Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
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Destiny Dominated
You have won the game on Hard difficulty. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Destiny Dominated achievement in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Definitive Guide
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Destiny Dominated (100g)
You get this achievement for beating the game on Hard difficulty. In fact this only requires that you beat the main story quest (the one at the top of your quest list). You'll probably want/need to do some side quests just to get your level up but don't go nuts with it, I was only at around level 20 when I finished the game.
I'm not saying this is the best way, but this is how I did it.
I had nearly all my points in Sorcery. Get your Ice and Shock magic attacks leveled right up. I used chakrams as my main weapon and so had that all leveled up too. Aside from Ice and Shock I also had the Healing Surge and Summon abilities leveled and placed in my quick-select.
Then it's just a case of getting a few bits of clothing that regen your health (you can make this happen by getting your sagecrafting up and making a health regen utility gem and sticking it into a bit clothing that has a utility socket) and mana and picking up some sweet weaponary. Secondary weapons aren't too important but I went with a bow just to get some extra hits in.
The key to winning the big battles is to buy a lot of health potions and save up your other potions too. Especially health regen and Hardened Shell (which limits the damage you take). The you want to get some Fate potions (you can make these if you have, I think, level 5 in Alchemy). These let you go into that mad fate-based rage mode. Essential against the big bosses (but not the final one).
You get this achievement for beating the game on Hard difficulty. In fact this only requires that you beat the main story quest (the one at the top of your quest list). You'll probably want/need to do some side quests just to get your level up but don't go nuts with it, I was only at around level 20 when I finished the game.
I'm not saying this is the best way, but this is how I did it.
I had nearly all my points in Sorcery. Get your Ice and Shock magic attacks leveled right up. I used chakrams as my main weapon and so had that all leveled up too. Aside from Ice and Shock I also had the Healing Surge and Summon abilities leveled and placed in my quick-select.
Then it's just a case of getting a few bits of clothing that regen your health (you can make this happen by getting your sagecrafting up and making a health regen utility gem and sticking it into a bit clothing that has a utility socket) and mana and picking up some sweet weaponary. Secondary weapons aren't too important but I went with a bow just to get some extra hits in.
The key to winning the big battles is to buy a lot of health potions and save up your other potions too. Especially health regen and Hardened Shell (which limits the damage you take). The you want to get some Fate potions (you can make these if you have, I think, level 5 in Alchemy). These let you go into that mad fate-based rage mode. Essential against the big bosses (but not the final one).
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Good to know you only need to do the main questline. Very annoyed to find this achievement under the "secret" section. I would have played it on hard to start, but didn't see this achievement when I started and I currently have about 35 hours of play in.
By Xelliz on 23 Feb 2012 17:48
do you need to play the entire game on hard or can i just change the difficulty for the final battle
By carlthepenguin7 on 26 Feb 2012 02:58
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There is no reason not to do this on the 1st play. Take your time and enjoy the game go for all the other achievements on the way respecing if needed to get the others.
You might die a handful of times by being careless like not having health potions or watching the health gauge.
I played as a warrior and before I got to the east of the map I was level 30 and ridiculously over powered as a warrior.
Might be a little tough in the beginning but that's not saying much as even on hard this is not a difficult game....... It's certainly not Dark Souls hard that's for sure ;)
If going the warrior route a few points in sorcery helped early for spells once I got relentless assault in the warrior tree maxed I was unstoppable.
Other than that all I can say is if going for all in one play, start on hard, max detect hidden and persuasion asap, and get some points into dispell then alchemy as they will help pass speechchecks and show lorestones etc on the map. Some of the other skills are required not just persuasion to pass some speech checks.
You might die a handful of times by being careless like not having health potions or watching the health gauge.
I played as a warrior and before I got to the east of the map I was level 30 and ridiculously over powered as a warrior.
Might be a little tough in the beginning but that's not saying much as even on hard this is not a difficult game....... It's certainly not Dark Souls hard that's for sure ;)
If going the warrior route a few points in sorcery helped early for spells once I got relentless assault in the warrior tree maxed I was unstoppable.
Other than that all I can say is if going for all in one play, start on hard, max detect hidden and persuasion asap, and get some points into dispell then alchemy as they will help pass speechchecks and show lorestones etc on the map. Some of the other skills are required not just persuasion to pass some speech checks.
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There is a reason not to start on hard, I dont want to lol. Anyway, thanks for the tips for when I do get round to it though. Also is there a new game+ option or would I start from scratch again? That way I can get the skills you mentioned up before starting hard
By on 30 Mar 2012 14:13
Thanks for this guide. But I still got a question: I started on hard but i once switched to "easy" - after saving - for the "kill an enemy 4 levels higher than you"-achievement. After unlocking this I reloaded my save and continued playing. Did I just screw this achievement and do I have to start over now?
By Novalion on 21 Apr 2012 20:04
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To add to what PeaceSquid said, I just did this using a mixed Might/Sorcery with Chakras. Most of the game I had some agility too but near the end I respeced since I found sneaking wasn't helping much.
Health potions are a must, minor worked fine for me, mostly filled my health bar.
I did not spend a lot of time working on side quests. Maybe three to five hours on side quests at the beginning to level up and get gear. From there you will get most of the gear you need and all the xp you need as you progress. I am relatively certain the dungeons adjust to your level. When I started the final quest chain I was lvl 21 and had little trouble, although I did find it useful to sprint past a lot of enemies to save on frustration.
