In the aftermath of the apocalyptic events of Ragnarök, a group of survivors travel endlessly through the branches of the great World Tree, Yggdrasil, in loops, hoping to end the devastation wrought by the fates.
The workshop will allow you to spend blueprints you find on your travels to create building cards. These cards can be used at The Holt to give your loops bonuses like increased starting population, supplies, or might. There’s also a greenhouse where you can use various types of acorns you find on your travels to upgrade your skill tree (the roots of Yggdrasil).
ROOTS OF YGGDRASIL EMBRACES ITS MYTHOLOGICAL ROOTS
There are several types of acorns to collect, and each island will tell you which is available there when you check their information on the map. Not all upgrades are available in the early access version, hinting at more to come.
Once you choose an island, it’s time to start building up your settlement. All your cards cost varying supplies to build and will increase different resources. For example, house cards are infinite and increase your population, but their cost increases with each use.
Each island is broken up with floating fragments housing the saplings of Yggdrasil. Once you have forged the path to the saplings, they will have certain requirements before they can bloom and produce Eitr, the power source you require.
The game isn’t without its faults, though. It is in early access, after all. My main issue is that you need to let me rotate buildings. You see, houses all spawn in a different shape when you play a card.
All in all, my biggest problem with Roots of Yggdrasil is that I want more content, more figures from Norse mythology to appear, and a bit more mythology in general. In its current build, there isn’t a lot of explaining of Ragnarok or Yggdrasil, and those without knowledge of Norse mythology might be left wanting a little more detail.
Here are a lot of weird creatures and figures that could be making an appearance, and hopefully, they are on the content roadmap, which will be released alongside the game.