not all your lore master facts are right. I doesnt matter who you select when you identify, the loremaster will still do it. Also the mag glass isn't used up.

I like how Fane covers all his bones not to reveal he is a skeleton, but as soon as we get into a fight every enemy knows to cast a restoration on him XD

Playing as Fane makes me feel like everyone can actually tell that I am undead, but etiquette demands that they politely ignore it unless I outright show my skeleton. Then it is socially acceptable to kill me. XD

Silly tip - using a summons to destroy a locked door saves on weapon durability

I'm a couple of hours in and I'm legit overwhelmed. This is probably the first game to do that to me. There's just so much stuff

that nails + boots blew my mind....

another good tip, if your party is about to fight someone but you need to talk to them first you can have say a melee fighter initiate the conversation and then have your caster or whoever else isnt in conversation use a bunch of buffs on the person in conversation before the fight starts such as haste,peace of mind, encourage etc. because the person is in conversation time has effectively stopped for them and the buffs dont run out, instead as soon as the conversation ends and combat initiates you will have a fully buffed ready to fight character and not have to wait to enter combat and waste ap buffing on your turn. this helped me win alot of fights.

Another great tip is that later when everything in shops costs +4k. just give free 1k gold to the shop keeper to boost your favor to 100% then every item you buy is s going to be like 1-2k cheaper than originally :) Effectively when buing new weapons, gear and skill books you save up to 10k gold just by sacrificing that 1k at start.

Just some additional info based on the tips shown: 2) When stealing, it's important that you try to prevent anyone from being caught. While early in the game it's not much of a problem since NPCs won't badger you if you don't have the missing item in question, but later on they will force a persuasion check on anyone they find with a stolen item in their inventory or equipped. This can be hectic in multiplayer since if you don't know if your friend is using their sticky fingers, you could get forced into combat as if you stole the item. 4) There's also a way to select a bunch of items at once, reducing the number of keystrokes/button presses when doing things like moving items to a bag or sending them to another party member. This feature can get bugged from time to time and will sometimes require the game to be reloaded before it resumes function. 5) Instead of putting up each individual item on your toolbar, you can put the bag on it and use it as a sort of quick access to avoid clutter on the toolbar with nonsensical items. Keep in mind it only makes a shortcut on the toolbar when you initially create a stack of one particular item, so there is a point to keeping at least a few common items such as Firestorm grenades or spell scrolls. 6) As an Undead, save all of your empty bottles and normal potions. You can combine Zaikk's Talon with any normal potion to turn them into poison (a must have) and you can combine any empty bottle with a barrel or ooze to create a bottle of lesser poison. Using the knowledge that combining two poisons of the same quality will grant one of a higher quality, you can fill your inventory with potions that not only heal you significantly, but also grant HP over time with the poison debuff. Additionally, be careful for any event that may remove your helmet or another piece of gear, as being undead you have to wear gear in all slots at all times and if you reveal yourself to any NPC (even story related ones) you will drop their attitude towards you to -45 and initiate combat. Keep in mind, this can happen to characters that have 100 attitude towards you, which can either be costly, or a mistake worthy of reloading your last save. 11) Combining two runes of the same quality and type along with pixie dust will upgrade them to the next rank of rune. Two major components are used in Pixie Dust's creation, Bone and Stardust Herb. Both will need to be combined with a mortar and pestle before being combined with each other, and the 4th and final rank of a rune requires a superior stardust herb. 12) It's better to gain a level inbetween each steal session with an npc. A particular character can only pickpocket from an npc once, and (usually) their items will automatically restock when you level. Sometimes skillbook vendors will even have higher rank skill books once you've leveled, so it's important not to waste a use of one of the best civil skills just so you can empty out a particular vendor of their last shiv. 13) It stands to reason that all builds should probably have access to Teleport, Netherswap, and Uncanny Evasion, all requiring 2 Aerotheuge. Additionally, you could also use a movement skill such as Tactical Retreat, Spread your Wings, Cloak and Dagger, or Phoenix Dive to move somewhere out of reach without dealing damage to a party member. 14) Migo's Ring is great as an early addition, but I'm guessing someone in your party will probably have some investment in hydrosophist early on, and it quickly wears out it's usefulness. Instead, bring the ring to Magister Yarrow on the wall near the entrance to Fort Joy to unlock the Hero tag early as well as complete her quest for a lot of experience and a randomized quest item. Additionally, if you are still wanting the ring, you can kill both Magister Yarrow and Migo for even more experience and the ring will drop as an additional reward for doing so without any future consequence. Additionally, he mentions summoning an incarnate pre-battle, you can also have one character initiate battle and then summon your incarnate off screen and away from the fight and then controlling him so he walks in. This allows you to also sneak in for an additional action at the start of combat. If dialogue is opened before combat, you can still move freely with other characters before the fight starts, and any buffs applied to the character currently talking to the npc will not tick down, meaning you can supercharge a character before a fight as well as get your sneak attacks in during these scenarios. Keep an eye out for perfume bottles and jars of mind maggots. Although they sell for a lot, Perfume bottles can be combined with any honey source to make a 2 turn charm grenade, and Mind Maggots can be combined with an empty grenade to create a 4 turn charm grenade. Both of these are godsends during fights since they work on any enemy as long as they have been stripped of their magic armor beforehand.

