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All of us like playing games, and all of us like winning games. So, how about playing a game and winning games while playing?


  • Introduction

Game of sWords is a text RPG Adventure where you can explore dungeons (or other locations), complete quests, solve puzzles, find useful items, avoid deadly traps and fight dangerous monsters while searching for treasures (private SteamGifts giveaways links) on your way and trying to reach the end to get access to a huge amount of private giveaways! Each Game (of sWords) usually has a unique scenario and a limited number of winners, so the chances will always be great.

All giveaways have no restrictions, so anyone who finds them can join them!

Lots and lots of giveaways have been contributed by the community members, and I would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who made a contribution! :)

Here is the topic of the previous Game of sWords.

Here is the topic of the first Game of sWords.


  • Important notes about the Game

In the Game, you will have Energy Points and Health Points.
Most of the actions in the Game require Energy Points. Energy can be replenished using items, which you can find everywhere, thus it is important that you check everything around you!

Energy will also be replenished over time. Normally, you will receive 1 Energy Point every 15 minutes, and that time can be reduced with special artifacts that can be found in Game.
Note, that the Energy won't be replenishing during the battles (you can only restore it with potions)!

If you lose all your Health Points, you will also lose all the energy you had plus you will have to wait for up to 6 hours to be resurrected. (Basic Resurrection happens every 6 hours from the time the Game started - 16:00 GMT). The energy can not be replenished while you are dead!

Note: If you have problems navigating through the map, you can switch to Simplified Navigation at the bottom right corner.

I highly recommend to read this article for important Strategy Tips and general understanding of the Game :)

Also, make sure to read the FAQ, it has the answers to most questions you might have about the Game ;)


  • What's new in the current Game of sWords?

Current Game is a true RPG adventure with 3 classes, experience system and levels, multiple skills, wide variety of enemies with random encounters and huge amount of weapons, artifacts and items. There is 10 times more of everything than in the previous Game! The map is now twice as big as the one in The Secret Castle (previous Game), so you have to be ready for a long and dangerous journey! Make smart decisions, develop your character your way and lead him to success!


Current Winners limits: Barbarians:19, Mages:17, Thieves:24.

Winners get access to all giveaways available in the Game! (80+)

Everyone who finishes the Game after the limit is reached gets 1 random treasure as a consolation prize!

All giveaways end on the 1st of March!


  • Time to start the Adventure!

EVERYONE is invited to play the Game and search for treasures in the adventure! :)

The only requirement is that your Steam account should be more than 90 days old.

Will you be able to defeat the monsters, complete quests, solve the puzzles, face the mighty Dragon and claim his countless treasures? :)

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I've been taking several laps around the map looking for a third lever. No luck so far. Already Level 10 from all the monsters I've grinded through looking for the lever. Running out of energy potions so a hint would be greatly appreciated. I have two in dead end corridors close to the middle of the map, and previous hints say all three should be in dead ends. Don't have any more dead ends on my map except for the red hole and stairs. Except for those two, mysterious door and the shops are the only red spots left on the map. All other tiles discovered/quests finished. Any hints on where to go next?

8 years ago
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Are you kidding?

Minor hint:
(You've already mentioned the place for the third lever in this exact post you just made) It seems as if you thought that "that place" had no lever. Well... wrong.. The third is not in the middle.

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Thanks a lot, got it! For some reason I didn't consider that an option since I still had an active quest saying I had to find an item to interact with that, even though I apparently already had the item. Confusing, otherwise I would already have gone there.

8 years ago
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Something about status ailments and resistances.
When is the duration counted?
example: If you increase resistance in poison, while being poisoned, does the duration and the effect decrease or not?

8 years ago
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If you increase your resistance while being poisoned, its current duration won't decrease, but the damage per move will.
So, the duration is counted from the moment you got the negative effect based on resistance you had at that moment.

8 years ago
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Ok, so it would be useless to increase disorientation resistance while being disoriented for that period.

8 years ago
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Truth is I have already tested this with disorientation cause I was disoriented at least 8-9 times in this last game. (mostly traps, couldn't evade a single one) and yup, it did not work in reducing the duration of that particular instance. xD

8 years ago
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this hot key is killing me I opened a door but I didn't drop it, what do?

8 years ago
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Seems you opened the wrong door, continue search.

8 years ago
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so im still playing, ehhh
got the gift for the brother but nothing happend (i had fried bread at rattman and went to brother) - i believe there was this glitch before

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i need to deliver the pigeon but i dont see it in my special list
do i need to go to ratman again ? i can loose it ? how ?

