Your first ten hours

1. Play the path through Chapter 4. That is where Free Time, the World Map and the Pale Raven all open.
2. Clear the tutorial board quests. They are trivial and each pays 10 Renown plus an item.
3. Give one gift to every character you might want to recruit. The first gift forms a New Bond, which is required before you can share meals or ask them to join.
4. Eat at the Inn every week with two people you are courting. Three diners gain Support at once and it costs no Turn.
5. Take your first class change in Chapter 5 — the tutorial gives one free.
6. Start your hero's own quest line as soon as it appears. It pays several times the Renown of ordinary subquests.
7. Feed the Pale Raven every week. It is free and it is the only way Eshmel builds bonds in Part I.

Habits worth forming

• At the start of each Free Time, read the Turn counter, the Bulletin Board and the Calendar before doing anything else.
• Do everything that costs no Turn in the city, then leave for the map.
• Visit the next mission's location early so the game moves you there when time runs out.
• Train at the Arena on Saturday or Sunday, when it is half price.
• Serve at a temple on that god's holy day for a guaranteed Perfect.
• Use plain attacks by default. Only Combat Arts wear weapons down.

Mistakes that cost the most

• Letting a paralogue's window close. They only exist in Part I, and each is worth 150 Renown and 20,000 G.
• Hoarding gifts. They are reported not to leave Part I with you.
• Chasing Renown rank 12 on every path. It resets, and almost nothing needs more than 10.
• Emptying Divine Sand in skirmishes right before a story battle.
• Entering a dungeon without food. Storage is locked inside.