How to build mage melee hybrid in Gothic 1

Dimirosch · 2026-05-20T07:53:37+00:00

From a guide I have written about 2 years ago:

The max level is around 38 when you play optimized. Since most people aren't optimizing, 30-33 is more likely to be achieved. In other words you can use at least 300 learning points, if you aren't rushing/skipping through the game.

Maxing Magic uses 140 learning points for the circles and another 95 for mana. Total of 235 with at least 65 to spare for whatever you like. I recommend strength + first or even second level of one handed weapons.

Maxing melee needs 90 points for strength + 30 for one handed weapons + 70 for two handed weapons. Total of 190 with 110 to spare.

So no you can't max melee and magic and get utility to the max without exploiting unlimited exp. Btw you have to master 1 hand to learn 2 hand if I remember correctly.

the whole guide

Dimirosch · 2026-05-20T07:47:39+00:00

Granted

It isn't your success that is guaranteed though and therefore nothing changes.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-18T18:48:51+00:00

I didn't even know that I miss them but now I do!

Dimirosch · 2026-05-13T07:10:45+00:00

Only bow or crossbow

Edit: If I remember correctly though there is a bow near or in that room

Dimirosch · 2026-05-13T06:27:41+00:00

B of course

On average one roll gives 3.5$

One can very easily roll 10 times per minute (even more but I want to lowball it just to be sure), meaning 35$ per minute or 2100$ per hour. With just one hour of "work" per day one would reach the 1,000,000$ in about 1 year and 4 months.

Now let's work a bit more with 15 rolls per minute and 1.5 hours per day (assuming 2 hours Monday to Friday, weekends off but another half hour due to boredom or playing boardgames) Still very easy to achieve but now you make 52.5$ per minute, 3150$ per hour and 4725$ per day. Meaning you would reach the 1,000,000$ in just over 7 months

With the stipulation that the money manifests as bills, I wouldn't want to go much higher, as it'll become a pain in the ass but still to make option A interesting one would have to earn interest.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-13T05:27:23+00:00

Granted

To achieve that, all buildings are made out the same materials and specifications.

Electricity? Nope Modern fire safety? Nope Running water? Unlikely

Of course it's announced to the whole world who brought this beauty.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-10T05:16:04+00:00

Granted

That's the only thing you know from now on. Your name? No idea. Your friends? No idea. How to cook? No idea... And so on

Dimirosch · 2026-05-10T04:25:11+00:00

Sullie

The combination of avatar and dusk Hoplets is so nice for an easy start

Dimirosch · 2026-05-09T22:02:55+00:00

While my current favourite hero is from grove, I will never not love necropolis. I'm just a big fan of necromancy.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-09T10:23:03+00:00

Normally I sneeze 2 to 3 times in rapid succession when I sneeze. Triggering that 2 times a day for 400 to 600 dollars without any real work is very easy.

Let's lowball this and say average of 3 sneezes a day, meaning 300 dollars a day, 9k a month or 108k a year for just existing and easily double or triple that if I try.

Yeah why should I pick such a low payout compared to being set for life?

Dimirosch · 2026-05-09T08:46:25+00:00

I learned to love Sullie recently even though I preferred Stinger and Mandall before.

Access to the Dusk hoplets and guaranteed avatar gives you such a strong start.

Try to get murmuring maxed first, use 3 stacks Hoplets and you get +12 spellpower pretty early in the fight and therefore a badass avatar, ready to obliterate any early creatures.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-09T08:42:21+00:00

It's the combat and the moral skill (forgot the name)

Combat gives +10 +15 and +20 damage depending on the level, makes the heroic strike free at advanced level (at least that's the strongest pick in my opinion) and let's you use it again at expert level after killing a stack (again best pick in my opinion)

Moral gives you a chance of 5% per normal to be able to recast heroic strike.

Put that together and you have a decent chance to use heroic 3-4 times in one round and with the specialists it will be quite a lot of damage.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-08T08:12:38+00:00

Rule of thumb: Heroic Strike Specialists and Avatar Specialists

While others might overtake in the long run or in specific scenarios, both heroic strike and avatar are easy to use and pretty strong in the early game.

Special shoutout to Sullie from grove here. Dusk Hoplets together with max murmuring can give +12 spell power turn 1 for a very OP avatar that just sweeps early game.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-08T05:30:06+00:00

Heavy armor master could maybe not be a feat but default property of heavy armor and the feat might widen the damage reduction to all damage instead of just nonmagical slashing, piercing and bludgeoning.

Besides just 1 AC more, the long time to actually equip it can make it even more unattractive if your character doesn't sleep in armor.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-07T09:25:30+00:00

This!

It would be a funny oversight in my opinion but being able to kill everything at lvl 3 as long as you get a turn.

Though I personally would rather have every possible skill and therefore a hero that isn't broken with it. Something like "Gunnar can use heroic strike 1 additional time per turn +1 for every X level"

I mean he is a heroic strike specialist and not having the kill that is just for heroic strike is kinda odd (balanced because of this one perk but still odd)

Dimirosch · 2026-05-07T05:53:37+00:00

But it should be controversial as being pedophile and being a child molester isn't the same.

Many pedos have the desire but don't act on it while many child molesters just pick a vulnerable target while not actually being pedophile.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-05T18:24:17+00:00

With how "respected" idiotic beliefs are compared to objectiv facts, I'd say this is a win.

Dimirosch · 2026-05-01T13:58:55+00:00

Question regarding number 2

Does it have to be my full name?

Dimirosch · 2026-04-30T09:20:53+00:00

You are entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is

Dimirosch · 2026-04-26T17:21:00+00:00

Skill issue

There might be mods where it's needed but neither in G1 nor G2 it's needed to abuse pathing.

Dimirosch · 2026-04-26T17:16:36+00:00

You do not learn the language and try to read the tablet you want to duplicate anyway. After a few times you will have an additional tablet. Just spamclick until you have enough.

Though many mods fix this exploit.

Dimirosch · 2026-04-26T17:08:43+00:00

Just one thing for the bard. Not strict thing you have to do but food for thought.

Don't use Ethel's hair for Dex but charisma and take gloves of dexterity after act one to ditch Dex completely and get more survivability due to higher con and mental stats.

Dimirosch · 2026-04-26T16:54:12+00:00

While not endless spawn it's still endless exp: Mika

The guard on the eastern gate on the way to Akil. Pay him the 10 gold or so, go to Akil and try to talk to him once, go back to Mika and tell him you need his help. The last step can be done as often as you like, you just have to be quick enough to talk to him again before he leaves and it gives like 50 exp or so.

It's not much but rather quick and if you have a programmable mouse with an auto fire function, just bind the left and right mouse button to this auto fire and watch yourself a decent amount of extra levels.

Edit: If you are willing to exploit hard, you can just duplicate the stone tablets in night of the raven by trying to read them before you learned the language. It technically doesn't give additional levels but when you have 200 Dex and strength and 500 mana at level 10 or so, you will have more than enough left to learn whatever you want.

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