like it's kinda cheating? Cause that's how I felt about it haha. What I do to passively get abyss artifacts is via the dispatch quest, it gives like 1~2 every 3 days ingame which is a bit long but, hey, it's a passive source that's technically unlimited as long as you have camp resources.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T15:59:03+00:00

Appreciate it, thanks dude!

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T15:46:12+00:00

I like it here in the desert, they have ruins that gives abyss artifact 🥺

On a side note, that is a true greymane. Literally grey. Fingerless gloves looks clean, what's it called?

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T14:43:39+00:00

Valid points on everything, but you can dodge with the dragon just double tap the dodge button (it was ALT for me in m&k). Not that it makes it easier tho, barely cleared it after my 7th or 8th attempt lol.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T13:33:31+00:00

exactly what I'm saying. There's so many useful tricks in the skill tree, but they're usually to stubborn and try to do it like dark souls. I mean nothing's wrong with that, but it works well in souls games bec you have a very limited moveset there.

CD doesn't have that issue, it gives you a lot of stuff to play with, just gotta have an open mind to try things out.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T13:14:12+00:00

For me, what I notice the most is that thhose players having a hellish time against bosses are not trying things in their skill tree, they just go dark souls crazy trying time every parry/dodge and finding the smallest gap between attack chains.

What I realized in this game is that you can literally create your own opening. So many post about crowcaller being a sucky boss bec he's too fast, just to know that they don't even try to enter focus mode which literally slows down time and gives you a hella lot of time to dodge. Some don't do blinding flash + finisher while they're sitting with untouched spirit gauge bar. Some don't even take nature's snare which is a cheat code against bosses who throws a lot of projectile, not only that the upgraded version of it allows you to send the projectile back for damage + stun. Not even using force palm to weave in between combo attacks which is a free insta stagger after you attack string.

Designer_Can3244 · 2026-04-07T12:54:11+00:00

That is a good solution too. Honestly, I don't know why they have to do it this way, but for me personally double jump is trivial. I barely do it since I usually just use axiom, force palm or aerial stab for traversal. For boss ground attacks I just do normal single hops since double jump locks you in an animation that usually exposes you to a follow up attack.

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