Introduction
Hello!
Welcome to the Once Ever After walkthrough, primarily written by me, Grim8P. This walkthrough is intended to cover everything you would possibly want to know about every aspect of the game. Some sections of the game will allow you to make different decisions for different benefits and consequences. This walkthrough will cover the different options you can take while not assuming you have made specific choices. One point though is that the walkthrough will assume you have followed the guide up to that point. For example, the walkthrough may point out that you should do something which requires a specific Intelligence or Corruption value. The requirement will be listed so you can understand why you may need to come back later to complete that task.
This walkthrough will cover how to obtain every item you can obtain for free (in a chest, as a quest reward, etc.), every archetype, skill slot, point of Intelligence, point of Corruption, and sex scene.
Some content in this game is missable. When the walkthrough states that you can perform an action to proceed, expect that you are done with the area either for the time being or forever.
The guide rarely mentions how to equip your party members or which skills to use. You should always use what equipment and skills you think are best. There are tips for specific fights though. Refer to the tips section below for more information.
Grim8P Note: I add notes like this when the content is subjective.
Tips / Useful Information
General tipsHere are some general tips:
The intended way to play is to use the Z, X, and arrow keys. You can use your mouse instead, but there is a mini game that requires you use your keyboard.
You can hold down Shift in combat to speed up animations.
You can press F4 to fullscreen the game.
You can press F5 to go back to the main menu. You can use this to quickly load a save file as appropriate.
You can hold down W to skip text.
You can turn Always Dash on in the menu.
You can turn Instant Text on in the menu.
You can hover your mouse over a reference to read it instead of clicking on it to be taken to the bottom of the page.** Wiki only.
Gameplay tips It is not recommended to sell equipment. A lot of equipment is unique and money should not generally be a concern.
You do not need to grind experience, archetype points, or money to win. However there are a number of useful pieces of equipment and skills so if you are struggling, there is no issue with doing so. Fighting every battle once is a good idea in general to keep you strong enough to keep moving forward.
Agility is the most important stat as it determines when you get to take a turn. High Agility can also allow your party members to take multiple turns between enemy turns.
Intelligence and Corruption are important stats throughout the game.
Corruption caps at -100 and is required for the best ending. There is more leeway with Corruption and some catchup mechanics are in place for it.[5]
Intelligence caps at 200 and there are 10 points of leeway. These extra 10 points require you to sacrifice one of the best items in the game.[6] You do not have to max Intelligence but if you want to, you cannot miss any instances of it.
Equipment tipsHere are some equipment related tips:
It is usually ideal to have equipment on each character that prevents critical hits. If you reserve an accessory slot for this, it can be quick and easy to determine if someone has an accessory that blocks critical hits.
It is usually ideal to have equipment on each character that prevents status effects. If you reserve an accessory slot for this, it can be quick and easy to determine if someone has an accessory that blocks status effects.
This walkthrough lists enemy information in collapsible tables. You can look ahead to see if you are fighting enemies that inflict certain status effects.
Skill tipsHere are some skill related tips:
Do not neglect skills that increase your party members' stats. They are very valuable.
There are a lot of skills are locked behind other skills, including ones that only give stats.
How the Tales link to each other: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcr9d9jzz9hmaqd/tale%20connections.png?dl=0.
Walkthrough
Some quick notes:
There is an official Sierra Lee Discord server where I am very active. If you have questions or want to chat with others about Once Ever After or any Sierra Lee products, you are welcome to join. Link: https://discord.gg/jKMncKyTZ7.
The Sierra Lee community has a great wiki for her games, which you can find here: https://thelastsovereign.miraheze.org/.
The Once Ever After page is here: https://thelastsovereign.miraheze.org/wiki/Once_Ever_After.
The Once Ever After walkthrough is here: https://thelastsovereign.miraheze.org/wiki/Once_Ever_After_walkthrough.
Because we have a very active community on Discord and on the wiki, I'm only posting the tips section above so I only have to maintain the entire walkthrough in one place.
Enjoy Once Ever After!
Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2794783558
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