piercing crystals

[curi]

can anyone tell me which towns sell piercing crystals in exile 1?

 

i just found out that you cannot dispel barriers in the tower of magi with a level 3 mage (4int), even if you save/load and cast the spell 50 times.

[Fireball Fodder]

I don't remember unfortunately, but I do know that some Barriers require more Int, and Piercing Crystals are too weak to take them down. Best return later.

[curi]

FYI i tested this some. piercing crystals did work. and my level 3 mage could dispel the barrier (low odds) when edited to 6 int. i also checked a bunch of towns and didn't find any piercing crystals for sale, i'm not sure you can buy them.

 

according to the boe code, level is the main factor for dispel barrier and town difficulty is minor (it's divided by 10, whereas for unlock it isn't). i'm a bit skeptical that exile 1 works the same as that though. i also kinda doubt Int is required though, i bet higher level and 4 int would be fine too.

[Fireball Fodder]

Yeah it might have been level not Int... someone actually posted the formula a long time ago (but also for BoE, not Exile I), but I don't remember the name of the topic.

 

I remembered there is one place you can buy Piercing Crystals: Sathis (sp?), the Slith that lives all the way west of Fort Remote. Though by the time you get there it's almost certain you'll already have completed the Dispel Barrier-related quest. Piercing Crystals are just too unreliable IMO.