Pax Dei The BEST POSSIBLE START For New Players, Best Early Crafts, Buildings, Resources To Get

[@SwoleBenji]

**PLEASE READ**: So there's been a major technical mistake with this video. This is only HALF the video, as for whatever reason, the video didn't render the rest of the guide. I have NO WAY to recover the raw footage I used but here's the continuation of the guide in TEXT FORM. Again I am super sorry that the video ends abruptly but I have no way to fix this and I worked far too hard and spent way too much time not to publish something. I will **literally miss bill payments if I don't publish this video**. So here's the rest of the guide: Craft blacksmith armor and weapon tables. Mass produce chain armor till you level it up enough for a full set of armor (chest, legs, boots, gloves, helmet) Make a bellows to make a furnace to make metal spikes then start making iron pikes to level weaponsmithing Use Rawhide from tannery to turn it into string and straps to create bracers and looms Use looms to create cloth Use cloth to create leggings and capes Don't bother with food crafting stations as most of the food takes ages to cook and is worse than random mushrooms and berries on the ground. The tower progress: Got really high up, then crumbled for some reason, got re-made a bit shorter. Don't bother fighting NPC humanoids as they are wayyy too strong even if you're in full chain mail and iron weapons. Again, SUPER SORRY for the weird editing blunder I've never had this happen before but trying to record this game really stressed my software so I guess the video footage got corrupted and my rendering software didn't recognize it? I dunno what happened honestly out of thousands of videos this has never once happened and I truly am sorry but hopefully you found the first half of the video useful it'll get you way ahead of the causal players for sure.

[@GoldRocketGamers]

I feel your pain man, I know what it's like

[@Ari91]

bro i enjoy your content if you keep it that way. maybe take us with you during release

[@alanmcgaha5032]

Great video! Thank you for the step by step. Definitely made starting off very efficient and a clear direction to follow.

[@bovineox1111]

Definitely fight the NPCs, in a two or three ideally. We cleared a small tower and obtained items we needed for healing magic spell cap. Well worth bashing the NPCs, healing is a massive game changer

[@SwoleBenji]

@@bovineox1111 Solo players don't get a "we".

[@Itstoearly]

Thanks for the guide, good info! Also, gneiss is a real life type of rock (pronounced just like "nice")

[@Oblible]

Solid troll if a guide ended by making you craft junk with no further context. "Craft some nails, bars, sheets, and then good luck you lil' lemming."

[@SwoleBenji]

Read the pinned comment.

[@Oblible]

@@SwoleBenji I read it. Was thinking "What if?"

[@shammylevva]

Gneiss rock the G is silent so it's actually pronounced as if it were NICE!!! It's actually a real type of rock.

[@WilliamAshleyOnline]

YEAH WHITE TREES ARE SOFTWOOD DARK TREE ARE HARD WOOD. There are a few other little things but light vs dark is what you look for and trunk size.

[@giftbredevaldov.jr.2881]

The crafting system and names remind me of a mobile game Grim Soul, I will add Paxdei to my Steam wish list.

[@SwoleBenji]

Pax Dei sucks don't play or pay for it.

[@soliitudegaming7275]

Sadly in the release version, EVERY AREA is high pop. There is no such thing as a place to build.

[@josephmorgan1088]

Great guide! can't wait to start playing.

[@beersandbacon]

It's a real rock, it's pronounced NICE. Yep, it's stupid.

[@JonasGrumby]

This reminds of Icarus. You grind away on a random mob generating map for no reason.

[@Rillip]

Gneiss is a real type of rock. It's pronounced "nice". Generally in english when you see a "g" followed by an "n" the "g" is silent.

[@pvprangergod4024]

the best start is to not buy this obvious scam

[@soliitudegaming7275]

"Gneiss" is pronounced "Neese" (Like Geese).

[@curts7801]

I clicked because I didn’t want to be critted 3 times in a row. Great videos regardless.

[@DawnChatman]

OOF that's rough!! I think I may have spent too long building a house in Alpha 2. Lol. By the end of the test, I was still running around in my skivvies but I had a cute cabin!! 😆

[@henryramos4185]

well you did the end game... and the starter smock has slightly less def than the first chain mail you can make.

