I’m a little late to the video, but I think it’s important to note for Tower Level 3 that you can still pick up stuff you left on the map when you enter the astral plane. So let’s say an enemy drops a healing potion and you’re full on them, or you didn’t use one of the ammo chests. You can plan around that to give yourself enough time to get the healing flask or ammo chest you left out and get them. That way you can have a spare potion or another ammo refill without taking more corrupted arcana in the process. Just thought I’d note that
Witchfire is the most beautiful game I've ever seen, how realistic the game world looks. The trees, the grasses in the wind, the mountains simply wonderful.
@@chr_isso I'm not so sure about the AA. I mean it would look better in UE5, maybe if they did it right, but I'd really rather have a better optimized game that runs well and looks good. Right now I'm getting up to 200 FPS on 4k with everything set to max, but the average is 120. The graphical style is stunning. It's better than ultra-sharp 8k textures that my rig can't handle even when turned down, and other stuff that makes it look worse when turned down than it does now because the lighting and fog/sky look soooo good. I think they took inspiration from Zdzisław Beksiński, a Polish artist who made art that could have even been concept art. Or we go much further back and look at Caspar David Friedrich, one of the most influential artists of the Romantic period and we Germans should know this guy. His paintings really fit this game very well. Anyway, I was ranting about UE and AA because it is. Turn it off and you see what I mean, that the game is built around the cheap AA methods that look much worse than the good ones. I'm really disappointed that UE is going this route and EPIC even recommends developing it this way. Shadows and foliage should never look like this when AA is off. I don't like these cheap AA methods because they introduce blur and kind of do the opposite of what I expect from AA, which is sharp edges without seeing polygons, and thus a clear view so I can see things clearly from a distance.
@@chr_isso no please no, god no. It would run at 60 fps like most ue5 games. I´d rather have it play smoothly at 120 fps on max settings rn, than everything low at 60 fps on ue5. It´ll be a few more years before they can finally optimize games on that engine
Glad I could help! I was completely confused at the very beginning too and simply couldnt figure it out... well, took some community effort until we found out!
Damn bro, level 86, that's crazy! I can't pass 18 since I got Gnosis 2 cause things now hit so hard. Still managed to get to the 2nd level blindly, but died on the 2nd gateway. Let's just say my bell heavy spell wasn't so effective as yours 😂😂 You got yourself a follower for covering Witchfire, more people deserve to know and experience this game. Cheers!!!
So I was just trying to beat the final boss of the tower and I had this arcana which increases damage to burning enemies but heals them if they survive the burn. Surprise-surprise, it works on bosses to. So NEVER pick it if you are going for the boss untill it is patched(or mb it's intended)
@@chr_isso oh, sry, I was watching only the part about level 3 and your loadout. By the way thank you for the guide, I was running through level 3 randomly without knowing what triggers the end
it took me quite some time to understand the mechanic myself (tbh. i had to watch/observe someone else on twitch and then i finally had the time to figure it out). Glad I could help!
It totally depends: you can use them to replenish ammo or health. But usually you want to just use the three to open the doors and not use any more than that!
yes! but i also bring the ammo from the vendor (you can bring 3 ammo packs from homebase / hermitorium). So running out of ammo doesnt really matter :)
@@chr_isso sry, yes i have gnosis 2 i have thunder ball lvl2 burning stake lvl2, lvl3 midas or ricochet and an almost lvl3 hypnosis or all seeing eye. i either run out of ammo or HP so i have to corrupt more arcana to stay in the boss fight of lvl3 tower
Holy shit I've never seen anyone play this game, even though I had it since release - and what you show just looks like a completely different experience to what I do. I have I think around 30 hours in the game, level 41 and gnosis II, but my builds/damage/anything is just nowhere near to what you do. I can't even reliably kill the familiar in the first map! How do I get better, other than play a lot more I guess??
