Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

You might miss one or two places where tutorials start if you never experience that part of the game.

*At the start of the game, you will be asked what to do about tutorials.

Dont skip tutorials and of course, dont disable them either.

Here is a list of places where you can experience tutorials:

• At the temple where you begin the game

• At the tavern after you exit the temple

• Movement and View

• Battle tutorial by speaking to the man in green in front of the tavern.

• Move to the center of town where the merchant stalls are. [Buy/Sell Tutorial]

• Travelling (Go outside the town and click on the nearest destination, you can miss this if you click farther away)

• Camping [Its a very useful tutorial]

• Healer (You need to go up to the trees behind the temple you start in, its an elf tree town up there) [Missable]

• Smith (Gashok's Smith might not trigger if you dont have damaged weapons, you can go to Hiltorp to the east or Tiefhusen to the west)

• Dungeon (I went southwest and entered the Swamp)

For some reason, this achievement didnt popup for my imported party from the previous, I had to make a new game with new characters and do all the tutorials above for it to count.

So if you are having trouble getting this one, that might be it.

I also rushed to trigger the tutorials before doing anything else, I do not know if there is a time limit or level limit or whatever.

Anyway, hope the guide helps!

To win a battle without killing anyone you can find a battle with only one or two enemies.

Focus on incapacitating them, using spells mostly like Paralyse or Somnigravis.

Master of Animals (Animals) and Be my Friend(Humanoids) also work.

Horriphobus might make them flee and that counts too, if everyone flees the battle, you get this achievement.

You can also make them flee if you lower their HP to 25% or less but its trickier since you might accidentally kill them and not all enemies flee battles due to low HP.

Undead are immune to most of these tactics, so.. its tricky on zombies and skeletons.

Cheers!

This one is somewhat tricky in this game.

Remove all your team members and create a new one, add him to your party so its only him/her in it.

Now go to a store and buy things so your money goes to 0.

The tricky part here is a combination of finding the right prices and haggling.

I personally used a general good stores to buy everything until I had less than 2 Silvers then sell my starting rations until I had an even amount of money then buy the infinite charcoal item that sells for 2 farthings to break even.

You can use haggling to adjust the amount of money you recieve so you can get it an even number and buy the coals to zero you out.

Once you get to Zero monies, exit the store and get the achievement.

*Note: You cannot leave the temple without having at least one party member in this sequel.

This one is easy with a trick.

You dont have to talk to different people or even finish a conversation for this one.

Find a random person in the street, click on him/her, press ESC to get out of the conversation interface.

Repeat 100 times without having to find another person, achievement is yours!

This has a trick to it too.

Get as much Ducats as you can with a single team member, then go to a temple.

Remove the party member, the game will ask you to save. Say yes.

Now, you will have two copies of the same character, an old one and a new one.

Repeat this once, you now can see 3 files for the same character.

Make sure there is noone else in the party.

Get the latest version of your wealthy character.

Donate all your money.

Remove your character, when asked to save your progression, choose No.

Repeat above until the achievement unlocks.

-----------But honestly, at the end of the game you will have more than 300 Ducats so, it might be worthwhile to wait--------

Combine this achievement with Gods Favorite and Newborn since you need to pay between 50 and 100 Ducats to have your prayers heard to resurrect a fallen team member.

This is an optional quest and thus, missable.

Dangerous Gashok

As you enter the town, you will receive this quest, you can ignore it and just move on south to the real mission of finding the salamander's stone.
But if you want a couple of magical items, go ahead and go north to the Market square, you will get a clue.

The burnt out Mill

In the middle of town, by the river on the west side there is a Mill, approach it. (Red circle)
Talk to people about the Mill, you will learn a name.
Go to the marked herbalist (pink star) and ask about Artherion, she is the only person of all the townsfolk that can give you this clue.
Leave town and go to the forest.

You might need to give it a few tries, put your best nature skills character as leader (leftmost).
You will never reach the cabin if you didnt get the clue from the herbalist in town.

Tell him you've come to avenge him.
Tell him you know what he has been through.

Go back to town to ask the herbalist about the strangers and about valpor.
Behind the Inn that the herbalist speaks of, you will find Valpor, ask about the other newcomers.
He will give you two names and two locations.

Erholt, his house is west of Valpor's near a well.
Deregorn's house is up some small stairs near the market.

I'll let you decide what to do next but after you are done, you must spend a full night sleeping inside an Inn in town, not camping, at the inn.. a full night, something will happen and one part of the quest will be completed.

Go back to Artherion and get your magical items and the second part will be done, netting you this achievement.

One of the grindiest achievements in the game along with Necromancer IV and Medium IV which are basically this achievement but with a different summon.

So, hopefully, if you are looking into tips to getting the other two, you came here with the idea that all these achievements would have the same strategy attached to them.

Druids can summon spirits and magicians can summon skeletons, both classes can summon demons.

The counter does not reset if you reload and it goes up when you summon, this means you can summon until your AE depletes, reload a save file, go into battle, repeat.

So load up a party of druids and magicians and go find a battle, summon everything then reload when your AE is gone and you cant summon anymore.

