Sandbox: FAQ

Pending the creation of the appropriate pages, this is a space to place answers for the most frequently asked questions for the game.

## Starting out: Defeating Orc

(Going off of memory. This might not be 100% accurate but at least give some idea)

Follow the Upgrade Actions (quests) of Father, Priest, Old lady, Little girl, and Tea Party.

* Do Farmwork/Weeding for Gold.

* Study in Church to unlock Pray for Destiny.
* Use the Training Rooms for Exp and Seeds.
* In Party tab, use Destiny and Seeds to strengthen your character.

* Once you unlock Ritual tab (left menu), increase your Rank based on earned Exp.
	+ Each Rank up will give you Habit and Inspiration.
		- Spend Habit in the Routine tab. Worship will give a multiplier for Sacred Ritual.
		- Spend Inspiration in Astral World to buy Introduction. It has been recommended in past to buy the Wind Spellbook instead of Introduction.
* Repeat Riverbank dungeon until you max out the first 2-3 Summons. You will not be able to complete a dungeon the first time, re-enter and wait for research to drop. As you max out the first Summons you will be able to complete the dungeon.
	+ In Party, use the Summon's Research and Seeds to strength the Summon.
	+ Add Summons to your Party and order them from weakest to strongest.
* On your first clear of Riverbank (and each Dungeon), You will have some extra levels, make sure to level up.
* Move on to Waterfall and again collect the new Summons.
	+ The rare Summon Flower Fairy is nice to have but is not needed to continue. Not recommended to farm it unless you will be going AFK for hours.
* Between Riverbank and Waterfall you will have 5 Summons to max out.
* Continue earning Exp until you get to Rank 8.
	+ Keep putting your Habit into Routine > Sacred Ritual for the multiplier.
* In Routine tab, move your Habit into Familiar.
	+ Get Summon Familiar to Level ~8.
* Setup for Orc: (Time for ~~Globlin~~ Orc Slaying)
	+ Have party in order of Bird, Goblin, Snake, Wolf, You. Might have Wolf as the last.
	+ Assign all Routine > Familiar into Lesser Devil.
	+ It will be a close fight, surviving with one hit to your defeat.
	+ If you are still unable to survive. Get more levels into Lesser Devil. Durable Leather provides some extra defense.
	+ Update your party with Orc replacing Bird while placing it in the weakest to strongest order as it levels up.
	+ Don't forget to level up You as well.

Talk with Girl 3/4 to get Norn Wolf kills, Norn must get the killing blow. Can be done in Waterfall and not required to do in Norn Special Training (really just a special version of Waterfall).

* A good party setup might be Slime (to weaken the enemy), Norn, and You. Set Norn's skill to Tackle or possibly Waterball; else she will do no damage (default skill is weak).
* **DO NOT** turn in this quest until you are ready to leave Village. Keep Norn in your party for +100% Exp bonus. This will save a lot of time for getting to Rank 8.

Get familiar with the each Summon's passive effects. These are often the means for you to increase Resource caps to meet quest requirements.

Slime Lover's research: Riverbank has the highest chance for Slime (common). Waterfall has a lower chance (uncommon). Turn the extra Pelt into Leather.

Before your first Dark Ritual, you might want to farm Orc for some more research so next time around it will be easier.

Dark Ritual will reset your Rank and levels in Routine. Amount of Habit is your current Rank. Inspiration is permanently earned but has a carrying cap.

Recommended to spend Inspiration on (not necessary in order to purchase)(upgrade actions): Introduction, Status Up, Sacred Ritual+, Summon Doppelganger. Other good options include: Party Slot and Blazing Aura.

* Doppelganger makes it so you can do a Loop Action and Dungeon at same time.
* Blazing Aura is expensive to acquire but will provide more effect than the unlimited Status up for the same amount of Inspiration.
* Party slot will provide an extra slot to gain Summon passive effects. Only the first 5 slots will fight. Passive slots are only taken up when first 5 are filled.

Which school you choose is your preference. Recommended is to go with Warrior (top skill and title). Titles give bonus attributes for the active one, and are permanent (collect 'em all!)

There are a few quests in Forest that will unlock before you leave Village.

