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Congrats on the great dragon slaying Zuzana
Thanks, ladies. Dragon slaying is fun. You just need to stock up on the right amount of potions and Bat wings and go for it. A bit of planning helps too. Especially plan the order in which you slay them and the way you heal between the attacks - you'll get different orbs as you go and some of them are super useful in killing the other dragons.If you're interested here are the stats I had when I attacked my first dragon (the Green one) last week:
LVL 7 || HP: 23/23 || Sword: LVL 0 (AP: 3) || Magic Staff: LVL 9 (AP: 12) || XP: 135
In a week I healed my HP to max (Everybody lies quest) and leveled up my sword to LVL 3. And that was enough to kill the rest of the dragons (Red - Blue - LVL up - Yellow) .
To do all this I needed:
a Baroque Horse (+ 1 AP on both weapons)
1 Health Gem (+ 1 HP to max health)
2 Major Heal Potions
2 Minor Heal Potions
7 Heal Potions
1 Minor Poison Potion (see bellow)
1 Enhanced Weapon Potion (or 1 Damage Potion, if you have it you don't need the Minor Poison Potion)
4 Bat Wings
and the Orbs - you get them as you kill the dragons
Wow, Reva! You read the series 5 times?! I get it that you quite love it. ;) :p I might just move those books up on my TBR list. :D P.S. I know about the TV series but I didn't watch it because I'd like to read the books first.
Zuzana wrote: "Wow, Reva! You read the series 5 times?! I get it that you quite love it. ;) :p I might just move those books up on my TBR list. :D P.S. I know about the TV series but I didn't watch it because..."
The first book was published 1991. -- 24 yrs. about every 4+ years.
Zuzana,I thought weapons were level +2 for AP not 3?
Ugh, never mind... You were including the horse!
Yup, I included the horse (+ 1 AP) and the Health Gem (+ 1 HP).
Congrats Zuzana!Right now I'm working on upping my sword, but I think maybe I don't need to get it as high as I originally thought. Right now it's level 5 and I was going to get it to level 7. I'm also trying to get some gold so I can guy some potions at the next Caravan.
Since my staff is still level 0, I guess it would sense to attack the Great Red Dragon first (+2 for sword and half power for staff)?
Also I need to figure out what level to get to so I have a high enough max hp. Hmmm lots to plan.
Thanks, Rebecca. It's your choice which of your weapons would be a stronger "main" weapon that you use for the majority of attacks. You can quite neglect the other weapon and still be fine. I personally find leveling of magic staff easier so staff is my weapon of choice.
But if you want to focus on your sword, it's fine and then you don't need to have a high level staff. Today I made my plans for slaying the Great Novel Dragon and I figured out that LVL 11 weapon is sufficient as long as you have both Enhanced Weapon Potion and Damage Potion. And IMO while LVL 11 sword is not as easy to obtain as LVL 11 staff, it's still "doable".
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Rebecca, with your stats slaying the Great Red Dragon first is the best possible option. Good luck!
Thanks!! Where did you get those potions? (Enhanced weapon and damage weapon). Did I miss them in a quest?
RebeccaS wrote: "Thanks!! Where did you get those potions? (Enhanced weapon and damage weapon). Did I miss them in a quest?"Rebecca, I got the Enhanced Weapon Potion from "The Kindness of Strangers" quest, and the Damage Potion from "Time for The Dead" quest ending tomorrow :)
I attacked the Green and Red Dragons at Hero Level 8 Sword 5 and Staff 15I levelled up to 9 which gave me 26 +1 HP
I attacked the rest at level 9 Sword 5 and Staff 15
The orbs you win boost your sword and staff
You need lots of potions
Ah ha! Shoot I totally missed those. At least I'll have time for the kindness of strangers still.
Thanks Reva! Yea that's why I'm trying to focus on my sword and getting gold so I can stock up on potions.I gather the whole kitchen/house thing isn't that important? I'm going to work on the house next because it will give me some Experience points which I need.
Sooo I guess I'm totally out of it. I just figured out the whole "extension gift card thing" can I use that for Time of the Dead Quest? Do we just automatically get one if we participate in challenges?
I must admit that drop bear steaks and mouse balls allowed my hero to regain health between my final dragon attack. I just neglected to buy enough heal potions at the caravan to do all 5 dragons at once. Frankly I never thought it was possible. So the house and kitchen while not essential, allowed me to attack sooner. Otherwise, I would have had to complete many quests for heal potions or wait until the June Caravan.
Reva wrote: "I attacked the Green and Red Dragons at Hero Level 8 Sword 5 and Staff 15I levelled up to 9 which gave me 26 +1 HP
I attacked the rest at level 9 Sword 5 and Staff 15
The orbs you win boost you..."
