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

Obsidian's Avowed offers a compelling RPG experience, blending engaging elements for both veterans and newcomers. However, RPGs can feel daunting for first-timers. This guide provides essential tips for a smoother journey.

Understanding the Fundamentals

Avowed, like many RPGs, rewards exploration and combat. Gain XP by completing quests, defeating foes, and discovering new areas. Leveling up grants attribute and ability points, allowing you to customize your character's strengths. Become a skilled warrior, a powerful mage, or forge your own unique path.

Attributes dictate your character's capabilities. Experiment! Fortunately, Avowed lets you respec your points, making it exceptionally beginner-friendly.

Exploring the World of Avowed

While not entirely open-world, Avowed offers non-linear exploration. While main story objectives are marked, straying from the path is highly encouraged. Exploring buildings, caves, and other locations yields valuable loot, resources, and side quests—many offering easy XP gains.

Books and notes enrich the narrative, providing crucial lore. Seek out treasure maps for additional rewards. Thorough exploration also generates significant gold, crucial for acquiring better weapons and gear, significantly impacting combat effectiveness, especially against challenging bosses. Avoid rushing the main story; take your time to build strength.

Managing Resources: Potions and Provisions

Early combat can be challenging. Balance physical and essence attacks, monitoring your health and essence bars. Prioritize health and essence potions, readily available throughout the world and from vendors. Health potions glow red, essence potions pink.

Conserve potions; use food to restore minor health losses. Remember, some food items counteract status effects like poison. Only resort to health potions when critically low on health.

The Importance of Companions

Leveling up provides skill and attribute points for both your character and companions. Neglecting companion upgrades is detrimental; strong companions are invaluable in combat, offering support and healing. Investing in their abilities significantly improves your chances of success.

Gear Upgrades: Enhancing Your Arsenal

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

Embrace the Journey

Avowed thrives on exploration and player agency. Whether you focus on the main story or delve into side quests, create your own narrative. Enjoy the journey and the Living Lands!

Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.