Practical playbook notes for surviving the realm.

Why Grouping Matters

Grouping is not just faster experience. It lets each class stop pretending to be self-sufficient. A fighter can hold contact, a mage can spend mana ending fights, a battle cleric can prevent a bad pull from becoming a wipe, and a thief can scout, open, and control loot pressure.

• Groups split loot and experience, but they also survive more encounters per rest cycle.
• Solo players burn health, mana, and consumables covering jobs their class was not built to cover.
• Group runs let fragile classes use their strongest abilities instead of saving everything for panic.

Basic Party Shape

The reliable pattern is simple: fighter forward, mage at range, battle cleric watching health and protection, thief handling scouting and opportunistic loot. You can run odd parties, but the maze and harder routes punish parties that ignore role coverage.

Fighter

Keep Guard Stance or Battle Shout active before dangerous pulls. Fighters buy time for everyone else and should use control strikes like Pommel Strike to shorten the part of the fight where the group is taking damage.

Mage

Do not level like a fighter. Group behind a fighter tank when possible: they take the hits, you spend mana ending the fight. Open at range with the best damage spell and keep your staff as the fallback, not the plan.

Battle Cleric

Bless or protect before a long chain and heal early. A battle cleric who saves every answer for panic has already lost tempo; use healing between kills instead of spending the whole mana bar after one bad pull.

Thief

Open with Backstab when you have it, then use Quick Cut. Use Alley Slip when a pull turns ugly. Thief defense is movement, stealth, and preparation, not standing still like a fighter.

Stealth Looting Loop

For thieves, the core loop is Sneak before danger, keep Quiet Hands active when opening caches or grabbing sustain, and watch the active effect timer near health and experience. Trained thieves can loot while concealed without dropping Sneak.

• Rank 3 unlocks the real scouting package: Sneak plus Quiet Hands.
• Looting under Quiet Hands preserves cover; attacking, talking, doors, and item use still expose you.
• The game warns before stealth expires, so refresh before a risky turn instead of gambling on the last tick.

Rank 10 Permanent Sneak

At thief rank 10, Sneak becomes a stance instead of a timer. Cast it once, scout and loot carefully, then end it yourself when you are ready to interact normally.

skill Sneak
skill Quiet Hands
get chest
skill stop sneak

skill stop sneak, skill sneak stop, and skill stop sneaking all end permanent Sneak.