Build Spears...
	Find Healing Items...
	Load Out your Equipment with T...
	Return to Vagrant's Rest...
	Store Items...
	Unlock Fast Travel...
	Upgrading Weapons...
	Use your Partner...
	Use your Scoria...
	Various Achievements...

Spears are a good ranged weapon for attacking big enemies and for hunting speedy animals that drop valuable items. Once you have unlocked spears make sure you always have a supply of them handy. Spears can be built at Vorsa's worktable and more powerful versions can be unlocked by doing her side quests.

Avoid the temptation of spending your Scoria on the various healing items that the merchants are selling. You can get healing items in the world by scavenging from the skeletons you see lying around and the bodies of fallen foes. Mushrooms are also in plentiful in the world and they can heal you quickly.

In Ashen talismans can be used to augment your character's stats or apply helpful effects like more health or a longer stun-duration on foes. Always load out your equipment with talismans as they're a cheap form of character improvement in Ashen. You can apply a maximum of four talismans at once.

Vagrant's Rest is a forested realm in the game filled with rivers that contains the only town in Ashen. Vagrant's Rest is also a place of respite which you should return to every now and again because not only does the under-construction village become more whole with the passing of time but new dialog will give you intriguing bits of lore. The town of Vagrant's Rest is founded after the Journey Hammer and Spark is completed and the Ritual Stone has been awoken.

Your inventory in Ashen is limited. However, there is a storage chest at the Vagrant's Rest which you can use to store the items you don't need. It is particularly useful for storing crafting materials, like spearheads.

Prioritise the various Side Journeys first as they are essential to accessing the most powerful upgrades and useful abilities in Ashen. One side quest in particular you should do as soon as possible is Elia's as this will open up the fast travel ability which will enable you to traverse the planet a lot easier.

You will consistently be finding more powerful base weaponry in Ashen so don't waste your resources on upgrading them more than one or two levels. When you do obtain a poweful base weapon that suits your game style then you should consider committing to the Ash Infused upgrade which will require 9000 Scoria and 1 Sapient Moss which is rare crafting material found out in the wilds. The weapon is crafted using the anvil in Vagrant's Rest once the town has been established.

If you playing Ashen in single-player you will be given a competant A.I. partner which you will find useful against tough enemies as they can be deployed to attack your target's back or used as bait. Don't worry if your partner goes down, they will revive later.

Make sure that you use your Scoria as soon as possible as you will lose it all if you die. Although you are given a chance to recover it there is always the possibility of dying on your way there.

Complete the following achievements to unlock Microsoft Gamerscore points.

Achievement	How to unlock
Amiren (60 points)	Defeat the Listener Matriarch.
Best Served Cold (17 points)	Complete Eila's journey.
Big Game (17 points)	Hunt a Roamar.
Blind Fashion (17 points)	Acquire all lanterns.
Brute Island (17 points)	Defeat the brute near Vagrant's Rest.
Children of Sissna (60 points)	Defeat Sissna in the Children of Sissna mode.
Contemplation (17 points)	Discover the secret of Contemplation.
Crafter (17 points)	Unlock all crafting specialities.
Diasora (60 points)	Free the Diasora pup.
Double Trouble (17 points)	Defeat Touma and Souma.
Fancy (17 points)	Unlock all townsfolk outfits.
Fleeing the Nest (60 points)	Meet Kol the wildman.
Flesh Wound (17 points)	Complete Flokir's journey.
Heritage (17 points)	Complete Jokell's journey.
House Warming (17 points)	Hunt the corb near Vagrant's Rest.
Hunter (17 points)	Hunt a deer.
Lathyrus' Last Stand (17 points)	Untangle Sissna's weave at the Palace of Lathyrus.
Leap of Faith (60 points)	Leap into the dark portal.
Malik's Curse (17 points)	Wear the Umbral Veil.
New Lathyrus (17 points)	Construct all houses in Vagrant's Rest.
Placebo (17 points)	Complete Vorsa's journey.
Shadow Walker (60 points)	Travel the shadow pathways.
Shadow of the Ashen (60 points)	Defeat the Shadow of the Ashen.
Sissna (60 points)	Defeat the Elder Dark Sissna.
Squork (17 points)	Hunt a squork.
Threads of Light (17 points)	Wear each relic once.
Trapper (17 points)	Hunt a rafet.
Twin Hearts of Lathyrus (60 points)	Reunite the Listener and Human hearts.
Ukkoto (60 points)	Defeat the Elder Dark Ukkoto.
Vagrant's Rest (17 points)	Claim Vagrant's Rest.
Whispers Folk (60 points)	Take a ride in Eila's barrel.