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 == Nefia checklist ==
+You’ve probably seen me say the word “Nefia” multiple times now throughout this guide. Just as an explanation in case you don’t have any prior Elona background, “Nefias” are one of the core gameplay loops players can engage in when playing Elona/Elin. It’s the standard randomized dungeon dive, where you enter a dungeon, clear out the floors procedurally, kill everything in your way and grab loot, keep going downstairs, and eventually fight the boss and pick up its lucrative treasure chest. Nefias spawn and despawn throughout your gameplay (and there’s an infinite number of them), so don’t worry about ever “running out”. However, because they’re randomized and you can face a variety of monsters and situations, it’s best to always be prepared, so here’s a checklist with suggestions of things you should bring because they’ll always be helpful regardless of what Nefia you’re challenging (whether it’s a cave Nefia, forest Nefia, tower Nefia, etc.)!
 * '''Bandages''' - to help regenerate hp
 * '''Fireproof blanket''' - so your items don’t burn up and get destroyed
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 Following gods is pretty simple. If you’re lucky, you can find an altar in the wilderness and just start worshiping there. If you aren’t, just go to the Truce Grounds north of Palmia (same as in Elona). Make sure you grab the “Model Follower” feat I mentioned earlier, specifically level 2 to have your allies also pray along with you (since it also trains their Faith too). And you’re set.
+Honestly, every god in Elin is viable. It just depends on your playstyle (combat, slow life) as well as how you approach the game (like, meta-ing and min-maxing, RPing, etc.). I can confidently say this because as per the Word of God about gods:
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+You have to consider ''everything'' that each god has to offer when you choose to follow them. For example, Kumiromi’s weapon (the [[Elin:Kumiromi_Sythe|Elin:Kumiromi Sythe]]) is absolutely amazing and can change the battlefield into a mini Plants vs. Zombies. He also supports a few lifeskills through his passive (such as Farming, Alchemy, and Weaving), and you can generate enhanced seeds from rotting food as well as special, rainbow fruit seeds from the Cute Fairy pet. On the other hand, you can’t really go wrong with Opatos of Earth either. His passive supports Strength, Endurance, and Weightlifting (and some others), which you’ll benefit from regardless of your gameplay plan. As someone once said, “Constitution (and by extension, hp) is not a dump stat.” You’ll also always be carrying things so weightlifting doesn’t hurt either. The nicest parts? His bonus is that '''''all damage''''' is reduced by 10%. The Golden Knight pet is a nice tank and walking storage (starting out with a staggering 260s weight carrying capacity), and Opatos’ [[Elin:Earth_Hammer|Elin:Earth Hammer]]? It further reduces physical damage by 10%, elemental damage by 10%, and whoever is wielding it has their life increased by 100%. That’s a lot of hp. And that’s only just a few of the effects it has.
+Off-topic for a quick second, but you probably see “Faction” attached to various god weapons’ enchantments. It is simultaneously a restriction and a massive boon. When something is a “Faction” effect, it applies to everyone in your faction (aka party). This means that, for example, if you gave the Earth Hammer to your pet and you weren’t personally wielding it, you’d still get the physical and elemental damage reduction, the mind resistance, etc. ''However'', the faction effects will only persist as long as you’re following that god. If you were to turn apostate and abandon Opatos, the faction effects would be stripped from the weapon and you’d be left with the remaining non-faction effects. You do get them back if you return to the god whose faction effects you want, so don’t worry! It’s just a way to keep all the gods balanced so you don’t just go on a collecting spree and become ''too'' OP with all their weapons; you’ll also have to consider which gods’ weapons have faction effects that matter to you the most, or that you are willing to lose in exchange for another god’s passives or bonuses. Just something to keep in mind!
+On that note, I’ll just list out some gods to think about if you really have absolutely no idea who to follow:
+* '''Opatos of Earth''' gives you bonuses to your hp (Strength and Endurance), and his 10% damage mitigation is useful to basically everyone who will get hit at least once. (You will get hit at least once.) The pet is nice, and so is the weapon! See here: [[Elin:Opatos_of_Earth|Elin:Opatos of Earth]].
+* '''Itzpalt of Element''' is great too. I won’t go too in-depth into it here because that’s a separate discussion/guide entirely, but he provides massive resistances to fire, ice, and lightning. With how resistances work in Elin, it is entirely possible you can eventually become fully immune to those 3 elements by following him long enough, and instead you can plan out your gear around other stats or getting other elemental resistances. His pet, the Exile, does great damage, and has immunity to nether, dark, and magic damage. (That’s almost full immunity to almost every element in the game!) And his weapon…? The [[Elin:Elemental_Staff|Elin:Elemental Staff]] provides a beautiful, and massive, faction-wide enhancement to spells (spells do more damage obviously).
