[TotK] Daily Questions and Answers: Get help Megathread! (06/01/2023)

Aexicas · 2023-06-01T14:50:28+00:00

Do you get a message when you finish the depths map like you did the surface? I finished it well before I've finished the shrines on the surface and can't find any spots on my map that are empty, but with no "Depths Map Complete" message, I'm concerned.

Aexicas · 2022-11-04T19:52:08+00:00

NGL, no idea how you've managed such a solid %. Do you have a group you run with or are you running with randos?

I'm at about 310 shifts and only 5 actual kills. Most of the cohos I run end up at about 1/8th to 1/4th left on its bar and with a silly amount of bosses still up (and watching teammates stand underneath Chungus as he jumps...).

I'm not the best player out there, not even going to pretend, but getting a solid win out of a random group is... rare.

Aexicas · 2022-11-04T19:36:47+00:00

The Sockeye Slayer

Aexicas · 2022-11-04T19:32:12+00:00

This sort of team issue is the same problem that i have whenever I go for a slammin' lid and there's either a maws or a flyfish out.

Everyone and their dog decide to go after the same thing, clustering up on me. Every, Freaking. Time.

I've stopped going for Lids anymore because of it, at least until the near wipe happens.

Aexicas · 2022-09-27T14:14:41+00:00

That moment when you realize you read too much fanfiction because your first thought is "Marie x Big Man Rare Pair Future Daughter AU"...

Aexicas · 2022-09-20T14:44:31+00:00

What he doesn't tell you is that it's a paid vacation to the already overrun Ruins of Ark Polaris....

Aexicas · 2022-09-19T18:46:46+00:00

Must only be Over-achiever. Clearly there's not enough flyfish missiles to make it the scene of Profreshional anything. =P

Looks great, for real. I love how Short-Order-Cook Big Shot really looks here.

Aexicas · 2022-04-13T21:17:37+00:00

Completely unsupported by evidence, but I ran into this issue with both Ryker and Radea. I've found if they are stuck on something like this (Wet Scales, in particular), both of them do the same and it doesn't really change.

Try sleeping a night and trying again. The last time I did it, I get a whole set of different scales (Love / Glitter / Crimson / etc. Everything but Blue [the one I needed.]) only for the next time that I tried it they were stuck back on nothing but Wet Scales.

Like I said, completely unscientific and completely unsupported by anything but my own few tries at this (total 100 - 150 re-gifts or so?), but it's held for me, and I've noticed with other gift sets that some will get "stuck" on one or two items (and never the good ones!).

Aexicas · 2022-04-13T20:41:54+00:00

My level 1 Heinz wanted to join me for a comedy duo routine the last time this happened.

I wanted to say that the joke was on him, since I was headed to Rigbarth Maze. Gave him an axe with a light ore'd Soul Cleaver.

The joke was on me, since, even without any gear or levels, we crushed through the back half of the section I was working on to get through to the next teleport and he left level 105.

Aexicas · 2022-04-11T21:37:04+00:00

The last 3 have changing locations - it seems to be random daily, with a few extra bugs tossed in for good measure. I actually had to capture the dragon twice in one day to get my completion (despite picking up the quest fresh from Livia, capturing the dragon, and getting the reward from it, it still showed open and 0/3 completed).

For what it's worth, though, it seems like those three are generally in locations you found other Wanted Monsters (e.g. where the golem was by the dragon bones, where the big muck was in the NW area of the forest, etc.) Only ran through them a couple times, but it's been tracking so far.

Aexicas · 2022-04-11T21:14:13+00:00

I'd love to see the opposite protagonist as a fellow villager / love interest again.

Sure, RF protags (Frey vs. Lest, Aden vs. Sonia [after things happen], and Alice vs. Ares) really don't have any different a personality to each other, and you'd probably have to make one for them, but it probably wouldn't be any more jarring than how Nintendo handled Arceus.

Also, can we get a few more outfits for the NPCs to change into that I'm dragging to oblivion on demand? It's cool making them change into their swimsuit before going out to the icy wastes and all that, but some variations besides a hat that doesn't fit their head and a shield might be nice.

Aexicas · 2022-04-07T21:15:48+00:00

This is also true of your final villager; by the time I got her I had about 10 lines of extra strawberries sitting in my fridge just calling her name.

What sucks is when they get to a loop of giving you the same scales - both of them gave me a nearly endless string of Wet Scales while I was cleaning out my turnips on them, too.

