Hard to Be a God
HARD TO BE A GOD
Hints and Stuck Events aka pitfalls or bugs Notes
By
IceRock29
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Use (CTRL+F) find {stuck point Notes} for places I got stuck at
About Me and Copyright
I am not a gamer rather a person who just bought a big a$$ LCD
and wanted to try some game on it. I borrowed the game from one of my
friends, who bought it but do not played it because he lost interest
after first 30 mins time. Me on the other hand got nothing better to
do so kept on struggling with it until I beat this game at Easy
difficulty.. I know it is lame in eyes of gamers but since I am a casual
user and not particularly good at computer games
it meant a great
deal to me
so much for my whims
I am writing this because it is the second game after NWN2 I
ever played so
and totally loved this game
It has lengthy conversations
and story telling instead of actual game play but it not a bad thing
actually.. I rather prefer this kinda games to all out action games..
I did not find any guides for this game and you will understand why
because the game is so helpful that you really do not need any
walkthrough or guide for it
every thing you need to do is told by the
game itself
My id is ice_cold_raj@lycos.com so if you wanna ask me mail
me I will try to reply if I knew the answer as I have played it only
once
I cannot say that
I know every thing about this game
Plz no
flaring though mails
I work in 8 hrs shift 6 days a week so understand
that it is very hard for me to find time and effort that I put in
writing this text
Copyright : Do whatever you wanna do with the text
Copy it
as your own I do not really care
if you will inform me I will appreciate
it else no problems
add whatever you wanna add
No permissions required
INTRODUCTION (Lifted from DVD)
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Hard to Be a God is an action/RPG game based on the universe of
the book written by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. The story of the game
takes place several years after the events described in the book. Your
character will explore the medieval world torn by strife and civil war,
a world whose inhabitants are ready to kill for a handful of gold.
The main character is a local, he has just graduated from Intelligence
Academy.
He will have to travel across many baronies and counties of the
great kingdom of Arkanar, take part in the local wars and fight various
monsters. He will have to unweave many plots and conspiracies, get in
contact with terrestrials, become a baron, acquire
great power and reveal the mystery of his home world.
Some Annoying Game features:
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1) Mine game version was 1.1 and for some reason the dialogues spoken
by me do not have sound so game get Paused so..to proceed with the game
you have to press Dialogue skip Key Default key Space Bar to skip to
next Dialogue
2) The Weapon do not come out even when somebody is attacking
you have to press Tab Key to bring out your weapon
had a hard time getting
used to and took some damage and even got killed sometimes
Good Old NWN was
great in this
3) When you try to get down from the horse it takes forever to get down
and you have to Press E again if the horse is not completely came to still
if you have your weapon drawn.. it will be holstered again
4) There is no Health Regeneration Facility
you have to consume
something to regain hit points
5) The game is freaking long and it takes forever to complete it
sometimes its the very reason
people loose interest.. I completed it
in a little under 1 months time
playing 2 to 3 hrs daily and 4 to 5 hrs
on Sundays
6) There is no indication of Side quests and the NPC giving them
also are easy to miss
Here we Go
with hints
(all I have to say)
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1) What I loved about this game moment you get a quest it get
marked on your map and you know exactly where to go and what to do
Quest will be either on the local area map or it will be on World Map
that is accessible through exit points
the game has on entry point
to the local map and several exit point to the global map
the Main
quest will appear with red symbol on map while side quest will appear
with blue symbol
when you hover mouse over
it the title of the Quest can be seen
all together you will never
have to search what to do
the emphasis of the game is rather on how
to Do that thing
2) The other good feature is that A Stranger will come and
discuss any notes or books of importance you find and will give
hints towards accomplishing that task so really of you do not read
all the letter commandments and books you receive you will get to
know it eventually anyway..
