Forest Magic
| Forest Magic | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Collection |
| Location | Reward from the Meet The Wizard quest. |
Forest Magic is the piece of enchantment that makes the Community Center readable. Mayor Lewis opens the derelict building during the first weeks on the farm, and the little spirits inside scatter before he can get a look at them. Reading the golden scroll in the first room brings a letter from the Wizard, and the visit to his tower that follows is what hands over the magic. From then on the farmer understands the Junimo language, so the plaques on the Community Center floors stop being scribble and start naming the goods the Junimos want. That one power is the gate on the whole bundle system, which in turn decides how much of the valley reopens over the following years.
Overview
The chain starts with Lewis. He unlocks the Community Center on a clear day in the first few weeks of Spring and walks the farmer inside, where a group of Junimos pops up and vanishes again. Lewis sees nothing at all and puts the noise down to rats, which is where the Rat Problem quest comes from. The building stays open after that scene, and the golden scroll in the room at the lower left can be examined freely.
Examining that scroll is the trigger. The following morning the Wizard writes, and the letter is what starts the Meet The Wizard quest. His tower stands at the far western edge of Cindersap Forest, past the fishing pond and the sewer grate, and the door stays shut to anyone who has not read the scroll yet. Walking in once the letter has arrived plays a short scene: the Wizard runs through his own titles, explains that the spirits in the Center are Junimos rather than vermin, and grants the power to read their writing.
The plaques make sense from that point on. Each room in the Community Center holds a scroll listing several bundles, and each bundle names a set of crops, fish, minerals, animal goods or foraged items. Handing over a full bundle sends a Junimo trotting across the hall with the parcel to the leafy hut in the corner. Finishing every bundle in a room earns a reward item or a repair somewhere in the valley, and the Junimo of that room carries a star from the hut up to the mantelpiece above the fireplace.
Because the bundles rebuild the bridge to the Quarry, the greenhouse, the minecarts and the bus to Calico Desert, Forest Magic quietly sits in front of a long list of other content. Nothing in the Center can be donated until the writing can be read, so the errand is worth running on the first clear morning rather than being left for later.
The power itself is permanent and stays listed under Special Items And Powers in the player menu, in the same place as the keys and the other one-off abilities. It takes up no space in the backpack and cannot be dropped or sold.
Notes
A Junimo stands by the plaque in every room of the Community Center, and each one bolts the moment the farmer steps close. They are easier to spot on the way in than on the way out.
The Wizard is a dead end as a friend at this stage, but he comes back into the story much later. The same tower sells the Junimo Hut and the obelisks once his stolen Magic Ink has been recovered, so the first trip across Cindersap Forest for a reading lesson is the start of a much longer acquaintance.
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