Don't Start Playing Wartales Without Watching This!

In this video, we're going to talk about the different campaign starting options available in Wartales, and how region-locked scaling works. We'll also discuss adaptive scaling, and how it can help your levelling experience be as smooth as possible.
Without understanding these concepts, it's impossible to make the best choices when it comes to starting your campaign. Watch this video to learn everything you need to know about campaign starting options and how region-locked scaling works in Wartales!
0:00 Intro
0:35 Team Composition Selection
2:55 Army Bonus Selection
6:04 Army Malus Selection
8:23 Adaptive VS Region-Locked
13:04 Difficulty Settings
13:46 Outro

[@chrisduncan1647]

subbed for the great Wartales info. just picked it up over the weekend and cracked out on it, great game.

[@clydian]

Appreciate it my man! If you’ve got any questions my videos don’t cover, feel free to ask!

[@janovmi2]

btw the last bonus/flaw is different for each background so deserters will have the last options different than bandits

[@clydian]

I realized this after making the video 😅 the good news is most of the ‘nice’ bonuses and maluses are in the universal slots.

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

Good stuff and will help me prepare for a brand new run now that update is out. Just inherited 10 week old puppy so I don't have time to screw around trial and error style, this video is super helpful, thanks Clydian!

[@clydian]

I just realized it’s a very common question in the official discord so I’d explain it all in depth 😂

[@seanstewart5051]

Can really tell how much work your putting into these videos man, love all the on screen pop up deets and associated graphics. Concise and informative as always sir! Quick query, just popped into my dome, can you still effectively shepherd/herd captured pigs and such to harvest down the line?

[@clydian]

Yep! And thank you for the feedback as always my dude!

[@marcelocataniantunes1490]

Great video Clydian. How is the most difficult settings that i can get? Grettings from Brazil.

[@clydian]

Currently the hardest gameplay I can think of is for full expert, your bonus being increased suspicion drain (since it’s situational), and your malus being reduced crit chance. Then go region locked and only use 1 unit. And last but not least Ironman saves and hidden turn order.

[@MadnessJackey]

only checked this video thinking maybe i should have picked Region-locked. guess i made a right choice picking adaptive world. thx for the video.

[@clydian]

It’s a common question in the community so I figured getting a video out on it would at least help someone!

[@MadnessJackey]

@@clydian kinda wish there's an option for the world scaling too tho. having options to change difficulty whenever but scaling sounds a bit odd choice for me.

[@clydian]

@@MadnessJackey definitely something that’s been asked for! I’m not sure how impactful it would be though because it may change how static things spawn such as champions.

[@neoachilleos6891]

wish i had watched this video before spending 40 hours on adaptive XD great video thanks

[@clydian]

My bad 😅 😂

[@Discipol]

Good video, helped me make a second run with a better start. Watch the video at x1.25

[@clydian]

Appreciate it my dude!

[@NoBuddy89]

The last starting bonus depends on what kind of party you picked however. The theft one is just for the bandits. That said, neither of them are really that good so doesnt matter much.

[@clydian]

Agreed. Most things aren’t that game changing spare the fatigue drain.

[@jamoecw]

pay is during the rest after a certain amount of time, so longer time between rests puts off payment for a bit but doesn't reduce the amount of pay you give out overall. it may feel that way because you can put off pay for a bit when it is due, but you don't actually pay less in the end.

[@clydian]

Pay is every 3 rests, increasing the amount of time between rests still reduces how often you need to pay and thus in comparison to a group without that selection, has a stronger economy due to not having to pay wages as frequently.

[@jamoecw]

@@clydian one of the loading screens states that wages are every 4 days. the tool tip says it is every 3 rests. if you rest back to back the third rest will result in paying wages, even though only about a day has passed. if you stack delicious culture shock plus the other 40 food item that uses apple pie, plus the perch stew that lets you rest less, plus the banner ability, plus the starting ability, etc. you can make it so that you rest only about twice in 4 days and you will pay wages on the second rest if you push thing long enough, resulting in a sort of soft cap to how much you can push off wages. i don't know why they have both, it seems that the 3 rests thing is a bit much, since if you are resting that much you are also eating a ton of food as well, and that will cost you a bunch (which is just one reason to push things as much as you can).

