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Arcania: Gothic 4 Hints
Kill the loam vermin
1 of 8: Leave the starting room and move down the cave tunnel until you encounter your first loam vermin.
2 of 8: The deal with these creatures is that after you damage them a bit, they retreat into their shells to heal. The only way to hurt them when they're doing that is to zap them with a Lightning Bolt.
3 of 8: Hotkey the Lightning Bolt scrolls that Lyrca gave you so you can quickly switch to them when you see that the loam vermin you're attacking has gone into his shell. Zap the vermin once to get it out of its shell, then quickly switch back to your melee weapon and start hacking again.
4 of 8: These can be extremely frustrating fights since the vermin retreat into their shells very frequently, they heal very quickly, and you're wide open to attack while switching back to your melee weapon. Be sure to heal up and quicksave after every kill.
5 of 8: Past your first loam vermin fight, you'll be attacked by several dirt crawlers. Fortunately, they're very wimpy, and can easily be killed with your melee weapon.
6 of 8: Go through the small opening in the rocks past them, then try to lure in and kill as many dirt crawlers as you can before the next loam vermin comes after you. If there are still dirt crawlers around when it does, quickly hack it so it goes into its shell, then finish off the dirt crawlers.
7 of 8: The third loam vermin is just past the second one, and needs to be handled in the same way. At the path split past it, turn left (south) and go around to get a chest. You'll end up in the same area that the other path branch takes you to, so kill the fourth loam vermin there.
8 of 8: Go down the north passage from the big path loop to find the fifth loam vermin, followed by the sixth. They're both supported by dirt crawlers, but shouldn't be any harder to beat than the previous ones.
