Advent in Owlboy: Home Town Walkthrough
A guide to Advent, Otus's home town in Owlboy, covering where to go first, the people you meet and the places worth visiting.
What is there to do in Advent in Owlboy?
Advent is the capital city in Owlboy, and it comes under pirate attack when Otus and his companions arrive. The story doesn't hand you a quest log or a checklist for the city, so what you can actually do there during the visit is mostly what the scenes show: you arrive mid-crisis, and Asio blames Otus for the attack again. Keep your expectations set to "story set piece" rather than "hub town with a long side-quest list."
Where should I go first in Advent?
There isn't an officially documented route order for Advent, and the patch notes and store page don't list one. The one piece of direction the story gives is simple: when they arrive, Advent is under attack. So your first job is to follow the action rather than wander. If you want to know the city at its best before things go wrong, the game points you to its atmosphere instead of a specific spot: on the official Owlboy site the developers describe Owlboy as an open-world exploration game with a unique mix of flight and platforming, with gunners and large dungeons with big boss battles.
Who will I meet in Advent?
The people of Advent include several named residents, but the game gives you very little character-by-character guidance for the city itself. Community records list Anne, Kernelle, Strix and Bonanza among the people living there before it was destroyed. Bonanza matters most if you're following the plot: during the Battle of Advent, Bonanza's squad was split up and captured. Geddy has a personal stake in the place too. Community notes say he served in the army in Advent and watched its destruction from the pirate Dreadnaught, and that an unused line shows his hometown is Advent.
What happens in Advent during the story?
Molstrom destroys Advent. That is the defining event, and everything else about the city follows from it. Community records describe him using one of the Owl Relics, specifically the one found in Vellie, to smash his weapon into the ground and split the city into many pieces; other notes describe his Anchor splitting the capital in half. Survivors fled to Tropos and Vellie, and many of those killed were buried in Vellie. The fighting itself is remembered as the Battle of Advent, fought between the city and the Pirates, and later events refer back to it.
Is Advent still in the game after that?
Yes, but as ruins and memory rather than a living city. The city's fate is set in the story and doesn't change, so a fresh playthrough will always reach the same destruction. Because the game's own store description frames the whole journey as one through monster infested ruins with well kept secrets, expect the places you visit after Advent to carry that tone. Owlboy is available on the Steam store for PC, Mac and Linux.
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