8 years ago*
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The pigeon flies away each time you die. You can return to office ratman to get a new one.

8 years ago
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damn, i remember that some barbarian killed me
thx for support

8 years ago
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I've been playing that since beginning. I have killed 6 enemies and died 6 times so far. I haven't found any treasure. Now there is no other way than to defeat 2 bosses (Dendroid with 9k HP and something else). I am not strong enough to do it as I am just a Barbarian Lvl 1. Any help? :( I wouldn't even think I will be so terrible in this game...

8 years ago
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There is no need to kill Dendroid as it is obviously impossible for you now.
You should meet a Troll that will give you a quest. After its completion you'll be able to proceed further.

8 years ago
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I've been having this quest since beginning of my adventure but I have never found what the troll wanted :(

8 years ago
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Click the notebook at the top.
Also it is a word game, he says what he wants when you speak to him.

8 years ago
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I know. I just don't know where to find that. Eventhough I've been checking everything since beginning...

8 years ago
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Frogs live in a swamp.

8 years ago
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I will try to find them again...
BTW can I meet Shrek there?

8 years ago
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Yes you can, he is a troglodyte right?

8 years ago
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Ogre :p

8 years ago
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Could You please help me with the quest I got from the Troll? I feel really stupid now since I can't find the frogs or even a swamp anywhere... IS it somewhere near the Troll or at the other side of the map for example? It really frustrates me :(

8 years ago
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Swamp is in the eastern part, it is quite big and will be impossible to miss.

8 years ago
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Have you actually ventured into the dungeon yet? You should have gone there. It's a huge place. Lots of stuff to do, and you will get all your level ups and equipment there. Judging from your post you are in the very beginning. :O

8 years ago
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I have no idea where the dungeon is :(
Unless it's there where Troll guards and since I never found what the troll wants and never completed the quest, I guess I couldn't even be in the dungeon :(

8 years ago
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Well, you certainly haven't fully explored the area.

8 years ago
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Hint:
It's just a few steps away from the Elder Troll entrance. Search for "stairs descending below". It does not even matter if you have talked to the troll or not. (I think).

8 years ago
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Noooooooo, Big Energy Potion out of stock! :P

8 years ago
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Yup this happened to be as a thief too. I actually emptied all reserves, and even came later on and some of the big energy potions had restocked. Only one or two though. Seems like they restocked kinda slowly. Which makes sense I guess. xD

8 years ago
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Looks like they aren't sold out, you can just buy to a certain amount in inventory.
I only buy small ones now, and every time they are sold out when I have 9 in inventory.
Also I can't buy small hp potions, although I bought a maximum of 2.

8 years ago
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killed again by some guy

8 years ago
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My barbarian is starting to shape up as a blinding rage killing machine.
edit: I find way too many hp potions, 32 small, 21 medium and 7 big. considering I use plenty due to low defence...

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You are a true wild barbarian indeed! :p

8 years ago
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I took the handcuffs of war so I have strength now, only need a weapon to go with it...

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8 years ago
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Finished the game as #107. Tbh, this is the first round of Game of sWords that I've been able to clear, as during the previous two, I died not far from the beginning of the game xD. I enjoyed it quite a lot though, it was a great experience and had me hooked up for days. Thanks for creating this awesome game!

8 years ago
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Well done! :) Glad you enjoyed the Game :)

8 years ago
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But death should not have stopped you. :O Death is natural in these kind of games. xD Just wait to be resurrected and continue on your way. Gratz !

8 years ago
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The previous 2 games (or at least the first one) had a system where players would not be able to respawn once dead. That's why I was surprised when I played this version lol.

8 years ago
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I think you are mistaken... At least for the 2nd game of swords... I don't know about the first because I was not around then...

8 years ago
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The first GoS had perma-death, but not the second one, so you are partly correct (about him being mistaken).

8 years ago
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The previous GoS worked almost the same way as this one, respawn-wise. You'd respawn after 6 hours or so.
The very first GoS had permanent death though and an instant-death trap at the beginning so many people died within a minute.

8 years ago
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Lol this sounds kinda harsh indeed. Especially the early insta-death. :O

8 years ago
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So, i'm complete my 3rd run as Thief, killed dragon at 9 level. But not enouth for break my score as 8009.
"You had to make 490 steps and
325 checks to win this Game."
This run was with lot of negative effects, only 4 disorientations was on level 1. My first run as barbarian was much successfully, but takes more steps/checks/kills.

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You should have run away...

8 years ago
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can we find treasures when we play second time?

