Life is Feudal

This page contains hints, tips, and tricks for the MMO Life is Feudal as well as Life is Feudal: Your Own (LIFYO)

Many of these were taken from the game's loading screen.

A prayer per day keeps the skill loss at bay! Praying is the only way to increase your alignment.

Always remember: life IS feudal!

Ate all your cookies? Look around for some apple trees or forage for berries and edible taproots.

Be kind to others and maybe they will be nice to you...maybe.

Blunt damage is non lethal and will cause a knock out rather then death of a victim. A proper thug avoids killing!

Do not forget to open your skills book (L) and character scroll (P) to tweak skills and stats distribution.

Do not hesitate to use the "Flee!" ability to run away more effectively from a powerful enemy.

Don't forget to use "Observe" in the Terraforming menu to help you plan your village and flatten ground before construction.

Eating a high quality food will result in a skill progression bonus. Having a good cook that can make delicious soups or complex meals is quite important!

Ever wondered what getting hit feels like? Most people will happily show you!

Flux, naphtha and flavors are special results of herbalism/alchemy used for advanced crafting and construction.

Formation is more effective when there are MORE unit members inside the formation.

Harvest saplings and replant trees you chop down. Massive building projects can quickly deforest an area, resulting in problems for future construction and crafting.

Having a hard time finding clay? Search on your map for darker looking spots in sandy or forest areas.

If you are lost press M to see the map, or use the Recall ability to come back to your house or original spawning location.

If you use an ability frequently, set it to the default action by right clicking instead of left clicking in the action menu

If you want somebody's equipment, you don't have to kill them! Just knock them down and loot whatever you want while they are unconscious.

If your Alignment goes below -50, you will be permanently marked as a criminal. Alignment can't drop below -49 without murder.

If your opponent is heavily armored, speed and piercing weapons are your keys to success!

It is very difficult to survive alone. Asking your friends for help or making some new friends in game can help dramatically!

Keep an eye on your furnace to make sure it always has fuel ready. Don't let it burn out!

Look out for the weather before you're planting crops. Lack of sunny and rainy weather might result in poor crop harvest yeilds.

Mindless slashing with your sword isn't very effective. Open your skill book (L) to learn special directional combos to provide bonuses and maximize damage.

Movement speed of your character depends on the weight of equipped items. Raising Strength or equipping lighter armor/weapons will allow you to keep high mobility.

Paved paths increases your movement speed by 10% on clay roads and 25% on stone roads.

Pressing F10 switches you to UI customization mode. Decide what layout makes gameplay most comfortable for you!

Rather than being killed, you can Yield to an enemy and hand over your belongings. Killing a yielding person will cause a bigger alignment drop.

Right click on everything you see to learn what you can do with those objects. Increasing your skills will unlock more options.

Search trees with a high quality for better quality results. High quality trees appear larger and healthier with more folliage.

Swamp and snow can significantly slow you. Avoid those if you're trying to get away from someone!

The traits for Alchemical ingredients are different for every character. Trade your ingredients with other Alchemists who may need what you have!

There is an alignment punishment for every criminal action (assault, knockout, murder, trespassing). Players with negative alignment lose SIGNIFICANTLY more skill levels upon death.

Unlocking a new skill requires 30 levels in the previous one. Advancing beyond 29.99 levels in that skill requires 60 in the previous one.

Uprooting a stump will unblock that part of terrain for construction or for the growth of new trees.

You can find flintstones on rocky hilsides. Head towards mountains for it.

You can rearrange and add new abilities on your hotbar from a skill book in the UI customization mode (F10)

You need 60 Terraforming to actually start digging tunnels. Once you hit an ore vein, use you Mining skill to carefully extract the ore.

You need a branch to start crafting primitive tools. You can snap one from the nearest tree.

You need to literally hit your oponent with your weapon's damaging part. Getting too close to your oponent will cause you to miss your attacks. Learn the ideal range for your weapon and do your best to keep your enemy within that range.

You've just finished your first tiny shack, but it's still not yours! Use the Claim ability to set it as your home spawn point.

Also see [ edit ]

Life is Feudal: Keyboard Controls