How to play guide for Asgard's Wrath

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Basic gameplay
Asgard's Wrath is a traditional, full length RPG game with exploring, fighting, puzzles, crafting, and quests. The game was one of the first to bring a high quality AAA gaming experience to virtual reality. It includes about 30 hours for the main story and major side quests, and about 60 hours for a completionist playthrough.

Menu
By holding the select button on your left Touch Controller, players can open the menu to toggle between useful tabs:
 * Tutorials - Replay tutorials shown throughout the game
 * Recipes - Look here to review crafting recipes as you explore the gameworld
 * Inventory - Manage your pouch, hold the "grip" button when pointing at an item to hold it. Close the inventory with B.
 * Quests - Review your list of main quests, side quests, and challenges. Press X to track a quest to see markers towards the objective.
 * Settings - Toggle visual settings, gameplay difficulty, among other things
 * World Map - Review your progress in each location. You can teleport to any location at any time, which also forces a save.
 * Exit - Exit and save the game. To save without a quick travel or check point totem, this menu button should be used.



Button Controls

 * Right Analog - Control the direction you are viewing with snap turning
 * Left Analog - Control the walking of your character
 * A - Press to interact (when prompted), press to stomp (when stationary), press to dash (when moving)
 * B - Press to go back when in any menu (in menu), press to direct follower, hold and point at follower to open follower quick select
 * X - Press to open belt quick select, to remove favorited items from inventory without pausing the game
 * Y - Press to enter god form. You must be in visible sight of your god avatar, which is only located above god altars.
 * Right Grip - Press and hold to grab items, from the floor or from a menu
 * Left Grip - Press and hold to grab items, from the floor or from a menu
 * Right Trigger - Press when holding a crossbow or staff in right hand to fire projectiles
 * Left Trigger - Press when holding a crossbow or staff in left hand to fire projectiles

Motion Controls

 * When holding an edible item, bring it to your mouth to eat/drink
 * When holding an item, bring it to your chest/stomach to place into inventory pouch
 * When holding an edible item, toss towards follower and release grab button to throw. They will eat it
 * Hold the trigger and grab button of either hand (with thumb not touching buttons) and raise hand to give thumbs up to follow
 * Hold trigger, grab button, and touch thumb to A/X button to make a fist to fistbumb follower
 * Release all buttons and swipe at followers hand to high five
 * Hold grab button with hand near chains, wheels, cranks, etc and move in appropriate direction to manipulate them

Tips and tricks
Collecting Materials:


 * Pressing "A" causes the hero to stomp, breaking nearby containers and causing loose items to bounce into the air.
 * Swiping plants with a weapon causes them to be immediately picked and added to your inventory

Expanding Pouch:


 * Huldufolk are elves that can be found periodically around the nine realms. Each offers a riddle, and in return for offering the correct item awards the player with a Golden Needle. Golden Needles are used to increase the number of objects you can carry in your pouch.
 * When you run out of space, return to the tavern at the next save point to sell or stash your loot
 * The chest, near Alodia can be used to store items you do not want to sell or might craft with later

Collecting Animal Parts


 * When given the chance to transform a new animal, after your first transformation you can return to the same location to repeatedly destroy the animal for its crafting material.

Follower Areas
 * Many areas require followers that are unlocked later in the main story. Take a mental note of locations marked by: 
 * Skeletons Hanging In Cages (Egil)
 * Fire Traps (Hulda)
 * Wind Turbine (Astrid)
 * Large Moveable Block (Steinar)
 * Golden Relic (Sigrid)
 * Wooden Log and Pedestal (Bjornhild)
 * Objects Behind Bars (Siggi)
 * Death Statue (Runa)
 * Crystal Growth (Rolf)
 * Ironwood Growth (Fafnir)

Hero Areas
 * Some areas require heroes that are unlocked later in the main story. Take a mental note of locations marked by: 
 * Soul Pedestal (Frodi)
 * Pair of floating circles with purple energy (Stikkan)
 * Golden pillars with diamond shaped lights (Risi)

Special Areas
 * Keep a torch in your inventory so it is easier to complete torch challenges or light explosives
 * Some walls look partially broken and can be blown away by lighting an explosive (kept in the weapon tab of your pouch) and throwing it at the wall.

Statue Faces
 * Occasionally you will find large statues with an open mouth. If you walk near, a purple outline of an animal will shine in the mouth. The animal is usually reasonably near and if placed in the mouth will grant you a reward. A statue may have a series of animals to add, eventually remaining permanently shut when you have extracted all the rewards possible.