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Hi there!

You can find some basic hints on getting started inside the game, in Journal -> How to play -> Beginner's tips.

There's also a great (and very detailed) strategy thread on the game, with lots of information compiled by a player. Available here:https://intfiction.org/t/4x4-archipelago-strategy-etc-warning-spoilers/53190 (it contains a lot of spoilers, but they're all tagged. Also, it's based on an older version of the game and doesn't mention things from the 1.2 update, like perks, but what it does mention is still accurate).

Hope that helps!

Spirit2 years ago

Thank you so much ^^ I read everything of it. I gotta say I didn't understand of it but the gist is I'm gonna be collecting exp and leveling up my character, see how that goes xD. Thanks again ^^

agat2 years ago

Yes, the strategy thread goes into a lot of detail about all the individual quests etc., so it can be confusing if you haven't encountered them in the game yet! To simplify, the safest early game strategy would be to avoid combat (you should always carry a couple of Bottled Mists to be able to escape from strong monsters without rolling) unless with really weak enemies, check rumours on various islands to start quests (some will be too hard at first, but many require no combat/skills at all and give significant rewards) and visit markets (you can earn a lot of money by buying and selling trade goods). If your character has Charisma, listening to stories at inns and later "selling" them to the lady at the Academy also gives you a nice silver/exp boost.

Spirit2 years ago

That's what I've been doing ^^ I've been trying to find non-combat exp and it's worked so far. I'd say I'm on my way to a pretty good game. I have one further question; every time the game says savespot I assume it'll save, but I just died with a thousand plus silver on me (I seem to die a lot lol) and the last save it did had only 2 silver on my character... I assumed the islands were savespots, so that would be completely my fault if it wasn't just curious ^^

But all the help means a lot to me :D Thank you so much :) It really means a lot

agat2 years ago(+1)

The game autosaves after you've sailed to a new island, not every time you visit the island's "main screen". You can still save manually in each "Savespot". (This is because the size of the game - as you've probably noticed, saving takes a lot of time, and I didn't want to introduce this long pause every time a player goes back to the island's main screen). Basically, whenever an autosave gets recorded, you get a "Game saved automatically!" message at the top of the page, and Savespot means you can save manually. Sometimes both happen at once.

Glad I could help, and good luck with the rest of your run!

Spirit2 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Ahhh yes I see I see that makes a lot of sense ^^ I was just confused since I thought it meant I saved those sweet 2000 silver and then I lost them xD. It just said 'approaching' and I was like 'eh????'

BUT I got the silver back. Turns out I still had the map to it lol. Anyways I shall try my best to finish all the stories ^^ The first one I did was the pirate one, but I never got to finish that one cuz I lost the game and I finally found it back. And then I was like 'wait where are the pirates? huh? Tragic queen? Tower? What?' and then I noticed there were multiple story lines so I'm trying to finish them all :)

All that's left is to figure out how to swap weapons xD cuz I read that you can do that in battle in the game but I had no idea EDIT: Figured that out too :') How did I never notice the inventory button still sitting there LOL. All this time I had acess to my character's precious stuff... (I'm uh... not so good at gaming XD but I'm having fun and that's all that matters if you ask me ^^)

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much for your time and patience, it really means a lot ^^

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