Powerlust Gameplay

Character Creation and Classes

When creating a character, you choose a name and a class. Both can be changed at any time for gold. At the start of the game, only 2 classes are available: Warrior and Mage. All other classes unlock as you play.
The class actually affects your starting abilities, and increases drop rates for certain types of items (for example, a Fire Mage finds more fire-related staves and set pieces, while a Shieldbearer finds more shields).
Your class never locks you out of anything. You can learn any ability and equip any type of gear, regardless of your class.

How to unlock classes:

• Fencer: Starting class
• Berserker: Destroy 1000 destructibles
• Pikeman: Inflict bleed 1000 times
• Archer: Kill 1000 enemies
• Shieldbearer: Find 100 shields
• Fire Mage: Starting class
• Arcane Mage: Generate 10 000 energy
• Water Mage: Find 1000 health or energy orbs
• Shadow Mage: Disable 100 traps (Shadow Void ability)
• Necromancer: Witness 200 enemy resurrections
• Illusionist: Reach character level 30
• Lightning Mage: Land 1000 critical hits
• Priest: Use 300 potions

Game Modes and Difficulty

There are two main game modes: Story and Dungeon. Story is the classic campaign. Dungeon consists of infinite runs.
Both modes are linked through an orange portal. In Story mode, this portal is located in the capital city of Rahagan. I recommend keeping the Quest Map Markers option enabled, unless you enjoy solving everything yourself.

Difficulty system has two layers:

1. Main difficulty modes:
• Chill: Easier combat and health regeneration. Recommended only if this is your first ARPG.
• Normal: You lose 10% of your gold on death.
• Hardcore: One death and the character is permanently deleted.

2. Power Level (in-game options):
You start at Power Level 1. You can raise it up to 8 before character level 50, and up to 25 after level 50. Higher Power Level makes enemies stronger, but also increases:
• Gold gained
• Experience gained
• Chance to find rarer items
The new Power Level only applies when you change zone or floor.

Combat & Movement

Powerlust is built around skill-based combat. Positioning, dodging and aiming are important.
• The character automatically sprints when no enemies are nearby.
• When enemies are close, the character switches to walking to give you better control for dodging.
• You can choose between manual aiming and automatic aiming (especially useful for spells).

Mastering movement and timing is key to surviving higher difficulties and denser packs of enemies.

Dungeon Scrolls

In Dungeon mode, you can find special scrolls. These scrolls are used at the purple portal located north of the town.
There are three types of scrolls, each unlocking a different challenge mode:

• Horde Attacks: Fight waves of enemies. The later waves become significantly stronger.
• Boss Horde: Face 3 random bosses at the same time.
• Eternal Crypt: Explore a crypt, defeat 5 mini-bosses, then fight 4 more mini-bosses simultaneously.

These modes give better chances of finding rare items because you fight elites, mini-bosses and bosses.
On victory → you can open a chest that may contain rare items.
On defeat → you do not lose gold on Normal difficulty, and you do not die on Hardcore.

Enemies

You will encounter different types of enemies throughout the game:

• Normal enemies: the regular monsters you fight most of the time.
• Elite enemies: tougher versions of normal monsters. They have a distinct color and are clearly marked as “elite” on their health bar. They give more experience, gold and better loot.
• Mini-bosses and Bosses: the strongest enemies. They have significantly more health and more dangerous attack patterns.

Enemies use both physical and magical attacks. Magical attacks can be identified by their color (each element has its own).
Many enemies also have elemental resistances, which are displayed directly under their health bar. Paying attention to these resistances is important, as using the wrong element can greatly reduce your damage.

Character Progression

Your character can level up to 50. Each level allows you to:
• Equip higher-level (and stronger) items
• Gain Mastery points and Talent points

Once you reach level 50, progression continues through infinite Legend levels. Legend levels still grant Mastery and Talent points (at a slower rate) and also increase some of your base stats.
Reaching level 50 also raises the maximum level of your Abilities from 10 to 25.

Masteries

Masteries are the main passive skills of your character. There are around twenty of them, plus one special Legend Mastery unlocked at level 50 (this one scales some of your base stats with your Legend level).
Each Mastery can be raised up to level 10. The cost increases with the level (1 Mastery point for level 1, 2 Mastery points for level 2, and so on).

Talents

Abilities

Abilities are your active combat skills (attacks, spells, buffs, etc.). You can buy and upgrade them from NPCs or find them in dungeons.
CThey can be leveled up to 10 at first
• After character level 50, they can go up to level 25 with Legend Mastery

Abilities consume Energy. Energy can be recovered through basic attacks, natural regeneration, and by picking up energy orbs.

Itemization

Equipment in Powerlust has several rarity levels. The higher the rarity, the more attributes the item can have:

Common
Magic
Rare
Epic
Unique (comes with a special perk in addition to normal stats)
Set (wearing more pieces of the same set grants increasingly powerful bonuses)
Legendary (the strongest items in the game, either through raw stats or unique perks)

Defensive gear includes: helmets, shoulders, chest armor, gloves, boots and shields.
Offensive gear includes: one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons, polearms, bows and staves.

In addition to finding gear, you can craft your own items. Crafting works by taking a base item and sacrificing 4 other items. You can then choose one stat or perk from each of the 4 sacrificed items to transfer onto the new crafted piece.