Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny

Just a small note: Only Druids can cast this, the spell is called Summon Spirits, so you can get a Druid, spam this spell in battles until you get it and switch to another character or make the druid a part of your team. I like summons, they distract enemies and the druid can get nifty obsidian dagger enchantments.

You can find several locked doors/chests and use lockpicks bought from stores or from your starting rogue's inventory on them to advance the achievement, reload and do it again until it unlocks.

The Old Bailey dungeon is a good place to do this, its near the beginning of the game and has several locked things.

Even though there is a finite numbers of locked things, they are many and this achievement shouldnt be a problem unless..

You use the magic spell Foramen to unlock things, unlocking things with spells do NOT count towards this achievement.

Hope this helps!

At the early game, on your way to Felsteyn to get your first quest item retrieved you will reach the town of Upper Orcam.

This town sells Masterwork weapons but also has a dungeon called Dwarven Dungeon, it has no in-game map.

On the west side of the first floor, after a fight against four dwarves (#6), there will be a scripted fight against a lone dwarf which is a perfect battle to try and get this achievement.

Here is a map, the scripted battle happens in the corridor below the 5:

Save your game, put your tank upfront and try incapacitation spells on him like Paralyze, Horriphobus or Somnigravis.

The spells: Be my Friend and Plumbumbarum never worked for me, I did try for a couple of battles then reloaded and Somnigravis worked.

Remember to check your stats and spells to see which spell has a better chance to work according to your stats.

When you mouse over the spell name in the spell section of your character sheet, on your right, over your stats a (1) marker will show telling you those are the stats the spell uses.

The fight with the four dwarves is tough though, good luck!

There are different kinds of traps that dont trigger this achievement.

Water death traps, spear traps (holes on the floor) and holes on the wall, do not trigger this achievement.

I got this achievement after finding a crossbow trap and noticing my lead character shouted to get out of the way.

I reloaded, got the character with the worst Perception and Instinct talents (my mage) and put him as leader (leftmost character in the roster) and sure enough, he led everyone into the trap and this achievement unlocked.

I found this trap in Upper Orcam's Dwarven Dungeon, first floor, infront of a door to the southwest of the floor.

Cheers!

Just some additional notes since the game doesnt explain to you much about currency.

10 farthings = 1 silver

10 silver = 1 ducat

So in the example above, you will need to do it 500 times on average since sometimes you get more and sometimes it doesnt even work.

Each playing of the instrument takes 2 hours, 1000 hours to do this which is around 40 days.

You can get this achievement and then reload to be on your merry way if you are worried about the time limit.

The game has a bad ending if you take too long, It's around 2.5 YEARS though..(1013 Days and 11 Hours) so dont worry about this time limit.

In that time you have enough days to explore the whole world and dungeons and then some.

Have fun exploring Arkania!

At the temple, you have an option to pray for a miracle option.

Even though there are more miracles, the resurrect dead party member miracle is the easiest one to get.

So:

Step 1: Get a character killed.

Step 2: Go to a temple and donate at least 50 ducats (the bigger donation, the higher the chance)

Step 3: Ask for a miracle, if its not answered, try again.. try about 8 or 10 times and if your party member is still dead, donate 50 more ducats.

You should get it and the counter will go up by one.

*Note: Praying takes 2 hours although you should reload if you get yourself killed and save some ducats.

*Other Note: Since you are here, why not do "And the Carpet as a Gift..." too.

Reload and do it again until the achievement unlocks.

Just a little note:

Only Magicians and Sorceresses have the spell Skelettarius needed for this achievement.

If you cant figure out why your druid, elf or witch dont have this spell, well, there you go.

You can save before a battle, summon one or two skeletons, reload and do it again.

Peace!

You dont need to go into battle.

Equip it, open the menu, leave the game and continue, the achievement will unlock.

If you cast Analytica on the Armor it says it reduces your Constitution stat by 5 points.

Constitution is a value that determines how many negative hit points a character can sustain before moving from unconscious to dead.

Some diseases attack this value.

This fine chain mail is better than regular chainmail, so you might want to use if even with the constitution penalty.

However, there is a Countermagic Spell called Destructibo which lets you uncurse a magic item at the cost of MAX AE.

Alternatively, you can pay to get it uncursed at the Magic Academy in Thorwal.

I also found cursed helmets in The Goblin cave near Clanegh on the road to Felsteyn.

Hope this info helps!

1. Save before going into the temple.

2. Go to Manage groups.

3. Remove all your team members, your party will be empty. (When asked to save your party member progression, go ahead and do so)

4. Exit the temple without anyone in your party.

You wont be able to move or use anything but since you have no members, you have no money, achievement unlocked!

If you dont see the achievement pop up, press ESC to bring up the menu, leave game and then click on continue.

Reload your save to get out of limbo.

Enjoy!

I spent some time looking around Prem and finally found it.

From the harbour, look for this guy's house in the middle only accessible by going down the stairs east of the waterfall bridge.

Go down the stairs and west, then under the bridge, until you get to the lake, climb some rocks and turn around to go into a small cave.

Click on the poster and if the achievement still doesnt pop, save, leave game and then continue.

I made a video about it, if you cant still find it.

To get this hidden achievement you need to intentionally lose the game by reaching the time limit to find the sword and beat the ork menace.

The easiest way to do this is to play normally and once you have everything to complete the game, go to a town and camp until the time limit is done.

You can turn off thirst, disease and hunger from the difficulty menu and also battles after resting to make this easier.

The game will end on the 27th of Peraine, 1010.

Thats 30 months or 2.5 years from the starting day of the game.

Happy waiting, its a grind! 😃

Cheers!