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While there are plenty of pastel-colored witchy games available for cozy gamers, few attempt to capture the atmospheric realism of REKA. In this witchy game, a mystical world is born between the branches of colorful trees. Not everything is as it seems – and this walkthrough is here to aid you on your journey.
REKA allows players to take on their own witch journey in a hyper-realistic world. The story, inspired by the Slavic legend of Baba Yaga, tips the cozy genre on its head thanks to an eerie atmosphere and the dark legends surrounding the keeper of the chicken-legged house.
In this guide, we will cover everything players need to know about REKA, including how to use magic, forage for goods, decorate your house, complete quests, and much more.
**This walkthrough is still in progress. It was last updated on 10/26/2026**
Table of Contents
- All Guides
- Is REKA In Early Access?
- Can You Use a Controller With REKA?
- Character Customization in REKA
- How to Unlock Your Inventory in REKA
- How to Unlock the Map in REKA
- How to Unlock Fast Travel in REKA
- How to Unlock Build Mode
- Can you Craft In REKA?
- How to Get New Furniture and Clothing
- Can You Return To Previous Maps in REKA?
- How To Barter With The Merchant in REKA
- How to Cook in REKA
- All Cooking Recipes in REKA
- All Ingredients and How to Get Them in REKA
- How to Cleanse Objects in REKA
- How to Leave The First Map in REKA
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Is REKA In Early Access?
No, REKA was released in 1.0, debuting on PC for Steam on 09/12/2024 in early access. Following two years of updates throughout Early Access, it got its full 1.0 release on October 26th, 2026.
Currently, there are no plans to bring REKA to console. However, it is Steam Deck verified.
Can You Use a Controller With REKA?
Yes, and we would encourage you to. The controls, specifically for building, can be a bit tricky to manage on mouse and keyboard. The controller feels more natural with the game’s mechanics.
Character Customization in REKA
In REKA, players will take on the role of Reka, a young girl destined to become a witch. While name and gender cannot be selected, players can adjust Reka’s appearance in the character creator with a number of hairstyles, skin tones, eye colors, and outfits.
Can You Change Your Appearance After Starting The Game?
Yes, but not immediately.
Characters can customize their appearance in the game by locating the Customization Mirror in the abandoned house near Kopnik. Please see the map below for the mirror’s exact location.
How to Unlock Your Inventory in REKA
To unlock your inventory, players must reach the Witch’s house following the main quest line.
When first starting the game, players won’t be able to pick up anything other than furniture earned as rewards or stored inside crates around the map. After reaching the Witch’s house and picking up her recipe book from the bench in the yard, the inventory will become accessible using “Tab” or “Y.”
How to Unlock the Map in REKA
To get the Map in REKA, players must unlock their inventory. The Map is a tab in the recipe book that is used as an inventory and objects tracker.
How to Unlock Fast Travel in REKA
Fast Travel is unlocked by obtaining Talismans. In our current playthrough, we have only found the Witch’s Talisman. This allows Reka to return to the Witch’s hut at any time from any location on the map.
How to Unlock Build Mode
To unlock Build Mode in REKA, players must finish the main story quests up until the Chicken House is rebuilt.
Build Mode will then be explained as part of the tutorial. Players can enter and leave Build Mode by pressing the “B” button on the keyboard or controller.
The Build Mode menu is used for creating flooring, walls, doors, and windows, as well as for placing furniture.
Can you Craft In REKA?
You will be able to, however, we have not discovered any means of crafting in Early Access. This may be a feature planned for a future update.
How to Get New Furniture and Clothing
Players can get furniture in REKA by completing quests or opening boxes hidden around the world map.
This includes decorations, functional furniture, and even clothing for Reka.
Can You Return To Previous Maps in REKA?
No, you cannot return to maps you have already completed. In REKA, the story features a “forward only” exploration style. Once players choose to leave a map, anything they don’t complete will be lost. It is possible to leave an area and miss collectibles, shrines, and secrets entirely, and they will not be retrievable at another point in the game.
Because of this, we highly encourage players to take their time in each area, search through all the hidden map locations, and speak to everyone they encounter.
How To Barter With The Merchant in REKA
Bogden will set up his cart on the second map Reka visits. Here, she can barter with him for Gold. Cooked dishes sell much better than ingredients, but Bogden only has a limited amount of funds, so it’s best not to solely use bartering to get money.
Additional funds can be earned via side quests and by opening bags and boxes around the map.