[@clydian]

@@jamoecw it used to be on a day-basis but was changed due to people spam-resting with a training dummy to power level all of their units. So to fix that the devs nerfed both training dummies and changed the pay frequency.

[@jamoecw]

@@clydian that makes sense.

[@yuni3293]

Hey man keep up the good work, but may want to consider toning back the bass part of your mic filter a bit. Your voice doesn't sound as 'bright' as your previous videos and some parts of your vocal range is noticeably getting cut off.

[@clydian]

I recorded this as soon as I woke up so my voice was naturally lower than what it normally is 😅. I’ll tweak my mic settings and take a look at it, I’ve noticed my whispers not being picked up as well.

[@cfc6214]

what is the region order u should play? (to scale levels properly...)

[@clydian]

Starting at Tiltren: Tiltren > Arthes > Vertruse Then I believe you go to Ludern > Grinmeer > Alazaar

[@IShallCallHimTaders]

"adaptive isn't going to be hard" I beg your pardon? Have you tried Adaptive on expert / expert? Escorting the blacksmith to the haven and getting ambushed by the Laheart guards with 90 armor and 4 buffs while you are level 4 isn't hard? Either you are trolling or you haven't played recently.

[@clydian]

In comparison to the difficulty spikes from region locked, adaptive doesn’t have the same sudden ‘danger’ feel. The only reason adaptive feels hard is because you’re under geared.

[@steve323f]

Great description, im a total noob on level 7 with 8 characters on region locked. I just cant find the correct area i need to be in. I either die constant or get a pitiful amount of exp and walkover opponents. I dont kniw what to do.

[@clydian]

I believe level 7 would be either Vertruse or Ludern for the correct level area. Potentially Arthes, I’m not entirely sure.

[@steve323f]

@@clydian I always get the names mixed up but I've been in all 3. I will go back and check all of them again. Thanks for the advice 👍👍👍

[@clydian]

@@steve323f anytime my dude. I’ll take a looksie as well once I get a moment to let you know.

[@steve323f]

@@clydian it's much appreciated fella.

[@clydian]

@@steve323f looks like Arthes may be just a little bit on the weak side and Ludern may be a tad bit strong. Ludern has level 8 parties and Arthes has level 5-7.

[@sepandarmoeeni9299]

what is the correct path to go for region locked? I started on Tilten maybe from 1 to 3 or 4 then went to gosenburg got to almost 5-6 there then tried to go to darmbakh but I saw the guards at border to be lvl 11! panicked and ran back. in the end went back to Harag where everybody were lvl 7-8 it was VERY challenging. but I managed to complete the story and the arena. now I have a party of 20-25 most lvl 6-7 ish. I can't go to Dormbakh or whatever. Edoranian is lvl 1. I just found out there's another region top of gosenburg which is lvl 3-4 and I'm trying there. What should I do? How can I reach from lvl 7 to 11 right now??

[@clydian]

I think Grinmeer would be your next area to do after ludern. It sounds like you skipped Arthes entirely, but that’s also something you can go do (although it will be pretty easy since I think it’s a level 4-6 area)

[@sepandarmoeeni9299]

@@clydian yea, tnx anyways. decided to do another playthrough too. maybe I come back to this one. still have the latest save :)

[@clydian]

@@sepandarmoeeni9299 if you’re having issues with region locked, maybe try out adaptive!

[@sepandarmoeeni9299]

@@clydian I have problem with both actually :)) I tried adaptive, it was very boring and I end up recruiting more ppl. yes its always same or 1-2 lvls more than you but never less than you! again the number of enemies its also always same or more than you. unless its bears! so you always end up having challenging and a bit unfair fights. Now I went back to my save region lock. which is interesting the area offered only lvl 3-4 fights when I was lvl 6-7. but when I try the arena, expecting lvl 4 there, I met lvl 8! now I said that's fine. but after the arena the whole region lvled up!!! now the least I could see is lvl 8, the boss and many bandits are lvl 10! and lowering difficult don't help. the region who every body was lvl 3-4 suddenly they all got lvl 8-10... game is not balanced at all.

