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Exploring the Fae Realms is dangerous every since the Calamity befell the world. The gateways and networks are broken and jumbled up, making it anyone’s guess what will happen when you hop through a portal. Thankfully, you’re able to take fate into your own hands by crafting Realm Cards.
As a Realmwalker, you’ll need to acquire different Realm Cards to traverse the Fae Realms inNightingale. While Puck will give you your first few cards, it’s up to you to uncover and craft the rest. However, you’ll need a few materials first before you can start crafting all the cards you need.
How To Craft Realm Cards
Crafting Realm Cards will take a bit of preparation, as you’ll needseveral work stationsto craft the materials. You’ll need to craftAlchemical Ink and Paperfor starters, so you’ll have to set up the following refinement tables:
Once you have these three, you cancraft the Alchemical Ink and Paperyou need to make cards. Realm Cards can be crafted at aSimple Enchanter’s Focus.
What Realm Cards Do
You’ll have totravel to a Fae Portalto use your Realm Cards. Making your way there is half the battle while the other half includesfighting off the Boundthat emerge from the portal to attack you.
When you reach the Fae Portal,interact with itto select the cards you want. This includes usinga Biome Card and a Realm Card.
The Biome Card will determine whether yournew Realm is a Fae Forest, Desert, or Swamp, while the Realm Card will determine the nature of the Realm–whether it’s ratherpeaceful and safeto establish an Estate in or if there will bepowerful creatures to fight.
Once the portal has opened and you’ve fought off the enemies, you canenter the new Realm. Once there, theportal will stay openfor a little while but eventually close.
You canreopen the portalby interacting with the mechanism again.
Major Realm Cards
Below is a table of all Realm Cards you can craft and what they do:
Nightingale is in Early Access, so we’ll update our guide as more cards are added.
Materials
Abeyance Card
Play this card to seek a realm of minimal danger, suitable for the construction of an Estate.
Ink (1)
Antiquarian Card
Play this card to seek a Realm of middling danger, settled by Druids and rife with Fae ruins.
Play this card to seek a Realm swamp and moor.
Cleansing Card
Play this card to remove all minor card effects from a Realm.
Essence Dust (10)
You can also purchase cards from Essence Traders!
Keepcrafting and purchasing cards to Realmdivefor new resources you can use to establish your Estate!
