遠征: バイキング初心者のヒントとガイド

This guide will tell you everything that you need to know before playing Expeditions: ヴァイキング. Learn some of the best tips and strategies that you can use in the game.

キャラクター作成

As in many RPGs you should min/max to improve the impact of your primary stats; つまり, reduce the ones you don’t want to prioritize in order to maximize the output of your selected stats.

The combat in this game is very unforgiving, so you will not do well at the start with a pure diplomat build. You also often can’t choose the placement of your party as combat starts, which means that any weak character is at risk of being instantly killed. Especially your main character, as he/she will be traveling at the front.

Often there will be waves of enemies, meaning you will want to down them as fast as possible to avoid being overwhelmed. That means that damage over time (火, 毒) or debuffs that don’t help you immediately, is essentially not very helpful. Never trade damage over time for the chance of an instant kill. The only exception is when there is a choke point.

Being down in combat causes injuries that will give debuffs until you heal them.

Primary Stats

強さ
Affects physical damage output and resistance. Primary stat for warriors using swords and axes.

持久力
Determines your Hit Points (HP), Block Chance with shields, スタミナ, and base Damage Reduction (DR). This is important to last in combat as a fighter.

Finesse
Affects base damage for Spears and Knives as well as Critical Chance for all weapons. Important for ranged and rogue-like characters.

感知
Affects the accuracy for ranged weapons. Will also give additional dialogue options.

Sense
Mental resistance against debuffs and helps persuasion in dialogue. Mostly important for support characters. 4 will open up Galder, Leadership and Witchcraft. 6 is needed for Healing.

Weapon skills

斧

• 強さ. Good against shielded opponents.
• Shield Hook (ランク 1), bypasses any enemy shield.
• クリーブ (ランク 3), focuses on damaging the shield of the opponent.
• Weapon Hook (ランク 5), disarms the opponent. とても便利です.弓
  感知. Good for opponents at a distance (明らかに):
• Ranging Shot (ランク 1), target gets Spotted (Ranged attacks +25% accuracy and target can not use low coverage).
• クイックショット (ランク 2), two shots at reduced hit chance. Good for close range.
• Aimed Shot (ランク 3), increased hit chance, によるダメージ +30 と +5% critical hit chance. Good for long range.
• Fire Arrow (ランク 4), applies burning (-20 に -30 hit points per turn). Not very useful.
• Hailstorm (ランク 5), 50% of full damage on 3 random hexes on/around target. Not very useful.

Dane Axe
強さ. 高ダメージ. Good against shields. Long reach. Two-handed.

• Reckless Strike (ランク 1), +25% ダメージ, but no movement on next turn.
• Pull (ランク 3), hooks and pulls an enemy into melee range.
• Swipe (ランク 5), wide area slicing damage. Will not damage shields.

ナイフ
Finesse.

• 必殺技 (ランク 1), double damage against disabled (stunned etc) 敵.
• 飛び回る (ランク 3), 攻撃 1 または 2 targets causing bleeding. Not very useful as you don’t have time for enemies to bleed out.
• Slice (ランク 5), free attack at half damage. Two uses per battle.

シールド

• 持久力. (+1% per END). Improved survivability, especially against archers.
• Brace (ランク 1), restores shield. Once per combat.
• 守る (ランク 3), prevents shield damage but spends the turn.
• Shield Bash (ランク 5), knock down an enemy (requires an empty hex behind), disabling them.

Sling
感知. Essentially not a very useful weapon, compared to the bow.

• Puffball (ランク 1), gives full coverage against ranged attacks. Not very useful.
• スキャッタショット (ランク 3), gives debuffs. Not very useful.
• 手榴弾 (ランク 5), causes an area to be Flammable. Damage over time. Not very useful.

槍
Finesse. High damage via crits. Long reach. Two-handed.

• Extend (ランク 1), 3 hex range at 75% of full damage.
• Smack (ランク 3), concussing the enemy at 50% of full damage.
• Distract (ランク 5), free ability, neutralises the Attack of Opportunity for an enemy 2 hexes away.

剣
強さ. Focuses on damage over utility.

• 準備ができて (ランク 1), an attack against any enemy that enters melee range.
• The Heavy Swing (ランク 3) will ignore any damage reduction.
• 実行する (ランク 5) will dismember the enemy on the attack in the next turn.

Unarmed
While giving good early damage, long term, unarmed will not be as useful. Note that Unarmed can be used along with a shield, as long as one hand is free.

• Grapple (ランク 1) – Let you immobilize an enemy until the next turn when flanking them. Use with Deathblow (ナイフ) for great effect.
• Heavy Punch (ランク 3) お得情報 +50% damage but will not allow you to move in the same turn.
• Headbutt (ランク 5) – Stuns an enemy, leaving them open for attacks. Can not be used against enemies with helmets (明らかに).

Offensive Skills

Anticipate Opening
Next attack is a guaranteed critical hit (spends attack for that turn). Good for use with a spear or knife, but a bit expensive.

充電
追加します +5 Damage for every hex you move before a melee attack on an enemy. Use along with the passive skills Nimble and Strider for added effect.

