• My preferred party: D/D/D/S for an awesome spellcasting party, or possibly P/D/A/S if you really like armor and weapons. Clerics are the worst class, as they can never hold more than one weapon at a time.
• Desire at least 2 (preferably 4) capable of Elemental (D/S/A).
• Desire at least 2 (preferably 3) capable of Self (D/C/P).
• Desire 1 capable of Light/Dark (C/S).

Skills

• Get Air, Water & Body.
• Armor skills - everyone should have 1 body armor.
• Use extra starting skills for spells.

Gender

• All characters should be the same gender (i.e. - 4 male or 4 female characters). Some monsters will attack based on gender and it's better to have them spread their attacks evenly across your party.

Stats

• All stats should be ODD NUMBERS (that's where all the benefits are).
• Luck, Might & Accuracy - down (these stats are not needed or will be boosted in the early game).
• Intellect - up to 25 for D/S/A, otherwise down.
• Personality - up to 25 for D/C/P, otherwise down.
• Spend extra points on Speed.

1. If you've got it, always cast Wizard Eye continuously.
2. Always SAVE GAME before opening chests, training levels, or drinking from a well or fountain that you don't know the effect of.
3. If you can't find an NPC or spellbook, keep looking in the next town, or a couple of days later in the same town. Alternatively, you can simply save the game and re-load, but I consider this cheating.
4. Drink from all barrels in towns (usually by the docks).
5. Resting in Inns is safe and doesn't use food.

