MM4 Building Strength is provided to help you find the best grind spots and the best gear for your heroes. This is how you get started. Need help building your party? Check the Party Development page.
“The greatest adventures are born from the pages of the learned.”
Merchant of ancient tomes
Quest or Grind
When I was young I played Clouds first and then later played Darkside. Playing as such, there are only trainers to train you up to Level 20 on the cloud-side. You can find some Permanent Level Boosts to get above 20 (assuming you wait to collect them until after you are maxed at 20). If you complete quests and clear out most of the dungeons and caves there is plenty of XP available to reach 20 without any special grinding.
Looking over the Map Details page, you can get an idea of what areas are good to tackle at lower levels and which ones you should save for later. If you are interested in questing, take a look at the Guide page for a full list of quests along with initially obfuscated solutions.
Gear
Gear is broken up into 4 groups and each group has a different set of modifying bonuses that may appear on it. Prefix modifiers have variable strength where more potent modifiers will appear in higher level areas.
Take a look at the MM4 Gear Database to see what gear you might find and where you might find it!
Spells
With 96 spells split between Cleric, Sorcerer, and Druid classes, your journey in mastering the arcane is a long one. Many powerful spells are not just learned with level gain but instead you must seek out trainers and scrolls to learn many spells
The MM4 Spells Database details each spell and where to find them!
Secondary Skills
Secondary skills are found in towns, on the surface, and in dungeons and castles-sometimes free and sometimes for a fee. There is no limit to how many secondary skills each character can have.
Look at the Secondary Skill page to learn more!
Statistic Boosts
Boosts are an important mechanic for gaining strength. Boosts can be permanent or temporary and each is useful is various ways. Boosts are located all over Xeen but sometimes they are only available before you statistics get too high so it can be beneficial to find them early.
Learn more on the Boost page!
Attribution
How to obtain a copy of this game:
eBay link – PC version (1992)
GOG link – Digital PC version (includes