+* I’ll cover one last one: it’s '''Kizuami of Trickery''', a backer god. I’d rather let the player themself discuss in Discord why this is such a powerful god, but I’ll just say that if I wasn’t so loyal to Lulwy and always following her (always have in every Elona/Elin game, even in vanilla Elona orz), I would probably consider Kizuami. You can see more about the god here: [[Elin:Kizuami_of_Trickery|Elin:Kizuami of Trickery]]. But the thing I want to focus on is his god weapon: [[Elin:Kogitsunemaru|Elin:Kogitsunemaru]]. Note that every single enchantment is a faction-wide effect. This means that now every single party member will become significantly more survivable (increases to life, physical damage reduction, and elemental damage reduction), ''and'' they will also do significantly more damage too (with the massive spell enhancement and additional damage “to all beings”, aka all monsters). The tradeoff? You can’t do any damage yourself, as the player (even if you gave this weapon to a party member, as the “forbid violence” enchantment is faction-wide). It does mean, however, that you will play a much more supportive role in the party, and supporting your allies by buffing/debuffing as necessary, kind of like a Pokémon trainer? This would be perfect for my playstyle, but alas, the lovely Lulwy-sama…
+Anyway, I’m talking all about meta and all that. You could also be like me, and simply worship and follow a god based on whose personality best fits yours, or who you like the most simply by their… personality/characteristics. This is where I come in. I follow Lulwy because… let’s not talk about why specifically, but I do it for RP reasons! She may not be the best fit for my playstyle, but I love her a lot, and I do it even though it’s not meta! (I’ve also only followed two gods ever. Ehekatl first for the Black Cat follower, and then switched over to Lulwy, who I’ve been with ever since.) I’m missing out on things like the Elemental Staff, [[Elin:Ring_Of_Void|Elin:Ring of Void]], and [[Elin:Holy_Lance|Holy Lance]] (this last one would mainly be for my little girl who’s a Polearm user), but oh well, right? Haha. It’s all in the name of RPing accurately (as I would do if I was isekai’d and was like, lemme get the Black Cat apostle before turning apostate and dedicating myself to Lulwy).
 You can find all this information here: [[Elin:Gods|Elin:Gods]]. I recommend you pull up this Wiki page so you can reference it as I dive into the next concept.
+=== Approximating favor ===
 The main purpose for this section is to talk about “approximating favor”. Your Faith skill level determines the maximum amount of favor you can have, and you need certain Faith levels (along with the maximum favor at that Faith level) to get your god’s pet and eventually god’s weapon. You can’t find out your actual favor you have, but you can approximate it based on messages you receive and your current Faith level. So you’ll need the maximum favor at Faith level 15 to get your god’s pet (by manually praying, btw), and the god’s weapon is at Faith level 30 (also maximum favor).
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 Ether antibody potions cost 3k casino chips, so…
-Finally, the last part of the guide.
+=== Word of warning regarding ether disease and the importance of marking your gear as important ===
+You know how in other games, you can mark gear as “important” or something similar so you can protect it from ''yourself''? Like, so you don’t accidentally sell it or throw it away or something.
+You should do that in this game too. There are various ether diseases that you can see here: [[Elin:Ether_Disease|Elin:Ether Disease]].
+Some of them give you certain stats in exchange for a significant loss in another stat, while some just straight-up subtract stats, and yet others change your gameplay and make you play around them. And finally, some make you unable to wear certain gear with the removal of an equipment slot (at least until the disease is cured). The dangerous thing about this latter type of disease is that if you’re wearing something in that equipment slot and then the slot gets removed, the corresponding piece of equipment is sent back into your inventory. If it catches you while you’re unaware and you’re not paying attention, you can accidentally ship or sell the equipment. And it’ll be permanently gone.
+So honestly, just mark everything you don’t want to accidentally lose as “important”.
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 == Making money ==
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 Corpses will work for all gods, but certain offerings will make them happier and you’ll get more favor. I’ll summarize the ones that I know how to get favor with somewhat easily (y’know, considering my own playstyle btw; some other players might have even more meta strategies or something, idk).
 * '''Kumiromi of Harvest''': If you sickle everything, you’ll have more seeds than you know what to do with. You can sickle the infinite wilderness plants for infinite seeds.
-* '''Mani of Machine''': 2x crim berries -(millstone)-> ~2x crim powder (crim powder’s a drug). You can just start a crim berry farm to do this easily.
+* '''Opatos of Earth''': Just mine the walls in cave Nefias. You’ll have more ores than you know what to do with (though in high enough quantities, they can weigh a lot so it may take several trips to bring them all back to your base).
+* '''Mani of Machine''': 2x crim berries --(Millstone)--> ~2x crim powder. Crim powder’s a drug, so you can just start a crim berry farm to do this easily.
 * '''Ehekatl of Luck''': You can make “bait” with the “Quick Craft” ability. You can make bait from almost anything, whether it’s corpses, hearts, grotesque offals, bones, skins, or fangs. Then just make a fishing rod with the Workbench and start fishing in any water tile (your starting Meadow has that little pond, which is perfect for this).
 * '''Lulwy of Wind''': orz My favorite goddess. Anyway, mushroom wines are the easiest since you can start right away and you’re not losing out on too much money by offering them. Refer to the “Making money” section where I detail how to start making mushroom wine.