PalletTown's Act 1 Guide for Insane People (New Efficiencies Found)

PalletTown

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This is my guide for Act 1 that I optimized for in game time because I'm a crazy person. I just I share it here.

Note: This guide is for all Act 1 quests except for Caparison Hunter, Nothing Line Housework, Bewitched, Golden Carrot, and Attitude Adjustment. (CH, NLH, BW are way easier to complete during Act 2. GC will cost an additional day. AA is a massive time sink).
Note: If you go to sleep at 5:59 am or earlier then you don't rollover to the next day.
Note: If you want to stay pure but plan on taking some corrupt actions or use corrupt TFs the get velun's blessing from Sanders first.
Important: Save all Study Stone, Pristine Wood, Broken Metal Parts, Lingering Embers, Leananstone and Winterstem.

Occasionally in the guide I'll put in downtime. For downtime, work on raising Ryn's Confidence, TF companions, read spell tomes, Transform yourself, etc. (That is if you want to)

Day 0: Talk to Garth, Get Quests Farmhand Freeholds, and Right of Conquest. Get Storage Chest from Garth. Go to Old Forest and go all the way to the right to get Kiyoko.

Day 1: Talk to Brother Sanders, Get Quest Velun's Sword. (Buy a camping supplies to help the kitsune if you want) Explore eastern half of the forest. Go to the top of the Forest and encounter the vines block your path. Encounter Eryka. Help her to warp back to Hawkthorne.

Day 2: Go to Harvest Valley, Explore the western part of harvest valley. Find Quin and Escort him to warp back. Make sure you get at least one cultist charm!

Day 3: Get quest Dog Days. Talk to Quin. Enter Hethia's Lair. To solve it peacefully to the Garret.

Day 4: Downtime. Talk to Sanders about Hethia. Go to Hethia's Lair.

Important: Make sure that during Days 1-4 you are encountering Ninian, Vivian, and Sugo.

Day 5: Fight off Atugia, Talk to Garret to fight the Alrune. Keep Cait in your party. Go north to Lady Evergreen's House. Get quest inheritor of idols. Activate Wayfort's Wayshrine and then activate Hawkthorne's Wayshrine.

Day 6: Complete Royal Amnesty. Explore northern half of the foothills. Get and Complete quest Ugly Duckling. Activate Foothill Wayshrine.

Day 7: Explore southern half of the foothills. Encounter Berwynne twice. Get and complete quest the Mistress. Get Spiral Sword from the Mistress. Use lingering ember to warp.

Day 8: Downtime. Grind to level 4. Grind Encounters with Arona. ;)

Day 9: Get a Trail ration and eat it. Go to lady evergreen and get the quest Den of foxes. Rush straight to the Kitsune's Den. Use a lingering ember. Go to the old forest and complete [secret].

Day 10: Downtime. Finish Den of Foxes. Make your trek back to the Den and activate their wayshrine.

Day 11: Complete Meet and Greet. Complete For want of a nail testing by giving away spiral blade. Complete Artifact testing. Complete Quintessentials. Recruit Quin and Cait. Go to Sanders, get the quest Getting into the closet. Go the western half of Harvest Valley and fight [Secret]. Go to the northwest of harvest valley and complete Cat call. (Recommend getting one lucky strike from the Den)

Day 12: Complete Right of Conquest

Day 13: Downtime. Complete Divine Pussy. Get quest Blacksmith new clothes.

Day 14: Get Quest Father where art thou. Talk to Garret first then Garth and Gwyn. Get orc dress. Challenge Azzy till you get Land of Milky Honey. Find the Orc Bra. Talk to Grettal. Complete Blacksmith New clothes.

Day 15: Fight the Hive

Day 16: Purify the Hive. Explore Northeastern part of Harvest Valley. Put a tent in between Pupperidge Farm and Zo. Save Pupperidge Farm. Talk to Farm about Gretta's Father. Save Zo. Explore enough to Proc Ahrmi and the quest harboring a fugitive.

Day 17: Finish Harvest Valley Objectives from Day 15. Cross bridge. Go to Marefolk Village and activate Wayshrine. Talk to River about Fort Marrok. Finish Father where are thou. Recruit Azzy.

Day 18: With Arona in your party. Talk to Garret. Complete Shades of the Past. Proc Aint afraid of no ghost.

Day 19: (Timing is extremely tight on this) Buy/Acquire 1 Dagger, 2 Apprentice Robes, 2 Quarterstaffs, 1 Leather coat. Complete Aint afaid of no ghost. Use lingering ember to warp to foothills. Complete Missing Meows.

