Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Tantegel Castle and the road north

The opening scenes, a full sweep of the castle and town, and the walk towards Erdrick’s Hollow. 7 seeds, 1 Secret Spot.

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After you name your hero and pick your settings, a series of scenes ends with an audience with the King of Tantegel, who hands you 120 gold and a few supplies. From then on you’re free. Tantegel hides a surprising amount in its pots and barrels, including seven stat seeds, so it’s worth one slow lap before you leave. Some rooms are locked for now; you’ll come back with each key.

Checklist

TreasureWhereContents
Bathtub towelCastle, ground floor: south of the old mage who restores HP and MP.Boxer Shorts
Castle upstairs barrelCastle, upstairs: the south-west room.Oaken Club
Pouch in the south houseTown: the house at the far south end of the main path, hanging on the wall.Rabbit Tail
Inn chestTown: inside the inn.Your DLC and pre-order items
Road sparkleWorld map: along the dirt road north-west of town.Plain Clothes, Oaken Club, 18 gold
Signpost sparkleWorld map: north of the wooden signpost.Chimaera Wing, Wayfarer’s Clothes, 7 gold
SeedWhere
Seed of MagicCastle roof: barrels on the northern side, reached round the corner from the north-east.
Seed of AgilityCastle, ground floor: west of the fountain, then the room to the south. Barrel on the right.
Seed of DefenceCastle, upstairs: the south-east room, in a pot.
Seed of LuckBehind the castle: one of the pots on the left of the path that runs south.
Seed of Strength (town)Town: the pot under the tree just west of the south house.
Seed of LifeTown: examine the lower side of the grave south-east of the equipment shop.
Seed of Strength (secret spot)Secret Spot north of town: the barrel in the middle, beside the two people.
Secret SpotWhere
Tantegel secret spotThe trees east-south-east of the signpost north of town.

Tantegel Castle

  1. You start in the throne room. Ignore the stairs for a moment and walk out through the door to the south: you’re on the castle roof. A pot in the north-west corner has 32 gold. Follow the walkway that wraps round the north-east corner to the northern side, where two barrels hold a Medicinal Herb and a Seed of Magic.
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  1. Back inside, take the stairs down to the ground floor and walk south to the fountain.
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  1. East of the fountain:
    1. An old mage behind a counter refills your HP and MP for free — handy all game. The pot behind him has 17 gold.
    2. Just south of him, examine the towel by the bathtub for Boxer Shorts. Odd as it sounds, they’re better than the clothes you start in.
    3. Further east, down a few steps, two pots give a Chimaera Wing and 8 gold.
  2. West of the fountain:
    1. The room to the south has a Holy Water (pot, bottom left) and a Seed of Agility (barrel on the right).
    2. To the north, a staircase on the left leads upstairs. Of the four rooms there, two are locked. The south-west room has an Oaken Club in a barrel; the south-east room, a Seed of Defence in a pot.
  3. Go back down and leave by the north exit to reach the grounds behind the castle. A small shack to the right has a Chimaera Wing in a barrel. Then follow the path south, checking the pots on your left for an Antidotal Herb and a Seed of Luck. Where it ends, go down the stairs: a barrel at the bottom has 131 gold.
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Tantegel town

  1. Leave the castle to the south and cross the bridge to a fork.
  2. First, the south side:
    1. The house at the end of the path has a Rabbit Tail in the pouch on the wall. Upstairs is empty.
    2. The pot under the tree just west of the house has a Seed of Strength.
    3. The man on the little pier at the southern tip points out the Dragonlord’s castle across the water. A pot nearby has 53 gold.
  3. Now head west from the fork. There’s a barrel with 16 gold below the wooden scaffolding. The big house to the north is locked, and further west is the church, where you save.
  4. Left of the church the path splits again:
    1. South is the inn. Barrels a little further south hold a Medicinal Herb. Inside the inn, a chest gives you any DLC or pre-order items you own.
    2. East across the bridge stands a woman who decides to follow you around. The item shop is on this side; a pot on its south side has an Antidotal Herb.
    3. North of the inn is the equipment shop. Before you go in, examine the lower side of the grave to its south-east for a Seed of Life.

The road to Erdrick’s Hollow

  1. Leave town to the north. Open the world map: your goal is the small patch of desert to the north-north-west.
  2. Follow the dirt road north-west and pick up the blue sparkle to the north of it: Plain Clothes, an Oaken Club and 18 gold — easy money at the next shop.
  3. Walk north to a wooden signpost (it points to Erdrick’s Hollow). Another sparkle sits a little north of it: Chimaera Wing, 7 gold and Wayfarer’s Clothes.
  4. From the signpost, head east-south-east into the next clump of trees to find your first Secret Spot:
    1. The barrel in the middle, by the two people, has a Seed of Strength.
    2. One on the west side has a Medicinal Herb.
    3. Down the path to the north, a last barrel has 122 gold.
  5. Back on the world map, keep going north-west until you reach Erdrick’s Hollow.

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