Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition Tips to help you survive Honor mode

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/ discord Hello everyone, i put together a few tips i wrote down as i played DOS EE on honor mode.
All of these tips are also good for any game modes, but if you plan on playing honor mode you need to exercise caution.
I forgot to add a few tips in the video;
1- Steal everything that's not bolted down to help you in the beginning.
2-Use Survivor's Karma from the marksman skills before opening chests to max out you chance at getting good items.
Near the end of the video i found out that you can examine enemies, i'm not sure if that feature was in the vanilla version but even after 300 hours of playing this game i still find out new things about this game.
I really have to hand it to Larian Studio's for this version of the game, making an iron man game mode makes the OCD part of me have to finish the game over again. With the new changes it also makes it refreshing and shows that they care about their content.
Making the changes free to the ones that already owned the game is really smart considering i probably would not of purchased a copy myself just for a few changes. I am really looking forward to playing DOS 2 and will keep my mind open to other games they release, well done!
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[@mygaffer]

Killing quest givers after the quest for the XP, that is a cold, cold man right there.

[@RoninJeremy]

Well I don't recommend it if you want to role play, but when you want to min max certain aspects for challenge runs then it's not as big a deal. hope you are enjoying the game, just remember that you can do it if you need money for spells later on lol. sell all you can to a merchant then kill them for your stuff back.

[@beachjn86]

Nice guide. Thanks. Lots of helpful tips for me. Just started last week on this game. Hard to find guides for things since the game changed a good bit. Can't wait to try honor mode.

[@RoninJeremy]

+beachjn86 Hey Beechin86, thanks for the comment, yeah the EE just released, i am still working on finishing honor mode, having just died 40 hours in kinda set me back a bit for making guides. If you have any question MSG ill answer as best i can. I have over 300 hours combined from both versions so i should be able to answer easily.

[@billhetherington9060]

+Ronin Jeremy I am currently working on my 3rd attempt on honor mode. So far I am having the most success with 2 mages and 2 hunters, cc builds. I found the rogue sucked. Both mages are air/water and lvl 2 in witchcraft for the charm spell. Also, water wands make the 1st map fire areas and braccus rex much easier. I am not looking forward to the desert map. I am still torn on using glass cannon as my hp drops to sub 300 if I do it around lvl 10, yikes. I see how having more ap per round would be great though :). I am currently in the iceland area, and the difficulty just spiked up for me, time to find/craft some new gear I guess. Good luck in your next run. I died once to exploding enemies spawning on me in the pirates liar once, and my second time was me shooting an explosion barrel that blocked my los in the opening town graveyard...

[@RoninJeremy]

yeah, its a little rough with the new spawns and skills, i haven't played a rogue yet, but warrior got a nice buff. I have 1 tank, 2 casters with all skills spread among them and a ranger for a scout. First caster is Aero,hydro,geo,witch Leadership. Second is Aero, hydro, Pyro , also my crafter. Tank i have Man at arms and 1-2 scoundrel for pin point trait and some abilities like cloak and dagger.

[@samuelguillaume7449]

