"All good things...
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|  __|     |  ___  |  |  __ |    | |        |  __|
| |        | |   | |  | |  \ \   | |        | |
| |        | |   | |  | |___| |  | |____/\  | |____/\
|/         |/     \|  |/ \___/   |_______/  |_______/
...must come to an end."
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Fable
for the Xbox
FAQ/Walkthrough
Last Updated 02/03/05
Version 1.2
Written & Compiled by "ATesta"
Email address TestaALT@aol.com
This file is Copyright (c) 2005 Andrew "TestaALT" Testa. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents:
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1. Author's Forward
1.1  -  Version History
1.2  -  Introduction
2. Basics
2.1  -  Story
2.2  -  Controls
2.3  -  Overview
3. Walkthrough
3.1  -  Oakvale
3.2  -  Heroes' Guild
3.3  -  Lookout Point
3.4  -  Bowerstone South
3.5  -  Greatwood
3.6  -  Darkwood
3.7  -  Oakvale and Seeress
3.8  -  Witchwood
3.9  -  Knothole Glade
3.10 -  Arena
3.11 -  Post-Arena Optional Quests
3.12 -  Archaeologist and Graveyard Quests
3.13 -  Rescue Scarlet Robe
3.14 -  Hook Coast
3.15 -  Stop Jack of Blades
3.16 -  Post-Jack Optional Quests
4. Appendices
4.1  -  Bosses
4.2  -  Enemies
4.3  -  Quests
4.4  -  Optional Quests
4.5  -  Weapons
4.6  -  Armor
4.7  -  Items
4.8  -  Magic
4.9  -  Augmentations
4.10 -  Demon Doors
4.11 -  Silver Keys
4.12 -  Silver Key Chests
4.13 -  Tattoos/Hairstyles
4.14 -  Books
5. Other Stuff You Can Do
5.1  -  Money-Making
5.2  -  Getting Married
5.3  -  Experience Pools
5.4  -  Crime
5.5  -  Fishing
5.6  -  Digging
5.7  -  Tavern Games
5.8  -  Secrets/Glitches
5.9  -  Temple of Skorm
5.10 -  Temple of Avo
6. Frequently Asked Questions
7. Footer
7.1  -  Credits
7.2  -  Legal Disclaimer
7.3  -  Contact Information
Quick Navigation:
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Five easy steps to jumping to the section you want.
1. Highlight the section name and letter (as seen above).
2. Press Control and C.
3. Press Control and F.
4. Press Control and V.
5. Press Enter.
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1.1  -  Version History
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Version 1.2   (02/03/05): Added some more frequently asked questions because
(naturally) they were frequently asked.
Version 1.1   (10/27/04): Added weapon and armor lists.
Version 0.80  (10/24/04): Added books and user tips right and left.
Version 0.75  (10/16/04): All optional quests complete. Added reader tips.
Version 0.71  (10/11/04): Revised guide.
Version 0.70  (10/09/04): Walkthrough completed!
Version 0.55  (10/09/04): Walkthrough before Scarlet Robe Quest.
Version 0.20  (10/07/04): Basics section done. Added secrets/glitches.
Version 0.15  (10/05/04): Walkthrough through Barrows Field.
Version 0.08  (10/04/04): Walkthrough through Orchard Farm Quest.
Version 0.07  (10/03/04): Walkthrough up to middle of Bowerstone South.
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If I were to write an introduction, it would just be a rehashed version of this:
http://www.gamecritics.com/review/fable/main.php
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2. Basics
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This section is worthwhile if you don't have a manual.
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2.1  -  Story
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A word from the Guildmaster:
Congratulations are in store for you. The fact you have been proved with the
Book of the Guild means you must be one of a lucky few with enough potential
to be invited here as a Hero apprentice.
We consider this text sacred and even, I would say, magical. You would be
wise to study it carefully from cover to cover in order to unveil its many
secrets.
The task ahead of you will not be an easy one. Only through years of hard
work can you hope to unleash your latent powers. During its long history the
guild has seen many apprentices fail through idleness and overconfidence, and
I would be sorry to see one with potential such as you throw it all away.
Albion needs its Heroes now more than ever.