Day 20: Complete Sweetest Climax. Complete Harboring a Fugitive

Day 21: Take on Alissa

Day 0: Talk to Garth, Get Quests Farmhand Freeholds, and Right of Conquest. Buy 1 Camping Supply (2 if you want to help kitsunes) Get Storage Chest from Garth (If you have the spare cash else just get it another day). Go to Old Forest and go all the way to the right to get Kiyoko. Explore western half of the forest then camp.

Day 1: Explore eastern half of the forest. Go to the top of the Forest and encounter the vines block your path. Make sure you encounter Ninian and Sugo. Also make sure that you get the witch's outfit.

Day 2: Go to Harvest Valley, Explore the western part of harvest valley. Find Quin and Escort him to warp back. Make sure you get at least one cultist charm!

Day 3: (Timing is extremely tight on this) Get quest Dog Days. Talk to Quin. Talk to Brother Sanders and get the quest Velun's sword. Explore Western half of Old Forest. Enter Hethia's Lair. To solve it peacefully talk to Garret. Encounter Eryka to warp back. Talk to Sanders about Hethia. Encounter Viviane before 24:00. Encounter Viviane after 24:00. Enter Hethia's Lair.

Day 4: Talk to Garret to fight the Alrune. Keep Cait in your party. Go north to Lady Evergreen's House. Get quest inheritor of idols. Activate Wayfort's Wayshrine and then activate Hawkthorne's Wayshrine.

Day 5: Fight off Atugia. Complete Royal Amnesty. Explore northern half of the foothills. Get and Complete quest Ugly Duckling. Get at least one Wyvern Venom, preferable 2. Activate Foothill Wayshrine.


Day 6: Explore southern half of the foothills. Encounter Berwynne twice. Get and complete quest the Mistress. Get Spiral Sword from the Mistress. Grind to Level 4, Preferable with Arona :). Use lingering ember to warp.

Day 7: Get a Trail ration and eat it. Go to lady evergreen and get the quest Den of foxes. Rush straight to the Kitsune's Den. Use a lingering ember. Go to the old forest and complete [secret].

Day 8 Downtime. Finish Den of Foxes. Make your trek back to the Den and activate their wayshrine.

Day 9: Complete One Man's Poison. Complete Meet and Greet. Complete For want of a nail testing by giving away spiral blade. Complete Artifact testing. Complete Quintessentials. Recruit Quin and Cait. Go to Sanders, get the quest Getting into the closet. Go the western half of Harvest Valley and fight [Secret]. Go to the northwest of harvest valley and complete Cat call. (Recommend getting one lucky strike from the Den)

Day 10: Complete Right of Conquest. Get Quest Father where art thou.

Day 11: Talk to Garret first then Garth and Gwyn. Complete Divine Pussy. Explore Northeastern part of Harvest Valley. Go to the NE most part after about 20:00 to get the summon hopllite power. Put a tent in between Pupperidge Farm and Zo. Save Pupperidge Farm. Talk to Farm about Gretta's Father. Save Zo. Explore enough to Proc Ahrmi and the quest harboring a fugitive. Try to also grind encounters with Sariel.

Day 12: Finish Harvest Valley Objectives from Day 11. Cross bridge. Go to Marefolk Village and activate Wayshrine.

Day 13: Finish Father where are thou. Get quest Blacksmith's New Cloths. Challenge Azzy till you get Land of Milky Honey. Find the Orc Bra. Complete Blacksmith New clothes.

Day 14: Fight the Hive. Use lingering ember to warp back. Purify the hive. Talk to River about Fort Marrok.

Day 15: With Arona in your party. Talk to Garret. Complete Shades of the Past. Proc Aint afraid of no ghost.

Day 16: Complete Harboring a Fugitive

Day 17: (Timing is extremely tight on this) Buy/Acquire 1 Dagger, 2 Apprentice Robes, 2 Quarterstaffs, 1 Leather coat. Complete Aint afaid of no ghost. Use lingering ember to warp to foothills. Complete Missing Meows.

Day 18: Recruit Azyrran. Complete Sweetest Climax. Take on Alissa
 
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PalletTown

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While I don't have a specific post Act 1 Guide, I do have some advice. When you are waiting for something on a timer such as Rina's Training or Calise's recovery then I would go on a multiday quest such as Ruins of Xandaron or Demon of Ice.

I would go to Khorminos as soon as possible.
 
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