General tips | Basics Overlord II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

1. Always check the boxes, chests, containers etc. There's no need to mention such obvious matters as searching for health potions or mana elixirs. You must look for Lifeforce, crystals and weapons which are necessary to play the game;

2. There are four types of the Lifeforce: brown, red, green and blue. They are responsible for a production of your Minions. In other words, by collecting the Lifeforce you provide yourself with the army;

3. If you think the Lifeforce make a problem to you (especially the lack of them), invest in a helmet called The Evil Eye. Thanks to it each collected orb counts twice;

4. The most economical method is to take control over minds of residents of conquered towns. The weapon and the Lifeforce are being produced then in the villages and you can gain large amounts of money;

5. The weapon and the armor can be produced in the villages (you should take control over minds of residents and make them produce armor) or can be gained from defeated enemies. It's an important tip to remember because well armed brown Minions are more effective in a fight and gain experience quickly;

6. Always let Browns go first and keep some of the red ones behind. The red Minions will hurt the enemies from a distance and support their mates in front at the same time. It's good to place Blues exactly between Reds and Browns, just behind brown. When one of the warriors dies, the blue Minions revive him;

7. Use the green Minions to attack if you have a chance to surprise the enemy by appearing behind him;

8. Your horde of Minions can include no more than 50 helpers. You start with 15. It's possible to get further 30 by searching for the elements of Minions' totem (there are 6 totems, each of them increase the number of the horde by 5). Details about the totem are available in chapter Minion Burrows. You'll get the last five Minions by forging the helmet called The Infernal Commander;

9. Try to quit after you have reached the new teleport where the autosave is done. Otherwise you can meet some annoying situations, in which some paths are blocked and there's no possibility to cross them because the teleport on the other side hasn't been opened yet;

10. If you are not healthy enough or you have a lack of mana and the way to the teleport is blocked, look for health potions and mana potions. The authors have predicted that inconvenience and have located proper objects in proper places, without which it would be impossible to pass the game.