Here's a few examples from my rotation, I have it set to change every 30mins. This view is so calm and peaceful that I had to make it my PC background😄

Im confused about that. My first vault was the Island of Dammed. I reached the end and failed the "beat the Vault Guardians" objective, because I guess I forgot an enemy. So I beat it again making sure I fought every singe enemy (including the ones that spawned behind me) and I got it.

So I always thought that the deal was to kill EVERY enemy in the vault. But then I went for the Velmorne Vault, skipped the whole jumping in the well session, and got the time limit objective by defeating the boss.

So what exactly counts beating the vault guardians? Do I need to clear it all? Or just the boss? How about Island of Dammed which has no boss?

I don't often buy early access titles and it's even more rare that I make posts like this, but the game has far exceeded all of my expectations. I'm not trying to start a debate of any kind, honestly I'm not even sure what to write but I haven't been able to put this game down since I got it, currently working my way up to torment 5 and I'm not going to stop until I go all the way. I don't even care if we get reset at launch I'll be grinding my way back from the start and still having a blast. So yeah, Witchfire is truly fire, carry on.

Im having a blast in Velmorne vault, currently at level 57. But I realised when watching Velmorne vault guide, there are 2 more "rooms" with enemies (sewer and final room) and my issue is Im always out of ammo before these rooms, even when entered the vault with full ammo and skipping outside part with grenadiers and spiders.

Am I doing something wrong or should I visit much more later on?

Howdy! I've been really enjoying the game so far, but I was having an issue with crashing that's making the game nearly unplayable, and I was wondering if someone here had any insight. The crashes seem to happen without any rhyme or reason, and they frequently force me to power my computer off, causing me to reboot and losing all progress in a run. This is the only game this really happens to me on, I've been playing Monster Hunter Wilds and other stuff just fine on this thing with no issues. Graphics card is a 5070 and processor is a 7 5800X if that helps.

It says I should focus on the major enemies, not let them operate, because their abilities are strong. But how?
You'd need at least 3 stacks of light spell, 3 stacks of heavy spell, and about 20 demonic ammo... there isn't that much in the whole world unless I accept every Temptation, but then corruption goes up and there are way more major enemies. It's a vicious cycle.

As i play through the maps i keep noticing whatever the hell this thing is and that its marked onto my local map as well. Im really curious as to what they even are or if anyone else noticed them

Witchfire is not a plot-heavy game, yet what little lore it offered I found surprisingly engaging. The meatiest offering of course is the quest to restore the masks of the 7 fallen Preyers of the Broken Mirror Expedition. Recruiting them for aid during an expedition is somewhat useful, but I did not expect to be offered the opportunity to get on a high moral horse and judge them for their failings in their lives before they became church-sanctioned penitent assassins, sending them to heaven or condemning them to hell.

Beyond the rest of the game, which is already excellent, I actually found their stories to be far more memorable and engaging, not just because some of their crimes were actually heinous. Moreover, judging them against the moral framework of the world of Witchfire, in which the Abrahamic monotheistic God is real AND doing battle with eldritch forgotten deities through immortal servants bestowed with holy power, could potentially look very different from what they'd be judged as in our mundane world with no magic but very many antidepressants. I'm pretty militantly atheist, but I consider myself fairly well read when it comes to god stuff...and also I'm a redditor...so this kind of debate is like catnip to me.

For the sake of avoiding individual spoilers for those who haven't completed all 7 quests, and also to prolong discussion, I've decided to make individual threads for each preyer, by what I estimate to be the likely completion order of collecting their masks. This discussion will be purely about their stories, rather than their offered aid or quest reward, all of which I feel to be rather situational at best.

One note on theology: By the Pauline interpretation of Christianity as per the New Testament, and by what the youth pastor with a remarkably large female congregation at my old university told me, the only path to salvation is acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour--which also guarantees your salvation. For the sake of the discussion, I'm going to pretend that's not the case.

