Exitilus (PC)

Exitilus cheats:


Preface



This FAQ is the result of endless hours of playing the game
myself, looking

with a hex-viewer through the program files plus some hints came
from a number

of contributions by other people. I tried to mention the original
contributor

everywhere.

'nough said, get going!

Ingrediens:

Preface

What is EXITILUS?

Starting the game

Races

Classes

Profession

Your daily turn

Basic actions

Quests

Evil Deeds

Player Fights

Monster Fights

Level Ups

Equipment

Magic

Further Actions

Being King

Being Rebel

The Merchants Way

Various hints

Known Cheats

What is EXITILUS?


Exitilus is a shareware fantasy door written by Tao Ge. It is
currently
released in version 2.0 and word is that Tao is completly
rewriting huge parts
of the game to allow for multinode operation these days. I hope
he gets some
of the bugs out of the game before releasing the multinode
version.
In Exitilus, you not only go out killing monsters and other
players, but you
can invest your money in commercials, fight for the grace of the
king (to
receive a title from him, of course) or become king yourself.
There can be a
number of realms in the game and the kings can ally or go to war
against each
other.
There's a lot more in the game, which I will not mention here.
This is a FAQ,
so I guess you either have the game or want to get it anyway. :-)

Starting the game


When you enter the game the first time, you have to create a
character. You
will have to select two races (mothers and fathers), two classes
(childhood
and teenager days), a profession and then either join a kingdom
or start your
own (if there are still free kingdoms left in the game).

Races

Races range from human to gargoyle plus you can be a mutant, too.
Ok,
according to my personal experiences, race doesn't matter that
much. There is
a slight difference in how much your attributes increase with
each level, plus
your starting attributes differ, but I did never notice that the
race plays a
decisive role.
Just one hint on this: I'd recommend that you stay with one race,
i.e. choose
the same race both times. This is the only way that the
difference between the
races really could matter. If you must mix, try to mix races with
similiar
attributes, e.g. Orcs with Trolls or Orcs with Dwarfs. One of my
players has
an Elf/Dwarf mixture and is doing well, but I can't see him
having any
advantage from his race, while my own Gargoyle/Gargoyle seems to
have a
marginal advantage in hitpoints and constitution.

Classes

The opposite holds true for classes. I have never seen a player
choosing the
same class two times and I don't think it would do any good.
Class selection is VERY important, so choose carefully. All
classes have
certain advantages, some of them are easier exploited while I'd
recommend
others only to experienced players who know how to get the
maximum from them.

The Alchemist and the Paladin belong to the later type. The
Paladins runes
come in too slowly and the Alchemists poison doesn't really
matter as long as
it isn't very strong, because it is useless in monster fights.
Later in the
game, though, when the Paladin finally has a full set and the
Alchemist has
one of the strongest poisons, it could come in quite handy.

You should think about what kind of character you want to
create, before
choosing classes. If you want a fighter, second question is if
it's gonna be a
lone fighter (then include the Ranger) or if you want to engage
in organized
warfare (rebellions or inter-realm wars), then go for leadership
and choose
Soldier as one class.
If you want to create a wizard, then you HAVE to have either the
Sorcerer
(black magic) or the Sage (white magic). If you don't, you will
not have
access to those two guilds and therefore you will not be able to
buy good
spells.
Monk and Cleric class are worth a thought, too. Monks can spend
evil deeds
(see below) to meditate, which sometimes brings in one of the
following
rewards:

+3 monster fights

+5 hitpoints

+2 defense

+5 hitpoints AND +2 defense AND +3 monster fights

+5 hitpoints AND +2 defense AND +10 monster fights AND +2 divine
favor

+20 monster fights

+20 hitpoints AND +5 defense AND +40 monster fights AND +3 divine
favor

Because of the divine favor and combat advantages you get by
meditation, I
would recommend the Sage/Monk as the ultimate spellcaster
combination.

