There is only one playable character who can use magic: Triolo the shaman.
Magic spells[edit]
Spell |
Type |
Effect |
Totem and offer
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Heal |
Heal |
Cures poison and some Health Points to all allies |
Use Aphazz totem offering pinde
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Eagle eye |
Field |
Shows a representation (map) of the surroundings |
Use Heluzz totem offering pinde
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Light |
Field |
Lights darkness; more convenient than torches |
Use Heluzz totem offering chocolatl
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Detect hostile |
Field |
Detects whether there is an enemy nearby, even outside the field of view |
Use Heluzz totem offering yopo
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Battle spells
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Protection |
Battle - support |
Increases defense of all allies |
Use Aphazz totem offering yopo
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Battle frenzy |
Battle - support |
Increases strength and dexterity of all allies |
Use Motazz totem offering yopo
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Summon animal |
Battle - support |
Summons an animal to help in battle |
Use Motazz totem offering chocolatl
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Charm enemies |
Battle - disable |
Target enemy will become an ally for the duration of the battle |
Use Aphazz totem offering chocolatl
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Curse enemy |
Battle - disable |
Lowers strength and dexterity of an enemy |
Use Motazz totem offering pinde
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Magic items[edit]
There are no proper Magic Points in Savage Empire. Instead, the amount of chocolatl, pinde and yopo carried by Triolo has the same function.
Item |
Triolo's description |
Location
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Totem of Aphazz |
"The spirit of emotions and strength" |
Triolo's equipment Also found in most shaman's huts
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Totem of Heluzz |
"The spirit of knowledge and visions" |
Triolo's equipment Also found in most shaman's huts
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Totem of Motazz |
"The spirit of battle" |
Triolo's equipment Also found in most shaman's huts
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Chocolatl |
"Brown beans, very strong taste" |
10 in Triolo's equipment 20 in Kurak village (Intanya's) 29 in Yolaru village 2 in Nahuatla city 29 in Barako village 18 on Topuru's islet Buy in Pindiro village 1 in Disquiqui village 5 in Barrab village 5 in Urali village 1 in Jukari village 1 in Spiders cave
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Pinde |
"It makes strong magic" |
10 in Triolo's equipment 20 in Kurak village (Intanya's) 32 in Yolaru village 2 in Nahuatla city 29 in Barako village 23 on Topuru's islet Buy in Pindiro village 5 in Barrab village 5 in Urali village 1 in Jukari village 1 in Spiders cave
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Yopo |
"A mostly green plant, used in many incantations" |
10 in Triolo's equipment 20 in Kurak village (Intanya's) 34 in Yolaru village 2 in Nahuatla city 31 in Barako village 16 on Topuru's islet Buy in Pindiro village 5 in Barrab village 5 in Urali village 1 in Jukari village 1 in Spiders cave
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Healers[edit]
In some villages there is a shaman who can heal, cure poison and resurrect dead companions. Just ask him, and he will summon the healing spirit of Kukuzz.
List of shamans, according to plot progression; healers are highlighted in bold:
- Kurak village: Intanya
- Yolaru village: Mosagann refuses to help
- Barako village: the shaman is long gone
- Pindiro village: Kunawo
- Nahuatla city: Oaxtepac is in prison
- Disquiqui village: Larrifin knows nothing
- Barrab village: Balakai
- Sakkhra village: lizardmen's medicine doesn't work on humans
- Urali village: Wamap feels to tired to do it
- Jukari village: the shaman died
- Haakur village: ...
Crafting[edit]
Grenades[edit]
In Yolaru village, Dr. Rafkin explains how to make gunpowder and build grenades.
In the Nahuatla city, any Nahuatla woman also explains how to get clay and turn it into pots. Also, the weaver Paxaptamac will reveal that yucca flax can be woven into cloth.
Small tools
|
Item |
Obtain |
Use
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Digging stick |
2 in Yolaru village 1 in Barako village 1 on Topuru's islet 2 in Urali village
|
Use near rivers: get clay
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Metal bucket |
1 in laboratory 1 in Seggallion's village
|
Use facing tar pit: get bucket with 5L of tar
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Wire screen |
2 in laboratory
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Use facing sulfur pit: get 10 sulfur parts
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Scissors |
1 in Yolaru village (Rafkin's) 1 in laboratory 1 in Seggallion's village
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Use it on 1 cloth: get 10 cloth strips
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Mortar |
1 in Yolaru village 1 in laboratory 1 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barrab village 1 in Urali village 1 in Jukari village
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Drop charcoal, sulfur and nitrate in it, then use it: get gunpowder
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Grinding stone |
(in most villages)
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Drop charcoal, sulfur and nitrate in it, then use it: get gunpowder
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Natural resources
|
Item |
Obtain |
Use
|
Branch |
[U]se a tree 1 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barrab village 2 in Urali village
|
Use campfire on it: get 10 charcoal parts
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Flax |
[U]se a yucca plant 1 in Nahuatla city 2 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barrab village
|
Use loom on it: get cloth
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Clay |
[U]se digging stick near rivers 1 in Nahuatla city 2 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barrab village 1 in Urali village 2 in Jukari village
|
Use it: get soft clay pot
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Sulphur |
30 in laboratory [U]se wire screen near sulfur pit 2 in Nahuatla city
|
Use in mortar or grind: get gunpowder
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Potassium nitrate |
30 in laboratory Rafkin or Johann [U]ses crystal gardens
|
Use in mortar or grind: get gunpowder
|
Magnesium ribbons |
9 in laboratory
|
(The jar looks the same as the nitrate jar)
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Intermediate products
|
Charcoal |
18 in laboratory
|
Use in mortar or grind: get gunpowder
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Cloth |
3 in Yolaru village 1 in Barako village 2 in Barrab village 2 in Jukari village
|
Use knife or scissors on it: get 10 cloth strips
|
Cloth strips |
3 in Disquiqui village
|
Use bucket with tar on 10 strips: get 10 tarred cloth strips
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Soft clay pot |
1 in laboratory 1 in Nahuatla city 5 in Disquiqui village 2 in Barrab village 1 in Urali village 4 in Jukari village
|
Use kiln on it: get fired clay pot
|
Fired clay pot |
8 in Nahuatla city 3 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barako village 2 in Barrab village 4 in Urali village 2 in Jukari village
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Use tarred strip on it (with 5 gunpowders): get grenade
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Trees, yucca plants and river banks are easy to find. Other natural sources are more rare:
- Tar pits: between Kurak village and the laboratory;
- Sulfur pits: east of the Nahuatla city, just follow the road;
- Crystal gardens: in most caves.
