Avowed: An Immersive RPG Unveiled

Mastering Obsidian's Avowed: A Beginner's Guide to RPG Success

Avowed offers a compelling RPG experience, blending elements appealing to both veterans and newcomers. However, RPGs can feel daunting for first-timers. This guide provides essential tips to ensure a smooth and enjoyable journey.

Understanding the Fundamentals

Like many RPGs, Avowed utilizes an experience point (XP) system. XP is earned through quests, combat, exploration, and more. Leveling up grants attribute and ability points, allowing character customization. Become a skilled warrior, a powerful mage, or forge your unique path. Attributes determine strengths and weaknesses. Fortunately, Avowed allows attribute point respeccing, making experimentation easy and forgiving for beginners.

Exploring the Living Lands

While not entirely open-world, Avowed offers non-linear exploration. While main story objectives are marked, digressing is encouraged. Exploring buildings, caves, and other areas yields valuable loot, resources, and side quests – many offering easy XP gains. Books and notes enrich the lore, while treasure maps lead to unique rewards. Thorough exploration also provides ample gold, crucial for acquiring superior weapons and gear, significantly impacting combat effectiveness, especially against challenging bosses. Avoid rushing; take your time to build strength.

Managing Resources: Potions and Provisions

Early combat can be challenging. Balance physical and essence attacks, and monitor health and essence levels. Health and essence potions are readily available from vendors and throughout the world (health potions glow red, essence potions pink). However, conserve health potions; use food and herbs for minor health restoration, reserving potions for critical situations. Unlike fast-paced shooters, potion usage should be strategic.

Supporting Your Companions

Character upgrades provide skill and attribute points. Crucially, remember to upgrade your companions' abilities. Neglecting them weakens your party, increasing the difficulty and potentially leading to frustrating setbacks. Strong companions provide valuable combat support and healing, significantly aiding in victory.

Gear Enhancement

Gather resources to upgrade weapons and gear at the crafting station in your camp. Prioritize upgrades for gear you intend to use for a longer period. Upgrades enhance attack power, critical hit chance, and defense, providing a substantial combat advantage.

Embrace the Journey

Avowed is about immersion and personal narrative. Whether focusing on the main story or exploring every side quest, the game allows for a personalized experience. Create your own story within the Living Lands, and enjoy the adventure.

Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.