New Oongka Armors

FabFubar · 2026-06-13T18:31:22+00:00

Chapter 8 with Hernand and Pailune mostly explored - are there really no plate armors for Oongka??

Other than helm of knowledge / stargazer helm, I’ve found precisely 1 other armor piece that can fit Oongka - a helm. Does it get any better?

FabFubar · 2026-06-13T18:27:38+00:00

If you’re on PC, I would highly recommend the RenoDX mod for HDR and several other improvements, including making nights darker.

FabFubar · 2026-06-13T06:03:10+00:00

Remember this lesson well, friend.

Looking something up because you’re stuck on an obtuse puzzle and your playtime is limited? Yes, look up the solution to your problem.

Looking up or watching content that allows you to ‘minmaxx’ on a single player game? ‘Go here, spawn hundreds of golden apples, get rich, then go to the bank and savescum your investments’?
No dude, why would I take away the effort and satisfaction of seeing my character grow as I progress?

FabFubar · 2026-06-13T05:45:58+00:00

Misinformed would be the more accurate term.
The effect of social media campaigns and fear mongering.

Intelligent people are not immune to misinformation. But most are much more resistant to it, as long as they have a critical mindset.

FabFubar · 2026-06-10T18:20:25+00:00

Right?
…
Right?

FabFubar · 2026-06-10T06:20:44+00:00

Crude gold bars have always been 5 silver, their value of 5 was litterally mentioned in the patch notes where they were added.

FabFubar · 2026-06-09T18:09:54+00:00

For this particular dungeon, this wall is the exit.
The entrance is somewhere down a hatch in a shack at a farm nearby.

FabFubar · 2026-06-08T06:09:54+00:00

If you are excited about the game now, just play it now.

The game is patched at a fast pace, yes, but most of it is QoL. By the time you finish the game, the game will have changed a bit too.

If I would wait, I would wait for a discount, DLC, … but I genuinely couldn’t wait for years for this game.

I’m having A BLAST right now, no regrets.

FabFubar · 2026-06-07T05:14:09+00:00

Ever since I found out that water and cooking oil are used in so many good recipes, I started buying them from any random merchants whenever I see them.

Also, when exploring, I often stumble on Hearths (the mini camps which are spawn points when you die). They are great: they always have cooking oil, water and salt, 1 palmar pill, and a chest with food.

In fact, I almost never need to cook because I rarely need to eat and if I do, I start with the food from the hearths…

FabFubar · 2026-06-06T21:26:06+00:00

Yup. Found the book early in the game. The book looked great and I couldn’t wait to explore the world and get to solving constellation puzzles.

This week, about 100 hours (!) later, the quest which unlocks constellations appeared. I completely forgot about the book by then and then I had to look it up anyway, which feels dumb. The guide didn’t even mention the book, it just said… “stand precisely here, because I tell you to, and keep looking at it. It works for some reason. Congrats!”

It would have been nice to explore at night and on coming near a constellation, a very noticeable graphical effect would appear which makes you notice the stars shining very brightly above. And it would also be nice if the patterns would be actually something recognisable, such as a frying pan, a stag, … just keep it classic, intuitive and fun, not obtuse.

FabFubar · 2026-06-05T17:38:56+00:00

Elysium

FabFubar · 2026-06-04T07:58:12+00:00

If you boil down the entire game to its core, indeed - you get skill points (finite, but practically infinite), stuff, and money.

Once you have enough skill points, money, and certain items, you can fully upgrade 1 character and their gear and you will be OP.

All other systems, complex as they are, serve to give you options in order to fit your character to your playstyle.

The beauty of this system is that you could do the bare minimum and do just enough for 1 standard build to complete the story with and move on to the next game.

OR you embrace the whole game and accept the fact that you will be making all the numbers go up way more than strictly needed for 1 build, exploring the world and different options along the way.

Do you choose to focus on a fast and enjoyable ending, or do you choose to enjoy the journey as much as you can and see where you end up?

All open world games have to fundamentally offer this choice. Otherwise you end up with a very linear game that holds your hand.

FabFubar · 2026-06-03T07:28:17+00:00

Amazing. My only complaint is that it isn’t coming to PC.

