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Gothic
Walkthrough by JemyM

Started in December 2001
Version - 1.2 (Second Update)
Copyright ((c)) 2001. All Rights Reserved


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Gothic - Insomnia

I only smoke weed when I need to,
And I need to make some tests, yo
I confess, I spent a night on anothers mattress,
Yes, yes, it was me, I play guilty,
And on the count of three I opened up the chest,
Make my way to the depth,
One candle stick inside, no lie
Not even bread, ham,
Then the guard above my head went bam!
I won't sleep, something's all over me,
Gothic, insomnia please release me,
And let me dream about Scavengers on the cliff,
Tearing off wolfs their teeth.
But there's no relief,
I'm wide awake with my mouse,
It's dark and I'm lonely,
Oh, if I could only get some sleep,
Speaker noises make my skin creep,
I need to get some sleep,
I can't get no sleep....


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1. Contents

2. Disclaimer & Credits

3. History

4. Introduction

5. Known Bugs in Gothic 1.08j (English Version)

6. Controls

7. General Guidelines and Tips

8. Gothic Rules
- Attributes
- Skills
- Magic Circles

9. Classes
- Warrior
- Mage
- Ranger

10. Learning the Art of Combat
- Lesson One:
The Left-Right-Left Technique
- Lesson Two:
Advancing Forward
- Lesson Three:
Movement
- Lesson Four:
The Spinattack & The Double Swing

11. Art of Sorcery
- Learn how to get away quickly
- The first levels
- Getting the Bow
- Getting the Hammer
- The Scrolls
- Scroll Table
- The spells
- Spell Table
- First Circle Tips & Combos
- Second Circle Tips & Combos
- Third Circle Tips & Combos
- Fourth Circle Tips & Combos
- Fifth Circle Tips & Combos
- Sixth Circle Tips & Combos

12. Story in Gothic

13. Walkthrough Light
- Getting the most out of the first Chapter
1. Old Camp
2. New Camp
3. Sect Camp
4. The choice

14. Complete Walkthrough
- Chapter 1 - Welcome to the Colony
- Chapter 2 - The Mine Crawlers Nest
- Chapter 3 - Artifacts of Ancient Power
- Chapter 4 - Xardas
- Chapter 5 - Guardians of the Portal
- Chapter 6 - The temple of the Sleeper

15. The Stranger (Chromanin)

16. Armor's in Gothic
- Beginners Armor
- Old Camp Armor
- New Camp Armor
- Sect Camp Armor
- Robes
- Late Chapters Armor
Complete List

17. Weapons in Gothic
- Special Weapons
- One Handed Weapons
- Two Handed Weapons
- Bows
- Crossbows

18. Monsters in Gothic
- List

19. Cheats & Console
- Cheat codes, except "marvin"
- Marvin-Mode
- Quickbuttons (Marvin)
- Simple Console Commands (Marvin)
- Insert Command
- Monsters & Characters
- Special Weapons
- One Handed Weapons
- Two Handed Weapons
- Bows & Crossbows
- Armor
- Runes
- Scrolls
- Quest Items

20. Links

21. Final Words

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2. Disclaimer & Credits \ /
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Every document has to be accompanied with a disclaimer. So here it goes.
THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED in a "AS IS" basis. The author has done his best
to ensure that every information in this document is as
accurate as possible. No warranty shall be implied for any damage
caused whatsoever from using/reading this document.
All right, that's all! You can reproduce,
upload it to your website so long you protect its contents . .
and you MUST inform me if you want to put it up in your website!


Credits
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Gothic are created by Piranha-Bytes
http://www.piranha-bytes.com

Give them the applause for an excellent contribution to the
Rpg's hall of fame.
If you like this FAQ, be sure to grab a ORIGINAL of this great game.

My thanks goes out to them.

Thanks to people at the rpgdot.com Gothic forum for helping me out with a
few things I hadnt discovered without you. =)

Thanks to the Germans that created http://gothic.gomp.net, even if the
site is in german its the best Gothic site out there.

Thanks for the ASCII Artists who's work I have used in this document.

Thanks to Jerome Cukier that wrote the first english FAQ

Thanks to Xandrius/Ragnar for sorting out who "Quientin" was.

Thanks to DABhand for lots of nice tips

Thanks to txiabxyooj & Llama for filling me in on Sect Camp armor & titles.