As for the fight, a scripted battle would be best and an easy one too.

I chose the battle at the end of the quest: The burn out Mill, you can read more about it here: Artherion's Avenger

Its a very easy battle with only one opponent which will be tied down fighting your summons while you cast and you can save right before going into his house to fight him, making the reload just a few seconds before entering battle.

If your summons manage to kill him, you can also use this opportunity to go for Nudist since you dont need armor when your summons are the ones in danger.

Cheers!

For the achievement Jinx, the first place I found a rat hole was in the dwarven pit's 2nd floor here:

Make sure your lead character has low perception and instinct to get it easier.

If you fail, you can always back up and try again. Easy.

Another hole is further down the hall but you can do it ok with only one.

The dwarven pit is necessary to explore to finish the game but you might miss this out of the way room with the rat hole in it.

While exploring the Blood Pinnacles (to the west) you will realize there are two entrances to the dungeon.

The red entrance is a dead end, you must go around and find the yellow entrance.

By going into the yellow entrance, you will enter the top floor of the place, when you find the stairs down, you will explore this map:

-----------Spider Cave System----------

The spider queen is at the green square in the second picture.

To kill her, you will need the 3 vials of Threashine (1st picture, green circle)

To open that chest you will need the pliers key (1st picture, green star and pink circle)

To open the secret door to the spider cave (white rectangle) you need to use a spear (you can find some nearby)

Split the party down to your best 3 fighters, make each of them drink one dose of threashine and burn the eggs, the queen will come.

Defeat her and the achievement is yours.

Killing the spider queen is an optional boss since you can just ignore her and exit the dungeon the way you came once you got the mcguffin you came for.

To get this secret achievement, you must enter or escape the Dwarven Pit through the back entrance.

From the world map, go here, starting from the town of Hiltorp.

From inside the pit, use the shaft that connects all floors to go as low as you can, if you are as

In Finsterkoppen, city guards wont allow any elves enter the elite part of the city.

You can go to a temple, remove your elf and come back.

You could split your party and leave the elf behind.

But why not be clever and have your elf use the spell Unseen that makes them invisible.

Use the spell on your elf and go inside the city.

Achievement unlocked!

This only works in the starting town of Kvirasim.

Remove your pants and loiter around for a while, eventually a little girl will scream about you and a mob will form.
They will beat you up for public indecency.

-Note: You can play the game without pants and in some cities people will react differently to your exibitionism.

A missable achievement.

If you progress in the main story (Escape from Lowangen), you will be sent to the swamps to look for a fellow and meet the Lizards of Ansvell.

To get this achievement, you must go talk to the Lizards before being sent to the swamp.

So, before going to Lowangen, go to the swamp and find the Lizards.

The lizards are in the red star on the picture.

Oh boy, this optional dungeon was a headache.. but fun.

Lots of puzzles and mysteries abound!

To get this achievement, you need to successfully traverse the Temple of Phex and find the High priest.

Get your trousers fastened because you are in for a wild ride.

Here we go!

One night, while you sleep, you will have a dream and a mysterious figure will ask you to get back something they stole from him, the legendary weapon startrial!

When you get to the town of Tiefhusen (northwest of the world map), ask around the weapon and they will point you to Jandor at the tavern 'Pile o'gold'. The Tavern is here:

Sit at an occupied table and ask about the Startrial, Jandor will speak up. Be Patient.
He will point you to a fellow by the river called Hensger. You can find him outside the weapon shop here:

Save before talking to him, in case you mess the dialog up.

Also get a grappling hook and a rope before you go, if you cant find one, then just a rope but you will have to do a lot of jumping and climbing.

I also suggest you stock up of water and rations, you will spend WEEKS down there.

Talk to him, pay him and come back here during the day, he will take you to the temple.

Dungeons - Temple of Phex (Tiefhusen)

Green Circle = Gold recipe - Look into shelf, like.. ram into it or youll miss it.
Green Square = Secret door opened by finding recipe
Blue Square = Unlocked Secret Doors / Fake Walls
Red Star = Phex Idol Riddle
Red Square = Phex Idol open this Secret Door
Yellow Star = Finger Socket Riddles
Yellow Square = Offering Statue opens this door.
Red Arrow = Scale Puzzle opens this door

That dude cheats.
Oh! Tetris puzzle, im game.

Classic pressure plate puzzle.. hmm. Golden Axe, takes me back to the old SEGA days.
This Axe is actually the key to escape through the entrance, why? I dont know!

Beware opening doors, you might get stuck...
There is a recipe on a table near the chest with all the tiaras.

Those portraits are clues for the socket construct puzzles later on.

Whoa.. this is handy... puzzles! Save the game here.

"Every time you put a tile close to another of the same kind, they blow us in the face"

I'll give you a hint, notice you have 4 blue tiles and there are 4 purple tiles in the board.
For a full solution, check out the Notes section at the end.

Ah.. so thats why I have been seeing the symbol everywhere.. hmm..better backtrack and count.
Remember that the statue that is asking, itself, also counts.
The idol will open a secret door.

