Aka is an lovable farming sim that includes a pink panda named Aka. He has been via some very exhausting instances and is attempting to reside the remainder of his life in peace after the nice battle. Although the sport seems to be quite simple, it has loads of depth, quests to finish, and even a couple of collectives to seek out. On this Aka starter information, we are going to go over every part you want to know to start out the sport off proper, in addition to talk about a couple of of the more durable 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 house of yours.
Should you journey East of your own home, so right down to the seashore the place the Smoothie Shack is situated, you will notice your damaged boat and a curious-looking character standing on the finish of the dock. That curious character is called Soupo, and by his identify, you’ll be able to assume what he needs from you in return for fixing the boat. When you converse to him, he tells you a few particular vegetable soup recipe close to and expensive to his coronary heart. Should you 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’ll need x12 Wooden, x3 Metallic Bars, and x2 Rope. To make the soup for Soupo, you’ll need x1 Carrot, x1 Onion, x1 Bean, and the Cauldron which is discovered inside Thom’s home. Thoms home is above your property, and you will get there through the use of the ladder subsequent to the Properly in your plot of land.
The components to the soup are literally accessible to you earlier than you begin farming, however they’re hidden away behind the Witch’s hut. Should you stroll up the left facet 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 when you stroll round you will notice the pickup icons, which seem like three gentle blue strains. These three completely different objects are in truth the components for the soup.
After you carry Soupo the soup and the required supplies, he’ll rebuild your boat and you may be in your solution to the entire different islands to discover and discover extra cool objects and recipes!
The Ghosts in Aka
All the quests appear to revolve across the completely different ghosts and/or recollections of your previous. All of those ghosts can solely be seen at night time, which means you’ll by no means see them roaming round in the course of the day. To finish the overwhelming majority of the quests in Aka, you’ll need to enterprise out and discover at night time searching for the completely different ghosts. Here’s a fast listing of all of the ghosts we got here into contact with. Please observe we is not going to be freely giving their location or quests to protect the enjoyable of exploration and the sport’s primary storyline.
- Shy Ghost
- Lenno
- Gaagi
- Kachina
- Tekoa
- Tala and Sakari
- Sahale
- Misao
All of those ghosts tie into the principle storyline, they usually have a really significant story to inform about not solely their previous, however yours as nicely. Discovering them could be very enjoyable and generally difficult. Make sure you look in probably the most random of areas to see if perhaps you could find those we situated, or extra that is likely to be there that we missed.
Free The Prisoner Quest
Now, there’s a quest that you just come to very early on within the sport that appears fairly easy; discover a key and free the ghostly prisoner from behind the bars. Properly, the situation of the secret is practically inconceivable to guess or discover! So, let’s talk about the place it is situated 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 night time like the entire different ghosts within the sport. He seems to be made of fireplace and ash and is jet-black in colour. You will discover him contained in the water temple, proper beneath the ladder. Once you converse to him, he’ll let you know 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 hot button is hidden very nicely behind the waterfall on Pine Island, within the heart of the map. As soon as inside, you’ll be able to choose up the important thing and convey it again to Lenno to free him from his jail.
The search is pretty straightforward, however the important thing location is unquestionably a problem. Hopefully, this makes getting began on the principle questline a bit simpler.
Aka Suggestions and Tips
There won’t be a significant quantity of labor to do in Aka, nevertheless it nonetheless has loads of value and depth. Right here are some things we want we knew after we began taking part in, and what we realized works finest alongside the best way:
Respawn Timers on Assets
Bushes and Metallic Ore nodes have a respawn timer. Now, we won’t pinpoint the precise timing, however we do know that they reset at the very least as soon as daily after you sleep. The bushes don’t break while you hit them, they simply 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 Metallic Ore nodes you will discover randomly in caves additionally respawn as soon as per day, so they offer you an enormous provide of metallic ore to carry to the forge and soften down into metallic 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 choose up the ore and stone it creates.
Construct Your Boat!
Constructing your boat as quickly as potential is vital. 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 accumulating objects that might be wanted for quests afterward down the road.
Go to The City by way of The Practice
Now, on our first go round, we did not even notice the practice was as vital as it’s. Once you first go to the city by way of the practice 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 house to recipes, an inventor that provides you the gear you want to repair the Cable Automobile on Maple Island, the hat maker who has the hat you want to even entry maple island, and even a spot to carry your cans (they’re known as Waste within the sport) in trade for useful objects comparable to seeds and vegetation. This city was not even on our radar after we began and have become very important to the sport afterward. Be sure to discover each nook and cranny to seek out the entire recipes and hidden gems right here.
Discover Every thing
There are such a lot of issues hidden far and wide in Aka, that you’ll actually must discover each house you see (and a few you do not see simply) to seek out all of it. Identical 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 can be hidden everywhere in the islands. Be sure to undergo each space prime to backside to seek out one thing you will have missed earlier.
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