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Realm of Inkisn’t acallous roguelike that throws the playerinto the fray of battle right off the gate. Well, technically it does, but it gives the player a cute companion to soften the blow and make the journey a lot easier.
Momo, the player’s Inkpetwith a mysterious background, has many forms that it can assume depending on the Ink Gems that you’re currently sporting. Each of these forms has common and special skills that are unlocked depending on the player’s ink gems.
What Do Inkpet Skills Do In Realm of Ink
There are two types of Inkpet Skills in Realm of Ink, i.e.,common and special skills. The common skills are passive and are activated on their own. Meanwhile, special skills are activated by the player. As players get stronger on their journey, so too does their Inkpet, gaining these skills.
Theform of your Inkpetis dictated by thecombination of ink gemsin your inventory. Their passives are unlocked as soon as you get two ink gems, but thespecial skills are locked, only getting unlocked once youupgrade the gemsto a certain level. By default, special skills are activated by pressing “1” and appear next to the player’s health bar at the bottom of the screen.
How to Unlock The Special Inkpet Skill in Realm of Ink
To unlock the special Inkpet skill, which is the active skill players can use by pressing “1,” you need to reach a higher tier for your Inkpet. To do so, players need to upgrade their ink gem using ink stones, such thatboth ink gems are epic, orone is legendary, and theother is rare. Once this condition is met, the Inkpet reaches the appropriate level, and its active skill gets unlocked.
It costs80 Ink stonesto upgrade rare stonesto epic, and160stones to upgrade rare ink gemsto legendary. So, it costs thesame total stonesto gettwo epic stonesorone legendary stone.
To upgrade ink gems, players need to interact withGrace, the Ink Gem Sage, and spend their hard-earned ink stones. She is found in theshop areathat appearsbefore every boss. The ink gems that players upgrade don’t stay between runs, getting destroyed once the player dies andreturns to their hub world.