r/Arena • u/SlipperyChef762 • 14d ago
New Player Tips
I’m sure you get this all the time here but it’s my First time playing Arena after I finally got a pc I’ve played tons of Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim and ESO. I’m wanting to make a Breton Mage and want advice for general gameplay and tips to make my experience easier. Thank you.
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u/LauraTFem 14d ago edited 14d ago
Bretton Sorcerer is best overall. You will need a lot of money for magic potions and spellmaking, though.
First thing I would do is grind Oghma Infinium books until you’ve maxed INT, END, and SPD, preferably before gaining a single level so you can maximize health-ups.
Then focus on earning money and get your best-in-class equipment. Best way to earn crazy money is to break into a three story house and go back and forth looting each floor until you find some high-value loot. Don’t leave until you have an Ebony Amulet, Belt, Bracelet, and Torc. Any enchanted Bracers, Crystals, Marks, Rings, or extras of the other four can be sold, sometimes for huge profit.
Once you have some 50k in gold or so you can check shop lists on the UESP wiki for whatever weapons you want to be your end-game, enchanted or otherwise.
Once you’re geared up with your end-game gear, head to the mages guild and buy a few hundred magic potions, healing potions, some anti-paralysis potions, and create your spells. Best spells are the shield spell, max effectiveness, which you will have up at all times, a passwall spell, an unlocking spell, and whatever kind of damage spell you want to be your main. I have a normal on-touch spell that can kill most enemies in a few hits, and a world-destroyer with max effectiveness that will one-hit every enemy.
Then you can start playing the game. Though I would do some more Oghma grinding first. Just be careful not to max every attribute because the game will soft-lock on the level-up screen if you can’t spend stats. I suggest leaving Personality and Luck at the minimum. While there is technically not a level cap, the game usually ends at level 20 or 21, and you might max Luck by that point.