8 years ago
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They're all listed when you finish it.

8 years ago
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Only when you finished in time, else you only get 1 in the end.
edit: but I do believe they get another one if they complete it with another class. Don't think they will find treasures on checks then though.

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Oh yeah, my bad, I didn't think about it since I didn't finish in time last time.

8 years ago
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only if you finish in those predetermined number of players
like if you are a thief and if you finish the game among first 24 other thiefs , you get all treasures
but what is whit us who didn't make it on time? ;_;

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Well I didn't finish in time last time but I did now so I guess wait until a new game starts.

8 years ago
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only if you finish in those predetermined number of players
like if you are a thief and if you finish the game among 24 other thiefs , you get all treasures
but what is whit us who didn't make it on time? ;_;

8 years ago
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If you missed main treasuse slot, every new completed game gives you one random treasure.

8 years ago
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bloodemperor2 has stolen 1434 coins from you!
Pff, who cares, still have 4128 left. :P

8 years ago
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You've killed Kuzurreesh in a burst of bloodthirst, gaining 3246 Health Points!

Sorry about that! And in the Enchanted fields, too.

8 years ago
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No problem, I have 10 phoenix blood. ;)

8 years ago
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Wow, long loading time for the comment, resulted in 9 min double post delay. :P

8 years ago
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ok, can i have spoiler for levers now ?
i have found 3, found also colors order

8 years ago
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Pull them in the order you found, watch the green lights, after the fourth it will give off a good sound(text).
If you've done that, go to X6 Y7

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Then what do you need spoiler for? :P
Red is in top middle (3x1 corridor), Green is southeast of red (long narrow corridor), and Blue is in the middle (3x1 corridor).

8 years ago
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i just got out enchanted forrest
wasnt sure with the levers coz there was red lever and red light and it was to many steps to find the right combination
and unpleasnt noise message could be used to tricked us, and since the competition is over i asked to save time

8 years ago
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I finally finished the game and I'm not sure if I want to replay through it. It was a lot of fun; I liked the unique enemies with different quirks. At first when I encountered a Troll I had to power through the fight and use most of my potions to kill it. I also liked the option for killing some of the characters at the red squares. Thanks for the adventure! :D

8 years ago
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Glad you enjoyed the Game! :)

8 years ago
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Caught a frog. While blind. Like a boss!

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8 years ago
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I suppose it was croaking quite loudly :p

8 years ago
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Was it possible to not catch the frog? It sounded like you could miss, but I got them all on the first try.

8 years ago
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With my first character I missed more than 10-12 times. Lost tons of time there. xD Probably an agility thing? Though my thief was certainly better on lvl 1. Maybe pure luck was involved.

8 years ago
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so what i could get from witch with dendroids root ?
still trying to finish it

8 years ago
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A special item for 5 magic defence.

8 years ago
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Which does not even count as an item slot, so it's really kinda good. Same as the fire mastery item reward from the dendroid area.

8 years ago
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Finally decided to stop searching or a neck artifact that suits me. :P
Fear my blind raging barbarian.

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8 years ago
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Woah, you've got amazing Strength! :)

8 years ago
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And only with 3 artifacts. :D

8 years ago
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By the way @Server, I don't know the exact formula of what matters and what matters not in building a good score in game of swords as of now, but what I can say for sure, is that number of deaths should play a "more paramount" role in it. Personally I don't find it at all logical that there's people with 15 or 20++ deaths by abusing the resurrect system, and they still got pretty high in the score. It just does not make much sense and puzzles me. xD People with low death count should receive bonus score etc to say the least. (at least in future games, or just deduct score per death) Something's amiss in the overall formula, though only you know exactly what, since you made it and can have a better look at it. xD Just my two cents. :P

8 years ago
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The score is actually deducted with each death :p
I will surely make some improvements on score calculation for the future Game, but it is already, in fact, quite fair.

8 years ago
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Nice to hear that, however the only reason I mentioned this, is because I've seen some literally huge death counts with pretty great scores, so clearly something's very strange and does not seem fair enough. Or there's some parameter we are obviously ignoring that only you know...

8 years ago
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The score calculation is based on lots of different parameters.

8 years ago
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Correct, and I'd like in future FAQs to have a summary of those parameters if possible. :P
(For example do we lose much score when running away from monsters?)
That does not change the fact however, that death is not as important as one would expect. xD

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Going over 1200 steps, or possibly 1500steps/checks combined, will make you lose points rapidly. :)

8 years ago
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Well... after 3 days lost, I think I'll ask for some hints cause I'm tired of going everywehre of the map without knowing what to do....
I've gave the gift to the brother, killed everything in the dungeon except both shops and go to the cave again, killed dendroid. Now I have the dendroid root and the eye and I still don't know how to pass the magic field that makes me go back and spend all my eyebind things... any help about what to do? Ty!!

