Learn how to increase your Hope stat in Nightingale. Boost your Gear Score, Estate Score, and Deeds Score to progress and access higher realms and dungeons.
Hope is a crucial stat in Nightingale that determines your overall Realmwalking Score. This score gates access to higher sites of power, dungeons, and Major Realm Cards needed for progression.
Your Hope Score is an aggregate of three other scores: Gear Score, Estate Score, and Deeds Score.
How to Increase Your Hope Score
Increasing your Gear Score
Your Gear Score is the combined Item Level of all equipped gear and weapons on your hotbar (slots 1-5). Crafting or finding stronger equipment directly increases this score. It's essential for accessing some dungeons and is considered the most important of the three supporting scores.
Increasing your Estate Score
The Estate Score is tied to your personal Estate, specifically the quality of your crafting stations. Upgrading and building better stations at your Estate Cairn will increase your Estate Score. This is part of the natural progression, as better stations are needed to craft the stronger equipment required for your Gear Score.
Increasing your Deeds Score
Your Deeds Score increases by completing quests obtained from NPCs like Puck or other residents. Simply accept and finish quests as you explore the realms to boost this score and, consequently, your Hope Score.
You can view your Hope Score by opening your inventory screen; it's located in the top right corner.
Increasing your Hope is vital for progressing through Nightingale. Once you've raised it sufficiently, you can tackle dungeons to acquire Major Realm Cards such as the Antiquarian and Astrolabe Major Realm Cards.
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