![]() In many games, the label ‘emphasis on exploration’ tends to rhyme with ‘lack of content’. You won’t come across a popup that tells you that there is a dungeon there to clear with 4 other players, or be told where to find a certain event or knot spell: you have to discover these yourself.Įxploration is a tangibly important thing to do. Making your own fun is imperative in a game like Book of Travels where nothing is specifically handed to you. If you feel that you’re going to lose a fight - run. By trading with different merchants, you’ll learn and develop a route of your own, as any merchant in-universe would. Goods that are cheap in one place are valuable in another. ![]() Fishmongers sell fish and teach you to fish. Similarly, the people that you would expect teach and trade the appropriate things. Be logical. If you see a bunch of shady looking folks with their hoods up and swords at their sides, talking about all the stuff they’ve stolen: give them a wide, wide berth.Another practical skill to learn is trading with NPCs and how to do it well: what items do they value? What do they underpay for? BoT has no currency system, but all items have a median value which varies depending on who is buying or selling said item. Learn practical skills. Hunger, while not difficult to manage, is something that you need to pay attention to.Over time, you’ll learn to recognize what is interactable in the overworld, but at first, it’s better if you just take it slow. Travel slowly. Resources, discarded bags full of loot fallen off carts, hidden stashes and other things don’t jump out at you when you’re new.If some adventurers at a tea house are talking about rumors of treasure at a certain location, you can actually go there. ![]() NPCs have a lot of interesting information to share about special events & interactions, as well as providing lore. Talk to everyone. The Braided Shore is a living world and your character earns experience by learning more about it.Taking notes will help you significantly to remember who you need to send that knot message to or who needs what items. How much you do or don’t remember is entirely up to you. When an NPC asks for your assistance relaying a message or expresses interest in procuring a certain type of item, there is no quest log to reflect this, because there isn’t one when someone gives you a task in real life. Take notes! Be it in a document on your computer or in a physical notebook of some kind.
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