Scales puzzle, the pyrite is always lighter, its not that hard to figure this one out.
When you find the pyrite coin, drag it to the black box on the bottom right.
The puzzle opens the door east of the elemental tiles puzzle.

Boat Puzzle: Think of knights in Chess and figure out which button sends you in which direction.

Armor Chest Trap: Weight is the key, think Indiana Jones.
Noone has figured out the pots puzzle yet.

When you get to the offering statue, split the party, find your poorest adventurer and make a party out of him, as him go and donate your money, it might be 25% of all your money or 50%, I dont know but if you did it right, the secret door will open.

If you get thrown into the gate maze, use split party to escape the labyrinth, you can even split the party into 3 groups. I made a video on how to get out.

So you wanna know whats down there? It's very easy to explore if you split the party!

There are some illusion walls you can just simply walk through once you get past the elemental tiles puzzle, use penetrizzel.

Pressure Plates: Solution is right here, just capitalize on your knowledge.
We Will Wander
We Shall Not Stay
We Will Survive
Strolling Each Way

Value of Virtue: You need to grab the stones from the sockets in the pedestals.
Im not sure how it works, but with trial and error I managed to grab them.

You can get some hints from the portraits in the library (green square) that you access after you get the gold recipe.

Get close to a High Wall and you will be required to use an item, use a grappling hook and a rope.

The note with numbers you found earlier will give you the code for this door.
Hint: 0 is the rarest number.

Do not attack them, just bow and listen, leave quietly.
The quest will progress and you will get an achievement.

Unknown stuff:
Couldnt open the chest in the small locked doors maze.
Couldnt open the chest near the scales.
Couldnt figure out the vase/pots puzzle near where the Phex artifacts where.
Couldnt open the door down to the jailcell.
Couldnt figure out the lone pressure plates, one at the northwest and the other near the end.

Notes

Temple of Phex: Elemental Tiles Puzzle Solution

I had fun with this puzzle, but you need to know two things: 1) You need to replace full colors, not individual tiles, for example; Purple with Blue.

Temple of Phex: Pressure Plates Puzzle Solution

West,West,West,West,South,North,South,West,West,South,South,East,West.
The first plate doesn't count.

Temple of Phex:Socket Pedestals
Here are my personal results but I think they change from game to game.

Temple of Phex: Virtues
All the virtues should go in the 1st hollow.

Temple of Phex: 3 Digit Code (912)
Steam Linkhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/288860/discussions/0/1471967615888791488/Steam Link

Whew, that was a very interesting dungeon, had to do all sort of research and testing to get things by trial and error.

Hope the guide helps!

There are fewer dungeons in this game than in the last one.

1. The Dwarven Pit in the southeast [Red Circle]

2. The Swamp at the middle of the map, they are shown as Moors [Green Circle]

3. Blood Pinnacles at the west side of the map [Yellow Circle]

4. Temple of Phex in Tiefhusen [Blue Circle] (Optional and Missable)

5. Temple of the Nameless in Tjolmar [Red Arrow]

Here is a map.

Dungeons in World Map

This hidden achievement can be obtained in the final dungeon (Temple of the Nameless in Tjolmar)

To get it, you need to strike and sound all 10 gongs scattered throughout the first floor.

I marked the 10 gongs as blue stars in the following map:

You will have a big fight in one of those gong strikes, get ready.

At first I thought I had to have a party full of NPCs but thats not the case, you just need to have all the NPCs in your party at some point in the game.

You can miss some of the NPCs if you are not looking for them, so here is a list.

On your way to Lowangen, after going past New Llowangen, you will meet Antharon and if you accept, he will join you for a while.
Inside Lowangen, Dragan will send you to fetch Vinsalter, he is technically an NPC Ally.
After escaping Lowangen, in the swamps, you find Agdan, uncurse him and he will join.
In the Blood Pinnacles, middle floor you can find Thurazz and Praiodan in the jail cells.
North of the swamps, near the mountains (left of the sign that says Grosse Ode in the world map) you can find Korima.
In the Temple of the Nameless, first floor, you will meet Helen after you free the key from Ice.
In the Temple of the Nameless, after the final boss, you will unlock the final companion and this achievement.

Cheers!

To get this hidden achievement, import a savefile from Blade of Destiny (previous game) where you have completed the game.

The achievement will pop as soon as you enter the temple at the beginning of the game with your winning party.

This is a missable achievement since its a road you wouldnt normally take in your way to the end of the game.

Also, you need to know the clue about bringing a Brass Mirror to the encounter.

The Basilisk
Buy/Find a Brass Mirror for this.

From Hilvalla, go west and then north to find a strange smell.

Take your best tracker, with stealth, dexterity, agility, hide, etc and give that person the mirror.

Courageously move towards it and when you are 2 paces away use the mirror.

Achievement get!

Sweet Fruit
This is missable.

While looking for the Dwarven Pit, you will encounter this ONE-TIME event.
Feed the goat some sweets or licorice (bought at a General store, like Gashok's) and you will get this achievement.

To get this missable and hidden achievement, just do damage to one of your own team members during a battle.

You will need to select him/her during your turn and successfully damage him/her.