How To Upgrade Sandstone Villa

First things first. If you haven’t yet made your way to Adessa, do so now to make Sandstone Villa available. Initially, it’s more of a free rental than a house, nevertheless it does contain a stash right from the start. To take ownership, you’ll need to complete a quest titled, “New in Town”.  View our House Quests article for how to obtain other Reckoning houses.

New in Town Quest

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• Start “New in Town” quest by speaking with Bruten at Sandstone Villa.
• Follow the quest-line by speaking with Templar Jorielle located in Domus Politica.
• Upon completion of the quest, you are awarded the title deed to Sandstone Villa. You may then proceed to upgrade the house.

Sandstone Villa (Upgrades)

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• Speak with Suner Pome, located in Grand Bursar’s about upgrades. He’s also the banker from which you can take out loans and invest gold.
• Upgrade twice to get both Alchemy Workbench and Blacksmithing Forge.

Other Notes

This house is a bit buggy. You’ll notice that there are still henchmen inside the house when you arrive after the upgrades. PC users have reported crashes after the upgrade which are fixed by disabling the widescreen fixer.

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Trial by Fire

Speak with Docent Augra Tenet in Ysa to start the Trial by Fire quest. You will receive a key which unlocks Delving Hall in Ysa.

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• Speak with Savant Aethan Engar at Delving Hall in Ysa.
• Complete the trials.
• Speak with Savant Aethan Engar to start The Ruin of Aodh quest.

The Ruin of Aodh

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• Kill Nuala Ignas at Aodh and retrieve the Sun Stone.
• Return to Savant Aethan Engar with the Sun Stone to start The Unquiet Bride quest.

The Unquiet Bride

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• Meet with Jubal Caledus in the Plains of Erathell (it will be marked on your map).
• Travel to Mel Aglir.
• Speak with Patrick Morkan located at The Raven.
• Find Lerkara Fel’s Journal located in a footlocker on the upper level at The Raven.
• Read the journal to determine your next destination. Note: You MUST read the journal in order for the location to be revealed.
• Travel to Tulan.
• Find and receive information from Lerkara Fel.
• Kill Patrick Morkan.
• Meet Lerkara Fel at The Raven in Mel Aglir.

Shardfall

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• Travel to Rathir.
• Meet with Savant Aethan Engar in the Upper City at Scholia Arcana inside the Main Hall to start Shardfall quest.
• Travel to Emaire and speak with Anker Edmure.
• Hunt and kill Paragon Barghest, retrieve the heart and return it to Edmure. Note: The Paragon Barghest is located just west of Mull Rane which is in the far north of the Plains of Erathell.
• Travel to Shardfall Caves.
• Defeat Cadoc Reen and retrieve the Frost Stone.
• Travel to Scholia Arcana in Rathir and speak with Eran Metheen to start Lightning in a Bottle quest.

Lightning in a Bottle

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• Travel to Skycrown and meet with Savant Aethan Engar.
• Find Savant Aethan Engar’s body. Note: It will move once.
• Kill Savant Aethan Engar and retrieve the Storm Stone and Sun Stone.
• Return to Scholia Arcana in Rathir and speak with Eran Methneen.

A Crowded Mind

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• Find Archsage Caledus in Archsage Quarters. Check map for location.
• When you find Archsage Caledus, you must place your palm on the glyph to be transported to the Dreamworld.
• Defeat all enemies in the Dreamworld and return to Archsage Caledus.

When you return to Archsage Caledus you will be given a reward, but you must choose the reward. He offers a choice of Fearlessness or Discipline. The reward is a new Twist of Fate Card and they are essentially polar opposites of one another.

Fearlessness:

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• +5% Elemental Damage
• +1 to Sorcery Abilities

Discipline:

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• +5% Elemental Resistance
• +1 to Sorcery Abilities

Revelation

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• Meet Archsage Jubal Caledus at the Scholia Arcana Chapterhouse Grounds to begin the Revelation quest.
• Place the Frost, Storm and Sun stones in the statues. The statues are located the the right, left and behind Archsage Caledus’ position.
• Kill Ciara Sydanus.

Rewards

That completes the Rathis house quest-line. Upon Ciara Sydanus’ demise you will be approached by Savant Eran Methneen and rewarded the Archsage’s Ring, Key to the Quarters and the title of Archsage. The ring has +15% resistance to Fire, Ice and Lightning along with +30 mana and -10% mana cost.

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Getting Started

If you haven’t already downloaded the content, then do so. The special redeem code and instructions are outlined in the leaflet that accompanied your retail game. Once you’ve successfully activated your online pass, you’re ready to begin.

Make sure everything was done properly with the House of Valor content download by checking your map. Pull up your map, scroll to the right and look for ‘House of Valor’ in Detyre. That’s your destination.

House of Valor Faction Quest

• Speak with Jakin Madsen. Note: You may need to rescue him from two brutes.
  
