Herbane, the titular author, traveled to the Reach to see a hagraven for himself. After having come face to face with the creature and defeating it, he writes that it was an abomination — "nothing more than a husk of humanity surrendered in exchange for possession of the powers of dark magic." Its deformed, misshapen body was likely a necessary consequence that came with acquiring magical prow

The crafting requirements are quite low, and the crafting system in Once Human is quite simple. However, it is not worth calibrating this armor at all, as the player will likely replace it within the first day of gameplay in Once Human . It works well for the new player zones, but cannot cut the mustard later in the g

This is a legendary armor set, and therefore, is not simple to acquire. It will likely take several seasons for a player to unlock enough blueprints to craft a full set of Bastille Armor. That being said, long-term goals are a good thing in any g

You’re thrust into this strange apocalyptic world as a Mayfly, someone who is able to synchronize with Deviants (those Pokemon-like creatures I mentioned), and are tasked with saving the entire open world base building. Progression is simple and linear. Go to this outpost, kill everything there, find hidden chests, think about the Ubisoft formula again. Okay? Done? Good job. Go to this other place and do it all over ag

While most human-based Pokémon tend to be vague when it comes to their origin, Phantump takes it up a notch in terms of creepiness. According to the creature’s Pokédex entry in Pokémon Y , registered by Bulbapedia , Phantump is actually a tree stump that was possessed by the spirit of a child who died while lost in the for

New players can simply explore the map with a crossbow in hand, taking out any monsters they happen upon while they loot and investigate. The very first crossbow a new player builds will one-shot many of the monsters in the beginning areas, so players do not even have to take much time out of their busy day to pad out their

While retracing their steps, the player will learn that they have a spouse-to-be, to whom they gave an expensive wedding ring. This trail will lead them to Moira, a hagraven and the Dragonborn’s fiancé . Compared to Melka, Moira immediately recognizes the player and speaks in complete sentences. Unfortunately, the player doesn’t end up marrying them. That aside, this suggests that hagravens have varying levels of intelligence (but are still capable of love). Though it isn’t clear what factors affect this intellige

At around level 40, players will need to upgrade their armor to take on the harder POIs in Chalk Peak and beyond. Luckily, the developers have seeded the blueprints for the Heavy Duty Armor set in this a

Side missions usually net quite a bit of XP and are available right from the start. They're also fairly easy and usually around the same areas as the mainline missions, so even new characters can track and complete t

A Fridge can be placed on your territory, and storing food here will make it last for six days . This is an essential appliance to have in order to minimize the amount of time you'll need to spend gathering food every time you go out exploring.

There was also a lot of uproar about character creation and server limitation. On the first day of launch, you could only make one character, on one server, and you couldn’t delete the character or move it to another server. This was quickly fixed by the developers - within 12 hours, actually - so those reviews can largely be igno

I touched on something there that I really wasn’t expecting in Once Human: this game is spooky, man. I’m not a horror person. Ever. I watched The Ring once by accident when I was a kid and have never looked back. The way that the zombies lurch at you, how dark some of the environments are, and that uneasy feeling that comes from not knowing what sort of freaky creature you’re going to run into next just puts me on edge. It’s compelling. In the years to come for this game - and I do hope Once Human has legs - the crossover between PvE scares and PvP chaos is going to be a deli

Going hungry in Once Human will take a toll on your health. You won't be able to recover health points over time if you reach the point of starvation . That being said, it's good to have food in your bag when you're out exploring.

Falcon Armor is also commonly used in PvP combat . This armor set is also very flexible, as it is not aimed at any particular weapon build, and works well with all weapon types. Overall, a good upgrade over the early-game armor, suitable for people that move around a lot in com

Bastille Armor is well-suited to players that tend to stay fairly immobile in combat, crouching behind cover and popping up to fire off a volley whilst enemies are reloading or out of position. When the player does expose themselves from crouch, they have increased defen