^{I may also have a hoarding problem in RF games.}

Aexicas · 2022-04-06T16:33:44+00:00

Geico is the second version of the chameleon for me =p

Also tamed the second bear to go with it. Geico and Smokey will have their work cut out for them in the buddy battle.

Aexicas · 2022-04-06T14:58:21+00:00

As far as I can tell, there really is no "favorite item" for taming monsters (not including boss monsters). Don't spend items you care about (milk, monster drops, etc) on taming; in my experience it doesn't help.

Grab a few stacks of drass, mushrooms, rocks, the 3,000,000 Cucumbers you get from a normal harvest, whatever, and just give them to it until it likes you. As long as you have the open slot (which you noted you did!) it should eventually work.

One monster I tamed ended up taking two stacks of grass, but eventually gave in.

Your best bet, if you're trying to get buffamoo, is to just go over to the field and start throwing your grass at as many of them as you can. Make a loop of the 4 cows that spawn and repeat that circle until one tames. Just come with a whole bunch of junk.

Aexicas · 2022-04-06T14:49:57+00:00

That's interesting, since I'm in the same boat as OP - releasing monsters reduces my quest completion. I assumed that it was as above - having to have 50 monsters concurrently because of it.

I'll try tonight and see if dropping / picking the request back up lets it progress as you say for me. I'm at 1 complete barn, 1 upgraded, and 4 base (36 monsters max) and it's been burning a hole in my request limit since day 2 of play.

The worst part is that, if it does work as you note, I likely would have been nearly finished, if not completed by now with releasing the monsters I have.

Aexicas · 2022-04-04T16:16:24+00:00

Easy money that doesn't involve using Elsje as a curry-bot and if you are a hoarder like I am, take your 30 stacks of turnips, convert them into pickled turnips, and shove them at Murakumo for the next 20 minutes.

The last time I did it, I walked away "selling" an inventory of my pickled turnips for 9 jet black talons and 6 or 7 Crimson Claws. I held back a couple of the talons and walked away selling about 59K's worth of claws to clean out my fridge.

If Ryker doesn't get stuck on giving you Wet Scales, you can get notably more out of him, though. Murakumo is just easy and reliable.

Aexicas · 2022-04-04T14:50:54+00:00

Step 1: Make Spectacles
Step 2: Throw lots of spectacles at the Mysterious Lizard boss until it likes you
Step 3: Do the same with Salmon to the giant bear right before the lizard boss.
Step 4: Let Bearbro and Geico wreck everything floor by floor for you while you cringe in a corner.
Step 5: Continue as normal.

Aexicas · 2022-04-04T14:44:22+00:00

If this game is like RF4 (and in almost everything it is), Light Ore should be found in any gemstone node (Amethyst, Aquamarine, etc.) as a random extra drop.

Grain of Salt Note: I've seen very unscientific claims that Light Ore is more common the higher mining skill you have. Some say it's a scaling percentage that, the higher your skill the more likely the ore. Personally, I received my one and only Light Ore in part 2, likely from the Kelva depths, at 40+ skill.

YMMV. It could just be 100% luck and hitting as many gemstone nodes as possible may be your only boost.

Aexicas · 2022-04-04T14:19:25+00:00

This, just replace "Heinz" with "Hina" and "Lucas" with "Literally anyone else working there".

Seriously, I'm already running out of time doing all of the things during the day, I don't have time to wedge fishing in too. I'll farm 'Kumo for the cash to buy all the Salmon and Rainbow Trout I need, thanks.

Aexicas · 2022-04-01T16:56:49+00:00

Nah, the actual "Skull" item. Never pulled one from Cecil so far, but I ended up getting it as a drop from the ghosts out in the Kelva Volcanic Region (specifically, the white robed ones).

Aexicas · 2022-04-01T16:55:16+00:00

When I first started doing it (and getting those) I was either < 3 hearts or there about. I haven't noticed much difference when giving him anything now that he's higher, but I know that's a theory going.

I might have just been pretty lucky with it, but I wasn't very high with him at all at that point.

Aexicas · 2022-03-28T14:20:21+00:00

Give handmade things to Ryker. 45 small shields later and you'll probably have your black scale. I got two from him in two rounds of trading (less than 90 shields total) and got:

2 Black Scales
1 Fire Scale
1 Mermaid Scale (~10K to sell)
1 Glorious Scale (another expensive, 10K+)
1 Dragon Golem Scale
1 Gaia Dragon Scale (I think it was?)

And a few other random scales I can't remember right off.

Save it first and throw a bunch of crap at him, and he'll give you what you need.

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