1. Equip characters. Don't bother with weapons or rings - these will be replaced with much better stuff before you need to use them for combat.
2. Show letter and get quest from Andover Potbello [+1k].
3. Hire Duper & Merchant if you can find them, bribe as needed.
4. Grab horseshoes from stable. Hang on to them for the moment.
5. Get fly spell scroll from south wall of bank.
6. Drink from NW well - increases Luck by +2, up to 15.
7. Join the 4 guilds: elemental, self, Buccaneers' Den, Blades End.
8. Since you're standing around, go ahead and pick up the quests from the Town Hall, and also sell your clubs (which are bulky) at the weapon shop.
9. Rest until 6pm - enter Buccaneers' Den.
10. For all characters buy only Merchant.
11. Exit and spend both your horseshoes on Merchant (2) for your character who will be your principal buyer.
12. Go back in, and buy Disarm, Identify, and Perception (only one of each).
13. Grab treasures - NW chest, herbs on north shore, north rock.
14. Get 9 food from SW trees.
15. Lure goblins away from 2 SW chests & open them.
16. Rent a room at the Inn.
17. Lure goblins away from docks, then get SE chest & 4 barrels.
18. Take boat to Mist.
19. Join Air, Water, Fire guilds, and Duelists' Edge.
20. Get 2 quests from Lord Newton in NW castle.
21. Take boat to Castle Ironfist.
22. Join Berserkers' Fury.
23. Grab horseshoes from stable. Spend one on Merchant (3), and one on Water (2).
24. Deliver letter to Wilbur Humphrey [+5k] - get ALL quests from him, but DON'T talk to Nicolai.
25. Join Spirit Guild and Body Guild (NW houses).
26. Learn Repair with one character at Berserkers' Fury.
27. Walk east around base of castle, open chest.
28. Continue around east side, jump over water to east edge of small island, ignoring chest there (too difficult right now).
29. Go north to Bootleg Bay.
30. RUN north along coast until you reach Fountain of Magic.
31. All characters drink from fountain.
32. Continue running due west to Free Haven (not along shore).
33. Get quests from Temper.
34. Get horseshoes from TWO stables. Spend all four on Water (4).
35. Chadwick quest - go to inn by Rockham (NW of city).
36. Return to castle Temper, get reward and another quest.
37. Drink from NE well for Might +2 permanent (if < 15).
38. Join Smuggler's Guild, Earth Guild, and Mind Guild.
39. Train to level 6.
40. Merchant (6) expert [2k], Water (8) expert [1k], Disarm (4) expert [500], Air (4) expert [1k].
41. Sell ALL your equipment that's not enchantable.
42. Buy Enchant Item [1k] (if not in stock, wait 2 days).
43. Buy enchantable items, enchant them and sell them back to shops. When you run out of spell points go rent a room at one of the Inns and start again tomorrow. Buy some food while you're there.
44. Buy Lloyd's Beacon [5k], Fly [3k] and Town Portal [2k].
45. Set a beacon, then run northeast to Castle Stone.
46. Fly north to Castle Stone. Enter castle and get Priest quest.
47. Set a beacon.
48. Fly over mountains to White Cap stables, grab horseshoes, spend both on Merchant (6).
49. Set another beacon at White Cap temple (after healing).
50. Fly to Castle Stromgard and get quests.
51. Beacon to Free Haven.
52. Fire your Duper and Merchant.
53. Bring Carpenter and Stone Cutter to Temple.
54. Hire a Burglar or Locksmith, and a Duper.
55. Beacon to Castle Stone to get reward for Priest quest (and new quest).
56. Beacon to Free Haven.
57. Take coach to Kriegspire (Tu/F).
58. Fly north to visit Hermit and end winter.
59. Beacon to Castle Stromgard to get reward for quest.
60. Beacon to Free Haven.
61. Refresh all beacons & take coach to Blackshire (M/Th).
62. Get horseshoes from stable. Spend one on Merchant (7). Save the other for later use (1).
63. Lure werewolves away from chest. Fly over them to chest. SAVE GAME, open chest.
64. Dismiss Burglar/Locksmith.
65. Take Kilburn's Shield and other stuff from chest.
66. Grab Deck of Fate on hill nearby.
67. Beacon to Free Haven.
68. Hire Merchant.
69. Take coach to Silver Cove on M/Th.
70. Get horseshoes from stable. Save for later use (3).
71. Make Master Merchant [4k]. There is a well in the NE corner of town that gives +20 Personality and Intellect temporary if you need it.
72. Drink from Speed and Accuracy fountains on west side of town (if < 15).
73. Enchant stuff for money until March 20^th.
74. Do Druid circle of stones quest.
75. Train to level 14. Water (12).
76. Get Shipping quest (don't do this before you train) and Arch Druid quest.
77. Fix stable prices in Silver Cove.
78. Take boat to Mist on M/Th/Sa.
79. Make Master of Water [4k].
80. Get reward for Mage quest & get new quest from Lord Newton.
81. Take boat to Castle Ironfist on M/W/F.
82. Learn Bow & Shield from Berserkers' Fury.
83. Fix stable prices in Castle Ironfist.
84. Train to level 18. You need to waste a week anyway.
85. Get quest reward from Humphrey. Also, talk to Nicolai, then rest for 0 minutes right outside castle.
86. Set permanent beacon.
87. Make everyone expert Bow [8k].
88. Town Portal to Blackshire & fix stable prices.
89. Run or Fly east to Circus and retrieve Nicolai.
90. Beacon to Castle Ironfist to drop him off at the castle.
91. Town Portal to New Sorpigal, fix stable prices. Drink from Luck well on west side of town (if < 15).
92. Teleport to Shrine of the Gods (on top of Buccaneers' Den).
93. Everyone touch shrine, then teleport to NWC dungeon (NW wall).
94. Set permanent beacon near +256 stats special (mid-east side).
95. Teleport back to Dragonsand.
96. Fly SW to Abdul's Resort & set permanent beacon.
97. Town Portal to White Cap, fix stable prices.
98. Town Portal to Free Haven, fix stable prices (both stables).
99. Take coach to Kriegspire on Tu/F.
100. Set permanent beacon, fix stable prices.
101. Town Portal to Free Haven.
102. Take coach to Darkmoor on W/Sa.
103. Set permanent beacon, fix stable prices.
104. Town Portal to Silver Cove & get reward for Shipping quest.
105. Beacon to NWC (get stats boost), then Town Portal to Blackshire.
106. Play games at Circus, then beacon to Abdul's for cool stuff. Repeat until bored.
107. Equip party with the very best in armor, weapons and miscellaneous other goodies, then sell the rest.
108. Town Portal to Blackshire and join Light and Dark guilds and learn skills with one character.
109. Buy Day of Protection (Dark), Day of the Gods (Light), and Hour of Power (Light) spells.
110. Raise Light/Dark skills both to 4.
111. Become Dark expert.
112. Town Portal to Silver Cove and become Light expert (east side house).
113. Town Portal to Free Haven and have all characters learn Bodybuilding (from Duelists' Edge), Meditation (from a Self guild), and Learning (from an Elemental guild).
114. Now you're ready to take on Icewind Keep, and then do the Dragon Towers quests.
115. Follow these with the Prince of Thieves quest, the Devil's Outpost quest and the Longfang Witherhide quest and you'll be ready to train to level 26. At this point there's very little you can't do so go back and romp through whatever dungeons you like, or even go for the Obelisk puzzle.