Nice tips, I have completed the honor mode with 2 lone wolf (1 rogue and one warrior). There are a lot of exploit to broke every opponent without any effort. Firstly, the compo. There are some little things to now in the balance of the game. Mage are really strong in early and mid-game but are weak as fuck in late cause you can one shot the fragile enemies with meteor ice or fire but the big ones don't care about you and will kill you in two turn. Warrior is certainly the strongest class cause the combo shield sword (the world sword is incredibly powerfull with spice of joshua) is just amazing to kill every type of oppenent and is the greatest tank (more than 5000 hp in the last fight). In second, archer got the best constant dps and have the most usefull kit as support for the warrior. rogue or assassin (my favorite) is certainly the best dps with the backstab but that still a bit weak cause you can't deal dmg and stay away from the enemies, so you have to take some constition (3000 hp seems good at lvl 20 for the rogue). The other class are pretty weak in the "purest form" and try to cover most of roles with your character (take invibility on your markman, some heal on all your character and don't forget essential talent and skill like animal empathy, speed, crafting, will and strengness,...) Next the scouting. As the video said, scouting when you don't now the arena is a essential thing, when you remember every fight of the game (after 300h) it's not necessary anymore but if you don't know where the enemies are you'll die really fast. Now the fights themself. FIrstly prepare the ground before the fight use wood box and other container to makes walls, the AI will not destroy them as main purpose so you can block them in a cage of wood box, even bosses (bracus rexx for exemple)and you can protect astrate with this too. Use the fire area for EVERYTHING, that's the most powerfull thing in the game. The strategy is makes a big fire area betwen you and the oppenents and conceal you with smoke. The oppenent will walk through the wall area dying to give you one only hit. Use buff and debuff, a lot of player prefer deal dmg but that's not the best way to end the fight fast enough. Last thing try to use the spells with the higest cost before the engage of the fight (like the meteore rain, or the nick summoning) during the last dialogue, swap your character control and use the non-speaker one to casts spells. For the quests, Try to makes every single step of the quest to win a bit more experience. Last thing there is a mistake in the video. There is ONE only grinding zone in the game if you have enough patience. In the quest to beat the troll king, you will encounter the ghost of maradino. He'll respawn his friends during the whole fight so you just have to cage them exept one in the backroom with some box. and then farm the one staying with you every turn. I hve tried it until the level 25 before getting REALLY bored. If you use all those tips, you'll be immortal, and broke the game (the most game-broke tips are the box and the grind) So choose your way to finish this amazing game.

[@RoninJeremy]

Thanks for the detailed comment! Id have to disagree with your opinion on mages though but that all depends on play styles. I think that constitution is a bit of a waste but that's my play style, if you don't get hit you don't need hp. Thanks For the great comment, hopefully see you in Dos 2

[@samuelguillaume7449]

Ronin Jeremy Yeah see you in the 2^^

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Just beat the game on Tactician today and I'm prepping for Honor mode. I do a ton of crafting and I spend lots of time searching the shops for the latest gear. I have to admit that my Tactician play through was MUCH easier than my Classic run. I will admit one thing. I am gonna hate not having access to the stats of my enemies. I relied heavily on that during my Tac run.

[@RoninJeremy]

Why would you not see stats ? right-click to open the menu you just need some loremaster. Honor mode make sure you know the game almost in and out, i have died a few times to really stupid out of combat stuff.

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Ronin Jeremy I thought you said in the video that even with Loremaster you won't be able to see them?

[@RoninJeremy]

i probably referred to the fact that i wasn't using lore master in combat. Sorry for the confusion, its not for the difficulty it could also be that the character that had lore master was not the one in use.

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Ronin Jeremy OK I see. Thanks for the info

[@f.m848]

so i've got a quick question , is there a way to kill like a guard by placing a poisonous item in their pocket? like a tenebrium bar or ore or a poison item? cuz i've tried that and it doesn't work even with 10 bars !! if it doesn't work so why do we have the ability to place an item on someone?!

[@user-fe8ns8wk5g]

hi guys, i started with game without knowing anything in Tactician mode (more enemies) i started with a knight and ranger. i want to restart again with new characters, do you know what is the best duo for you ?

[@RoninJeremy]

i would highly suggest starting on classic. the game has a steep learning curve. Knight Ranger could work rather well, any class build can be good. It just matters that you know where to put the points for tactician. Play classic learn from your mistakes and then attempt tactician.

[@user-fe8ns8wk5g]

I started 2 years ago with 1 Knight focusing to defense sword and shield 2 Ranger focusing to Ranger's skill + bit geo magic i didn't finish the game but i almost close to the end. the combination was good but i read somewhere that a rogue is very useful and most magician in the party is better. what i really want, i know that is not easy, is start a new party mixed like 1 witch (negro + pyro + geo) 2 rogue (bit with magic or bow) but seems rogue is not so powerful in tactician mode...and all youtube video that i saw are not so useful. that's why i appreciate your comment and need more update from others people. thanks!!!=)

[@SharpWindX]

What is your opinion on a dual wand witch ? i.e raise INT to equip wand & dump rest in SPEED & CONST. advice on what spells to invest in ?