Actually the elemental combos are what make you really strong. Try getting Gnosis 3 and then get Burning Stake under the bridge on Irongate Castle Map. It's a game changer. Also you need to find the weapons you feel comfortable with. For me the sweet spot is Hunger and Hangfire, but Hypnosis is very strong too.
@@chr_isso Thanks! Do you recommend to fully search out maps before trying to engage the bosses? I didn't even know that you can find weapons/spells on maps! I researched all of them.
Except for the Mirages there should not be too much to find. It all depends on the boss you're trying to kill. For Galley Slave I highly recommend clearing the Map first, for Prophet or Shieldbearer it's not important.
@@qbertgaming you should learn gnosis 1 before (in the hub), after that you can remove the rune wall near the rift. Fall down and remember to press jump near the ground to avoid falling damage
Should be Vita 12 Healing 8 Endurance 12 Witchery 50+ Metanoia 50+ Luck 15 Something like this. I pump witchery and Metanoia, I dont care about the rest :)
@@chr_isso Thank you, I'll just bolt out of the way immediately next time I see him. Really appreciate the walkthrough and for showing that burning stake-stormball combo.
@@chr_isso it looks like I was too terrified by that place on my first try. I compared my video with yours and the difference is only that you clear waves much faster, so that it's not possible to see who was taken down =) That was the reason of my confusion I believe. ua-cam.com/video/5V86MJl8UJI/v-deo.html
I'm planning to make a short in the evening on the topic - but the answer is: Tower Level 1 -> 13 Collectable Yellow Shield on Tower Level 2 -> 20 (=33) Yellow Shield on Tower Level 3 -> 20 (=53) One Pillar for corrupted Arcana -> 10 (=63) Killing the Boss -> 50 (=113)
Well. I have 15 points in Vitality. Today I was killed by Prophet in matter of seconds by his two hits. Really ? So the only way to kill him is spamming spells.
naa mate, the only way to kill him is to keep calm, dodge his attacks and you're good. in the last phase you need AoE though to get the monks killed fast enough!
Hey there, thanks for video, just killed Prophet. Never been on castle map yet so it was kinda hard without proper combo :) Can you explain please, the altar near the boss which give you prophecies in exchange of essence, are those prophecies from astral rift (3 lvl of tower)?
which level are you? you dont have to do this early on, farm Scarlet Coast and Irongate Castle first, get stronger, maybe even get some Weapons to M3 and then come back!
"That was pretty easy" as the boss glitches twice and doesn't attack. Some pretty shady stuff going on through all of this encounter though. Some pretty fortunate miracles like not taking damage when you should and weapons doing a lot of damage right when a frame seems to skip.
you are more or less right. at ua-cam.com/video/5uX7CFoBq1A/v-deo.html the boss gets stuck in some of the furniture. It's was a known bug and it's already fixed by the DEVs, see here: www.theastronauts.com/2023/09/witchfire-patch-notes/ Damage Numbers seem normal to me, because of Pyrolysis + Accelerant. BUT: did you recognize that Pyrolysis will heal the Boss back to 100%? That is also an absolute no-go arcana for such Boss Fights - hopefully it will get patched, too.
What to do in each tower level: Panic
Haha, yeah been there, done that haha.
I’m a little late to the video, but I think it’s important to note for Tower Level 3 that you can still pick up stuff you left on the map when you enter the astral plane. So let’s say an enemy drops a healing potion and you’re full on them, or you didn’t use one of the ammo chests. You can plan around that to give yourself enough time to get the healing flask or ammo chest you left out and get them. That way you can have a spare potion or another ammo refill without taking more corrupted arcana in the process. Just thought I’d note that
I pinned your comment, you are absolutely right. If you are as lucky, keep the chest for the astral plane!
I got to the boss, he started throwing benches around I shit myself, died and loved every second. 10/10 game
haha, that's the spirit! I was so hyped when i first saw that cutscene! Did you manage to kill him afterwards?
