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Overview

Combat in Of Peaks and Tides is real-time and action-oriented. Players fight a variety of mythological creatures and hostile wildlife across Everland using melee weapons, ranged tools, and improvised environmental attacks. The system incorporates stamina management, dodge mechanics, and heavy use of the game's physics system.

Core mechanics

Players have a stamina bar that depletes with attacks, dodges, and sprinting. Managing stamina is essential, as running out leaves the player vulnerable. Light attacks consume less stamina but deal lower damage, while heavy attacks and charged strikes drain the bar more quickly.

Dodge rolling provides invincibility frames, and positional awareness matters. Flanking enemies or attacking from elevation can change the outcome of a fight.

Environmental combat

The physics system is deeply integrated into combat. Players can push boulders onto enemies, set grass on fire to create damage zones, knock enemies off cliffs, or use water currents to sweep smaller creatures away. During calamities, the environment itself becomes a weapon: lightning strikes can be baited into enemy groups, and high winds can deflect projectiles.

Improvised weapons

The crafting system allows players to create unconventional weapons by fusing items together. Tree trunks, rock slabs, and even broken siege equipment can be combined into makeshift weapons. Heavier objects deal more impact damage, following the physics engine's weight calculations.

Known enemies

Co-op combat

In multiplayer sessions, up to four players can fight together. Enemy health and aggression scale with the number of players. Coordinated strategies, such as one player luring enemies into traps set by another, are encouraged by the game's design.