Fleaster

Wakfu had the Fleaster event from April 6 to April 9. There was supposed to be Fleaster Eggs to crack open for chocolaty goodies and Fleaster Wodents to beat up for a special set of equipment. Unfortunately, the Fleaster Wodents did not show up. And the Fleaster Eggs multiplied endlessly, covering the map and blocking movement.

Thus the event had to be cut short. To compensate, all players were gifted the set equips, a couple of Haven Bag decorations and lots of chocolates.

Fleaster Goodies.

However, because the Fleaster Wodents decided not to appear, the special title for the event could not be obtained.

Achievement not possible.

And lastly, a look at the usual way Bontarians celebrate an event on a Sunday:

Offline.

Stoodeep Mine Exploration

The other day, I heard a rumor of a plan to 'blow up Atto Grotto'. I thought I would go take a look at how the Stoodeep Mines beneath Atto Grotto looked like after that.

In Stoodeep Mines level 1, I easily found the new path down.

The path down at the bottom right of the screen.

Level 2 of Stoodeep Mines.

There were more Primitive Iron on level 2, but most of it was still sealed up. Exploring the various paths, I came across the stairs down.

Stairs down in level 2.

Level 3.

I found Primitive Iron and Finest Sea Salt on level 3. The way to the stairs down was lit brightly.

Stairs down on level 3.

Level 4.

As soon as I stepped onto level 4, I noticed a problem. There was no blue circular tile indicating the portal to another level. It looked like I would have to find a Zaap to get out. Or /suicide.

The stairs down was nearby.

Stairs down.

Level 5.

In a large cavern on level 5, I found a dungeon entrance.

Dungeon entrance on level 5.

In addition to the dungeon, there were a couple of other exits. I decided to try one of them.

I tried that exit.

On that level, I found a Zaap. Looked like I had found a way out.

Amakna Zaap.

I decided to explore further by climbing more stairs up. I went all the way back up to level 1. However, at level 1, I could not find my way out. So I made my way back down to level 5.

I decided to try the other portal I had found earlier.

The other portal I had found earlier.

Weird, no level number.

Near the place where I entered the level, I found another Zaap.

The famous Sufokia Zaap.

I had also found the stairs up. So I decided to climb up to see how far I could go. I made it all the way to the surface.

That place did not look familiar.

I easily found the mine exit.

I was in Sufokia!?

My guess is that the Stoodeep Mine is connected to all four nations at level 5. The first path I had taken earlier probably led to Amakna.

Found where Albatrocious may be hunted.

Saint Patsick Celebrations

The celebration of Saint Patsick in Wakfu was on March 16 to March 18. During that time, local fauna of levels 15 and above dropped Four-Leaf Clovers. In addition to that, there was a chance for a Saint Patsick Cloak or the Saint Patsick Bucket to drop.

The Four-Leaf Clovers may be used to craft Clover Root Beers and Clover Cookies. Crafting 5 of each will earn the player the title of 'Luckmeister'. The recipes for these items are available elsewhere on the web so I shall not post them here. Not that the recipe will be of any use now since Saint Patsick is over, unless there are leftovers of the non-transferable Four-Leaf Clovers.

Saint Patsick items.

On the evening of Sunday, 18 March, I went to the 5th Bond Street marketplace to see how everyone was celebrating Saint Patsick. Maybe I could spot some people with the Saint Patsick equips.

Guess everyone is celebrating offline.

Training Crafting Professions 2

Crafting goods take a lot of resources. So much that my Gathering Professions are overleveled. Because of that, I hardly gain XP from gathering resources, if any at all. In addition to that, gathering is a tedious monotonous activity.

It would be better to buy the resources I need from the Auction House.

Unfortunately, there are not much resources available in the Auction House. Those that are available, and which I need, tend to be overpriced. Considering that I have trouble selling my goods, I have to price them cheap. Because of that, I cannot afford high prices of natural resources.

So it is back to gathering resources the hard way.

Training Crafting Professions

At the time of writing, people hardly window shop at the Haven Bags. Instead, they usually buy from the Auction Houses.

I would prefer to sell stuff from the Haven Bag because there is no time limit. And since I put my Haven Bag within Bonta, it is more likely that the citizens of Bonta will benefit from my wares. Unfortunately, no one seems to want to buy.

This is bad for my Crafting Professions since I have no one to buy the items I create while training those Professions. No money from my work means less motivation to train.

What I do is to craft items that are greater than my Profession level. That way, I will get more XP for each successful craft. There is a risk of failure, but since I cannot sell the items anyway, the risk is acceptable.

Training Leather Dealer.

Training Baker.

Maybe I should consider putting up my stuff on the Auction House instead.

Update 9 February 2012:
It seems that items on Auction Houses are only available on the Auction Houses of the same nation. If that is true, then items I post on the Auction House will still be restricted to Bontarians. One less excuse for me not to use the Auction House instead.

Life in Bonta

There was plenty to do in Bonta. I thought I would start off by harvesting some resources and making more resources out of them, then selling them for Kama (money).

I chose to start off with the Crowned Thistle and train my Herbalist profession at the same time. The only problem was that there were hardly any Crowned Thistle around. I gathered seeds from the Crowned Thistle around Bonta HQ and planted them in large clusters in Bonta Ruins.

