Though it doesn’t have traditional combat like some RPGs, that doesn’t meanPalialacks action completely. You’ll need to do your fair share of hunting of the local creatures that inhabit Kilima Valley and Bahari Bay in order to progress through the game.

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In this guide, we’ll show you how to unlock Hunting as a skill and who to talk to about bow and arrow upgrades, how to switch your arrow types, go into detail about the three Sernuk and Chapaa variants, and tell you how to disable the Proudhorn Sernuk and Azure Chapaa’s magical abilities.

How To Unlock Hunting

During the main quest,Welcome to Palia, you’llreceive a letterfrom Hassian, who’ll gift you a Makeshift Bow, 20 Makeshift Arrows, and the recipe for Makeshift Arrows, andHunting will be unlocked.

You’ll alsoautomatically receive the skill questHunting 101, which asks you to huntone Sernukandone Chapaa, and loot them.

Player character selecting the Hunting Guild Store while speaking to Hassian in southern Bahari Bay in the early morning in Palia.

The Hunting 101 skill quest unlocksHassian’s Hunting Guild Store, where you’ll be purchasingrecipes for bow upgradesandnew arrow types, as well the Hunting Horn buff item as youincrease your skill level.

Multiple playerscan hunt animals at the same time.Each playerwho hits it will obtain their own loot.

Player character using a Fine Bow in aiming mode and aiming their reticle at a target on a fake Sernuk in Hassian’s Grove in Palia.

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Player character standing in their home plot in the arrow menu, which shows a blurred background and 3 types of selectable arrows in Palia.

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Player character aiming with a Fine Bow at a Striped Chapaa sitting up and looking around at night in southern Bahari Bay in Palia

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How To Use A Bow

To use a bow,hold down the primary action buttonwhile either moving or standing still, and you’llenter an aiming modewhere you have a reticle in the center of your screen.

Controlling the directionyou aim at is done bymoving your camera, and this also allows you toturn around completelywhile aiming. While in this mode, you’re alsoable to move, but at aslower speed, allowing you to better line up shots at targets.

Close-up shot of a Common Chapaa, a reddish brown creature with a flat tail, standing up on its hind legs on a hill in Southern Bahari during the day in Palia.

Release the primary action button, andyou will shoot an arrow atwhatever your reticle is over.

How To Switch Between Arrow Types

As yougain levels in Hunting, you’ll unlock different types of arrows thatdo more damageorprovide useful effects.

Slows down creatures on-hit

Close-up shot of a Striped Chapaa, a darker brown creature with an orange back and flat tail, walking in the grass in Kilima Valley in the evening in Palia.

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Disables the magical abilities of creatures on hit

To change arrow type,use the secondary action button while your bow is equipped,and you’ll go into a small menu that displays your available arrows.

Close-up shot of an Azure Chapaa, a silver creature with blue markings and a flat tail, sitting up in the grass in Bahari Bay during the day in Palia.

Hover over and selectwhichever arrow you want, and it’ll be equipped.

You can hit a creature with a Slowdown Arrow or Dispel Arrow,then swap to another typeto continue doing damage andconserve arrowsthat are more resource-intensive to craft.

Player character aiming at an Elder Sernuk with a Fine Bow in southern Bahari Bay during the morning in Palia.

How To Hunt Chapaa

Chapaa are small mammals that resemble a cross between a red panda and a badger and spend most of their timewandering in the grasslandsofKilima Valley and Bahari Bay.

They drop several materialsused to craft, cook with, and gift to Villagers, and are occasionally needed asquest requirements.

Close-up shot of a Common Sernuk, a light brown deer with small horns, walking near a tree and rocks in Kilima Valley in the morning in Palia.

They come inthree variations: the Spotted Chapaa, Striped Chapaa, and Azure Chapaa. Each one has its own amount of Healthwhich increases with each variation, and also drops agreater amount of materials.

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Close-up shot of an Elder Sernuk, a darker brown deer with long horns, walking up a hill in northern Bahari Bay near a Heartwood tree and Sweet Leaf plant in Palia.

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Chapaa, Meat, Chapaa Fur,Azure Chapaa Tail

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Chapaa willwander around a small area, occasionally pausing to stand on their hind legs and survey the surrounding area. Theybecome alertedwhen youget too close to them, miss an arrow near them, or miss a Smoke Bomb near them.

After alerted, Chapaa willrun away in the opposite direction, very rarely changing direction, butdig into the ground and disappearafter a short amount of time.

Due to theirslower running speed and less erratic movements, you’re able to often get in multiple hits before they disappear.

Chapaa are alsostill vulnerable to arrows when diggingand can be shot as long as they haven’t disappeared into the ground completely. You’llstill receive lootif you hit them then.

How To Hunt Sernuk

Sernuk are deer-like mammals that graze in the grass and forests acrossboth Kilima Valley and Bahari Bay, and provideseveral important materialswhen hunted such as Sernuk Meat and Sernuk Hide.

Sernuk come inthree variations: the Common Sernuk, Elder Sernuk, and Proudhorn Sernuk.

Southern Kilima Valley, Southern Bahari Bay, and Northern Bahari Bay

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Sernuk Meat, Sernuk Hide,Proudhorn Sernuk Antlers

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Sernuk spend most of their timewandering in a small areaand occasionally grazing, but if you get too close, miss an arrow near them, or miss a smoke bomb near them, they’llbecome alerted and run off.

Unlike Chapaa, Sernukwill not hide and despawn. They’llcontinue to runafter alerted, frequently andrapidly changing direction, until their alert period runs out, and then they’llreturn to idling.

Slowdown Arrowscan make hunting Sernuk a lot easier, as theyslow them down considerablyand give you plenty of time to hit them before they run away.

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How To Hunt The Proudhorn Sernuk And Azure Chapaa

Both Sernuk and Chapaa have anextremely rare, third variationthat can be found: the Proudhorn Sernuk and the Azure Chapaa.

Both variants appearexclusively in Bahari Bay, and are required to be defeated if you want tocomplete the Sernuk HunterandChapaa Hunter Accomplishments.

Defeating a Proudhorn Sernukis alsorequiredfor the completion ofSifuu’s level three friendship quest, Hunting For Meaning.

Unlike regular Sernuk and Chapaa, both theProudhorn and Azurevariantspossess a magical abilitythat makes themfar more of a challengeto defeat:

While they can be defeated with any type of regular arrow, using the Dispel Arrow willcompletely disable their abilities for a short time, making them far easier to defeat.