[@JonquilCatNew]

This was such a comprehensive and well presented introduction. Thank you.

[@Ari91]

btw pronounciation of gneiss which appears to be german is gnice (g pronounced like the g in gun)

[@uberrod]

Thank you. I was saying "Nice"

[@Rillip]

​@@uberrodAccording to Google you're right. It's pronounced "nice". The "g" is silent.

[@uberrod]

@@Rillip First time on the internet someone told me I was right. Yay!

[@AdiusOmega]

The effects of picking things up like the deer for instance looks so goofy, I hope they fix it.

[@SwoleBenji]

What effect? The body just disappears.

[@armedbobery4879]

1hr + to run 5k? I can run a 5k faster than that. lol Although i am not covered in armor i suppose.

[@henryramos4185]

The game has no builds, the way you become OP is do not buy into the cash grab of a game very simple. The only build is the Shield and any 1h weapon as the only viable attack is the shield stun, because beyond that there were no other mechanics, it is that basic.

[@SwoleBenji]

Shield stun's already been nerfed from previous tests.

[@henryramos4185]

@@SwoleBenji well there goes the one mechanic they had in the game, time to build a house and call it the end game.

[@pvprangergod4024]

@@henryramos4185 literally, just building house simulator lol

[@P2Whiz]

Gneiss is pronounced "Nice" - I had to look it up. So you're gathering Nice Rocks.

[@Cozmoz79]

*Serious question:* Will bow be good later on? As someone who has been a Hunter/Ranger lover ever since my first MMO (Daoc) back in 2001. For me, if it's just bad and only for range pulling, will be a dealbreaker for me and wallet closed. What do you think I played in New World? Musket/Bow :D

[@SwoleBenji]

Against humanoid mobs, no because they just cast spells that hit you harder than you hit them, so you lose the trade. For PvP? Maybe if you're in the back lines but you'd be more useful in the front lines.

[@tox_ph0b0s80]

@@SwoleBenji Were you able to flesh out the bow at all? I think you mentioned yours was only T1? So maybe there'a bit more hope at higher tiers, or you really think it's just dogshit?

[@SwoleBenji]

@@tox_ph0b0s80 You need higher tier bows and arrows and maybe it might be decent. I never got to test it. Juice wasn't worth the squeeze.

[@ATC_Forgiven]

I leveled the bow in the 1st alpha. Got pretty good with it. Against animals I was 1 shotting pretty often. Bears on the other hand would just turn and kill me. I'm a archer/dagger in most games and for me personally I felt it needed a lot of work

[@SwoleBenji]

@@ATC_Forgiven What animals? Wolves? You can 1 shot any of the lower tier animals with basic weapons. I feel like whoever designed the combat, the weapon balancing, etc just kinda made temp shit and said "I'll do it later" and this is what we got.

[@Krissixxyz]

This was a great video, it’s a shame some of the footage was lost, although I kind of wish you had written down the info in the video for quick reference next week lol. I haven’t played in the alpha but have been hearing about it and getting excited by watching stuff on KZbin.

[@SoggyTreks]

FYI. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. Pronounced Nice. Happy Hunting.

[@SoggyTreks]

FYI. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. Pronounced Nice. Happy Hunting.

[@uberrod]

Thank you so much for the pickaxe weapon trick. I can't explain how much trouble I had hunting deer during Alpha 2 testing.

[@1dolarjoe]

Pretty good advices on resource management(time management) and hunting(with current animal ai) gathering etc. Make a second part. Ill sure to watch it before release.

[@SwoleBenji]

Sadly if the video didn't cut off it pretty much ends where you're in a massive time sink mode waiting days for stuff to refine only to have a 5% chance to succeed at crafting to the point where if you're solo it'd take a month to even be able to go to the next tier, and for what? +1 extra damage? Not worth it.

[@tomast.8881]

I wanted to thank you for this guide, it helped me alot. And sorry to hear that company mistreated you.

[@SwoleBenji]

I'll make a few more for people that stick around.

[@zimba7768]

I like the video. What is the purpose of having many plots? Why spend the extra money to have many plots?

[@SwoleBenji]

Control resources, have more refining stations, have a bigger base, have more forward bases for pvp, more creative freedom.