[@RoninJeremy]

dual Wand is great for the extra stats, but could cause an issue depending on how many mages your running. I wouldn't use it for attacking since the spells are more powerful considering the crowd control potential. unless you put so many points into dual wield but then won't stack with the wands perk iirc. so less damage. a lot of spells cost very little late game, like shocks. ap is a mages best friend, try for 9 speed minimum and just enough con to allow for the ap you feel you will need. if you plan on glass canon 9 SPD is plenty. hope I answered properly, good luck.

[@Randych]

Holy mother of Seven, are you about 38 years old and you play DOS:EE? Respect shower on you!

[@RoninJeremy]

+Joahim Randych Hey Joahim Randych, Thanks for the comment. Ill Admit i should of taken a break before recording lol, a shower would go a long way and maybe a bit of sleep. But you are close i am 32, so in 6 years i will be 38 playing Divinity or W/E other game that will be available out there. Thanks for watching, hope to see you in other videos, feel free to ask if you have any questions. Ill try my best to give the best possible answer i can think of. Happy Holidays!

[@Randych]

Ronin Jeremy Thanks for getting back on that :) I'm playing since pretty much middle of normal DOS w/ friend of mine and I'm glad they made a Tactician Mode which is great as DOS' diff. levels sucked balls a lot. Have you ever played Co-Op or non-coop game with 2 Lone Wolves? How you feel about this thing? We've recently made a lot of discussion about my char. Like, we have strong caster but warrior branch sucks as it has too little spells to learn and it could be much more useful to respec and have Dex/Con or Dex/Spd Rogue/Marksman char instead. Whatcha think about it? I've already watched some of your DOS:EE videos and I'm quite positive about man who talks much and know what he's talking about. In terms of DOS that's pretty much.

[@RoninJeremy]

+Joahim Randych Yes I agree with Tactician Mode, its a great feel compared to hard mode or w/e it was in vanilla. Its more about tactics than just stronger enemies. I dabbled in Co-Op a little, the hardest thing about Co-Op would be playing with a similar skill level partner or having really good communication. Since play style's vary and building a party could prove problematic since they control 25% to 75% of your team, depending on how much freedom you give them. DOS EE gave all classes a lot to think about skill wise. The casters are definitely more apt with crowd control and have a lot more options for skills, warriors do have potential. A warrior can bring a lot of damage output to your party with dual wield or 2 handed build, or a tank Build to hold the enemies while your mage or archer finishes them off. If you are good at crowd control you don't need a tank, and can focus on Damage with other classes. For the Knight/ warrior I recommend going High Dmg if you can keep the enemies stunned. At level 12 i think they get some really nice skills that boost DMG, don't forget to stance power stance in when you are guaranteed 100% to hit. There are a ton of ways to play DOS EE, try to play how you like since even mage's have different play styles. you could have 3 mage's in the same group do different jobs. 1 CC with Water+ Lightning, 1 Fire+ Earth for more DMG, 1 More Support with Witch craft. Or have all 3 burn the planet down with pyro+earth. The options are almost limitless. I have not played a rogue to completion yet, but i plan on it soon. They have been getting bad reviews, mostly since they were OP in Vanilla. But i can see their new found use through some of their new skills, just can't focus on stealth carry anymore. Rangers are a bit of a favorite of mine since they can fill multiple roles also. They can DPS physically or elementally and being able to adapt to any enemy. The ability to out range anything out there is nice and able to animation cancel the Crossbow is also very nice for out of combat use....Like chests,doors or traps. If you are playing lone Wolf, you won't need much constitution or speed so you can focus on other attributes IMO, but you will be limited in Actions per turn, so make sure you get the drop on the enemies. If even 1 of your members get CC'd then that 50% of your group out for x turns. But you can build some really nice characters. Try to think what you would like your hero to be like / do. Example a self healing juggernaut, Give him zombie perk, now he heals from poison, Blood bath, now he also heals from blood. Then give him magic resist to 1 or more other spell and who needs a shield then. Last example, maybe you like glass canon, living high risk with more AP but less health. but with the ability to never let an enemy un-stun. Like i said the options are endless, if you have an idea for your main but not sure how to make it happen let me know, maybe we can figure a build out together. Let me know how it goes, there are a lot of creative players out there with builds.

