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1. Any words of advice for a beginner?
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2. I'm getting killed in the wimpy starter dungeon!
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3. I keep hitting the imp in the first dungeon, but nothing is happening. What's up with that?
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4. The tutorial doens't seem to be working after I leave the starter dungeon. Am I doing something wrong?
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5. I just got out of the starter dungeon (Privateer's Hold) and nothing is happening with the story. What should I do?
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6. How do I exit a dungeon?
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7. How do I enter a dungeon?
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8. How do I increase my level?
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9. I'm stuck in a dungeon and can't find the quest monster/item. Can anybody help me?
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10. I don't want to do the main quest right now, but might do it later. What should I do?
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11. What is the best class?
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12. How do I make a really cool custom class?
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| 1. Any words of advice for a beginner? |
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A. Maybe the best advice for Daggerfall is, save early, save often. Many experienced
players save before asking for a quest. It's also a good idea to keep a couple of
the six save game slots as long term retreat saves in case something goes really
wrong, the effects of which aren't immediately apparent. The judicious use of saved
games can save you a lot of grief.
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Make sure you have installed the latest patch (213). It is impossible to
put too much emphasis on this point.
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If you are not ready to tackle the main story line, do not talk to anybody
in the castles of Daggerfall, Wayrest and Sentinel. Doing so and turning
down quests may result in your never being able to complete the game! This
has happened to more than one poor soul, so beware!
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Be careful of your reputation. When your reputation in the eyes of the law
in a province falls to criminal or below, you may experience problems getting
people to talk to you. This will make it difficult if not impossible to fulfill
some quests, since you can't ask for directions. Your reputation in one province
does not affect your reputation in another, so you really must only guard
your rep in spots like Daggerfall, Sentinel and Wayrest. Other provinces
may be plundered at will without having any effect on your ability to complete
the main story line.
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| 2. I'm getting killed in the wimpy starter dungeon! |
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A. Some basic tips:
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- Save Often. Sudden death and crashing can quickly end your adventure, so
you need a place to reload. It may be a good idea to save every time you
rest.
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- You don't have to fight everything. For certain classes, particularly magic
users, skeletons can be nearly impossible to kill at early levels. Thieves
should avoid them as well, if they don't have the ebony dagger.
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- There's a walkthrough for Privateer's Hold in the box your CD came in.
It's on the back of an advertisement for the hint book.
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| 3. I keep hitting the imp in the first dungeon, but nothing is happening. What's up with that? |
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A. You should be getting the message "the material you are using is ineffective".
To hit certain monsters requires special materials. When you try and attack
such a monster with an inferior metal, such as using iron against an imp,
you will receive the above message. In the case of an imp, steel will suffice.
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| 4. The tutorial doens't seem to be working after I leave the starter dungeon. Am I doing something wrong? |
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A. No. Although the tutorial does state that it continues after you exit
the first dungeon, this is not in fact the case.
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| 5. I just got out of the starter dungeon (Privateer's Hold) and nothing is happening with the story. What should I do? |
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A. The main quest will come to the player. Join a guild (the mages guild
is the most useful) and run a few quests for them. As you advance in level,
the plot will reveal itself.
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| 6. How do I exit a dungeon? |
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A. Exits are simple stone arches, with a black interior, and a skull at the
base. Just click on it and you're outta there.
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| 7. How do I enter a dungeon? |
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A. This can be tricky at first. Entrances are doors, which you must click
on. The trick is finding the door. The dungeon entrance is more or less in
front of the character after he fast travels. Walking straight forward will
usually will get him there. Most of the time, the entrance is a little green
hillock with a door on one side, although it can also be found in a castle,
fort or ruins.
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The direction you are facing when you finish your fast travel is the direction
you should move to find the dungeon entrance. When you arrive, the entrance
should either be straight ahead or inside a 10 degree cone to either side.
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You start at the dot. The entrance should lie on the ___ part.
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Note that castles have multiple entrances but they all start you at the same
place inside the dungeon.
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If you want to see how an entrance actually looks like in the game, have a look at these screenshots.
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| 8. How do I increase my level? |
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A. Your level increases, not by how many monsters you kill, but by how much
you use your skills. The specific skills that apply to leveling are all Primary
skills, the highest two major skills, and the highest minor skill.
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To increase skills, just use them. For instance, weapon skills are used in
battle. Magic skills are used when you cast spells of a particular school.
Mercantile is used when you buy or sell, Streetwise and Etiquette each time
you speak using the "blunt" or "polite" tone, respectively; Dodging each
time a monster attempts to hit you, etc. etc. Another way to increase is
through training at guilds or temples.
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| 9. I'm stuck in a dungeon and can't find the quest monster/item. Can anybody help me? |
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A. There are many websites with walkthroughs for the main story line dungeons.
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As to the random dungeons, it's very difficult to offer advice on random
quests, since the layout of these dungeons varies from install to install.
No one can help you with that. But don't despair. Even if there is no other
way, you can almost always finish the dungeon if you don't mind enabling
cheatmode. (See section 5.)
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But let's explore other options first. I assume you have been using some
organized way of exploring the dungeon, like the right wall technique. Even
if you have been, this will not always reveal the quest item. Look on the
automap to see if there are any hidden doors you missed or areas left unexplored.
This will usually prove to be the case. It's hard to say you've been everywhere
in one of these labyrinths. Keep your head up. Sometimes there are teleporters
in the rafters. Sometimes the quest item lies underwater or in an area that
can only be accessed by going through a flooded area.
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If cheatmode isn't your bag, don't worry. Unless this is a main story line
quest or your first quest for the thieves or assassins, it's really not a
big deal to fail. You lose two rep points with the guild that sent you, as
opposed to the 5 you gain every time you successfully complete a quest.
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| 10. I don't want to do the main quest right now, but might do it later. What should I do? |
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A. Be sure to visit Lady Brisienna when she sends you a letter. This will
usually be the first message you receive in the game. You can safely ignore
the rest of the main quest and do it whenever you wish. Avoid talking to
people in the castles of Daggerfall, Wayrest, and Sentinel.
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| 11. What is the best class? |
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A. IMHO, the best of the standard classes is the healer. Not everyone shares
this opinion, but few disagree that the healer is one of the better standard
class characters.
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| 12. How do I make a really cool custom class? |
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A. There is an entire secion devoted to custom character generation.
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