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Created By...........................................................Joe Joliat 

GameFAQs Username......................................................Drake741

Last Updated............................................................8-08-02

Version.................................................................... 1.0

Email........................................................Drake741@yahoo.com

Websites Allowed to use this FAQ : www.gamefaqs.com

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I. Table of Contents

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   I. Table of Contents.......................What is in this FAQ/Walkthrough

 

  II. Introduction............................What this is about



 III. Updates.................................What I've been up to

  

  IV. Skill Training Techniques...............How to best raise skills



   V. Character Templates.....................Perfect character constructions



  VI. Item Statistics.........................All about items.


 
 VII. FAQ.....................................Questions from YOU



  IX. Legal Things............................This is MINE!



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I. Introduction

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  In this FAQ, I will add most anything if someone sends it in and I approve of 

it. I always give full credit to EVERYONE whose suggestions I post. All 

information was assembled by personal experience. 

IF YOU WANT TO ADD AN FAQ QUESTION, EMAIL Drake741@yahoo.com

IF YOU WANT TO ADD A SKILL STRATEGY, EMAIL Drake741@yahoo.com

IF YOU WANT TO ADD A CHARACTER TEMPALTE, EMAIL Drake741@yahoo.com

IF YOUR EMAIL DOESNT HAVE "HELBREATH FAQ" OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, IT _WILL_ BE 

DELETED


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III. Updates

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 - Friday, August 16, 2002 - Made bare structure of FAQ
                             All ready for user submissions (hint hint)

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IV. Skill Training

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~~~~~WARRIOR SKILLS~~~~~


SHIELD is VERY simple to train IF you know what to do. The lower level of the 

barracks has dummies that hit you back. go to the back room and gather (at 

least) 8 dummies, and have them form a box around you. You can either just let 

your HP fall to 0 and come back and repeat, OR you can buy Big Health Potions 

and drink them when your HP nears 15. This is the fastest and easiest way to 

train Shield up. 

Train with : any shield



FENCING is a good skill to learn because it does Light-Medium damage and is 

VERY fast at low str, making it ideal for duelers and barracks raiders. 

Train with : Rapier



LONG SWORD is the most common warrior skill, but is quite hard to gain skill 

with as a traveler. Sabres are slow at 32str, so patience is required, but they 

payoff is worth all the effort. 

Train with : Sabre



SHORT SWORD is the skill of choice for barracks raiders because of their high 

speed at low str and abundance of good special short swords. With VERY HARD 

training, 100% skill can be reached within 1 whole day of training. 

Train with : Short Sword



AXE ATTACK is a very heavy, high damage skill. The Battle Axe is a great weapon 

for high level players. This skill is quite easy to train early on because of 

the Light Axe's low str for a full speed swing. 

Train with : Light Axe



ARCHERY is the nightmare of many mages. A pure barracks raider is also a good 

archer to nullify mages. This skill is VERY expensive to train, needing over 

15k worth of arrows to reach 100% skill. This skill has no special bows except 

for the rare Dark Elf Bow. 

Train with : Short Bow



HAMMER is the newest, and most heavy-duty skill of them all. High level 

warriors wield giant war hammers that can greatly deplete the Endurance on 

enemy armor. The 2 hammers available are mostly for high level warriors.

Train with : Hammer


~~~~~MAGE SKILLS~~~~~


MAGIC is the basis for a good mage. 100% magic skill (or MS) allows mages to 
cast up to 36% faster than normal. Summoned creatures depend on MS: 
10%+ Slimes
20%+ Ants
30%+ Snakes
40%+ Orcs
50%+ Skeletons
60%+ Clay Golems
70%+ Stone Golems
80%+ Magic Orcs
90%+ Helhounds
100% Cyclops

The easiest way to train MS to 100% is to cast Magic Missle(8MP) over and over.

100% MS is not "necessary" for a good mage, but is an EXTREMELY helpful tool.

Train with : Magic Missle(8MP)


~~~~~MISC. SKILLS~~~~~

MAGIC RESIST is a must have skill for ALL characters. The best suggestion is to 
buy a MR+(40+ works really well) shield or peice of armor and go to the Farm as 
a CITIZEN and go to a MR Party (which is a group of mages that cast energy bolt 
into a crowd, but not doing any damage). 

Some MR parties will only allow mages to participate, in thi case, you are out 
of luck, but Farms are covered in MR parties in most cases.

With a MR+40 shield and a current MR skill of 10 as my example, you would block 
spells as if you had 50% MR, but gain skill as if you had 10% skill. So as time 
goes on, your MR skill will go up and be higher then what it really is, making 
it really easy to gain skill.

NOTE : 100% MAGIC RESIST DOES NOT ENSURE 100% PROTECTION FROM SPELLS!!! 