## How do I get to the next area?

Village: You do not need to do the whole tea party. Under the Upgrade Action column, complete the "Talk to old woman" [Can't remember exact phrasing]tasks in the Leatherwork sub-category until you get to Craft a Tent. For those who have reincarnated, please note that, once you "Leave the Village Together", you will no longer be able to gain Anchovy Sandwiches through Farmwork.

Forest: Complete monster map > complete all unlocked "Talk with Norn" quests > complete monster map > complete all unlocked "Talk with Norn" quests > until you unlock Academic City.

Academic City: Adventurer's Guild > Quest: Talk to Receptionist > Unlock Hoarder's house > Clear Hoarder's house > Sewer > Clear Sewer > Unlock Abyss

Subsequent areas

Academic: Entrance Ceremony > Speech by Principal \* 3 > Greet the Teacher > Talk with Teacher \* 2

* Unlock Title 1 > Go to the Guild > Quest: Subdue the Golem (**unlocks Coastal City**)
* Beat Rock Golem > Talk to Receptionist > Report achievements > Unlock Title 2 > Go to the Guild > Quest: Subdue the Treant (**unlocks Spirit Spring**)
* Beat Elder Treant > Talk to Receptionist > Report achievements > Unlock Title 3 > Go to the Guild > Quest: Subdue the Dragon (**unlocks Ancient Ruins**)
* Beat Scarlet Dragon > Talk to Receptionist > Report achievements > Graduate > Talk with Teacher \* 3 > Take off (**unlocks path to Demon Empire**)
* Graduate > Have Rank 42 and 999 Quest Points > Subdue the King Cobra (**unlocks Desert Lodging**)

## How do I increase my maximum Movement?

You start with max of 1. Talk with Teachers (5) and do Tournaments (1 each).

Check out the full guide on Movement.

## How do I increase the maximum capacity of a resource?

This is generally done by equipping and upgrading the relevant summon. To see which one you need, please consult Summons.

## When should I do a Dark Ritual?

This is a question of play style. On one hand, frequent Dark Rituals ensure a frequent inflow of Inspiration, which unlocks permanent bonuses that persist after a Reincarnation. However, note that the anticipated amount of Talent replaces your current amount of Talent, which affects Sacred Ritual rate. It may be counterproductive for some to conduct a Dark Ritual that would result in lower Talent in the next run.

On the other hand, Dark Rituals reset parameters like Gluttony (known as ??? on your first run) and Will, and you may wish to farm and max out a particular summon before you Dark Ritual because you have stat bonuses (from Gluttony) or increased research drop chance (from Will).

## Why can't I play a specific dungeon offline?

Offline dungeons are available after successfully clearing a dungeon after each Dark Ritual.

If you cleared a Dungeon but you go afk and didnt find it played when you enter.you should press the Offline button near Dungeon word in almost top left.If you do it but the Dungeon didnt play after you came back may the moment when you do it didnt saved

## I'm on my first run. Do I need to craft Fairy Drops and Goddess Blessings?

Short answer: no. These serve to increase max Destiny, which helps to attain the limit necessary to complete a 5.5K Destiny quest for Ending 2. On your first run, completing other quests is an easier way to get to the Destiny limit you need to finish your first run.

## How do I increase my maximum Destiny after running out of quests?

You will need to start making more Destiny resources. These are very tedious and lengthy craft-lines.

Spiritual: Potion (+5 max Destiny), Holy Water (+5 max Destiny), Fairy Drop (+30 max Destiny), Goddess Blessing (+200 max Destiny), Elixir (+5 max Destiny)

Amulets: Wooden Statues (+3 max Destiny), Goddess Statues (+5 max Destiny), Stone Statues (+3 max Destiny).

Runes (+5 max Destiny) and Rune Stones (+10 max Runes).

Advice: If you have 21 potions and remove Elite Chicken, the potions will not disappear, but result in you having more potions than your maximum.

Elite Chicken's bonus provides an extra Potion max +11.

After the first clear of the game, you receive the title "Destiny of Struggle". This provides the "Blessing" resource as well as regeneration of the blessing resource. The maximum for this resource without additional playthroughs is 500. Each blessing provides 1 max destiny.