[@clydian]

@@sepandarmoeeni9299 I honestly have not ran into that sort of issue in region locked, so I’m not sure what’s going on there.

[@CH-ml4rz]

I’ve been playing Region, but it sounds like Adaptive could be more my style.

[@clydian]

It’s always worth checking out my dude!

[@therealdamaein]

I noticed you say long walk start gives 10% less food and 30% less pay. I don't think that is true. It's just 10% less to both. Mathematically it wouldn't matter if you paid every 1 day or 10 days when its a percentage. Unless I'm missing something weird the game is doing. Obviously this is net of any other bonuses you may have that affect fatigue.

[@clydian]

You’re right my math is definitely off. For some reason I was adding them up but it should only be a 10% decrease in wages.

[@therealdamaein]

​@@clydian Since I have you (lol) what do you think about the profession stat buffs. I watched your video from a bit ago and the buffs were much lower. Do you think your "tier list" is the same? I'm currently trying to optimize a 10 unit 1 prof each run and am having a hard time min maxing my prof and unit comp. Scholar seems like a waste for instance since it overcaps willpower.

[@clydian]

@@therealdamaein scholar is an honest waste of a profession. I only use it right when I’m camping otherwise I have someone set to a different profession for actual stats. Overall at this point in release, I’ve only been setting units on specific professions that give them an increase to their damage output and only put other professions on whenever I need to use them (IE only have a cook when I need to cook food)

[@therealdamaein]

@@clydian Hmm. That makes sense. I hope they tune it so that each prof actually has a use case for stats. There isn't really a comparison from like 12 crit or 10 str to 8 willpower. Just feels kinda bad.

[@bingoE]

why nobody explains dificulties of specific regions ?

[@clydian]

That’s gonna take a whole other video or two at least to cover the enemy factions and passives 😂

[@bingoE]

@@clydian which region should i go afther first one ? which one is next in diciculty ? that is all i need.

[@clydian]

@@bingoE it changes based off of which starting region you originally picked, on top of that I believe it may have been changed in 1.0 Pre 1.0 if you start in Tiltren the order is: Tiltren > Arthes > Vertruse > Ludern > Grinmeer > Alazaar As of release I believe Vertruse and Arthes are either around the same level or they got swapped.

[@wyomingsioux]

Too late! I already started playing Wartales, a few weeks before 1.0 release and we’ll before this video. Thankfully, I was able to cope, albeit with a learning curve. The profession bonuses have been significantly increased since Early Access, which is a good decision, as they now offer more than token benefits- especially welcome since enemies have become tougher overall and weapons have been nerfed.

[@clydian]

😂 yeah this video was meant to address that very common question of ‘what scaling should I take?’ And then I simply expanded upon it. The game is much more fun now than it was a couple updates ago, but there’s always room for improvement!

[@wyomingsioux]

@@clydian more relevant to the content of this video, I would add that I am now 250+ hours on the same run that I started in Early Access. The default settings at that time were Adaptive difficulty (previously called Free Roam), so I just went with that. There is a common perception that this difficulty mode is more challenging overall than Region-locked but your video does a good job of providing a more nuanced comparison. The big issue with Adaptive is that, at some point, you are actually incentivized not to expand your party, as the AI will just churn out enemies to match or exceed your numbers. This response becomes especially challenging if you happen to capture animals without much combat value but which are deployable (e.g. boars). I learned this the hard way when I recently captured 5 boars, with the intent to fatten and slaughter them. They pushed my troop number to 18. In the meantime, I decided to explore the Vertruse ruins. Because I now had such a sizeable party, the AI sent a flood of Creepers and Mole Rats against me- up to 30 per battle. And at level 10 (one level higher than my troops), they hit for 40 to 50 damage. After barely surviving this experience, I vowed to never again bring a large party into tombs.

[@clydian]

@@wyomingsioux I swear I sometimes know what I’m talking about 😅 That’s the main thing with adaptive, if you want a big army but still want a challenge, that’s the way to go. If you’re not planning on expanding then it may be better to do region locked as it’s still ‘hard’ but not in a ‘we’re going to always be half a step ahead of you’ way

[@Dyanosis]

What is happening with your mouse while talking about the "army bonus selection"? It's very odd and annoying that that's what we're left to watch while you talk.

