New Player Help for No Rest For The Wicked covers information that will help new and veteran players alike, teaching the basics of the game's mechanics. Players will also find helpful links to various mechanics to fully familiarize and have a better understanding of the game. No Rest For The Wicked features an experience similar to Souls-like games in terms of combat mechanics but in a completely different world with its own unique features. Players can also have varying experiences between their different playthroughs as a lot of what they can get in their game world changes and is different for each playthrough and for each player.
No Rest For The Wicked New Player Help
No Rest For The Wicked Overview
No Rest For The Wicked is a game that features isometric gameplay graphics, which has players play in a third-person perspective with a good view of their character's surroundings. The game features a certain depth of character customization, as players are able to fix their stats to a certain extent. Exploration is also one of the highlights of the game, as certain loot spots are static even if the items that the player can get would be randomized.
As an Action RPG, No Rest For The Wicked is packed with its own combat intricacies. For an isometric game, however, it does lean into the slower side with its Souls-like qualities. However, the game as a whole is also packed with other fun features that run counter to most Souls-like games, which complement its combat in terms of the difficulty of gameplay and how fun it is to play.
No Rest For The Wicked Demo Impressions
Combat in No Rest For The Wicked
As an Action RPG, No Rest For The Wicked features different Enemies to take on and defeat as you explore the world of the game. The game's combat system has its own intricacies in terms of stat-scaling and other mechanics behind the scenes, but in terms of execution, it retains the simplicity of most Souls-like games. Players will have different skills and move sets depending on what Weapon they have equipped on their character.
The game's combat allows players to do the following actions during altercations:
- Attack: Strings together a few quick swings with the equipped Weapon.
- Charge Attack: Holding the designated attack button will have the character charge for a moment before releasing a strong attack.
- Parry: Deflects an incoming attack to recover Focus and create a window for an attack of your own.
- Dodge: Move out of the way of danger. The speed and distance traveled when dodging changes depending on your weight load.
- Rune: Runes are what the game calls each Weapon unique skill. Executing Runes consumes Focus.
Character Customization in No Rest For The Wicked
Is there Character Creation in No Rest For The Wicked
When you start the game, you will indeed go through a Character Creation section. There's a certain level of depth with the way you can customize your character's appearance to be unique, but not as vast as it would be for other games. Nevertheless, it allows the game to retain the dark, almost eerie tone of the game's setting.
Attributes in No Rest For The Wicked
Unlike most Souls-like games, there are no classes or starting archetypes to choose from when you create your character at the start of the game which informs your initial stats. However, you will be able to fine-tune your Attributes however you like whenever you level up. You will be given 3 Attribute Points when you level up, which you can designate for whichever Attribute you want to improve.
Exploration in No Rest For The Wicked
Loot in No Rest For The Wicked
Loot that you pick up in No Rest For The Wicked, may it be from chests or from enemy drops will mostly be randomized. This means that, for example, if you play the demo and finish it a couple of times, you will not be getting the same Items from the chests and monster kills each time.
However, the placement of said chests will be static, so players will be able to find them at the same spots in the game's world across different playthroughs and Realms.
Whispers in No Rest For the Wicked
Cerim Whispers in No Rest For The Wicked are special checkpoints that you'll be coming across often throughout your explorations. These are sort of equivalent to Sites of Grace from Elden Ring. Interacting with them will allow you to replenish all your health, so finding them and noting down where they are will be key to your survival in the game's world. Should you ever die, you'll spawn at the most recent Whisper you interacted with. It's important to note that interacting with Whispers does not replenish your consumables, unlike other Souls-like games.
Enemies in No Rest For the Wicked
Enemies in No Rest For The Wicked consists of different creatures and people that can harm you in the game. The most important unique quality to remember about enemies in this game is that they do not respawn after you defeat them. Unlike most Souls-like games, where after you interact with a checkpoint, die, or even just reload your game, Enemies here will not respawn after you slay them.
There are Bosses in the game that you'll have to study and defeat, but the smaller Enemies may also prove difficult enough, and can even have attacks that hit a large area like a boss's would.
Equipment in No Rest For the Wicked
Weapons in No Rest for the Wicked
There are multiple Weapons in the game, each with their unique move sets, combos, and Runes. Players can pick and choose from Weapons that they pick up what playstyle they want for their character. Weapon types in the game include dual daggers, short swords, staves, shield and swords, shield and daggers, and greatswords, among other possible types. Weapons will have attribute requirements that you will have to reach in order to equip them, so Attributes and Weapons go hand-in-hand in terms of how you want to customize your character.
Equipment Types and Rarities in No Rest for the Wicked
Equipment in the game comes in different color types which indicate their nature or their rarity. Common Equipment is just shown in default color, Rare Equipment is shown with a blue hue, Cursed Equipment is shown with a purple hue, and Unique Equipment is shown with a golden hue. Cursed items come with powerful boosts but with a debuff to go along with it.
Harvesting Resources in No Rest For the Wicked
Tools in No Rest For the Wicked
Another type of Equipment you'll come across in No Rest For the Wicked are Tools. These are Equipment that you'll be using in order to harvest resources from various sources in the game. To name a few, you'll be able to use rods to fish in the waters, axe to get resources from trees, and even mine ores from small deposits. You'll be able to get better versions of these Tools as you progress the game, which will make harvesting these ingredients quicker
Crafting in No Rest For the Wicked
The main reason you want to keep harvesting these resources is to upgrade Equipment and craft Equipment and consumables.
As mentioned previously, you will not be able to replenish your recovery items whenever you visit a Whisper, unlike the usual Souls-like games. Instead, you'll mostly have to craft them yourself and build up your own stock. Harvested resources will come into play here as you'll be using them as ingredients to craft consumables using fire sources.
