I’m only 10h in, so I have a lot to learn, but here are a few things I would have found helpful to know or that just went too fast for me in the tutorial.
Tips to Start
Сrеdit gоеs to Tevirik!
Managing Water/Food/…
Water
- Your home tree is not the only spring in the world. There are many other springs that can be opened up with just a bit of stone and ‘essence’.
- Look for umbrellas (a mushroom), they provide portable shade (and let you jump off cliffs).
Food
- Plant some Amaranth for early-game food.
- While on the road, look for Rainbloom cactus and pour water on it.
Essence
- Every living, mature plant gives you some essence once per night.
- You can store that essence by placing sigil stones in your oasis.
Health
- For the two early-game potions, you need Thorntail and Rootbeard fungus, so plant some.
Movement
- Any gate can teleport you home, even when it is broken.
- Play the main story to the first boss-fight. There you get some better/faster ways to move around.
- Plant some Acorn early on because you need an acorn for every gate you want to fix.
- Find an umbrella mushroom, it functions like a parachute, lets you jump from any height.
Levelling up
In this game, you don’t level up or gain experience through repetition. Instead, you:
- Talk to spirits, they give you perk-points (Memories).
- Some spirits can be found just hanging out at night.
- Some spirits you can summon from graves.
- Plant one seed of every new plant or variation you come across. Many of them give you passive abilities. For example, every new variation/colour of Ancestral Lily you plant raises your resistance to sunlight/heat.
- Read Steles.
- Progress in the main story.
Generally
Your journal isn’t just about quests. It also stores information on plants, items, structures, etc. Switch to ‘plants’ (in the top) to see which conditions a specific plant needs (like: shade or sunlight).
Bonus Tips
- In your oasis, you should put sigils both to help your plantations and to protect them and yourself against evil intruders.
- My oasis is packed with different sigils and it helps greatly deal with those intruders who are becoming more powerful as the game progresses.
- About protection: If you build amphoreas (I mean baskets) to store your items, you should protect them with walls: I’ve enclosed the area where I have my essential things : Storage and preservation baskets, workbench, compost basket, (can’t remember english names), lean to, etc. and precious things I collect from my ventures in the wild.
- Same with plantations: If I plant a rare tree, I put a wall near it to protect against violent storms.
- Last one: Acorns are the corner stone of your adventure. So as soon as possible, plant an oak!
This is the most helpful guide on Wildmender I’ve found so far. There just aren’t many (if any!) out there other than this. Thank you! I hope to read more on your progress and any other tips you can give.