Getting a familiar
Defeat a boss or gain enough levels to get a bird a
dragon companion.
When you reach level 25, you receive a familiar; Valkyrie receives
an Eagle, Wizard receives a Dragon, Archer receives a Butterfly,
and Warrior receives a Dragonfly. Reach level 50 for a better
familiar.
Using two-player bridges
You can use the two-player bridges in single player
mode in two ways:
Step on the switch, and if you are very lucky, you will make it.
With an enemy on the other end of where the bridge would be, step
on the switch, lure it onto the bridge, then cross.
Better weapon
Reach level 10 to receive a better weapon. Reach levels
50 and 99 for additional new weapons.
Permanent anti-death
Successfully complete the game to receive permanent
anti-death, which allows you to steal health from death.
Turn Death into food
If you know where Death is hidden, do not open the
container. Instead, use a potion nearby and you should hear Death
scream. Open the chest or barrel for a fruit.
When running low on health on any level, locate a poison apple
and use a potion to turn it into a health-giving apple.
Play as Sumner
Exit through the secret door in the last level of The
Battlefield, the Trench. Then, collect fifty coins In the bonus
level
Play as the Minotaur
Go to the Cliff stage in the Mountain Kingdom. Find
every switch, then go to the area with the exit. Do not step on
the exit portal. Instead, head down until you see a trapdoor with
a skull and crossbones. Step on it and you will be transported
to a room with many coins. Collect 50 coins to unlock the Minotaur
at the character selection screen.
Play as the Falconess
Go to the Bonus stage in the Castle World. Collect
50 coins to unlock the Falconess at the character selection screen.
She has the same turbo attacks as the Valkyrie.
Play as the Jackal
Play through the second level of the Ice World. There
is a trapdoor at a dead end on top of the pile of crates at the
end. The trapdoor is found by climbing the slanted crates to the
top. Then, circle around until you get a chance to go back down.
From there, climb the other set of slanted crates, located before
the exit, and standing atop the trapdoor. Collect 50 tokens inside
the door to unlock the Jackal at the character selection screen.
He is a more powerful form of the wizard.
Play as the Tigress
Go to the first town level. Find all the main switches
and head to the portal. When you reach the portal, backtrack a
small distance until you reach a hill with a chest, a switch,
and death. Avoid death and hit the switch. Head in the position
the switch is pointing and you will reach some zombies and the
trap door. Stand on the trap door and collect 50 coins to unlock
the Tigress at the character selection screen.
Kill Death
Death will die when he takes 100 HP or is hit with
a potion.
The Ice Axe of Untar
The Ice Axe of Untar can be found in the Treasury level
of the Valkyrie's Castle. This weapon is useful in defeating the
Red Dragon in the Warrior's Mountain.
The Scimitar of Rasha
The Scimitar of Rasha can be found in the Caverns level
of the Warrior's Mountain. This weapon is useful in defeating
the Chimera in the Valkyrie's Castle.
The Flame of Tarkana
The Flame of Tarkana can be found in the Spire level
of the Skytown. This weapon is useful in defeating the Yeti in
the Ice Domain.
Marker's Javelin
Marker's Javelin can be found in the Fissure level
of the Ice Domain. This weapon is useful in defeating The Plague
in the Skytown.
Holy Savior
There is a weapon against Skorne (second). The Holy
Savior can be found in the second level of battle field.
Defeating Bosses
Purchase a Five-Way Shot for use in Boss battles.
Use power-ups such as Rapid Fire, Three- or Five- Way Shot, Player
Growth, The Phoenix, and some type of Amulet. Make sure you turn
them on before you enter the battle, or the Boss will be hitting
you while you are switching between power-ups.
To kill the Dragon, get a 5-way shot. To kill the Yeti, use the
fire amulet and 3- or 5-way shot. To kill the Plague, use the
electric amulet and the 3- or 5-way shot. To defeat Skorne use
the light amulet and the 3- or 5-way shot.
When fighting a Boss, play as the Wizard. Use his yellow turbo
attack (therock shower) and it will shave up to one-fifth of the
Boss' life. All you have to do is get close.
Hint. Defeating Golems
Get Shrink Enemies and Limited Growth.
Defeating Skorne
Get a Five-Way Shot and an Electric Amulet. Keep on
shooting until he has been defeated. It also helps to turn a potion
into a shield if you are low on health.
When fighting Skorne the second time, get all the health you can.
Then, run up to Skorne and use the gloves that you get along
with growth and attack his stomach. When he is halfway dead, use
the special. It is best done with Summoner. If done correctly,
he will die within five minutes. Note: Do not use magic or any
amulets.
Defeating the Red Dragon
When playing as the wizard, use your Rock Shower when
close to the Red Dragon, which will almost kill it.
When playing as characters other than the wizard, buy two Super
Shots, one Timestop, and a Grow. Turn them all on except for Timestop.
Use Super Shot when you get a little close. While you have Growth
on, it should make Super Shot bigger and do more damage to the
dragon.
Defeating enemies
Buy two Growths and two Speed. Turn them both on, then
get Special. Do not use it while you have Growth and Speed on.
With Special, use Turbo Run to make your enemies fly back. This
is best done on big enemies, such as Golems.
Easy experience
Go to a generator in any level. Stay there and keep
shooting at the monsters. You will gain a lot of experience. Eventually,
the generator will stop producing the monsters. Note: If you shoot
the generator, it will get smaller and you will not get as much
experience.
Use the following trick to get a lot of health as well as gold
and experience. Go to level 2 in the Volcano. Play through the
level and you will receive approximately 2,300 gold each time.
The monsters are also weak, and instead of having the food make
up for lost life, you will earn about 600 life. Each time you
play the level you will earn close to or a little over 5,000 experience
even at higher levels. Play through this level three times, saving
all gold and power-ups to sell, and you will earn over 20,000
gold.
Use locations with never ending enemies to your advantage. For
instance, since your character can throw their weapons, use a
strategic method to reach a point in your surroundings in which
the monsters cannot reach you, but you can reach them. Just keep
killing them from that spot. Since the enemies are never ending
use that unfair advantage to your advantage. In the long run this
will allow you to prevail in gaining experience. Once you are
satisfied with your skill level and experience, then you can return
to completing the game.
Easy health build
Going through the various warps are quite cumbersome.
Your health is typically running low after the Boss matches and
the "Blue, Yellow, Green" levels. If you need to recharge
your health, go to the very first warp you encountered in the
game and you should average around 400 to 500 health points. Do
that about three to four times and you should be ready to take
on the next warp --it does not take that long.
After you defeat the last Skorne, you will get permanent Anti-Death.
When you look at the items stats, you will see that you have one
of them. Defeat the last Skorne to get a second Anti-Death, which
will give you more health than when you had only one. Keep doing
this. You can gain even more health from the Deaths before you
go to the first Skorne then when you grab health from them at
the first world.