Becoming a Hero of Renown means achieving great things, and to accomplish
less than greatness is to have done next to nothing at all. You must
understand that, for the Guild, greatness has no bearing with regard to
perceived good or evil. No, it has more to do with the Renown one achieves
through actions, regardless of mortality. Be forewarned that the work
necessary to become a Hero is not to be taken half-heartedly. On the
contrary, this will be a most gruelling and arduous training, encompassing
all aspects of mind, body, and spirit. I say this without a wisp of doubt. We
require that you apply yourself as never before, but having done that, the
rewards and Renown you may achieve are unimaginable.
This said, if you do finally graduate from this Heroes' Guild, you may even
one day be acknowledged as the greatest hero ever to stride the cobbled paths
of Albion. Statues have been erected all over the land in honour of those few
Great Ones who came before you, those laid to rest and permanently entombed
at the Guild. We may only hope our success in training you will one day flame
your successes throughout Albion, coarse a place as it is. Go now, and seek
your destiny!
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Default Mode
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A Button: Interact
B Button: Run/Flourish
X Button: Attack
Y Button: Block
White Button: Arm/Sheathe Melee Weapon
Black Button: Arm/Sheathe Ranged Weapon
Start Button: Pause Screen
Back Button: Inventory
Left Joystick: Movement or Zoom Bow (Click)
Right Joystick: Camera/Expand Map (Click)
D-Pad: Items & Expressions
Right Trigger: Hold for Magic/Collect Experience Orbs
Left Trigger: Target Lock-on
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Magic Mode
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A Button: Cast Spell
B Button: Cast Spell
X Button: Cast Spell
Y Button: Cycle Spells
White Button: Arm/Sheathe Melee Weapon
Black Button: Arm/Sheathe Ranged Weapon
Start Button: Pause Screen
Back Button: Inventory
Left Joystick: Movement or Zoom Bow (Click)
Right Joystick: Camera/Expand Map (Click)
D-Pad: Favorites
Right Trigger: (Hold for Magic)
Left Trigger: Target Lock-on
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At Your Command
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The following information describes the primary items that appear in your
view. We are unable, apprentice, to describe every possible option but have
focused on those you will encounter most often.
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Health Bar
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The red bar in the upper-left portion of your view is the Health bar. Each
time you receive a hit from an enemy, it impacts your health. Replenish your
health by eating some food or drinking a potion.
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Mana Bar
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The blue bar in the upper-left portion of your view is the Mana bar. Mana
depletes when you use magical powers of the Will. It replenishes with time,
but returns more quickly when you drink blue potions.
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Combat Multiplier
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The Combat Multiplier idicates how much Experience you gain when you inflict
blows upon your enemies. The higher the number, the more Experience points
gained when you absorb Experience Orbs left in the wake of their deaths. For
this reason, it is prudent to wait until you have your way with an entire
group of enemies before absorbing the Experience Orbs.
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General Experience Points
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The General Experience Points notification appears momentarily to indicate an
increase in General Experience points. These are accumulated by gathering
Experience Orbs.
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Strength Experience Points
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The Strength Experience Points notification appears momentarily to indicate
an increase in General Experience points. These are accumulated by using your
fists or melee weapons in close combat.
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Skill Experience Points
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The Skill Experience Points notification appears momentarily to indicate an
increase in General Experience points. These are accumulated by using the
bow.
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Will Experience Points
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The General Experience Points notification appears momentarily to indicate an
increase in General Experience points. These are accumulated by using magic.
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Gold Notification
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The Gold notification appears momentarily to indicate how much gold you have
as well as how much you just gained or lost.
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Quick Menu
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The Quick menu appears when you select the Quick menu icon by pressing upward
with the d-pad. Use the d-pad to scroll through your choices and press right
on the d-pad to continue through your chosen category. Press the d-pad to the
left to go back one screen at a time or the back button to exit the Quick
menu completely.
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Context Sensitive Icons
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Context-sensitive icons appear in the lower-left portion of your view and
temporarily replace other icons. Two of the most helpful icons to be aware of
are the Digging and Fishing icons. Health, Mana, and Expressions also appear
just when you need them. When one appears, press in the direction of the icon
to use the shovel, fishing rod, or whatever else makes itself available. Pay
close attention to these, and you never know what you might discover.
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Mini Map
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The Mini Map is located in the upper-right corner of your view. Click the
right joystick to zoom in on the map. A legend for the Mini Map is available
when you select Map from your Inventory. Use the right joystick to scroll
down and see a description for each map symbol.
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Awareness Eye
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Attached to the Mini Map, the Awareness Eye indicates how many individuals
are aware of you. A red Awareness Eye reveals to you that enemies are
present.
