Unreal Hints

About the Nali

  • As you travel through Unreal's many levels, you will encounter hordes of monsters, and many Nali Priests.  The Nali Priests, who are not very durable, need your protection to survive.   Whenever you hear their distinctive chant, save your game right away.  As you approach a Nali, he will generally take off, and run to some secret area to give you a treasure.  Almost all the time, there will be some horrible creature lurking there, waiting to kill the Nali on sight, thus cheating you out of your treasure.

    The only way to save the Nali is to race past him, and beat him to the monster.  Once there, rapidly take out the monster without hurting the Nali in the cross fire.  Once the monster is dead, head back to the Nali, and let him see you are there next to him, so he will start toward the secret room or treasure.  If you fail, reload your saved game and try it again.  It is often worth the effort.

    If you do a good job of protecting the Nali, you will get many items that you could not otherwise get, and pick up many weapons earlier than you could without their help.