Don’t throw yourself into each fight recklessly.

Instead, research and plan ahead to get the most out of your time with Wild Hearts.

Just pick a quest, punch it, and you’ll immediately embark on that quest!

A warrior prepares to fight a big pig with an razor-umbrella in Wild Hearts.

Changing chapters will change the quests that are available on each island.

And that means you should work the summoning of Basic Karakuri into your fighting.

Use Springs to dodge attacks

Kemono in Wild Hearts can get really damn big.

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And some of them are very fast-moving too.

So remember to harvest the loot from broken parts sooner rather than later.

As you damage the Kemono, these glowing areas will appear.

An explosive Karakuri trap in Wild Hearts.

Tsukumo can be upgraded by interacting with a Campfire.

Take a look at these upgrade paths and figure out which you’d prefer.

Don’t hoard unnecessarily, basically.

Part of the Wild Hearts map.

The truth is that you just haven’t dropped off a high enough ledge.

Instead you’ll just respawn back on top of the cliff you jumped from or somewhere nearby.

From here you might unlock all the Karakuri and upgrades you might afford.

The Wild Hearts control settings menu, with the Karakuri Stance setting highlighted.

But all Dragon Karakuri have to be powered by Dragon Pits nearby.

If you don’t have enough of the kind of energy you need, no Dragon Karakuri for you.

There are two ways to go about this.

Wild Hearts image showing a player posing with the Claw Blade.

The player in Wild Hearts looks down at a Tsukumo on the floor outside.

Two characters in Wild Hearts look down from the top of a cliff at a river housing a Kingtusk below.

The player character (left) in Wild Hearts stands next to Ujishige.