Cripple
25% of full damage but removes movement on the next turn. For archers.

二刀流

• Hook and Slash (ランク 1), damages shields and guarantees a hit on the opponent.
• パリー (ランク 3), free counter attack until next turn.
• One-Two (ランク 5), full damage two times on one or two targets.

  フェイント
  Removes Attack of Opportunity. Requires free hex on the other side of the opponent. Takes all movement for that turn so not a great value.

  Interrupt (射手, 近接攻撃)
  Overwatch and attack when there is a 75% change of hit, or the enemy is within 6 hexes.

  Rebuke
  Kicks the enemy 1 hex away. Essentially only useful if you want to run away from them.

  気絶させる
  Leaving an enemy open to attacks until the next turn. のみ 2 uses per combat.

  Throwing
• Throw Rock (rank lies Harred which opens the enemy up for Backstabs.
• Toss (ランク 3), lets you toss another character (friendly or enemy) 1 hex away.
• Throw Axe (ランク 5), similar to Throw Rock, but causes more damage.

Support Skills

These are for one or max two characters in your party.

祝祷 (not for Norse characters).
全て

Galder

• Tyr’s favour (ランク 1), gives damage resistance +25 to all norse allies.
• Balder’s favour (ランク 2), gives physical resistance 100% to all norse allies.
• トール’s favour (ランク 3), 与える +20% melee damage to all norse allies.
• オーディン’s favour (ランク 4), gives mental resistance 100% to all norse allies. Good to protect archers against demoralisation.
• Loki’s favour (ランク 5), gives critical chance +10 to all norse allies. Not that useful.

ヒーリング

• 復元する (ランク 1), restores hit points.
• Cure (ランク 3), removes debuffs.
• リバイバル (ランク 5), heals and brings back an ally to consciousness.

リーダーシップ

• Manoeuvring (ランク 1), gives allies +1 hex movement this turn, と +5 to resistances. Use on your archers.
• Inspire (ランク 3), gives another attack to the targeted character. Use on your damage dealers.
• Ruse (ランク 5), makes enemies within 2 hex flee, unless engaged in melee.

守る
Raises damage reduction of adjacent allies. A very defensive skill for your front line melee fighters.

Snaring
Disables an enemy that moves into melee range for 1 振り向く.

Spot Traps

• Spot traps (ランク 1), reveal traps in the area.
• Disarm (ランク 3), disarms the trap.

Tactical Move
Allows moving through traps or Attack of Opportunity unharmed, for half the movement range.

挑発
Forces the targeted enemy to run towards the character. Takes them out of cover and disrupts enemy ranks. Especially useful against enemy archers.

魔術

• Demoralise (ランク 1), adds a debuff of Max Accuracy -50 to all enemies. Great at reducing the threat of archers. Use early and often.
• 毒 (ランク 2), applies poison to the targeted ally’s hits. Not useful.
• Dust (ランク 3), applies Finesse -2 and Perception -2 on anyone in 3 hexes in front of the character. Not very useful.
• タロン (ランク 4), 50% change to inflict Panicked (Erratic behaviour), 恐ろしかった (感知 -1, Sense -1) or Terrified (感知 -3, Sense -2). Unreliable, use Stun instead.
• Suggestion (ランク 5), converts enemy to your side for 1 振り向く. 強力, but requires you to be point blank to the enemy. One use per combat. Effect not guaranteed.

Utility Skills

まず最初に, focus on combat skills. Then support and utility.

鎧鍛冶 (スミス)
Lets you create armour. Use along with Crafting and Repair on a dedicated Smith character.

職人
Lets you add a Special Property on items.

憲法
Halves the deterioration risk for infection.

料理
Gives a chance of bonuses during camping. Use along with Preserve on the same character.

クラフト (スミス)
Gives the ability to create weapons. Use along with Armorsmithing and Repair on your Smith.

外交
Adds special dialogue options. For the Trader path (つまり. not Raider).

ガード
Increases security for 1 シフト. You need two guards for the two shifts per night.

Heavy sleeping
Reduces sleeping to 1 シフト. Use it with your hunter(s).

狩猟
Increases the chance of finding meat. Combine with Heavy Sleeping for better output.

Preserving
Converts meat into rations. Use along with Cooking on the same character.

修理 (スミス)
Less resources for repairing and more resources when destroying items.

Scouting
Grants a chance to discover resources on the map.

Tinker
Adds ability to create traps and consumables.

パッシブスキル

Focus on this after the utility skills.

Adrenaline Junkie
+30% melee damage when below 20% of full health. You rarely want to be this low in health, so this is not a recommended skill, unless you want to live on the edge.

アベンジャー
+10% damage on an enemy that has downed an ally. あなたはだめです’t want your allies to go down, which makes this a less useful skill.

Backstabber
+20% damage on Harred enemies. This is great in combination with throwing stones.

Blood Thirsty
+10% damage for 1 turn after each kill. Not enough to be worth it.

ドッジ
-50% of enemy crit. チャンス.

回避する
+5% ranged damage reduction. Good for any glass canon character.

Fencer
Reduces flanking multiplier from enemies by 15%. You should really avoid being flanked, which makes this less useful.

