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Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising combines a thrilling adventure through ancient ruins with the tale of one town’s rise from the ashes. Drawn by lenses and other treasure in the nearby Runebarrows, our heroes learn that the town is struggling to rebuild after an earthquake and decide to help. Along the way, they’ll resolve disputes between eager adventurers and wary locals who don’t think the Barrows should be disturbed. And they’ll learn more about each other’s reasons for seeking treasure, deepening their bonds in the process. As you will learn, these Runebarrows hide a great secret that has fateful implications for one of the characters. What begins as a simple treasure hunt turns into a dark conspiracy that will shake the world and plant seeds that carry over into the main story of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. The game will introduce a portion of Eiyuden Chronicle’s cast of characters in an original story with thrilling action and engaging town-upgrading elements.

Step 1: Complete the Story
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is essentially "Fetch Quest: The Game" which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's good to know that is the gameplay loop up front. You'll get a number of story quests which take you through the game's various locations, and a whole heap of side-quests from the villagers that take you back to those same locations to get resources, defeat enemies, etc. Your first goal should be to complete the story since the final batch of side-quests don't open up until then, but feel free to work on whatever quests you want along the way. None are missable, but they'll just continue to pile up if you don't tackle them as you go. They also open up more equipment upgrades, many of which are required for story progression. I'd suggest doing every quest you find each time you return to town before focusing back on the story.

While no achievements are missable, I would give a word of warning to not sell any of the gems you find in the game (Topaz, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire) because they will be used for upgrading equipment and are fairly rare. You can craft them later by collecting either Lapis Lazuli or Golem Plate, but it's extra grinding that isn't needed. The money you get from quests and scrap items (such as Ancient Sculptures from the final dungeon) are worth much more and not used for anything else. In fact, don't sell anything except the scrap items that drop from breakable urns/pots, as those are useless and also sell for the most anyway.

You really shouldn't need much help on any of the story or side-quests, but if you do this guide is very good.

Step 2: Post-Game Side-Quests and Upgrading
Once you beat the final story quest, you will receive a post-game save file and can load that up to be placed just before the final quest again. More side-quests will now be available, allowing you to finish your stamp card. Once you do that, every quest in the game opens up a second time to be repeated if you want, though I'd only bother doing ones directly in your path of finding resources for upgrading the weapons and armor, or ones that specifically give a reward you need (such as the gems I mentioned above). Basically what I did here was write down the items I needed to upgrade every item to its next level, head out and grab them, and repeat until I was done. This process got me every achievement except those in Step 3 below, finishing at about Level 43.

Step 3: Hard Bosses and Level 50
After beating the final story quest, you open the ability to switch to Hard difficulty. You can do so right away and do all of Step 2 that way, which in hindsight may have been smarter as you do get more experience, but at the same time you only need to beat the lava boss a handful of times to get the last levels you'll need. The bonus for completing your black stamp card is an item (which doesn't need to be equipped) that allows for infinite links in battle, meaning you can stunlock most enemies and defeat the bosses on Hard in less than a minute each. If you'd like to buy potions or buffs from the Inn to help you can, but it's not needed at all. Instead, buy the experience buff from the Inn to increase the experience from the bosses.

This is a nice little teaser for the full turn-based RPG due out in 2023. It's a different style of game mixing town management and action-RPG, but it's fairly short and does get repetitive, especially since you have to grind out a ton of materials for your last few levels up equipment upgrades, as well as repeat the same boss a number of times to get the last bits of experience to max your character. However, it's a fun game and the combat is fluid, so for a somewhat small time investment it's surely worth it - especially which it's available on Game Pass.