x Absorb Experience Orbs / CONTROLLER Spell Selector ] Look-At / Target Lock Pause Menu > ` Expressions Wheel _ First Person Y Ranged Attack B Magic L Movement A Interact / Sprint / Sheathe Weapon / Roll X Melee Attack C Camera / Context-Sensitive (Click and Hold) View Hero l Xbox Guide Shortcuts 0609 Part No. X15-83203-01 Get the strategy guide Bradygames.com WARNING Before playing this game, read the Xbox 360® console and accessory manuals for important safety and health information. Keep all manuals TABLE OF CONTENTS for future reference. For replacement console and accessory manuals, go to www.xbox.com/support. II Your Hero Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures III A Hero’s Best Friend A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in IV Game Screen video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have VI Controller an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games. VIII Combat and Your Health These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, IX Experience, Leveling Up, and Renown confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking X Strength nearby objects. XII Skill Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above XIV Will symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the XVI Getting Around Albion following precautions: Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a XVII Points of Interest well-lit room; and do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a XVIII Interacting with the Locals doctor before playing. XIX Expressions XX Love and Family ESRB Game Ratings XXI Working for a Living The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings are designed to provide consumers, especially parents, with concise, impartial guidance about the age- XXII Pub Games appropriateness and content of computer and video games. This information can ® help consumers make informed purchase decisions about which games they deem XXIII Gambling on Xbox LIVE Arcade suitable for their children and families. XXIV Spending Your Hard-Earned Money ESRB ratings have two equal parts: • Rating Symbols suggest age appropriateness for the game. These symbols XXVI Cooperative Play and Xbox LIVE appear on the front of virtually every game box available for retail sale or XXVIII Xbox LIVE rental in the United States and Canada. • Content Descriptors indicate elements in a game that may have triggered a XXIX The Pause Menu particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern. The descriptors appear on the back of the box next to the rating symbol. XXX Credits ON FRONT ON BACK VIDEO ™ Cartoon Violence GAME Mild Lyrics E For more information, visit www.ESRB.org I YOUR HERO A HERo’s BEST FRIEND You can play as a Hero of either gender in Fable® II, but that Humans domesticated the dog millennia ago, recognizing its decision is only the beginning. Throughout the course of incredible value as a companion and a protector. Your dog the game, your choices shape you in myriad ways. is absolutely loyal and will follow wherever you lead. In addition to companionship, he can perform many useful actions. Good and Evil Many problems have both good and Combat Interacting With Your Dog evil solutions. Your choices influence Your dog fights devotedly to protect In addition to healing, you can praise or you physically: perform noble deeds you in battle. He instinctively leaps scold your dog, give him treats, and play and you’ll be a dashing figure; upon targets you have knocked to the fetch with him. To interact with your give in to your evil impulses and ground and attacks them, so look for dog, press z to open the Expression your visage becomes the stuff of opportunities to set up enemies for your Wheel, select Dog and then select the nightmares. Villagers will furry friend to finish off. action you want. Shortcuts to relevant react accordingly. expressions will also appear on l. Healing Purity and Corruption Should your loyal friend take damage in Good and Evil Purity makes Heroes more combat, heal him by giving him Dog Your dog is so strongly bonded to you attractive, while corruption Elixir. Doing so will improve his health that his physical appearance changes to renders them ugly. Purity is and make him happy. reflect your moral alignment. If you determined by more subtle factors follow a righteous path, your dog will than good and evil, such as greed, Alerts be noble as well. If you prey on the gluttony, and laziness. When your dog senses something innocent, he grows fearsome-looking. interesting, such as a chest, buried Strength, Skill, and Will treasure, or an object related to a quest, Heroes perfect their abilities in three he will bark. Face him and he will areas. Strength governs the use of melee attempt to lead you to it. weapons. Developing your Skill grants Customisation you greater prowess with ranged combat. You can also tailor your appearance Training Will is the ability to cast magic spells. with a variety of clothing. The stylists Using books you find or You can specialise in one discipline or and tattoo artists of Albion offer a wide purchase, you can train combine all three. array of hairstyles, facial hair, tattoos, your dog to do tricks, and makeup. spot increasingly valuable Physical Appearance treasures, and cause more Dyes Many factors affect your appearance. damage in combat. If you’ve Eat too many pies and you’ll become fat. There are also dyes available to colour acquired a training book, Develop your Strength and you’ll bristle your hair and clothing and make them press > to open the Pause with muscles. Focus on Skill and you’ll truly distinctive. To use a dye, press > menu. Select Items, then grow taller. If you use magic spells to open the Pause menu. Select Items, Books & Documents, and often, glowing Will lines will crisscross then Dyes. Choose a colour, then select then select the training book your skin. the item to be dyed. you’d like to use. II III GAME SCREEN GAME SCREEN (COMBAT) (INTERACTION) Expression Meter Info Bar Health Meter Experience Earned Opinion Gift Giver Child Spouse Info Bar Strength Skill Will General XP Icon Icon Icon Icon Spell Meter Look-At Indicator Quest Counter Context-Sensitive Experience Orbs Your Hero Shortcuts IV V CONTROLLER ] Look-At / Target Lock x Absorb Experience Orbs / Spell Selector Pause Menu > _ First Person ` Expressions Wheel Y Ranged Attack B Magic L Movement A Interact / Sprint / Sheathe Weapon / Roll X Melee Attack l Context-Sensitive Camera / C Shortcuts Xbox Guide (Click and Hold) View Hero VI VII COMBAT AND EXPERIENCE, LEVELING UP, YOUR HEALTH AND RENOWN Albion is a dangerous place, and you will see your fair share Combat is brutal and terrifying, but for those who survive it, of battle throughout your travels. Whether you favour it is also a learning experience. For each opponent you fight, Strength, Skill, Will, or a combination, combat is a deadly you gain valuable experience (XP) which you can leverage to business. make yourself an even more powerful Hero. Healing Experience Orbs Leveling Up As you take damage in combat, you can XP appears as glowing orbs that burst Each kind of XP (Strength, Skill, and Health and Scarring restore your health in a number of ways. from enemies. Absorb XP orbs by Will) can be spent on abilities in its x When combat starts, a red meter appears Healing potions are holding . There are four different corresponding combat discipline, and onscreen to represent your health. As magical elixirs that kinds of XP, represented by four general XP can be spent on any of the you take damage, the meter depletes. instantly restore a large different colours. Green is general XP, three. Buying new abilities transforms When it is empty, you collapse on the amount of health. while the other three colours signify the you from a novice into a lethal, battle- ground. After a moment, you draw three combat disciplines. If you favour hardened warrior. on your reserves of Heroic power to hand-to-hand combat, you’ll tend to get To level up, press > to open the Pause knock all enemies back, and rise to more Strength XP (blue), thus allowing menu. Select Abilities, and then choose rejoin the fight—hopefully with better you to develop your melee abilities the disciplines and abilities you want. luck this time, plus a few new scars. further. If you prefer to use guns and You can discard unwanted abilities, Note that any uncollected experience crossbows, you’ll receive Skill XP regaining a portion of the XP you spent orbs (see next section) that were present (yellow), allowing for more advanced on them. when your health reached zero disappear shooting techniques. Using Will powers Food replenishes health more slowly than permanently and cannot be collected. earns you Will XP (red), making it Renown a potion. Food can also have various These consequences can be avoided if you possible to learn additional and more While XP is gained by killing enemies other benefits and penalties.