No Rest for the Wicked throws you into an expansive map, leaving you to forge your own path on the enigmatic island of Sacra. While the game offers hints as you progress, here are some essential tips to kick off your journey in No Rest for the Wicked.
General tips
Watch your weight – Lighter gear means quicker dodges, while heavier gear offers more protection but slows you down, granting unique attacks like the shoulder barge.
Only equipped gear matters – Feel free to collect smaller items; the game only factors in the weight of your equipped weapons and clothing.
Break everything – barrels and crates often hold valuable loot essentials for cooking, crafting, and enhancing gear.
Don’t forget about cooking – Seek out fire pits to whip up healing items and stamina boosters from your gathered ingredients.
Roll or dodge into barrels – Preserve weapon durability by using your dodge to break containers instead of attacking them directly, saving your weapon’s strength for combat and breaking barricades.
Combat Tips
Focus on staggering – Enable the poise meter in Settings to track enemy poise levels. Breaking an enemy’s poise staggers them, making them vulnerable. Weapons inflict poise damage with each hit, eventually leading to stagger. Successful parries also trigger instant staggers.
Initiate with stealth – Whenever possible, approach enemies from behind for a devastating backstab before engaging in open combat. Backstabs can drastically reduce enemy health, depending on your weapon and stats.
Go for mid-combat backstabs – When an enemy is staggered, swiftly maneuver behind them to execute a backstab during combat.
Embrace combat without fear – Unlike most Soulslike games, you don’t lose experience upon death. Instead, your gear durability decreases, which is still a setback but avoids the need to retrieve lost experience from where you died.
Mind the zone difficulty – Each new area displays its name alongside a difficulty level indicator upon entry. Pay attention to these warnings to avoid facing challenges you’re unprepared for.
Exploration Tips
Master the sidle – Utilize the sidle feature to traverse seemingly unreachable areas across gaps. Cling to flat walls and shimmy across to discover loot and useful items on the other side.
Go full throttle – Sprinting is unlimited during combat or exploration, letting you climb over obstacles, jump across gaps, and maneuver around enemies without draining stamina. The only time it uses stamina is during climbing.
Re-explore old visits – As you explore, the map expands and refreshes areas you’ve left behind. Darkened sections on the map signify unexplored territory, ripe with new enemies and chests. Return to old stomping grounds for fresh surprises.
Take the risk on planks – Balance on narrow planks and beams to access difficult-to-reach spots, similar to the sidle maneuver. Just be cautious—falling can lead to severe damage.
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