3) You get 2 kind of skill points whenever you level up
1
point for light/medium/heavy weapons category
2 points for general
character development like diplomacy/health/stamina/ranged
weapon/medicine
Here I suggest that try to keep diplomacy
high as you get a truck load points for completing a quest or
side quest and you can complete it without bloodshed if your
Diplomacy is high besides you get a better price for looted
equipment from merchants so you will get a lot of money is no
time
In many quest just paying up a NPC will get the job done
if you are confident then you can also kill the NPC and save money
believe me most of the time it gets ugly even on easy difficulty
4) Medicine is another feat that you can easily neglect
it is rather useful as you gain more health points from usual
stuff with high medicine value
I did not used range weapon
much so cannot comment on ranged attribute
(Trick I Used was
blend in and Assassinate
then to weaker the opponent and
finish by close combat)
5) Health can be gained through number of ways so increasing
it does not really matter much
if you have loads of money there are
flowers you can purchase that increases your hit points
there are also
mushrooms that increases your hit points but decrease your stamina
I suggest you collect the mushrooms but do not use it until you have
spare stamina to sacrifice
6) Now about loads of money keep diplomacy high and pickup and sell
everything and anything that is not nailed to the ground
if it exists
in the game its for you to take
None of the NPC even traders would mind
if you pick their stuff and sell it under their own nose
Hmmm
7) About weapons I say use only one kind of weapon and stick to it
do not forget to set its secondary power
when you skill points the it
eventually unlocks superpowers of that weapon that will help you in combat
mostly it takes out opponent/opponents in single hit
right click it so
that it appears next to your portrait on top left hand corner of the screen
then you can use it when you right click
8) Best equipment will be handed over to you so do not buy any equipment
just sell
you will receive it mostly by completing side quest
the side
quest in this game pays really well so I suggest whenever you see a NPC with
light yellow dot floating over him jump on it
9) Side quest : Side quest can also increase your overall character
These are few I remember and recommend you do them
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1) When you will be returning from Don Unchilas castle then you will
see a worried peasant who tells you to find his cloak in the forest do this
one as you will meet a beggar who will ask you not to take back cloak and in
return he will teach you to live like him
Stamina increased by 1
2) Peasants commander at Don Unchila will ask you to find him a book
from hermit: Note here
Most probably you will be wearing Dons Dress for
this
you will have to change it to mercenary or some other role as the guy
(At the village that will appear on the map once you discover hermit is dead
and book is gone) will not talk to the don
he will send you to strange man
who has looted him and also looted and killed the hermit
He (Peasants
commander) rewards you with a good armor and also teaches you how to use
it
health +1
3) Peasants commander at Don Dekha ask you to assassinate a monk at
nearby estate
he will reward you with a good sword
do this because you
will meet escaped fugitives there doing there quest(bring monk clothes) will
reward you to send to a weapon master who will teach you with any weapon skill
+3 {Also Note} this increase is beside the increase limit of 10 so for me it
was heavy weapon (10+3=13)
4) At tournament of swords go over the mountain to reach a mercenary camp
fight some caveman along the way and cut their ears
they ask you to go the
commander of outpost and ask them if they can join them
do this quest as
mercenary leader will reward you by teaching any weapon skill
again for me it was heavy weapon +3 (13+3=16)
5) Now You can also find a magically infused diplomatic hat (diplomacy+2)
and vest (all weapon skill +2)
for main quest when you are collecting the
parts of amulet you will reach a place where that is being seized by greys
and monks and all kind of scum
the gates will be closed and you will have
to find alternative way of reaching inside the castle
{Stuck point Notes} go inside the forest on the right of the second gate
(considering first is the one where you approached from
go along the edge
to the back of the castle you will see a path leading to the broken wall
you can Enter the castle from here
do not enter yet keep on going until
you reach a back of the castle you will find a dead diplomat with both
diplomatic hat and weapons skill vest loot his corpse
you will receive
one of the best items in the game
for me now weapon skill was (16+2=18)
6) Now these quests can be both easy and hard depending how you chose
to do them
what I did that moment I enter an area
I was attacked by some
guys who were plentiful in the area mostly they are Bandits, greys and
FRA or monks
whenever I go into such area I assume the role of same
so now these guys will help me fight other guys and also at the
same time I can ambush them When they least expect to gain some points
ambush mostly with alternate attack so that they die instantly
you donot want unwanted attention
7) Also note that If somebody is not talking to you mostly because
you are not in the right role
for example pampa will kill you if you
are not a noble Don
even it hunter suggest you to change your clothes
veteran soldier on arkran suburbs will attack you instantly if you are
not an FRA officer
So take time to dress accordingly
you need at
least five things to assume a role
keep on swapping it until your
portrait shows the role you are trying to acquire
8) Keep the dress handy
you do not have to carry it around always
what I did that I stored it in chests
there a
re numerous chests in the game and whatever you store donot get
lost
so first chest you come across in a FRA domain.. store FRA dress
chest use it in the area return it to chest and the go to the other area
similar for rest of area
most of the time the first chest you will come
across will have the dress before hand or you will find some poor dead
guy lying there you can take his clothes instead
Note here some chest concering quest items can disappear too so try to
find general chest..
