Lost Relics is one of my absolute favorite Play2Earn games on the market. I hear a lot of strange misinformation on other social media platforms and wanted to do what I can to give everyone a look behind the scenes at what you can expect! Today we're going to start this series with "Visit Shallow Swamps!"
Shallow Swamps is one of my absolute favorite places to level while playing Lost Relics. It's a 3 Sword area and you're going to want to bring tooling for Gathering and Fishing. This is the loadout I'll be playing with:
The items here are Criminal's Katana (BC), Guard's Bow, Fairy Floss Sheep, Wronehide Gloves, Multigrain Bread, Mark of the Coven, Cocoasticks, and Feeble Ring of Regeneration. Also a whole mess of fish for healing, my trusty Primative Casting Rod, and a Town Center Teleport Scroll (just incase)!
The Swamps fantastic healing item material drop rate is what makes it one of my very favorite areas to quest. Thankfully today I have one of those quests that can be completed in one area AND that area is my precious swamp!
Let's take a closer look at the enemies we'll be facing.
So we can count on Slither and Nereid (the fairies) will be trying to poison us but, if we can avoid that, there are no other major DPS threats. We're also going to need to keep an eye out for Dreadling and Iguam because, if left unchecked, their summons can get out of hand quickly. Everything else is just chaff really.
While I could be using Rare weapons here I'm just going to stick with the very cheap and easy to acquire uncommon wepons I'm using to demonstrate that gear really isn't a roadblock in this game.
I plan on writing a more complete strategy guide but for the moment here are some basics.
This is survival game. You are trying to clear the enemies while taking as little damage as possible. Speed is secondary.
Power Attacks with your bow shoot 3 arrows and will be key to your strategy. If you reach o energy just wait! Your energy will regenerate to a low ceiling that will allow you to take on all comers with a bit of patience.
Kite your enemies and take them on one at a time. You will be using your bow for 95% of attacks and only be using your weapons very occasionally to finish off small enemy groups.
So you'll see here, if you just use patience and power attacks you really should have no problem here. I've completed it with no relics at all on many occasions. it just takes a bit more time and patience. After you feel comfortable you can start working on how to speed up your runs.
Speaking of...
Know your rooms! You should be trying to locate the exit as quickly as possible. The room is the endinhg room for a tunnel and it never contains the exit so, event though there might be a treasure chest or something, Im going to skip it for now.
These wonderful bushes are a fantastic source of Elkin Grass which can be crafted into small healing potions! Make sure not to miss them when you cross their paths!
When you see this pattern in the water you can be pretty pumped because you've found a fishing hole and thats why you are here. There should be a lot of them and, with some luck, you'll be leaving here with nearly as many fish as you brought it! If you're lucky you might even pull some Raw Wild Seabass, delicious! Try cooking it with cream cheese and rootbeer jellybeans!
I like to use 2-handed weapons when I can so, when I find myself in a pinch, I'll down an energy generation item and use the burst of energy to turn the tide.
I don't think I need to tell you to open the treasure chests but uhhh ... make sure you do that!
Speaking of rooms, this is the one you are looking for:
No matter how your person adventure in the Shallow Swamps goes this is how you want it to end. Once you've found this room you can immediately enter it and finish off 10-15 enemies and be free OR go clear some other mysterious areas before heading back to the surface.
Once you've seen this you've really made it! head on home and count your fish!
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