Hours later, Crowned Thistle were everywhere. It seemed that other players had also planted Crowned Thistles. I harvested some Thistle to make Essence of Thistledown to sell later.

Crowned Thistle was then all over the place like weeds.

The main problem was that Kama was not plentiful among the players yet. No one had much Kama. The best way to obtain some then was to mint them myself. Fortunately, I had stumbled upon some Primitive Iron (iron deposits), where I could mine for raw material with which I could mint Kama.

Tufty Tofu liked to perch on my workspace.

It was a slow process, though, since the Primitive Iron were few and far apart in Bonta. Naturally, I got bored and decided to bully cute little local critters for a while.

Tofu have to be cornered if I do not wish to use Drhellzerker.

I thought I would gather material to build furniture. I had some spare Iron Ore after minting Kama so all I needed was Ash Wood. Except there was a slight problem: someone had chopped all the Ash Trees in Gnarled Barklee's Forest. Most of it, anyway.

Someone had also planted Crowned Thistle all over Gnarled Barklee's Forest.

I did eventually get a small amount of Ash Wood. In addition, I decided that I would do a bit of cooking. I thought that Essence of Thistledown would not sell well, so I made food with them instead. Hopefully, those would sell.

Cooking at the Restaurant in 5th Bond Avenue.

With a few pieces of furniture and some food to sell, I placed them into the display cases of my Haven Bag. Then it was time for a rest offline.

Arranged the goods for sale.

When I got back, only a piece of furniture was sold. Still, it was Kama. Oh well.

My first and only sale!

I decided to help Jonk Lees with one of his gathering quests. It lead to a little adventure in Gobello Prairie where I practiced my Trapper skills. There was also a little iron there to mine too. After what seemed like an eternity (the clock in the screenshot claimed otherwise), I had gathered the required material for Jonk Lees.

So it was not a heroic quest of nation building...

Much later, after more work and training, I decided to try a challenge in the Canis Plains. Canis Plains might be in a higher level area, but the local inhabitants were not aggressive. Thus, my low-level self was safe.

First, I had to wait for the right challenge to be presented. The challenge I wanted was 'Any Given Fun Day'. When the challenge appeared, at least two players must accept it for the game to start.

Running around kicking Gobbowl Balls.

It was a simple challenge of kicking as many Gobbowl balls as possible within the time period. I came up second. It was not my best effort, though. However, now I am familiar with the rules of the game.

The second place prize was not bad.

The Journey Home

With the server finally started, it was time for the long journey home. First, I had to go through the whole tutorial area of Incarnam, again! Sure I could have skipped almost everything. But there were achievements and rewards to collect. Quite a few of them.

At least they provided a to-do list.

As expected, the first creatures I saw on arrival were the Gemlin and the Bow Meow. Hmmm, the Gemlin said it would do anything I want... I wonder if it can harvest?

After administering the required Bow-Meow beating, I got my Gemlin pet. Yay, I had someone to point out obvious gameplay. And it repeated often. I shall definitely not forget anything important, thanks to my new pal.

After a few more basic lessons on gameplay, I decided to refresh my memory of Wakfu's backstory from the convenient picture boards placed a short distance around Sokay in Incarnam.

One-page History Lesson.

Then I attended a repeat of combat training. On the plus side, I spotted a few Easter Egg jokes that I had missed the first time around. Note the 'name-dropping' in the chat window in the screenshot.

Combat training area.

Combat gameplay was taught through illustrated lessons. It was cute to see them again.

Flanking attacks made simple.

When combat was done, it was time for the basic tutorial on ecology. There were a few goodies to collect here so I spent some time bullying the local Gobballs.

Nab it, Mimi ain't dropping the rare!

I did watch for the rare drop from Mimi but he (yes, he is a 'he') was stingy. I got bored and gave up waiting. Even if I did get the drop, it would be too risky to use at my level anyway. Hopefully, I shall get the drop later.

Having done what I could (and had patience for) in Incarnam, it was time to head down to the world below. I was sent somewhere else on the way, though.

Not again!

I was dropped into the final boss area. From the beta, I knew what would happen if I charged the possibly still level-200 boss. So I decided not to waste time and get on with my journey home.

Visiting the embassies.

I picked up my Tufty Tofu pet, which was a gift from my subscription. Replacing the Gemlin with my new pet did not silence my dedicated little buddy's tutorial messages. I shall certainly not forget basic gameplay anytime soon.

There were still a few short visits to make before I got home. I visited each of the local embassies and checked out the tavern. I considered leveling enough to do the challenge in Astrub. However, after I had seen the reward, I decided it was not worth the time. I really, really wanted to go home to my nation of Bonta.

So I applied for my passport and went for the borders of home. The guard recognized my passport and let me in.

Home at last!

I noticed that Tufty Tofu pets were very rare among the players. Maybe that was why my pet was staring at the other Tufty Tofu in the screenshot above.

There shall be things to do now that I am home. There are ambulatory bags of XP to beat up, professions to learn and practice, kama to earn. First order of business was something important:

To be fair, it was a long journey!