Extra tip: Hoard all the bones and skulls you come across. With a mortar and pestle you can make bone dust from them which is very useful and worth a good deal.

The nails and boots... I played the game for 80 hours and always hated ice lol

Theres an option in settings that allow you to remove that new items get placed in your hotbar.

I started playing this game yesterday and today at work I feel like a junkie. I can't focus and can't sit still. All I want is to get back to the game. I am completely addicted and I need my fix so bad.

A tip that not a lot of people know without looking at wiki sites: 48 skills are created by combining a skill book from one of the elemental types with any of the other disciplines. For instance any normal Aero book with any normal Huntsman book gives the Erratic Wisp book. If either of them is a Source skill, you get the Evasive Aura book. Simply use the crafting menu and place both books there, then combine.

For the hotbar management, instead of switching to a different hotbar there is an option under gameplay options you can toggle to prevent items you pick up from automatically being placed on your hotbar.

I just discovered one really important thing that I didn't notice until now (200+ hours played): you can aim at different parts of bodies. I'm not talking about destroying the arms or legs like in other games. I'm talking about adjusting the arc of your projectile, by aiming low or high (feet vs forehead). This means that some shots that appear to be blocked can actually work.

You can combine runes (of the same type) to make larger runes.

Barrelmancy just blew my mind. Was wondering where I would ever be able to get poison source for food for my undead... Seemed like a rarity

Here's a tip if you're playing undead. On the ship there's a room with deathfog barrels that will get destroyed if you enter the room. However if you're quick enough you can pick one up before it happens. It basically makes one combat encounter against living beings trivial.

0:15 Bedroll 0:49 Alt+Shift 1:22 Waypoint Button 1:50 Inventory Management 2:40 Hotbar Management 3:21 Undead Quirks 4:08 Nails 4:42 Loremaster 5:10 Chest-mancer 6:03 Barrelmancy 6:56 Runes 7:24 Stealing 8:11 Teleportation 8:48 Migos Ring 9:23 Respec Your Character 9:40 Quick Hits (Bonus Tips)

Wow. Just pick up the chest. Haha I'm kicking myself for not thinking of that. We're so trained to think in videogame logic and we get a game like this that follows fairly standard logic rules. Loving it.

Playing for almost 50 hours and I was walking to every waypoint instead of using that button near minimap...

Quite a few things I didn't know and notice.. like use the way points from anywhere, jesus. But most of all I want to thank you for a video that doesn't start with 1 minute of subscribe/shit music/what's up guys this is xyz etc. Nicely explained, to the point and easy to listen to so THANKS.

50 hours into the game and didn't even know half of these. Fucking great video man, keep em coming.

more informative than the quick tips gamespot and ign are making

Follow up on Migo's Ring, you can use restoration on the beat-up drunk guy near the Elf cave and get the Sparkler card from him. Then you can use that sparkler card to win the card game on the top of the fort wall. Just don't tell them how you actually got the card and you won't have to fight them. It's a pretty big chunk of gold for the start of the game.

I absolutely love that this series operates more on D&D rules over traditional rpg/video game rules

2020 and I am just starting DOS2, I thank you for teaching me and doing it in a way that even my dumb ass can understand

they should replace the lodingscreen with this video. After playing for 30h, i still click every item to add them to wares. thx for the video

the Bedroll deserves a BAFTA award, it's so good. It;s never a bad idea to have Fane spec as a geomancer, as this allows him to cast Poison spells to heal himself while also destroying enemies' magic armor. Using restoration skills offensively is tricky though, as they'll be on cooldown when you desperately need them in some instances. But hey, luck favors the bold

careful putting posion on your weapon, if you fight undead your going to be healing them with hits, its not a lot of health but it may just be enough for them to live 1 more turn :)

Tip: Pressing O will bring up the tactical overhead view and highlights enemies in red. Especially useful when there are things obscuring your view, i.e. smoke, foliage, etc.

