PalletTown's CoC II Guide (New Routing)

[PalletTown]

Due to the substantial changes introduced to act 1, I had to reroute the entirety of my previous guide and found new efficiencies. This guide is intended to limit in-game time to an absolute minimum while still allowing the PC to go to bed every night to hook up with Kiyoko. To prove I'm not bluffing, I will have my Day 17 save file attached.

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.
Important: Hug Ryn Everyday and get her a stuff animal.
Recommended: Get 1 Lucky Strike from Kohaku as soon as possible. It's a great early game boost and helps with your EC.

Occasionally in the guide I'll put in downtime. For downtime, 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. 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. Go to Harvest Valley. Find Quin and Escort him to warp back. Make sure you get at least one cultist charm!

Day 2: (Timing is extremely tight on this) Get quest Dog Days. Talk to Quin. Make sure you have 1 trail ration (2 if you haven't helped the kitsunes yet), 1 lingering ember, 1 camping supply, and the Amulet of Transference. Talk to Brother Sanders and get the quest Velun's sword. Enter Hethia's Lair. To solve it peacefully talk to Garret. Encounter Eryka to warp back. Talk to Sanders about Hethia. If you haven't encountered Viviane before then a trick is to start here first encounter before 24:00 and then encounter Viviane after 24:00. Enter Hethia's Lair.

Day 3: Talk to Garret to fight the Alrune. Keep Cait in your party. Go north to Lady Evergreen's House. Get quest inheritor of idols. Negotiate with Evergreen to get Den of Foxes. Go down to Activate Wayfort's Wayshrine and go up to be next to the Den and then Camp.

Day 4: Eat trail ration and Fight Den of Foxes. (For Kazuo, just make sure to keep his summons down. For Nanako and Miko and Mai, change Cait to Dancer Silks). Use Lingering Ember. Finish Den of Foxes. Get Rimbound Grimoire. Go back to the Den to activate their Gate. Go to the Eastern half of the forest and complete secret. (For the secret fight, I find that Passion Garb Cait and Brint work best, but it's a complete crapshoot at level 3. If you have the spare time, I would learn Kiaijutsu from the tome since that works pretty well. Also, you will probably have to use your Wyldsap.)

Day 5: Fight off Atugia. Activate Hawkthorne Wayshrine. Get quest Missing Meows. Meet and Greet Livrea. Complete Royal Amnesty. Explore northern half of the foothills. Camp before you get to Shar.

Day 6: Get and Complete quest Ugly Duckling. Get at least one Wyvern Venom, preferable 2. Activate Foothill Wayshrine. Complete Livrea Quest.

Day 7: Acquire 1 Dagger, 2 Apprentice Robes, 1 Leather Coat, and 2 Quarterstaffs. Explore southern half of the foothills. Acquire 15 Bovinium Sherry (If you want to Boob up Cait). Encounter Berwynne twice. Get and complete quest the Mistress. Get Spiral Sword from the Mistress. Go to the Missing Meows and Complete Quest.

Day 8: Downtime. Complete Meet and Greet. Complete For Want of a Nail by giving away the Spiral Sword. Complete Artifice Testing. Boob up Cait. Complete One Mans Poison. Grind Encounters with Arona.

Day 9: Make sure you have at least one lingering ember. Complete Quintessentials. Recruit Quin and Cait. Go to Sanders, get the quest Getting into the Closet. Go the western half of Harvest Valley and complete Getting into the Closet. Go to the northwest of harvest valley and complete Cat call. Meet Salwah. Grab one Wyvern Venom. Complete Right of Conquest.

Day 10: Talk to Solveig and Get Quest Father where art thou. Talk to Garret first then Garth and Gwyn. Complete Divine Pussy. Talk to River about the Fort. Get quest Blacksmith's New Clothes.

Day 11: Talk to Garret about the Fort. Get the Orc Dress. Complete Shades of the Past with Arona in your Party. Complete Blacksmith's New Clothes.

Day 12: Challenge Azzy till you get Land of Milky Honey. Fight the Hive. Use lingering ember to warp back. Proc Ain't Afraid of no Ghost.

Day 13: Cleanse the Core. Go to the Hive. Get the bra for Father where art thou. Complete Ain't Afraid of no Ghost. Talk to Grettal.

