How do you increase health?

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  1. Parson Barr

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    Hi All,

    I've been sort of stumbling around SotA over the past few years and haven't learned much about the mechanics of how things work.

    My health points are in the 500s without my armor. I made white iron chain mail so I could get the health bump, but it still barely gets me over 800 with strength of earth, devotional pools, and food buffs. I see people with much higher health and would love some tips on how you get these large numbers.

    Thanks,
    PB
     
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    What level is your Healthy skill at?
     
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    Many things will increase your health :
    Enchants & Masterworks
    Components in gear
    The healthy passive
    Your Strength
    Your Adventurer Level

    These people with over 1k health will often have a very high adventurer level combined with a high "Healthy" Passive, and a bunch of gear. One great example of a component giving nice HP is the mossy handle for polearms or bludgeons, giving 100 HP or so.
     
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    Another thing that gives a fair bit of heath is Shield of Crystal from the Earth tree - 140 health points @ GM. Based on what you say that skill would get you up to 940 ish
     
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    Where do you get a mossy handle?
     
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    Mossy handle is salvaged from weapons dropped by Torc'dawl. He spawns in Ruined Keep and Ravensmoor. Keep in mind, you have a *chance* to salvage one from a weapon and a *chance* to get a weapon with a mossy handle...so, they are rare-ish.
     
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    How much hp/focus do you get per AL?
     
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    After AL 100, it's 2. Not sure about before that. I have healthy GMd, and strength GMd, and I use shield of crystal from the earth tree (GMd). Additionally (as ranged) I go for +dex/+str gear where possible, so the +str gives me additional health as well. I run at near 1k HPs with those (no AL or STR devotional buffs). My AL is 110 now, so I get a fair amount of HP from that too, I guess.
     
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    Oh, and the potion of might gives +5 str, so I think +10 HP as well, for 10 or 15 minutes (I forget which)
     
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    Oh yeah, and a good 4+ hour food will give you +5 str, and you can have 2 different foods on at once, for another +10 str. As ranged, I use +dex food instead.
     
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    Potion of Might gives +15 strength for 10 minutes.
     
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    Thanks, I knew both 10 and 15 were in there somewhere. I tend to horde those potions and use them only when facing a tough boss fight or similar. ;)
     
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    - Heavy armor tree;
    - Bludgeon passive skill for mages;
    - White iron components
    - Str and life enchants;
    - Food with str bonus
    - Str buffs in earth and heavy amor
    - Mossy green handle (polearm and bludgeon) +100 hp
    - Shield of crystal (earth magic tree)
    - Devotionals
    - Backslot itens: capes bags and wings are now enchantable
     
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    You can also craft potions of might. It has very easy to find ingredients. ;)
     
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    Potions of Might (as well as the dex one) are pretty cheap to make. Acumen (Int) is the spendy one, since it requires lich skulls.

    (And I nearly always have them for sale on my vendor in Veritas Sanctuary, unless someone buys me out.)
     
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    There are passives in the earth tree that give str that will increase health.
     
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    Yeah, bear heads and corpion claws are pretty easy to get.
     
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