Most videos like this have "tips" that everyone already knows. But i found this very useful. I had no idea you could combine barrels with weapons or arrowheads. Thanks!

Nails tips are lit af

Another tip. How to teleport yourself as it seem that you need a target to do so. Well, if you keep the black cat alive, once you leave fort Joy, it will become a summon spell with the possibility to swap place with you. This is usefull when you want to play the game in lone wolf mode with a party member of one.

I did not notice the waypoint button. Holy fuck haha

If you have a rogue in your party or someone you dont want taking damage. Get a bunch of empty potion bottles (you can find them on potion racks) and pick any chantarelle mushrooms you come across (you can also tell the boy on the boat to look for them) combining the two gives you an invisibility potion so you wont take damage that round. Also combining nails on any boot will prevent your characters from slipping on ice. Useful if you have an hydrosophist enchanter in your party that specializes in frost.

It's nice to know the Bedrolls are infinite use. I've been hoarding them and I only needed 4 (or even just 1.)

I never thought about just teleporting once I had a barrel (specifically an Ooze barrel) and storing it there. That makes so much sense! I loved this vid, man. Great job!

I bought the game and played a few hours and was really enjoying it but a lot of things just slowed it down for me. The bedroll thing is going to be a campaign saver and the way point is amazing

WHAT? YOU CAN DIRECTLY BALANCE THE GOLD AMOUNT WHEN TRADING WITH ONE CLICK? It was so annoying dragging that gold and adjusting the gold while holding the mouse button. OMG this changes everything!

Damn, I liked these crafting tips. All my 82 hours of crafting were about turning healing potions into poison. Thanks for that. It would be great to see part 2 of these.

THANK YOU...I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed and this was VERY helpful, especially with the time stamps too! totally subscribed.

This video makes me want to start a new game instead of continuing the one Im playing now.

Holy crap thank you. I wasn't expecting a ton out of this, but almost every single thing on here was super useful. There's so much to this game it's nuts

Thanks Quackstack, as someone who was late to the party, this was super useful! Also, you have chosen the BEST pokemon for your avatar.

This is an awesome video! I'd have never been able to guess these tips myself thanks a lot

Hey man, just wanted to say that these tips still hold up! Especially the Barrel tips. You're a hero!

I was 80 hrs into the game when I found out about the bed roll😂😂. Restoring health with wine and apples was a pain in the arse

In the options menu you can prevent the new items appearing in the hotbar. Aldo you can prevent the desappear of the skills. Really helpful for chars with polymorph.

The first tips video where I find everything to be useful and informative. Good job!

This was very helpful. I'm currently playing and absolutely loving this game. I'm lost as a goose at times and I'm sure I've missed certain quests and started others out of order but I'm having a blast lol.

Pro tip 1: When you have a conversation, use your melee guy. Leave the ranged guys behind in sneak mode so they all get to pop sneak attacks in one of the melee guys turn. Pro tip 2: use jump abilities to disengage out of combat, refill your heath, reload cooldowns and refill source before you pop pff a new sneak attack and re-enter combat. Pro tip 3: spider form... nuff said.

Note on casting before in combat: it still has a timer and will eat into your summon time much faster. A few seconds can eat up chunks of in combat time.

This is the most helpful video I've found on this game, this is so great, thanks for taking the time, very nice!

Holy crap dude, this was incredibly informative! Thanks for sharing and getting straight to the point!

The Nail tip, Barrel tip, and the Waypoint tips are something that im really happy to know now.... at 40 hours into the game. Another one is the trade button on npcs. There are many Npcs that are labeled trader but don't have dialogue options for trade. Some NPCs even lose the dialogue option for trade, like the lizard-warrior trader in the cave at Fort joy. It was a while before I actually discovered that I could just run up to a trader select them and then tap the button to the left of their portrait to trade.

Super helpful video, thanks.

I love how the syrinscape fight music is the chosen music for underneath the narration. well done sir

Just getting into the game for the first time! Just got to Fort Joy, and this really helped a whole bunch! Thank you! Learned a lot!

My God, you're doing the Lord's work man. THank you

Damn so many great tips dude thanks! :) Did not know that about the posion barrels or about combining potions for bigger ones!

This video is incredible! I played the first game and have put a considerable amount of hours into DOS:II but most of this was new info to me! Great vid

This is easily the greatest tips video, not only is the video informative but the comments are just packed with extra great tips 😁

When one of your characters is speaking, you can apply buffs to it and they will not expire as long as the conversation is still going. Meaning that if you know that a dialog will lead to a fight, you can cast all your buffs to the character that launched the dialog, wait for the cooldowns, and then start the fight with a fully buffed character for free ! :)

9/01/2019 Still being useful Thanks! lol

Great tip about the items you pick up going to the hotbar, pisses me off when it does that. Like you, I like to organize my skills and leave a gap between.

