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After completing everything in the tutorial and first chapter of REKA, you will leave Kopnik for a new location. This is when the story really takes off. However, with new opportunities comes fresh danger, and you will need to be prepared to tackle everything Baba Jaga throws at you.
For a breakdown of the first chapter of REKA, check out our guide on raising a chicken house. You can also find other helpful tips in our main walkthrough.
Table of Contents
- How to Complete “Trial of the Forest Spirit” Quest in REKA
- How to Complete the “An Unlikely Ally” Quest in REKA
- How to Find the Lutki and Complete “The Hunter’s Folly” Quest in REKA
- How to Find the Trapped Rabbit in REKA
- How to Restore The Balance of the Forest
- All Side Quests For “Trial of the Forest”
How to Complete “Trial of the Forest Spirit” Quest in REKA
After arriving on the new map, the Witch will tell Reka there is more work to do. The first order of business is expanding the Chicken House. However, to do this, players must pay a visit to Leshy the Forest Spirit.
Players must first travel to the town of Barzlin and speak with the townsfolk to gather information on where Leshy may be located.
The town should spawn not far from the place where the Chicken House arrives after entering the new map. Head to the village and speak to the NPCs there for information.
The tasks players must complete are as follows:
- Feed the deer roaming Barzlin – (To do this, walk up to them very slowly until you are prompted to give them a berry. Make sure you have berries in your inventory.)
- Free the rabbit trapped outside the town – (The trap is under a pile of tree branches at the location marker after it is added to your map while speaking to people in town.)
- Speak to the Lutki and destroy three High Stands – (We had to destroy three before Leshy reappeared; however, the destroyed stands weren’t removed from the map.)
After completing all three of these tasks, Leshy will appear to you and reveal the location of its sacred spot. This is the large tree shrouded in mist. Head there, and Leshy will appear and challenge Reka to accept a challenge to right the wrongs done to the land.
Speak with Leshy at the Ancient Larch to get the next task, a trial to restore balance to the forest.
How to Complete the “An Unlikely Ally” Quest in REKA
After speaking with Godzimir the hunter, Reka is told to feed the deer in town to encourage the Forest Spirit to like her.
Head into the town and feed berries to the deer wandering through the buildings. This will cause the Forest Spirit Leshy to appear.
How to Find the Lutki and Complete “The Hunter’s Folly” Quest in REKA
Speak with the Witch after landing at the Chicken House, and she will give Reka a tip on the location of the Lutki. Mark it on the compass and head out to find them.
Upon arrival, give the small Lutki berries as gifts. Then speak to the Elder Lutk to learn that the Lutki have been under attack. It requests that you destroy the high stands located around the map.
Locate any three high stands on the map and knock them down. After destroying three stands, Leshy will appear.
After destroying three High Stands, return to the Elder Lutk to obtain x4 Rustic Birch Chairs and x1 Rustic Birch Table.
How to Find the Trapped Rabbit in REKA
Speak with Piotr in the town to get a tip about the location of an abandoned hunting trap in the forest.
Set the trap as active on the compass and head out into the wilds. When you locate the trap, free the rabbit inside to speak to the Forest Spirit.
There are other rabbits that can be freed on the map, but they do not trigger an encounter with the Forest Spirit.
How to Restore The Balance of the Forest
After speaking with Leshy, look up at the branches of the Ancient Larch. Use the crows’ ability to get things from far away and grab as many Larch Cones as possible.
After collecting these, look at the base of the tree to find a pool of red liquid. Interact with this and place all the Larch Cones inside. This will turn these Larch Cones into Enchanted Larch Cones.
Walk around the area where the trees have been destroyed and throw five enchanted larch cones in the areas with destroyed trees. Be sure that you have equipped the larch cones in your tool wheel or you won’t be able to plant them.
After doing this, Leshy will grant Reka the power to fell trees.
After doing this, Reka has the choice to keep the lumberjacks from town trapped in the mists or release them.
We chose to release them, but it is unclear if this will have long-term consequences.
This completes “The Trial of the Forest”.