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(8) Horse: is a handy thing that will be a necessity in certain quests
that are time bound
like one with the field burning down
What tips
I feel is that do not waste money on anything other than battle steed..
other horse die too quickly and also have not much stamina so if road
is long and you are trying to flee
they might stop in half way
{Stuck point Notes} I tried to use exit to global maps by pressing E
moment I press E i dismount from horse and the pressing E again will open
the global map
now if I try to go to another place the Horse left
behind
to take your horse with you while mounted click the arrow with
mouse do not use Interaction Key
About Combat On Horse: About This I Personally feel that its pretty
useless and Horses costs a Lot so I think that they are Ok to Travel
Places... Flee or Occasional fight with wolves... but if you are
interested in combat the probability is that the horse will die on you...
One more thing It takes time to get off the horse and draw out weapon...
so try to stop a little further than the actual enemy... in case stuck
get off and start running and then draw your weapon... as you will not
be able to draw weapon if you are being hit... and obviously run back
instead of forward as mostly you have cleared the back and if there are
NPC most probably they will be of your Role so they will help you fight
the enemy.. Running forward might work also but if you run into more
enemies you will be the one who get ambushed...
About riding horse ... do not use WASD Keys to move the horse
Just Use "W" or forward key and change the direction by Moving your
mouse in particular direction ... in my opinion this is the best way
to ride the horse...
I am not sure its a bug or a gameplay feature my trusty Hamahar
horse with which i travelled trough most part of the whole game after
few of the starter horses die on me... Got Old with 50 HP and just
100 Stamina when i reached count Set Domain... I really got attached to
that horse(Silly me) i tried to take it to muslin castle and keep it
there but it disappeared on the way... i have to buy a new hamahar
from count set domain... (sob! Sob!)
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{stuck point Notes}
One of the annoying side quests is about fixing the flour mill...
You have to get a cog from another village... you get this side quest
at count Urchila Estate.. there are actually 4 Cogwheels are 3 are
useless and the helper will send you back thrice to get them... you
will be pretty familiar with big brown box kept mostly
outside of houses..
you will get following cog Wheels 1) Very Heavy 2)Missing teethe
3) bent and 4) Rusty Cogwheel provided you look hard enough...
your journal says that may be used each time you find one type of
cog wheel... the wheel the miller's helper require is the rusty
one.. you can find near the bent cogwheel box and its a little bit
hidden and kept in a normal box instead of big box and is kept
outside of house by the wall...
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This wasted about 2 days and probably the reason for this Faq
{stuck point Notes}
"I cannot enter Count Urchila's Library to talk to him" This is part
of main quest where you talk to urchila to recieve final silver piece
for amulet... Since my LCD TV supports 1024x768 resolution, I faced a
problem with getting into the library to finish the quest..It is just
my speculation that at higher resolution people might not face this
bug... the entry path to the library is a little skewed...
If you have a problem entering or exiting count Urchila's Library..
do this...
stand at the right hand corner of the ramp ... not on the ramp but at
just a little away from right hand diagonal edge you will see a lady
coming from count urchilla's room she comes up to the gate and then
walks back again....the point she comes up to and turn back is the
point you need to reach walk/run to that point diagonally you will
be inside the ramp half up and half below the ramp.. it means you are
going in the right direction... keep on going further diagonally
only moving your mouse left or right and pressing forward key (W)
you will eventually reach inside the library (will take few attempts
to find the right line of path..) talk to Urchilla and then return the
same way stand at the edge and run towards the diagonally at ramp now
from up left corner to bottom right corner... Phew!! Now only you have
to do this once more when you actually bring Caveman Pelt for Urchilla..