Fortune Favoured
+3% クリティカルチャンス. Not enough to be useful.

Good Patient
+20% health on Restore/Revive. Cheap and increases survivability. A good skill!

硬化した
+10 ヒットポイント. A bit too expensive to be worth it.

Keen Eye (archer, 近接攻撃)
+50% armour piercing damage. 必要 6 Perception but is great for Melee characters if they have a weapon with good armour piercing damage.

孤独なオオカミ
+10% damage when 8 or more hexes from nearest ally. That puts you in a bad position and should be avoided. The tradeoff is therefore questionable.

Low Profile (archer, サポート)
-50% chance of being targeted by the enemy.

Night Owl (archer)
+25% Mental Resistance at night.

Night Vision (archer)
Removes penalty to accuracy at night.

機敏な
Removes movement penalty by 1 (分 0) when wearing armour. A bit expensive, but good for the later parts of the game.

日和見主義者 (近接攻撃)
Makes Attacks of Opportunity apply the Stunned debuff. Enemies will avoid Attacks of Opportunities, so the usefulness is questionable.

Point Blank (archer)
Gives ranged attacks 100% Critical chance on target within melee range. Especially useful on Stunned enemies.

Powerful Kick
Adds Knocked Down to the skill Rebuke. Not great as it requires Rebuke, which makes it expensive.

Quick Feet (dual-wielders)
Requires a Finesse of 4. Lets you move around an enemy without triggering Attack of Opportunity, as long as you don’t disengage. Useful for flanking.

容赦ない
助成金 5% to get one extra action when using normal attacks. You will not use normal attacks when you have something better available, so usefulness is not great.

Sexist
助成金 +10% damage towards the opposite sex. Mainly useful for female characters, as most opponents will be male. あまり良くない, but ok for the cost.

狙撃兵 (archer)
Halves damage penalty for the Aimed Shot. Usually not needed.

急所攻撃
+10% Flanking damage multiplier. Nice to have in the late game, but requires flanking, which makes it less useful than for example Sexist.

Steady Hands (archer)
与える 100% hit chance for Interrupt. 悪くない, but the hit chance for Interrupt should already be good, so this is probably not needed.

Stone Fists
+10 Armour Piercing damage to Unarmed attacks. Unarmed attacks are not very good except for the very early parts of the game, which makes this less useful.

Strider (近接攻撃)
与える +1 movement in combat. Nice to have in later parts of the game.

Thick Skin
+10% 物理的抵抗. Good but expensive. Save for the late game.

Walk Your Shots (archer)
Reduces hit chance penalty for ranged attacks from 6% に 5% per hex.

Pre-Builds (ネタバレ)

These are characters you will run across as you play the game. したがって, be aware of potential spoilers in this section.

Ketill
Good for Bow, Healing and Leadership. A peaceful diplomat.

強さ: 3
持久力: 4
Finesse: 6
感知 10
Sense: 6

Nefja
Good for Spears, Knives and the Shield. Galder, Leadership and Witchcraft. An honourable warmonger.

強さ: 3
持久力: 7
Finesse: 10
感知: 4
Sense: 5

Asleifr
Shield and Sword. Spread too thin to be specialised in anything. A stuck up warmonger.

強さ: 8
持久力: 6
Finesse: 6
感知: 6
Sense: 3

Gunnarr
Dane axe. Galder and Leadership are optional. A looting warmonger.

強さ: 10
持久力: 8
Finesse: 6
感知: 1
Sense: 4

Röskva
ヒーリング, 魔術, シールド, Sling, ナイフ. A cunning, looting chieftain.

強さ: 1
持久力: 4
Finesse: 7
感知: 7
Sense: 10

Eudis
斧, シールド, リーダーシップ, ヒーリング, Galder. A peaceful diplomat.

強さ: 6
持久力: 10
Finesse: 1
感知: 5
Sense: 7

Morcant
ヒーラー, 祝祷. シールド, Sling, ナイフ, リーダーシップ. A peaceful diplomat.

強さ: 2
持久力: 5
Finesse: 6
感知: 7
Sense: 9

Aife
槍, 弓. A peaceful member of the Picts.

強さ: 3
持久力: 5
Finesse: 8
感知: 10
Sense: 3

Party Structure

As with other RPGs you need a party where each member contributes with a unique set of skills.

You will want every skill used in camping (ヒーリング, 魔術, ガード, 狩猟, Preserving) maxed out on at least one character.

It is recommended to have a dedicated craftsman with Armorsmithing, 職人, クラフト, and Repairing skills. Potentially also Tinkering.

Scouting and Cooking will also be nice to have.

Recommended setup (including the main character) は:

• 2 Vikingr/Berserkrs, to take damage and seal choke points.
• 1 Völva/Support, to heal and buff allies and debuff enemies.
• 2 射手, to kill enemies at a distance.
• 1 Optional Nidingr or similar.

General Tips and Tricks

• Pressing Alt will toggle the highlighting of clickable items.
• During camping, convert herbs to medicine to heal your injuries.
• Water skins will help protect you against flaming arrows.
• Use items. You can tinker with new ones.