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Clock
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Also attached to the Mini Map, the Clock is split in half between night and
day to mark the passing of time. This allows you to know the approximate time
of day or night depending on where the arrow is pointing.
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Inventory
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Press the back button to display the Inventory. Use the left joystick or the
d-pad to navigate through the Skills, Equipment, Map, Quests, Logbook, and
Statistics choices, and press the A button for your preferred category. Use
the right joystick to scroll within any screen. Press the back button to
exit the Inventory.
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Pause Screen
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Press the start button to display the Pause screen. Choose to Save or Load a
game, configure game Options, enter Xbox Live Aware, or view Controller in-
formation from the Help option.
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Unsheathe/Sheathe Melee Weapon
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Press the White button to unsheathe or sheathe your current melee weapon. To
weild a different weapon, selectit from Equipment/Weapons in your inventory.
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Unsheathe/Sheathe Ranged Weapon
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When you press the black button, you weild or put away the bow. To weild a
differenttype of bow, select it from the Equipment/Weapons in your Inventory.
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Block Icon
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use the Y button to block an opponent's attack. Also, while holding the Y
button, use the left joystick to roll or block at the same time.
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Attack Icon
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Use the X button to attack an enemy, whether with hand-to-hand combat or a
weapon. When using the bow, press X to shoot an arrow. The longer you hold X
down, the more powerful the force of the arrow, although accuracy will de-
crease. Click the left joystick to display and zoom the crosshair. Each add-
itional press increases the zoom until it returns to normal view.
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Flourish Icon
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Th Flourish icon appears when you successfully land several blows without
reply on an enemy. When it appears, press B to unleash a vicious, unblockable
attack on the enemy. Direct the Flourish with the left joystick. String to-
gether multiple Flourish attacks by continuing to make contact without miss-
ing.
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Speech Icon
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The Speech icon indicates there is someone to interact with by pressing A.
A green highlight indicates someone with information for you. Purple indi-
cates neutral characters. Red highlighting indicates people hostile towards
you.
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Interact Icon
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The Interact icon reveals interactive objects, those that emit a blue or
purple glow.
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The Hero's Apprenticeship
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The Hero apprenticeship program focuses on the three most important attri-
butes a Hero must develop to succeed: Strength, Skill, and Will. Mastery of
all three sets you on the way to greatness, but to graduate, we only require
that you have become proficient enough to pass a final Guild test.
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Strength
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Although Strength is the primarily physical ability, that which you have in-
herited, we do expect you to strengthen yourself on a daily basis while main-
taining a nutritios diet of wild game and freshly-harvested produce. Espec-
ially after graduating from the Guild, you will find increasing Strength ben-
efits you through your being able to carry heavier weapons. You can also do
more damage to opponents in battle.
During your apprenticeship, we encourage you to wander the Guild woods and
explore the grounds in your free time. Running across the bridges may be
good exercise, but do be careful about running around the facilities in your
undergarments or apprentice robe with your sword drawn - this is as dangerous
to others as it is to yourself. After you graduate from the Guild, increase
your Strength by gaining Experience and then levelling up your physique,
health, and toughness at the Experience Spending Platform.
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Skill
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Developing hero-level battle skills requires daily training in ranged combat.
Training in ranged combat primarily focuses upon use of the bow. The bow may
be the most difficult of all weapons to truly master, but once accomplished,
is extremely useful in combat. If you can see your enemies but they can't see
you, you're clearly at an advantage - and with ranged weapons, enemies can
be eliminated at a distance.
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Will
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Will is, in essence, the ability to use magical powers. The mastery of Will
is the most misunderstood and underrated Hero ability and at the same time is
particularly distinguishing characteristic between Heroes. Numerous Will
powers are available, and what you choose to specialize in is up to you.
In Will training, you are first shown one of the most basic powers - that of
the ranged Lightnin Spell attack. This basic attack will always serve you
well, but as you gain additional experience, you an increase your abilities
and acquire other powers. As with melee combat, some powers of the Will are
primarily for close-in encounters, while others are useful from a distance.
With any of them, it is the focus and duration of your Will that inflicts
more damage on your enemy.