Clerics have a full set of runes to start with, yes that means
runestrikes
from the very beginning. This can very well decide some of the
early player
fights. Plus Clerics have good healing abilities, i.e. they use
up less
potions than most other classes.

Profession

This is another important decision. I have never selected Hermit
so far, so I
cannot elaborate on that.
Knighthood is (of course) recommended for all fighting classes.
If you made a
Sage or Sorcerer, than you are FORCED to select Sorcery (could be
that Hermit
works, too, but Knighthood and Criminal sure don't!), because if
you don't,
they won't let you in in the guilds!
Criminal sounds bad, but is quite a good selection if you are not
looking for
titles. Criminals get more advantages with training than other
professions IN
THE BEGINNING. Somewhere in the middle it turns, though. But the
huge
advantage of Criminals are the two places in the back ally that
only Criminals
can use. These things ARE devastating if you concentrate on one
enemy at a
time. I once did so and with five evil deeds I accomplished to
have him
assasinated, his properties burned AND his bank account
destroyed, all in one
day. He came crawling begging for peace the next day. :-)
Criminals are also good partners for rebels. If you start to plan
a rebellion,
try to get a Criminal into the ranks of the rebels. He can
severley damage the
kings financial position, which makes your job much easier.

Your daily turn



Pay attention to the order in which you do your different actions
each day.

Mine is as follows:

(King commands)

Quest

Evil Deeds

Player Fights

Monster Fights

Quests do not affect anything in the game itself, so you
should do them first
to earn some XP and gold, UNLESS your quest is tough and you are
not sure if
you can do it, then you should first try to get up a few levels
and go on the
quest later in the day.
Evil deeds should ALWAYS be done before player fights, because if
you loose a
player fight, you will not only loose all player fights, but also
all evil
deeds for the day. You get five evil deeds each day.
As I said - if you loose a player fight, that's it for the day,
no more player
fights. Therefore, fight your enemies the weakest first. You get
three (some
people say four, though I'm sure three is right) player fights
per day.
Monster fights are last, because you can die and if you're
unlucky you'll not
be found and loose the rest of the day.
In the very beginning, having only played for a day or two, I
once went to the
monster fights first and was promptly killed in the second.
Because I was not
resurrected, that was it. I could not do a quest, could not spend
evil deeds,
no player fights. It was almost as if I hadn't played at all that
day.

BASIC ACTIONS


These are the actions every player should take every day.

Quests


Although they look like nice additions, quests are actually an
important part
of Exitilus. They give you money and XP without wasting monster
fights, plus
you usually get a nice reward when you finish them (like the
Extaliagus, the
best armor in the game, more than twice as good as the best one
you can buy!)
Therefore ALWAYS be on a quest. Try to take one that's not too
easy, but don't
overestimate your powers. You cannot buy healing potions during
quests, so if
your survival depends on them potions, be careful. Start a new
quest the same
day you finish the old one.
And - encourage your sysop to put in more quests. I wrote some
five or so
until now for my players and writing one is really not that
difficult. You
should be able to find my quests at the same location you found
this FAQ. If
not, I always have an archive of quests on my BBS for frequest or
download. It
usually has the name of EXQUESTS.RAR

Evil Deeds


Another important part of the game. Do not underestimate these,
they can be
used in a number of very usefull ways.
Criminal actions are one way to use evil deeds, but if the crime
prevention in
your kingdom is high, it's just a waste. Unless you are a
Criminal, then you
should never take the criminal actions, but go to you guilds
instead. The
chances there are much higher and they don't seem to be affected
by the
kingdoms crime prevention. Still, each action takes away one evil
deed.
Some actions ask for more than one deed. Illegal emmigrations
takes five
deeds, robbing the church does too (plus you need a password -
which is
OanCitadel :-) ). Attacking the palace (starting a rebellion)
takes three
evil deeds.
Other usefull applications of evil deeds are in the back alley:
The power body
builders (+ strength, - mental), drugs (+ high XP, - mental) and
the whores (+
mental, + magic points). Also, rallying serfs to join your
rebellion takes
away one evil deed each.
Further on, you can use evil deeds to cheat. Go to the church and
cure a
disease. The monk asks you for the name of the disease. This is a
complete
list of these diseases:

INSANITY (+3 monster fights)

HERPES (+1 player fight)

AIDS (+3 dexterity)

malaria (+3 magic points)

plague (+5 high XP)

cancer (+3 hitpoints) [thanks to Jonathan Roberts]

Monks need evil deeds to meditate, and Clerics and Paladins
need evil deeds (3
of them?) to try to obtain new runes.

Player Fights


Batteling other players is another important part of the game. If
your enemy
is of a higher level than you yourself, and you beat him, you get
a huge
amount of XP. The winner also gets all the money the looser had
on hand, so
deposit your money in the bank or depository before initiating
player fights.
This is a good way of crippling someone financially - just play
the day before
he does, beat him in a player fight and you have all the money he
earned
through commercials. If you destroy his bank account as well and
probably burn
some of his properties, you can really ruin someone this way.
Death matches make a huge amount of damage to the looser plus the
winner can
take away the loosers equipment. Combine this with what I said
above about
attacking someones finances and you have a very good recipe for
pissing
someone off.
If you engage someone more than 5 levels lower than you, the
"wrath of the
gods" falls on you. This means that your rewards when you
increase your level
decrease. The effect doesn't seem to be devastating, to be
honest, I didn't
notice any effect at all. But I have only done so a few times and
more testing
is needed to be sure.
Not fighting, i.e. selecting an opponent and than answering
"no" to the
question "really attack xyz?" DOES take away one player
fight! The price for
backing out, I guess.
If you loose a player fight, not only do you loose your on-hand
money, but
also all player fights and evil deeds for the day.
Strategic hint: Try to finish all fights in the first round. Buy
the most
powerfull spell you can afford and cast it. Make runestrikes if
you can,
berserk if you are of the right class. Alchemists can employ a
different
tactic: Go fully defense and wait for your poison to do its work
on the
opponent.

Monster Fights


Easy enough: The higher your playing ground is, the higher the
reward.
Therefore, try to find out, what you can risk. If the monsters in
your current
area don't manage to hurt you - go to the next one, no matter
what the levels
say. I sometimes fight in those areas recommended for level 90+
while I'm
still around level 60. It is risky, but well worth it.
Strategic hint: Buy one or two powerfull spells, so you can
finish off single
monsters in areas far above your other capabilities before they
strike. Run if
there's more than one enemy. That's what I do when I do what I
said above. The
monsters have some 6.000 HPs, six times the amount I have, and
would do a
damage of some 3.000 HP which I would never survive if only they
would get to
strike in the first place. :-)

Level Ups


Do not accumulate XP and go to the level master at the end of the
day. Rather,
go there every few fights. Especially if you employ the tactic I
talked about
above, because you will need every hit- and defensepoint you can
get.
Also, go to the training hall as soon as you have enough high XP.
One of the most difficult questions is which training to take. It
really
depends. It depends on what weaknesses your character has to
cover up, what
advantages you want to go for, which races and classes you
selected and more.
Decide on the spot and try them out.

Equipment

This is an IMPORTANT part of the game. You can be level 200+, if
you have no
equipment, you are dogfood.
Always try to have good equipment on hand, plus a financial
reserve in case
someone beats you in a death match and takes away your stuff.
Try to have equal armor and weapons. Roughly, at least. The worst
extrem I had
so far were 13,000 points of armor with only 3,600 points of
weapon. You guess
it - I was a spellcaster and killed my enemies of with spells,
otherwise I
wouldn't have gotten very far with that.
Spellcasters should have more armor, warriors should always have
the best
weapons they can afford. The intention in both cases is that you
kill your
enemies off quickly.
Go for rings and necklages, too! Most of the rings do not only
increase your
armor rating, but give you hitpoints, magicpoints or other
advantages.
Necklaces give hitpoints and divine favor.
Here are some rings with remarkable features (only those you can
buy - those
with "2" as price are only obtainable via quests):