How to Cook in REKA
To cook in REKA, players will need to finish the main quests from Chapter 1 and build their Chicken House. Once built, the stove at the center of the home can be used to make meals.
To make a recipe, interact with the stove and select three ingredients. Not all forageables can be mixed together to make something, so players will need to discover recipes to successfully make edible dishes.
To cook, the stove will also need fuel like wood to run. Throw a stack in to keep it hot.
Recipes take some time to cook. Once done, they will become available to pick up on the shelf beside the stove.
All Cooking Recipes in REKA
Below are all the recipes we have discovered in REKA, and the ingredients needed to cook them.
| Recipe | Ingridients |
|---|---|
| Raspberry Jam | x3 Raspberries |
| Mushroom Soup | Ingredients |
| Porridge | x3 Grain |
| Porridge with Honey | x2 Honeycomb x1 Grain or x1 Honeycomb x2 Grain |
| Porridge with Fruit | x2 Grain x1 Raspberry or x2 Raspberry x1 Grain |
| Porridge with Fruit and Honey | x1 Grain x1 Honeycomb x1 Rasberry |
| Bread | x3 Flour or x2 Flour x1 Salt |
| Pancakes | x1 Flour x1 Raspberry x1 Honeycomb |
| Perogies | x1 Flour x1 Salt x1 Edible Mushrooms |
| Black Salt (Used for Cleaning Requests) | x3 Salt |
| Honey Cake | x1 Egg x1 Flour x1 Honey |
All Ingredients and How to Get Them in REKA
In REKA, players can obtain ingredients for cooking by foraging or purchasing them from Bogden the merchant. Below are all the items that can be used for cooking.
| Ingredient | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Raspberries | Foraged in the wild |
| Grain | Foraged from fields |
| Honeycomb | Foraged from Trees |
| Edible Mushrooms | Foraged from soil in the forest |
| Flour | Sold at the Merchant stand |
| Salt | Sold at the Merchant stand |
| Garlic | Foraged from growing boxes in town |
How to Cleanse Objects in REKA
While exploring the map in REKA, players will find objects that need to be Cleansed. To Cleanse, you will need a Pine Branch.
Wave the Pine Branch over the affected area to clear the air. Doing so will offer Reka a handful of rewards.
How to Leave The First Map in REKA
To leave the town of Kopnik, sit in the skeleton chair and command the chicken house to go where you say.
Head for the fog at the edges of the map, and this will trigger the option to leave the current map. You will need food to make it through the travel period. Be sure to have some recipes in your inventory so you can add provisions when prompted.
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There’s a work around the for “Local Patron” bug – save, go to the main menu, and re-open the game! You should then be able to talk to the old woman to get your reward 🙂
Oh my goodness thank you so much!! I am going to go try this an update the note! I was so sad when I got stuck!
I had theerror of “needing a tool” appear as well.
But when you set the pine branch on fire (interact with one of the blue candles) you can spread the incense. 😉
I wondered if it was a glitch!! This is a great tip! Thank you so much for sharing! c:
On the Quest “A Witch’s Helping Oven” in Kopnik: all you need to cook is 1x mushroom soup and 1x porridge (from 3x wheat, no honey or berries, otherwise he will complain that it was way too sweet). You’ll get 60 gold and an item (I forgot which one). If you give him too much, he’ll complain as well and only give you 15 gold and an item.
Thanks for that ! I hadn’t even noticed the characters asking for a specific quantity for their meals, just sweet or salty… But I recently discovered by moving my chickens that there are eggs in their nests ! You can collect it with your crows and cook it.
But I went here trying to find out the solution of a puzzle. There are little houses ruins with a shelf on a wall and a lit candle on it. You can interact with the shelf to put items on it. I can’t figure what to put on it.
Hello! Thank you so much for the comment! This must be one of the new puzzles from the most recent update! I don’t think I’ve actually encountered it yet! I’ll go scope it out and get the guide updated asap! c:
I’m not sure if you got your answer yet but there is a photo in the cabin, and it reflects images of Sage, garlic, Pumpkin and perogies w/ pumpkin recipe 🙂 If you put all of those on the shelf, the lights will ignite.
This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you ! Yep I found out not long after asking but forgot to share… Shame on me 😅 There’s still one puzzling though : the snowy painting. I think I tried everything white (eggs, salt, flour, garlic…) and then every single collectible or cooked or manufactured item you can put on the shelf but nothing worked yet 🤔 I have to be forgetting something.