The Town of Arden

Arden — Overview

An underground world with animal inhabitants. The community of Arden thrives due to the powers of the Brightshard, a massive shining crystal. The glow of this crystal fosters the life tree, which provides food, purifies water and shelters the townsfolk from the shadows. The sunderfolk form a secluded community with gates protecting them from monsters from the deep, dangerous caverns.

Upgrades

Town locales can be upgraded for gold. All locales start at a base level and can increase by tiers up to tier 3. Each building has a unique set of rewards. All players must agree on the upgrade. Upgrades you do not choose will still be available to choose in the future.

Bridge

At the bridge, you can check a characters affinity towards you. Each time you choose to talk to a townsfolk, you'll gain affinity. When you've filled an entire heart, you'll unlock a special conversation marked with a gift icon that gives you rewards.

Tier 1: Rename the bridge. Each hero gains 2 positive and 2 negative fate cards.

Bug Pens

You can donate items to complete building upgrades. Collectively donate to unlock your next building upgrade. When you've donated enough, everyone will choose which building to upgrade and gain its rewards.

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Owner / Shopkeeper: Amaia

Clothier

Here you can change the appearance of your hero by selecting a style. Equipping a style is free, and you'll be able to unlock new styles through building upgrades.

Owner / Shopkeeper: Batu

Gates

Shows available missions.

Tier 1 Benefits: Rename the gates, add lavawalk imports to the market, unlock conversations in town with mudmouth the ogre. Costs 50 gold.

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Market

The market is a location with shops where you can purchase trinkets with gold. You can unlock new shops through the town upgrade system, and new shop inventory by progressing through the game.

Tier 1: Add a new shop, adventuring accoutrement, to the market. Rename the market.

Tier 2: Unlock more stock at the market shop adventuring accoutrement. Monster have a higher chance to drop loot.

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Shops

Sundrous Staples: Buy or sell equipment

Goodwill Gallery: Exchange or sell equipment.

Adventuring Accoutrement: Buy or sell rare trinkets.

Lavawalk Imports

Oracle

Purchase random fate cards.

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Tier 2: Rename the oracle*. Each hero gains 2 positive, 2 negative, and 6 neutral fate cards. Each hero may equip 1 more or 1 less neutral fate card.

Tier 3: Each hero gains 1 positive, 2 negative, and 2 neutral fate cards. Each hero may equip 1 more or 1 less positive fate card. Each hero may equip 1 more or 1 less negative fate card.

Post Office

The post office lets you send gift and gold to your fellow heroes. Select the hero, then items or gold you'd like to send them. Type a message if you'd like, then hit send.

Tier 1: The first hero to use the post office after completing each mission gains 25 gold. Unlock conversations in...

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Smithy

The smithy is a place where you can purchase weapons. There is only one of each weapon, so once a weapon is purchased, it won't be available in the smithy until the owner of the weapon sells it.

Tier 1: Epic weapons are purchasable at the Smithy. Receive 4 rare weapons distributed across your party of heroes.

Tier 2: Each monster replace a positive +1 fate card with a neutral +0 fate card in their fate deck. Unlock conversations with zihao to rename purchased weapons.

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Owner / Shopkeeper: Zihao

Tavern

Tier 1: Kitchen is back in order to craft meals.

Tier 2: Add 7 more meals to the menu. Name a new set of meals on the menu.

Owner / Shopkeeper:

Temple

Dwelling of the grove tender.

Tier 1: Each hero gains affinity with Amaia, Evelyn, and Zihao. Each hero gains 4 neutral fate cards.

Tier 2: Unlock conversations in town with Fyodor the Scavenger Ghost. Add 4 More Styles to the Clotheir's collection.

Tier 3

Workshop

At the workshop, you can upgrade certain trinkets to make them stronger. Upgrading a trinket costs gold. You can unlock new upgradeable trinket groups through building upgrades.

Owner / Shopkeeper: Evelyn

Tier 1: Rare trinkets are craftable at the workshop. 

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