The Arcane Conclave — Dreams of Aether Walkthrough

Understand the fundamental properties of Dream Aether: it's attracted to itself, spins inward centrifugally, and is replenished from the atmosphere.

Learn from the 'Novice Aether Manipulation' textbook: Dream Aether is the primordial energy of the universe, infinite and the source of all energy and matter. Its density increases due to self-attraction and brain activity (thoughts, dreams).

Master Encoding: Use your Oracle Bracelet to transform Dream Aether into energy for enhancing attributes like Strength, Agility, Constitution, Vitality, Intelligence, and Perception.

Be mindful of volume costs: Encoding larger volumes (above 3 cubic meters) doubles the price, and above 6 cubic meters, it triples. Smaller increments above a certain threshold can also be disproportionately expensive.

Respect the Aether limit: Each body has a saturation point for Aether. Exceeding this limit is detrimental. For humans, this limit is often referred to as the 100-point limit.

Understand Encoding Grades: Grade 1 Aether is like a gas, Grade 2 like a liquid, and Grade 3 like a solid. Higher grades allow for more Aether storage (10x per grade) and complex passive properties, but come at a significant cost. The Oracle provides free Grade 1 primary Encodings, but higher grades, like Grade 2 Strength Encoding, cost credits (e.g., 1,000 credits).

Note the color assignments for different energies: Red for Strength, orange for Agility, yellow for Constitution, green for Vitality, cyan for Intelligence, and indigo for Perception. The Oracle device uses varying amounts of Aether for each energy type.