Asgard’s Wrath 2 is headed to Quest subsequent month, bringing together with it a complete new historic Egyptian-inspired world to traverse as you monitor down Loki, the ol’ Norse trickster god himself. In a brand new behind-the-scenes developer diary, Meta reveals extra about what makes the upcoming RPG tick, introducing useful NPCs, crafting, mini-games and extra.

Now, within the sport’s fourth dev diary—which is barely accessible on YouTube—Oculus Studios Senior Producer Mari Kyle reveals ‘The Hideout’, an deserted outpost of the Egyptian Solar God Ra which offers you refuge to do issues like prepare dinner meals and craft necessary objects.

It’s not simply an empty base although. The video reveals off the sport’s forged of ally gods that inhabit the Hideout, together with a service provider named Bes, an merchandise craftsman named Ptah, Polydeuces the prepare dinner, and Castor the huntsman. They not solely present some fairly necessary primary capabilities, but additionally serve up quests and useful recommendation too.

Whereas crafting was an enormous a part of the unique Asgard’s Wrath, letting you create new weapons and consumables, the upcoming sequel introduces cooking to the sport for the primary time.

“Cooking is such a enjoyable aspect within the sport, and quite a lot of of us will most likely acknowledge it as very new to Asgard’s Wrath 2 in comparison with Asgard’s Wrath 1,” Kyle says. “As you discover the Nice Sand Sea, you’ll gather something from sport meat to eggs to pomegranates, and also you’ll have the ability to deliver them again to the Hideout the place you possibly can prepare dinner these issues into totally different recipes.”

Like several good action-adventure sport, totally different recipes yield totally different results, reminiscent of well being and regenerative boosts, Kyle says, noting that looking is a “crucial a part of the Asgard’s Wrath 2 universe.”

“The Nice Sand Sea and all of the worlds in Asgard’s Wrath 2 really feel like dwelling worlds with wildlife and creatures that you would be able to hunt for various functions. With the looking and crafting system, you possibly can craft bait to search out apex predators, which is able to drop particular loot that you should utilize to improve your armor or your weapons or perhaps even in numerous potions. They’re form of like their very own mini-bosses throughout the wildlife creature class.”

As for mini-gameds the Hideout has a number of, together with a shuffleboard-type sport and a slingshot taking pictures gallery. All through the sport can be the chance to fish, in addition to have interaction in elective battle arenas which, when overwhelmed, offer you extra perks.

Asgard’s Wrath 2 is headed to Quest 2/3/Professional on December fifteenth. If you happen to purchased a model new Quest 3, both the 128GB variant for $500 or the 512GB for $650, you’ll get Asgard’s Wrath 2 without cost. If not, you possibly can pre-order the sport right here the place it’s in any other case priced at $60.