Prologue Walkthrough: The Hardships of Seafaring

Welcome to your first steps in Of Ash and Steel. The prologue serves as a tutorial but doesn't hold your hand. Here is a step-by-step guide to completing all tasks in the starting area.

1. Awakening at the Shore

You start at Map: Tristan's Starting Camp.

Provisions in Danger

• Quest Giver: Chump (near the boat)
• Task: Kill 3 bugs on the path to the healer.
• Walkthrough: Head towards the medical camp. The bugs are weak. Use this to practice your light attacks.

Break Time

• Quest Giver: Squid (shoreline)
• Task: Deliver brandy to Emmett.
• Walkthrough: Loot the chest near Chump's boat to find the brandy. Take it to Emmett in the medical camp.

Fish Steak

• Quest Giver: Fish (path to brandy)
• Task: Find a "stick" (Chump's false leg).
• Walkthrough: The "stick" is Chump's leg. Grab it and return to Fish for a sparring match. This is your combat tutorial.

What Use is a Cartographer

• Quest Giver: Sirdar
• Task: Speak to everyone.
• Walkthrough: Talk to Sirdar, then Murray (Medical Camp), then Gellert (Shoreline). This introduces you to the lore and key characters.

2. Moving to Forgotten Reach

Follow the path to Map: Forgotten Reach.

Debt Paid in Kind

• Quest Giver: Nerest
• Task: Complete chores.
• Sub-tasks:
  • Pull Up Weeds: Clear the garden Map: Nerest's Garden.
  • Move The Barrels: Move 2 barrels to the backyard.
  • House Search: Find empty bottles inside Nerest's house.

3. Exploration & Side Quests

Before leaving for the city, explore the surroundings.

Knee-Deep in Earth (Requires Agility 7)

• Quest Giver: Miks at Map: Miks' Ruins.
• Task: Find 3 hidden chests.
  1. Chest 1: Cave in gorge with treehouses Map: Mix's Treehouse Crevice.
  2. Chest 2: At the Mill.
  3. Chest 3: Behind Logging Camp ruins.

Bad Neighborhood

• Quest Giver: Radim at Map: Radim's Bridge.
• Task: Find 4 wheels.
  • Locations: Outside ruin, Hobster camp, collapsed bridge, and Map: Hermit's Hut (Graveyard).

4. The Long Road Home

• Quest Giver: Nerest (after chores).
• Task: Travel to Grayshaft City.
• Directions: "Follow the path past the Map: Abandoned Village, straight through the ravine, until you see the guard tower."
• Encounter: You will meet Fox along the way.

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Ready for the next chapter? Check out our Exploring Grayshaft guide!