Welcome to the second part of our walkthrough for Ritual of Raven. At the end of the last part, Bowie encourages you to explore the Village as he makes the final preparations for the orientation.
That’s exactly what you’ll be doing in this part, from getting to know the locals to lending a hand where you can.
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Meeting Dan
With Bowie gone, your next goal is to find Dan. You’ll find him in front of his Diner, just south of the Tavern.
He’s friendly at first, but quickly becomes cold once he finds out you’re Sage’s apprentice. He shuts you off and heads inside the Diner.
Follow him inside and speak with him again. You’ll learn that Dan once relied on Sage for herbs to keep his Diner running. With her gone, his supply chain is broken, and his Construct isn’t working properly either.
After the conversation, head outside. It’s clear you’ll need to help Dan before he opens up to you.
Interact with the Tarot Card next to the Diner. Solve the Arcana Puzzle using the Move and Plow commands to plow the three white tiles.
Then, open your radial menu and use Placement to place a sign near one of the fields.
To complete this quest, you’ll also need to grow and harvest four Rosemary Leaves. You can use the plot beside Dan’s Diner, but it’s faster to grow them in your cottage. That way, you can sleep and advance the days easily.
Interact with the Construct near the cottage and plow a plot to grow Rosemary Leaves. Use it to plant the Rosemary Seeds and water them. Head back inside the cottage to sleep and advance the day. Water the plot again and go to sleep. Rinse and repeat until the Rosemary Leaves are ready to be harvested
Use the Harvest card with the Construct to harvest the Rosemary Leaves. Collect the herbs from your Construct’s inventory once it’s finished.
After collecting the herbs, return to Dan’s Diner and talk to him again. Give him the Rosemary Leaf. He’ll thank you, and you’ll be rewarded with 100 Shards for completing this questline.
Meeting Coco and Charly
Coco and Charly are the next two NPCs you’ll want to introduce yourself to. You’ll find their tent on the southern part of the village, across a wooden bridge. Just follow the quest marker and you should be able to find them in no time.
NOTE: There’s another Teleport Portal just before the bridge that you can activate to enable fast-travel.
Talk to Charly once you find her, and she’ll introduce you to Coco. They are a friendly couple who also start acting a bit cold once you mention Sage.
Once they split off to do their own thing, you’ll want to go talk to each of them individually to learn more about their history with Sage.
They’ll also mention that they specialize in making chamomile tea, but their main source, Sage, has stopped supplying.
At this point, Charly will again walk away again. Talk to her and she’ll ask you to get some Chamomile Flowers. She’ll also hand over some Chamomile Seeds and the Rapid Growth card that you can use to speed up farming.
Head back to your cottage and prepare everything to grow and harvest the Chamomile Flowers.
You can use the Rapid Growth card that you just unlocked to speed up the production. For it to take effect, you’ll want to insert it once every time you water the seeds. This will, in turn, reduce the time it takes for the flowers to bloom by 1 day.
You’ll need a total of 8 Chamomile Flowers to complete the quest. Once you’ve got 8 Chamomile Flowers and 10 Sparkle Seeds, head back to Charly and talk to her.
With your help, Charly can now prepare a delicious cup of Chamomile Tea for Coco. Run through the dialogues and the shops for both NPCs will be unlocked.
Coco sells seeds of different varieties along with a Seedcake, while Charly sells different Command cards for your Constructs.
The Orientation Program
Now that you’ve helped out the people around the village, it’s time to find Bowie to check on his progress for the orientation program. Head back to the Tavern in the village and talk to the NPC.
He’ll mention how impressed he is with all the work you’ve been doing. But your conversation gets interrupted by another flash of purple light. The portal has opened once again.
Run to the Portal in the village, the one that you used for Portal Fishing earlier. You’ll find a new NPC in front of the portal. Talk to him.
Once the dialogue ends, interact with the Portal to try to keep it open. Of course, things are never as easy, and the portal disappears in a few seconds.
Talk to the NPC again to make your introductions. This is Huxley, a researcher who, much like yourself, has arrived from another world.
After running through the Dialogue, head to the stage that you helped prepare to find Bowie ready to give the orientation.
The orientation explains some of the deeper lore of the world of Leynia and how the Portal Keepers affected everyone. Wait for the performance to end.
Bowie will walk away after a brief exchange. Follow him to his Tavern to learn more about the Portal Keepers.
Keep talking to Bowie and inspect the different photos inside his Tavern to get all the information you can out of him.
You’ll eventually learn about the Portal Keeper named Pip, who, as it turns out, is Dan’s little sister. She was Sage’s apprentice, just like you.
With this brand new information, head out of the Tavern and make your way to Dan’s Diner. On the way, Raven will stop you to see if you want to talk about Sage. Go inside the diner once the conversation ends.
Another New Arrival
Talk to Dan once you’re inside the Diner. He shuts you off at the mere mention of her sister and refuses to talk about her.
Walk out of the Diner after the conversation to find that the Portal has activated once again.
Rush over to the Portal in the village to find Pistacchio standing before it. He’ll explain how the Portal turned on as he was fishing.
Suddenly, an alien with one eye and three tentacles comes out of the portal. Pistachio, naturally afraid, wants to send it back. The alien introduces herself as RGB, and once you explain that this world has magic, she wants to locate its spacecraft and depart the planet swiftly.
Follow RGB as she runs off to find her floating near a broken yellow spacecraft. So the alien is stuck here for the time being. Bowie comes along to make his introductions.
Run through all the dialogues and the Friendship quests for different NPCs will be unlocked. Friendship quests are side activities where you can deepen your relationship with different NPCs.
Head over to Pistachio’s Shop to give him the update about RGB. You’ll find Charly and Dan already waiting at the shop. Run thorugh the dialogues. You’ll notice a mysterious voice putting words in Pistachio’s mouth.
Once the Conversation ends talk to Raven. You’ll again notice a mysterious voice suggesting maybe Pip can help, and Pistachio repeats it. Hearing this Dan takes his leave. It’s clear that this is a sensitive subject for Dan.
This concludes part 2 of our walkthrough for Ritual of Raven. For other parts, check out our walkthrough hub for the game.
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