Blue Ring (+100 armor, +120 wisdom, +120 intellect, +150
magicpoints)

Purple Ring (+200 Armor, +200 wisdom, +100 intellect, +300
magicpoints)

Garnet Ring (+1500 armor)

Phoenix Ring (+200 armor, +600 hitpoints)

Jade Ring (+2000 armor)

Dragon Ring (+800 armor, +800 hitpoints)

Exitilus Ring (+1500 weapon, +1000 armor, +300 hitpoints, +80
strength,

+40 divine favor, +100 wisdom, +100 intellect,

+300 magicpoints, +80 defense)

Diamond Ring (+3000 armor)

Life Ring (+1500 armor, +1500 hitpoints)

Nemesis Ring (+5000 weapon, +3000 armor, +800 hitpoints, +100
strength,

+50 divine favor, +400 wisdom, +500 intellect, +600 mp)

I think, this is the ultimate ring. Even those you cannot buy
have mostly
worse features. Exceptions on hitpoints and magic-wise. Ring of
Qilin Master
gives 2000 armor and 2000 hitpoints and the Ring of Ultimate
Magic gives 2000
weapon, 2000 armor, 500 hitpoints, 1200 each wisdom and intellect
and 1500
magic points.

Ok, let's sum this up. The best equipment combat-wise you can
buy is:

Soul Gauntlets 190 armor

Guardian Boots 180 armor

Exitilus Armor 3000 armor

Exitilus Helmet 2500 armor

Mystic Pants 500 armor

Aegis Straps 700 armor

Exitilus Shield 4000 armor

2x Nemesis Ring 6000 armor 10000 weapon

Aura Cape 650 armor

2x Nemesis Sword 200000 weapon

Making a total of 210,000 weapon and 17,720 armor. Most of the
stuff is not
that expensive, but the shield, the rings and the swords are.
(The Nemesis
sword is not even on the list, but you can buy it, it's number
343 and it
costs 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 gold. Don't even ask
me what that
numer is called.
The best equipment you can ever get would total to the same
weapon (there are
no non-buyable weapons and no ring gives more weapon power than
the nemesis
ring), but 28,200 armor.

Magic


Spellcasters should try to obtain at least one very powerfull
spell, so you
can hopefully kill monsters and players in the first round of
combat, before
they even can strike at you.
Pure warriors should posess at least one spell, too (take the
most expensive
one at the public guild, it's still a waste compared to the real
spells, but
the others are truly worthless). But don't usually use that
spell, because
casting inhibits your following attack. If your enemy seems to
have heavy
armor and your attacks don't do much damage, then try your
spells.
Mixed classes with fighting and magic abilities have to carefully
judge how
far to rely on each type of combat.

FURTHER ACTIONS



The following parts of the game will not always apply to you.

Being King



The position of king is a rewarding one - you get high XP for
just being king

plus you can steal out of the treasure, which you should heavily
do. But, it

is dangerous and nobody can make himself more enemies than the
king more

easily. Just being king gets you into the crosshairs of nearly
everybody.

To secure your position, build up a strong army, full cannons
(30), full

knights (100), full equipment (1000), and NEVER forget to train
your army!

Rebel armies have 70 training by default, your army will start
with 20 and you

can only increase it by 1% each day.

Further on, try to get a few loyal players and pay them for their
loyality

with titles of nobility. Nobles will receive high XP, too -
something which is

nearly invaluable.

Try to have a Criminal in your ranks of noble players to ruin
rebels

financially. If a rebellion is taking off, i.e. you see your
enemies

recruiting huge amounts of soldiers, increase taxes to the
maximum. Send some

money to your loyal people, so they don't get pissed at you. The
trick here is

that with 80% taxes on commercials and 60% on monster kills, YOU
always get

more money than your enemies from their own sources, so your army
will always

be stronger than theirs. Also, increase rebel prevention, illegal
trade

prevention and crime prevention early.