But that's because you forgot about the dragons, Reva. ;) You could have slayed them much much sooner.
I killed all of the lesser dragons on LVL 7 hero, LVL 3 Sword and LVL 9 Magic Staff.
RebeccaS wrote: "Sooo I guess I'm totally out of it. I just figured out the whole "extension gift card thing" can I use that for Time of the Dead Quest? Do we just automatically get one if we participate in chal..."Ooh, I'm afraid it's too late fot the extension cards, Rebecca. They expired on the 31st of May. :(
True! But I thought I saw there were 2 birthday cards we could use now?
RebeccaS wrote: "I gather the whole kitchen/house thing isn't that important? I'm going to work on the house next because it will give me some Experience points which I need. "If you read tons of books then it's fine to spend tens of them on building the kitchen and obtaining recipes. If you don't then it's a waste of books better spent elsewhere (upgrading your weapons, getting money for potions, getting XPs).
Buying heal potions is much cheaper than cooking your own health restoring meals.
RebeccaS wrote: "True! But I thought I saw there were 2 birthday cards we could use now?"I haven't heard about that. How do they work?
Zuzana wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "I gather the whole kitchen/house thing isn't that important? I'm going to work on the house next because it will give me some Experience points which I need. "If you read tons of..."
I agree about the house and kitchen and the poor value of the recipes. The market yields far better return on investment.
However, not all of us are smart enough to buy gazillions of potions. LOL. I had to make do with what I had at the time. While knee deep in bear meat and mouse meat.
Re Kitchen: As far as Bear Steaks are concerned, if you don't have a 15 AP weapon it's insane to kill the Bears for steaks. If your weapon is not high enough level then the Bear will cause you at least 8 HP damage. Why would anybody waste 8 HP to cook a steak that would restore 7 HP? Not to mention that you need other ingredients for the steaks that cost you additional books.As for the Meatballs I posted the math for them on the previous page. They have better cost/benefits ratio than the steaks but they're still nowhere near as effective as the potions.
RebeccaS wrote: "True! But I thought I saw there were 2 birthday cards we could use now?"Zuzana wrote: "I haven't heard about that. How do they work? "
Yes there are 2 new cards for you to use. You can use them same as old ones. Only image is different and they expire in August.
Reva wrote: "I agree about the house and kitchen and the poor value of the recipes. The market yields far better return on investment. However, not all of us are smart enough to buy gazillions of potions. LOL. I had to make do with what I had at the time. While knee deep in bear meat and mouse meat. "
LOL! Reva, I wrote "If you read tons of books then it's fine ..." So clearly it's fine for you. XD
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Yes there are 2 new cards for you to use. You can use them same as old ones. Only image is different and they expire in August. "YAY! Thanks, Tea. It's great news. And thanks, Rebecca, for mentioning the cards here, I would have missed them otherwise.
P.S. Tea, where do we get the images?
Great! Can I please use 1 birthday extention gift card on the Time for the Dead quest?
Zuzana wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Yes there are 2 new cards for you to use. You can use them same as old ones. Only image is different and they expire in August. "YAY! Thanks, Tea. It's great news. And thanks, Rebec..."
here
RebeccaS wrote: "Great! Can I please use 2 birthday extention gift cards on the Time for the Dead quest?"
Last minute :P
Good thing I remembered to post those gift cards on time :)
Thank you!! I originally wasn't going to use this quest, but now I see the potion is really helpful. And I have a find items potion which will be awesome for this quest.
Actually, am I allowed to use 1 gift card and then if I need more time use the 2nd one? Or do I need to use them both before the official ending of the quest?
You're welcome. And yes, Time for the Dead is the only quest where the Find Item Potion is really useful. It saves you 6 books. Isn't it awesome?
RebeccaS wrote: "Actually, am I allowed to use 1 gift card and then if I need more time use the 2nd one? Or do I need to use them both before the official ending of the quest?"Not sure i understand you.
If you use one and then don't finish quest in next month, you can use second one too (if you didn't use it already).
But if you say you are going to use both of them for same quest and finish quest in one extended time, your second one is also used so you can't use it for another quest.
Does it make sense?
Phew, I am so glad we've got a couple of extra cards. What a great idea they are! :-)I was going to abandon the Time for the Dead Quest, but like Rebecca, I might use one of my cards as well if that's OK?
*sigh* I should have started selling those to you guys....You're good NancyHelen
Oh my, I have finally managed to get my horse!Here's Stanchion Achilles
And very appropriately, I managed to finish the quest by reading The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Congrats NancyHelen. It's a beautiful horse and spirited, too.
He's beautiful NancyHelen! Congratulations!
CONGRATS breathtaking horseI now have my rabbit meet fluffy
Congrats on the horse NancyHelenCongrats on the bunny Mary
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