Golfaria FAQ and Map

Introduction

I’m compiling Golfaria information for new players to use as a resource as they explore Golfaria. Where appropriate I have done my best to mark spoilers. If you enjoy Golfaria, please check out the UFO 50 Subreddit and the UFO 50 Discord, fonts of useful info for the entire UFOSoft catalog of games! Also feel free to leave a comment for anything you want to contribute or see added!

NOTE: Potential spoilers have been hidden, so feel free to read through even if you want to avoid spoilers!

2nd NOTE: If you are new to Golfaria and find getting around super frustrating, read the Tips and Tricks section below, then check out the Fun Walkthrough for Beginners to get started!

Golfaria Overview

Golfaria is an action-adventure RPG with a unique system of movement and story. The player awakens in a cave directly under Putterton, and must use their limited number of shots to explore the world, gain new abilities, help other balls, learn about the creator of Parbots, and find the mysterious holy tee.

Basics of Movement

The player starts with 20 strokes out of a max of 20. Every time the player moves, the stroke count reduces by 1. This includes leaping out of divots or pitching (jumping) out of sand. It does NOT include leaving holes. There are no stroke penalties for falling into water or a hole, but the player’s position resets to where they were before the took the shot. Some enemies can also reduce the player’s shot count. The game ends when the player runs out of strokes; the player will return to their last touched Checkpoint Flag.

The player can add strokes back to their stroke count in several ways:

1. Knock an insect into the water or a hole
2. Roll into a Birdie
3. Pick up an ability or item
4. Find a Safe Zone in the underworld (your starting hole is a Safe Zone)
   • Safe Zones also have Checkpoint Flags!

NOTE: Finding a Safe Zone, picking up an ability, or collecting an item will refill your stroke count to the max!

The player can also add to their max stroke count by acquiring Golf Clubs in the underworld.

Abilities

There are 4 abilities that can be acquired by exploring Golfaria’s underworld (Spoiler):

• Ball Brakes
• Sand Roll
• Block Buster
• Water Roll

Items and Assistants

• Birdie: Adds strokes to your current stroke count
• Eagle: Adds strokes to your current stroke count
• ParBot: Mysterious mechanical birds that will escape with a report on your progress if not destroyed in 5 strokes
• Golf Club: Adds to your max stroke count

Potential Spoiler Items

• Ghost Balls: They will aid you when the time comes…
• Holy Tee Piece: What happens if you collect them all…?

Tips and Tricks

1. TOO LITTLE POWER IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN TOO MUCH POWER
   • Full-power shorts are almost NEVER a good idea, ESPECIALLY in the Underworld!
2. Don’t worry about perfect timing when making shots! Just focus on these 4 types of shots, two of which require almost no skill to perform:
   • Alignment shot: the fastest tap of the button
     • Use this to line up for precision shots
   • Light shot: hold the button for just a fraction of a second longer
     • Very useful in the Underworld for getting around obstacles
   • Half shot: perfect for getting up small slopes
     • Small slopes are about the the same height/width as your ball
   • Full shot: as it says
     • With few exceptions, any shot more powerful than a half-shot is going to get you the same result
3. To get consistent with your shot power, try counting to 2 such that right when you finish saying “two,” the meter is at full power. This way you can better gauge half-power shots by releasing the button righter after saying “one.”
   • Anything after “one” is basically a full-power shot, and only really needed in very specific situations
4. Any time you get a permanent improvement (max stroke count, ability, etc.), you can pause and reset the game to immediately return to your last checkpoint and keep your reward
   • This is usually the best option, but check the area around you in case your new ability grants you access to something cool!
5. Find the abilities first; they can make movement easier and open up new areas
   • Start by exploring the 4 corners of the world
   • Other balls will give you a hint when you are near “something good”
6. Each part of the overworld has its own challenges. If you find one area frustrating, try exploring a different area
7. Use Checkpoint Flags as a homebase to explore the region around them
8. The Overworld and Underworld maps sync up; holes will be in the same place on both maps
9. Your increased stroke max and abilities stay with you even after you run out of strokes, keep at it!

Potential Spoiler Tips & Tricks

• If you are having trouble finding abilities, the first ability is in the Northwest corner; then work your way around the map counter-clockwise
• Wait to collect pieces of the Holy Tee until you have all 4 abilities
• Ghost Balls will give you extra strokes if you run out while fighting the final boss. Collect them all!
• The Terminal code FORE-EVER will give you infinite strokes BUT it also completely resets your progress if you lose all your strokes (yes you can still lose strokes), AND you can’t get gold or cherry while using it, so use it to explore freely, then start a new game when you’re ready to beat it

Terminal Codes

Here are the known Terminal codes for Golfaria (Spoiler)

Code	Effect	Notes	Where Found
FORE-EVER	Unlimited Strokes	– You can still lose all your strokes due to certain enemies – If you run out of strokes, you lose all items and progress

Gold and Cherry Finishes

Gold Disk Finish (Spoiler)

Defeat the Final Boss

Cherry Disk Finish (Spoiler)

1. Collect all Golf Clubs (20), Ghost Balls (8), and abilities (4)
2. Find and place the Holy Tee pieces (4) in the Tee Temple
3. Destroy all Parbots (10)
4. Defeat the final boss

User Eightywithout used a YouTube Cherry completion video posted by YouTuber Val1407 to create a very helpful list of locations and requirements for getting Cherry in Golfaria! You can find a link to the video and the list it on the UFO 50 Subreddit!

Map

Please note that the maps (especially the underworld) contain spoilers for pretty much everything in the game. I personally found the exploration and discovery aspects of Golfaria to be a highlight, and I encourage players to find their own path. That being said, a map can really help get past some of the challenges of this game’s style of movement, so please enjoy when you’re ready!

Updates & Notes – 10/09/24

Updates

• 10/11/24 – Wrote a detailed walkthrough for beginners to collect the first 2 abilities; the second two abilities have simple steps but need more details; added better and more useful tips specifically for movement!
• 10/10/24 – I created a fantasy version of the map just for fun. Updated the featured image with it 🙂 ; Added a Fun Walkthrough For Beginners, but it’s just the skeleton for now
• 10/09/24 – Hid potential major spoilers! Also added more Underworld maps and Overworld hole names; tried to make the map fancy by adding markers and stuff, but it kicked my ass, so I’m going to make a “spoiler free” map to help nudge people in the right direction instead
• 10/08/24 – Added missing Sunken Slowdown Area to the Overworld map; Added hole names to a lot of holes on the Overworld; Added more underworld maps and names, approx. 60% complete, including maps to all four abilities and one Tee piece
• 10/03/24 – Updated the Featured Image to avoid map spoilers (users on phones would see the entire image); added spoiler tags for Tips & Tricks; cleaned up the Underworld map a bit for usability; changed “NPC” to “Ghost Ball” and owning it
• 10/02/24 – Added everything that isn’t the map
• 10/01/24 – Added the Underworld Map
• 09/30/24 – Moved Map progress from the Reddit Post to here
• 09/26/24 – Began building the Maps

Known Issues

• Map
  • Overworld – Missing hole names, eagles, NPCs
  • Underworld – Missing maps, hole names, items, NPCs
  • Markers on Maps
• Need to confirm
  • Gold Disk Finish
  • Strokes added from golf clubs, items, defeating enemies
  • Terminal Code behavior, where it was originally found
• Need to add
  • Ability descriptions
  • Enemy list
  • Item list
  • NPC list
  • Overworld Location Names?