Avowed: Common Mistakes To Avoid

Avowed is an action RPG that has the players returning to the Living Lands from Pillars of Eternity but in a first-person adventure. With so much changed from the original franchise, players are likely to make quite a few mistakes while adventuring, as well as forgetting certain mechanics of Avowed that are sure to help not only their survival in the Living Lands but also improve their experience overall.

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Therefore, these are some of the most common mistakes players have made while exploring Avowed so far, and how they can avoid these mistakes in the future to better improve their experience in this incredible role-playing game that was released in 2025.

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Avoiding Talking To Companions

They Can Help Improve Skills

The four companions the player recruits throughout their adventure in Avowed are incredibly important for more than just the story of this RPG. Companions come with their own set of quests to help the player better get to know them, but other than this, they can also directly help the player.

By talking to the companions regularly and getting to certain parts of their quest, the companions will happily train with the player to better improve the player’s attributes for free. Kai is the first companion to offer his services, which the player can then use to better improve their survivability in combat.

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Forgetting To Cook In Camp

Food Is Vital For Survival In Avowed

Cooking is a feature in Avowed that many players may forget to use if they commonly don’t return to camp or simply miss the prompt while there. When approaching the cauldron, which can be located next to Kai, players will have access to the cooking menu.

They don’t need to worry about any cooking mini-games, as this menu only requires players to have the ingredients needed to make a variety of dishes. From cookies that can increase the speed of the player, to simple cooked meat recipes. These foods are vital for players hoping to keep their health and essence full at all times.

6

Multi-Classing Too Much

Players Shouldn’t Spread Themselves Too Thin

Avowed may only have three classes for players to put their skills into. This doesn’t mean they should go too over the top by multi-classing into all three to create an incredibly overpowered character. This is because players can only reach level 30 in Avowed and, therefore, each skill point should be used carefully to build a character that can keep up with the enemies in this RPG.

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Players should instead try to keep to one class for the majority of the game, which allows them to purchase the higher-level skills the second they unlock them while making the most of various passives to be found in the other skill pages.

5

Only Selling Gear

Breaking Down Equipment Gives Useful Materials

While selling gear may sound like the right idea to a player when visiting a merchant with any unworn equipment, there are plenty of other ways to make Skeyt. Instead, a player should break down any spare armor or weapons they find to use the materials they leave behind.

While a lot of these materials can be found while exploring, players will find themselves commonly running out of the resources they need to improve the armor and weapons they are using, which makes breaking down anything useless a priority. This also includes breaking down unique gear the player isn’t using, as Adra can be rare to come across and is needed to upgrade other unique weaponry.

4

Only Doing The Main Story

Exploration Is Awarded In Avowed

Like any good role-playing game, a player who chooses to only focus on the main story is likely not to enjoy it as much as others, especially in Avowed. In this recent RPG experience, players are rewarded for stepping off the paths of the Living Lands and instead exploring the various areas, as this can bring forth a bunch of interesting side quests as well as much more.

Players don’t only need to admire the landscapes, as climbing and exploring deep below the surface is sure to bring forth some lost unique gear, as well as bosses the player may have likely never encountered. This is only the beginning, as treasure maps should also keep a player occupied.

3

Only Drinking Potions

Food Is A Lot Cheaper To Obtain

As mentioned previously, cooking is important as it provides the players with plenty of food. This food is then used outside of combat to help the player preserve the amount of potions they have. While it may be tempting to drink a potion due to how it instantly replenishes the player’s Health or Essence, players will find themselves quickly running out of potions if they keep using them when it isn’t an emergency.

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Instead, after a battle, a player should open up their action wheel and select their health and Essence foods to watch the bar instantly increase. Some items of food can even be more than the bar, allowing it to be replenished once more if the player were to lose some, without needing to eat again.

2

Carrying Too Much Around

Things Can Be Easily Sent To Camp Instead

Like many classic RPG titles, Avowed is another game where carrying too much will be the player’s downfall, as they’ll become encumbered and struggle to move. Unlike titles like Skyrim where the player would then be forced to drop everything that they deem not valuable and therefore miss out on some prime loot.

The player in Avowed can instead send these valuable items straight to their party stash in camp without needing to be there. This can be easily done from the inventory screen and therefore allows any player who loves to hold onto everything to keep doing what they’re doing. Players can then easily access all these goods in camp.

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Forgetting To Purchase Lockpicks

Players Should Have These Tools On Them At All Times

Players will be surprised how often they will find various chests, lock boxes, and doors that require the player to pick them open. While some locks will only need one lockpick to open them, harder locks will require a lot more. Players can find these lockpicks around the world of Avowed, but this method of finding them can become unreliable quickly.

Instead, a player should be sure to regularly visit merchants across Avowed to purchase all the lockpicks they have available. Having an abundance is never a bad thing as they also don’t weigh anything, making them a great item to have plenty of.

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Released

February 18, 2025

ESRB

Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence

Publisher(s)

Xbox Game Studios