In which order do you do areas?

[komninosm]

Obviously start at Shipwreck beach and then Twigroot Forest and afterwards Forgotten River.
Where do you go afterwards? I went Sleet Island and then Keelbreach Bog.
Now that I opened the Pyramid I wonder if enemies inside are very tough.
I also wonder if I brave the Pyramid and manage to defeat them, will I then move to another area and find enemies too weak and boring?
What's the enemy level/toughness scaling by area like?

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PS: Now that I opened the door to the Pyramid, will I ever need the Serpent Staff again or can I discard it at The Hub?

[Soaponarope]

It's not so vastly different that you can't just explore and choose which ever you like. I have done the ruins before the pyramid in general but any way is fine.

About staff

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You will need it again in the pyramid

[komninosm]

Thanks.

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will I need the Rapier ever again after the starting area statues?

Also should I do Cemetery before Pyramid and Ruins?

[Spathi]

On hard, one save crystals I did beach to river skipping the forest dungeon and many fights, underwater vault grab amulet, top level of the ruins, grab amulet from house of needles.
After that if I got bored or nervous in one thing I just went to another area... forest dungeon, sewer, mine, swamp, cemetery, pyramid, whatever, it does not matter really. (hard bits of pyramid need invisibility)

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to do boss in ruins, just cast invisibility and walk up and stand next to him and he spawns no nme

The dangerous creatures are

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the town wolves, the insects and spawning zombies in the cemetery.

If you do one save crystals don't be too tight.. I had quite a few left over at the end, plan the ones near the castle though. I hit last castle crystal and then hit cancel and the crystal still died.... very annoying... so watch out for that.

[komninosm]

Thanks.
So there's another spirit pendant in the Ruins of Desarune?
EDIT: Like where is it though?

[Dr.Disaster]

No. There are two spirit pendents in the game at the locations specified by Spathi.

[komninosm]

No. There are two spirit pendents in the game at the locations specified by Spathi.

Sorry, I got confused the way he wrote it, I thought he meant ruins.
How do i get to Hamlet of Stormbreach again? Oh from top level of Ruins? Yeah I see it now.

[Spathi]

I ducked into house of needles and out of stormbreach b/c the monsters are too strong if you do it early.

Really you can go wherever, don't really need amulets, but it is something to do on a replay to make it less boring, lol.

[komninosm]

I ducked into house of needles and out of stormbreach b/c the monsters are too strong if you do it early.

Really you can go wherever, don't really need amulets, but it is something to do on a replay to make it less boring, lol.

Thanks, I got both amulets and the Maul and Hub Key before heading back (Herder boss now).
The Maul seems way bad though, why? Ax seems way better.