Hi, It’s warm. I need some advice on how to get hecate essence, because I’m interested in changing my magic before full release drops and the far reaches get even harder to explore.
What sort of boat should I try to get for this purpose?
give up and pray that they give a free magic change in full release
no. please be actually serious here.
thats what im doing tbh
the fastest one you can get
try to go for the flatest islands you can find, the tall ones aren’t really worth the effort and make it very easy to miss the essence
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thanks dude
I’ma be honest… All the Hecate Essence changes were made in FR. Sure, there will be island monsters and Sea creatures… but at the same time— you would use the old strategy anyways: run away.
In any case, get the fastest brig you can and bring some cargo for heals. Definetly spare a bronze repair hammer and a Repairer crewmate, but other than that; search islands that aren’t too tall in I3, and pray. No items help you rn. Again, avoid any Atlanteans, and skip Sirens / Volcanoes, unless its near the essence.
What do you mean with the siren and volcano stuff?
Siren islands and Volcano islands cannot spawn essence (i had terrible syntax there tbh)
Avoid Atlanteans unless they happen to be near the essence and would fire (I believe you can still be damaged in the Essence Cut-scene until FR drops); Avoid Siren islands / looting, and Volcanoes
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Mortarless, cannon-less, speed boat.
Cargo isn’t really needed but it can help
Hecate has a height limit on its spawn and attempts to spawn exposed, for the most part. Bring a recording/clipping software in case it is bugged/unreachable so you can report it and still get the hecate.
Seems most of the other points are covered.
regardless: wait for full release.
Anything we tell you now will be useless in a week.
Hunting for it will likely be less agonizing with the addition of sensing.
Don’t burn yourself out of AO just before the big update torturing yourself with a horrid grind.
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Actually, there is another
Islands don’t spawn when you aren’t controlling your ship.
You can sit on your attachment and beeline toward i3… assuming you don’t run into an atlantean ship
oh and if you found it, only change your 1st magic
other can be change through stat reset and put all points back to magic and you will get to pick your 2nd magic
Ain’t no way that’s actually a thing 
Learnt about it from a guy days ago when I was ferrying them to hecate.
Definitely works