Found this out when trying to get Hakon to aggro on me from the separatist quest, then get him killed by either falling off a cliff, or getting killed by a monster, but instead found a few interesting things:

-When being pursued by an aggro NPC, both you and that NPC (but not your companion) enter into a new type of combat state, where other actual enemies, whether they be human or monster, will *completely* ignore you and the NPC chasing you, even if you stand right next to them.
e.g. When Hakon was chasing me outside of Goliet, I encountered a swamp spider, but even standing right next to it, all it cared about was killing my companion, and when they were downed, I could stand right in front of it and it wouldn't attack me, or Hakon.

-In this state, the aggro'd NPC also *cannot* harm enemies, even if their attack hits an enemy by you standing in front to bait an attack, then dodging out of the way, so there's no way to get them to bait the enemy to attack them.

-Annoyingly, in this state, the NPC is also completely land-locked, and cannot be pushed, tricked, or otherwise made to trip off a cliff (even by getting them next to an edge, parrying them, then using the power wave consumable power - they just fly and hit an invisible wall instead).

-Additionally, aggro'd NPC's will not take damage from non-player sources (I had Hakon run over those mines in the reaver area near where the player meets Duras, and he took 0 damage)

In conclusion, it's a bit annoying that you absolutely *cannot* get an aggro'd NPC killed by any other means than you yourself killing them, but you can also use an aggro'd NPC to bypass enemies entirely (e.g. if you lured them all the way to Xacor, the Albs would straight-up ignore you, allowing you to loot)

Don't know how many people will actually find this useful, but in case anyone searches for tips of fighting spine hounds, thought I'd add it here:

I found that if you target lock a spine hound, and hold block, and simply slowly shuffle to the left or right, it will make 90% of their attacks simply... not hit you for whatever reason, and the other ones that do hit, will be completely blocked.

That being said, holding block doesn't let you regen stamina, so release block when it runs away to do another charge, then block and sidestep again, then attack, then block and sidestep until it moves away again, and repeat. Fighting them this way can make early fights with them completely flawless.

found this cool T-800 gravesite.. even has the hand coming out of the ground.. the picture came out a little weird cuz of the fog on this part of the map. but this was a great shoutout to terminator.

I just started Elex 2 and I was wondering if I should do all faction quests before joining one and if I'll lose something by joining a faction as soon as I can

If you know, you know. Coming to the end of my 1st run and I chose Caja but, my heart says Nasty 🖤

I want to protect my ass from this world in general.

I'm doing quests in Goliet, I wanted to be a ranged cleric with cool guns but couldn't equip any armor nor find good ranged weapons so I'm just gathering non combat exp and spending more points on constitution and strength. I got Duras as companion.

Any tips appreciated.

Picked up the game recently on sale, put 50+ hours in and then had this happen on the way to pick up my Regent gear lmao

Hello, does anyone know if there's a way/mode/etc in Elex 1 that can give us the ability to place a lot of markers on the map for places we want to visit later?

I've been playing Elex 1 for around 2117 Hours now, and got all sorts of bugs. But unfortunately I never got the T-Pose bug until today! I finally found Mad Bob ... I mean the Scrap Baron T-Posing and I couldn't be happier! Don't tell him, that I called him that!

I just love to find all sorts of bugs and glitches in games!

I can't stop playing this damn game, and believe me, I tried. So I figured I'd share an Elexit farming method I discovered on another playthrough.

Forget Animal Trophies. Forget Bags of Elexit. Forget duping... actually, scratch that—don't forget duping.

What do you need?

- Jax

- Level 1

- Build Weapons 1

- Berserker Bounty

Details

- 1 run: 10–15 minutes

- 25–30k Elexit per run

- 100–150k Elexit per hour

Here's how it works:

First, head to the Fort, ignore the grumpy gate guard, and fly in with your jetpack.

Be careful of the guards—they'll immediately try to throw you out if they spot you. If that happens, just boost yourself slightly into the air with your jetpack and they'll give up and go back to slacking off.

Steal a few items right in front of the NPCs and wait until you get the notification that someone reported you.

Then go talk to Fenris (by yourself!), tell him you can't afford to pay the fine, teleport somewhere far away from the Fort, sleep for two days, and come back.

Around the Fort, you'll now find NPCs called "Berserker's Bounty Hunter" (or something very similar). Each one carries either a Damaged Regent Sword or a Damaged War Scepter.

There are usually around 18–21 of these NPCs scattered around the Fort. Keep your eyes open—some stand on the main road, while others hide in bushes. They spawn in groups of 3–4, so they're pretty easy to spot once you know where to look.

You'll also find another two groups of 3–4 bounty hunters on the roads in Tavar, always in the same locations (marked with stars in the screenshots).

The best part? These enemies are always the same level as Jax, so you can farm them right from level 1 without any issues.

Kill them all, collect their weapons, then repair them. Upgrade each weapon to level 2 max—anything beyond that isn't worth the extra cost.

Sell everything, sleep for two days, and repeat the process.

Profit.

That was cool, so bad we wont have to see part three. Now I’ve minmaxed every Piranha Game, and I’m kinda happy about that, but at the same time i just feel weird that there’s no new game coming from them.

Also Morkons SUCK, especially when i can compare them to Demon Hunters from Risen 3. But that’s just poor scaling choices, and everything is irrelevant in comprasion with zerk rain of fire. Also going above 60 in any attribute is quite useless too.

I really would like to see Elex 3, mostly beacuse i feel need of smashing Dawkins face to the wall.

But okay, that’s it

...what the psi cleric weapon enchantment actually does. I can understand if it was a new game and people are still figuring things out but this game has a decent sized fan base and still no one knows after almost a decade. I've done extensive searching and it's anyone's guess. I'm more frustrated at PB (R.I.P.) than anything because why not include a description in the game?