  
• Start quest ‘Earning Valor‘. The quest involves defeating Might, Sorcery and Finesse groups in the Arena Pit. Defeat all three to continue with the questline.
• Speak with Jakin Madsen to start ‘A Valorous Proposition‘.
• Speak with Tyr Magnus (House of Valor Champion) in the Champion’s Manor.
• Speak with Jakin Madsen to begin the Arena Pit battle and defeat Mad Dog.
• Speak with Jakin Madsen to start ‘A Viper For All Seasons‘.
• Speak with Jakin Madsen to start ‘Meeting With Magnus‘.
• Meet with one of Magnus’ henchmen behind the stairs. There’s no right or wrong way to approach this. For instance, my first run through I tried to persuade with a 5% chance and succeeded.
• Speak with Jakin Madsen to start ‘Championship Match‘. You’ll be fighting Magnus and his chief henchmen. If you want to know about them before defeating them, you can climb atop the arena stairs where they’re all gathered in one area to the far left.

Rewards: Key to Champion’s Manor, which is now a house for you. A new Twist of Fate card, Undisputed Champion and a greatsword.

The questline is fairly straight forward, the running theme is to keep talking to Jakin Madsen and fighting in the pit. Along the way, you’ll run into a character called Jokull. He rewards you with a new piece of equipment after each arena battle. The gear is decent and mostly geared towards those following the Might path.

Tips

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• I found the sorceress to be the most potent ally in the arena, although none of them are much help.
• Focus on the leader in each battle. Once he falls, the rest are like fodder.
• Dodging is your best defense. Roll out of the way and attack. Repeat.
• In the ‘Championship Match’, focus on the henchmen before Tyr. It’s harder to get to him otherwise. The archer goes down quick, the sorcerer is the most elusive and the fighter is easy once the sorcerer is gone.

Final Notes

The House of Valor questline is uncomplicated, but you’ll need to be prepared. If you run it straight through you can probably complete it in about 30 minutes or so. The rewards are good and the Arena Board offers some additional challenges for making money.

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5 Tips To Improve Your KoA: Reckoning Experience

Train Skills to Suit your Character

There are a lot of skills available for whichever style of play you wish to pursue. So many in fact that it can get a little overwhelming when deciding what to learn and to what extent. Make things easy on yourself by training the skills which best suit your character. If you’ve chosen finesse and are on the path to becoming a rogue, then train the stealth and ranged skills. You’ll have time later to add certain perks to your character from the other classes, but focusing on pertinent skills now will make your character stronger and more effective.

Use Weapons that Fit Your Style of Play

Who doesn’t love a sword bigger than an entire body, right? Maybe. Regardless, if you’re on the path of might, then you’ll want to carry longswords, hammers and the like. You wouldn’t expect a warrior, armored to the teeth, to be swinging around a dagger or casting spells so don’t make your character either. Stick with weapons that fit your character build to gain expertise. By doing so, your character becomes a more powerful, precise fighter.

Block, Dodge, Move and Get Out of the Way

Fighting can be all hack-n-slash if you so desire, but there are going to be times when the enemy is too tough to stand in front of it and tank all that damage. Learn to get out of the way and move your character around during battle. Combat is not fixed, nor is there a delay in motion so start using dodge right now. Block is another great way to lessen the damage your character will take. Shields are plentiful so its best to acquire one and make use of it. If you want to be a fluid, graceful fighter who leaves others in awe, then get moving during battle.

Train Alchemy

This is one skillset that every character needs to know. Potions aren’t cheap and don’t grow on trees, but with some basic alchemy characters can use knowledge to create concoctions from the harvests they’ve acquired. The benefits are endless and requires little effort.

Get a House

We’ve already covered ‘How To Get A House‘ in another article, but the point needs to be made for acquiring one. Storage is tight and always is in games where gear is a feature. In order to save all the items you obtain, you’ll need a place to stash them. That’s where a house comes in. There’s a quest early on in Reckoning which will allow you to procure a house and start hoarding.

Bonus Tip

Invest in archery as a secondary fighting option. Archery gear advances as the game progresses which means more powerful arrows and bows will present themselves. In Reckoning, archers auto-aim at targets so there isn’t much thought or skill needed to use a bow. As a secondary weapon, a character can shoot off a great number of arrows before having to engage an enemy in close quarters which gives you the advantage. The damage an enemy takes will be less than running them through with a sword, but will wear them down a bit before you close in for the kill.

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Storage Options

Use a Vendor

The simplest is to use a vender. Sell items and return later for them. Vendors appear to hold the items indefinitely which means returning for them shouldn’t be a problem. Obviously, turning your goods over to a NPC is unsettling so choose what you entrust to them wisely just in case of game glitches or other odd behavior. This isn’t a long term solution, but should get you by in a pinch.

Backpacks

Use of a backpack will increase your carry slots by 10.  You can find them throughout the realm at various shops. Here’s a complete list of Backpack Locations.

Get a House

Could anything be better than having your own home within a game? How about one with storage too? In order to get a house, you’ll need to accomplish a quest or series of tasks. Note: For other house quest-lines, check out our KoA: Reckoning – House Quests post.

• Travel to Canneroc in Webwood.
• Find and talk to Garaner Vernt to start the A Tangled Web quest.
• Complete the quest to receive a house key, which is now yours.

That’s all there is to it. Enjoy! Want another housing option? Check out our KoA: Reckoning – House of Valor Quest article.

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