Enemy Types

The Valley does not fight fair, so neither should you. Patience and a little cunning keep you alive far longer than a strong arm alone. A few habits carry you through almost every encounter on this page.

• Draw foes out and take them one at a time. Wade into a whole pack and the Valley will bury you.
• Keep a bow close from the start. A few arrows soften or finish a dangerous beast before it ever reaches you.
• Lure a hostile creature onto a guard or a companion you are escorting and let them shoulder the danger.
• A kill that an unrelated NPC lands rarely earns you anything. Companions you are escorting are the exception, so their kills still count for you.
• Defence is always at hand: hold to block and parry, tap the dedicated dodge to slip a blow, and lock onto a target to keep it framed.
• One-handed fighting grows with training, opening combos, parries and ripostes, critical hits, finishers, knockbacks, and cancelling a swing straight into a dodge.
• A drawn weapon needs an aim step before it looses, so a shot is never as instant as a melee swing.