“One Golden Core swallowed whole, I finally learn that my fate is no longer bound by heaven!
Take this — Azure Void Formless Sword!”
Greetings, fellow cultivators of the sects! I’m Amao, the developer of Card Cultivation: Nine Palaces Illusory Realm, a card-based survival cultivation game currently in development.
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For cultivators, elixirs are indispensable resources for breaking through bottlenecks and defying fate itself. Some help accelerate cultivation progress, others unlock hidden physical potential, allow cultivators to survive without food, or even break lifespan limits to extend one’s life.
Within the secret realms, there are many ways to obtain elixirs. The simplest method is by taking them from demonic beasts. After defeating wild beasts, there is a chance they will drop a demon core from within their bodies. Beasts without intelligence drop low-grade demon cores, while intelligent beasts drop higher-quality cores that grant more attribute bonuses.
To obtain elixirs in a stable and reliable way, the best approach is to craft them using an alchemy furnace. However, before brewing any elixir, you must first unlock its formula.
Most alchemy formulas can be discovered through exploration in the wild, including caves. Once a formula is obtained, you can view the required materials and crafting conditions in the elixir’s detail panel.
When refining elixirs, it’s important to pay attention to the Five Elements attributes of the surrounding tiles. Different elixirs have specific elemental requirements for the alchemy furnace.
For example, when crafting a Foundation Establishment Pill, which helps you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, the furnace must have the Wood attribute. In this case, you need to place the alchemy furnace on a Wood-element tile before refining the pill. Placing it on a tile of a different element may result in the refinement failing.
The alchemy furnace can produce many elixirs that awaken the latent potential within us. For example, the Bigu Pill allows you to go without food or water for an entire day after consumption; the Overlord Pill doubles your attack power for a period of time; and the Foundation Stabilizing Pill increases your maximum lifespan by 30 years.
If you want to cultivate techniques more efficiently, you can also consume Meridian-Opening Pills crafted through alchemy to boost comprehension efficiency. As your cultivation level rises, more formulas and spiritual medicines will be unlocked and discovered through exploration in new regions.
If you’re interested in the cultivation systems and gameplay surrounding alchemy, feel free to leave a comment below or join our group to discuss with us. Of course, we’d also really appreciate it if you could add Card Cultivation: Nine Palaces Illusory Realm to your Steam wishlist — it means a lot to me.
That’s all for this dev log. See you next time!