This will come for a price, but money is always easier to come by than the required material at a certain point. If you are short on some materials, get them from "Le Merchant" rather than scouring the dungeon for endless hours just to find that one piece of ancient wood. Utilizing the merchants in your town is essential for your progress and cutting down on your general playtime. This is however a personal preference depending on the game style you pursue. armour penalties, heavy weapons), I strongly recommend to keep an eye on these stats and maybe go for a lighter rather than for a heavy armour. As speed deductions make you slower (i.e.
This is essential to beat all the bosses without getting hit once (there is an achievement for each 'perfect' boss kill) and should be practised meticulously. Dodging is a very helpful way to evade damage as you can pretty much roll "through" danger since you become invincible for a short period of time.