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The Journal

The Journal also known as the Compendium is an in game item present in Roads of Elysium. The Compendium is a book permanently bound to the player's inventory where detailed information regarding various animals, persons, and objects that the player can interact with and encounter while free-roaming is stored as well as Player Information such as leveling and such. Given to the player at the start of the game, the journal is the best source of knowledge keeping, detailing story and mission moments, animals, world interactions, and more.
Sections found in the Journal Include
  -Quests: The quests section of the journal is updated as receives new quests, or advances in existing quests.
  -Glossary: Details information regarding cultural/political/territorial aspects of the inworld lore. Includes, Races, Cults, Cultures, Religions, Military Groups, Points of interest, Lore, Disease, ect ect.   -Tutorial: The Tutorial subsection contains a list of all tutorials that have been posted onscreen, sorted by category. A majority of them often consist of Weapon Controls however; a section found in the Weapons Tab which details the basic's in button sequences that can be clicked in order to produce a particular move set depending on the weapon the player chooses. In addition, new "Useful Combo's" may also be added to this section, though this only happens if the player has already discovered it. So button mash to your hearts content! Whose knows what you will find!   -Bestiary entries: This section of the journal is updated as the player encounters, reads or is told about new monsters or animal's. From the mundane to the majestic, all creatures big and small find a place here eventually. For some creatures in the bestiary, multiple encounters or a certain plethora of the select species hunted are needed to fill up their entries, while things like bosses will have their own separate section of the book entirely whose entries are added upon first encounter!   -Characters: Not all characters the player encounters will appear in the Characters section of the Journal. But those that do will be granted entry into the journal along with a small blurb of information about them.   -Locations: Not all Locations the player encounters will be present in the journal. Only major cities and towns. However, each location discovered will additionally open up sections on the Map which will detail all area's found throughout the game.   -Crafting: Many things within the world of Elysium can be crafted, and many crafting recipes can be found within this section of the Journal; from the ingredients needed for things such as potions, poisons, and other items needed for the player's survival. While much of the misc items needed can be sold at market-stores, its always best to make sure you know how to craft them in a pinch! It will save you money and also use up collected ingredient's clogging your inventory!  
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Trivia
  - Left clicking on "Track Quest" will allow the player to track the mission selected on the map. You can select multiple at a time.   - Whenever a new entry is added to the journal, the sound of sketching will play and a small ink quill will appear at bottom right hand side of the screen.   - For some creatures in the bestiary, multiple encounters or a certain plethora of the select species hunted are needed to fill up their entries. Information on all animals that you may come across during your adventure can be found in this book, and the guide contains a wide variety of information, including where animals inhabit, the best way to hunt them, crafting details, as well as drop-listings, much of which can only be saved to the book if the animal has been identified/studied through the spyglass item (best if the animal is dangerous or skittish and hard to get near) / encountered by the player head-on or has been hunted previously. Things as simple as Deer usually have their full entry upon first encounter, however like all creatures, the list of what they drop wont open until first Hunt; meaning the player has to kill the creature in order to properly compose it's drop list. The only exception to this is certain Bosses who will automatically be added to the book once killing it is completed. In addition, the Compendium will also tally how many creatures you have killed and captured in the Hunt Log.   The Hunting Log page additionally shows info about all creatures the player has hunted, including; amount hunted, amount captured, smallest size, biggest size, rarity type, ect.   - Because of the spawn rate for creatures discovered in the world, there is often a chance that the player might happen to discover a rare of the species. Many animals have multiple fur/feather/scale variations, and common animals as a result may often spawn in differently from one another. Because of this, there is a section in the bestiary that allows the player to document their success in finding these rare variant's, by allowing them to take screenshot's which can then be added to that particular animal's bestiary section, thus allowing the player to touch up and liven up the journal themselves.

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