[@henryramos4185]

Due to the large amount of crafting stations you need. So you need to smelt impure iron 10 bars take 100 coal each to make. Each set of 100 coal takes 45 minutes to make irl, then you take that to smelt your iron, that takes another hour irl. now you have 10 ingots near two hours later. but wait you need more, then you get more two more hours later, then you fail the craft, start over... get the pictuer now? lol

[@GoldRocketGamers]

What did you mean when you said you 'can have multiple vases depending kn how much you're pay pigging for the game'?

[@SwoleBenji]

People that pay for some $100+ founders pack get eight plots.

[@GoldRocketGamers]

@@SwoleBenji ahh I see

[@Richakk]

@@SwoleBenji 4 plots

[@Cozmoz79]

My wallet will be closed until I see that this game will bring as a finished product. Aka main release. Condisering the devs also said everything will be wiped from the Alpha/Beta. However, thanks for the new player info part.

[@synzey1998]

Can you put multiple plots next to eachother to have bigger land ?

[@SwoleBenji]

Yep. Clans can share their plots with each other too and have massive spaces you can't compete with.

[@yournotdatguypal]

I’m definitely waiting for this over BodyCam

[@Ari91]

@swolebenji remember when NW released, that was when i daily watched your videos. you think pax dei will be good for some weeks?

[@SwoleBenji]

Not at all.

[@Ari91]

@@SwoleBenji shite

[@henryramos4185]

NW still sucks and when it released it had far more content than this dumpster fire of game that is just a cash grab.

[@humblegiant4362]

people think they are buying a game to play and fun. Its an EA alpha meant to be tested to get feedback. Same with ashes of creation alpha 2. Its not a product to be bought and played its a product to be tested. Fun is not the main objective.

[@Ari91]

@@humblegiant4362 I play sc tell me more about it

[@pipz420]

SawmanUK made a pencil tower during the streamer event lol

[@SwoleBenji]

I helped him.

[@pipz420]

@@SwoleBenji In remembrance of old John.

[@WmJFaust]

Very useful. Too bad the video got messed-up. 😢

[@SwoleBenji]

If the game doesn't nosedive off a cliff I'll remake one to go into mid and even end game, but it'll take awhile.

[@WmJFaust]

@@SwoleBenji Awesome! After the next big update for sure. Nonetheless your effort is appreciated.

[@zultanath3299]

I couldn't stop laughing at your tree chopping part lol. After having played the alpha even I was like... Ooo I don't know if you can chop that but 50/50 and sure enough you kept getting to chop them lol.

[@SwoleBenji]

Well the first map I played on the exact same copy/paste trees were unchoppable but for some reason on THIS map they all were. Inconsistent.

[@giftbredevaldov.jr.2881]

Interesting plot mechanics

[@henryramos4185]

You are part of the friends and family right most of the people on here are, it is the only was this piss poor attempt of a cash grab has any positive to it.

[@giftbredevaldov.jr.2881]

@@henryramos4185 the plot mechanics are interesting, the rest of the game is a mobile game on PC, with all the high prices in the cash shop (I think), and with the big timer to complete tasks, crafts, travels (I think) and with a huge grind if you don't buy items from the cash shop (I think). Grim Soul is a mobile game that I like to play, and it's VERY similar, right down to the names. But these types of games should be played for free, or not even installed at all.

[@somedude1324]

Is this game fun?

[@SwoleBenji]

If you like building, there's better games. It's not fun to wait 1 hour for resources at all.

[@henryramos4185]

NO not at all, you build a house and that is mainly it, Mine Craft has better content. Imagine you were to make Valheim beautiful in UE5 , then go back in and strip everything but base building, You strip out the boats, The bosses, The seasons, The over all weather. Then you reduce the mob count by 95%, added in zone lines exactly like the way games were made 25 years ago. You place in gear and weapons that have no real impact on defense or Attack, and you make the PVP zone a "Stand by Me" like adventuer, for you younger folks that is like Frodo taking a trip to Mount Doom, you toss in some very clunky combat mechanics that pale in copairison to Roblox and that sums up the game. I think you would have more fun stapling your scrotum to a chair and standing up over and over, at least it would be cheaper.

[@maximnovii3894]

this game is absolute trash and not worth $40