HOw to increase Flame Power (the Hell are shards and galaxies)

[Dewrill]

Oi lads!

after using the searchfunction ive been explained that completing shards increases my Flame power thus yielding me more Black wax.

cool. cool. that was my initial question, following that though came the question "the ♥♥♥♥ are shards and what the hell are galaxies"

now clicking through the store page, because it started to sound im in the from games forums, i saw that the screenshots have a little galaxy map in the menue that i simply dont have.

can someone explain to me, like to a toddler, how the heck i increase my flame power, why i dont have that galaxy map and what the frig a shard is and when it ends? i made it to level 19 and zone 25ish (refering to the names used by the achievments in the global achievment section) what am i missing?

[Alketal]

I can tell you that all the answers will become clear once you reach certain points in the game. This guide can help you with this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2162095826

Even if you don’t plan to read it, I recommend looking at section 1.2, because it contains extremely important information about the hidden mechanics of weapons that make your starting Dagger the best weapon for confortably initiate the game.

But if you want to know answers to your questions right now, then I’m ready to tell them. Anything further is a spoiler, so read at your own discretion.

Shards and Galaxies
A game world made of a series of Zones is a Shard. Several Shards lined in a row, that ends with a Black Hole, is a Galaxy. You can find a screenshot of a Galaxy on the game's page:
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1160750/ss_e8ad22429d1c19ae00f85f931c9379d791c8972a.1920x1080.jpg?t=1706644898

Galaxy map
Since you are not supposed to know about Shards from the very beginning, the game hides certain user interface elements, until you reach a point, when you actually need them.

Flame power
It's a "Candles to Black Wax" conversion ratio. By default it's equal to x1, but every time you complete a Shard, this value will be updated, depending on the total amount of Black Wax obtained from Candles through Rituals in your current Galaxy. So, when you see an "Accept Reward and leave the Shard" button, don't press it immideately - perform 1-2 extra Rituals instead. It won't be hard, because all bosses of your current Shard will be down, but it will noticeably increase your flame power. There is no reason to overfarm it (for another reason), so 1-2 will be enough in most cases.

[Dewrill]

THanks a lot mate, well formated response that was comprehensable.

while i do understand the diea of hiding the mechanic, i think they hide it for a biiiiit too long. i was about to drop the game simply because it seemed broken at this point.