10 golden rules | Basics Legend of Grimrock II Guide

Last update: 01 June 2016

1. Plan wisely. The beginning of the game is preceded by the character creation process, which is a very important element that will determine the effectiveness of our team in the future. You should definitely spend some more time to rethink and organize your team, instead of choosing to play with a random group. Creating your own dream team from a scratch, using the tips from this guide and your own vision, will not only grant you effectiveness but also pleasure from the connection with heroes designed yourself.

2. Don't run before you can walk. You should not only be careful during battles, but also at the very beginning of the game, when choosing the level of difficulty and additional modes. When starting Legend of Grimrock II campaign for the first time, it is best to select medium difficulty level and try to not check modes that for example prevent us from saving the game any time we want. If however, someone has already played the first Legend of Grimrock - feel free to do so.

3. Be observant. All the locations visited by you during the gameplay abound with all kinds of hidden treasures and secrets. When wandering through the maps, it is good to look around and check places that seem like there could be something in them - side passages, bushes or places difficult to notice. Finding all the secrets is not necessary for finishing the game, but maxed out statistics will bring you a lot of satisfaction.

4. Get used to digging. At the first stage of the gameplay, we will surely find a shovel hidden in some chest, which is a very important tool for discovering secrets. Using it in an appropriate place may bring us a box of treasures, if we're lucky. In order not to waste too much time on digging through the entire map, it is best to use our solution.

5. Think logically. All the puzzles and seemingly difficult mechanisms designed by the developers are based strictly on laws of logic. Instead of going crazy and running from one point on the map to another, try to stop for a while and think about the possible ways of solving the situation. It will often turn out that some item that we carry in our equipment is the key to solving the puzzle. Maybe, a sculpture which seems to reach for something with its arms is waiting for us to put a sword there? Of course, if you have troubles dealing with some puzzles, you can always search for solution in the appropriate chapter of our guide.

6. Don't rush. When fighting a more challenging enemy or a group of few opponents, the worst thing that you can do is to recklessly rush forward and attack whoever is closer. During the battle, always remember to use a strategy. Mobility is a very important factor - you will never win by standing in one place and letting the enemy hit you.

7. Focus on your heroes' strong features. If we've followed the instructions from rule number one, we should now have a diversified and well-organized company of heroes. The chapter on team creation was written for a purpose and should studied thoroughly so that we could use all the good features of our heroes well. Let the warriors fight and take hits, have the archers shooting and mages casting spells. Engineers should focus on using their skills for supporting the rest of the team in various ways.

8. Look for weak spots. Before confronting an enemy face to face, it is good to first study his fighting style and look for weak spots. You can find a complete list of enemies that you can encounter in the game in another chapter. Most of the relationships is very logical and based on laws of nature. Notice that for example a mummy's body is all covered in bandages, therefore Fire should work quite well here.

9. Use the game mechanics to your advantage. As it has been already mentioned a lot of times, the whole game world consists of hexagons, on which our team can move. You can easily adapt to the battle system in this game and try to make advantage of it. When you will be dodging, moving around the battlefield, it will make your enemies have to run after you and move from one hexagon to another to be able to attack (diagonal attacks are impossible). It just so happens that most frequently we are the ones setting the pace of the fight so circling the enemy and attacking from the side or from the back should become a habit of yours.

10. Don't be a mule. When collecting all the items that you find in the game, you may quickly come to notice that no more objects will fit into your inventory and the team will be unable to move. In order to not have to worry about the current state of your inventory, just don't take everything you see with you. If we for example find an item that is weaker from the one that we are using right now, than what's the point of keeping it? You cannot sell it, that's for sure, as in this game, there are no shops or money.