Prologue

The Storm Over Vale

Vale, three years before the adventure begins.

    Golden Sun opens with a short playable prologue in Vale, three years before the main story. There is nothing to collect yet: it’s a gentle tutorial that introduces Isaac, Garet and Jenna.

    A storm over Vale

    1. Isaac’s mother wakes him in the middle of a violent storm. Head outside.
    Where it all begins.JohnSilvaGaming · 0:23 · CC BY 3.0
    1. Walk up from the house to find Garet pulling on a rope tied to a chest. Talk to him and he tags along.
    2. Falling rocks block every way out of this area except one: cross the upper bridge and leave by the left edge of the screen.
    3. Follow the only open path, beating a few weak monsters on the way, until you reach a second wooden bridge.
    4. Don’t cross it: the far side is cut off. Just before the bridge, walk down and take the stairs.
    JohnSilvaGaming · 3:08 · CC BY 3.0

    Felix in the river

    1. At the bottom of the stairs, Jenna’s family is trying to rescue her brother Felix, who is clinging on in the swollen river.
    2. Jenna asks for help, but you two don’t have enough Psynergy to save him. Keep going down, climb the stairs, cross the bridge and leave to the right.
    JohnSilvaGaming · 8:02 · CC BY 3.0
    1. Head for the lower part of the village. By the pond, a group of villagers has used up all their Psynergy holding back the Mt. Aleph Boulder. Talk to them and two of them hurry off to help Jenna.
    1. Return to the river. In a dramatic scene, the boulder finally breaks loose.
    JohnSilvaGaming · 16:36 · CC BY 3.0
    JohnSilvaGaming · 18:47 · CC BY 3.0

    Two strangers

    1. Leave by the right side. Two strangers block the way. Garet runs in to help, but this battle can’t be won — losing is part of the story.
    JohnSilvaGaming · 20:35 · CC BY 3.0
    Don’t worry about losing here.JohnSilvaGaming · 21:11 · CC BY 3.0
    1. After the title screen, the story picks up three years later.

    Tip: try , or