The Awakening — Dreams of Aether Walkthrough

Understand Dream Aether: Dream Aether is the fundamental energy of the universe, undetectable and without waste. It's absorbed from the atmosphere or from dead bodies via the Oracle Bracelet. Absorbing uncompressed Aether directly is dangerous as it contains the memories of the deceased.

Aether Properties: Aether is attracted to itself and spins inward centrifugally. Atmospheric Aether replenishes instantly. It's generated from the origin of the Universe, is infinite, and its density increases over time due to self-attraction and brain activity (thoughts, dreams).

Encoding Basics: Dream Aether must be encoded to be used for enhancing attributes like Strength, Agility, Constitution, Vitality, Intelligence, and Perception. The Oracle Bracelet performs this encoding. The cost varies by volume; larger volumes are more expensive. Each body has an Aether capacity limit.

Encoding Grades: There are different grades of Encoding. Grade 1 allows up to 100 Aether points, Grade 2 up to 1,000, and Grade 3 up to 10,000. Higher grades condense Aether, allowing more to be stored and enabling passive properties similar to Aether Skills. The Oracle offers free Grade 1 Encodings, but higher grades must be purchased from the Oracle Store (e.g., Grade 2 Strength Encoding costs 1,000 credits).

Encoding Examples: Different energies are assigned colors: Red for Strength, Orange for Agility, Yellow for Constitution, Green for Vitality, Cyan for Intelligence, and Indigo for Perception. The Oracle device uses more Aether for each energy type.