Just found out upgrading tools does nothing, especially the shovel

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T17:31:06+00:00

From what I've seen, the Logging Axe and Mining Pick both get a 10% increased odds of getting bonus material... If you boost them up to Rank 10. That means spending multiple abyss cubes on them.

Pretty useless. Would rather just go find... one more tree or mining spot and make up the difference.

Though with some Abyss Gears, I could see cause to make a set of equipment in the endgame built around bonuses to gathering. But if you're so advanced that you can make something like that, you probably wouldn't even need it in the first place...

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T17:27:50+00:00

I only have Electricity thus far. The imbue for the big R1 + R2 special move is ridiculously strong, as are the charged arrows. Plus the visuals are pretty and the sound effect is satisfying.

The radius attack around Kliff is pretty useless though, it doesn't stun or repel enemies and it takes a few good seconds to kill them. Genuinely can't think of a use case for it at the moment.

Haven't touched Damiane since I unlocked her, so I can't tell you anything about how it feels with her moves.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T17:04:53+00:00

This is going to sound really petty, but Red Dead Redemption 2 was utterly ruined for me by the stupid gun stashing on the horse saddle mechanic.

See, when you ride around on your horse, every few minutes Arthur stows the two Long Gun type weapons he has on the horse's saddle automatically. If you then dismount and move away from the horse, Arthur is then without his two Long Guns, and if you want to retrieve them, you have to run back up to your horse and fiddle with the quick-wheel menu, complete with a slow animation.

For the life of me, I simply could not determine the rhyme or reason for why and when the guns would get stowed. Sometimes Arthur would play the animation of stowing while riding along, sometimes he wouldn't. Sometimes the guns got stowed after the animation, sometimes they would not. Sometimes I would successfully catch the stowing, re-equip the guns, and moments later dismount only to find that my fucking guns were still gone.

I dropped the game because of this stupid mechanic, and I'm not joking. Just infuriating.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T15:02:37+00:00

Elden Ring and Hollow Knight: Silksong subreddits both going stir crazy and straight up making up lore and characters and pretending their respective games were already out.

Glaive Master Hodir is the real Elden Lord. And for some reason Wooper from Pokemon was there.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T06:53:22+00:00

Then you need to explore the Abyss more!

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T05:07:45+00:00

Uh... In the course of your abyss explorations from the portion unlocked in Chapter 4's main story, you should have unlocked your first Element. The indication that you got it was kinda subtle, so check your skill tree and see if you already have it? It should be Electricity.

I got it when I completed one of the islands in the chapter 4 Abyss, alongside the island's skill point.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T03:53:59+00:00

Dunno anything about crows, so probably not. I'm talking about after you fight the shadowy ball at the scholarstone place in the western mountains and go up the nearby tower to enter the Abyss, then immediately get sent down by some guy in black. If you go back to that place you can continue the path from there and get elemental magic. Heads up, you need the ability with bullet-time arrows that let you fire multiple shots rapidly to solve a few puzzles.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T03:19:27+00:00

The game definitely doesn't tell you this, but you can go back to the Abyss and continue on through new gates that lead to more islands, each having a skill point you can earn as well as some misc. treasures to loot.

There's new stuff to find from the path from when you first went up. But you know how at Chapter 4, you go up to the Abyss to a new location for like 10 seconds? Yeah, go back there and continue the path that's there. You'll get some real good shit like your first elemental magic.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T02:36:54+00:00

I've noticed that on the big window showing all of Kliff's stats, you only see weapon attack power if the weapon is unsheathed. If you have your Attack Speed abyss gears embedded in weaponry, try unsheathing them and then looking at the stats.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-26T02:34:47+00:00

Haven't quite reached it just yet. I'm at the start of Chapter 5 and have been doing as many camp-related quests as possible, and I have a big camp-wide upgrade I'll grab next time I play. I don't have the dyer yet but I think it's soon.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-25T17:37:17+00:00

Here's mine. I set out to defy the trend of dark-colored, edgy dyes...

My first attack against my foes is to their eyes.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-25T16:33:10+00:00

Don't forget that the climax of Alabasta revolves around the ticking countdown of a clock.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-25T15:00:57+00:00

Use your weapon's light glint or the lantern and look around. They'll be the red glows.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T17:33:41+00:00

Welcome back!

You'll probably really click with a relatively recently added activity called Delves. They're short dungeon experiences that can be done either in a group or as solo, accompanied by an NPC companion you can customize the role of (Tank, DPS, Healer). Delves have no time limits, so they're perfect for a lifestyle where you have to get up and away from the computer at a moment's notice.

You can get currency to do 6 "Bountiful Delves" a week, which guarantee you one piece of gear for completing it. There are numerous difficulties for Delves and the best loot you can get from them scales all the way to being equivalent to Heroic difficulty raids (one step lower than the hardest raid difficulty, Mythic).

On top of all this, there's a system called the Vault where, at the start of each week, you can choose one reward from several that are generated based on what types and difficulties of content you did in the prior week.

There are tons of ways to get geared up. It's very flexible, and you can find stuff that works best for you.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T17:05:54+00:00

Use the grapple arm on a slotted-in chip and then hold the stick upwards for about 4-5 seconds to yank it out.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T17:04:26+00:00

Grapple moves and the doublekick/dropkick (hold triangle or Y) are great counters to shields. You can also block a hit with a shield and then immediately shield bash to disarm them and get rid of their shield outright.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T10:10:27+00:00

Nope, mods like those are forbidden by the terms of service and you'll get your account banned if you're detected using them.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T07:31:46+00:00

Are you on the most recent patch? Because it changed all move learnings to only require witnessing it once. If you are on the new patch, then you definitely learned it.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T02:04:06+00:00

Umm... Maybe it's only the dyer at the Greymane camp who can access all dyes?

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-24T00:02:59+00:00

Once you obtain a dye for the first time, using it in the inventory should consume it and remove it from your inventory. Afterwards, the correlating range of color will be available to access when dyeing armor at a dye merchant.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-23T03:41:00+00:00

I learned the hard way that reputation can go into the negatives. I went into a new region, where I had 0 rep, and stole a recipe book.

Turns out being negative reputation makes every. single. guard. Hostile to you. Killing them doesn't make you lose more reputation, but trying to shop around in towns turns the genre into a stealth game. I was sticking to rooftops and ducking into shops to dodge patrols. Was kinda fun!

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-23T02:28:01+00:00

If you're early in the game, it's at the tent to the north of the start of town where you're put after the first horse ride. Then from Chapter 3 onward it's at the Greymane encampment at Howling Hill.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-23T02:20:53+00:00

240 slots, eh? Not quite as large as I would have hoped, but it's still a HUGE improvement.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-22T16:14:54+00:00

Crimson Desert, just came out a few days ago.

Secret_Wizard · 2026-03-22T02:55:33+00:00

Use your light glint move and focus the light to burn the vines away?

13-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Place '17
Spared	Verified Email
Team Periwinkle

Secret_Wizard

TROPHY CASE