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The Way of a Hero
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Only after graduating from the Guild may you call yourself a Hero, but this
is just the first step. Becoming a Hero of greatness requires you to increase
both your Renown and your Experience. To this end, yound Heroes must accept
increasily challenging quests that the citizenry of Albion drop off at the
Guild. These are tasks deemed impossible for ordinary citizens, and many are
thought not possible even for the mightiest of Heroes. Use the Quest Card's
description to decide whether or not a particular Quest suits you according
to your Experience and abilities. As we've stated before, it takes time to
become a Great Hero, and the path to greatess is yours for the choosing.
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Accepting Quests
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To help you decide between the various Quest Card available to you, it is
important to keep in mind that gold Quest Cards are those you must complete
before progressing; silver Quest Cards are optional. To accept a Quest, press
A to interact with the map in the Guild Map Rom.
As stated, the Guild makes no mortality judgements with respect to good or
evil Quests, and you are free to pursue your own path. You can kill and
steal, or be noble and help the villagers, defeating villains and monsters
as needed.
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For Good, or For Evil?
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Your actions as a Hero, good or evil, or somewhere in the middle, determine
your alignment, and in turn, your physical appearance. Generally speaking,
when you kill Gurds, Traders, or villages, you might begin to grow horns, or
even attract insects. If you choose to save Traders and villagers from evil
beasts that room the woods, you may have lighter-colored eyes and a butter-
fly-friendly demeanour. Good or Evil alignment also affects the way the
people of Albion respond to you.
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Gaining Experience
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As you go about a Quest, you will gain General Experience, as well as speci-
fic Experience in Strength, Skill, and Will, depending on the means used to
succeed. The approach used to defeat enemies has a direct bearing on this.
Using melee weapons gains you Experience in Strength. Using the bow gains you
Experience in Skill, and using magical weapons gives you Experience in the
Will. Whichever ability you use to defeate enemies, when vanquished they
leave glowing Experience Orbs. Walk through them or use your poers of the
Will (Right Trigger) to draw them to you, and thereby gain General Exper-
ience.
When you gain Experience, notification show you how much and what kind of
Experience you have gained. Now you can use this Experience to enhance your
abilities at the Experience Spending Platform at the guild.
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Gaining Renown
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Everything you do affects the way the people of Albion perceive you. The fair
citizens may love or hate you, as well as respect and fear you. Or, they
might simply laugh at you. The choices are yours to make, and the type of
Renown you receive from the people in the villages throughout Albion reflects
your decisions. Word travels quite quickly here.
Renown is garnered through your action in Quests, but Heroes for hundreds of
years have also furthered their Renown by displaying Quest trophies. It goes
without saying that brandishing a Bandit's head for all to see cannot help
but promote one's heroism and great deeds across the land.
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Heroic Boasting
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You can also boast on the Boasting Platform before going on a Quest. Just
outside the front door of the Guild, the Boasting Platform is where a Hero
can stand up and make a mighty boast such as "I'll kill the Balverine while
wearing no clothing," if you care to expose yourself in this way. Boasts
bring you more gold for completing a Quest, because they are wagers of con-
fidence in your ability.
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Travelling About Albion
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The world of Albion is full of activity. Wild beasts roam the wilderness
preying on Bandits, Traders, wanderng nomads, and careless adventurers. As
you travel the world, numerous random encounters may take place. It is up
to you just where you go and what you do. You are not required to spend all
your time pursuing Quests from the Guild. As a Hero, your time is your own
and the world is yours to explore as you wish.
However, as you travel, there are times when even a great Hero finds himself
lost in the woods looking for the front entrance to Orchard Farm. This is
where consulting your Mini Map could aid you. Take a look at the map any time
you need to re-orient yourself by clicking the right trigger. At times, you
will encounter additional pieces of the map that may provide you with more
details. For a key to the map, select the Map heading in your Inventory and
scroll down.
For a Hero, travel around Albion is now especially exciting. This is because
the Guild has recently finished construction of a metod of travel no other
citizen possesses - that of the Teleport Pad/Cullis Gate Travel system.
Utilizing highly-advanced Guild ingenuity, this travel system allows any Hero
to use a certified Cullis Gate that has become unlocked upon entering a re-
gion. After one is unlocked, you can travel to that Cullis Gate any time
using your Guild Seal.
You can also use the Guild Seal as a recall device from anywhere in the
world of Albion back to your last location. You may also teleport back to
the Guild at any time, whether it is to quickly obtain another Quest Card,
replenish health, level up abilities, or eat a quick meal at the Dining
Hall (note: for your own safety, please don't drink strong mead and tele-
port). Whatever the reason, we encourage our Heroes to use their Guild Seals
to return to the Guild any time they wish. Our guild is certainly your Guild.
