Beginner’s Guide to Avowed

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

Obsidian's Avowed offers a compelling RPG experience for both veterans and newcomers. While the genre can seem daunting, these tips will help you navigate the Living Lands with confidence.

Understanding the Fundamentals

Like most RPGs, Avowed rewards exploration and combat. Gain XP by completing quests, defeating enemies, and discovering new areas. Leveling up grants attribute and ability points, allowing you to customize your character's strengths, whether it's melee prowess or magical mastery. Attributes determine your character's capabilities. Fortunately, Avowed lets you respec your points, making experimentation easy.

Embrace Exploration

While not entirely open-world, Avowed encourages exploration beyond the main questline. Delving into buildings, caves, and various locations yields valuable loot, resources, and side quests—many offering easy XP gains. Books and notes enrich the lore, while treasure maps lead to hidden riches and powerful equipment. Thorough exploration also provides ample gold for acquiring better weapons and gear, crucial for challenging combat encounters, especially boss fights. Rushing the main story could leave you underprepared.

Prioritize Potions and Resources

Early combat can be challenging. Manage your health and essence carefully, utilizing health and essence potions strategically. Health potions are easily identifiable by their bright red glow, while essence potions are bright pink. However, conserve health potions; use food and herbs for minor health restoration, saving potions for critical situations. Some food items also neutralize status effects like poison.

Support Your Companions

Remember to upgrade your companions' abilities alongside your own. Strong companions provide valuable combat support, including healing capabilities. Neglecting them can lead to significant difficulties.

Gear Up

Gather resources to upgrade your weapons and gear at the crafting station in your camp. Focus on upgrading equipment you plan to use for a longer period. Upgrades enhance attack power, critical hit chance, and damage resistance.

Play Your Way

Avowed is about creating your own adventure. Whether you focus on the main story or delve into every side quest, the game offers a rich experience tailored to your playstyle.

Avowed is currently available on PC and Xbox.