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After you have started exploring the world in REKA, you will have a series of important story quests to tackle. Chapter One’s walkthrough includes the “tutorial” quests given by the Witch in the woods, as well as all the side quests that we have discovered while exploring the map.
Check out our complete walkthrough for REKA if you need help with fast travel, customization, or exploration. If you are already finished with the first map, check out our guide for Chapter Two of REKA.
REKA Main Story Walkthrough
Players will begin in the beautiful woodlands outside of Kopnik. Using the compass at the top of the screen, follow the road toward the town marker.
While walking down the path, Reka will run into a down-on-his-luck merchant. Speak with Bogden to learn that the wheel has fallen off his carriage.
Head just a bit farther down the road to spot the wheel. Pick it up and return it to him to learn about him and the town Reka is headed toward.
After speaking with Bogden, head toward Kopnik. The town is busy with NPCs going about their day. Speak with each of them to learn about an old Witch who lives outside the town.
How to Find The Old Witch’s House in REKA
To locate the old witch, speak with Tosia at the edge of town. She will warn you against going, but offers the location up and leaves you to make your own choices.
Follow the road out of town using the new location marking on the compass. Players will know they are on the right track as the number of crows on the fence will increase.
The road will lead through the swamp to a small hut. Here, an old woman stands tending chickens in the garden. Walk up to the fence to trigger a conversation.
The old woman will let Reka step inside the gate and ask for help making a stew. To do so, however, players must gather some ingredients using a recipe book as a guide.
Pick up the recipe book on the bench. This will unlock the inventory, the map, and the quest tracker.
Taking the book will start the quest “Trial of the Chicken.”
How to Complete “Trial of the Chicken” Quest in REKA
The first thing Reka must do to progress the “Trial of the Chicken” quest is to obtain the following soup ingredients:
- x10 Edible Mushrooms
- x6 Honeycombs
Both of these ingredients are easy to locate. Mushrooms are found growing anywhere along the road, and Honeycombs can be located inside or hanging onto dead trees. To pick them up, you need to make sure the crows are equipped.
To grab items that are far away, players must aim with their Left button or Left Trigger. This is important for grabbing things up in the trees.
After completing this, it’s time for a short stop to claim the Witch’s Talisman.
How to Locate the Lutki & Get the Witch’s Talisman in REKA
Before leaving the Witch’s house to gather ingredients, she will mention a troublesome group of Lutki that have stolen an important item from her. She will mark it on your map. This is important to do before returning to continue the “Trial of the Chicken” quest.
Follow the Compass into the woods using the Talisman marker as a guide. On your way, stop and pick some Red Raspberries from some of the bushes along the road.
The Lutki will be running about a collapsed campsite just up the road from the Witch’s house. Go to them and feed them each some berries to obtain a few decorations.
Then, rescue the Lutki buried under the rubble at the center of the area. Doing so will earn players the Witch’s Talisman.
After obtaining the talisman and collecting the ingredients for the soup, use the talisman to teleport back to the Witch’s house.
How to Collect the Pine Branch & Chicken
After returning to the house, the Witch reveals that she doesn’t plan to make any soup after all. Instead, she is planning a ritual, and Reka is the key to its success.
The witch will now task Reka with obtaining a Pine Branch and a Chicken before continuing the ritual.
Go out the front of the house and cross the water to the pine tree on the island. The needed branch will be illuminated.
Return to the yard and pick up any chicken from the area. Then, return to the witch.
How to Make The Chicken House in REKA
With a branch and chicken now ready for use, the Witch will lead Reka out the back door of the house. Follow her to a pile of rubble made up of wood and enormous chicken bones.
She will now instruct Reka to place the chicken in the nest at the base of the ruined oven in the center of the rubble.
After placing the chicken, the witch will have Reka light her pine branch in the candles lit around the rubble. This will create a circle of runes that go all around the ruins.
As of the 1.0 build, we ran into a glitch where the first candle interaction points don’t fully load. To fix it, I lit the candles that were showing a cleanse marker, and then waited while walking in circles until the final marker was visible. Resetting our save, reloading a save, and restarting the game did not work.
After setting the runes, the witch will have a few more items Reka needs to gather. They are:
- The large egg inside the Witch’s house by the front door above the picture.
- Honeycomb pieces in bowls around the ritual site
- Grain from the garden.
Bring both items to the Witch at the ruins.
She will instruct Reka to put the egg inside the oven over the chicken’s nest.
After this, players will need to place the honeycomb and grain into two bowls on the outside of the ruins.
After doing this, the witch will give you the power to dissolve the bones around the ruins. Remove all of them by walking around them.
After all the bones are gone, the Witch will request some embers from her oven. Go to the house and pick them up from the green oven at the center of the room. Bring them back to the Witch.
Upon returning, the embers will be used to finish the Ritual. This completes “The Trial of the Chicken” quest and creates a chicken house of Reka’s very own.
Following the completion of the house, players are taken through a quick tutorial on how to use build mode to place walls and furniture.
All Chapter One Sidequests in REKA
After building your house, it’s time to return to Kopnik to complete a few quests. Nothing here is deeply important, but it does build the story, and completion offers some unique decorations.
How to Complete “An Adventurous Goatling” Quest in REKA
Head back to Kopnik and enter the goat farm area near the entrance to the town. Speak with Krystyna to learn that one of her goats has gone missing.
After chatting with a few of the townsfolk, Reka learns the goat has been spotted by a well near the pumpkin patch. Hurry over to the location to rescue the baby from potential harm.
Pick the goat up and return it to Krystyna. She will be very grateful and reward you with an old goat painting.
How to Complete “Bringing in the Harvest” Quest in REKA
Speak to Dunja in the pumpkin patch to learn she was widowed at a young age and left to care for the patch herself.
She will ask Reka for help moving all the pumpkins to the barn for safekeeping.
Move all the ripe pumpkins into the barn, and then speak to Dunja to earn x3 Pumpkins, x1 Hanging Wreath #3, and x1 Table of the Pumpkin Lady.
How to Complete “The Missing Friend” Quest in REKA
Head to Kopnik and speak to Yullia. She will explain that a good friend of hers has gone missing. She asks you to assist in finding him.
Follow the map south and then go a bit to the east. Here, Reka finds a skeleton hanging in the tree. Read the journal by the tree to learn he is likely the missing friend.
Head back to town and speak with Yullia. Players have the option to lie about the body or tell the truth. Telling the truth leads to an option to return to the location where the man was found for a burial.
Head back to this location to speak with Yullia again. She will thank you and give you x1 Candle #5, x1 Candle #2, x1 Painting of a Landscape.
How to Complete “A Witch’s Helping Oven 1, 2, & 3” Quest in REKA
House #1
Speak with the person inside the house with a well in front. They will request help cooking a Sweet Meal.
Head back to the Chicken House and create three bowls of Porridge with Honey. Bring them back and leave them on the table. Completing this quest will earn the player x1 Moon Tarot Card, Gold, and a Candle.
House #2
Head into the house next to the goat pen. Speak to the woman inside, and she will request a Large Sweet Meal.
Head back to the Chicken House and make three more bowls of Porridge with Honey. Bring them back and place them on the table. This will earn you x1 candle and some gold.
The better you match the flavor request, the more gold you will earn when completing the quest.
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