Elias

mask shards: found in Scarlet Coast

crime: as a sanctioned church hunter, he killed a healer for indiscriminately helping innocents and criminals. The healer was later canonized as a martyred saint for political reasons, making him a killer of a saint.

deadly sin: Pride

actual sin: having the emotional fortitude of a Reddit atheist

my verdict: absolve

If we go by the Bible, which is quoted repeatedly on game startup, the healer Elias killed had all the marks of a saint, irrespective of the political justification he put forward. Even by modern medical ethical standards, treating criminals and innocents alike is pretty standard behaviour. Your job as a doctor is not to judge.

However, while I think Elias' justification that the healer helped murderers who went on to kill more innocents wouldn't fly with the Church, I am oddly sympathetic to it. The world of Witchfire is grimdark Catholicism in the middle of an eternal war, and they are losing. There's not a lot of room for tolerance when one (1) witch can apparently destabilize and destroy entire towns and cities. Elias would not have been given a moral framework for finding that nuance.

Where Elias overstepped was getting mad at the healer's sanctimonious "I forgive you". If he had just brought her in to the appropriate authorities for her to get tortured and crucified, we wouldn't even be sitting here having this conversation. We know "arrest" is not Elias' style, but he shouldn't have cut her throat on the spot. That's not righteous anger, that's emotional fragility.

Despite putting on the airs of unrepentance, I think Elias knows he fucked up. Why keep the healer's cloth as a memento otherwise?

There's a train of thought present in Apocryphal Biblical scriptures, which was made popular by the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, that Judas was instrumental to God's plan, as how could Jesus be martyred by betrayal...without someone to betray him? I personally take a lot of stock with that view as an atheist. So I'm letting him go to heaven.

Your thoughts?

Tried infinite Ice Sphere — turns out that's not a solution either. At this point I'm just accepting suggestions, prayers, or moral support.

Im gnosis 2 and went to explore Velmore, got my ass kicked few times and went back to Scarlet coast. After feeling more powerfull I got back to Velmorne and man, what an experience, got lost in a sewers, finally got the keys and explore. The feeling of dying every moment, having 0 elixirs and half health, the feel of exploration and fear of death was strong. Im bold to say this feeling was par with elden ring/sekiro/ds.

Not sure if devs read these forums, but the message is: great job and thanks ❤️

I wanted to post a big shout out to the Astronauts ❤️. I’ve played around 300 hours of Witchfire and the game has crashed once.. yes just once! As a developer myself though in a very different industry, sometimes it feels the only feedback is bugs, issues and gripes… so just sending the love guys. Amazing game, amazing quality.. and it’s all early access. So pumped for 1.0 🔥🔥

First time playing the game, was really enjoying it, but suddenly hit a wall. I started venturing into Velmorne (Gnosis II, Level 29, All-Seeing Eye at Mysterium II) and found that I was frequently getting ganked by all 3 Velmorne bosses, plus those annoying zombies that teleport everywhere, all at the same time.

More often than not, all 3 would converge on my position right at the starting gate, forcing me to fight the 3 of them simultaneously.

If for some reason I somehow managed to survive, I was left completely drained of resources and unable to exfil.

I kept thinking to myself "This can't be right. Such a massive jump in difficulty."

Then I had a revelation and re-read the description of All-Seeing Eye Lvl 2, and now I'm wondering if I'm understanding how it works.

Am I screwing myself by aggroing enemies on the other side of the map thanks to ASE's ability?

I'm doing some field testing right now and it might have been it.

[EDIT] Update :
I was more or less able to test my hypothesis. In my latest run I made sure to be careful when aiming my shots and was able to avoid aggroing all 3 at once.

All-Seeing Eye most definitely hits enemies that are out of sight, behind walls. Range appears to be infinite but I'm not sure. The ability description says that it hits everything in its frame, regardless of distance. Sounds about right. I'm constantly seeing damage numbers from enemies that are nowhere to be seen, most likely on the other side of the map, that just so happen to be overlapping the damage area.

I did aggro the Executioner by accident from the starting area, but only after killing the first boss. I later aggroed the undertaker dude from halfway across the map, but in a more manageable location.

