Hidden song:
Throw coins in the bard’s tray in the center of town during a single player game.
Extra gold:
Begin a new game and give all money from one character to the other character (money holder). Start another new game, and select the money holder as one character and create an entirely new character. Transfer 1500 gold from the new character to the money holder. Repeat as needed to build your gold total.
To build gold faster, begin a new game in single player mode as the monk. Take the Book Of Resurrection and his other equipment. Sell the book for 15,000 gold. This will result in a total 16,500 gold just for that character.
Start a new single player game with your character and the monk. Transfer his spell book (Resurrection) to your character, then sell it for 17,000 Gold. Also use this with the Sorcerer to get Magic Missile early.
To do this trick, you must have at least 10,001 gold in the bank, and a full inventory, except for one slot. Withdraw 10,000 gold and throw it on the ground. Then, withdraw 1 gold and try to pick up the 10,000. The game will not allow you to do so, so throw it on the ground again. Look at the gold in your inventory to find 10,000 gold. Deposit the 10,000 gold and withdraw 1 gold again. Pick up the 10,000 on the ground, then repeat as needed.
When you get far enough into the game, buy a mace from the priest section of the “Buy” menu, then sell it. You will get more money than what you bought it for.
Immediately buy a level 1 Repair skill and leave the town. Start battling monsters and getting the equipment that they drop. When you get to the point that you cannot get anymore equipment, start repairing your inventory. When done, go to the town and sell all the equipment to gain more gold. Every time you get enough gold, raise your Repair level up by one.
Start a new game as the person you want to be strong and rich as character one, and a monk as character two. Start in the town, and have your monk give your other character everything (club, Book Of Resurrection, money, and apple). Go to the weapon shop and sell the club, then to the magic shop and sell the book. Take the money back to the weapon shop and choose “Upgrade”. Continue upgrading your weapon, armor, and other items. Then, go to the Land Of Ardyl and fight. You should level up, or at least gain lots of experience points. Then, select “Quit” from the menu (do not save game) and answer “Yes”. Then, start a new game, delete the monk, use that same person as character one. Make a new monk, use him as character two, and repeat the steps.
Get enough money then buy as many maces you can hold. Note: If you hear the sound of the wind, you will drop all of the maces that do that noise. Sell the maces. You will make a profit of 600 gold.
Unlimited chicken legs:
In the land of Ardyl, the town nearby asks you to recover the Horn Of Plenty for them. Instead of giving it back immediately, you can keep it and get unlimited chicken legs. Just keep right clicking on the Horn Of Plenty. At the end of the game you will need all seven crystals, so go back and give the horn back to the town for the last crystal.
Avoid player killer problems:
Use the following steps to save your game when playing over a network. Copy your save files to another directory that is outside of the DarkStone directory before joining a network game. To restore a save, reload DarkStone from the CD, then copy the saves from the outside directory. Note: Make sure all three saves are copied.
Selling equipment easily:
Play as a mage with the spell Magic Door. When you cannot carry anymore items, use the Magic Door spell to return to town. While at town sell all of the equipment you need to sell and rest for 100 gold. Go back through the gate and get the items you need. Repeat this as needed.
More money for items:
You will usually get more for selling items if you repair them first.
Extra food:
In the scenario were you have to get the Horn Of Plenty, keep using Abundance to continue getting chicken legs.
Have your thief “pickpocket” one of the chickens in town. You will get an egg to feed your characters with.
How to defeat Draak:
Before he transforms, use Magic Door and gather potions and equip the best fire resistance items then head back out. Let him transform, then equip a long range weapon (need to have at least 80 in Dex). Use the orb and belt potions and run back to the entrance until you cannot see Draak. Fire in the direction Draak was standing. After a short period of time, an intermission sequence will appear and you will have defeated the Dragon. Gather the key, scale, and hand then open the gate. Gather all the money (900,000 depending on the level of your character) and gate to town.
Do not use the hammer given to defeat Draak. Instead, buy bows all through the game. Each time you buy a high power bow after a level or two, a new higher power bow will appear at Gunther’s store. Buy that one, and sell the old one. Use a bow with 40% to hit or higher. With that bow, you can stand out of Draak’s reach and kill him. First, equip you bow and get to a corner (by the gate of gold) where Draak cannot reach you. Start hitting him. Make sure the X Draak appears in your text box. He will groan each time you hit him. Thunder will sound when he re-energizes. Count the number of times you hit him before he re-energizes his power. If it is fifty or less, you are in good shape. Put the Time Orb on your belt. If he re-energizes at forty-nine hits, count up to forty-eight hits and activate the Time Orb. He will die at the forty-seventh hit the next time around.
Level up faster:
Create a new character, then begin a new quest. When you are in town, equip the items you have. After you have done this, exit town and start to fight enemies. When you level up, save your attribute points. Keep doing this in Ardyl until you feel comfortable with the level you are at. You should reach expert level in about one hour. This will work as if you are at level two the entire time. Doing this trick can turn a warrior into a warrior/wizard. Note: If you quit the quest, this will no longer work; or if you are leveling up slowly again (after level 16 or 18) buy learning.
Healing your character:
The best way to heal your character is to go to town (or select “Town” from the “Places To Go” menu) and talk to Madam Irma. Select “Cure”. Not only will this heal your character and detoxify him/her from poison for free, but also conserve food for that character.
Stat maximums:
There is a maximum value for Strength, Magic, Dexterity and Vitality, and depending on which class you are using. Each stat will have a different maximum cap.
Warrior/Amazon
Strength: Unlimited
Magic: 50
Dexterity: 100
Vitality: 150
Wizard/Witch
Strength: 50
Magic: Unlimited
Dexterity: 150
Vitality: 100
Assassin/Thief
Strength: 150
Magic: 100
Dexterity: Unlimited
Vitality: 50
Priest/Monk
Strength: 100
Magic: 150
Dexterity: 50
Vitality: Unlimited
View FMV sequences:
Insert the Darkstone disc into the CD-ROM drive. Select “My Computer”, and right-click the Darkstone icon. Click “Explore” and open the “mdata” folder. The video-clips are FMV sequences used in the game. Note: The game does not need to be installed for this to work, and the video clips use Windows Media Player.
Duplicating items:
Place the object to be duplicated in your inventory and save the game. Start a new game with two characters. Give the other character the item to be duplicated. Then, load the game. You and the other character will still have the item.
Warning: This cheat stops working after awhile. After the first one or two times, you must play to get either a level up or a crystal to get the first persons items back. After four or five times, you will not be able to get your items back.
Rags:
There may be rags in your pack that say 16 to all attributes. If you wear, it will say Buimia and you cannot take it off.