[@clydian]

It's caused by the loop of the video. I'll make sure to keep that in mind for future videos though :)

[@jeggred8611]

After playing 40 hours in region-locked mode I think I would have preferred to go adaptive. The downsides I noticed so far in region locked: - Gear: Armor I can craft and specialise with layers, but I am really missing weapon skills. Crafted bows all have the shot skill that doesn't have any utility. I prefer to get one with the flaming arrow or vicious shot skill of those I've seen so far. Same for maces... the pound skill is ok, but useless against animals and low armor targets, I am currently using a mace that doubles my guard and another one that has multiple hits until it applies fever. The only crafted weapons I use are the crit dagger and the bleed axe. (I don't have any legendary weapons so far, didn't do any tombs) - Specialisations: Unlocking new specialisations is locked behind arena battles in high level regions so you will only unlock them when your game is nearly done. - Recipes, blueprints: Unlocking new recipes for cooking is not that important, but there are a lot of blueprints that can totally change your playstyle (armor layers, belt accessories, camp equipment etc.) - Resources: Something like sandstone is hard to come by to upgrade camp equipment for example. Cloth was really scarce in Tiltren but I got a good amount in Vertruse (2 vendors that sell it). - Exploring / Completing regions: I went exploring in Tiltren, found the passage to Ludern, fled from a bunch of high level mobs, used a piton to get around the border gate and ended up in Vertruse Doing some questing and material farming there (was level 4 when arriving). Now I am in Grinmeer where everything can kill me and just go around, running from mobs while collecting resources and blueprints / recipes from location / vendors. Skipped half of Tiltren, never been to Arthes and will probably never go back because all is too low level now (except tombs, boss + arena). I am really thinking about restarting in Adaptive with all the knowledge I have now... I would do a lot of stuff differently... do you think the problems I have with region-locked would be better/solved in adaptive? Like I descripted, I went to Vertruse with lvl 4 and fought mostly lvl 5 groups bigger than me and that worked out quite well. How fast is adaptive "adapting"? Could I put 6 of my 8 man party to guard my tradepost and go exploring with 2 dudes and the game would scale down (maybe after rest / quick travel from trade post?).

[@clydian]

Adaptive will address all of your issues while attempting to maintain a set ‘medium’ difficulty. It’s the ‘better’ option for people who don’t 100% complete regions when they’re in them and want to freely roam around. It’s also the better option for people who want large armies as well :) As for gear and everything, I actually enjoy region locked for those reasons because it forces you to utilize crafted weapons for a mid-region power boost over just finding one. It gives crafting a purpose to be honest. As for recipes I agree but if all the super good recipes were to be found in the beginning then you’d never use anything else ;)

[@jeggred8611]

@@clydian Thanks for the quick answer. I think I will try to do a restart on adaptive and see how it goes... Regarding crafting... I like what they did with armor. You have three upgrade slots and can put in the stats you need. One of your guys got bad rolls with movement and the armor gives -2? Just add movement layers or the one that negates the -2 movement from heavy armor. You want to be extra tanky? Add guard. Why so restrictive with crafted weapons? Weapon skills can make or break your game and testing different weapon skills is the most fun besides testing different class builds for me. When I took a look at Grinmeer while dodging enemy with my lvl 4-5 group, I found a merchant that sold a bow that has a shot that creates a fire in an area... but it required level 8 which is days of playing away. I would have loved to buy it and experiment with it. I am still using lvl 2 weapons with lvl 5 chars, because the skills are so powerful/useful (double your guard on a tank for example). Crafted weapons force you into a certain playstyle and that's not something I enjoy at the moment.

[@clydian]

@@jeggred8611 unfortunately you’re preaching to the choir here. I’m not a huge fan of crafted weapons and don’t use them unless I’m forced to (like in region locked) Thankfully oils give players the ability to customize their weapons a bit but it’s still not quite there. I hope Shiro games expands upon weapon crafting in the future because it’s definitely lackluster.

[@Dyanosis]

Descripted? Do you mean "described"?