In dealing with other kingdoms, ally with the strong and beat up
the weak. Buy

forts, but not land until you have a strong army to protect it.
There is

nothing like a huge country with a small army to make the other
kings lick

their lips.

If you yourself are not going to start a war, go for the highest
diplomatic

proposals. If you are neutral, it takes only one day to go to
war, which

doesn't give you much time to increase your army. Three days
should give you

time enough.

One more note on the army: At the moment, my local game is out of
soldiers! In

a long and still ongoing struggle for the throne, we have managed
to recruit

all serfs as soldiers. Watch out for this to happen. If it does,
whoever plays

first the day can recruit some soldiers (the population
increases) and knows

for sure that nobody else can do so the whole day, no matter how
much money he

has.

As a king, you are able to steal money out of the royal treasury,
and unless

you urgently need the money (e.g. to build up your army), you
should do so.

The serf's won't like it, but you can rebuild your popularity for
a fragment

of the amount you took away.

If you know your throne is secured, you can set taxes to max and
take most of

it into your own pocket. This is what our local king did until we
finally

revolted. Nevertheless, he made some 10 billion gold each day for
nearly two

weeks. His armor and weapon ratings are nearly twice that of the
next ones and

his commercial properties are beyond anything I've ever dreamed
about.

The dual kingship trick:

Ok, here comes a special trick to make your throne as safe as it
can get. You

will need one friend whom you can really trust.

One of you is king, the other one is prince and dual kingship is
activated.

This way, both can use all palace functions like training the
army or buying

equipment, changing taxes and (off course) stealing from the
treasury.

BUT there is one huge difference. As king, you cannot build up a
rebel army

(of course not - who would you want to rebel against?), but the
prince can!

So, while both of you are clinging to the throne, one builds up a
rebel army

(with money stolen from the royal treasurey - yeah!). If someone
else starts a

revolt and wins, his army is most likely heavily decimated from
the civil war

and the former prince immediatly starts his own rebellion,
becoming king and

putting the former king into the position of prince - and the
game starts

again.

Being Rebel

I have been king, I have been rebel, and I can't say which
position is more
interesting. The ultimate goal of every rebel is, of course, the
throne. But
most of the times, that way is long and dangerous.
Dangerous mostly because you cannot recruit soldiers nor rally
serfs without
it being postet to the world news, therefore as soon as you start
to build up
your rebel army, the king will know of your intention and can
begin to work
against you. And don't expect it being just an increase in the
royal armys
strength! When I am king and I see a rebel emerging, I throw
anything on him I
have. I kill him in player fights (death matches, if he's close
to my own
level), burn his properties, raise taxes to dry out his financial
sources and
more. Being a rebel is dangerous, and you should not be one just
for the fun
of it. If you start a rebellion, you should have a number of
things
straightened out BEFOREHAND.
You need a source of finances, better some of them. You will have
to recruit a
strong army in as short a time as possible. If you are broke on
the second day
of your rebellion, you've had it, because the king will never be
broke, he
gets taxes every day.
You will also need at least a few friends. I have only one time
seen a
solitary rebel succeed in taking the throne, and that he was
level 60 when he
took it while all other players where level 50 or less. Plus the
king was weak
financially and combat-wise.
You should also look out for alternate ways to engage the king.
Player fights,
if you are stronger, criminal actions if not.
Use your evil deeds for rallying. There is a huge random factor
in it, and I
guess it depends on your charisma, too. Therefore, if you only
gather 2 people
with your speech, don't give up. You could get some 200 next
time, at least
exactly this happened to me not too long ago.

