Unable to E-mail Walkthrough suggestions for Fable

[Falcon Samilka]

I hope this is the right place to post this. I tried to e-mail some suggestions for the Walkthrough of Fable and Fable:TLC, but it always gets bounced back. I'm not sure why. I'll post them here, and hope it gets noticed and edited into the walkthrough.

Trader Escort: If you leave all three traders at the Darkwood camp and go forward to kill everything, you can easily run straight through to Barrow Fields afterwards with all three traders in tow. Doing things this way will ensure the infected trader doesn't transform. Alternatively, you could leave the infected trader at the camp and fight to Barrow Fields with the two original traders, going back for the infected trader. You get 40 positive alignment points for allowing him to follow; but it doesn't seem to always show.


Find the Bandit Seeress: To get into either camp, you can start killing bandits. Kill enough, and the gate will open for the reserve guard. At this point, you can just run through the gate, or you could kill the guards.


White Balverine: You do not have to use a Silver augmentation, or a Silver augmented weapon, at any point in the quest. You can chase the Balverine off with a normal weapon- or even with your fists. Although killing Balverines is generally slightly easier with a Silver augmented weapon, I prefer to use the augment slots for Sharpening augmentations- which will heighten the effectiveness of your weapon against everything. Also, a good way to kill the Balverine is to stand out of it's sight, and spend a good long time powering up your bow. After up to five minutes- depending on your bow and accuracy- make your way down to him, and shoot him. Then you can run back to Knothole Glade without killing the other Balverine, which unless you have Shield or Devine Fury/Infernal Wrath (TLC) is a pain in the neck to do.


The Arena: It's advisable to kill Arachanox with arrows, or with a long-distance spell such as Lightening. It does significant damage when it charges, so it's in your best interest to keep plenty of distance in order to have time to dodge out of the way of it's attacks. Killing Whisper will make it harder to defeat Thunder later, if you choose to pursue Lady Grey.


The Graveyard Path: In the Circle of the Dead, you can only kill the Undead whilst they're standing on the stone circle in the centre. Otherwise, your attacks will just pass through them. Area attack spells here are useful beyond words.


Rescue Scarlet Robe: You will always find the key in the diary the second year. You have to go through one year of torture. It's not chance, and it's not in a certain diary. The Kraken can be harmed once more with area spells- although I don't know if any spells other than Devine Fury/Infernal Wrath will work, using either of those two means you can simultaneously damage two tentacles, reducing the time it takes to kill the blighter.


Return to Hook Coast: Once Maze initially teleports away from you, he's easy to kill with a bow and arrow. As long as you keep a good distance away from him, he won't spot you; and you can let an arrow fly into him without him having a chance to block it. Makes life a lot easier. Using a Shield spell is advisable whilst fighting melee against him. Once you start using a Flourish against him, keep on going and you'll be amazed at how easy he becomes.


Battle Jack of Blades: Using a decent bow and a Multi Arrow spell will make Jack a LOT easier. Keeping a good distance between you will make it easier to dodge his attacks- which are actually quite easy to avoid if you're far away enough. If your accuracy and Multi Arrow are maxed out, and you have a great bow, you'll be left wondering why he's such a major problem to Albion.


The Final Battle: I find using the exact same stretagy as your previous battle with Jack helps. Using Shield will allow you to ignore, to some extent, the minions and such that he summons, and focus on powering up your bow. Once he lands, aim and fire. With Multi Arrow, good Accuracy and a good bow, he actually won't last long at all.


A note on Rock Trolls, combat multipliers and Ages potions. If you stay out of sight of the rock troll and power up your bow for about five minutes, you can one-hit it, earning yourself a combat multiplier of around 60. Needless to say, this is a good time to take the Ages potions; the experience you get from them will be phenominal.