Gothic 1: Dark Secrets – 2.5 Unofficial Rebalance

The author states that they have a deep connection to this modification, which is why they chose Dark Secrets as the foundation for their work.

This version is based on version 2.02 – the most recent release, for which the author recently ported the Czech translation from Gothicz.net and manually completed the rest using DeepL. The version currently available on Gothicz.net is outdated and not 2.02.

Main Goals:
Rebalance the mod’s economy

Adjust the overall difficulty level

Slightly modify the storyline

Around 100 quests are currently written

The creator’s game design document contains 13 pages of ideas and plans

25 quests with bugs have been fixed

Various small and large changes to prevent players from breaking questlines

No ore potion

Trainer adjustments

Economy: revised sell/buy values

Economy: not every merchant will buy everything

Weapon and damage system rebalance

Ranged weapons now benefit from Dexterity

Additional critical damage scaling with skill development

Ability to create alternative equivalents of Uriziel

Additional magic damage scaling

What’s left to do?
Final mini-storyline

Finalize early weapon balance

Enemy resistance balance

Pickpocketing system

When will it be released?