#Caves of Qud
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AND THERE WAS A FOURTH
and there goes a fifth
oh my god
and a sixth
what
what is up with this map
what
Qud what the hell is going on
and here comes.... a sixth....
um
JOPPA NOW LIKES ME AGAIN APPARENTLY
LOOK AT THIS MADNESS
and then heres the seventh
SEVEN. SEVEN LEGENDARY BABOONS. ALL ON ONE. SINGLE. MAP.
EIGHT NOW.
nine.
and Mollusks now love me
so thats
rad
and theres a tenth
they hate me so much. and I havent even entered. the damned. hideout.
in other news, the baboons killed 90% of a templar war party leaving just the leader on deaths door for an easy kill. I now have a hoversled.
yay
Qud what the hell
......
and now there are even MORE LEGENDARY BABOONS IN THIS HIDEOUT
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
4 more in the hideout now for.... yeah 14 legendaries so far.
17 now
18.....
20.....
21
TWENTY TWO
@rigid parcel TWENTY TWO. LEGENDARY. BABOONS.
theres literally no coming back from this. Im the Baboon anti christ
in other news.
the concept of joppa no longer distains me
like yeah this
this was a huge bump to a ton of my rep
but
what the hell qud
and a random legendary snapjaw in the surounding tiles. I guess this place is just like, a convention of legendaries.
and now theres a legendary glow crow lair.
so.
the current count.
22 baboons.
1 templar.
2 snapjaws.
1 bird.
in this single
3 by 3
this hellsite of a desert canyon.
this is where the Baboon antichrist was born.
in other news: a lot of people REALLY like me now
I will note, as it turns out, dozens and dozens of baboons all attacking you at once, does a lot of damage.
like. I nearly died twice.
thank god for healing items.
annnnnd I just accidentally ate an HUMBLE pie
WELP
GUESS I DIDNT WANT STAT POINTS ANYWAYS
its fine.... I dont even use ego anyways....
yay achivement
I guess
I really wish there were further tiers after despised. I’m nearly at -5k. There’s gotta be something for crossing that line.
I’ve brought most of the civilized world together under one banner.
Baboons must die.
My creed will outlive me, and my legend will flourish.
I really wish I had taken better documentation. But I mean…. The rep shows itself.
Golgotha is hell to traverse for people who aren't like your build, which is most people entering Golgotha.
Anyway, now that you've finished Golgotha, if you can find the place where you get told to go to Golgotha, you might be able to sneak your way back into the MSQ from there.
Why do you think I went to Golgotha?
Most people who enter golgatha (very early) have trouble wandering into a place of gunk, goop, rust, and conveyor belts
And endless swarms.
There were like…. 7 slimes.
points at baboon massacre now THERES endless swarms
Do you have any idea how many allies 22 legendary baboons bring?
was it 22 dozen
Yeah.
Pretty much.
Carpets of the gremlins.
But yes I can see the rust being a nightmare
Nearly was for me.
I think my experience of the early game has been…. Very different from most players.
Just…. Just theoretically. Maybe.
There is an option to not start in Joppa iirc
You still get the quests that point you towards the MSQ
so theoretically its not tooo far away
true, but, and hear me out, I don’t think most “early game” players are level 24, and playing baboon weed whacker, and winning that via brute force.
You jsut have to not find plot-devouring fish in the next place
I hate that fish
I hate these baboons
Love mollusks though. They’re chill. And turtles.
Oh fun fact! Baboons are my most hated faction. By a factor of about 5. The guys who hate me second most are…. Birds.
Anyways love how this game basically writes its own stories, just on accident

the random books usually end up gibberish, its jsut some are interesting gibberish
Fair
They're like a Madlibs where they used the "least common" synonyms from a thesaurus for the one they wanted to put there.
I did a lot of questing late at night and just kinda hammered through dialogue. So. All I know is a purple bear gave me a non scratched disk and said “figure it out”
Idk she seems nice enough
is purple, is bear, thats not a baboon or fish
are the birds purple
Yes.
But some are snakes
Who also are purple on occasion
Indeed
Buuut…. All the underground purple bears (not this one) have been super chill
So
Ehhh…. It evens out

Currently I’m trying out the asphalt mines
Cause…. Idk. Seemed fun.
