Thief

Thief is a weapon class, and specializes in getting gold. This is done with the thief's secondary weapon daggers, and with the upgraded mithril daggers, which can be accessed through the merchant, which is a special shop only available for Thief. Unlocking the thief class costs 90  to unlock

## Abilities and weapons

Since thief is a weapon-class, the class has two weapons: the basic sword and the daggers. The daggers only deals damage equal to the current level (which is less that the basic sword), but it gains +4 gold whenever it kills a monster. This allows thief to pile of large amounts of gold. Thief's only ability is pathfinder. This ability gains +2 energy, and opens up a merchant, which is a sort of shop that can be accessed during a run unlike the shop, that can only be accessed at the end of an area. This allows thief to spend some of the gold, that has been earned by using the daggers, making the thief weapon and ability complement each other very nicely. The pathfinder also allows the player to buy the mithril daggers, which is a very powerful weapon, and should be the goal to obtain in every thief run.

## Skills

The 3 skills of thief are treasure map, coin pouch and four clover, and all contributes by gaining gold or other stats, or by increasing your damage on the luck attribute. Treasure map and coin pouch are each fairly easy to unlock, requiring only 1 charisma and 1 wisdom to unlock respectively, and gives a nice boost to the stats. However the real damage comes from the last skill, four clover. This skill requires 2 luck, but is very powerful, since it makes every point in the luck attribute deal 1 additional damage to the critical hits. This makes it obvious to keep on taking points in luck, as it will keep on increasing the damage on the melee attacks.

## Strategy

When playing thief, the player should aim to accumulate a lot of gold as early as possible, so that the player can buy the sales pitch and silent disguise, making the pathfinder ability a lot better. As long as the player has a lot of gold, getting health and EXP should not be a problem. Later in the game, the player should try and get the mithril daggers, and keep on leveling up, so the player can get more points in luck, which will allow the player to deal out a ton of damage on every melee attack. This will make the final boss an easy opponent.

### Overall gameplan

In the first area, the goal should be to last hit as many monsters with the daggers, in order to quickly get gold. Unlike many other classes, fighting monsters that grants gold is very useful for thief. This includes monsters like gold slime and worm. When the player has reached 25 gold and 2 mana, the player can buy the 2 first special items from the merchant, making it much easier to buy potions from now on. Since mana can be scarce in the first area, the player should always aim to buy at least 2 potions when using the pathfinder ability. This will make the player both get experience and health whenever using the ability, which is very useful in the first area. At the end of the first area, the player should have enough gold to buy the mithril daggers. From now on, this is the only weapon the player should be using.

In the later stages, the thief should try to visit the shop as early as possible, to buy as many potions as possible. If the player still has the silent disguise and sales pitch, the player can steal the potion of damage and sell it again, which earns the player 15 gold, which is enough to buy the 2 important potions: health and experience. The player should also try to use as much gold as possible. If the thief is having to much gold, it might be a good idea to visit the merchant more often, or to sell the sales pitch and silent disguise in the shop, in order to get better items.

In the last stage of the game, the thief should get as high a level as possible, only taking points in the luck attribute, as this deals the most damage. The player should end area 3 with as much health as possible, as well as being high level, so the player has the best possibilities to fight the final boss. This is because thief is unable to use the pathfinder ability against the boss, and most win by using melee attacks and items alone.

### Items

Items that are good on thief are some of the same items that are good on alchemist, which are items that can boost your potions, such as secret ingredient and components of the ruby and sapphire. King's armor is excellent for fighting bosses, since you are going to be using melee attacks a lot.