Thanks to jon for your input

Thanks to Darian Jenkins for your tips

Thanks to Moralin for your tips & input

Special thanks to Gorath for helping me strighting out of my questions.

Thanks to Ruslan Ismailov for tips & input

Thanks to Geir Gunderssen for tips & input

Thanks to Darian for the Gor Na Drak schedule

Thanks to Marco Rolandi for tips & input


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1.0 First release of this document

1.1 First Update
- You dont need to use skillpoints to impress Fingers (Chapter 1)
- Bloodfly information in "Jumping" (Controls)
- Info about Radeon 8500 on Win9x (Bugs)
- Info about entering "_" in Gothic (Console & Cheats)
- Added mirror site http://gothic.rpgdot.com (Links)
- Added info about 2handed training at Lee's (Skills)
- Added tip about crashes when fighting multiple enemies (Bugs)
- Cheat typo, its Garrett, not Garret
- The collect food quest needed 5 apples (sorry :( )

1.2 Second Update
- Added Neo Seeker as a mirror site
- Added DLH as a mirror site
- Updated "Horatio" (You cannot gain +5 if you reached 100)
- Sharing the bottles for Lefty is worh +100 xp
- More info about being a guard & fire mage "the same time"
- Added info about sleeping (Controls)
- Updated information about Acrobatics (Controls)
- Added info about Fisk's +3 dexterity potion
- Added info about 2 +3 strength potions in the inner old camp
- Added info about Baal Lukor
- Added extra tips about the Orchish Figurine (Chapter 5)
- Added info about hidden area close to the Old Mine (before old mine)
- Added tactic for the spell "sleep"
- Added tactics for taking out Kharim
- Lefty & Shrike cannot be killed with arrows the first time you attack
- Added the Jacko & Quientin connection
- Alternatives to Orc Hammer description
- Exploring Orc Lands as a Orc Dog
- Added tip about killing your own summoned monsters
- Added help how to remove spikes close to Varrag-Unhilt
- Added missing weaponry in the lists
- Added info about finding a Horn in Orc Camp
- Added a new bug that can be used as a money-cheat
- Added Darian's "scheme" for Gor Na Draks journey (sect camp - Mine)
- Added info about how to avoid Lefty
- Added info about the bug involving Lester
- Added tip of what to do after the Stonehenge quest
- Added Armor tip for the Orc Cemetary mission
- Added tips of entering the New Camp bar

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What makes Gothic so great?

I think Gothic is a game that hopefully will change the ways we look upon
a RPG on computers, only once before I have felt a so complete freedom in
a computer roleplaying game and that is the game "Fallout 2" by
Black Isle, rumoured by many to be the best RPG in existence.

In Gothic you can walk anywhere you want, no locked door will stop you,
no guards that tells you that you cannot go inside, no walls that keeps
you out... The Colony is a huge area, and takes a lot of time to explore.
Since there are no 'walls' that tries to 'lead your way' or
'lock you into chapter 1' you will feel free like a bird, going wherever
you wish, doing whatever you want to.

The game is full of interactivity. Nearly everything can be used, just
like in reality. You can sit down, pump the Ore Oven, fry your raw meat
into fried meat etc.

The NPCs walk around, sit around the campfire, talk to eachother, and
they seem to have a life on their own. The sun goes up and down...

Its a Gothic world. After just an hour of play you will be sucked in,
and you want get out until you breached the barrier...

This is a "FAQ" for thoose that wants to play Gothic and get as much as
possible from the game.

It contains numerous things that might spoil your experience with the
game, so whatever you do with this material its up to you.

Since I am from Sweden, my english grammar might not be so correct at all
times, but I think you can bare with this.

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5. Known Bugs in Gothic 1.08j (English Version)
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Ok, not a fun chapter, but it can be good to know how to avoid the
bugs in Gothic.


Sound Cards
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There are loads of problems with Live Soundcards for
Windows XP. Go to http://www.creative.com to update your sounddrivers.


Graphic Cards
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There are lots of graphic problems with older NVidia drivers for
GeForce cards. Update to at least Detonator 23.11 from NVidias website.

To fix problems with Voodoo 5500, activate 2xFSAA

To fix problems with Radeon 8500 (Win98/SE/ME),
try to force dual monitor operation.


General Crash When Fighting Multiple Enemies
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If you are experiencing crashes when fighting multiple enemies, try
changing your sound options to "DirectSound HW".


