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Tips: Exploration, Combat, Summons Guide

Necesse tips: quick strategies and practical advice to get more out of exploration, combat, crafting, and settlements.

Exploration & travel

  • Use Ladders to reach underground resources, treasure, and dungeon areas; Deep Cave Ladders reach farther down when available.
  • Place Waystones and a Homestone to build a teleport network. Put a Homestone in your primary settlement and Waystones at key locations (Cave/Deep Cave Ladders, Dungeon entrance, Pirate Village, Fallen Wizard arena) to speed travel and farming.
  • When managing multiple settlements, keep Waystones and Homestones organized so you don’t link the wrong networks; signs help distinguish them.

Combat tips

  • Armor reduces damage per hit — weapons or enemies that hit more often are mitigated better by armor than those with single big hits. Prioritize armor vs. the enemy’s attack pattern.
  • Banner Stands provide powerful localized buffs. Each banner affects a circular radius of 22 tiles from its center. Different banner types stack; multiple of the same banner do not. Place banners at boss arenas or in high-traffic settlement areas to speed settler tasks (e.g., Banner of Speed).
  • Use cover and ranged weapons versus enemies that rely on ranged attacks (for example, Swamp Shooters). Avoid fighting them in open space where they can exploit line-of-fire.
  • Some enemies have visual clues that help targeting:
    • Crystal Armadillo’s spikes and eyes glow in the dark; hitting a spinning Armadillo causes it to bounce away, reducing its threat.
    • Sand Spirit’s eyes are visible through walls and at all light levels, making it easier to spot.
  • Summoning weapons: some use summon slots and some don’t. Manage summon slot usage to avoid reducing summoning bonuses (see Companion Locket mechanics below).
  • Bosses often drop multiple items and may be worthwhile to fight repeatedly. Arena rules vary — banner stands can be placed even in some arenas where other objects can’t.

Summons and Companion mechanics

  • Companion/Summon bonus damage is affected by how many summon slots are available and how many you use: each potential summon slot has a decreasing bonus assigned (starting at +100% for the first slot, then -10% each subsequent slot). Using a slot removes its bonus; unused slots’ bonuses are summed and applied as a damage multiplier to your summoned units. Use fewer summons when you want higher per-unit damage, and more summons when you prefer quantity.
  • Summons and summon-capable weapons behave differently — know whether a summon consumes a slot or not before relying on them in a fight.

Crafting, recipes, and items

  • Items labeled "Crafting material" are used in recipes somewhere. Use the crafting guide book to view recipes that use a specific material.
  • Some recipes are hidden until you possess all required ingredients. Experiment with new materials to unlock recipes.
  • Fishing provides materials useful for potions and crafting — incorporate fishing into your resource routines.
  • Armor sets frequently provide set bonuses when you wear the full set. Aim to complete sets for added benefits.

Settlements, traders, and NPCs

  • Starting a settlement gives constant access to traders and lets you develop professions (e.g., farmer, animal keeper, angler) whose abilities are used around the settlement.
  • Traders change prices daily — check traders repeatedly and trade on their best days to get favorable deals.
  • Some traders expand their stock after you defeat certain bosses. Defeating bosses can also affect availability of items sold.
  • NPC professions may offer seeds, unique items, or services (farmers sell seeds; animal keepers and anglers will perform their roles around your settlement).

Dungeons, bosses, and special encounters

  • The Dungeon contains a powerful wizard guarding its end. Expect a challenging fight and valuable rewards.
  • There are portals that can summon powerful demons; be prepared before interacting with such portals.
  • Plan your arena setup (banners, cover, summoning strategy) before initiating boss fights to maximize survivability and loot.

Practical UI / quality-of-life

  • Use signs to label Waystones and other important nodes.
  • If the game feels too easy or too hard, you can change difficulty in World settings.
  • For achievement farming (e.g., Complete Collector), teleport networks and Waystone placement make repeat runs much faster.

Keep these tips in mind as you explore, build, and fight — organized travel, smart use of banners and summons, and understanding how crafting and trading interact will speed progression and make difficult encounters more manageable.