Your choice of Slums

Going Deeper: has unlocks related to the Spiritual craft-line and upgrade actions that increase max gold. Currently it does not add any more to the craft-line. Elixir requires Going Deeper but is impossible to craft at this moment.

Steering Clear: Bishop questline is related to the Amulets craft-line and has you turning in Goddess Statues to increase Goddess Statue max and Shrine max. Shrines themselves increase the max of Amulets.

As Going Deeper is not adding anything further, it is recommended to Steer Clear when facing Destiny max shortages.

## How do I unlock the anchovy sandwich recipe?

Anchovy Sandwich recipe is not associated with any quest. Similar to the Cooking Workshop recipes, you will need to have the ingredients.

Collect: Bread, Fish, Salt, and an Olive.

Why an Olive when it isn't one of the recipes ingredients? No one knows why, it is one of the Academy's great mysteries.

## How do I unlock higher max Anchovy Sandwiches?

You need to complete the second Shipbuilder quest line (after the pirate quests) in Coastal City. Then after, create an Anchovy Sandwich, which will open a new set of Shipyard upgrade actions in Coastal City, starting with "Talk with Captain 1/2".

## Does it matter which present I choose for the thinker?

Four choices, which will his daughter enjoy? ~~Currently the choice does not matter.~~ Take a look at *Story Flow* and all four options are accounted for. Two of the choices lead on, while the other two are dead ends. Throughout your reincarnations, pick the different choices and fill up your Story Flow.

Currently, the choice is irrelevant to ED1/2/3/4, so choose whichever option strikes your fancy at the time. **ED5 requires you to choose Crimson Necklace.**

## How do I get through the bandit's hideout?

Your choices matter here. Your goal is to get through the hideout before the bandits have completely eluded you. Check out the *Story Flow* for progressing paths and the many dead ends. For more details on the endings, please see the relevant section below.

**WARNING:** Plan your Movement. High movement costs requirements means you can easily block your progression.

ED1 does not require Bandit's Hideout.

ED2 will require you to infiltrate the hideout and uncover a new area. **You will need 5.5K max Destiny to make the required choice for ED2.**

ED3 will take an alternative story through the hideout but will have the same path. **You will need to have defeated Iari in Tournament - Round 6 BEFORE going to the hideout and need 7K max Destiny to make the required choice at the hideout for ED3.**

## What happens when I graduate?

You are ready to face the Demon King! Talk with the teacher again and fly off to the Demon Empire.

**What to have:** Scarlet Dragon in party.

**What you lose:** Access to school related functions. e.g. Tournaments, Classwork, Orphanage, Facilities. Guild related stays.

**What unlocks:** Desert Lodging is only available after you graduate. New area with dungeons/summons progressing after Ancient Ruins.

## How do I level up rare summons?

In addition to their Research, rare summons need a related Resource. Check the tooltip for which resource; it is also the one it generates.

e.g. Flower Fairy generates Flowers and needs Flowers to level up.

Also see Strategy Guide(s) for advice on farming rare summon research.

## How do I get rare metal?

Scrap Metal can be turned into Rare Metal. This option is unlocked after entering Ancient Ruins and completing a short conversation chain under Academic City's Monster Lab, which is either available automatically to Tamers or unlocked after clearing Tournament Round 4 and talking to the losing contestant.

If you can successfully acquire the (*very*) rare summon Gold Slime from Vast Desert - Deep (in the Desert Lodgings area), you can instead farm Rare Metal after Graduation by defeating the copies of Gold Slime summoned by the Demon King. At a 10% drop rate, you may find this to be quicker than farming up enough Scrap Metal to be turned into Rare Metal.

## Does it matter which option I choose after beating Serious Father?

Which to choose is up to you! There isn't a follow up to any of them and nothing in *Story Flow* is unlocked from them.

The *Talk with Father* quests before this choice does unlock some Story Flow, but the "???" is for "Ask him to accompany you" (unlocked after defeating Serious Father and advancing far enough in Smith's Village) and is unaffected by the other conversation options.

## How do I get to endings 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5?

In the first three endings, you will need to Graduate and face the Demon King. Upon reincarnating, it is strongly recommended to identify which ending you are pursuing, so that the interface can prevent you from taking incorrect, irreversible paths.

