Five years after Ori and the Blind Forest wowed players with its engaging gameplay and touching, emotional story, Moon Studios’ adorable glowing forest spirit is back at it again with Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and bringing with him much more for players to do than last time.
A few days have passed since the game launched, and in that time it has earned much critical praise for how it improves and expands upon Blind Forest’s gameplay. Case in point, there are plenty of side-quests for players to tackle while they explore Ori’s Metroidvania-style world, along with plenty of collectible items to aid them in these quests, such as the Mysterious Seeds.
What Are Mysterious Seeds?
The Mysterious Seeds are collectibles that come into play in the Wellspring Glade. This is an area that players will come across about a third of the way into the game and is home to a fair number of Ori and the Will of the Wisps’ NPCs and side-quests. One of these side-quests is called Regrowing the Glade, and it involves helping a NPC named Tuley restore the Glade’s garden.
What To Do With Mysterious Seeds
As with other items needed to complete side-quests, such as Gorlek Ore, the Mysterious Seeds are scattered across the game’s map, waiting to be discovered by players as they explore. There are six Seeds total, and five can be found within the areas known as The Wellspring (not to be confused with the Glade), Luma Pools, Windswept Wastes, Baurs Reach, and Mouldwood Depths. As for the sixth and last Seed, that can be earned through completing another side-quest, The Tree Keeper, located in the Silent Woods.
Once the Seeds are collected, players can take them to Tuley in the Wellspring Glade and have them planted. Doing so will create new pathways that they can access using Ori’s abilities to explore even more of the Glade. It’s worth noting however, that by late in the game players will likely have abilities that will let them get to those previously-inaccessible areas on their own. Once they reach that point, collecting all of the Seeds becomes pointless outside of completing the side-quest.
The exception to this, though, is the Seed earned from the Tree Keeper quest, as planting that one will result in an Ancient Tree that unlocks an ability that boosts Ori’s attack power by 25%. That’s something even non-completionists will definitely want to get their hands on as soon as they can.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is available for PC and Xbox One.