Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
   • Difficulty Levels
   • Installing Mods
2. Creating a Character
   • Ability Scores
   • Classes
   • Multiclassing
   • Mythic Path
3. Companions
4. Frequently Asked Questions

After the success of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Owlcat Games went on to develop another one of Paizo’s adventure paths as Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. This game will take you to the northern reaches of Golarion toward the Worldwound, a magical scar in the land through which demons can easily cross over. The story follows a mysterious individual who soon shows some Mythic powers and leads the crusade against the demonic hordes — but it’s up to you, the player, to decide how they go about doing so.

Wrath of the Righteous is a deep, complex RPG that evokes the gameplay of the Pathfinder tabletop game. You’ll have to solve puzzles, finish quests, and carefully build various characters to be able to face the difficult combat encounters that the game holds. If you’re looking for a helping hand on your journey, we have you covered — from companion build guides to equipment recommendations, and more.

Getting Started

There are a few things that are handy to know before jumping into the world of Golarion and rushing into the danger that this game holds. Forewarned is forearmed, after all. We have a few tips to get you started.

• Wrath Of The Righteous: Beginner Tips
• Wrath Of The Righteous: Pro Tips
• Wrath Of The Righteous: Best Weapons To Look Out For
• Wrath Of The Righteous: Most Powerful Accessories To Look Out For

Getting Started: Which Difficulty Level Should You Choose?

One of the biggest topics of discussion with Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is the game’s level of difficulty. The devs have made it clear that the game absolutely caters to those who like a bit of difficulty. With that said, here are some recommendations for which difficulty to pick:

• Story and Casual are great starting points for this game, even for those who are very familiar with RPGs. This game’s system punishes those who aren’t acquainted with it very harshly and these difficulties provide some breathing room.
• Normal and Daring are recommended for people who are comfortable with the idea that the game will be difficult. These settings will require you to come up with effective strategies if you want a chance of being successful.
• Core and Hard are for those who have a lot of experience with the Pathfinder system and feel very confident in their experiences with the combat system. These difficulties come with bright red warnings in their description for a reason: it is very easy to lose due to both inexperience and random chance in these difficulties.
• Unfair is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the toughest difficulty and the game is not balanced around it.

Getting Started: How To Install Mods

Wrath of the Righteous has a very active community of modders who love to tweak settings, add features, and change entire parts of the game. You can find mods in the usual places, though Nexus Mods seems to be the premier location.

To install most of these mods, you will need to download the Unity Mod Manager. Follow the instructions on that page to install a mods folder for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and you can start installing mods.

• To install a mod, simply drag the zip file that the mod is inside into the box in the Unity Mod Manager.
• Check the Mod Manager often — it will alert you to any out-of-date mods. Right-click on the mod’s name and select “Home Page” to be taken directly to the mod’s page.

If you want some pointers as to what mods to go for, check out our favorites:

• Best Mods For The Game

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Creating a Character

Once you’ve customized your difficulty options, you will be presented with a very complex set of menus with which you’ll create your main character. Most of these options are self-explanatory but some others are a little more complicated.

We’ve prepared some handy explanations of some of them below.

Creating a Character: Ability Scores

Of all the stats a character has, their ability scores may be the most important, whilst also being a bit tricky to understand. There are six of them: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. They are all responsible for different aspects of the game.

¹The ability score used for determining a character’s spellcasting ability depends on their class. For example, Wizards use Intelligence, Druids use Wisdom, and Bards use Charisma.

²Saving throws are called for whenever a character needs to attempt to resist or avoid a negative effect.

• Reflex saving throws are used against effects that may be avoided physically, for example jumping out of the way of a Fireball.
• Fortitude savings throws are used against skills that affect the body, for example resisting the effects of poison.
• Will savings throws are used against mind-affecting skills, for example, the charming ability of a Succubus.

Creating a Character: All About Classes

Which class you choose for your character will have important implications on your gameplay and how your adventure unfolds. We have some guides to help you with classes, as well as individual guides for certain class builds.

• Best Classes
• All Animal Companions, Ranked
• How To Respec Your Character

We have also prepared some guides on how to build characters with the base classes in the game.

How To Build An Alchemist	How To Build A Barbarian
How To Build A Paladin	How To Build A Sorcerer

More build guides coming soon!

Creating a Character: Multiclassing

In Wrath of the Righteous, the maximum level for a character is level 20 and you will very likely hit that quite a while before the end of the game’s story.

Pathfinder and certain other tabletop systems make it possible for characters to do something called multiclassing, which means taking levels in more than one class. This is something that can seem very complex to newcomers, but it’s a true highlight of the game, and creating complex builds to fit a character or a strategy is something many players adore.

