Overview
My analysis of The Great Maxwell, and how to use him properly.
Introduction
Welcome to my guide to Maxwell; before we begin I would like convey to following.
1.Im am sorry for not making this earlier; I had one thing after another to do and the guide slowly drifted to the recesses of my mind.
2.Before you start typing spoiler alert I must tell you I realise that, but don’t have any way around it while still making a guide.
3. As always, comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism is always welcome.
So let’s get started talking about the big mean man in a dark suit.
Maxwell’s stats
Health:75
Hunger:150
Sanity:200
Passive ability:20/min sanity Regen
It’s obvious that Maxwell is suppose to symbolize “brain over brawn” which is the polar opposite of Wolfgang.
Health: Avoid any unnecessary fights. Having half the health of other characters means that he can’t fight for as long even with armour on. He also can’t stand freezing,burning,and starving for long.This makes meat effigies a questionable asset as he losses a majority of his already meager health. I wont tell you how many times I have died because I was careless enough to not wear armor as Maxwell. So always have armor in inventory, and healing products handy.
hunger: same old, same old. Honestly I question why im putting this on here
sanity:Observe hunger description
Powers:Now this is the stuff. Though this is a double-edged sword(i’ll get that in the moment), It’s not the reason I love and hate Maxwell. The sanity boost is 20/min, meaning he could be in the afternoon, while its raining, while a spider is getting “friendly” with him, and he would still be as sane as ever. This can be exploited to do thing most character have to do in increments such as, digging graves, picking evil flowers, exploring caves, casting spells, and messing with evil forces :3.(we’ll get to that too.)
So over all he really is a “pro’s” character that being he can be used to advance faster in certain goals but at a higher risk.
Maxwell’s items
When Maxwell first spawns in he starts with these following items:
1: dark sword (damage 68, 100 uses, and -20/min sanity)
2: nightmare armour (750 hp and -10/min sanity)
3: purple gem
4: four nightmare fuel
5: codex umbra (well get to that later)
He get’s items that decrease sanity while he has a natural sanity Regen; it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this is a match made in heaven, how ever i have a darker purpose for these things. The purple gem is for crafting the shadow manipulator, and the nightmare fuel for the C.U., or for again the shadow manipulator. Also the nightmare fuel is more useful now that “normal trees” have been implemented.
Nightmare farming
Now this is something I think was pretty smart of me. Anyways by nightmare farming I mean going insane and killing apparitions untill you get a suitable amount of nightmare fuel. From this we can see Maxwell’s great sanity Regen is a double-edged sword, because it means that we need a net >-20 sanity to get Maxwell even close to insane.
I have heard people recommend the nightmare emulate as a way to make Maxwell insane, and though it sound like a good idea on paper it’s actually killed a few of my Maxwell runs. The reason for this is that the emulate takes the armor slot and Maxwell without armour is only slightly sturdier that the tin foil on a baked potato. I would only recommend the emulate to kiting masters, and those who think dyeing is a fun past time.
so the only verdict I could come up with is the darks word and nightmare armor, and go figure they are also your starting items. since the net is only -10/sanity i would also recommend raw green mushrooms to quicken the prosses. Also make a log suit, and spear to fight the more mundane monsters.
So to put it in a real-time frame.
1: as soon as you spawn up on the armour and sword.
2: go about your daily troubles.
3: pick up as many green mushrooms at noon.
4: only wear the sword when your sanity hist 50 or lower.
5: find a nice clear spot to fight
6: eat da shrooms man
6: fight to you “hearts content”
7: when satisfied with your load, take off armour and run in a circle untill the scary death shadows stop appearing
8: recoup and repeat.
The Codex Umbra
Also known as the book of shadows; the C.U. as I call it is Maxwell’s special item which uses 15 health and decreases the max sanity by 55 to make shadow puppets.
Heres the puppets stats.
health:75
damage:40
attack period:2
running speed:6
life span:2 days
Or in other words he’s a glass cannon; which I say is pretty counter productive because the creature has no sence of self-preservation. The only real use I see is in the choirs aspect as it can make cutting and pick a lot quicker. Well the combat is not completely useless; I mean its good at killing thing such as single spider, basilisk, and possibly even pigs with assistance. Though with the nightmare farming in mind they are expendable which sort of over rides their faults. Also I will add; don’t use all the nightmare fuel at the beginning. The puppets only cut trees and break rocks, so I would only summon them work wise when you only doing just that.
conclusion
So in conclusion, these are my overall thought and strategies that specify to Maxwell.
so I hope this guide has helped you understand the king of the board as well as helped you excel at surviving with him. I will be adding new content as this has only been made in a saturday night,…and three mugs of tea. And once again suggestions, comments, and constructive criticism is always welcome.
list of thing to do for this guide:
1.revise guide
2.add more content
3. pretty pictures
4.cut out the fat
5.make another guide
6.wonder what I will ever do in my life
7.cry my self to sleep
8.are you seriously still reading this list?
9. cure cancer
some negative thoughts
(I put it below the conclusion due to its irrelevance)
Though I love this character there is some flaws I have been to makeing (struggling) a mod to fix.
Thought sanity Regen though practical makes his game play contrary to this personality. That being he’s a refined type of guy, but due to his ability he just runs around in the rain and goes commando on hound using shadow armour. While wolf gang is wearing top hats and picking flowers.
Also I hate the combat AI for the puppets, I mean I would be willing to go though several hoops if they could just kite even a little. However Maxwell is still a great character, and i guess ill just suck it up until I , or some talented modder (HINT HINT) can fix it for us.