You are one of the few who show this beautiful game on UA-cam, I thank you for that❤
My pleasure 😊 i'm really looking forward for this game to release on steam. I love the DEVs and the game and people need to know about it!
Witchfire is the most beautiful game I've ever seen, how realistic the game world looks. The trees, the grasses in the wind, the mountains simply wonderful.
Imagine they would switch to ue5. Man this would be so dope
@@chr_isso I'm not so sure about the AA. I mean it would look better in UE5, maybe if they did it right, but I'd really rather have a better optimized game that runs well and looks good. Right now I'm getting up to 200 FPS on 4k with everything set to max, but the average is 120. The graphical style is stunning. It's better than ultra-sharp 8k textures that my rig can't handle even when turned down, and other stuff that makes it look worse when turned down than it does now because the lighting and fog/sky look soooo good. I think they took inspiration from Zdzisław Beksiński, a Polish artist who made art that could have even been concept art. Or we go much further back and look at Caspar David Friedrich, one of the most influential artists of the Romantic period and we Germans should know this guy. His paintings really fit this game very well.
Anyway, I was ranting about UE and AA because it is. Turn it off and you see what I mean, that the game is built around the cheap AA methods that look much worse than the good ones. I'm really disappointed that UE is going this route and EPIC even recommends developing it this way. Shadows and foliage should never look like this when AA is off.
I don't like these cheap AA methods because they introduce blur and kind of do the opposite of what I expect from AA, which is sharp edges without seeing polygons, and thus a clear view so I can see things clearly from a distance.
@@chr_isso no please no, god no. It would run at 60 fps like most ue5 games. I´d rather have it play smoothly at 120 fps on max settings rn, than everything low at 60 fps on ue5. It´ll be a few more years before they can finally optimize games on that engine
I had no clue what I was doing in the 3rd level, so thanks for this m8! 👍
Glad I could help! I was completely confused at the very beginning too and simply couldnt figure it out... well, took some community effort until we found out!
Same! I would fight my way to Floor 3, then die to sanity.
Haha at least you had 5 Minutes of running away in the rift lol
Yeah, I think I've lost about 6 runs cause I just kept killing enemies like the first floor. Finally gave up and came here for help. Thanks bro
im so glad youre covering this game, so helpful thank you !!!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Damn bro, level 86, that's crazy! I can't pass 18 since I got Gnosis 2 cause things now hit so hard. Still managed to get to the 2nd level blindly, but died on the 2nd gateway. Let's just say my bell heavy spell wasn't so effective as yours 😂😂
You got yourself a follower for covering Witchfire, more people deserve to know and experience this game. Cheers!!!
Tomorrow drops my video on Striga.
Stay tuned, i guess you can clear tower with it easily! Thanks for the Sub, appreciate it!
I made the same mistake.. got gnosis now everything is buffed!
Great guide! Thanks for the upload! Btw, how are your spells cooling down so fast?
So I was just trying to beat the final boss of the tower and I had this arcana which increases damage to burning enemies but heals them if they survive the burn. Surprise-surprise, it works on bosses to. So NEVER pick it if you are going for the boss untill it is patched(or mb it's intended)
Mate it literally happened in this video to me. And I only realized days later!! Feel you bro!
@@chr_isso oh, sry, I was watching only the part about level 3 and your loadout. By the way thank you for the guide, I was running through level 3 randomly without knowing what triggers the end
it took me quite some time to understand the mechanic myself (tbh. i had to watch/observe someone else on twitch and then i finally had the time to figure it out). Glad I could help!
So what is the point of using the pedestals for more corrupted arcana?
It totally depends: you can use them to replenish ammo or health.
But usually you want to just use the three to open the doors and not use any more than that!
its the tower raid recommendet with max.gnosis to play? i am Level 32 and Gnosis 2 and i have not all slots of arcana with the specials equippet.
