Within are two enemies, one of them will run away immediately and he has the fourth Akbaa Stone. This is the final dungeon and you shouldn't drop the barrier until you're ready. Level 4 has a barrier blocking a cave.Make sure not to lose them and leave them somewhere you can easily find them later such as your room in the castle. 5 Akbaa Stones are required to reach the final boss and three can already be found in the Temple of Akbaa about halfway through the game.The Bless spell temporarily increases all your main attributes which can be exploited in multiple ways, such as equipping gear you don't normally have the stats for and to help with lockpicking attempts.If you're not going to be wizard enough to be able to cast Levitation yourself, make sure to save some scrolls to reach some areas in the late game and some treasures earlier on.You can look them up, but you can also discover them by figuring out the grammar and meaning of the spell runes and extrapolating from there. There are several spells you can cast the game never directly tells you about.Pre-casting combat spells and manually casting utility ones is a good way to go about things. Your lines can be any length (shorter is faster and more reliable), you just have to pause a fraction of a second, and then start your next stroke at a clear angle to your last. Spellcasting is not purely about making the glyph as the game shows it to you, it only really cares about the corners.Make sure to get them repaired on time if you're using bows actively. There are no separate arrows, quivers simply go down in durability as you use a bow.
A Shovel is needed for one or two sidequests as well, but you don't need to lug one around all the time.
In addition to excavating valuables from walls, one can be used to break down various environmental objects and obstacles.
It's worth holding on to the first Pickaxe you find.Make sure to buy the Key Ring from the general store in Arx, it'll function as every key you use on it and saves you a lot of inventory shuffling.Hold Shift to move item stacks, and press the "Use" key (F by default) on your inventory icon to open all your bags at once once you've found extras.It's not until you get there that you'll get reliable access to potionmaking, a wider range of spells, heavy armor, competent weapons of every type, and a broad range of consumables. Everything will be a bit shaky at first until you make your way to the big human settlement and get a chance to stock up on supplies.Arx Libertatis makes the game play nice on modern systems and fixes some bugs.