Supposedly there’s crabs
The cave with a floor full of liquid asphalt in the vicinity of the Six Day Stilt?
Which can get you a bunch of money because Non-Water Liquids sell for quite a lot?
I have 6000 monies in rocks. If I want money I can find it.
Sorry that was meant for hero
Discord is drunk
Anyways point being. I’m here for crabs, loot, and murder.
And hopefully some XP
Most stuff has just kinda
Stopped giving any
Of course I could progress but like…. I wanna level a bit more.
okay, so, I am not ready even remotely, for the tar pits
psudopods down there just.... slaughtered me
on like floor.... 4
so Ill be saving that for later
I dont have an addiction. I can stop whenever I want.
oh my god canibals are chill with me now
pffffffft
maybe I can get butchering then
Slew so many baboons you might be able to learn butchering
so. so fire ant..... fire ant is literal
also, Im so glad I finally have a game that lets me find people who can use mental manipulation powers, and just lets me SLAUGHTER THEM
like
thats been a fantasy for a real long time
and finally a game lets me do it
mind control is morally reprehensible mkay?
just consuming someones soul is completely acceptable though
ah yes. hated because.... look man its been way, WAY too long.
all the psykers are trying to mentally eat each other anyways, you just get to them first
sadly, dont have the ability to eat their souls
all I can do is nibble on the fleshy bits
the number of goatfolk I have seen commit seed grenade based suicide is.... around 7 now
they really need to work on their throwing arms
buddy. buuuddyyyyyyy....
wrong choice.
wroooonnnngggg
choice
running away would have been better
at least hten you can die tired.
GOOD NEWS. IM NO LONGER TOO STUPID TO COOK.
bad news Im either 6 levels away from getting spicer, or have to find some town that teaches it
.... Shem -1 buddy.... do.... do you need a hug?
I ATE WHAT
also I finally have.... positive rep with Joppa
a town
that again
no longer exists
yay?
Those are fun.
There's an achievement that requires you to inject yourself with one when you're nearby to a reflective surface (such as a pool of clean water).
ooh Ill have to try that then
ah. its using the look command on yourself
woo free achivement!
The reflective surface makes it more thematic, of course.
of course
alright now to try to nearly reach a level up, run away from this goat hellscape, and then save scum a mutation
woo! save scumming!
so guess who realized they had some nectar injectors.
anyways, yay for cooking
in other news: nectar injectors are one of about 3 ways to randomize the mutation pool
....
hm
the wiki.... explained this very poorly
carapace is now taking up one of my hand slots....
so thats
really rude
while also being on my body....?
Anything that cycles the RNG by calling for RNG, will randomize the mutation pool.
Eater Nectar is simply one of the reliable methods.
fair enough
Technically combat is too, but typically you're wanting a different method to cycle it, since combat is what'll usually then get you the level for checking the mutations.
yeah
its worked out
yay new body plan
which
the wiki poorly explained
and I wont be able to 'fix' until Im at endgame
and complete the horrors of my dreams
I mean I could just, spawn it in.... but..... thats lame
game. could we NOT spawn space time vortexes in spaces I was JUST CLICKING ON
and now thats just rude.
ah
it was mirrored clones
But those are the best places to spawn them.
apparently
also
I hate flowers
why, WHY, DO THEY ALL HAVE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE
JUST ATTACKING THEM CHUNKS MY HEALTH
huh. neat.
I mean, neat shirt.... but not as viceral as I was hoping
I was more hoping "became the incarnation of baboonic slaughter over a fish"
Qud runs on potatoes.
so it does
Qud has some incredibly fancy ui for a roguelike, but it still runs on basically anything
yes.... a roguelike.....
mhm......
I will never play on classic mode. I refuse. As much madness and masochism I have, I still have a modicum of respect for my time.
The true Qud experience: Truekin Classic Mode.
with Either/Or enabled?
I might, maybe, after I feel that I have "understood" Qud, might try classic
but its just.... really not my cup of tea
No RNG outside of combats and merchant stock.
The ability to equip Cybernetics without roundabout methods.
Holy cleansing of all mutants.
One life, unless you find the Precog cooking recipe.
what do you mean "no RNG"
theres not world gen RNG for classic mode?
no random legendaries?