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Buying and Selling Inventory
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The currency in Albion is gold, and as we hope you learned in your Guild
training, you must have gold to be able to buy anything at all, except peace
and tranquility - that's found out on Fisher Creek.
There are many different ways to acquire gold, the main method being that of
completing Quests, but you an also trade goods or even buy and sell houses
and shops for a profit. Most of the objects in Albion can be bought and
sold, though some, of course, are found in the course of your travels.
When you have acquired enough gold, you can purchase important items, such
as food, potions, medicines, and, of course, weapons and armour, for your
Inventory. You can purchase most of these items in towns suck as Bowerstone.
Many items are also available from wandering Traders throughout Albion.
The fair city of Bowerstone, as with other towns, offers a number of trading
booths along its many walkways and paths. If there's an item you are inter-
ested in, speak to the proprietor with the A button and then sort through
what he has on offer. You can sell items from your inventory, suck as in a
case where you need gold in a hurry. Be cautious about getting the right
price unlss you do not care to make a profit.
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Weapons and Armour
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As far as obtaining weapon and armour, a small selection is available at the
Guild Shop, but it is best to look for the appropiate Trader's booth or shop
in one of the towns or villages. Be aware that heavier weapons require the
Strength to wield them or they will do you no good. To sell weapons or ar-
mour from your inventory, choose to sell an item while negotiating with the
Trader.
Armour also my be purchased in twon from the Armoury. Additionaly armour is
never a bad idea and may save your neck, literally. It is not easily afford-
able, so make sure you have accumulated enough gold before you try buying
armour.
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Potions and Medicines
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A Hero's use of potions and medicines is not trivial and should be consider-
ed carefully. Regional apothecaries have built entire trades out of these po-
tions, but some have proven more useful for reinvigorating one's health,
while others are primarily for replenishing Mana. This is by no means an
exact art, and the strengths of potions vary significantly. As a general
rule, the blood-red potions indicate aid to physical health, and the blue-
azurite blends are for Mana replenishment. There may even be newer, recent-
ly developed blends available, but we do not have exact details on those
yet. An accomplsihed Hero has learned the value of keeping these potions on
hand.
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A Hero's Appearance
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Another slightly useful aspect to a Hero's reputation are the various body
decorations one may purchase, such as tattoos and haircuts. Many Traders
provide tattoos just as they do consumables and other items. Whatever the
look you are after, the people of Albion will respond in kind.
Maybe you are thinking of getting married, and you have decided you need a
change of hairstyle. If this is the case, visit the Barber of Bowerstone and
request one. Do be careful though, as her razors are always quite sharp.
In addition to getting tattoos or haircuts, you have a standard issue Hero's
wardrobe available in your Inventory which allows you to change the clothes
you're wearing at any time. Sometimes, this may even provide a strategic
advantage. For example, you might need to sneak into a Bandit's camp for
some reason, and having a quick-change Bandit's suit on hand is just right
for such an occassion. This allows you to slip into something more comfort-
able for mingling with the Bandits, just as if you were one of their own.
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Enhancing Abilities and Weapons
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As mentioned, when you complete Quests and other adventures in Albion, you
accumulte valuable Experience. This does not go unrecognized by the Guild,
and, for that reason, we created the Experience Spending Platform in the
main building.
At the Experience Spending Platform, opposite the Guild Teleport Pad in the
Map Room, you can enhance your present abilities or even gain new ones. To
use the Experience Spending Platform, first walk onto it. Select the ability
you wish to enhance or the new ability you want to add. As you scroll over
an item, view the points required for it, as well as details about what the
ability provides for you.
Each additional ability level requires an ever increasing amount of Exper-
ience points. You can use General Experience points on anything, but the
Experience in Strength, Skill, or Will can only be spent on the associated
ability and must be used up first, before using General Experience. After
you make a selection, choose to Buy with the A button. When you are done
levelling up, exit the menu.
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Augmenting Weapons
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Not only are there a number of weapons with different capabilities available
to a Hero, but some weapons are augmentable. An augmentable weapon has add-
itional slots next to it when you select it from the Equipment/Weapons in
your Inventory.
For augmentations you need augmentation jewels. You can find augmentation
jewels in a number of places, such as from blacksmiths, Traders, the Armoury,
or even in parts of Albion where jewels have been hidden or forgotten. To
perform an augmentation, simply select the weapon, and then select Augment.