The following table shows how to craft grenades with the help of Dr. Rafkin. Some other ingredients are available in small quantities only. Later you can get more.
Gunpowder
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Grenade
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Ingredients:
- branch ("use" any tree) or black jar (in laboratory)
- potassium nitrate (from crystals in caves) or white jars (in laboratory)
- sulfur pits (east of Nahuatla city) or yellow jars (in laboratory)
Tools:
- campfire or firepit (in most villages)
- wire screen (in the laboratory)
- mortar (in the laboratory and in many villages) or grinding stone (in most villages)
Procedure 1 (early game):
- [U]se a tree: get a branch
- [U]se a campfire on the branch: get charcoal (you need at least 12 parts)
- [M]ove the 18 charcoal parts out from the black jar
- [M]ove the 30 sulfur parts out from the yellow jars
- [M]ove the 30 potassium nitrate parts out from the white jars
- [D]rop 30 parts of charcoal, 30 of sulfur and 30 of nitrate on a mortar (or grinding stone)
- [U]se the mortar, [L]ook in it, [G]et 30 parts of gunpowder
Procedure 2:
- [U]se a tree: get a branch
- [U]se a campfire on the branch: get charcoal
- East from the Nahuatla city, [U]se wire screen facing a sulfur pit: get sulfur
- In a cave, if Rafkin or Johann is in the party, [U]se a crystal garden: get potassium nitrate.
- [D]rop the same amount of charcoal, sulfur and nitrate on a mortar (or grinding stone)
- [U]se the mortar, [L]ook in it, [G]et gunpowder
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Ingredients:
- 5 units of gunpowder
- yucca plants (or flax, or cloth, or strips)
- river banks (or clay, or soft clay pot, or fired clay pot)
- tar pits (between the laboratory and Kurak village)
Tools:
- kiln or firepit (in most villages)
- knife (start) or scissors (in laboratory)
- metal bucket (in laboratory)
- digging stick
- loom (in Nahuatla city)
Procedure 1 (early in the game):
- [U]se an oven on the soft clay pot to turn it into a fired clay pot.
- [U]se a knife or scissors on a cloth to get some cloth strips.
- [U]se the metal bucket on the tar pits to get about 5L of tar.
- [U]se the tar on the strips to get tarred cloth strips.
- If you have 5 units of gunpowder, [U]se the tarred cloth strips on the fired clay pot to get a grenade.
Procedure 2:
- Fired clay pots:
- [U]se a digging stick on a river bank: get clay.
- [U]se the clay: get a soft clay pot.
- [U]se a kiln on the soft clay pot: get a fired clay pot.
- Tarred cloth strips:
- [U]se a yucca plant: get flax
- [U]se a loom on flax: get cloth
- [U]se scissors or knife on cloth: get cloth strips
- [U]se the metal bucket on the tar pits: get about 5L of tar.
- [U]se the tar on the strips: get tarred cloth strips.
- Put together:
- If you have 5 units of gunpowder, [U]se the tarred cloth strips on the fired clay pot to get a grenade.
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Other craftworks[edit]
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- Flintlocks
- Torches
- Tortillas
Item |
Locations |
Use
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Bamboo pole |
1 in Nahuatla city Attack bamboo plants (east of Nahuatla city) 2 in Disquiqui village 1 in Barako village 2 in Barrab village 2 in Urali village
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Ask "rifle" to Rafkin in laboratory: get flintlock
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In order to make torches you need:
- Tree branches: [U]se any tree;
- Tar: [U]se a bucket near a tar pit; the nearest ones are north-east of the Nahuatla city and near the laboratory;
- Flax: [U]se a yucca plant.
Procedure:
- use a loom on 1 flax, and turn it into 1 cloth;
- use scissors on 1 cloth, and turn it into 10 cloth strips;
- use tar bucket on 10 cloth strips, and turn them into 10 tarred strips;
- use 1 tarred strip on 1 tree branch, and turn it into a torch.
Looms can be found in many villages, e.g. in the Jukari village and in the Nahuatla city.