Sky: Children of the Light cheats, tips - Microtransactions, candles, hearts explained
Everything you need to know about candles, hearts and payments
Sky: Children of the Light is one of the prettiest games I've played in years, and almost certainly the most charming I've played on a mobile device. The esteemed devs at thatgamecompany, who created cult classics like Flower and Journey, have truly outdone themselves this time.
But Sky is a very different game from its predecessors for a number of reasons, chief among them being that it is not only a mobile exclusive (iOS only at the time of writing, but coming to Android very soon), but it is free to play.
Well, thatgamecompany needs to pay the bills, and by launching the game as a free to play title, they've reconciled the fact that they will need to add microtransactions. And they are here, but to the developer's credit, you can easily, entirely ignore them, and never even glance at the store. Wonderful.
But they are there. Why? Well, that's what we will answer. Sky: Children of the Light plays out similarly to Journey in a lot of ways, but if you can't imagine Journey with microtransactions, we can't blame you. Here is what thatgamecompany is asking of you in Sky: Children of the Light…
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If you do ever look at the shop, you'll quickly find out that microtransactions go from as little as 0.99p, up to £48.99 in GBP. That's somehow better than a lot of mobile titles, as I'm sure you'll be fully aware.
While you don't really need to ever buy anything from the store, purchasing candles can make it easier to upgrade your expressions and unlock new items.
In order to inject payment options without forcing players into them, thatgamecompany has made microtransactions solely cosmetic, and given each spirit you come across a unique progression tree, which will require candles and hearts.
You can progress through the tree to unlock new clothing, new facial expressions, haircuts, and much more. You can make your avatar into a better representation of yourself, basically, but all of this is optional.
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Candles
Candles will be the easiest thing the earn in game, as you can get more candles by interacting with other players and spirits.
Eventually, you will be asked for several candles at a time to complete the constellation progression trees, but each unlock will hold new abilities, emotes, and piece of gear to equip, so it's worthwhile.
Just keep lighting candles you find in the world, and collecting orbs of light as you travel to get more candles.
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Hearts
Hearts are a bit more awkward to collect, and will require you to talk to other players.
By adding friends and donating candles, you can earn hearts, which like candles themselves, can be used to progress and earn new pieces of equipment.
Just add all the friends you can, and donate candles when possible.
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Hearts
Hearts are a bit more awkward to collect, and will require you to talk to other players.
By adding friends and donating candles, you can earn hearts, which like candles themselves, can be used to progress and earn new pieces of equipment.
Just add all the friends you can, and donate candles when possible.
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Friendly secrets
Around the world you will find certain secrets that can only be accessed with other players, for example, multiple candles that require lighting at the same time.
It's difficult to communicate with other players, and as such, it's easiest to solve these if you can actually find real players to join your game and go with you.
But you can invite players to your game and even scan QR codes to get into the same game at once. Otherwise, you'll need to hold hands with other players and drag them to where you want them to go.