The tower is fixed on gnosis 2. If you increase gnosis, the difficulty does not change!
On each floor of the tower there are multi-colored totems that apply a debuff. Please tell me what they are for?
Ammo, Health and Essence (Tower Currency for the Prophecies after the Boss/Altar)
If you have a more amo hungry build every flood has an amo totoem but you will lose an arcana slot 😢
yes! but i also bring the ammo from the vendor (you can bring 3 ammo packs from homebase / hermitorium).
So running out of ammo doesnt really matter :)
Thx for the explanation, cheers m8!
My pleasure!
what build shoud i use just started not the best at shooters but up for it
Hunger, Hangfire, Stormball, Stake, Eye, Henbane, Crown.
@@chr_isso cheers mush
Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome!
I always die at the last phase of the boss i usually run out of hp... gnosis 1 currently lvl 25
Huh? You need gnosis 2 to enter. Do you have all items? Did you get burning Stake yet? It really helps!
@@chr_isso sry, yes i have gnosis 2 i have thunder ball lvl2 burning stake lvl2, lvl3 midas or ricochet and an almost lvl3 hypnosis or all seeing eye.
i either run out of ammo or HP so i have to corrupt more arcana to stay in the boss fight of lvl3 tower
@@stefankaden5808 Buy Ammo packs from the trader in base - you should be fine for bullets then. Plus hangfire is amazing. This mans videos are great.
where did you find all these prophecies please? , your videos are cool like your job!
You get 5 from the boss, the rest is in the tower and the in the rift, close to the entrance.
How do you get that spell pure luck?
I have iron cross?? But I haven't been given this burning stake one
@@OSRS_Lost_In_The_Lore Its on Irongate Castle map, locked behind a 15k volatile witchfire "fake stone" under the bridge (around the river area)
Holy shit I've never seen anyone play this game, even though I had it since release - and what you show just looks like a completely different experience to what I do. I have I think around 30 hours in the game, level 41 and gnosis II, but my builds/damage/anything is just nowhere near to what you do. I can't even reliably kill the familiar in the first map! How do I get better, other than play a lot more I guess??
Actually the elemental combos are what make you really strong. Try getting Gnosis 3 and then get Burning Stake under the bridge on Irongate Castle Map. It's a game changer.
Also you need to find the weapons you feel comfortable with. For me the sweet spot is Hunger and Hangfire, but Hypnosis is very strong too.
@@chr_isso Thanks! Do you recommend to fully search out maps before trying to engage the bosses? I didn't even know that you can find weapons/spells on maps! I researched all of them.
Except for the Mirages there should not be too much to find. It all depends on the boss you're trying to kill. For Galley Slave I highly recommend clearing the Map first, for Prophet or Shieldbearer it's not important.
@@chr_isso how do you get to the first boss? I went to the spot on the map but i cant jump into the green hole there is an invisible wall around it.
@@qbertgaming you should learn gnosis 1 before (in the hub), after that you can remove the rune wall near the rift. Fall down and remember to press jump near the ground to avoid falling damage
How do you get this burning stake? There is nothing else to do, it doesnt let me research nothing else. Do I need higher Gnosis maybe?
You need gnosis 3 and then you can find Braid of the Seductress and Burning Stake on Irongate Castle Map.
@@chr_isso Just found it. Thanks mate.
perfect, now enjoy this masterpiece :)
@@chr_isso I am only Gnosis 2 and have Burning Stake just from the research mirror workshop.
Can I ask man what your stats are at the time of making this video and what your stat distribution is? Many Thanks.
Should be
Vita 12
Healing 8
Endurance 12
Witchery 50+
Metanoia 50+
Luck 15
Something like this. I pump witchery and Metanoia, I dont care about the rest :)
Ok wait, pause. I jumped down the hole, I take so much falling damage the first tap kills me. You, zero damage. How?
Mate you have to jump before you land lol! Drop down - jump - no fall damage!