[@Randych]

+Ronin Jeremy Thanks for so rich reply, Jeremy :) For now, what I should really mention is that they've nerfed to a ground some things I loved in Vanilla, like LW+GC combination and also the elemental resist perc which granted you fire resistance to pass lava, now 100%+ resistance can only be achieved with using spells, in Vanilla it was possible to do this using items. I think it sucks a lot :D Also, both LW and GC are not so great as they were, and Draw Blood as well as Feather Drop were removed for some reason which I do not really know. Was it necessary to leave Warrior class with even less spells than before? Like, if you go DEX you can have 2 schools, if you go STR, you can have, er, one? Lmao.

[@j72ashley]

46 here and I play more games than ever. I remember when I was a kid and I wished that I would still love to play and keep the inner nerd there. Well, must've worked :-)

[@Icemagor]

which run is more fun in DOS EE ? 6 man party with epic encounters (both in 1 mod) or 4 character creation (mod with 2 mages + 2 what ever you want in the start)

[@RoninJeremy]

Icemagor well multiple mages male b the game b very easy c after about level 6. ive never played those mods , good luck, sorry i wasn't of more use

[@adi13th]

Hi ronin! In a 2 mages(janan; earth/fire) 1 scoundrel with special arrows, 1 warrior setup, where would you advise using witchcraft? I feel I am missing a spot to use witchcraft. Regards

[@adi13th]

Also, I want my scoundrel to have the optimum amount of perc. So he will be more like a special arrow shooting scout whilst making use of scoundrel skills. What would u say is the optimum amount of perc? I am thinking 12 ?

[@RoninJeremy]

+adi13th Hey thanks for the comments. For Witchcraft it could fit on any of your 2 mages. Witchcraft is mainly a support set of skills. Witchcraft skills are great for their low AP cost and for the most part non elemental DMG. You could put some on a warrior lets say but at a reduced efficiency due to low INT. Skills I recommend trying out are; Malediction, Oath of desecration (this one for sure only need 1 level worth to use.), Any of the summons if you are lacking in summons, Vampiric Touch for melee Damage and self heal, Destroy summon is situational but worth it when you need it(1 hit kill a summon), Rapture, Depending on how far you level it and how well you are doing resurrect is nice but can be overlooked easily if you have enough scrolls. Horrific Scream is always nice for Mass Crowd control and Soulsap to Nerf an enemy. Death Punch sounds nice in theory but its DMG is rather weak for the AP cost and the other Master level spells available. So your Scoundrel is more like a ranger then ? I would go Crossbow for the animation skipping and more power. If you are going to be using arrows then a lot of the scoundrel builds may not apply concider making more of a ranger type. don't bother with back stab or dual wield . a lot of the Scoundrel skill will be less effective since you will not be in range to use them as a "turret" Ranger. Stealth is Meh now. Get Walk in the shadows,hover feet and fastrack for sure. And no farther than cloak an dagger. as a ranger though since you are using arrows make sure to use power stance, ricochet, Splintered Arrow, Farseer, survivors karma for looting, Rain of arrows and any other Master level skill if you go for Arrow spray make sure you are in Melee range or can hit every arrow on targets to make it worth it. Hope this helps with your questions, with your party make up i would go aggressive since you will have the CC/ DMG to back it up against almost any fight, so even your Warrior put on a 2 handed when you are comfortable with CC.

[@adi13th]

+Ronin Jeremy Thx Jeremy, These Tipps Are very Helpful. It makes me much more comfortable to look at witchcraft as a support. I always used to stress myself since I was giving witchcraft a much to high value. As for my scoundrel. He is utility out of combat. Meaning trap and secrets detection. But also scout the area for enemies and ambushes(using walk in shadows) . In combat he will shoot arrows because I have nobody else makes use of the special arrows in my group. I just can't really seem to find a way to determine the needed perception for maximizing his utility. So I am just guessing 12... I would even go to 15 base but I am not sure if that is too much. By having high perc he should ensure that I don't die to any traps at all or any ambushes. He will use walk in shadows in narrow dungeons and just scout the area.