The various augmentations from your Inventory are displayed. Select the
augmentation you desire, and the newly-augmented weapon is ready for se-
vering Balverine heads like a knife through freshly-churned butter. After
a weapon is augmented, the augmentation cannot be removed, so choose wisely.
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3. Walkthrough
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WALK. NOW.
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3.1  -  Oakvale
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After the fantastic introduction, your father states that it is your sister's
birthday and you should get her a gift. Since he doesn't want you to do bad
deeds, for every good deed you accomplish, you will get one gold piece from
him.  While you get one gold piece from your father for good deeds, bad deeds
yield the exact same amount; you just have to take bribes or beat the snot
out of little kids, also. You're father won't be happy, but being bad pays
well.  This is Fable's first dilemma; whether to go good or bad. I can say
that both are rather fun, and pretty equal in toughness. I will cover both in
this walkthrough, so choose whichever one you like.
In this area of the game, there are four deeds you can accomplish. Each will
get you the money you need for the present, which costs three gold. The
present is a box of chocolates that you can buy from the trader. I will break
down each deed into subtitles, for your convenience, of course.
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The Affair Deed
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From your father, walk south down the path passed the first house and over to
a whitish house. If you walk up to the door, you will hear two people
talking. It sounds like an affair. Walk left around the house and over to the
prostitute. Alongside her, you will find a man. Talk to him and he will tell
you that his wife is working, and he should be entitled to do whatever he
wants. Now you will get the option of either taking his one gold piece bribe
or telling his wife.
To be good, say that you won't take his bribe. In fact, we will do one better
and go tell his wife about his affair! Run back around the house and follow
the tattered path down to the central area. The central area has a big tree
in the middle so you can't miss it. The wife is by the northeastern house.
She will be complaining about her husband's absence, so fill her in about the
affair. Afterwards, she will run off to her husband and verbally abuse him.
It's really a joy to watch. Now, go back to your father and he will award you
with one gold piece.
For bad, take his bribe and don't tell his wife about the affair. If you tell
his wife, it will yield good points. And we don't want good points, now do
we? Something else to point out, you can take the bribe and tell his wife for
two gold pieces, if you desire. I would not recommend this merely because you
get good and bad points, and it is better to be lopsided in one category.
Also, one gold piece is nothing at all a little later in the game.
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The Watchman Deed
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To get to this deed, start off at the big tree in the center of town. Go east
of it and you will come to a fork. Take the lower path a little ways and a
man will ask for a favor. He asks to watch his stuff while he answers a call
of nature. The man will tell your father if you make a good watchman and
stand between the two piles of crates while he is gone. So, if you are going
good, just stand where you are at while the time elapses below the map. You
will get a good deed when he comes back.
Right after the man leaves, a little boy will tell you that you can find
stuff in the barrels inside the three farmhouses. In all, you can find one
gold piece. If you want to be bad, follow the little boy's orders: go inside
the farmhouse and smash the barrels. Target with the left trigger and press X
to smash the barrels. There are three barrels in each farmhouse, making a
total of nine barrels. One of these nine has a gold piece in it, and it is
usually the last one. Don't be surprised when two Giant Beetles are
discovered when you smash the barrels. They are easily disposed of, however,
with one good punch. Stay inside the last farmhouse and you will earn evil
points when he comes back and doesn't find you.
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The Bully Deed
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So, you have two gold pieces either being a bad, bad boy or a good, benign
person. You want your third so you can buy your sister a gift and get on with
the story, right? Start off at the central area with the big tree and opt to
take the east path. After a couple steps, you will be at a fork. Take the
north path this time, last time we chose the south path to the farmer. After
walking up the path, you will see a bully and a little kid in plain view.
Talk to the bully and he will tell you about a teddy bear and beating the
snot out of the little kid. Now, talk to the kid. He will tell you that this
guy is a bully and you can beat him up.
Obviously, to be good, you have to beat up the bully. Target him with the
left trigger and let him have it by pressing X. This will punch him once, so
string along three more punches and he will run off. You will get a good deed
and the boy think highly of you. So highly, in fact, that he will give you
his teddy bear. Look at the last deed to find out what to do with it.
Being bad is a bit more fun -- or cruel -- than being good. Target the little
kid and beat the snot out of him! After a couple punches, he will gladly give
you his bear. But don't stop their, you can use the kid as a punching bag for
hours, if you like. Every couple of punches will yield another two bad
points, which is a good thing if you are going evil.