There is, but I'm talking recurrent RNG.
Truekin Classic Mode maximizes the Skill, rather than the RNG.
fair
I still dont think truekin could survive the RNG of 22 legendary baboons simultaniously
+templar spawn. or wait. templars like truekin dont they?
Depends on what Cybernetics they've been able to find.
fair
Yes, Templars like Truekin.
Since Templars are Truekin.
no wonder they hate me even though Ive done nothing to them*
*has killed dozens of them and will kill again
Truekin, being humans, that haven't been mutated.
I recognize like every other one
I FREED MY LEFT HAND FROM ITS CURSED EXISTENCE AS A SECOND SHELL!
AHAHAHAHAH!
the solution?
getting it dismembered
who knew having your hand bitten off by a fish, would fix it
oh so THATS what brackish means. combination of salt and fresh. neat.
Qud setting wise is just an etrian game
etrian?

Ohhhhhhh
Yeah the atlus dungeon crawler series where you draw your own map and/or perish
which is partly on steam now instead of ds
if you notice, my pfp is the Alchemist from EO1
1-3 have HD ports IIRC.
That is what is on steam, yeah
Yeah its the whole go down stratums in caves and (qud and etrian spoilers) || find the ruins of what'd definately/probably earth||
Also sometimes || there's aliens||
Checks out
you know Qud. This. This is the reason I was hesistant to read your 1.0 patch notes. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAAAANNNNN
[redacted] of course!
Aklyooooooooooooooon
Story spoilers.
It's funnier to not use the html markdown for spoilering, and instead just write "[redacted]".
this is true
plus the release notes might be printed somewhere else without the spoiler markup
yep
This does not help knowing whay bugs have been fixed at all
yeahhhhh
thats
thats my one complaint
unless of course
there is a character named [redacted] with an action you can preform CALLED [redacted] in which case
solid patch no notes
although
I severely doubt this being the case
#1315347989669351474 message
Trust the process. All will be revealed in due time.
the process is Im going to eventually kill literally every living creature on every surface map tile save one town.
because apparently
the level softcap is somewhere around 30
but that was a post from a decade ago
because apparently the Caves of Qud discussion for anything
is just a decade or more old
I have no idea why this is
For the same reason why all the Dwarf Fortress "Starter Guides" are 15 years old. :P
everyone who wanted to figured it out, and everyone else is stuck piecing it together themselves yes I understand that
or at least..... it is a DEEPLY similar vibe
it is..... interesting.
Maybe someone has seen the atory and is a bit of an idiot aho isnt sure whay the bugfixes mean ( that's me I tend to be that)
I have returned!
the baboon anti christ lives once more!
no seriously dear god.
22 legendary baboons and all their friends. what a day that was.
now I need to figure out what the hell I was doing
WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM
Unless you did a fair bit more after the last time the DM convo of this game was happening in the DMs between you and me, it should be the last thing in said DMs that's about Qud.
Said last thing is you were farming Schrödinger's Pages.
schrodingers pages.... why did I want them......
oh right mollusk rep!
yeah already did that
ate the cloaca
They let you control Reputations without needing to do killing or water rituals.
Because they're (in lore) quantum technology from before the apocalypse that lets you literally rewrite the world's history in tiny ways, which mechanically results in you gaining a small amount of Reputation with a faction of your choice.
If you need something to focus on, doing a little bit of the main quest would probably be an easy one, given you're probably massively overleveled compared to where the main quest probably expects you, given the slaughter of 22 Legendary Baboons and Friends of Said Legendary Baboons.
to answer that, uhhhh, its complicated.
but long story short
while I was exploring 22 legendary baboons and all their friends jumped me
and I slaughtered my way through them
Most seeds start with players being hated by Baboons, and the tutorial quest of collecting copper wire from the Rust Hills involves going into places with Apes, which are usually friendly to Baboons, so this is unsurprising.
@buoyant heart here is the start of the legacy
Reminder that I didn’t get to do any starting quests because of one god damned fish
Joppa liked one fish more than all their lives
At least if you start any new runs, you now know not to attack fish that are near Joppa. :P
probably
lemme guess, you were in a starting town and you accidentally hit a fish inside town limits and the entire town turned on you?