[@RoninJeremy]

+adi13th I am glad this is helpful, it is part of my channel goals with my videos. The "rogue you have / scout" is probably better suited as a ranger style since high Perception will also help you shoot at farther ranges and a ranger does not need as high Dex. If you are OCD like me for treasure i think you would need base 16 to get all of the treasures. I think there could be one secret that is even up to 20 now, but that could be done with gear. I know that there was one spot in my play through that i could not find out how to get inside a room even with burn my eyes on.

[@adi13th]

+Ronin Jeremy thx i definitely will keep that in mind

[@skillywilly187]

hey ronin... can I dual wield wands and not have any points into dual wielding can I still benefit from the stats is it worth it

[@RoninJeremy]

Yes, very good to do for maxing out skills, now the down side. Without any point in dual wield, your AP cost for attacking with be huge. it's not a big deal on a mage since you won't be attacking past level 6 with all the spells you can purchase.

[@skillywilly187]

+Ronin Jeremy yeah because I have a witch and right now she can hit pretty hard with her wand

[@RoninJeremy]

+skillywilly187 If you plan on attacking with dual wands, the put at least 2 points in dual wield, that way the AP cost should be 5 I think not 8 or 9

[@skillywilly187]

+Ronin Jeremy okay I'm sorry to bother you can you recommend something for me for which I can't find any which builds anywhere maybe you know I don't want to have to put two and dual wielding what do you recommend for a witch

[@RoninJeremy]

I would put some points into Aero and Hydro and then learn some skills from those schools of magic, you can still use the witch but when your skills are on cooldown you will have other magic to help you in combat. If right now you only have witch spells, then you might have a bit of a struggle. If i remember you said you had the spider spell, so that means you at least have some Geo points, maybe you could just put more pointsi nto Geo and then some into Pyro since Geo and Pyro compliment each other. The reason is the same, just to have a larger arsenal of skills. I usualy end up with 2-3 magic skills at the master level with a mage by the end. So that is 2-3 sets of skills at level 5. Thats 15 points per level 5. Witchraft is really a good set of skills to have but it works much better tied with other skills.Most your spells are summons and Buff / Debuff Spells. Hope i did not confuse you.

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

How long is a run through once you know what you're doing?

[@RoninJeremy]

once you know what you are doing about 50 hours, it takes me about 10 streams I think, mind you I'm also chatting at the same time so likely less. You can speed run in 3 hours but that kinda breaks the game lol

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

you need to change honour mod name to yolo mod. i'm in my 3rd try too. died to grave explosion near the sheep.

[@RoninJeremy]

+Coffee Break Hero Well Yolo is more IDC mode...Honor is being really careful lol.. but the wording would be right you only live once.

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

+Ronin Jeremy XD

[@vonnzo4400]

any chance of you doing a 100% walkthrough for this?

[@RoninJeremy]

+vonnzo4400 By 100% do you mean all achievements ? or start to finish ? I have one i think that is to completion, ill look for it and send you the playlist if i have not created it yet.

[@RoninJeremy]

+vonnzo4400 Try this, i just put it together, let me know if the link works. Thanks for the comment, i had forgotten to put the playlist together.

[@leichen9720]

can you walk faster in this game?

[@RoninJeremy]

you can get a mod I think from Nexus mod.

[@lkxemmeji7588]

Haste makes you walk faster

[@ElateMortis]

wands op, imo

[@RoninJeremy]

+ElateMortis I definitely agree there why use a staff when you can use 2 wands or even a wand and a shield, you will get more stats this way and late game you will rarely use them to attack since you will have tons of spells and very little cool downs.

[@mfknimmel5014]

lmao brad pit walkthorugh

[@RoninJeremy]

+Mfkn immel If I understand your comment, I should be flattered. Thanks for the comment, I hope these were helpful for you.