POWERFUL MAGES CAN STILL OWN YOU, HOWEVER, SUMMONED MONSTERS AND WEAKER MAGES 
ARE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

Train With : MR+ Shield or armor



PRETEND CORPSE is a skill that has no DIRECT purpose; you cant make anything 

with it, you cant kill anything with it, but you CAN have a fool-proof escape 

from monsters and stupid players. You use the skill, you must click on it in 

the skill menu. You can only use the skill when at least 1 square away from 

another player or creature.

Train with : Skill Menu



POISON RESIST is a skill that is usually trained by Barracks Raiders. Poison 

Resist lowers the chance of being poisoned and the length that poison lasts.

However, 100% poison Resist does not ensure complete protection against poison.

To train it, have a friend hit you with a Poisoning dagger over and over.

Train with : Poisoning dagger



ALCHEMY is the skill used for making potions. You need certain ingredients to 

make each potion. All the potion recipies can be found in the Helbreath README

file..... or right here =)

Train With : Alchemy Bowl

Potion Name          Ingredients        Needed Skill
 
Health potion           1 slime jelly          20
                        1 ants leg, 
                        1 snake tongue
 
Mana potion             1 slime jelly          20
                        1 ants antenna
                        1 snake skin
 
Revitalization potion   1 slime jelly          20
                        1 scorpion pincers
                        1 snake meat
 
Disillusion potion      1 slime jelly          30
                        2 snake teeth
                        1 scorpion sting
                        1 orc teeth
 
Big Health potion       3 slime jelly          40
                        1 ants leg
                        1 snake tongue
                        1 troll meat

 
Big Mana potion         3 slime jelly          40
                        1 ants antenna
                        1 snake skin
                        1 cyclops meat
 
Big Revit. potion       2 slime jelly          40
                        1 scorpion pincer
                        2 snake meat
                        1 snake skin

 
Invisibility potion     1 slime jelly          50
                        1 orc meat
                        1 orc teeth
                        1 skeleton bone

 
Hair color potion       1 slime jelly          60
                        1 lump of clay, 
                        1 scorpion meat
                        1 snake meat

 
Hair style potion       1 slime jelly          70
                        1 stone golem peice
                        1 snake meat
                        1 hellbound tongue

 
Skin color potion       1 slime jelly          90
                        1 clays
                        1 hellbound tail
                        1 snake teeth

 
Sex change potion       1 slime jelly          95
                        1 lump of clay
                        1 cyclops eyes
                        1 ogre heart
                        1 skeleteon bone
                        1 troll claw

 
ogre summon potion      1 troll heart          100
                        1 ogre heart
                        1 ogre skin
                        1 ogre meat
                        1 ogre claw
                        1 ogre hair


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V. Character Templates

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If you have a Character Template you want to submit, send it in the following

form with "Helbreath Char Temp Submission" in the subject and I'll post it if I

like it. Please include a small explaination why you made the skills and stats 

the way they are.


LEVEL 40 BARRACK RAIDER
WARRIOR                               MAGE
Str - 39     Dex - 68     Vit - 50    Str - 12     Dex - 10     Vit - 15
Int - 10     Mag - 10     Chr - 10    Int - 60     Mag - 82     Chr - 10

Skills : Short Sword                  Skills : Magic
         Fencing                               Staff Attack
         Shield                                Magic Resist
         Magic Resist                          

 

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VII. Frequently Asked Questions

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 To submit a question, Email me at Drake741@yahoo.com with the word "FAQ" in 

the subject window. If it doesnt have " Helbreath FAQ submission" in the 

subject, it _will_ be deleted.

   
   Q. What is "rep"
   A. Rep is short for Reputation. When you "rep" someone, you give them a good
      
      evaluation as a person. This good evaluation gives that character a 
      
      fighting advantage over characters with negative rep. Also, For every 10 

      rep you receive, you get +1 damage on Righteous weapons, up to a Max of 

      100 rep.


   Q. Why isnt my (your skill here) going up?
   A. Each skill has a stat that is associated with it; Dex and Short Sword, 
      Long Sword, Axe Attack, Archery, Hammer, Fencing, Shield, Mag and Magic,
     
      Level and Magic Resist. Your max skill equals that stat times 2. :

      Dex * 2 = Max SS, LS, Axe, Archery, Fencing, Shield.

      Mag * 2 = Max Magic Skill

      Int * 2 = Max Pretend Corpse, Alchemy

      Vit * 2 = Max Poison Resist

      Str * 2 = Max Hand Attack, Mining, Manufacturing

      Level * 2 = Max Magic Resist

      Raise the appropriate stat for your skill and it will go up more.


   Q. How do I make money?
   A. (This question will be answered in a future section of my FAQ)

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IX. Legal Things

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Unpublished work Copyright 2002 Joe Joliat (aka Drake741)


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FAQ was created and is owned by me, Joe Joliat <Drake741 (at) yahoo (dot) 

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not specifically mentioned herein.