UE5 Beta: How do I unlock character body stuff?

[CyberBatty7]

I dont Know where and what to do? I am following the main quest line.

[Waste_of_skin]

There are two completely separate areas in the UE5 version. After you compete the Behold quest, you'll find yourself in a new area, with no way back (so make sure that you're ready to move on before you finish Behold). Then you'll eventually get the Masquerade quest, which leads to a shrine where you can change forms (which requires essence, which you can get from some shrines/pillars scattered around that part of the world).

https://wiki.carnal-instinct.com/en/UE5/Quests

[AnabsoluteMonster]

You need essence and to find shrines???? That’s the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ I’ve ever heard

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by Beautykiller105:

You need essence and to find shrines???? That’s the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ I’ve ever heard

It's really not that big of a deal. In the initial UE5 release, essence was limited (you could only get it from specific objects), but with the recent update, you get essence when you kill enemies (I think any enemy).

And there is only one shrine, and a quest takes you to it, so you don't have to "find" it.

[rice_crackers]

Originally posted by Waste_of_skin:

Originally posted by Beautykiller105:

You need essence and to find shrines???? That’s the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ I’ve ever heard

It's really not that big of a deal. In the initial UE5 release, essence was limited (you could only get it from specific objects), but with the recent update, you get essence when you kill enemies (I think any enemy).

And there is only one shrine, and a quest takes you to it, so you don't have to "find" it.

Any enemy you kill gives a small amount of essence now.

[GameVeteranAzure]

Originally posted by rice_crackers:

Originally posted by Waste_of_skin:

It's really not that big of a deal. In the initial UE5 release, essence was limited (you could only get it from specific objects), but with the recent update, you get essence when you kill enemies (I think any enemy).

And there is only one shrine, and a quest takes you to it, so you don't have to "find" it.

Any enemy you kill gives a small amount of essence now.

it is still stupid

i honestly preferred the ability to swap where ever i wanted, and all i had to do was either find vessels to unlock stuff, or do a quest to unlock it

now i'm forced to just endlessly kill stuff for essence to then trek to the statue if i want to change things up

[rice_crackers]

Originally posted by GameVeteranAzure:

Originally posted by rice_crackers:

Any enemy you kill gives a small amount of essence now.

it is still stupid

i honestly preferred the ability to swap where ever i wanted, and all i had to do was either find vessels to unlock stuff, or do a quest to unlock it

now i'm forced to just endlessly kill stuff for essence to then trek to the statue if i want to change things up

So you're essentially wanting everything given to you on a silver platter then? Ever consider that the way it was done in the UE4 version was nothing but a placeholder in how you got the skin/species unlocks?

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by GameVeteranAzure:

now i'm forced to just endlessly kill stuff for essence to then trek to the statue if i want to change things up

You can fast travel to the shrine, so it's only a "trek" if there's no campfire nearby. But aside from that, the quest that you're given after Masquerade gives you an item that can apparently be used to go directly to the shrine from anywhere (I say "apparently" because I haven't actually bothered to try it yet).

[NialLethal]

Great, however, my question is, how do you unlock the other forms past the first five, or is this a "Future" thing?

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by NialLethal:

Great, however, my question is, how do you unlock the other forms past the first five, or is this a "Future" thing?

"Future thing", as far as I can tell. I don't know why they included icons for forms that aren't in the game yet. That's just going to lead to confusion.