### **ED1**

* Graduate and go to Demon Empire
* Finish with **Willing Revenge**

### **ED2**

This run requires a Destiny cap of 5.5K or more.

Complete Spirit Spring > Elder Forest: Abyss (You may also need to obtain the third title, e.g. Mercenary, Sorcerer, Beast Tamer.)

Academic City

* Quest (third column): Talk to Receptionist > Report achievements
* Main Street (third column): Go to the Guild > Get out of my way!
* Bandit Hideout (third column): Arrived in the cave >
	+ Do not 'Report to the knights'. This will prevent you from attaining ED2.
	+ Destroy the hideout > Complete map: 'Bandit Hideout' >
		- Do not 'Report to the knights'. This will prevent you from attaining ED2.
		- Get treasure > Search the bandit (**5.5K Destiny**)
			* Bandit Note 2 >
				+ Go to Smith's Village
				+ Do not report to the authorities. This will prevent you from attaining ED2.
			* Examine the hideout > Rusty Sword
			* *NB Clicking Bandit Note 1 or taking the Sapphire necklace do not impact ED2.*

Ancient Ruins

Complete map: Ruins > Talk with Hat man 1/5 - 5/5

Smith's Village

* Monsters Attack > Complete map: Monster Flock > Destroyed > Talk to the Village Chief > Enter the Village > Talk with Old Smith (unlocks "Refining Iron")
* *If "Make Steel" does not appear, try increasing your Scrap Metal limit by equipping an Iron Golem and/or by completing the Hat Man requests in Ancient Ruins. "Make Steel" appeared for this author with a limit of 30 Scrap Metal. If anyone discovers the exact criteria, please write it here.*
* Make Steel can be found in "Area Action"
* Craft 10 Steel by "*Make Steel*" (Make Steel once = 10 Stamina, 10 Fire, 100 Firewood, 40 Scrap Metal)
* Talk with Repairsmith > Repairsmith's Forge > Talk with Repairsmith \* 2 (-1 Rusty Sword, -10 Steel -> Holy Sword)

Final steps

* Academic City: Graduate > Go to Demon Empire
* Demon Empire: Complete map: Fort > Talk with Demon King about Holy Sword > Complete map: Demon's Castle > Talk with Demon King
* Finish with **A Moment of Peace**

### **ED3**

* Leave the Village Together
* Clear Tournament - Round 6
* Talk with the Knight Commander
* Go through the Bandit Cave
* When given the choice, do not in any case "wait for the knight"**, choose "take over the hideout"**
	+ **Warning:** to reach the choice, you must have **7K max Destiny**.
* Grab the Rusty Sword
* Arrive at Smith's Village
* Craft Steel and the Holy Sword
* Talk with Knights, Smith, and Iari
* Iari will join your party
* Graduate and go to Demon Empire
* Talk with Demon King about Holy Sword
* Defeat the Demon King
* Talk with Father
* Finish with **Hero of the Holy Sword**

### **ED4**

* I Don't Play ~~Let's Play~~
* Leave the Village Alone ~~Leave the Village Together~~
* **DON'T** ~~select 3rd tier class title~~ You just need to continue with the usual quest line.
* Spirit Spring Greater Elemental questlines
	+ Elemental energies at 30
* Elemental Master title
	+ Rank 50
* Graduate
* Defeat the Demon King
* Defeat the Mutant
* Finish with **End of Revenge**

