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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Keyhas Ryza and her friends return to Kurken Island only one year after the events that transpired during their previous adventure, plunging them into another mystery to solve with Ryza’s excellent Alchemy skills.
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While many legacy features from the previous installments make their return, many of them have new twists that make them deeper and more complex than before, which can be tricky to get the hang of, especially if you are new to the series. However, with some information and experience, you will quickly become a master Alchemist in no time!
Craft Survival Tools
In the early goings of your adventure, you will only haveRyza’s Staffto break pots, smash small rocks, andgather resourceswith. This means tons of materials will be passed by, with no way for you to obtain them. Luckily for you, you cancraft all the core toolsyou need to gather these materials relatively early in your journey. There arefive Survival Toolsyou should make as soon as possible, which are the following:
Every Survival Tool listed above willgrant you access to a wide range of resourcesthat will, in turn, enable you to make even more things with Ryza’s Alchemy. Some of these items will require materials you won’t have access to until you begin returning to Kark Isle, but you must craft these as soon as you can. You can find what’s needed to make these Survival Tools in the table below!
Catcher’s Net
Despite being essential items, these Survival Tools do not need to be perfect or of the highest quality, at least not at first. Just crafting these at the start of your journey will substantially impact the rest of your adventure. You can always make new ones later when you gather more materials.
Explore Everything
There’s no denying thatexplorationis the backbone of essentially every JRPG. Doing it in Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key is even more crucial. You mustconstantly gather materialsfor your Alchemy andbattle enemiesto keep Ryza and her party leveling up. With theSurvival Toolscrafted and equipped from above, you shouldexplore every possible nook and cranny, as it will almost always lead you torare or high-quality materials.
If you see something that catches your eye in the distance, go check it out, it will almost always be worth exploring and will ultimately lead you tocraft newer and better thingsin your Atelier. Furthermore, fighting everything in your path will also benefit you in the early goings as well, as you willobtain EXP and unique materialsfor doing so, making it a win/win in the earlier regions.
Be Mindful Of Your Basket
That being said, you should be mindful of yourBasket.You can see how much space is left inside of it in thebottom right cornerof your screen when you are out exploring the world. Yourinitial Basket limitis300and can beupgraded via the Skill Treelater. While this may seem like plenty of space, you will quickly learn that your Basket can and will fill up relatively quickly.
When your Basket doesreach its limit,you’re able to still collect new items.You will just have todiscard some items as you gather new ones,making it rather tedious anytime you defeat an enemy or harvest materials.Traveling back to Ryza’s Atelierwill store everythingyou have gathered in yourContainer,allowing you to go and collect even more resources. So, if youreach your Basket’s capacity,you shouldfast-travel back to your HQto offload everything. But you may want to learn more about Landmarks before doing so, which we will cover in the next section.
Use Landmarks To Your Advantage
Landmarksare crucial in Atelier Ryza 3, as theyserve as your fast-travel pointsandgive you the ability to craft unique Secret Keysthat will be valuable in your Alchemy and combat encounters. For now, let’s shift our focus to the fast-traveling aspect of Landmarks and how you can use them to your advantage when you are out exploring.
As covered above, you willconstantly be fast traveling to your Atelierto offload your materials. However, this can get old quickly, especially if you aren’t seeking out Landmarks when you are going from point A to point B. The general rule of thumb is tohead to the nearest Landmark before fast traveling back to your Atlelier.You caninstantly warp back to it after you drop your resources off,allowing you to retain your progress to your next area.
You cansee where Landmarks are locatedbyopening your current region’s mapby pressingDownon theD-Pad,then looking for awhite iconof aBuildingwith aQuestion Markon it. When youdiscover the Landmark,thisicon will change to a Gold Building,removing the fog of war on your mapandenabling fast traveling.In some cases, the fog of war will remain until you find several Landmarks in the area, but so long as the icon is Gold, you can warp to it.
Many Landmarks will have enemies that show up when you discover them, so make sure your party is in good health before discovering them. It should also be noted that Landmarks might also have Normal and Random Quests nearby, which can be an excellent source of SP and materials, so you should always seek them out when possible.
Craft Everything At Least Once
With powerful Alchemy at your fingertips, it can be easy to zone in on crafting specific items or gear, ignoring things you can prepare in the meantime that can net you a solid amount ofSP.Whether you need the item or not, you shouldtry making everything available to you at least once,as you will geta decent SP boost for making something for the first timeand willget even more SP if said item is of high quality.
Not only that, butyou never know what most items are capable ofuntil you make them and use them, whether they are aConsumable for combat encountersor something as unassuming as theAir Drop,aSurvival Toolthat enables you todive underwater to explore and gather unique resources.There willalways be something new to createwith your Alchemy, and you should always take that risk as it will lead you to obtain cool new recipes and gear.
Don’t Forget To Cook
Lastly, another easily overlooked feature of Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key is the ability toCook mealsatBonfiresyou will make or find around each region during your adventure. Bonfires have many incentives, as they cangrant unique buffssuch asincreasing your EXP rate, raising your Attack or Defense, and much morefor several minutes.
But, as mentioned, you canonly prepare meals at Bonfires,which makes Cooking easily missable or forgettable, despite it being extremely crucial. Furthermore, you willlearn more recipes as you carry out Memoirs, Random Quests, or some Normal Quests,so be on the lookout for when you obtain a new one so you can head back to a Bonfire and see what benefit the meal brings you!