Known bugs
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Major rule:
Do not enter 'locked areas until you get a quest telling you to go there.

There is a known bug with the Winch that opens up the way to the
MineCrawlers nest. To avoid this bug, make sure to save your game after
grabbing the two-three templars to the gate-guard BEFORE speaking to him.
Then speak to him, and try the winch, if its stuck, reload.
If you still cant get the gate to open you have to cheat =(
Press the key you have set to look at your Status Screen
(with all your attributes/abilities), default "S".
type:
marvin
Then press "S" again (or the key you set).
"MARVIN-MODE" should pop up to the top left of the screen.
Now stand in front of the gate and press "K" once. Your character
will take one huge step forward, passing through the gate. Repeat this
when you go out again. *WARNING* Even if this might be neccessary,
take care, you wont get help from the Templars if you do this, but
you have to, so you must live with it.

The other bug is that when Skeleton Mage's summon more Skeletons
there is a slight chance that you will be cought by a "Violation"
bug that crashes the entire game and give you a major error-window.

There is one particulary buggy Rogue Guard that is as irretating
as Mud if you accidently get to close to him. He will stop you
quickly and tell you that you dont reach Lares once you joined
the old camp. The only way to "escape" is to try to move yourself
out of the area, one small bit per time. You can also draw your
weapon to avoid this bug (will give you time to move yourself out
of his sight). To avoid this bug forever, you can either kill him
permanently, or jump up on the first hut in the lower section
(behind Baal Kagan).

Another bug is that Baal Pervez sometimes stops to be available
as a guide to the sect camp. To avoid this, dont talk to him until
you really need him, and save first.

Not a bug, but a way to destroy your chances of finishing the game...
If you accidently ending up killing a few of the named Templars
down the mine, you have spoiled the chance of finishing the game
without cheating.

There is a known bug with Gorn starting to attack you in the
attack on the Free Mine. After killing of half the mine, tell him
to guard the doorway, and you will get him out of the way.

There is a bug with Horatio, the blacksmith peasent, that can make
you LOOSE strength instead of earning it. Read more about him in
the info about new camp.

There is a bug with thoose that use Soundblaster Audigy that might
cause a crash to the desktop. To avoid this, set your preferences
from surround to 4 speakers.

There is a bug in the game, that might cause Lester to 'stuck' if you
take him as guide, and then leave him before letting him return.
In this state he refuses to speak to you, wich is bad since you are
unable to solve the game.

Another bug, is that you can hold down your right/left key while
jumping down from a height that would kill your character, and go
away without harm. This is a great way to speed up the time it
takes to go somewhere, so its not really a "bad bug".

When you forge more than one weapon at a time (from raw steel) at
blacksmith try to press 'USE' as fast as you can. This presses the
capabilities of Gothic and somehow the game "forgots" to take your
metal for it... In this way you can quickly spawn LOADS of swords,
and sell them off... For no cost...
- Thanks to Konstantin Kuznetsov for the bug AND the neat trick...

When using potions in combat, and get hit while using it, you might
get stuck with the potion in your hand instead of in your stomach,
an animation bug.

Sometimes bloodflies ends up beneath water (surface) and cannot
get up, since the surface is considered to be a roof.

An infinite Experience bug - Do the orc castle crystal mission
before you are supposed to do it, and when Saturas send you on
the quest, give him the crystal again and again and again.

There are many meatbugs in the game. *HAA HAA HAA*

Hopefully theese bugs will be fixed with a upcoming patch.


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6. Controls
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Gothic is played with a mouse and a keyboard.
It might be a bit difficult to learn the controls in the beginning, but
once you learned how to do it, they will feel like the
backside of your hand.


General Controls
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Up/Down/Left/Right
Go figure

Left Control (Use) + Up Arrow
This is the combination that will do most of the things in gothic.
Its used to pick up stuff, to interact with things in the world, to fight
wich is about everything you need. It also helps you to climb ladders, and
open chests/doors.


Space = Ready Weapon/Spell
An anonymous visitor to the forum wrote the following:
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If you use the spacebar to draw your last weapon, you can hold it
down and use the arrow keys to switch between magic and your
equipped sword (never had a bow at the end when i stumbled on
this). If you hold for the magic - it shows all your quick slot
runes floating in a circle around your character, and you can
use the left right arrow keys to pick which you want to use.
Not really handy, but it is there