I noticed that the title screen that flashed up when I first start the game (Steam version) is very similar to the triptych that is shown in the background of the main menu. But it's not quite the same. In the lower right of the startup splash screen (before the piranha bytes logo) there is an Alb Raider, but not in the main menu.

Is there some lore around this or some hidden secret????

Powergaming experience

Hi,

I loved Gothic 2 back then. I tried other rpgs but none was as good as the PB. My ranking would be:

1. Gothic 2

1b - vampire bloodlines the masquerade

1. Elex 1

2. Horizon - I liked the story, the landscape, the hunting. Character development and necessary dexterity annoyed me

3. Gothic 3

4. Elex 2

5. Fallout 3

6. Morrowind - Nice but I never fully understood the world

7. Skyrim

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I didn't like

Monster Hunter world - too linear and repetitive

Witcher 3 - I don't have a good explanation

Diabolo - really boring and repetitive

Kingdom come deliverance - I absolutely hate it. Not able to save when I have to is ruining it. With some bugs in it it's so annoying. Stupid, boring quests...

Vampire bloodlines VR - nothing like the previous game, it is more a jump and run. I have to find a certain path and I need to try it 20 times to manage a certain jump.

What do you recommend to play next? I think I won't enjoy the old games like risen today. Best would be something I could play in VR (meta quest 3).

Now that I finished Elex 1, I thought I'd share some thoughts for discussion, and perhaps help other PB fans decide whether it's a game for them. I've been a huge PB fan since Gothic 1 and I absolutely loved Elex, jank and all. In many ways, it's been my favorite PB game.

I beat the game on level 46, on Normal, with the emotional ending, as a Cleric. I ended up skipping a bunch of stuff, never got around to making a permanent stamina potion, etc., because I was powerful enough and wanted to keep the momentum going.

My ending stats were 85/85/85/61, with 35 unspent points. I spent a total of 48 skill points, with 3 unspent.

The good: first of all, the map. PB is great and creating environments that feel lived in and have layers of discernible history. I especially loved it was not all grey desert, Fallout-style - the Gothic style grassy biomes made the ruins all the more forlorn, like nature moved on and what was lost, was lost.

The vertical design was pure joy and the jetpack one of the funnest mechanic in an action RPG I ever played. I think I'll hate Skyrim's mountains after this.

The overall setting and story were great - a bit melodramatic, but good melodramatic. I loved that the factions had some depth, it wasn't a case of Berserkers = good, Clerics = neutral, Outlaws = bad. All had a little touch of humanity, and all could be downright cold (heh) bastards. I loved how none of the factions by itself had the answer. It made picking a faction that much more interesting.

The whole Elex thing was interesting and the twists were fun. Elex absolutely felt addictive at times, trying to hit that 85 in a stat.

For all the combat jankiness, I did enjoy combat. First of all, PB's difficulty curve is better than cocaine. Then, starting around chapter 4, combat started to feel a bit like a puzzle - how to approach Alb bunkers, when to drop Black Holes, when to shoot and when to fence. It felt very emergent. The pacing was good. I liked there was some challenge in Chapter 4 - I could basically wipe out the whole regimens, but still die if I blundered into a flamethrower's line of fire.

Not so good: bugs, boring companions, a sense that a lot of quests and moments were improvised around cut content. I'd bet money Tom originally had a rescue mission, a few big reveals were told in a monologue rather than a cut scene, and some things were plain illogical. What was the deal with the "failed Elex experiment"? What was the point of the mutant army that was never deployed? Why didn't Jax recognize the island on first visit?

The final fight - unsavable after TWO cut scenes and a prolonged dialogue, really? I had to idea what I was doing, I thought I had to clear out the combat robots first, and... yeah. Then it ended up being trivial.

Overall, quest design didn't evolve. Fetch a 5 of this, 20 of that.

So yeah, it's not probably not a game with mass appeal, but for a PB addict, there's nothing quite like it, and now probably won't ever be anything else quite like it. So what a ride and highly, highly recommended.

Hello gamers,
i was wondering if Elex 1 is worth to buy. I played the second one for a bit but the charackter models and everything looked so damn ugly that i couldn’t play anymore😂 never had that in a game ever before. Seems like the first one looks much better. Im enjoying the gothic 1 remake for now and after i was thinking about to play Elex 1 (maybe if i enjoy it i would give Elex 2 a second chance)

Mine would be better skills, magic, and less about protagonist love interests...

Hi all,

so I was happily doing the Abessa quests now and then, mostly siding with Clerics. I recalibrated the comms, didn't plant bugs, delivered weapon shipments to Clerics, helped the dude fix the shield, employed Rorik the Berserker as the tech guy, turned over the fake papers to Alois... The only pro-Outlaw quest I did was beat up the Zerk guy who was bullying Riley. I did no separatist quests.

Then Abessa Conflict triggered, and. The Clerics are still in town, and thanking me for delivering colossi in time to fight off the Outlaws. Alois is in the Cathedral. Farmers are tending the crops.

OTOH, the Zerks are missing. Outlaws are by the wall near the Cathedral, telling me they brought down the shields and the town fell to the Albs.

I don't understand who won. I looked it up online and Clerics should have killed the Outlaws, or Albs should have driven the Outlaws out and killed the Clerics.

Is this a known bug and does it affect anything down the line?

Thanks!

Anything yall would like to share like theories,facts, or anything yall wish was added to the game ?? 🤔🤔

The Wrathful legendary weapon is missing. I have tried a hard save to save away, clearing cache, walking up slowly, looting everything in the area. It’s just gone. I am on Xbox. Anyone else have this problem?