NOTE: If you freed the Lumberjacks, go and speak to them in town by the Merchant wagon to get a painting and the Lumberjack’s Gratitude head decoration.
All Side Quests For “Trial of the Forest”
How to Complete the “A Feast for Crows” Quest in REKA
When speaking with Piotr in town about the Rabbit locations, he will also mention that a graveyard keeper lives in the woods. This tip will allow you to register the graveyard keeper’s location on the compass. Follow it to find Tosia.
Tosia the Graveyard Keeper lives in a nice house out in the forest. Her home is situated beside a small cemetery. Go inside to speak with her, and players will learn that she isn’t at all creepy, just antisocial and corvid-motivated.
Tosia has several tasks for the player to complete. They are as follows:
Feed the Sparrow Outside Tosia’s Home
To feed the Sparrow, place x1 bowl of Fruit with Porridge in the food holder right outside the front door.
This will earn the player x1 Languid Sparrow.
Destroy the Scarecrow in Town
Tosia will also ask the player to destroy the scarecrows in the fields of the town. She explains that her young crows are too afraid to eat and are quickly fading.
You can choose not to help her. We are unsure whether this has long-term consequences in the town.
If you do destroy them, speak to Tosia to obtain x1 Black Raven’s Coat.
Feed the Crows to Complete “A Feast for Crows”
The third task Tosia asks of the player is to leave a snack outside her home for the crows.
Make x3 Porridge and place a bowl in each of the three feeders outside Tosia’s home. Two are attached to the fence posts around the cemetery, and one is on the corner of the house.
After placing the meals, players will earn x30 Gold from the grateful crows, and x1 Crow Bone Mobile from Tosia.
How to Complete the “Winter’s Preparations” Quest in REKA
Speak to Kacper inside the shed just outside of the haystacks field. He will request a selection of items to restock his pantry. This includes:
- Flour
- Bread
- Salt Salt
- Honeycomb
- Bread
Salt and Flour can be bought at the Merchant’s Wagon in town. Bread will need to be made at the Chicken House and brought back to the pantry.
Once all the goods are in the pantry, Kacper will reward Reka with x1 Blue Wardrobe with Red Flowers, x1 Old Dresser,x1 Wooden Firewood Stack, x1 Blue Dresser, x10 Flour, and x60 Gold.
How to Complete “The Local Patron” Quest in REKA
Speak with the old woman in the house across from the pantry home. She will ask you to take a trip to leave an offering for protection over the cattle.
Craft a Pancake and head toward the post marker on the map. Be sure to craft the pancake before leaving, or you’ll have to go back twice. (Don’t make our mistake.) Pancakes require honey, berries, and flour.
Place the Pancake, and then return to the old woman in town.
After completing the quest, you will be given a wooden statue of Mara.
How to Complete “The Smiling Hive” Quest in REKA
Head to the beehives just beside the town to find Jadwiga sitting in a chair. She will tell you that her hives are acting up, and her back is bad, making it impossible to harvest the honey from her hives.
Use a Pine Branch to calm the bees in the hives and then take the honey out. If you have lost your branch, Jadwiga will give you a tip on where to get a new one. Register the tree to your compass to grab it.
Follow these steps to complete the quest:
- Calm the first two hives and take the honey
- Head for the third to find it missing
- Speak to Jadwiga about the missing hive
- Collect the reward of candles
Players with a sharp eye will notice that the missing hive has been stolen by the Lutki. However, it isn’t possible to return the hive to its owner at this time.
How to Complete “A Witch’s Helping Oven” for Barzlin
Like in the first map, the town of Barzlin has several townsfolk who need meals for their tables. Speak to them to learn what flavor and size of meal they are looking for.
If sweet, bring anything with honey or berries. If savory, bread and mushroom soup are perfect.
A small meal is one to two items, and a large meal is three to four.
Rewards for completing these quests increase depending on how close to the order players can fill the requests.
Once you are finished with everything in town, you will be ready to move on to the next location. Be sure to make some food, and then you can board your house and head off into the fog for your next adventure.
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