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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azumahas many optional side quests to complete in addition to its main story, which you might stumble across randomly when exploring Azuma. Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri is one such Azuma side quest inRune Factory: Guardians of Azumathat sees you feed Onigiri recipes to a mysterious hole in the ground. Doing so gives you some player-chosen rewards inside a big basket or little basket, with six Onigiri hole spots to feed. Consequently, you might wonder if you should choose the big basket or little basket inRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, and what reward you get with each choice.
This guide details all the rewards you get for choosing the big or little basket inRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma’sRoll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri, its six quest locations, and the various Onigiri recipes you must choose to satisfy the hole’s strange inhabitants in this quirky quest. While it could bean ideal post-game activity, it’s also a quest that’s best attempted once you’ve at least unlocked all the Sacred Treasures in the game, specifically the Sacred Staff and Sacred Parosol, which you will need to reach some of the quest locations.
How To Start Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
To start Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri quest inRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, follow the beach aroundSummer Shoreson theSummer Region mapuntil you reach thesmall slope near the Open Pavilion Dragon Statue, as pictured on the map above.
On approaching, a cutscene triggers, showing you and Woolby talking to a villager about the strange, singing hole in the ground, followed by the option to roll something inside. Specifically, you’ll need tomake an Onigiri, and then feed it to the hole, which you can do by selecting the Onigiri recipe in the inventory menu that appears when interacting with the hole.
Afterfeeding the hole Onigiri, you’ll get a reward when choosingbetween a big or little basketandunlocking the Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri quest, categorized as an Azuma side quest in the game. Subsequent Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri spots will then ask for a specific Onigiri recipe.
Big Basket Vs. Little Basket Choice
Unlike otherbig decisions inRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, the only difference between choosing the big or little basket iswhat secondary reward you getat each Onigiri location. If you select the big basket at the Summer Region location that triggers the quest, you’ll getStrong Thread, but picking thelittle basketgives youthree pieces of Silver. However, whichever basket you choose, you’ll still receive theButter Roll Recipeas the primary reward (a level 1 cooking recipe made from flour and butter).
At each Roll, Roll, Your Onigiri quest Location, you’ll also get the chance to choose from more little and big baskets for your reward, the only difference being which secondary reward you get, as detailed in the table further below.
Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri Quest Locations and Rewards
If you want to complete the entire quest and get all possible rewards, there are five moreRoll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri locationsto discover across Azuma. You can find each location by its Onigiri map icon, with each hole requiring a specific Onigiri recipe, as listed below and pictured on the maps above:
At each location, you’ll be asked to choose between a big or little basket as your reward. Ticking off all six Roll, Roll, Roll, Your Onigiri locations completes the quest, giving youMatcha Flan RecipeandOnigiri Replicadecoration as your final primary reward. However, you’ll get adifferent secondary rewardeach time in additiontothe same primary reward,depending on whether you choose the big or little basket, with all possible quest rewards detailed in the table below:
Dawnbreak Island (The Forgotten Grove Entrance Dragon Shrine in Spring Skies)
Onigiri Recipes in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
There are several Onigiri Recipes you need to make to complete Roll, Roll, Roll Your Onigiri inRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, which require the following ingredients to make once you’ve unlocked each recipe:
Greatest Grilled Onigiri
While most of the above Onigiri recipes are somewhat straightforward to unlock, some are a little trickier to find. To get theMiso Onigiri recipe, you’ll need to activate thesmall frog statueon the group of islands opposite Summer Shoresand the Open Pavilion dragon save statue in theSummer Region map. However, to reach the frog statue, you need touse the Sacred Parosolon the wind current, a Sacred Treasure you unlock when reaching Winter Village.
To get theGreatest Grilled Onigiri recipe, you’ll need to reachlevel 6 friendship with Matsurito unlock the ability tocook together. Afterward, head to Iroha’s Teahouse or any Teahouse, thenchoose the Grilled Onigiri recipe tocook together with Matsuri, which should have a chef’s hat icon indicating it leads to aunique recipe. After cooking the Grilled Onigiri recipe with Matsuri, you’ll automatically unlock the Greatest Grilled Onigiri recipe, a unique recipe that you can then cook using Onigiri and Soy Sauce.
Although you can cook Onigiri, it’s also possible to collect basic Onigiri near shrines across Azuma. Like other recipes in the game, you can cook Onigiri at bonfires in addition to Teahouses. There is also a cooking station to unlock at the main Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Village Shrine once you’ve fixed the roof.