Wow, that wasn't too bad until I started fighting the boss and 3 seconds later I was dead. Geez.
lol. The Boss is dope, i love him. And his mechanics aren't too hard. You're gonna do it mate!
@@chr_isso Thank you, I'll just bolt out of the way immediately next time I see him. Really appreciate the walkthrough and for showing that burning stake-stormball combo.
which relic maxed leveled do you prefer banshee or eye?
Banshee only works with certain weapons, so it depends. Eye always works!
@@chr_isso thank you chrisso!
The boss fight on Gnosis IV looks quite different =)
i think Gnosis has no effect on the tower, it's always on Gnosis 2.
@@chr_isso I don't think so as I can see much tougher enemies there.
I can't believe it: it's always Monks, Wraiths and Madmen. Plus the few Clerics.
Please provide a video if i'm mistaken.
@@chr_isso it looks like I was too terrified by that place on my first try. I compared my video with yours and the difference is only that you clear waves much faster, so that it's not possible to see who was taken down =) That was the reason of my confusion I believe. ua-cam.com/video/5V86MJl8UJI/v-deo.html
thanks mate. i'm not free from faults so if you find anything else, always let me know! Appreciate it!
Me who is doing the tower blind rn for the first time, finished 2 floors going wtf is this place, im lvl16 :) send help :)
You gonna do it buddy! You got this! (Help: striga, bell, shockwave) and you can kill everything with ease)
thanks
You're welcome mate!
I'm now at lv3 and need 95 devine essences, my record is 92.. you know where those are?
I kill before so much, i had 2min time to explore..
I'm planning to make a short in the evening on the topic - but the answer is:
Tower Level 1 -> 13 Collectable
Yellow Shield on Tower Level 2 -> 20 (=33)
Yellow Shield on Tower Level 3 -> 20 (=53)
One Pillar for corrupted Arcana -> 10 (=63)
Killing the Boss -> 50 (=113)
@@chr_isso thank you :)
@chr_isso Killing the boss only gets 30 now. Just did it.
Well. I have 15 points in Vitality. Today I was killed by Prophet in matter of seconds by his two hits. Really ? So the only way to kill him is spamming spells.
naa mate, the only way to kill him is to keep calm, dodge his attacks and you're good. in the last phase you need AoE though to get the monks killed fast enough!
What Divine Essence is for?
You trade it for 5 Prophecies after killing the boss.
Hey there, thanks for video, just killed Prophet. Never been on castle map yet so it was kinda hard without proper combo :) Can you explain please, the altar near the boss which give you prophecies in exchange of essence, are those prophecies from astral rift (3 lvl of tower)?
I made a whole Video on where to find all prophecies. You get 5 from the altar, the rest is in my Video!
ua-cam.com/video/VOQe-V97chs/v-deo.html
@@chr_isso oh i saw it but didn't watch in full. Soooo.. 4 more prophet fights? Thanks :)
Yeah. Show the prophet who is Boss!
This is really HARD!!!
which level are you? you dont have to do this early on, farm Scarlet Coast and Irongate Castle first, get stronger, maybe even get some Weapons to M3 and then come back!
"That was pretty easy" as the boss glitches twice and doesn't attack.
Some pretty shady stuff going on through all of this encounter though. Some pretty fortunate miracles like not taking damage when you should and weapons doing a lot of damage right when a frame seems to skip.
you are more or less right.
at ua-cam.com/video/5uX7CFoBq1A/v-deo.html the boss gets stuck in some of the furniture. It's was a known bug and it's already fixed by the DEVs, see here:
www.theastronauts.com/2023/09/witchfire-patch-notes/
Damage Numbers seem normal to me, because of Pyrolysis + Accelerant.
BUT: did you recognize that Pyrolysis will heal the Boss back to 100%? That is also an absolute no-go arcana for such Boss Fights - hopefully it will get patched, too.