Here’s how it works:

Every class has certain features that it will provide when you hit a certain level in it. For example, a Paladin will get an AoE healing ability when they take their third level in that class.

• Base classes have features for every level up to level 20.
• Prestige classes only have features that go up to level 10.
  • Prestige classes are specialist classes that must be unlocked by leveling up certain skills. For example, the Arcane Trickster requires some Sneak Attack ranks, and the Dragon Disciple requires levels in a spontaneous arcane caster class.

It is possible to spend a level in any class that you have available to you when you level up. This will only make progress in that class, and not any classes you have chosen before.

For example, a Bard could reach level five and then take three levels in Paladin until they get the AoE healing ability.

• This would result in a level eight character with levels in two classes. This would usually be written as “Bard 5 Paladin 3” for clarity.
• While this character would not be as good at Bard-ing or Paladin-ing as characters who take eight levels in either of these classes, they will have a certain flexibility that those characters would lack.

While it is entirely possible (and not a bad idea) to level a character up in one class for the entire game, many high-tier character builds use multiclassing to their advantage and can produce fantastic results.

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Creating a Character: The Mythic Paths

Wrath of the Righteous is based on an adventure path where the players are eventually granted supreme powers from mythic sources, and this is reflected in the game as various Mythic Paths that you can select. These will grant your main character special powers and abilities that reflect their sources.

There are ten Mythic Paths in the game. Most of these are very easy to unlock, but some require more in-depth explanations. Here are the more simple ones:

• The Angel and Demon Mythic Paths are unlocked in the Prologue automatically.
• The Aeon Mythic Path is unlocked during Act One. You must interact with an odd warped object in the Market Square in Kenabres to obtain a purple crystal knife. At the end of the Act, you must select the [Aeon] option when interacting with the Wardstone.
• The Azata Mythic Path requires that you complete the Starward Gaze quest by singing along with the priests of Desna.
• The Trickster Mythic Path requires that you head to the Blackwing Library during Act One and use the [Trickster] dialogue options when confronting the cultists there.
• The Legend Mythic Path is technically just an extra option provided to you once you hit the eighth Mythic Rank.

Here are the guides for those that require a bit more work

• How To Unlock The Lich Mythic Path
• How To Unlock The Gold Dragon Mythic Path – coming soon
• How To Unlock The Swarm-That-Walks Mythic Path – coming soon
• How To Unlock The Devil Mythic Path – coming soon

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Companions

You don’t have to go it alone in the world of Golarion — the game has a large number of companions to recruit. They all have their own classes, personalities, and storylines with quests to pursue if you are so inclined. Some of them can even be romanced!

Check out our guide on How To Recruit All Companions.

We have also prepared some guides with recommendations for how to build specific companions. Click the images in the table below to be taken to that companion’s guide:

Seelah the Paladin	Camellia the Spirit Hunter	Lann the Zen Archer
Wenduag the Fighter	Woljif the Eldritch Scoundrel	Nenio the Scroll Savant
Ember the Stigmatized Witch	Daeran the Oracle	Sosiel the Cleric

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there romance in the game?

Yes. A male main character can romance Camellia, Wenduag, Daeran, Sosiel, Arueshalae, or Queen Galfrey. A female main character can romance Lann, Wenduag, Daeran, Arueshalae, or Queen Galfrey.

It is possible to break romances by picking the wrong dialogue choices when speaking to them, and it’s also possible to start romances without really intending to. Pay attention to your choices and how your companions react.

Should I play turn-based mode?

This is largely up to you and what you prefer. There are two modes in the game for combat, TB (Turn-based) and RTWP (Real-time with pause). You will find that RTWP battles will go far quicker than TB battles, but they will likely feel more chaotic and are harder to control on large battlefields.

TB battles, on the other hand, give you far more time to think about your movement and your strategies. Note that you can toggle between these modes at any time, even in the middle of a battle.

Will there be updates?

Yes. There are currently regular updates to the game that fix bugs and balancing issues. On Steam, there is also a Beta Test branch of the game for players to experience larger updates before they drop.

To opt into the Beta Branch for earlier updates, right-click on the game’s title in Steam and open its Properties. From there, click on the Betas option, and in the drop-down menu, select “Betatest version.” The game should start automatically downloading the most recent update.

Why does the game load so slowly?

While this may be a problem with your system not meeting the recommended requirements of the game, but there is a problem in the game where saves get too bulky as you make progress. One way you can counter this is by downloading the Cleaner mod from newman55.

The reason that save files become bloated is that they have to track all of the loot dropped in every single area. This mod adds a button that will erase unwanted loot from the game whenever you leave an area, keeping your save file size low.

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