OCULI [202]

Learn how to equip, craft, and utilize Oculi in Child of Light. Discover elemental strengths and weaknesses to maximize your damage against various enemy types.

Alright, let's talk about Oculi in Child of Light! These little gems are super important for customizing your characters and giving them an edge in combat. You can equip them to your weapon, armor, or even as a charm, and get this – the same Oculi can have different effects depending on where you slot it! Pretty neat, huh?

As soon as you've got a couple of Oculi you're not using, you can start crafting. The game gives you some basic patterns to follow, and there are four tiers: Rough, Tumbled, Faceted, and Brilliant. Don't stress too much about the higher tiers; they basically do the same thing as their lower-tier buddies. If you're not a hardcore stat chaser, just focus on equipping Oculi that benefit your character. For example, give your magic users Oculi that boost their magic power. Once you've gathered a good collection, dive into the 'Craft' option and see what cool combinations you can come up with!

Here's a quick rundown of the Oculi types:

• Sapphire (blue)
• Ruby (red)
• Emerald (green)
• Tourmaline (cyan)
• Amethyst (purple)
• Citrine (orange)
• Diamond (grey)
• Onix (black)
• Spinel (gold)

One of the coolest things Oculi can do is give your weapons an ELEMENT. This is huge because different enemies have elemental weaknesses. For instance, Sapphires add a Water element, which is super effective against Fire enemies. Rubies bring the Fire element, great against Earth types. Emeralds grant a Lightning element, perfect for Water foes. And Citrine, which I think is a Light element, is usually a powerhouse against Undead and Dark enemies.

Keep an eye out for Onix Oculi; they don't show up until pretty late in the game. I'm pretty sure you can't craft them early on, even if you try the right combinations. As for Spinels, I think you can only craft them using Onix and Diamonds, but I might be wrong about that. Oh, and there's also something called a 'Princess Stone' that requires a whole lot of crafting to make – I bet it's incredibly powerful!