### ED5

* Leave the Village Together
* **BEFORE GETTING ANY TITLE FROM ACADEMIC CITY,** clear Tournament - Final [10th round]
* Talk with Fenia fully. Progress to Apprentice Warrior. Talk with Fenia fully again. Progress to Warrior. Talk with Fenia fully again.
	+ **NOW,** and only now, progress Orphanage to the Soup Kitchen (Bread/Fish) request. This unlocks a new conversation path, including a new Soup Kitchen request. **Do not fulfill it yet.** Continue fully talking with Fenia, **then** progress to Soldier/Mercenary so you can get the ingredients to fulfill it and do so.
	+ Talk with the sister.
	+ Go Deeper Into The Slums > Talk with Herb addict fully.
	+ Now progress the Spirit Spring quest until Holy Water and Spirit Water are unlocked. You now need to craft an Elixir.
		- Fairy Drop: requires 10 Fire/Earth/Wind/Water, 2000 Destiny, 10 Holy Waters, 10 Honey, 10 Spirit Waters
		- Goddess Blessing: requires 20 MP, 20 Holy Waters, 3 Fairy Drops, 10 Wreaths
		- Elixir: requires 25 MP, 50 Spirit Waters, 10 Dragon Claws, 6 Mandragoras, 5 Potions, 5 Holy Waters, and 1 Goddess Blessing
	+ Use the Elixir on the Sister. Request Payment.
* Choose a Present > Crimson Necklace
* Progress Bandit Hideout as though doing ED2/ED3
	+ Make sure to pick up the Sapphire from the Hideout!
* Defeat Serious Father > Ask him to accompany you (unlocks after advancing far enough in Smith's Village and having Mithril)
* Make Artificial Arm for Father in the Smith's Village
* Graduate.
* Fenia runs off to the Frozen Lake. There is a lengthy conversation chain that will require **30K Max Destiny** to fully complete. (Note that post-Graduation areas are available.)
* Defeat Demon King.

Finish with **Each Feeling.**

## What is lost upon reincarnation?

Reincarnation resets the game to replay the story. Reincarnation is available after completing a *Chronicle*. By replaying the story, you will be able to make different choices and complete other Chronicles.

Future reincarnations are a lot easier; you retain all your summons and upgrades.

If you are stuck or made bad choices, you can default to doing an ED1 and restart. If you are on a guided Chronicle, go to *Story > Chronicle* to find the button "I give up" (refresh game session if not seeing change).

You will keep:

* Party: Summons, levels, Titles, Skills, Quests
* Astral World: Inspiration, upgrades
* Akashic Record: Sin, upgrades
* Shop
* Achievements

**RECOMMENDED** First Reincarnation: make sure to have at least 2 Sins to be rewarded. This will allow you to quickly buy the mandatory unlocks (features).

**RECOMMENDED** First Reincarnation: max level/seed all (non-rare) area summons through *Ancient Ruins*.

**DON'T FORGET** Make sure to use up your *Destroyer* keys. These are lost when Rank is reset.

**DON'T FORGET** Spend enough Sins that would be lost due to over capping.

## It seems I have found a bug. What should I do now?

There are a few spots that have been misinterpreted as bugs in the past. For example, if you have a few levels in MP regeneration but regenerate MP, it is likely because you have set habit into the routines "Convert into Fire/Water/Earth/Wind". This will drain some of your MP to generate the respective Element instead.

Another example would be the consistent loss of gold, so you can't progress in the game. Make sure to check if you have the "Lucky Rabbits foot" or "Miracle Stone" routines running. Those take gold to level up.

Therefore, it would be best to double check first whether or not it's a bug. Simply ask experienced players on Steam or in the Discord. If it is truly a bug, feel free to post a message in the bugs Discord channel or the thread on Steam. It would also be great to provide as much information as possible (e.g. how to reproduce if known)

## What is Guardian's Bane?

When fighting guardians in the Astral World, you receive a stat multiplier equivalent to the percentage shown under Guardian's Bane. This multiplier can be increased by using inspiration in the Astral World or undertaking story actions.

## Common abbreviations, or "What does [...] stand for?"

If you hang around in the discord, or sometimes on steam too, you might come across some abbreviations used by players. Here is short list of the mostly used:

* **MC** - stands for your main character
* **KC** - stands for king cobra, the boss of the first optional area desert valley
* **SSD** - stands for silver scale dragon, the rare monster in the ancient ruins
* **SD** - stands for scarlet dragon, the boss in the ancient ruins
* **DK** - stands for Demon King, the boss of demon sanctuary
* **HE** - stands for habit efficiency, a value increasing the speed of your routines
* **AHA** - stands for auto habit allocation, a feature unlocked later in the game that allows you to automatically distribute your habit to the different routines based on templates
* **SR** - stands for sacred ritual
* **DR** - stands for dark ritual