[@RoninJeremy]

Yes Leech was more powerful before, There are tons of ways to be all powerful in DOS EE. Have you dabbled in magic much ? or even pro planned a battle with a rogue ? Rangers can dish out tons of DMG and so can a well equipped Knight. Actually hard mode in the original was harder than honor mode in EE, the enemies were actually harder not the same as on normal mode, but now it is more balanced since there are more enemies per fight, and bosses have ways to be dealt with. When you say solo, do you mean lone wolf or singular hero ? this game was not meant to be played with only 1 hero, if that's what you want to do then you need mods and cheats. Just remember this is a Strategy RPG. Probably the best Strategy RPG out there currently. What classes are you using ? are you using Crowd Control ?

[@RoninJeremy]

Well it would seems i can't really help you there since you are trying to play the game as it is not intended to be played IMO. Sure it is doable but my guess is that your tank build will not work in the long run. The only viable way to do it IMO is to Crowd Control everything. Don't get hit. Always be the first to move but without leadership thats going to cost you too many points. This might be doable as a rogue but would take so much time to sneak in and out for a hit. Probably only doable as a ranger for 1 hit stealth wait then hit again stealth .... Good luck.

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

killing all of cyceal after u finish it feels like cheating.

[@RoninJeremy]

+Coffee Break Hero Well i would disagree on cheating since your not really going around the games mechanics, its a system that is in place. Now interacting with an NPC while you sneak around their house , that i would call more cheating. As far as killing NPC's i don't go out of my way to kill them but they often catch me stealing and i end up killing them in the process....SELF DEFENSE! right ... While it is definitely going against Role Playing unless you can somehow link everyone to using Sourcery.... Thank for the comment on this, it question my morality ....

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

+Ronin Jeremy good point. i actually agree with you. when i play a game for the first time i go full paragon usually. u can kill whoever u like. :) are there any effects for your mass murder? what happens if u kill arhu? or the weaver? (no major spoilers pls i just finished cyceal). also i am sure in real life people do the distract while another steals things too. i was once out of my house for 40 minutes and everything in my house was stolen. i assume someone was watching my house and noticing when i leave. but generally yes. this is an rpg. not real life.

[@RoninJeremy]

+Coffee Break Hero sorry to hear about your house, that sucks. spoiler free answer for killing people in game. some quests might not be comfortable and as for arhu good luck he's much stronger than you think. probably lvl20 and his up bar looks like a boss bar. for the most part I haven't tried to kill any npc before their quest was done ....I would have to try at a later time and see... this would definetly be a spoiler. hope this helps.

[@Fankas2000]

Also a really good tip would be to manually back up your saves :D (Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin\PlayerProfiles\(your profile name)\Savegames)

[@RoninJeremy]

Fankas2000 but then its not honor mode.

[@Fankas2000]

Sure, but losing your only save to BS reasons when you spent 50+ hours is not fun either.

[@RoninJeremy]

But that is the challenge of honor mode, I know a lot of people achievement hunt but if you want the achievement or rights to say you've beaten honor mode you should be able to do it without cheating....you might as well just play tactician ....same benefits as honor mode without cheating the save files ....if you wanted the achievement for honor mode just speed run it much easier than a save file. 2 hours done.

[@Fankas2000]

And the game killing you because you pressed the wrong dialog choose isn't cheating ?

[@RoninJeremy]

Fankas2000 no its not cheating, ive lost save files from it too. honor mode is punishing but its made for those that know what they are getting into. signing up for honor mode is a challenge mode, nerfing the challenge kinda defeats the purpose. imo anyways.

[@TheRealSlobo]

WTF you start with a spoiler..Why dont you us ea spoiler alert

[@RoninJeremy]

4 years old, spoilers are not really an issue.

[@TheRealSlobo]

@@RoninJeremy Yeah i just started the game :D

[@TheRealSlobo]

@@RoninJeremy Also your video is from 2015 so i was expecting no spoilers

[@RoninJeremy]

@@TheRealSlobo It becomes much better once you wrap your head around the skills/spells. Enjoy!

[@TheRealSlobo]

@@RoninJeremy Yeah i am going through your videos tutorials .You have all i need :D