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One tip I sure insist on giving is save your game if you try to explore
the area thoroughly from edge to edge ... it is very easy to get stucK
at some corner and your character will keep on trying to get out but no
avail... same case with the horse too do not take it inside thin corridors
and gates if you need to change direction you will be stuck there and
then you have to either abandon your horse...Ouch!! or load from a previous
point... For example when Getting Shamman to please rain god... Shamman
starts a fire and then he ask you to fetch 3 Blades of grass and 2
Mushrooms at offer them to Wooden Idols Behind Piku's Castle, behind turs
castle and near field ... Field should be the last.... if you go too much
inside the hermits hut on horse and then if you try to turn ... the horse
will get stuck and your clock will be keep on running... eventually most
of the time when you get stuck you can very easily get out too...
but sometimes it does get stuck...
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After Training session and EXAM Quest before leaving The Coast then DON
Prani ask "if you are ready to go"... take a cart horse and go to the
shopkeeper Near the INN and sell everything.. Just keep best armour
shoes and pants you are wearing and sell All equipment (do not sell
health foods) to the shopkeeper.. and buy beer from the Innkeeper for all
the money
It will help you later on until you get strong Enough
Beer has healing properties and it could be place on quick slot to
heal you during fights
that will be your health points until you
receive good enough equipment
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Besides looting off fallen enemies you can also get food by garden planted
in villages so always keep a watch for them too.. I never bought stamina
vials as I used block to recover my stamina and killed the archer first
mostly by super attack. If there are multiple enemies let them come close
and donot rush to attack.. as you do same damage to multiple enemies by
using heavy weapons provided they are close enough
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Also you gain 1 Experience points by killing hens, dogs and other neutral
animals
its Yucky so decide you want that or not never miss a chance to
hit a straw dummy
you will gain 1 EP
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Some Mushrooms have positive Effect too
do not exactly remember but +25
to both Stamina and Health
Some you can weigh what you need health or
stamina.. anyway donot buy negative points mushroom as you get to loot
plenty of them from here and there
generally from monks
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Another tip is that keep a watch how much EP to the next Level
it shown
in brackets besides your present EP
so if you are low on health and ready
to complete a quest do not heal yourself as you will get full health
when you receive Experience points of that quest
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You cannot change clothes if somebody is near
this does not applies if
you are on the Horse or buying Stuff from Merchants.. you can try on your
clothes there only..
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The game also provides modding of armor and shields .. you have to buy
the upgrade kits from merchants and every merchant have exactly one kit
of particular type so if you buy it he will not restock it
donot bother looking him again
so I suggest buy useful items from merchants even if you donot need at
that time.. keep it with you and use it later or you can always return
back to merchant provided you remember where he is
Ok about mods
Add 15% to amour very useful..
10% energy consumed lessjump on it.. Stamina Modifier..
Reduces 1 Level for the item:- Avoid it
you will reach another
level in no time
10% Enhanced Damage --- I will take 10% Energy Saving every time..
Only 1 Mod can be used on a particular item
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About inheriting the Musin Estate
Note down what the ghost has to say
in wandering forest if you have to
because everything Is needed..
For example:-- about pampa owing baron musin three rusty dagger with
iron handles
pampa getting bitten on a$$ by wolf.. (NO Dogs or cats
for Musin only hunts with falcon) Mothers Body never found killed by
pirates
father went to hunt down those pirates never to be heard again
No tombs for mother and father
Only child? No Brothers and sisters
Donot know much about nieghbour except he is a crook
and like mother
no nanny only the interviewing old servant was himself a nanny to young
musin
You will get best Equipment in Musin Castle and they will last you
the game time and for final showdown you will have to go back and open
more chest to recieve more equipment... You will get a needle rifle
as ranged attack which is really good but ammo is hard to comeby...
If you have sufficient Diplomacy "I Think but
not Sure Diplomacy is Req. or not" Ask Dr. Rudie he will give you
ammo for rifel if he ask you to do something
rifel ammo can also be found on fallen earthlings like one you got
Diplomacy hat and weapon modifier vest from... provided you comb
jungles for them.. i found 2 of them... 1 by the mystical flower
that only a sick person can pick at DON Turs and Piku's Castle and
another behind castle from whom you get diplomacy hat from... there is
also a merchant who buys his grandfather idols... in that estate too..
But i am sure more fallen earthlings should be there...
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Ok no more Tips I will add something if I remember something worth adding
Peace OuT
ICE
Amazing Games. Many Cheats. Such Wow.
