Wake Up · Opening mission
Main storyWake UpNew playerOldest House · Downtown
Escape the Oldest House, find Zoe and Jesse, complete your first Ritual, and survive your first Resonant encounter.
Steps are states, not a checklist. Mark the one you are on and the page keeps your place.
Orientation is the longest mission in the game because it teaches the whole early game. Pick how much detail this page shows.
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Orientation is long because it is the whole game's onboarding. During Orientation you'll learn:
Orientation asks you to make the first weapon choice before the mission really opens up. Pick the form that fits how you want to learn the opening combat.
Starting Primary Form
Choose the form that fits how you want to learn the opening combat.
Starting Secondary Form
A second group of starting forms follows. This page only records your pick.
Orientation only explains that the game asks you to choose a form here. Weapon mechanics, pairings and tier advice stay on the weapon pages.
Objective
1. Wake Up
Twelve steps from the first room to the ability choice. Major steps are marked; everything else is a short section.
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Orientation begins the moment a new game starts. You wake up inside the Oldest House with no prerequisite to meet.
Oldest House interior
There is no prerequisite. This is the first mission of a new save.
The opening objective is simple: get out of the Oldest House. Follow the containment level and the green-lit doors.
Green-lit doors and the security gate
If the gate will not open, look for the control room beside it instead of backtracking.
Once you are outside, head to the Hotel Building and meet Zoe. This is the first character relationship Orientation builds.
Zoe De Vera
Zoe is the first relationship Orientation builds and continues the story later.
View characterHotel Building
Zoe is a story character, not a collectible. Follow the marker.
Follow Zoe's lead into the alley and investigate the marked spot.
Marked alley
The story sends you looking for Jesse. Follow the sightings route the game lays out.
Jesse Faden
Jesse is who the story sends you to find. Her chapter continues after Orientation.
View characterJesse's trail
The first Ritual is the turning point of Orientation. Finishing it unlocks the core movement set.
Ritual space
The Ritual is scripted. Follow the on-screen prompts instead of guessing.
Your new movement tools are introduced here and used immediately.
Traversal training space
This is the game's movement check: use the traversal you just unlocked to climb toward the vantage point.
Vantage point
If you cannot reach it, you are being asked to use the new movement, not to find a hidden path.
Orientation switches from tutorial to a real Resonant encounter. The patterning leads to your first Resonant.
Tutorial → Resonant encounter
Resonant encounterSource of the patterning
This is where the tutorial becomes a boss route.
The Artist is the first Resonant and the final fight of Orientation.
First Resonant
Quick fight planThe Artist arena
The full attack list, phases and counters live on the boss page.
After the fight, Orientation gives you a three-way Combat Ability choice.
Choose your first Combat Ability
Not sure which fits you?Ability reward
The Gap is where you test the new ability and meet the early build systems before the story moves on.
The Gap
You'll use these immediately. This section only teaches what the next step needs.
Double-Jump
A second mid-air jump that extends every platforming route.
Elevate
Hold to glide and cross long gaps from a height.
Rush
A burst of speed that also clears Burn and Infected.
The game is confirming you understood the new traversal. Chain the abilities instead of looking for a hidden route.
From here Orientation stops teaching and starts testing. The next section is a real boss route.
The ArtistQuick fight plan
This is only enough to finish Orientation. Attacks, phases and counters live on the boss page.
Quick fight plan
Full boss guideThe Artist reward is a three-way choice. This page owns where the choice happens; the comparison guide owns which one to pick.
Barragem
Role
Projectile
What it does
Fires a stream of projectiles for safe ranged pressure.
Anomalia Volátil
Role
Summon
What it does
Summons a throwable anomaly that detonates on impact.
Escudo
Role
Defense
What it does
Raises a barrier and adds Shield Bash to close the gap and stagger.
Not sure which fits you?
Barrage vs Shield vs Volatile AnomalyMatch the ability to how you play
Tell the advisor whether you prefer safer, aggressive, ranged or close combat play.
Find my abilityThis page only records which ability you picked. It never ranks them.
After the choice, The Gap opens the early build systems. Use it before the story moves on.
Whether you can re-pick the ability inside The Gap is still being verified. Treat the choice as changeable only if your build lets you.
Orientation is done. You now have the tools and the first ability the rest of Downtown expects.
Sources, a Living Shard and a Reset Item are among the reported rewards. Numeric amounts stay off this page until the game data is verified.
Badge 11-60
Reported as an Untapped artifact reward. Untapped is an artifact state, not part of its name.
Welcome to Manhattan picks up right after Orientation and opens the real zone.
None — Orientation is the first mission.
Pick the step you are on and the page answers with the route that unblocks it.
Most Orientation blocks are a missing route cue or a scripted step you walked past, not a bug. Re-read the current objective before resetting anything.
Look for the locked security gate and the control room beside it. The switch there opens the gate; you do not need to backtrack through the containment level.
Zoe is at the Hotel Building. Follow the story marker outside the Oldest House instead of searching the interior.
The first Ritual is scripted. Follow the on-screen prompts; if an interaction does nothing, wait for the sequence to continue before retrying.
This step expects the traversal you just unlocked. Chain Double-Jump, Elevate and Rush instead of looking for another path.
Keep moving, learn the attack timing and punish only safe openings. The boss page has the full attack and phase breakdown.
Compare Barrage, Shield and Volatile Anomaly in the comparison guide, or use the ability choice tool to match one to how you play.
Use The Gap to test your new ability and look at early Talents and Aberrant upgrades before you continue the story.
Known issues
If an objective refuses to complete, check whether it is a tracked bug before you reload.
Check known issuesThe assistant already knows which quest and step you are on, so you do not have to explain the whole mission.
Ask the assistantFree to use. Answers in player language.
Orientation is the opening quest entity. It owns the onboarding route and hands the boss, the ability choice and the weapon decision to their own pages.