No Rest For The Wickedis the latest game from Moon Studios, the developers ofOri And The Blind Forest. It’san action-RPGwith challenging combat that’sreminiscent ofDark Soulswith its focus on parrying, stamina management, and well-telegraphed enemy attacks.
No Rest For The Wickedalso includes its own abundance of mechanics and systems, including cooking and crafting. As a result, there are a plethora of items for players to find in the game, and plenty of consumables. These are a few consumables that players should consider saving for specific points in the game.
Players begin the game with a limited inventory, and won’t have access to extensive storage space until they buy a house. However, they can make use of the community chest to store their excess consumables. This chest is found in theRookery in Sacrament,shortly after players defeat their first boss, Warrick The Torn. Players can also get into the habit of keeping their consumable stacks on them when heading into new territories or an encounter that they’re struggling with. This ensures that players will always have their most powerful consumables ready to use in a worst-case scenario.
5Vials
A Variety Of Useful Boons
There are various potion vials available to the player inNo Rest For The Wicked, and each of them can be helpful in certain situations. Boss fights, in particular, are a great time to make use of these vials. Vials of stamina, focus, and poise all have their uses, but the vials of stamina are arguably the most important for stamina-hungry builds. This is particularly true of strength builds, where the player is likely to have a heavy two-handed weapon.
A small vial of stamina willincrease the player’s stamina by ten for a full minute,which can be dramatically helpful in an intense boss fight. This reduces the punishment players receive from poor stamina management, making encounters more forgiving. For this reason, players should hesitate before wasting vials on small enemy encounters, and consider stocking up on vials for boss fights instead.
4Mushrooms
A Common Consumable Ingredient
No Rest For The Wickedfeatures a cooking system that’s prominent throughout the entirety of the game. Eating meals is the player’sprimary way of restoring health. As a result, ingredients for these meals are among the most important things to collect. There are a few non-consumable ingredients in the game, such as the Artemisia herb, which are only useful when cooked with other ingredients.
Mushrooms are one of the more common ingredients, and can be used for a variety of meals. Although mushrooms can be consumed to restore health on their own, players should consider avoiding this unless absolutely necessary. They’re better off stocking up to batch cook meals once they reach a campfire.
3Repair Powder
Useful In A Bind And Extends Exploration Time
InNo Rest For The Wicked, most items havea set durabilitythat determines how long that item will go without breaking. AlthoughNo Rest For The Wickedtakes plenty of inspiration fromDark Souls, players don’t lose currency when they die. Instead, they lose durability on all their equipped items.
This makes Repair Powder one of the most useful consumables in the game, as it allows players torepair their equipmentwithout returning to the blacksmith in Sacrament.While Repair Powder isn’t necessary, stocking up on it before venturing out into the wilderness can be a massive boon to the player’s quality of life, as they won’t have to travel to and from Sacrament as often. Furthermore, if players haven’t repaired their equipment in a while, Repair Powder can be useful in a boss fight to ensure that their weapon doesn’t break mid-fight.
2Experience Potions
A Great Counter To Experience Debuffs
There are a variety of powerful weapons inNo Rest For The Wicked, and plenty of ways for players tocustomize and enchant weaponsto suit their needs. However, some of the most powerful weapon drops in the game come in the form of cursed weapons.
These weapons can be much more powerful than standard weapons, especially early on, thanks to the buffs they come equipped with. However, these cursed weapons typically have detrimental effects associated with them. One of the worst is experience loss on death. Thankfully, this experience loss will never reduce the player’s level, only their gained experience toward the next level. This makes experience potions extremely useful. Players can use them to push themselves to the next level before a tough encounter to prevent getting stuck at the same level.
1Fallen Embers
Used To Access Late-Game Content
Fallen Embers are a consumable item that seem to have no use in the early-to-mid game, and are reliably dropped from fallen enemies. These consumablescan even be sold for a decent price, but players should consider saving at least a few of them for the end-game.
Fallen Embers are used to accessNo Rest For The Wicked’send-game content, theCerim Crucible.This gauntlet of challenging enemy encounters ends in a climactic boss fight against the Echo Knight. If players want to repeat this end-game dungeon, they should consider stocking up on Fallen Embers from the mid-game onward.
Although it can be good to stock up on items such as these, players should avoid not using their consumables altogether. If players refuse to use their consumables at all, they’ll find themselves at a disadvantage, and end up making the game much harder on themselves.
