How to play Spirittea

**How to play Spirittea** serves as a guide for Spirittea. Please expand!

Although it is recommended to play the game with a controller, it is also possible to play it with the keyboard.

## Game start

The Player Character will approach a bus and will be asked who they are and where they want to go. They now can continue with the customization of their character. The player character can either be male or female, and choose from a variety of skin tones, sweater colours and pants colours. After naming the town, their journey begins.

The main character is a Fantasy Author looking for inspiration. After the bus ride, they arrive at their destination and are welcomed by Miko at the bus station. She shows the player to their new house.

The first days in the game are a tutorial to get to know all the menus and controls, and slowly unfolds the story.

### Controls

* Players can move around with **[W]-[A]-[S]-[D]**.

* **Interact** with the bed **[E]** to sleep, and the game will be **saved**.

Amelia will arrive next morning and will give the player a rice ball.

* Press **[E]** to pick up objects/talk/interact

* Held objects can be put into the Backpack when players press **[C]**.

* Amelia will provide a map of the town. It can be opened with **[M]**.

* With **[F]**, the players can open and close their backpack. Press **[E]** to take items from the backpack.

Amelia then will help the player to get a desk for the house and accompany them to Song's shop. Moby will join and help to bring the desk to the house. Players can rearrange and move around house items with the house organizer. The players can use the desk to work on their book, time will pass during that time.
There is also a wardrobe, where purchased fashion items can be used.

* The Notebook is another important item in the backpack. It contains all important information. Press **[F]** to open the backpack and then press **[C]** to switch to the Notebook. Over time, it will collect all important information about the people living in town. Switch pages with **[A]** and **[D]**.

* **[Left-Shift]** = close menus/consume food/use objects

The story continues with Moby and the player being startled by the rice ball that suddenly floats in the air and is eaten. Moby will then talk about the city being haunted and gives the first clue about something weird going on in his apartment. The player will receive three reply options.

Young comes to the house and introduces the player to Jan, who will help to find all the townsfolk. It's now time to meet everyone from town.

>      Young: Oh that reminds me, Tifa wanted me to tell you to pick up some tea leaves from her tomorrow.
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* Tifa will promise to give the player some tea leaves in the morning. Players are asked to sleep another night and then can pick up the tea leaves and use them in the tea pot in the house. Players then can buy tea leaves from her everytime they meet her. She also has a straw hat available.

### Saving the game

Sleeping will save the game's progress. After some time the player character will tire and lose stamina. For a short time, the stamina can be increased by food, but at some point the player must rest or will faint. Just walk up to the bed in the house and press **[E]** - one must use **[A]** and **[D]** to toggle how many hours the character should sleep. If the player character doesn't sleep enough hours, they will tire more easily and faster.

### Spirit interaction

The Spirittea will make the player see spirits and the spirit-cat Wonyan will appear. Usually spirits only can be seen with Tea Vision - press **[ENTER]** to switch on and off.

> This town is crawling with troublemaking spirits.
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> Wonyan to the player.

He will tell about the **lost** spirits in town, who are no longer worshipped and have now turned into troublemakers. Wonyan asks the player to help him and take them to the Bathhouse in the north, and introduce them to their new job - Bathhouse Keeper.

> Spiritea and sleeping will replenish the spirit gauge.
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## The Bathhouse

The bathhouse is locked at the beginning and the players must find the Key, who is in the hands of a lost spirit. Wonyang gives them the hint, that these spirits can be found where one can also find something sweet. The spirits then can be met in the EKO's Convenience Store, but they flee once they have realized that the players can see them.

A wild pursuit follows and Wonyang can reveal the spirits as Fatherog and Aurum.

The players' job is now to care for the Bathhouse and the paying guests.

### Bathhouse chores

There are some important things to consider:

* Keep the fire burning! In the cellar is a fireplace and the re-growing roots of the magical tree that serves as fuel. Move to the saw and press **[E]**. The wood also can be used to restore the Bridge to the Hot Springs. Donate 6 logs and pay a sum of 15000   to start the repairs.
* Dirty towels must be cleaned and dried in the prep room. Put clean towels on the green bamboo mat near the entrance, so customers can grab a clean towel.
* Ring the bell to open and to close the bath.
* Make the spirits' stay enjoyable.

Each spirit has a specific Season when they will appear, and Bathing behavior.

> Spirits enjoy sitting near spirits from the **season after theirs**. On the other hand, spirits dislike sitting near spirits whose season is opposite their own.
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> Wonyan

* The tree also reacts to the mood of the spirits.

* Check the Townboard to find troublemaking spirits. Please see Quests.

* Clean up the Bathhouse. There is a broom and a feather duster in the prep room that can be picked up with **[E]** and used with **[Left Shift]**. The broom also can be use to scrub down spirits in the bath. There is more the players can do - after the players found Morinoba, Wonyan will introduce them to Fae's workshop and her upgrade table.

Players can reinvest their earned Moolags here and Fae will repair the chosen parts of the bathhouse.

The player will have to serve the spirits now a few times until spirituality will be increased. Wonyan will then mention the chance to win more people for the chores at the bathhouse. To do this the player must increase the Friendship with the Townspeople.

## The Shrines

On the map there are various shrines, where the player can leave donations.

* Spring Shrine
* Fall Shrine
* Winter Shrine
* Summer Shrine (accessible after repairing the bridge)

There is also a Damaged Shrine, that is involved in a quest.

## Mini games

A great way to increase friendship with the townsfolk are mini games.

### BBQ

Talk to Julian to begin the tutorial.

>      Julian: Ingredients, such as meat, garlic and Onions must be flipped once to prevent burning while cooking
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Collect Food Points!

* Meat, Garlic and Onions must be cooked.

* Rice and Sauce decrease points values

### Karaoke

Karaoke is a great way to increase the friendship level. The players can choose Solo Tracks and Duets.

Once the game begins, the player must focus when the icons will reach the circles and press the appropriate buttons.
**[A], [W], [D], [C]** and **[S]**. At the end, the player will receive a rating how well they managed to sing along.

Players can give singing a try with Ling, Bruce, Song, Julian, Yumi, Leigh and Jillian.

## Other activiites

### Book writing

Finishing all the book chapters is one of the player tasks. To be able to write, the player character must be inspired. This action also decreases stamina and it can be necessary to sleep a few hours.

### Cooking

When players have found Recipes, they can gather the needed ingredients and start to cook a meal. Meals can be consumed, donated or given to Spirits, to make their stay at the bathhouse even more enjoyable.

Available cooking methods are Fry, Boil, Bake and Ferment.

Players can find following recipes:

* Soy-Fried Squid
* Spicy Kimchi Stew
* Shrimp Salad
* Fried Rice
* Takoyaki
* Pulled Pork
* Ramen
* Seaweed Soup
* Fried Chicken
* Lemonade
* Bitter Salad
* Ice Cream
* Hamburger
* Spaghetti
* Sushi
* Kimbap
* Soy Chicken
* Spicy Rice Cakes
* Mixed Vegetables, Egg and Rice

###  Digging

>      Kenzo: Apparently those Golden Birds you sometimes see around town have a good nose - er - beak... for treasure.
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Players need a Shovel, one of the items available from Song's Shop.

###  Fishing

One needs a Fishing Rod, one of the items available from Song's Shop. Players either can begin the minigame alone or invite NPCs to join them.

There are various Fish to catch in every season.

###  Critter Catching

One needs a Bug Net, one of the items available from Song's Shop. She also sells a bug trap.
Players can catch the following critters:

* Rainbow Worm
* Yellowjacket