There is a fair bit you can do before you leave the first town, to level up and get better equipment. Explore everywhere, loot whatever you can (save first if there is a chance you could be caught by a nearby NPC) and talk to everyone.


Early Starter Tips (NON-Spoiler Version)

Divine Divinity Manual - pdf file


You can use a potion or select a spell (to then be cast by right clicking) by clicking on the appropriate button on the interface at the bottom of the screen, then clicking on the potion/spell in the icon bar that pops up.
To assign a hotkey, hover your mouse cursor over the desired potion or spell in the appropriate icon bar, then hit a function key (F1-F9,F11,F12). For example, if you open the potion bar and highlight the icon for minor restoration potions, then hit F1, there should be an 'F1' shown in the corner of the icon, and after that hitting F1 will use a minor restoration potion (as long as there is one in your inventory). At the start of the game bread/meat and healing potions are better, but once you level up some, restoration potions become more effective.


There is a patch for the game, though some re-release versions may already be updated to the latest 1.0034A version, as shown in the bottom right corner of the main menu, so would not need to be patched. The DVD version is already updated, and the patch (designed for the CD version) should not be installed.


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