#The way to unlock the blacksmith in The First Berserker: Khazan – Destructoid

In the event you’re questioning the place to search out the blacksmith in The First Berserker: Khazan, your query is well-founded. They’re nowhere to be discovered in the beginning, and also you’ll discover loads of gadgets that point out them. Fortunately, it’s not too exhausting to unlock the blacksmith, not less than by Khazan requirements.

When do you unlock the blacksmith in The First Berserker: Khazan?

Gamers hoping to unlock the blacksmith shortly in The First Berserker: Khazan will probably be upset. You don’t even meet the NPC till the fifth major story mission, Unusual Stench at Skoffa Cave, the place you rescue him from an enormous demon spider.

You then should defeat the evil demon spider and speak to the blacksmith Qazumaka again within the Crevice basement, just for him to say he misplaced his hammer! You’ll want to finish a separate mission with its personal boss combat, and then you possibly can return to the Crevice and begin crafting.

Now, how lengthy does it take to unlock the blacksmith? In my playthrough, I used to be hard-walled by the Embars Ruins boss for two hours, and the boss earlier than Skoffa Cave took me an hour. Together with a reasonably thorough exploration of every degree and the opposite boss fights, I had simply spent eight or 9 hours taking part in earlier than I added the blacksmith to my rising assortment of allies. That quantity will develop or shrink relying on how a lot grinding you do and the way lengthy you’re caught on any of the bosses.

One closing notice: blacksmith Qazumaka is barely out there whenever you’re within the Human Realm model of the Crevice. You’ll have to journey backwards and forwards between it and the Netherworld if you wish to swap between mission areas and crafting.

The way to full the Blacksmith’s Heirloom mission in The First Berserker: Khazan

Blacksmith’s Heirloom is the identify of the mission you’ll want to finish to get Qazumaka’s hammer and unlock crafting within the Crevice. It’s a shorter mission in a separate occasion of Skoffa Cave, referred to as Spider’s Tomb, on the Charnak Mountain Vary journey map.

You load into the ruined mine in the beginning of the mission, on the Blade Nexus referred to as Useless Spider’s Lair. A Grantie Jocko gorilla-ish enemy and some monkey-like Jockos are wandering near the Nexus, so clear them out and proceed by the doorway on the far finish of the chamber.

Extra monkey enemies will climb up from the chasm in the midst of the room, and also you’ll discover a more durable vampire bat hanging from the ceiling on the opposite facet of the pit. Hit the bat with a Javelin earlier than it wakes as much as drop it to the bottom and stun it for a number of moments.

Proceed up the trail to your proper, then maintain left by the extra monkeys and a rocky gorilla. Seize the treasure chest within the gorilla’s cave, then take the trail throughout the room up and out of the cave.

You’ll arrive on the Jocko Hill Blade Nexus, the place it is best to ignore the purple gadgets on the bottom, as these are bait for Crypt Devourer worm enemies to attempt to eat you.

Head to your proper from the Blade Nexus, clearing the Jocko enemies from the room as you go.

Knock down the tree shortcut to extra shortly entry the boss fog if you happen to die towards Bearius.

The way to beat Bearius and unlock the blacksmith in The First Berserker: Khazan

Bearius, the boss of the mission, is nothing greater than a boss-level bear enemy, a number of of which you’ve seemingly fought thus far. In addition to its elevated dimension and well being bar, the one different distinction between Bearius and common bears is the harm it offers. I used armor with stable stats and was a number of ranges above the sport’s advice, and he may nonetheless simply two-shot me together with his harder-hitting swipes.

We’ll go over every of Bearius’s assaults beneath, however they need to be fairly acquainted if you happen to’ve fought the smaller bears earlier in a playthrough.

• Aspect swipe into uppercut. The fitting paw swipes horizontally, and the uppercut claws by the bottom, sending you flying if it hits.
• Bear hug double slash. Bearius stands up on its hind legs and spreads its arms, slashing at you for large harm when it comes down. Counts as a Burst Assault.
• Stomach flop. Seems to be just like the bear hug seize startup, however Bearius stands a bit shorter and hunched over, slamming its bulk down for a big chunk of injury if it connects.
• Mouth seize. This seize has Bearius lengthen its neck and attempt to seize you in its fangs. It slams the bottom with its left claw after throwing you away.
• Shoulder test. Bearius can rock again and attempt to knock you with its shoulder.
• Three hit combo. Bearius slashes as soon as with its left claws, then makes use of the momentum to attempt to hit backhand, earlier than elevating up and slamming with the left claws for the third strike.

As a beast-type enemy, Bearius’s stamina doesn’t regenerate, but it surely has quite a bit of stamina. You’ll seemingly solely deplete its bar two or 3 times. As soon as the bear’s useless, climb the ladder on the back-left of the world and converse to Hengie. After that, you possibly can return to the Crevice.

All that’s left now could be to go to Qazumaka, the place he’ll thanks for returning his hammer and reward you together with his companies.