You don't need to be a wiz with the fighting mechanics. Spamming chakra attacks with occasional lightning bolts on trouble targets, like casters and heavy hitters, should get you thru most of the fights. Avoid the Sprites if you can help it.
Final battle is rather easy. Its the third to last boss battle that gave me the most grief. You will have NPCs helping you and a small room you can duck in to funnel the enemies.
Health potions are a must, minor worked fine for me, mostly filled my health bar.
I did not spend a lot of time working on side quests. Maybe three to five hours on side quests at the beginning to level up and get gear. From there you will get most of the gear you need and all the xp you need as you progress. I am relatively certain the dungeons adjust to your level. When I started the final quest chain I was lvl 21 and had little trouble, although I did find it useful to sprint past a lot of enemies to save on frustration.
You don't need to be a wiz with the fighting mechanics. Spamming chakra attacks with occasional lightning bolts on trouble targets, like casters and heavy hitters, should get you thru most of the fights. Avoid the Sprites if you can help it.
Final battle is rather easy. Its the third to last boss battle that gave me the most grief. You will have NPCs helping you and a small room you can duck in to funnel the enemies.
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Amalur really doesn't have a particularly steep difficulty curve, if you have any trouble back track and level up a little more, I did pretty much every side quest as i went along and had completed all faction quests except the travelers before making my way to the final area, by which time i was level 38.
I would suggest investing in the Black-smithing and Sage-crafting skills as well as alchemy and detect hidden. Armour and weapons made though black-smithing will almost always be better that what you can find, especially if you are using high end gems crafted though your Sage-Crafting skill
My build was as a Sorcery / Finesse Hybrid, this worked out very well, I used poison and burning damage on my weapons (Faeblades and Chakrams) the reason being is poison status effect cuts the damage opponents deal out by 50% and fire will fear most enemies after while which allows the S/F hybrid to generate criticals the entire time which also regenerates your mana. I also used the sustained abilities Envenomed edge (upgraded as far as Mysterious toxins) from the finesse tree and Sphere of protection from the Sorcery tree these help reduce the amount of damage you take from your opponent.
For the final boss fight you can only damage the boss while in reckoning mode, Take lots of Fate potions (4x essence of fate to make) these will fully replenish your reckoning meter instantly making the fight a lot shorter as you wont have to generate fate off of the ghostly replicas of yourself that the boss creates. These replicas will use the same weapons and abilities as you do.
I would suggest investing in the Black-smithing and Sage-crafting skills as well as alchemy and detect hidden. Armour and weapons made though black-smithing will almost always be better that what you can find, especially if you are using high end gems crafted though your Sage-Crafting skill
My build was as a Sorcery / Finesse Hybrid, this worked out very well, I used poison and burning damage on my weapons (Faeblades and Chakrams) the reason being is poison status effect cuts the damage opponents deal out by 50% and fire will fear most enemies after while which allows the S/F hybrid to generate criticals the entire time which also regenerates your mana. I also used the sustained abilities Envenomed edge (upgraded as far as Mysterious toxins) from the finesse tree and Sphere of protection from the Sorcery tree these help reduce the amount of damage you take from your opponent.
For the final boss fight you can only damage the boss while in reckoning mode, Take lots of Fate potions (4x essence of fate to make) these will fully replenish your reckoning meter instantly making the fight a lot shorter as you wont have to generate fate off of the ghostly replicas of yourself that the boss creates. These replicas will use the same weapons and abilities as you do.
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Simply play through the game on the hard difficulty to get this achievement. Switching the difficulty via the menu before the final battle will not unlock the achievement, so you must play through the whole game on hard. You can choose your difficulty when you start a new game.
Note: Be aware that the achievement takes over 30 seconds to unlock, so don't freak out when you finish the game and nothing happens right away!
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If you die a few times in a row, the game will ask you if you want to change the difficulty. Be careful not to change it! Once you've obtained this trophy, it's save to change difficulty.
At the start of the game, you can choose a difficulty. You can also change the difficulty in game. However, this trophy requires you to complete the game on hard. So no switching to a lower difficulty. You only have to do the Main Story Quest line on hard, which consists of 14 quests.
Hard difficulty isn’t really that difficult. Here are some tips:
At the start of the game, you can choose a difficulty. You can also change the difficulty in game. However, this trophy requires you to complete the game on hard. So no switching to a lower difficulty. You only have to do the Main Story Quest line on hard, which consists of 14 quests.
Hard difficulty isn’t really that difficult. Here are some tips:
- Buy, find or create health potions. They are easy to find, to make and very cheap to buy. There’s no cool down, so you can spam these by pressing
as much as you want. - If you have an ally with you, let him/her advance first. Make the enemies target them.
- Save often. Once you die, you’ll have to load your latest save.
- Use reckoning mode (hold
+ 
). If you’re having a hard time with a group of enemies, or a boss, you can easily win by using reckoning mode. If you don’t have enough fate, leave and kill a few enemies elsewhere. (Or use a Fate potion.) - Learn your opponents attacks. Dodge and Parry whenever possible.
- Know your moves/combos.
- Use your surroundings. Enemy attacks can't go through solid objects.
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