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The Teddy Bear Deed
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Now, you have a teddy bear and you don't know what to do with it. I think the
choices are obvious, you either give it to the girl that lost it (good) or to
the bully (bad). For bad, just hand him the teddy bear when you are done
beating the snot out of the kid. You don't get any gold, but you already have
enough (three pieces) to buy the chocolates.
For good, walk back down the path and over to the central tree area. Then, go
back east where you just were and you will be confronted by two paths. Take
the southern path and follow it down. You *should* find the little girl that
needs the teddy bear here. If she is not here, then look for her in the
central tree area. One way or another, you'll find the little girl. Give
her the beloved teddy bear "Rosie" and you will have accomplished a good
deed!
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Now, we either have four good deeds (good) or three gold pieces (bad). If you
are going good, seal the deal by running back to your Dad and asking him for
the gold pieces. He will gladly give them to you, at which point both the
good and bad games collide because you have the money to buy the gift either
way. So, make your way to the central area with the huge tree. If you look
southwest you should see a stone house. Walk up to it and a trader should be
yelling something about items. After conversing with him, buy the chocolates
for three gold pieces.
Run back around the huge tree north. You'll find a big path that runs under a
bridge north. Run up it until you come to a field. This is where your sister
resides at. Go inside via the opening in the gate and, after a small
conversation, agree to give her the chocolates. If you don't, you won't
proceed in the story.
Afterwards, run back down through the opening and we'll see another cool
cutscene. It seems bandits have raided the city. After that, they will go
back into storybook cutscene mode and you will have control of the main
character. If you go down the big path you are on that leads to the central
area with the tree, you will find out it is blockaded by fire. Instead, take
the path in between the two trees that veers left. Follow it up the hill,
passed the bridge, down the slope, and over to your father. We'll have
another cool cutscene, and you'll end up in the Heroes' Guild.
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Childhood Training
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After the cutscene at the guild, Whisper will wake you up. Whisper is a weird
name, isn't it? Anyway, Whisper states that the Guildmaster got tired of
waiting and is probably at the training grounds. Before we show him the great
potential we have, first we should raid the guild of all its items. Yeah,
that sounds good, doesn't it?
From here, walk around the quest table and down the stairs. If you look left,
you should see two doorways. Walk over to them and take the right door. Now
we will be in a library. You can ransack the library of all its books, which
is what we are going to do. Press A next to a bookshelf that is highlighted
and you'll pilfer one book sometimes. If you press A on every bookshelf, you
will get eleven books. Also, you won't get any good or bad points for doing
this, so loot away, you goody-two-shoes, you!
No, I don't know what these books do, if anything. I do, however, know that
they have useful information in them. You should use it as your guide
sometimes if something puzzles you. Anyway, walk out of the library, up the
steps, and over to the quest table. If you look around this room, you should
see two staircases that spiral up to each other.
Walk up either staircase and up more stairs. Now we will be back at the
barracks, where you and Whisper sleep, along with a lot of other people. They
all go to sleep at a certain time and that's why all the beds are vacant.
Anyway, there are around ten bookshelfs in these barracks and, after you are
done pilfering through all of them, you should find around four books and a
Kryndon Tattoo. Note that the barracks are three rooms, not just the center
one. That concludes the pilfering of this area.
In the barracks, go over to the eastern wing. At the northern end of the room
lies a opening which leads outside. Take it, and go down all the steps that
proceed. You'll reach green grass, and a bridge will be in front of you. If
you look at your map on the upper right part of the screen, you will see a
gold icon on the map. You have to reach that icon. So, go across the bridge
and take the tattered path until you reach the Guildmaster. He will be next
to a big melee ring.
After another cutscene, you'll be thrown into the ring with a dummy. You're
job is to hit it seven times. Target it with the left trigger and let him
have it by pressing X. After the last hit, the Guildmaster will say that you
aren't having a lot of impact, and gives you a stick. Press the White Button
to weild the stick in your hands. Hit the dummy seven times and we will have
*another* cutscene. It seems something is lose in the woods, and the
Guildmaster gives you a quest.
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Melee Combat Test
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If you finish this quest, the main character (you!) will get twenty gold and
thirty renown. This is pretty good for a child like yourself. Anyway, the
quest takes place in the woods, where you will have to kill ten pushover
beetles. Follow the Guildmaster over to the entrance of the woods. Get used
to walking to quests on the map, also. Remember: the gold icon signifies the
best quest you can do at the time. Enter the woods.
Weild your weapon by pressing the White Button. If you look on the map, you
find that a lot of red resides on the other side of the forest. Red dots are
the enemies, and in this case it is ten beetles. Run around the forest from
either side to fight them; it doesn't matter which side. The beetles are
*extremely* easy foes. Just whack them with the stick once and they will
fall. Remember to press the right trigger to magnify the experience orbs
towards you, instead of running up and grabbing them yourself. The beetles
are extremely easy if you target and hit.
When you are done, put away your weapon and run back to the entrance of the
guild. We will have another conversation with Maze that ends with leaving
your childhood and beginning apprenticeship, or staying a child for a little
longer and accomplishing two small optional quests. Please, chose to stay a
child and do the two optional quests. Both are easy and give money and items,
so you should do both quests. Anyway, here are the two optional quests.
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Applepie Hunt (Optional)
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From the melee combat ring, take the tattered path north, and follow it until
you come to the entrance of a big house. Inside, you will find a maid that
needs to bake an applepie, but she needs the key ingredient, apples! What a
ditz. Anyway, exit the house and go over to the melee combat ring. Then go
north and over to the Guild Woods but don't enter. Instead, walk back down
the brown path a little ways and you should see an apple by some trees. Grab
it. There are three more apples that the lady needs for her pie.
Apple One: This is the apple that we just picked up.
Apple Two: From apple one, walk left into a big rock that has roses around
it. In these roses, you will find the second apple.
Apple Three: From the second apple, loop around the rocks and hug the wall a
little ways. Apple three should be on the ground.
Apple Four: From the third apple, walk west down the slope and it will be
lying on the ground.
Now that you have all four apples, run back to the servant and exchange the
apples for a Blueberry Pie!
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The Race (Optional)
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This is a pretty simple optional quest; all you have to do is run to the
demon door and back within fifty seconds. If you don't know where the demon
door is, it will be on the map with the symbol of a red dot. To start the
race, go over to the remaining green dot on the map. If you want directions,
from the melee combat ring take the tattered path north until you can veer
left to a bridge. After crossing it, follow the tattered path straight passed
the hedges and hang a left. Two guild members will be talking about racing to
the demon door and back in fifty seconds. Talk to one of them and agree to
racing a time trail race.
The key is to cut corners and get a good jump from the beginning. When you
reach the demon door, just touch it and run back. You DO NOT have to talk to
the door, merely touch it. When you reach the finally leg of the race, try to
converse with the guild member who challenged you to race from as far away as
you can by triggering him. You will get twenty-five gold pieces for beating
his time. You can *always* try again if you lost, by the way.
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Apprentice Training
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Anyway, run over to the Guildmaster, who is at the entrance of the Guild
Woods, and tell him you would like to go to apprenticeship. Another cutscene
will occur and Whisper will wake you up the next day. She will race you to
the melee combat ring. It doesn't matter who wins but we wants to show
Whisper who's better, right?
Hold B down while you are walking to run. Run through the doorway to the
south and go through the center barrack. After passing the hall, take the
doorway from the eastern wing outside. Go down the steps and across the
bridge in front of you. Then, hang a right and follow the tattered path to
the combat melee ring.
After some more conversing, we will be in a fight with Whisper. Well, not
really. For this fight, all you have to do is hit Whisper with your new sword
seven times without worry of her fighting back. After that, you will have to
block Whisper's attacks five times. Just hold Y and let Whisper hit you. Roll
right before Whisper tries to hit you by pressing left or right if you want
to make things easier. She will follow up the miss with a weak swing at you
from your new position. Do this five times.
After more dialogue, you will be in a real fight with Whisper. She is
*extremely* easy to defeat. Hold Y to block and when she tries to make a
swing at you, roll and hit her from behind. It's really, really, *really*
easy to defeat her. Anyway, after that you will have to meet the Guildmaster
by the archery range. Just follow him over to it.
When you get there, converse with him and he will give you a bow. Now, hit
each target in the range one time by triggering them with the left trigger.
It's extremely easy because they are stationary. After that, the Guildmaster
will ask you to do the same thing, only hit them while moving. This is
basically the same as before, but you should try to move with the targets to
have a better aim. This one is worth points, but they don't matter.