Games PC SACRED-UNDERWORLD User Manual

W e l c o m e

W

elcome back,

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dventurer

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he evil magician Shaddar has been
destroyed, the Undead have returned to their
graves, and the wild tribes of Ancaria are
returning to their peaceful everyday life. But
the victory against Shaddar is a bitter one - and
peace only short-lived. Prince Valor, the hope and
symbol of those resisting Shaddar, has died. Now, a
new shadow falls across Ancaria: From the
mysterious and unexplored depths of the
Underworld, a monstrous creature appears and
abducts Valor’s grieving widow, Baroness Vilya.
Who and what is behind this new threat? What new
beings, monsters and treasures does the

Underworld hide?

Find the answers in the official expansion to
Sacred, the award-winning, role-playing action
game. Explore the secrets of the Underworld using an experienced hero,
or relive the entire adventure as one of two fascinating new player
characters. The mysterious Daemon and the technically adept
Dwarf have unique skills, weapons and spells that open up entirely new
opportunities and methods of rediscovering Ancaria.

The Sacred team hopes you will enjoy discovering the realm of Ancaria
and the mystical underworld!

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Epilepsy Warning

Certain individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to particular light
patterns or flashing lights. In rare cases, television broadcasts or computer games can
trigger epileptic episodes. This can also occur even if the person affected has never before
shown symptoms of epilepsy. If you or anyone in your family suffers from epilepsy, you
should consult a doctor before starting to play this game. If, while playing the game, you
experience drowsiness, dizziness, hallucinations, disorientation, twitching of the eyes or
muscles, involuntary movements or convulsions, immediately discontinue play and consult a
doctor.

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I n s t a l l a t i o n

Please note that Underworld can only be installed on machines where
Sacred has already been installed. If Sacred is not installed on your PC,

please refer to the Sacred manual to obtain instructions on how to install
this first.

Place the Underworld CD in the drive.

If the Autorun option is activated, the install program will run
automatically. If this does not occur automatically, manually run the
setup.exe application located on the Underworld CD.

Then simply follow the instructions on the screen.

The file readme.html in the game’s installation folder contains important
technical information.

You can also find the latest news about Sacred and the Underworld
expansion on the official Sacred website: www.sacred-game.com.

Minimum System Requirements

DirectX9 compatible 64MB video card or higher

DirectX9 compatible sound card with 3D support

* The installation size is approximately 1.6GB.

There should be at least 600MB available for the swap file.

Pentium III 800 MHz

256MB RAM

4x CD-ROM or DVD drive

DirectX8 compatible 16MB video card

DirectX compatible sound card

DirectX9 (included on the Sacred CD)

Windows® 98 SE/ME

Hard drive with at least 2GB available*

Recommended

Pentium IV 1.4GHz or higher

512MB RAM or higher

8x CD-ROM or DVD drive or faster

Network card

Windows® 2000/XP

DirectX9 (included on the Sacred CD)

Hard drive with at least 2.5GB available*

Please note:

We cannot guarantee that Sacred will run on all laptops and notebooks. There are so many models on the
market that it simply is not possible to test all of them for compatibility. In addition, chip sets and video
cards may differ significantly from the desktop standard. If your laptop/notebook meets the system
requirements, Sacred will probably run on it. However, we cannot guarantee that it will, due to differences
in system architecture.

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M e n u s G e t t i n g SS t a r t e d

M a i n MM e n u

Ancaria Campaign

Underworld
Campaign

Multiplayer

Options

Load Game

Extras

MM ee nn uu ss

Starts a new game with a new hero. Takes you
to the “New Campaign” menu.

Takes you to the official Sacred expansion
Underworld. Please note that you can only
play Underworld if you have reached at least
level 25. Simply import your experienced
character from Sacred or make use of one of
the provided heroes (Dwarf or Daemon) to jump
right into the expansion campaign.

Starts a Multiplayer game. Please read up on the
various Multiplayer game options in the
corresponding sections of the Sacred manual.

Opens the “Options” menu. This is where you
can edit settings such as graphics details and
various game options. For further information,
please read the corresponding sections of the
Sacred manual.

Opens the “Saved Games” menu. For further
information, please read the corresponding
sections of the Sacred manual.

Starts the intro sequence of Sacred again or
shows the development team credits for the
game and the expansion.

GGeettttiinngg SSttaarrtteedd

A n c a r i a CC a m p a i g n

If you have never played Sacred before, or if you wish to re-explore
Ancaria with one of the new characters, open the Main Menu and select
the “Ancaria Campaign” option to access the character selection screen.
Here, you can choose one of the eight character classes you can use to
play Sacred.

Once you have decided on a character, you will need
to choose the level of difficulty. At the beginning of
the game, only the Bronze (very easy) and Silver
(easy) levels are available to you. If you finish the
game at the Silver level, you can access additional
difficulty levels for more demanding adventurers. As
the level of difficulty increases, opponents are harder

to defeat and the effect of healing potions is reduced.

Your adventure starts here. At the
beginning, useful tool tips explain
the particulars and finer points of
the controls as well as other game
elements.

U n d e r w o r l d CC a m p a i g n

To play the expansion, you need to have already
played Sacred or have at least partially explored
Ancaria, since your game character needs to be at
least level 25. Access the menu [ESC] in the main
program and click on “Export.”

Note: For the Dwarf and Daemon, a prepared and equipped
character is already supplied in the directory of exported characters.

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