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Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)

Posted on October 25, 2022

For players who are trying to play the free version of Echo, this is a basic guide for you to get a quick start, let’s check it out.

Starting the Game

Toggle Full Screen

ALT+Enter

Keyboard Configuration

Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)
Please enter the Options and Keyboard Configuration and change the settings for your best feeling.
After you have left the configuration with “K” the settings will be saved.
Best make screenshots of your final configuration and save them.

Example for Keyboard Configuration (the Hotkeys are set to the correspondending number keys):
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)(well, better have attack and confirm on SPACE than Enter and switch Dodge to D…)

Gamepad Configuration

I don’t play with a Gamepad, but you can change the settings via Gamepad Configuration.

Artificial Forest & Tutorial

Constructed Forest (outside)

Meet Lin and notice the different coloured texts.
You can skip via the Dash Key.

After a short excursion and the title song, you take control of Lin.
Save!

Choose a difficulty.
The difficulty won’t change the story, loot or items, but on the Hard/Hell you can only stack 10/5 items each.

Because of my handicap I will play on the easiest, Heaven.
You can play a tutorial (recommended).

Tutorial
HP and EN will start regeneration when you stay still (on Heaven).
Head to the gate.
Dash through the puzzle.
Jump (with Dash higher) of the obstacles).
Attack the grass and the gate until you can do a charging attack (keep attack pressed).
Defend and cross the trap.
Dodge the next trap.
Enter the menu and set a hotkey for your skills, and shoot first the box with an Water Spout and then use Star Marks at the gate to finish the tutorial.
You earn something for finishing the tutorial.
Interact with the stone gate to unlock Lin’s Notebook and “A Journey Begins” Achievement.

Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Items (chests): Rudar Herb x3, Ellera Flower, Krou Powder x3, Fisorker Boots, Poshino Scent x2, Essence of Niebka
Items (hidden area #1): Water Badge
Items (hidden area #2): Salman Ring

You can go back now and destroy some obstacles like grass, small logs which can earn you some loot (like Herbs, Pelts) which vill vanish when not collected in time.
Bigger obstacles like trees get semi-transparent so you can explore behind them.
Attacking Walls might open Hidden Areas!
Defeating mobs will earn you more loot.
Respawn Time (slow to fast): obstacles < mobs < mobs in hidden areas.

You can save at the tablet.
At the beginning it is fairly linear as you can only go east (Hidden Area #1).
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)At the next intersection, head first east (Hidden Area #2).
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)At the next crossing head first north to find a chest.
Reach the nest tablet.

Proceed and obtain the Entrance Map.
You have to create a perfect symmetry.
For this collect the planks you have seen on your way (see map as well as the one found here…
But they are not enough but the map west of the first tablet is unlocked now.

Collect the drifting plank from the shore above it.
Solution:
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)
Reward: 100 EXP for all Characters (even those you haven’t met yet or aren’t in the current party) as well as some Rudar Herbs, Krou Powder and Essence of Niebka.
The entrance will not be visible from afar…

Glowingmine Passage

Items (chests): Krou Powder x5, Rudar Herb x4, Essence of Nieka, Damibar Cloak, Ellera Flower, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Boots
Items (hidden area #3): Bazuner Ring
Items (hidden area #4): Poshino Scent, Fire Badge
Items (hidden area #5): Beddichiy Bracer
Items (hidden are #6): Wind Badge

Entrance

Until the 3rd map you can find a chest on each map and it is linear.
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Next head first east to reach another chest.
Proceed and save at the tablet (you have to open up the passages to proceed).

Head west and a certain someone will pull a lever.
Head east and pull the lever.
Save and head north but before you head down check the west first!
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Downstairs is

Riddle #2

Save and this time you can read the clue at the mural.
Investigate the pedestals and one will give you another clue.

East Room:
Poverty, Chest, Whealthy, Ordinary, Miracle and sign with clue.
Solution (Riddle End): Both statues should look like Miracle.
Reward: 100 EXP (all party members including not active), some Rudar Herb, Krou Powder and Essence of Nieke, Yellow Crystal Ball.

South Room:
Find Slate, Chest.
The riddle (Absolute) is already solved.

West Room:
Chest x2, Clues on the sign.
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)

Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Solution (Riddle Connect): Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)
Reward: 100 EXP (all party members including not active), some Rudar Herb, Krou Powder and Essence of Nieke, Blue Crystal Ball.

North Room:
Chest, Clue on the sign.
You need the Slate from the South Room at the Riddle Gather.
Solution: Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Don’t forget to add the last slate!
Rewards: 100 EXP (all party members including not active), some Rudar Herb, Krou Powder and Essence of Nieke, Green Crystal Ball.

Riddle #2

Set all crystal balls onto the plates, save and then hit the switch at the mural.

Boss Guardian of the Tablet Genikamei: either you try to jump from the floating island or you cast spells to stun him. You can even push him into the hole (where you can fall into, too). After some hits/attacks, a cutscene will happen and Lin learns and equips the Flaming Spell.
Growth is unlocked, so use different attack patterns to defeat Bosses!

Note: You can challenge Bosses again via Lin’s Handbook in different difficulties to change your Growth to a better solution.

Jump on the switch to proceed.

End

The Thunder Wolfes might drop Havaner Boots.
The next maps have a chest each as well as:
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Save on the next map and head south.

You obtain the Communication Spell (which will be used up until reloaded) and Earthflesh Spell (you cannot equip it yet).
Don’t forget to open the chest and proceed to pull the lever as well as find:
Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Save and head north and pilfer the chest.
Read the sign and you obtain the Omnidictionary.
Roger joins your party and you start the Mini Game “Wheels”.

Lin

Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version)Lin is the first character you have control of.

Achievements

Achievements can influence your stats!
There is no achievement for combos!

  1. A Journey Begins

    Finish or skip the Tutorial.

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  11. Scavanger

    Clear 1000 Obstacles.

  12. I Haven’t Had Enough

    Defeat 1000 Enemies.

  13. Herb Collector

    Collect 150 Herbs.

  14. Mineral Collector

    Collect 150 Minerals.

  15. Pelt Collector

    Collect 150 Pelts.

  16. Magic Master

    Cast 800 Spells.

  17. Evasion Master

    Dodge 100 times.

  18. Ultimate Master

    Use your Ultimate 100 times.

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  45. It Finally Pays Off

    Max Profiency on all weapons.

  46. Veteran

    All characters reach max level.

  47. ???

That’s all we are sharing today in Echo Basic Guide for Beginners (Free Version), if you have anything to add, please feel free to leave a comment below, you can also read the original article here, all the credits goes to the original author Firefly130984

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