Content (meaning what and how you said it) as well as audio and video quality were really good. I see a lot of potential here; good job!

The waypoint teleport of dead party members is something I wish I knew. I’m already at Arx and I would’ve benefited a lot from it had I known earlier. Thank you!

You can remove runes from armour? Great now I feel stupid too -_-

Wow, this is far more informative than the other videos I've seen for this game! Thank you!

Man, awesome tips! Thanks for the great vid! So addicted to this game. On Act3 and wish I knew all these tips from the beginning! Especially the combining of potions! Subbed.

You can use the poison talon thingy to convert healing potions to poison potion. Forgot it's name but it looks like a bone finger/bone claw with poison on it.

Started playing the game for the first time, been a blast so far, thanks for the tips. If I can add, it really helped me out when I figured out where to set group Formation (main menu), was frustrating when my party kept clumping up and getting hit by every ability.

Wife got me the game for Christmas and I'm loving it. This video really helped me out, thank you! Subscribed!

You can also attack a chest to break it open. The items will not be destroyed

Few little exploits and tricks at the start of the game (mild spoilers): 1) If you attack the magister near the door leading to Windego in the tutorial boat, you enter combat and Windego insta-kills everyone as per usual. Except this time, you get all the experience for the dead magisters. 2) If you give Doctor Leste the alcohol to numb the dying man's pain, you get 250xp. If you do that, then immediately heal the dying man, you not only get that xp, but 250 more AND the item reward for saving him. 3) This one is really just a bug and not an exploit, but when you defuse the situation at the Hollow Marshes Ruined Castle, your summons can kill the targets in the second encounter near the shrine itself without actually initiating combat. 4) You can get the Hero and Villain tags at the very start of the game by generally acting heroically, ratting out Stingtail, attacking Silence and attacking enemies before they initiate combat with you. If you defuse the situation with Kniles, for example, you can attack him out of combat and I usually get the villain tag on that encounter. 5) Because of the highground advantage when approaching the final fight of Fort Joy, you can teleport the boss to your characters and gank them without having to engage the rest of the enemies, provided you use some clever positioning. This is much less of an exploit, as it is an intended potential strategy, but it's a damn good one if you're struggling on tactician.

Love this game and there's so much to discover. Fantastic list of tricks. I learned a few things to make life easier. Thanks!

Played this game for the 1st time yesterday and a friend told me to watch this. SO much I didn't know/think of that I'm totally gonna go back and try now. Thanks!

"I like to leave gaps between skills..." Me: _instant like_

About to dive into this game with my gaming buddy since we're both working at home and got some spare time due to not traveling to work (Corona Virus semi-lockdown). Can't wait... will keep us busy for quite some time ;p

super useful info! Watched it before I got the game, and watching it again now that I understand some of the tips

The barrel combinations are insane I did not know. Thank you!

Just started the game and this just increased my hype level

“just pick up the chest” Oh yeah..... i forgot about that

Love that you make a video for the very sake of sharing information. Timestamps! I love you

Great video. I'm glad I saw these before sinking more hours into the game.

I played the alpha about 5 times, and completed it two times to completion... I didn't know all of these things, great video.

The bedroll... I’ve already finished my playthrough, so the depression is settling in over the wasted time casting Restoration. 😭

thank you for the tips. your video is well done, not annoying like 99% of the other guys, and very informative. really appreciate it. sub for you.

This was actually a very nice and informative beginner's video. I came from another "beginner's" video that was the first result on youtube but the guy who made it assumed that you already knew things about the game (so not really a beginner's vid). Good job! Your video should be the 1st result.

OMG THE BED-ROLL ! You saved my life thank you sooooooooooo Much !

Looking through some old DOS2 videos just for shit and giggles and first time I come across someone else putting blanks between their categories of skills. Vindication!

Thanks so much. I know the loading screens have tips but they're random and seeing a video on them is a help

This is the absolute hardest game I've ever played, I needed this video SOOOO bad LoL thank you

Man, and I thought this game was complicated already.

Auto sort is really useful unless you are like me and 1 person is holding 90% of everything you pick up

This is the best tips video i've come across so far! Thank you so much ❤

GREAT video, there's always a lot to take in when starting this kind of game.

Did the Definitive Edition make it so magnifying glasses don't get consumed? Cause I've used the same one for probably 100 identifications