Pororin is a magical place in Hernand that isn’t easy to reach, but the journey is well worth it as there are plenty of fanciful secrets to uncover.
How to access Pororin
Pororin is protected by magical children called shai who roam the surrounding forest where the floating flowerpots are. If you get too close to the village or one of the shai sees you, they’ll knock you out with some sleep powder.
After you get knocked out 3 times (deliberately), a different shai will offer to help you get into the village if you help them. The name of this questline is Trembling Woods. You’ll have to meet them in Trembling Gorge in Deminiss; the location is marked on your map.
Once you arrive, they’ll inform you that a giant walking tree (reference to Ents from Lord of the Rings) has an important Pororinian relic and they can’t retrieve it themselves.
The walking tree is wandering around in a big loop. You’ll probably hear its footsteps before you see it.
The relic is on its head, and while the giant walking tree is climbable, it’s impractical to climb up from its legs. Use the conveniently placed diving boards or a hill to jump onto its torso and grab the relic. You can’t fight the tree.
Once you have the relic, return it to the shai who will give you permission to enter Pororin. The others just won’t try to put you to sleep.
Cats
There are cats of all sorts roaming the village like they own the place. You can adopt one as a pet if you manage to get its trust up to 100.
Yellow Dye Vendor
Okay, they aren’t actually Khajiit, but they basically are (Skyrim reference). There are sapient humanoid cats throughout Pororin called Fadus, and one of them is the dye vendor for the color yellow.
Pet Armor Vendor
There’s a vendor in Pororin where you can buy some adorable armor for your dogs and cats. The shopkeeper demands expensive gifts like Palmar Leaves and increasing their trust unlocks blueprints to craft a few different Sotdae decorations for your house at camp.
There’s a shop in the capital of Demeniss also run by Shai that has the same stock, but it’s difficult to get there until you finish Chapter VIII: Blood Coronation.
Pororin Secret Vendor
Pearl Abyss added a secret vendor named Lacey to Pororin as part of patch 1.04 and have added additional items with subsequent updates. As of update 1.13, he sells the Sigils of Bonding, the Sigil of Valor, and the Hunter’s Sigil, which are different collars that affect your pet’s behavior.
The secret vendor wanders on the main path around Pororin during the day. He carries a small pack unlike the Pororin Porters. I found them along the path out of Florindale.
Sigil of Bonding
You can equip the Sigil of Bonding to cats. It causes them to ride around on your shoulder more often, which is just a cosmetic thing.
Sigil of Valor
You can equip the Sigil of Valor to dogs, baby wyverns, the Iron Eagle, and the Phoenix. It enables them to aid you in combat, though it only seems to apply to strong enemies with more HP, so they’ll still help loot if there isn’t one around.
Hunter’s Sigil
You can equip the Hunter’s Sigil to all types of animals. The Sigil enables them to collect an additional type of gatherable related to their species, like collecting insects or plants.
| This Pet Type | Gathers This Item Type |
|---|---|
| Dogs | Plants |
| Cats | Small, Butcherable Animals |
| Birds | Insects |
| Everything Else | Insects |
There is no distinction between large and small birds, and everything else encompasses things like Red Pandas, Desert Foxes, Feathered Weasels, etc. They all collect bugs when you equip the Hunter’s Sigil.
Pororin Research Institute
There is a Research Institute located at Petalton Workshop, the southern building on the map out of the quad.
Just like at Scholastone, you can complete a bevy of Research Projects that cost time and money, including:
| Research Name | Silver | Time | Halted Research | Prerequisites | Rewards | Institute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Harmony Research | 1,10 | 2hr | No | None |
| Pororin |
Medicinal Herbs Research
| 7 | 9hr | No | Natural Harmony Research |
| Pororin |
Mysterious Wild Ginseng Energy Research
| 130 | 22hr | Yes | Natural Harmony Research, Medicinal Herbs Research |
| Pororin |
Palmar Leaf Research
| 9 | 6hr | Yes | Natural Harmony Research |
| Pororin |
Plant Combination Research
| 120 | 18hr | No | Palmar Leaf Research |
| Pororin |
Secret Tools of Life – Pororin Research
| 500 | 1d, 4hr | No | Plant Combination Research, Palmar Leaf Research, Natural Harmony Research |
| Pororin |
Efficient Gathering Research
| 70 | 20hr | No | Palmar Leaf Research, Natural Harmony Research |
| Pororin |
Reachwood Ruins Dispatch Plan
| 80 | 14hr | No | Palmar Leaf Research, Natural Harmony Research |
| Pororin |
Observe Double Jump
There’s a trio of shai children hopping on a rock on the west side of the farm at Pororin proper. You can observe them to learn the Double Jump skill.
How to get a Pororin Pack
Sometimes there are little children roaming around with gigantic backpacks called Pororin Porters. Unfortunately, you can’t equip them. The only thing you can do with them is spend them as a material for a regular Kuku Pack, but any Pack will do for that.
The only thing you can steal from them is a loose jar of Honey, but if you startle them by landing in front of them, or use the Sonic Resonator, they will drop the pack for a second. You can’t do anything hostile or they will vanish.
It seems to be a scripted event, so you can’t just get the cats to run and expect one to trip the porter. You can find the porters on the main paths delivering their goods between each region of Pororia.