8 years ago
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There is a certain path through the field which you have to find by trial and error. Each wrong step sends you back to the Troll's Cave.

8 years ago
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I've discovered the coords 9.11 and 8.10 but I cant move from here... from that I can go to 3 coords in 4 different ways and all them make me go back and get blind... I'll try again if that is what you mean...

8 years ago
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I have just walked through the field to make sure everything is fine. There is a way.

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8 years ago
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Ah, how could you! :( I thought I could trust you!

8 years ago
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I`m Lost, and don't know what to do , i have these quest:

  • Find the Dragon and claim its treasures!
  • Find a key from the massive stone door in the Elder Troll`s cave.
  • Find a way to fry the loaf of bread.
  • Find a gift for the 'Brother'.

PS i have Resurrection Scroll x6 and Doom Bringer

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There might be a reason why it is so hot in the "hot room"...

8 years ago
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There is a red lever on the wall in front of you. Would you like to pull it? i pull it too many times , should all levers be green or red?

8 years ago
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There certainly is some secret in that dungeon...

8 years ago
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i explore all the dungeon and i can find my name in the Leaderboard

my Quests are

  • Find the Dragon and claim its treasures!
  • Find a key from the massive stone door in the Elder Troll`s cave.
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I couldn't solve it, I'm reaching the leaderboard tops and didn't meet the dragon yet
all my Weapons are Legendary and can kill any monster easily
please help

8 years ago
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Did you find the key for massive stone door? Seem you're so close!

8 years ago
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No . i'm stuck in the three levers

8 years ago
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Ah I see, I stuck here before too, I think maybe no harm to spoil a little bit here, the game almost finish, right SErVER? :D there is a guide about how to pull them, at the place of two brothers (one of them), check it again.

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There are four words written on the wall one after , thank you i will keep trying

8 years ago
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You're on the right track ;)

8 years ago
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Second play through and I'm now at the top of the "Hall Of Fame" I considered going for a higher score but it was funner trying to get a even 10,000!

8 years ago
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Hehe, great job reaching the top in style! :)

8 years ago
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On my second playthough, I've just enterered the Dragon's Lair, exploring every single square along the way. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a single treasure - this isn't normal, is it? (I found 3 treasures + 1 at the end during my first playthrough.)

8 years ago
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You won't find treasures on other playtroughs, only when you win the game again.

8 years ago
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For future games, it would not really be a bad thought to consider leaving treasures in the dungeon, but with at least a (highly or not) reduced chance to be found. I don't think it would make much of a difference anyway, apart from attracting more players.

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So all of the time spent to beat the entire game again nets one (1) treasure?!?

8 years ago
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On a second playthrough. I think on the first playthrough you can get 5 or if one of the first 60 to win you get all 80.

8 years ago
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So the winners aren't the top in each class, just the first to win in each class, eh?

8 years ago
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Yeah, it seems like it is a race to the treasure. It doesn't matter how many things you killed along the way, just that you got to the treasure while there was still some left to loot.

8 years ago
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Not only all the time spent to beat the entire game again netted me a single treasure but I had already found that treasure during my first playthrough. That was quite disapointing :-(

8 years ago
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I beat the game a second time and got a different treasure but the giveaway ended 9 hours ago whereas the end-game treasure I got from the first playthrough is still open for 3 more hours. In both our cases, the second playthrough yielded the same result: a complete waste of time. :(

8 years ago
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Nice to see the game taking much longer than the one before!

Got a problem though - my HP doesn't recharge anymore. Sitting on 1 HP waiting, EP do recharge fine. Do I have to commit suicide? Also I'm not at 80% HP when I ressurect.

8 years ago
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You can only get HP from drinking potions, regenerate through scrolls or phoenix vial on death, and of course from barbarian bloodthirst. So you should be careful managing your resources. Though energy is by far more important at most stages in the game. HP potions are pretty much abundant.

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Than I have to commit suicide to get back on health as I don't have any potions left and the next shop is out of reach.

8 years ago
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You don't have to commit suicide, just keep playing with 1hp. Maybe you'll find a potion. Worst case scenario is you die and and wait to be revived or use a Phoenix blood.

8 years ago
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Closed 8 years ago by SErVER51.