Aka is an lovely farming sim that includes a crimson panda named Aka. He has been by some very exhausting instances and is making an attempt to reside the remainder of his life in peace after the nice battle. Although the sport seems to be quite simple, it has a variety of depth, quests to finish, and even a couple of collectives to seek out. On this Aka starter information, we’ll go over every part you should know to begin the sport off proper, in addition to focus on a couple of of the tougher quests to finish.
How To Rebuild Your Boat in Aka
The boat is the bread and butter of Aka, as it’s your technique of journey to the entire different islands in-game. As of proper now, there are 4 islands in whole; Pine Island, Palm Island, Maple Island, and Bamboo Island. You’ll start your journey on Pine Island, and it seems your boat has been damaged shortly after you arrived at this newfound residence of yours.
If you happen to journey East of your home, so right down to the seashore the place the Smoothie Shack is positioned, you will note your damaged boat and a curious-looking character standing on the finish of the dock. That curious character is called Soupo, and by his title, you’ll be able to assume what he desires from you in return for fixing the boat. When you communicate to him, he tells you a couple of particular vegetable soup recipe close to and pricey to his coronary heart. If you happen to can carry him each the soup and the supplies wanted to repair your boat, he’ll repair it proper up so that you can use.
To repair the boat, you will have x12 Wooden, x3 Steel Bars, and x2 Rope. To make the soup for Soupo, you will have x1 Carrot, x1 Onion, x1 Bean, and the Cauldron which is discovered inside Thom’s home. Thoms home is above your house, and you may get there through the use of the ladder subsequent to the Properly in your plot of land.
The elements to the soup are literally out there to you earlier than you begin farming, however they’re hidden away behind the Witch’s hut. If you happen to stroll up the left aspect of the Witch’s hut, in between the Witch’s Hut and the Blacksmith, it is possible for you to to stroll behind the hut. There, you won’t be able to see as a result of exterior of the hut being in the best way, however should you stroll round you will note the pickup icons, which appear to be three mild blue traces. These three completely different objects are the truth is the elements for the soup.
After you carry Soupo the soup and the required supplies, he’ll rebuild your boat and you’ll be in your method to the entire different islands to discover and discover extra cool objects and recipes!
The Ghosts in Aka
The entire quests appear to revolve across the completely different ghosts and/or reminiscences of your previous. All of those ghosts can solely be seen at evening, which means you’ll by no means see them roaming round through the day. To finish the overwhelming majority of the quests in Aka, you will have to enterprise out and discover at evening in the hunt for the completely different ghosts. Here’s a fast record of all of the ghosts we got here into contact with. Please notice we won’t be making a gift of their location or quests to protect the enjoyable of exploration and the sport’s major storyline.
- Shy Ghost
- Lenno
- Gaagi
- Kachina
- Tekoa
- Tala and Sakari
- Sahale
- Misao
All of those ghosts tie into the primary storyline, they usually have a really significant story to inform about not solely their previous, however yours as effectively. Discovering them may be very enjoyable and typically difficult. You’ll want to look in essentially the most random of areas to see if possibly you could find those we positioned, or extra that may be there that we missed.
Free The Prisoner Quest
Now, there’s a quest that you simply come to very early on within the recreation that appears fairly easy; discover a key and free the ghostly prisoner from behind the bars. Properly, the situation of the secret is practically unimaginable to guess or discover! So, let’s focus on the place it is positioned and the place to seek out the ghost to free within the first place.
The ghost in query is called Lenno, and he can solely be seen at evening like the entire different ghosts within the recreation. He seems to be made of fireside and ash and is jet-black in shade. Yow will discover him contained in the water temple, proper beneath the ladder. Once you communicate to him, he’ll inform you his story and the way he grew to become trapped behind these bars within the first place. As soon as his story is full, you’re going to get a quest titled “Free the Prisoner!” which asks you to seek out the important thing to free Lenno.
The bottom line is hidden very effectively behind the waterfall on Pine Island, within the middle of the map. As soon as inside, you’ll be able to decide up the important thing and produce it again to Lenno to free him from his jail.
The search is pretty simple, however the important thing location is certainly a problem. Hopefully, this makes getting began on the primary questline a bit simpler.
Aka Ideas and Methods
There may not be a significant quantity of labor to do in Aka, however it nonetheless has a variety of value and depth. Right here are some things we want we knew after we began enjoying, and what we realized works finest alongside the best way:
Respawn Timers on Assets
Timber and Steel Ore nodes have a respawn timer. Now, we will not pinpoint the precise timing, however we do know that they reset a minimum of as soon as day by day after you sleep. The bushes don’t break if you hit them, they only drop x1 Wooden. They can’t be hit a number of instances in a row to acquire extra wooden, just one wooden per tree per day.
The Steel Ore nodes you’ll discover randomly in caves additionally respawn as soon as per day, so they offer you an enormous provide of steel ore to carry to the forge and soften down into steel bars. You’ll have to hit the ore nodes a couple of instances with a pickaxe to interrupt them, then it is possible for you to to select up the ore and stone it creates.
Construct Your Boat!
Constructing your boat as quickly as potential is essential. Pine Island solely has a lot to supply when it comes to quests and assets, so it’s good to get a head begin on touring round and finishing quests, in addition to gathering objects that can be wanted for quests in a while down the road.
Go to The City by way of The Prepare
Now, on our first go round, we did not even understand the prepare was as vital as it’s. Once you first go to the city by way of the prepare on Pine Island, it looks as if it is just a bit place to discover, strive on a couple of hats, and switch in these recyclables; that’s not the case.
This city is residence to recipes, an inventor that offers you the gear you should repair the Cable Automobile on Maple Island, the hat maker who has the hat you should even entry maple island, and even a spot to carry your cans (they’re known as Waste within the recreation) in trade for useful objects comparable to seeds and crops. This city was not even on our radar after we began and have become important to the sport in a while. Ensure that to discover each nook and cranny to seek out the entire recipes and hidden gems right here.
Discover All the things
There are such a lot of issues hidden all over in Aka, that you’ll actually must discover each area you see (and a few you do not see simply) to seek out all of it. Similar to the cave that homes the frog totem or the hidden cave to seek out the prisoner’s key, there are a number of areas, caves, and tunnels which are hidden everywhere in the islands. Ensure that to undergo each space prime to backside to seek out one thing you might have missed earlier.
That is the tip of our Aka Novices information. Take a look at our different guides under!
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