How Realm Cards work in Nightingale

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Nightingale Realm Cards - A Fae is hovering near a cliff edge overlooking a misty landscape

Realm Cardsare required to open a portal to a new realm inNightingale. Not only do they allow you to choose which biome you’ll wind up in, but they also give you some control over what you can expect when you get there. You’ll have your own home realm to return to, so while much of your time might be spent realm-walking, you will have a relatively safe place to put your feet up if you need a break.

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Once you have a Biome card and a Major card and you’re ready to make a portal, you’ll need to place them in a console at a Portal structure, which you can find in all realms. These should be marked on the map once you enter a realm but these structures are pretty large archways, so they should be easy to spot once you get near.

Realms are procedurally generated but once you create a realm with two specific cards, those two cards will always bring up the same realm with your current progress unless you tell the Portal console to create a new one. Just be aware that doing this will wipe clean anything you’ve done in that realm, including buildings and points of interest, and procedurally generate another one with the same parameters.

Nightingale Biome cards

The interface at a portal machine.(Image credit: Inflexion Games)

Nightingale Realm Cards

Three Biome cards are currently available, though more will be added in a future update. Each biome is unique in its landscape, wildlife, and resources, so you’ll be able to target specific realms depending on your needs.

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Here are the three Biome cards:

TheForest cardcreates a realm that is probably the most recognisable to survival veterans. You can hunt deer and boars, chop down trees and swim in lakes and streams. It’s the most friendly of the three biomes, and is likely to be where most choose to make their home and build their base.

Both theDesert cardand theSwamp cardare where things start to get a bit strange, and you’re reminded that you’re traversing alien realms. The creatures become stranger, and the environments a lot more hostile. In the desert biome, you need to stick to the shade or keep your umbrella up at all times, otherwise, you’ll overheat. The swamp, while cooler, will drain your health if you spend too much time in the diseased water.

Major Realm Cards

You can craft Realm Cards once you’ve unlocked the schematic.(Image credit: Inflexion Games)

Nightingale Realm Cards

It’s unclear how many Major cards exist in Nightingale but I’ll be sure to update this guide as I discover more and their uses become clear.

Here are the Major cards that I’ve found so far:

TheAbeyancecard is ideal for your base and learning the ropes of the game. While there are hostile creatures here, they are far more forgiving than those found on other realm types. You’ll also have the introductory quests here which help guide you through the first part of the game and get you acquainted with some of the crafting stations.

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