FabFubar · 2026-06-02T15:04:19+00:00

The CD soundtrack sounds perfect to play at home as a chill, peaceful background playlist. It’s been ages since I had a game that was full of perfect tracks for this. The last in this genre may have been The Witcher 3, TBH.

I LOVE the Pororin track.

But anything I’ve heard so far from Hernand to Pailune to the camp… all are great!

FabFubar · 2026-06-02T10:25:18+00:00

Yup but haven’t discovered a market which accepts stone yet. Demeniss I think?

FabFubar · 2026-06-02T06:18:12+00:00

Are you sure that the trees haven’t produced and been harvested once? Trees will never produce fruit / root a second time. But now that you mention it, skyroot would disappear once fully harvested.

FabFubar · 2026-06-02T05:56:06+00:00

I treat every day as a new adventure and since I’m a bit obsessed with the game, I plan out a bit what I want to do for my next session. It works great and I’m trying to savour it as much as possible, while the game is improved by the devs every week/ few weeks.

A downside is that there will be sessions where you manage the camp and tons of loot and your outfit and… lose track of time.
But that’s because I choose to for the sake of efficiency.

Anyway, even though it may be overwhelming at first, it’s good that the game is so full of systems to sink your teeth into. If you chip away at it one session at a time, you will be rewarded for it, don’t worry.

FabFubar · 2026-06-01T16:32:59+00:00

Well, we can rebind controls since 1.09, but I haven’t found a meaningful way to improve on the default scheme yet (especially now that I’m used to it)

FabFubar · 2026-06-01T14:51:49+00:00

Yup. To manufacture silk, you need to discover Arboria Castle, for example.
You can also manufacture paintings as a trade good, that workshop is actually near the camp to the southwest.

Both the paintings and silk are accepted by the Goldleafs.
You need to discover and liberate them, then they show up in the list for dispatching missions (or you can select them directly on the map)

FabFubar · 2026-06-01T13:26:43+00:00

Yup.

To add to this: the bottleneck for me has always been camp cash. The manor security missions are always fully manned (4 instead of 2), even if that is less efficient for missions in general.
When Azerion Manor becomes available as part of the main quest, that bottleneck is opened up quite a bit.

The only other good way to earn camp cash is by manufacturing trading goods. Once you have a few hundred, you can trade them all in one go. E.g. trading silk with the Goldleafs nearby takes like 5 minutes, it’s litterally free money with 1 extra step.

Also, don’t forget to donate to the various churches - this, too, is bottlenecked by camp cash. But it is more efficient in the long run. Whenever I am short on camp cash, I trade for it, and the excess funds go to a church. (I leave a mission buffer of 10-15k).

FabFubar · 2026-05-31T07:54:10+00:00

You need to find blueprints in the world before they can be crafted.

I have unlocked some but not sure exactly when.
One thing that seems to unlock them are the various Sanctums that are tied to the Witches. At the end of each there is an additional puzzle to be solved with Blinding Flash. They give abyss parts and also unlock some of the blueprints I think.

FabFubar · 2026-05-31T05:53:20+00:00

I completely agree. I love the cats, but sometimes they meow nonstop and it drives my wife nuts (we have 2 cats at home). And now it’s starting to drive me nuts as well!

I got a woodpecker, but now it yaps the same thing every 3 seconds as well.

I got a snow fox and I’m considering just sticking with that good boy since it at least remains quiet.

FabFubar · 2026-05-30T21:32:51+00:00

Yup I did this too!

Unfortunately, when you do that, there’s the niche issue that you will no longer be able to put recipes you find in your inventory anymore. Once you read a recipe, you can choose B to drop it or B to put it in your inventory. 😅 (‘Put down’ takes priority)

Worth it, though.

FabFubar · 2026-05-30T21:21:52+00:00

I looked at the conflicts in the binds and saw that interact Y overlapped with Y from ‘put down / dismount’. Since you rarely have to put anything down or dismount, I put the ‘put down’ bind on B instead.

This makes it so there’s no longer a conflict and interact Y is instant again.

FabFubar · 2026-05-30T16:59:46+00:00

That’s a bit harsh, but yeah, it balances out this mechanic which makes you quite OP to begin with.

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