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How to fast travel in Nightingale and make PortalsHere’s how to fast travel in Nightingale and construct portals
Here’s how to fast travel in Nightingale and construct portals
Want to know how to fast travel in Nightingale?Much ofNightingalecentres around the free exploration within the different Fae Realms. With so many combinations of Realm Cards available, it’s easy to get lost and separated from your home realm, or ‘Respite Realm’ as it’s otherwise called.
Below, we’ll take you through how to fast travel inNightingaleas well as provide information on how to uncover Realm maps, place custom waypoints and craft your own Portals. See below for full details.
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How fast travel in Nightingale
Standing next to a glowing Estate Cairn - a beacon from afar that represents home. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games
One of the most important tools for fast travel in Nightingale is theEstate Cairn. An Estate Cairn is a craftable structure that can be built at any of your settlements with20 Rocks and 5 Stone Blocks. Once built, interact with your Estate Cairn to set it as a ‘Respite’ - this will lock the Cairn in as yourrespawn pointupon death and the location of your main settlement. You can only haveone Respite per gameacross all the realms you visit, and this can be fast-travelled to from the main map.
Although you can build bases in whichever realm you like, theAbeyance Realmis the best option for beginners as it provides a somewhat safer starting zone and also contains Sites of Power structures, needed for plot progression.
If you decide to set a different Estate Cairn as your Respite, ensure you have a Portal with access to your old one so you don’t loose access to that realm. More on contrusting Portals below.
Other ways to travel quickly around Nightingale
If you’ve got an Umbrella, it’s both a floaty and speedy way to traverse across the Faewilds from high points. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games
Within each realm there will be aFae towerthat you’ll need to climb to the top of and defeat waves of enemies to unlock. Once completed, it will highlight all the points of interest on your map to explore. As such it’s usually a good rule of thumb to complete these first, to enable easier exploration across the different realms.
To make running about in Nightingale a bit easier, another key method of traversal is theUmbrella. This can be crafted or looted and assigned to one of your hotkeys via the inventory menu. As well as providingshelter against heatin the Desert, thetoughest starting biome in Nightingale, these Mary Poppins-inspired tools can be used to gentlyglidefrom heights. Just make sure you keep an eye on yourstamina meter, as you will plummet quickly if it runs out before you’ve safely landed on the ground (though if you are running out of stamina, you can always put it away and open it up again just before hitting the ground to ensure a smooth and safe landing).
How to make a Portal in Nightingale
Portals are the best way to get from point A to point B in the mysterious Fae realms. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games
The main ingredient for making a Portal in Nightingale is theSynchronous Lotus. You can find these in Chests at the top level ofFae Towers. As such, it’s a good idea to prioritise these to craft more Portals in your Respite Realm.
To craft an initial Crude Portal, you’ll also need the following ingredients:
Once you unlock new Realm Cards at Sites of Power, you can then create them at anEnchanter’s Focus. Once created, put them into a Realm Card Machine next to a Portal.
That rounds off our guide to everything you need to know about fast travel and other traversal methods in Nightingale. For more Nightingale coverage, check out our guide onhow to play multiplayer in Nightingaleor see ourmagic woodadventures where the RPS team had a chance to sample Nightingale during a pre-launch playtest. Expect hijinks and chaos ahead.
