Any%

[section=Conventions]

Lines of numbers are the lines of dialogue to select, parentheses mean hold the key pressed for fast dialogue.

[section=Character]

Woman Merchant 4/4/4/9/10/9
Impersonate 2 Etiquette 3 Streetwise 2 Crafting 4 Lore 3 Trading 2

[section=Teron]

Pass both doors on the left, talk to Zenon.
1 4 4
Go back to the previous room and talk to Linos, which sends you to Neleos and back.
(1)
It takes you to Feng's, open the door and talk to him.
(1)
Get out, fast travel to Merchant Plaza, talk to the merchant on the west side (from pov top right corner).
1
Buy a noble dress (3rd from top), fast travel to Palace, run towards the entrance to trigger a dialogue.
1 2 (1)
It transitions to Antidas.
2 (1)
Open the world map and travel to Maadoran.

[section=Maadoran]

Fast travel to Arena, go east and around to the house north.
Level up Crafting to 6 while running.
Open the door and talk to Domitius, it will take you outside then to Gaelius.
(1)
Open the world map and travel to Ganezzar.

[section=Ganezzar]

Run to the gate, a group of zealots will stop you.
3 (1)
Fast travel to Forty Thieves, take the stairs up, another group of zealots will stop you.
1
Run to the inn. Either get in take the stairs and go to the terrace, or clip through the roof, to speak to Laevinus.
(1)

Open the world map and travel to Dead River.

[section=Dead River]

Follow the path to trigger a dialogue.
(1)
Go down in the ruins, then run to the machines.
Level up Lore to 8 while running.
(1)

[section=Temple]

Run up then downstairs, use the elevator, interact with the second elevator.
2

[section=Credits]

Credits to SBD for the route or whoever came up with it before. Improvements by me.

Ascension

[section=In depth guide]

For a more in depth guide visit:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1676118574

[section=Conventions]

For dialogues:

1 2 3 ...
Lines of dialogue to pick in order.

(1)
Maintain that key as long as possible or until the specified point.

> [point]
Specifies at which point to stop.

1/2
Pick a option depending on the situation.

[section=Character]

Thief 5/7/7/8/9/4
Throwing 2 Critical Strike 4 Lockpick 3 Sneak 3 Steal 3

[section=Teron]

Speak to Lucius.
1 2 1
Speak to Cado and resolve the first quest.
(1) > [room] 2 (1)
Speak to Cado again for the next quest.
1
Get outside to the south-east of the tavern to meet Livia and recruit her.
4 3 (1)
Go back to the tavern to talk to her.
(1)
Go to Feng's, get inside and talk to him.
(1)
Fast travel to the Inn, speak to the Alchemist for supplies.
(1)
Then speak to Cassius.
2
That will take outside of the palace to Dellar.
(1)
Speak with him again.
(1)
Which makes you visit Cassius.
1 2 2
Travel either to the Boatmen or the Barracks and run to the cemetary. Loot the corpse.
Travel to the Gate and speak to the Guard.
3 (1)
This will take you before the Tavern, go in finish the quest.
1 2 (1)
Go to Feng's, get in the back room and inspect the documents and boxes.
Travel to the Palace.
Raise Throwing and Etiquette to 3 before you proceed.
2 2 (1) > [roof] 2 1 2 1 1 (2) (1) > Antidas
1 2 2 (1)
Open the world map and travel to Maadoran.

[section=Maadoran]

Travel to the Arena avoiding an event trigger. Go to the west and then north to the Slums.
1 1 2
Get back and go east over the arena to Domitius' house. Speak to him, it will take you outside then to Gaelius.
(1)
Go east again to the Trade District.
1 2
Go up Abukar's tower. Keeping 1 pressed loops his dialogie, but it's still faster to eyeball when to stop.
(1) 2/3
Get out, open the world map and travel to Saross.

[section=Saross]

1
You need to raise a few skills before proceeding. You can do some while running in Maadoran, but the distances are short and the character is fast.
Overall raise Streetwise to 4, Alchemy to 4, Crafting to 6 and Lore to 5. Use Alchemy to craft some poison.
Get to the entrance, a prospector will stop you.
1 2 (1)
Loot his corpse. Get in and downstairs. Interact with the top shelves on the left, then the machinery on the bottom.
(1)
Go back to basement entrance, but not up. Interact two times with the top wall to reveal the secret chamber. Go ahead.
(1)
Get out, open the world map and travel to Inferiae.

[section=Inferiae]

Move towards the village, you'll soon be leaded to Azra.
(1)
Get out to start another dialogue.
(1)
You get thrown in the tower.
1 3 (1)
Interact with the control panel.
(1)

[section=Maadoran]

(1)
Interact with the lamp a couple times. Get the elevator.
(1)
Travel to The Slums and go immediatly south. Talk with a dirty looking local.
(1)
Go in the well.
(1)
Interact with the strange device a few times to power it. Go through the portal.
1
Immediately exit via the portal. Go to the right, lockpick and loot the strongbox for the respirator. You can click it through the wall.
Exit the sewers.
1 3
Go west and around to the south exit of the map towards The Abyss. You'll get mugged on the way.
(1)
Exit the map.
(1)
Go straight ahead and into it.
(1) > [gas] 2 2 (1)
Raise Lore to 8.
Use the console.
(1)

[section=Ganezzar]

Follow the road. Raise Streetwise to 6 before you reach the top of the stairs. You'll be stopped by Zealots.
3 1
Fast travel to Forty Thieves, take the stairs up, another group of zealots will stop you.
1
Run to the inn. Either get in take the stairs and go to the terrace, or clip through the roof, to speak to Laevinus.
(1)
Get back down and to the castle.
(1)
And then to Meru.
(1)
Interact with the throne.
(1)
Get the door and speak to Meru.
(1)
Go back to Meru again.
2 1
You're sent to Al-Akia.
1
Speak to the Loremaster.
(1) > [soldiers] 3
Open the world map and travel to Hellgate.

[section=Hellgate]
Get in. Proceed to the elevator. On the way there raise Lockpick to 6.
Loot the body.
(1)
Equip the bomb on a belt slot. Get past the bridge which triggers a fight.
1
Hit T to wait, then throw the bomb at its feet. Space to skip the rest of the turn, exiting combat. That will trigger a dialogue.
(1)
It's faster to just get through it quick then speak to him again.
1 2 1
Take the middle path, lockpick the door on the left, disable the generator. Get to the treasure room though a few doors and loot the big chest in the middle.
1
Go back through the closest door, speak to Ben one more time.
(1)

[section=Credits]

Credits to niovel for the route or whoever came up with it before. Improvements by me.

General Tips and Tricks

• Lowering the graphics quality may decrease loading times.

• Raising the animation speed also raises the character movement speed.

• You can click through buildings to move from the outside to the inside as long as the door is opened, even if you don't see what's inside. On occasions you can even directly interact with elements such as stairs. This is true of any wall and can save time avoiding camera rotations and unnecessary movements.

• You can maintain a number key pressed to go through dialogues faster. Be aware that it will keep selecting the line corresponding to that number, it may not always be what you want. With careful attention and the use of transitions you can keep a key pressed until a certain point and then realease it to resume selecting specific lines.

• It's sometimes possible to buffer inputs for dialogues, resulting in them resolving during the screen transition or fade to black. It allows to skip short dialogues or to preselect a line. This is usualy done by maintaining a number key pressed before starting the dialogue.

• Opening the character screen doesn't interrupt movement, allowing you to level up skills while running. Opening the inventory does interrupt movement, however transitioning to the alchemy or craft tab will resume it. Be aware that any map transition, event, dialogue, ... will close the screen, and any skill point spending will become permanant.

• You can anticipate cursor placement during dialogues, loadings, ... in order to immediatly click where you'd like once it resolved. This allows for small time saves that will add up along the way.

• The Laevinus clip:

You can clip through the roof of Ganezzar inn instead of taking the stairs, gaining a second or two. To do that start outside the inn, open the door, zoom out, angle the camera and place your cursor over Laevinus and the ground floor at the same time. Right click to move in and immediatly left click to interact. It doesn't seem to work if the cursor is also over the first floor wall so make sure to get the correct angle. Note that if you stop running at any time or if you miss once it it's not worth attempting. You have to give the order to open the door while your character is running, then angle the camera and place your cursor before they gets there, and click as soon as the door is opened to gain time.

Name	Author
Any%	Nariom 5 years ago
Ascension	Nariom 5 years ago
General Tips and Tricks	Nariom 5 years ago