General hints | Controls Sacred 3 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
1. The character attacks and dodges in the direction in which he/she is facing. You should especially remember that while dodging, to prevent launching into the incoming attacks, inadvertently.
2. Destroy various items, chests barrels, obstacles and containers with supplies, thanks to which you will regenerate your health faster (green orbs) and energy that you need for your combat art (yellow orbs).
3. Pick gold, especially the big heaps that drop in the arena, by treasure chests, or at the end of a level. Gold allows you to buy upgrades that depend only on the level of the player - with enough gold, you can invest in whatever you want.
4. In combat, you can often use the bombs on the ground to your advantage, which your character can throw. Remember that they explode, also, after you attack them - make sure that you are not standing close to one, use this fact to your advantage, by destroying them at a distance, right next to the enemies.
5. By attacking a grabbed opponent, you increase your energy level - it is a good way to restore it, because you meet weak enemies, which you can grab, everywhere.
6. Remember to break the enemy attacks - the ones that have been prepared beforehand are symbolized with an appropriate icon, above the heads of the enemies and they deal more damage. To break an attack, you need to press [RMB].
7. Breaking attacks is also good against shielded enemies (the shield icon above the enemy's head). Up until you break their attack, they are virtually invulnerable to yours. .
8. Use battle arts often, because they may be helpful in many situations. After you unlock the new ones, try them out to find the one that suits your style most.
9. Try to start each battle, with a bigger wave of enemies, by killing ranged enemies - crossbowmen, spearmen or "shamans". They are often standing outside of the main area of the battle and they may pose quite a threat by nagging at you.
10. Battles with lone minibosses are not too difficult - you just need to remember to dodge the repetitive attacks. The easiest way to do that is to remain in constant motions and dodge. When the minibosses are accompanied by the other, smaller, opponents it is best to deal with the smaller ones first, and then take to the bigger opponent.
11. Each stage ends in a boss battle (or some similar creature). These battles, or quests, which consist in destroying an object are very schematic - the attacks are repetitive and easy to dodge. The most important thing is not to attack the boss for the whole time - it is a good thing to time the attack well, e.g. after a successful dodge. These battles usually consist in dodging from attacks and attacking at the right moment, and occasionally in breaking the enemy attack. If you implement this tactic, you will have no problems winning against the bosses.
12. Whenever possible, try to execute the opponents that you have knocked down. This will allow you to eliminate faster even the toughest ones.
13. The most important thing in combat is to remain in constant motion. Always pay attention to the stronger opponents, run around them and dodge frequently. Thanks to this, you will win some time to get away and launch your attacks.
14. Combine the attacks themselves into combos, use your battle art, move around the battlefield quickly and attack elsewhere. Throw enemies and bombs, and also execute opponents - the battle will then become more interesting and you will receive more points for the execution.
15. Select the difficulty level that suits you. The successive levels differ, mainly, in damage that you take from the opponents. Difficulty level can be changed each time before a mission and completing the game at any of them unlocks Deity, which is much more difficult than Legend - a level that is just below it.