Hello Future Grove Keepers!
In Beyond the Grove, you can grow in power as you travel outside of your grove. This is achieved through the accumulation of Essence and communing with Mother Mushroom to obtain blessings. Below is that process in detail.
You will be awarded Essence depending on how efficiently you win a map. You will always get 50 Essence for winning, but that number can go higher. You can also get Essence via other means, like through blessings and objectives on the map.
After you complete a map, you will convene with Mother Mushroom, your source of power (via the mycelial network). While communing with her, she provides you with possible blessings for you to choose from to power up. These blessings could be new elements, new Grove Keeper powers, power ups for your caps, powers for your golems, and more.
However, if you get overwhelmed, you will teleport back to your grove and Mother Mushroom - and in doing so, will lose all of your blessings. It will not all be for nothing though! You will accumulate experience which you can take with you always - we’ll cover experience and skill points in the next dev update.
Thanks for reading!