On the 1st of March Herb and Fable (HnF) went into public Beta testing, and has had a steady signup of new players.
This was boosted by players joining the game to take part in the Lavendell Quest during Fantasy Faire. If you completed the Lavendell Quest, some of this will be familiar, some not, if you didn’t complete that quest, it is still available to play at the Lavendell Quest region (link below).
For the Beta launch Julula created a similar Quest to introduce players to the different elements of the game and how it all works.
As you progress through different tasks, you’ll receive a whole bunch of Badges, that appear on your profile on the website and an object inworld that you can display, or add multiple ones to a display board.
The “First Altar” sequence, is similar to the other Rituals previously released by Jinx. If you previously purchased one of the other ritual sets, there will be an update to a Herb & Fable version when they become available, that will allow you to earn associated XP and related badges.
There’s quite a collection of items you need to collect for your Ritual:
Like the Lavendell Quest, tracking these items down will have you searching high and low for them all.
One of the steps in preparing for the Ritual is carving your First Wand!
In the ritual you will learn about setting up an Altar with your various Craft tools, where to place them and their significance. These steps are the same as the ones you may take if you set up a real-world Altar at home or other location.
I set out the Rirual items on the counter in my tavern, in the corresponding directional locations:
The Chalice, representing the aspect of Water:
The Feather, representing the aspect of Air:
You can get your Herb & Fable Beta pack in the Herb & Fable store on Centauria.
However given a screenshot posted today by Julula in the #Teasers channel of the Discord server, we may be out of Beta very soon!
(The hovertext says V.1.01, the Beta version says Beta 0.11)
Herb & Fable links: