Sort of introduction I guess…
Game starts off with destroying the world, but do not fear. The gods has granted you a second chance, please go forth into the world and build and stuff. You can chose from 3 different races; humans, elves or demons. You can also chose male or female (armor looks different for the different genders). The game is still in development, and is in the early access stage. I hope it will one day become a full game, but I’m afraid it will be stuck in early access for a long time still.
Starting the game: island of beginning
When you first start the game, you start on the island of beginnings. You only have the bare minimal, which is basically nothing. You start off with hitting trees, rocks, bushes, sheep, cows and monos with your bare hands. Don’t try the bears without any armor or weapons, trust me. Building a small starter base is not a bad idea either. The starter island also has a few dungeons you can challenge to get better items and materials. When you have gotten used to the controllers and the flow of the game, you can visit the transportation potal, and unlock different other islands (that big chunk of portal in the picture above).
Unlocking islands
You start off in the far left bottom corner of the map world, and can start unlocking new islands. Each world has a random selection of islands in different places, and there are a few different bioms you can get. The layout of the islands are always the same (the sakura spring islands are all the same, the bridge islands are the same etc). As the island levels are getting higher, so are the levels on the mobs and the dungeons are getting harder too. The field bosses drop different or better items and at higher level islands, the same goes for the dungeons and mobs. This map is my Dreysil world.
Progress your civilization
Another good idea is to build the altar of civilization and start gathering materials to level up your civilizations. You can do this at the same time as you start unlocking islands. Levelling up your civilization will grant you more items to craft and build, and you need it to start unlocking some of the islands as you progress. Better gear to craft, better equipment, better or more building materials, better machines are some of the rewards for reaching a new age for your civilization. Before starting to exploring new islands, it’s a good idea to get some better gear and equipment, you don’t want to run around in your underwear!
Start island hopping and explore
Example of different bioms: Poison island, sakura spring island, winter mountain island and desert mountain island.
When you have unlocked some better materials through the altar of civilization and unlocked some islands, it’s time to explore! Remember some bioms have special requirements (frost, poison or fire reduction/immunity). Some mobs can only be found on certain islands, and some items can only be found on others. The funny thing about Craftopia is the enchantment system, it’s wild. You can get a lot of weird enchantments like wet, raw, fried fish (or weapons and building materials). The different enchantments give different buffs or de-buffs.
Inventory and earning experience
Defeating mobs, field bosses, dungeon mobs and bosses, completing objectives and crafting will earn you experience. In the beginning you level up really fast, and it’s pretty easy to understand how to get experience points. There are also perks and skills you can unlock when you level up. Each level will give you a skill point you can spend to gain better skills or perks. Completing missions will also sometimes give you extra inventory slots (yay)! There are also different inventory categories, which is great. Equipment, building, consumables and materials in general all have different slots, and you can stack up to 4 bulks (usually 100) of the same items (but with different names) in one item slot. You can see the examples of that in the consumables inventory section.
Gearing up
It’s is also a good idea to start thinking of gearing up with the right materials after you’ve gotten used to the game, and I guess here is the most time consumable and boring part. Grinding mobs and bosses for parts and crafting materials. You can chose to do different builds like archer, mage, one handed, two handed or katana builds. I’m not going to write a guide on that, but for now I’m trying out one hand sword and shield. It is also possible to do dual blade fighting.
With combining different materials when making gear, you can end up with some funny, weird or just outright powerful enchantments. I’m still beginning/mid game I think, and still have yet to craft even better gear and get better enchantments on my gear. I tried combining tons of different animal leather for my armor, and ended up with the picture shown above. Lizard’s Wolf’s Buffalo’s Bear’s Black light armor for women. The different enchantments are sometimes listed in different colours and you can see what buffs or de-buffs they give in the description.
Building and automating
Some of the things that are pretty fun in Craftopia, and the thing I like the most is building. I don’t mind spending time to do all the grinding, but it can get a bit boring. The option is to set up automated farms for different purposes, often not on your main island because it can cause the island to lag a lot due to the amount of items that are in one place. Adding sprinklers to your garden fields, and you don’t have to manually water your wheat fields. Adding an automated harvesting machine, and you don’t have to harvest all your crops yourself. Adding a fan, some conveyer belts and a storage locker or container, will make the items drop into your containers automatically! For aesthetic purposes, I have not yet set up any automation other than the sprinkler on my bases. I do plan to try out some animal farms to get materials, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
Launch trailer - welcome to yeet island
When I first started playing this game, we just called it yeet island, cause that is what you do in the beginning. You hit some monos (the blue blobs) and they kinda get yeeted all over the place. You make yourself a fishing rod, and fish. And fish gets yeeted all over the place… I have yet to try the pet and riding functions in this game.
Seamless map trailer
I was actually super excited for this trailer, and I hope it will go as smoothly as it’s shown! So many possibilities for base building and having fun when it launches.