Recettear Guide

Disclaimer: This guide is no longer updated. I will no longer take any responsibility for any and all information here which may be wrong.

A less-than-comprehensive guide to the doujin game, “Recettear“, by EasyGameStation. This is, by no means, complete. The game itself is massive, with hundreds (I think) of items, and there is no way in hell that I will ever, ever screencap those or translate the game’s dialogue. What I want to do is to perhaps, ease the difficulty of playing a Japanese, text-heavy game for those who aren’t experienced in this. Again, this is by no means complete, nor is it 100% accurate, but I’d like to think that experience makes up for it. Anyway, let’s get started.

Configuration
Main Screen
The Interface
Day 1
Time of the day, End of day reports, Price Fluctuation
Going to the dungeon – Basics
Basic words and phrases

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First of all, the configuration.

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We’ll assume that you will use the default settings, so let’s move on.

the controls are as follows:

Town:
Arrow Keys – Movement/Selection
Z – Accept
X – Cancel
C – Item Details
V – Change camera angle
W – Pause Menu
Esc – Pause Menu

Dungeon:
Arrow Keys – Movement/Selection
Z – Attack
X – Skill
C – Change skill
V – Change camera angle
W – Pause Menu
Esc – Pause Menu

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Now the actual game screen.

Main Menu:
New Game – New Game. Duh.
Load Game – Load previously saved game progress.
アイテム図鑑 – Item Encyclopedia (view items from the game in here)
Option – See below.
Exit – Exit.

Note: If you’re playing for the first time, you won’t have the “Load Game” function until you save.

Options Menu:
Music – Toggle BGM Volume
SE – Toggle Sound Effects Volume
Voice – Toggle Voice Volume
メッセージ速度 – Toggle Text Display Speed (slow-normal-fast, default is normal)
未読スキップ – Skip unread text (on-off, default is off)
セーブデータを消去 – Delete all save data (definitely not recommended)

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Now to explain the interface:

The Shop:

The Town:

The Merchant’s Guild:

The Market:

Other stuff to note when buying:

(no number means unlimited stock)

Dungeons:

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Starting a new game:

Day 1:

Select New Game. You may skip through any events by hitting W or Esc and selecting はい. To cancel, press either X or select いいえ.

Eventually, after two dialogues, you’ll end up at this screen.

You can’t really do much so just leave the store for now. (I’ll explain the interface later)

It’s common sense, really, on where you should go.
After the dialogue, you’ll get this screen.

That bastard of a fairy won’t let you leave without buying anything, so just buy some random crap and be on your merry way back to your shop (bottom center area).

You’ll notice that your shop has these tables with dividers. These are where your items will be displayed and sold. Just walk up to any partition and press Z. You’ll bring up this menu:

You can choose whatever item you want to place on sale. Up and down to change items, left and right to change categories. Choose なし if you don’t want anything on the table.
The table by the windowsill tends to sell items better (I think) so put your good stuff there. For this day, just place whatever you bought (ie: worn-out sword) and the walnut bread (you also have it) on one partition each. After that, go to the area behind the cashier’s table, press Z and you’ll hop onto the chair immediately. After the dialogue, hop onto the chair again.

When the customer comes in, you’ll eventually end up at this screen:

Don’t bother with the price, as it’s already fine as is. Press Z, select “オッケー！” (the other choice brings you back, should you decide to change prices) and congratulations! You’ve just made your first sale!
After this, Day 1 ends. Hooray.

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Time of the day, End of day reports, Price Fluctuation:

The day is divided into 4 parts: Morning, Noon, Dusk, and Night.
Selling = 1 koma (part)
Going out to buy stuff = 1 koma
Going to the dungeon = 2-3 komas

Leaving the shop, but not going anywhere else will not use of a koma.

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At the end of the day, you will get this kind of a report:

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Every so often, the news ticker will pop up and either: (a) annouce an event of sorts (check the world map for any blinking locations), or (b) announce a change in prices.

When (b) occurs, shop prices will either increase (item is color red) or decrease (item is color blue).

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Going to the dungeon – Basics:

Going to the dungeon is easy and is generally required for you to make your weekly quota.

Go to the world map and proceed to the Adventurers’ Guild.

After any dialogues you may have, you’ll end up at this screen.

Normally, you’ll have only Ryui to start with, but you’ll eventually get more and more people.

Once you’ve picked your character, you’ll be taken to this screen. You can bring equipment (use C to check if he/she can equip it first!), food, and whatever else you want. Note that you only have a maximum inventory space of 20 items and if you get knocked out in the middle of the dungeon, you can only bring back one item in your inventory.

Basically, kill enemies, pick up items, etc. Pretty simple really. Stick around for too long though, and ghosts will start popping up. They look like red clouds with lightning and are pretty tough. No, they do not give (much) XP.

Every floor of a dungeon has these red portals. Step onto them, select はい and proceed. Press X or select いいえ if you want to stay a bit more.

At the end of each dungeon segment (every 5 floors), you’ll either encounter a boss, or in this case, a treasure chest. When you defeat a boss, you’ll have the option to either go on, in the form of the red portal, or to go back to town through the red door. Note that each segment takes up 1 Koma of your time, so make sure not to spend too long in the dungeon.

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And some basic words and phrases:

いくらで売ろうかな？(Ikura de urou kana?)
How much will you sell this?

いくらで買い取ろう？(Ikura de kaitorou?)
How much will you buy this?

帽子 (Boushi)
Caps / Hats

武器 (Buki)
Weapons

食べ物 (Tabemono)
Food

食品 (Shokuhin)
Foodstuffs

本 (Hon)
Books

ブーツ (Buutsu)
Boots

アクセソリー (Akusesorii)
Accessories

甘い物 (Amaimono)
Sweets

防具 (Bougu)
Protector

指輪 (Yubiwa)
Ring

腕輪 (Udewa)
Bracelet

マフラー (Mafuraa)
Muffler (Ryui likes to buy these)

マント (Manto)
Mantle

お宝 (Otakara)
Treasure

棚 (Tana)
Shelves

じゅうたん (Jyuutan)
Carpet

壁紙 (Kabegami)
Wallpaper

床 (Yuka)
Flooring

薬 (Kusuri)
Medicine

金属製 (Kinzokusei)
“Made of metal” (no idea what qualifies under this)

洋服 (Youfuku)
Western Clothes

＿＿ 日(Hi)
＿＿ Days

＿＿ 個 (Ko)
Number of a particular thing

予約 (Yoyaku)
Reservation (advance orders)

攻撃 (Kougeki)
Attack