Region·The Crossroads
The Crossroads
The Crossroads is the between-night hub where you prepare Arcana, craft equipment, perform incantations, and advance relationships.
- Route
- Sanctuary
- Position
- Between nights
- Training grounds
- Silver Pool
- Taverna
- Night paths
Use the circuit your return has opened
The first return and the second return do not offer the same systems. Follow the matching circuit, process new information first, then leave with one purpose for the next night.
First return
Use the open hub systems and leave the Cauldron alone. The Altar and Silver Pool are available. The Cauldron is still being purified and opens only after the second night.
Talk to every marked character
Start with speech-bubble markers. Conversations can open another scene, recipe, relationship step, or objective, so process them before deciding that the hub has nothing new.
Use the Altar of Ashes
Reveal and activate The Sorceress when 1 Ash is available. Revealing a card and fitting it within Grasp are separate checks.
Inspect the Silver Pool and Training Grounds
The Silver Pool is open, but its gathering-tool tab requires Night's Craftwork. Keep the Staff equipped and practice before leaving.
Leave the purifying Cauldron for the next return
The Cauldron cannot brew anything during the first return. Begin the second night, then use it when you come back.
Second return and later
Add the Cauldron to the complete return circuit. From the second return onward, process conversations before checking recipes, permanent upgrades, and the next-night target.
Talk to every marked character
Process conversations before checking conditional recipes, relationships, or objectives.
Read the Cauldron before spending
Check newly revealed Incantations, their exact costs, and the system each one opens. An absent recipe can be waiting on a reveal pass, event, or conversation rather than materials.
Check Arcana, Grasp, and the Silver Pool
Confirm that active cards fit within Grasp, then choose the next weapon, gathering tool, or aspect purchase by its exact cost.
Process gifts and long-term objectives
Give a gift only when the recipient can accept the next one, then check the Fated List and any newly opened garden or Broker task.
Leave with one next-night purpose
Choose one route, resource, conversation, unlock, or run problem to advance. Practice the equipped weapon, then begin the night.
Know what each stop is for
Cauldron
From the second returnPermanent Incantations open services, route features, recovery, and story systems. Recheck it after every return.
Altar of Ashes
Available from the first returnSpend Ashes to reveal adjacent Arcana Cards and Psyche to raise Grasp. Build only the active board that currently fits.
Silver Pool
First return. Tools after Night's CraftworkManage Nocturnal Arms from the first return. The gathering-tool tab opens after Night’s Craftwork. Weapon aspects arrive later.
Keepsake cabinet and gifts
As relationships openFirst accepted gifts usually award Keepsakes. Later gifts follow relationship locks and conversations, not a universal night count.
Wretched Broker
After its IncantationExchange Bones for planned shortages and selected weekly stock. Avoid converting rare materials without a named purchase.
Garden and Fated List
As their recipes and scenes openGrow the plant needed by the next recipe and batch compatible prophecy objectives into useful nights.
Training Grounds
Before every departureEquip the intended weapon, verify Arcana and Keepsake choices, then rehearse the one combat sequence the next night will use.