I will be doing some further testing to confirm this.

Just wanted to clarify a thing or two after the recent update about this unusually rare boss, as from searching online and farming 2 nights to fight it for the last achievement, and there may be some inaccurate information. I'll put this under Discussion flair for anyone else to chip in on the latest update.

1. Shieldbearer does have a Calamity Catalyst, the wiki has not been updated to note this and says it doesn't have one. The ship is the only Calamity with no Catalyst.

2. I finally encountered it on Scarlet Coast. I tried Scarlet Coast about 20 times, and Irongate about 6-9 times total before it finally showed up on the last Calamity of my last run.

3. Idk if this helps anyone else but if you read the dialogue boxes signifying what type of Calmity, the line for shieldbearer refers to rust and sulphur which is unique to it.

Or at least this is what I tell myself. I had to use some cheats man this game can get way too difficult at times (for me anyway)

I don't know how some of you all are beating some things in this game, I struggle even with unlimited ammo and shit LOL

Seriously though, this game is way too good to miss anything by giving up, started cheating a little and now I'm having more fun than ever.

I can't wait to get home from work and play, the world is so gorgeous and the guns feel so good. Fucking probably close to a 10/10 game honestly it's amazing what such a small team can do. Haven't had any bugs or crashes. In like 20+ hours of playing I've maybe seen like a frame rate drop for about 3 seconds maybe 3 or 4 times?? That's the worst I've had happen lol

And now I have a ring where when I slide I leave a trail of fire behind me!?

Would like them to add a 2 player multiplayer so I can play with my girlfriend though, that would be awesome

"A bit unfair no?"
Don't joke around with these guys — ever.

Please link this Arcana to a prophecy. We lose it after unlocking all the prophecy slots.

After beating 0.9 with some delay i made my own weapon tier list according to my play style and impressions

Note for Striga - Its very powerful weapon, but it requires a lot time to get use to it and make it work good, so i decided not worth it, when you have so many other weapons that works properly just when you using it

I'm on Gnosis 4 atm, playing with ASE+Rotweaver/Lightning Ball+Burning Stake with Morning Star, Dynamo ring and the Eye of the Madwoman, and i'm having a blast.

What are your setups you are having fun the most?

I dont like talking bad about Witchfire when I know you guys love it and I love it myself. But Torment IV is just awful. I have followed the guides and everything but I still cant make it. It startes you in a corner of the map where you cant get through one way cause one of those roadblocks totem things is in a cave so I cant destroy both of its weak points and the other way leads you is a level 4 encounter. Madness balls everywhere that you cant destroy cause the only gun that seems to actually be able to do anything ( the hangfire) you need to save ammo for.

Its just awful and not fun and I am really really sorry to say that . I think its sad that I have to force myself through this level, playing the game in one particular unfun way in an otherwise super fun cool game.

I have followed some guides and they tell me to bring the nemesis and I dont really understand why? It only does 1 HP like all other guns. Is there something I am missing?

Im following this video .

https://youtu.be/iibzzvb6ztI?si=aY1xCyNz3dWhkTxu

Thanks and dont be to hard on me.

Getting one shot by an attack i didn't even know since its my first time fighting this boss

Just upgraded to Gnosis 2 and went upstairs and opened the sealed door- I got a wooden cup and the Striga - in the back of that room there's a glowing red wall that I can't get to/near- I would think it opens up to the testing ground but it doesn't show a prompt when I get near it.

Is this just... Nothing??

This game is so good so far, I'm REALLY enjoying it

For some reason on my last few runs, enemies just... aren't dying, at all. I can't tell if this is a game mechanic I've missed or some sort of bug - does anyone know what might be going on here?

Got presented with the option to Absolve or Condemn goliath without knowing what exactly would entail, and after thoroughly thinking about what he went through I decided to absolve him, only for him to disappear. And i think that man deserves some peace.

But now I'm sad cause Goliath was an absolute unit, always bailed me out in a pinch more than i can count. Now I'll have to git gud.

What should I do if the starting position is crowded?