Day 14: Downtime. If you want to do Mad Cow then have Brint in your Party. 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 15: Finish Harvest Valley Objectives from Day 14. Cross bridge. Go to Marefolk Village and activate Wayshrine. Start Mad Cow if you want to.

Day 16: Complete Father Where Art Thou. Complete Harboring a Fugitive

Day 17: Recruit Azyrran. Complete Sweetest Climax. Take on Alissa

 

[Charity]

How much "in game time" Savin told? From 2 to 3-4 weeks? With each patch it's seems more and more insane tbh.

 

[valkyr42]

Three months maximum

 

[PalletTown]

Even with my wizardry it still takes me about 65 days to do everything in current patch. Also my champion has never slept more than 2 hrs for that entire time.

 

[PalletTown]

Act 2 Guide:

For Act 2, to make a guide is a bit more nebulous. There are many interactions that are completely optional that you may or may not wish to pursue and there is far less of a strict order to accomplish things than in Act 1. That being said there are a few things to keep in mind.

For routing purposes, the most important question for Act 2 is Do you want Rina to race in the Colosseum? I am not kidding. In order for Rina to be ready for the colosseum, you first have to visit Brint/Brienne's House every day for several days and then visit the house every 7 days in order to train Rina. You basically have to be absolutely precise if you want Rina to race before Day 60. Additionally, you can't go on multiday quests until you start training Rina.

The Multiday quests being:
Winter Wolf
Ruins of Xadron
Demon of Ice

With that out of the way, first things first. Get the quest, Wayfort Renovations and pay Garth asap. You should easily have the money for Garth by now. If you have the money, then get 9 succubus milks from Farrah as well. Also I lied about recruiting Azyrran on Day 17. You actually want to first get the unmarked quest for the Songstress Blade from Jael'yn first so you can get the charm from the Queen Nyzerrah. Afterwards, activate the wayshrine in the undermountain asap.

If you want Brienne then the Mad Cow quest will delay a day, if not then the next day, rush for Khorminos. Try to make it to the city before 22:00 so you can talk to Cassia immediately and then still be able to visit the next day. Before you leave Khorminos, activate the wayshrine, get the lamp from Nash, talk to Katya in the Bar, get the sword charm from Feronia and meet Rixx. Rixx is important because she is able to teach the PC summon flame elemental in the shortest amount of time.

Now complete the Specter of the Wyld event. Trust me, you are going to need the money. If you don't care about Rina's Colosseum run then asap, complete Ruins of Xadron. Also, get the Good Teleportation wish from Oma.

After this, the order becomes a lot more fluid. The only other current advice I can give is to bundle as many quests together.

1st Bundling:
After you learn summon flame elemental, get the Vision quest from Nina. Before you make your trip onto the eastern half of the Frostwood, make sure you have Ryn and Brienne in your party, that you can fly or have a camping supply, and that you have three flame capes, warm plume, and 1 glowing ice shard. Then you can complete the first half of vision quest, Brienne alt outfit, fire spirt binding, and the first half of Agni recruitment all in one day.

2nd Bundling:
When you get the ring of fate quest, also get Katya's quest, and the Mai's quest the pale flame. Before you complete the ring of fate quest, continue on north to get complete Katya's quest and activate the Vulperine village wayshrine. Then go back to complete the ring of fate quest.

3rd Bundling:
Before you go on the Demon of Ice quest, complete the ring of fate quest and check in on Calise.

4th Bundling:
This is for Wayfort Renovations, Maids of Wayfort, A Dragon in Roost, Dungeoneering, Nothing Like Housework, and Caparison Hunter. To complete all you need about 18,000 at the start. Part of the gold will go to getting 55 wood, 28 metal, and 75 stone. Ambra is the fastest way to getting the requisite wood and metal so reroll until she has both. If you are absolutely precision then you can get the tailor, food, blacksmith, enchanter, and material done in 1 day. If you want Vatia, just briefly camp in the Frostwoods. Make sure you complete A Dragon in Roost before you complete Wayfort Renovations. Afterwards, just use the extra materials to complete Nothing Like Housework and Caparision Hunter.

Behemoth Skip:
I'm a bit nervous about sharing this because I really don't want this to be removed from the game. So if you are reading this Savin, please leave this in. When you recruit the Behemoth, then you are transported into your Wayfort. This allows you to interact with the Wayfort denizens while your Wayfort is under construction. Of course, as soon as you touch an exit tile or the Wayshrine tile, you are immediately kicked out.