VH/Locations

This page contains information about the various locations in the game. When it gets long enough, it will be divided into sub-sections.

Onsen Town region

This is the region where Nanako starts the game. It consists of Onsen Town itself and the areas to the North, East, and West.

Onsen Town

Onsen Town is a small walled resort located on the horse train line between Nanako's homeland and the Capital. Nanako wants to seek her fortune in the big city, but she stops here because she can't afford a ticket all the way to the Capital. Surely there's a way to make a buck around this place.

Overall layout

Onsen Town is build around a crossroads: one main road runs North-to-South, the other runs East-to-West. The roads divide the town into four quadrants. There are gates leading into the wilderness in each cardinal direction, and there's a fountain right at the center of town.

Fountain

The fountain at the center of town has several different points of interest. First, if you examine the sign on the south side of the fountain, you'll find that by praying to the Protective Goddess, you can adjust whether or not the game allows you to change clothes in combat areas. This matters more in VH than in most ARPGs, because many monsters rip off or destroy your clothes.

Second, if you're visiting the fountain during the day, you'll find a bald, fat, angry-looking guy standing at the north side. This man is the only decent human being in the entire game. If you talk to him while you have 500 G or less, he'll give you 50 G. You can do this repeatedly, until you have more than 500 G. You can even go blow your money on freaky sex toys and come back broke and he'll start giving you money again.

In addition, if you talk to him while indecently clothed, he'll assume you're desperately poor and hand you 500 G in one lump. He'll cut you off once he's handed you a total of 500 G, though (this is a hand up, not a hand out). Note that if you really want to abuse his generosity, you can get 450 G out of him 50 G at a time, then go topless to pick up your final handout. He'll still give you a full 500 G, making a total of 950 G leeched out of him before he cuts you off.

Finally, if you come by at night you'll see a blue-haired young man walking around the west side of the fountain. He's available for some hot H-event action.

North Gate

Onsen Town's North Gate is sealed when you first arrive. When you take the Goblin Extermination quest, the gate will automatically be unlocked. While you're on the quest, exiting the North Gate will take you directly to the camp site of the goblins you need to murder. After you've completed the quest, the North Gate remains unlocked and leads to the wilderness north of town. If you ever repeat the quest, the gate will once again lead directly to the goblin camp. It'll go back to letting you access the wilderness once the quest is complete.

You'll use this gate for the Goblin Extermination quest, of course, as well as part of the later Thieves' hide-out quest. In addition, after you reach the Capital and take the Rescue at Wyvern Valley quest, you'll return and head out this way.

The North Gate contains doors that lead inside the City Walls. Walk underneath the gate so that you're hidden from view and then go either east or west. If you have trouble, shift one square north or south and try again.

Also, note that on top of the wall there are small gaps in the battlements. If you're on top of the wall, you can jump down at those gaps to reach ground level. You can't climb back up through them, though.

East Gate

The East Gate is sealed, but there's a gaping hole in the wall just to the north of it. Note the patches of sand, which indicate where so many people have walked around the gate that they've killed the grass. Why is the soldier facing the nice, secure gate to his south instead of the massive breach to his north? Because he is bad at his job.

Anyway, walking out this gate will take you to the wilderness east of town. This is the gate you'll use for the Bodyguard and Babysitter quests, as well as the first part of the Thieves' hide-out quest.

This gate also has doors that lead inside the Walls. One entrance is on the northern side of the hole, and the other is on the southern side of the gate itself.

The top of the East Gate has just one gap in the battlement, on the interior side. Once again, you can use this to jump down but not to get back up.

South Gate

The South Gate is closed, and currently can't be opened. A little odd, since it appears to be the main gate, with what appear to be pretty beefy towers on either side.

Obviously, the whole "always-closed" issue prevents this gate from being involved in any quests. It has doors into the Walls on either side and a single jump-down point on top.

West Gate

The West Gate is open from the time you arrive. It leads to the wilderness west of town.

You'll head out this gate to complete the Medicine Delivery and Minotaur Extermination quests.

It has doors that lead inside the Walls, and on the top of the wall there are gaps you can jump down from on either side.

Northwest Quadrant

The Northwest part of town may be the most important, as it contains both the inn and the Adventurers' Guild. You might think of it as the business district.

Adventurers' Guild

The Adventurers' Guild is located right on the main East-West road, next to the West Gate. It's your primary source of quests here in town. You'll need 50 G to join. If you're a little short, you can go to the Fountain and mooch off of the fat guy. If you're a little short and you already exhausted his generosity... I dunno what to tell you. You must have been actively trying to screw yourself over.

You'll use the guild both to receive quests and to wrap them up: the last step is talking to the guild master to receive your reward. Also, if you "die" in the vicinity of Onsen Town, you'll wake up in here... assuming you joined the guild first, you have a VH-Heart, and you weren't killed in some awful rape-you-to-death situation.

Inn

The Inn is also on the main East-West road, right between the Adventurers' Guild and the Fountain. It is an important source of healing, time-killing (advancing night into day), and, of course, hot beef injections. A night at this inn costs 100 G, but you get a free night if you've just completed a quest at the Adventurers' Guild. If you're short on cash, you can stay for free by helping out with chores or working out some other form of payment.

Secret Shop

Just north of the Adventurers' Guild you'll find this unusual building. Step into the alcove as shown in the picture and press the action button to go into the secret shop, staffed by a naked, ghostly Nanako.

This is sort of a cheating/debugging shop. It sells some powerful gear for cheap; if you're playing this game for the story and don't care about challenging combat you might find it useful. There are also some debugging tools and stuff with no apparent purpose. It also carries costumes, including some that you ordinarily only receive for the duration of a quest or event; now you can go waitress-style all the time.

Finally, the shop sells a few different unique items (like Nanako's comb and hair clip) in case you managed to lose them to a bug or something.