EE:Best Served Cold
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Best Served Cold is the 
Swashbuckler gold challenge.
Contents
Preparations
No preparations are allowed.
Resources Available
You start with 
Snakeboots, allowing your level ups to overheal and overcharge up to 200% health/mana.
There are three altars, and they are always 
The Pactmaker, 
The Earthmother, and 
Glowing Guardian.
Shops always carry 
Fire Heart, 
Trisword, 
Platemail, 
Crystal Ball, 
Pendant of Health, 
Dragon Soul, and 
Alchemist Scroll, along with an apothecary.
Glyphs are fixed: 
WONAFYT, 
BURNDAYRAZ, 
CYDSTEPP, 
HALPMEH, and 
LEMMISI.
Standard amount of potions and boosters.
Special Rules
Once the three overland bosses are down (each drops 10 gold), the subdungeon opens and four Lv 10s are faced. Once those are defeated, the final boss room opens up.
Monsters
Sea Devil, 
Siren, 
Drowned One, 
Cultist, 
Desert Troll, and 
Coral Snake are all guaranteed to appear.
Monsters have a 150% stat multiplier.
Bosses
First Nate: 
Human Thief icon, 84 attack, 238 health, 
Bloodless, 
First Strike
Kris the Cook: 
Dwarf Berserker icon, 84 attack, 238 health, Bloodless, 
Berserks at 50%
Mrs. Swain: 
Goblin Tinker icon, 84 attack, 238 health, Bloodless, 
Retaliate: Fireball
Davy Jones: 
icon, 75 attack, 159 health, 
Magical Attack, Retaliate: Fireball, 50 stacks of 
Death Protection
Strategy
Orc can be a strong choice here to get started. 
Elf, 
Gnome, and potentially other races are viable as well.
You may want to start with The Earthmother for 
IMAWAL and her boons. Don't be afraid to use 1-3 
Clearances if your path is blocked or if mana is needed. 
Consensus can be taken at any time your piety is low and you're ready to spend some on boons or converting gods. Glowing Guardian and 
Humility are strong choices when level 10 is near. An early Humility will weaken your BURNDAYRAZs and may not be worth the extra bonus experience.
Standard Swashbuckler strategies apply: Try not to waste any mana. Build up and use your dodges.
Two monsters have 
Revives, two monsters have 
Serrated Strike, and two monsters have 
Cowardly. Some nasty monster with high stats are here. Sirens and Coral Snakes are best avoided until you can take them down without getting hit, or you take only one hit near low hp to minimize the effect of Bleed. A few high level monsters that don't inflict statuses may be left alive to pop 
Burnings for Davy Jones' 50 Death Protections, along with standard low level popcorn that don't inflict statuses. Keep in mind Swashbuckler strikes last without 
GETINDARE, and always does with Platemail.
The initial boss trio all have only 238 health and a level catapult can be started at the end of Level 4 or 5. If they are all available, First Nate ( First Strike) is probably the easiest, followed by Kris the Cook ( Berserks at 50%). Don't be afraid to use a few potions against the trio if you need to.
Platemail is very strong once you're level 5 or so, and especially versus Davy Jones. Taking it too early may make avoiding Bleed difficult. GETINDARE can be converted when purchasing Platemail, as you will never strike first again.
Dragon Soul is a strong buy, and Fire Heart is quite viable. Trisword can be used against the initial boss trio, but won't do much good against Davy Jones.
Subdungeon
In the subdungeon, make the most of blackspace and kill a few more monsters on the main level to not waste too much of it. You will face two 
Druids and two 
Thralls, all Level 10. The Thralls in particular are quite squishy and can likely be killed in 2-3 hits, just mind the 
Mana Burn and 
Poisonous, using level ups or 
Cleansing to clear the effects.
Davy Jones is a long regen fight with 50 layers of Death Protection to get through. Make the most of your blackspace, popcorn, and any remaining Potions and 
Protections to pop all of his Death Protections using attacks and BURNDAYRAZ.
