Ghostwire: Tokyo - How to Use Offering Boxes to Find Collectibles

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After an action-packed opening chapter, it shouldn't take Ghostwire: Tokyo players too long to get to grips with the game's core mechanics. They're eased into the loop of cleansing shrines, tackling side missions, and tracking down collectibles pretty seamlessly, though there are one or two things that could perhaps have been better explained.

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Offering Boxes are among the most useful supernatural tools that players have at their disposal in Ghostwire: Tokyo, yet the game doesn't do a particularly good job of explaining how they work. For those aiming for 100% completion, these wooden troughs can be worth ten times their weight in Meika, though only if players know how to use them.

Offering boxes can be found at many of the shrines in Ghostwire: Tokyo, and, indeed, many of the shrines in Japan. They're often used to make wishes or give thanks, with people throwing in a coin or two before bowing their heads and making a wish. In Ghostwire: Tokyo, players can also use them to make certain wishes, which, in turn, can help them to find collectibles and other rare items.

When interacting with an Offering Box, players will be asked to make an offering. They can either toss in 100 or 500 Meica, with certain wishes only available when the larger amount is given. They'll then be asked to make a wish, with numerous options available. After choosing one of them, Ghostwire: Tokyo protagonist Akito will bow his head and the effects of the wish will take effect almost immediately.

After making a wish at an Offering Box a cooldown period will begin, though players will be able to use the box again after twenty minutes or so or by leaving and then reentering the area. This can be useful for Offering