Sour Cherry (Ingredient)

Olympus

Sour Cherries are a special ingredient exclusively obtained by completing the Cherry Flan challenge in Olympus.

These challenges are part of the Fantastic Seven side quest.

The Cherry Flan challenge becomes available after completing the storyline of Olympus. Warp in from the Overlook save point and head up the stairs behind you. Once you get to the top, you will spot a couple of giant cherries right in the middle of the floor.

Examine them and the giant Cherry Flan will appear out of the ground.

The Cherry Flan will challenge you to complete an obstacle course where you will have to collect as many mini flans as you can until the timer runs out.

• Hitting at least 10,000 points will get you one Sour Cherry as a reward
• Get the high score of 20,000 points to win three Sour Cherries (plus an ability on the first go)

Quick Tips

Do a few practice runs: This flan challenge is notorious for being frustratingly tough to clear. You’ll likely fail multiple times before even reaching the halfway point in the beginning.

Just do a few practice runs before seriously taking on the challenge. Get the hang of the controls and learn to navigate the often erratic camera angles – you can also save beforehand & just reset if needed.

Get the feel of the course: The track doesn’t always go in a straight line. You’ll come across various alternate paths and forks that take you through a completely separate route.

Just take your time and explore every possible route on the course so you can decide on the best path to take.

Let the boosters guide you: The course is riddled with glowing arrows that give you a speed boost if you steer over them. As soon as you step over one of these, you will be sent in the direction the arrows are pointing to.

Instead of manually steering yourself in different directions, just let the boosters carry you forward. Aside from a few exceptions, these boosters will help you navigate through tight corners and narrow alleys.

Avoid obstacles or it’s game over: Make sure you don’t get stuck in corners or obstacles along the track.

You’ll get an instant game over as soon as you get stuck anywhere.

The parapets around the Gardens area are a guaranteed way to end your run. Avoid these at all costs.

Just steer over the boosters to keep on track and quickly cross this area.

Take detours to score big: While there are plenty of mini flans to go about, you won’t get the high score unless you go off the beaten path. Look for forks in the route and choose the path that needs some manual steering instead of following the boosters.

Take the left path down the slope at the end of the Gardens area to find large groups of mini flans.

Similarly, once you reach the Agora area, go straight on the fork and steer between the boosters to find dozens of flans down a running stream.

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