The Merchants Way

If you are sick of all the power-games, and if you live in a
kingdom with low
commercial taxes, you could become a merchant.
All players will have more or less commercial properties, but
these are only
ways to make money for equipment or spells.
The merchant makes money for its own sake. He invests most of his
money in
further properties. It takes a while, but as your properties
become more
extensive, you will become a deciding factor in your kingdom,
because your
money could boost the rebels army or strengthen the royal troops
enough to
decide the civil war.
The way to success is a difficult one. You need to make friends
with the king
so that he doesn't raise commercial taxes, you should make
friends with all
criminals in your kingdom, because they are able to burn your
properties
rather easily.
In most cases, you should be loyal to the king, not only because
of the taxes,
but also because you will want to have a strong royal army,
because if your
country looses a war and the victor goes plundering, you will
loose a lot of
your properties. Therefore, the more safe your kingdom, the more
secure your
properties.
You should also distribute your investments. Go for ship yards
and illegal
trades. Buy bordells ONLY if you can be sure there will be no tax
changes. If
the king one day decides to raise commercial taxes to 80%, you
will do best to
immediatly SELL all your legal properties and invest in illegal
trades instead
(no taxes for drug dealers <g>). Bordells sell for 50 gold
each.
Keep excess money in the bank as long as your kingdom is not
engaged in any
wars. Move it to the depository as soon as a war starts. Also
sell your
marketplaces and other properties which are easily looted.
Do NOT invest much money in equipment. Try to get along with as
cheap an
equipment as possible. If you are a wizard, you can nearly make
it without any
weapons. Try to obtain equipment via death matches or quests.
Most of your money should be invested into further commercials.

Various hints


Giving to the poor may increase your divine favor.

Blessings at the church can yield one to fourty(!) billion gold,
but I have no
idea under which circumstances.
Voting at the voting booth will bring you one of the following: +
6 high-XP,
+5 hitpoints, +1 foundry, +50 marketplaces or +3 agility.
Stealing from the church will get you 2 mio. gold. Never more,
never less.

Known Cheats

There are a number of cheats in this game, some are surely
deliberate, some
are bugs.
The "Cure Disease" option in the church allows you to
turn evil deeds into
certain advantages. Look above at the chapter "Evil
Deeds" for more details.
This is a deliberate cheat.
Second option at the church, donating to the church takes you to
the cellar
where you are asked for a word. The word is
"OanCitadel". Afterwards, you are
asked for the amount of money you want. Don't get greedy or you
will not get
any. There is the number of 9 mio in the code, so I guess this is
the maximum
you can take. This, too, is a deliberate cheat.

[ripped from Delusion's short-FAQ]
The commercials cheat is a bug, I'd say. It works this way: Take
all your
money and buy properties. If it says, you can afford, say 2105,
enter 2999.
You got the idea - leave the first number and select 9 for the
others, so if
it says you can afford 18947, enter 19999. It will give you this
number, but
it will not charge you anything, even if it says different.
One of the patches for the game disables this bug for most
commercials. In my
version with patches up to #5, it still works with the illegal
trades.
Another bug works in the monster areas. Simply buy potions. Buy 0
if you have
a full 200, doesn't matter. Every five times or so, it will give
you a random
event, mostly potions which increase your HP, dex, magicpoints
etc. or money.
It does so even if you have no monster fights left. Someone said
that this
only works in the higher areas, but I have seen it happen in the
lower ones,
too. Could be that the chances for random events are higher in
the higher
areas.

[again from Delusion]
Ever notice how when selecting the place you want to go outside
of the kingdom
it goes from like 1-30. Well it seems they skipped #29. Or then
again, more
than meets the eye. Try it if your sysop registered it or the
trial isn't up
yet. Pretty neat place. 1 HP characters with over a million gold
each! WATCH
OUT THOUGH!!! They're powerfull.
When you have spells, the ones that take the most power are all
the way to the
right. But, when the last on isn't available anymore, and they
have one or two
left. Look at the number you have to enter to activate the spell
all the way
to the right. Type the number right after it. For instance, if it
was 2 enter
3 and you will cast the other spell which would make you go into
negatives.
Pretty cool for those high costing spells!


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