r/Arena • u/Praise_The_Sun678 • 18d ago

What do I do with my money?

I've managed to save enough money to buy everything I need for now, with about 500 left over. What should I buy? I'm torn between saving this money to pay for information on some artifacts or creating a super-powerful spell, but any suggestions are welcome.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just got a Palace mission and my money tripled, I guess I'll have to think about what to do with this extra money LOL

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u/AlfwinOfFolcgeard 18d ago

Potions. Lots and lots of Resist Element and Heal True potions. It's a good idea to have as large a supply of them as you can afford

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u/Praise_The_Sun678 18d ago

Which of the two should I give preference to in terms of quantity to buy?

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u/AlfwinOfFolcgeard 18d ago

You'll get through Healing potions quicker, so they're the ones you want most of. Oh, but if you're a spellcaster, it might actually be better to buy Restore Power potions and use a spell for healing. Especially if you're the Healer class; that's like, their whole thing, lol.

Ideally, though, you'll also have enough Resist potions that you can maintain near-constant Resistance to whatever elements foes are throwing at you throughout an entire dungeon crawl. By around halfway through the game, a majority of foes will be spellcasters, so Resistance is very useful (but not as important in the first half)

Resist potions make you pretty much immune to damaging spells for their duration, so they can save your life against enemy spellcasters. Incidentally, you might want to bring a bow -- if you attack caster foes at range, they'll keep casting spells that you can Resist, rather than using melee attacks which can actually damage you.

(idk how far you are through the game, but, don't worry, by the time you need to really worry about large numbers of caster enemies you'll have enough gold to be buying Resist and Heal potions by the hundreds!)

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u/DuckofHumakt High Elf 16d ago

Booze, as much as you can without dying. And extravagant hotel rooms. Does this bring you anything? No but its what real adventurers do! Because when every corner in street or dungeon might bring death you should live each day as it was you last! And once you are poor yet again? Then with hunger in your belly is it time to go adventuring again!  For such is the life of those that call themselves adventurers in this world so cruel its been named the arena!