Spearmaster, master of spears || Completed Survivor, Artificer, Gourmand, & Rivulet

[plucky grove]

I have completed the Survivor, my first campaign, not long ago and it was extremely fun. It truly felt like the game wasn't a problem, I just needed to get better, and that's what made it fun. However when I started Artificer and Gourmand, it just feels like all my skills don't matter since the game is now the issue, and no matter what I do, using every technique I know, I just can't make it far past the starting points/areas.

With Artificer, there are multiple scavengers. Each one with spear-aimbot installed which kill you with one throw. And the slugcat with explosive abilities gets knocked down by an explosive rock that they themself, have created.

With Gourmand, I feel much limited by my movement, which on Survivor, allowed me to maximise the potential of my skills (evading, fighting, traversal). This allows enemies to get me much easier.

[stray rampart]

both of these scugs give you a lot of special movement capabilities or other things in general that should aid in your gameplay
If it helps, try not to compare them with survivor/monk as they offer completely different experiences due to their nature

biggest tip for gourmand I can give is whenever your eyes close stand still until they open again, you will recover from exhaustion a lot quicker that way

Artificer is a lot of trial and error. It may feel like you’re getting no where but keep pushing through and you will make it!! You can also always try taking a different route if one is too difficult

[plucky grove]

Well, Gourmand is going better for me at the moment and that tip you gave now makes it feel a little more like I can move normally now. Thanks.

[plucky grove]

As for this, I have been stuck for hours and have made no progress. It's geniunely pissing me off.

I'm decent and using the movement mechanic for Arti, but when it comes to scavengers, WHY do they have aimbot...

[stray rampart]

Did you try exploring to the right?

[plucky grove]

Which campaign?

[stray rampart]

arti

[plucky grove]

Yes

Shaded Citadel

my least favourite area

made my way to a gate and couldn't cross it

so I just reset my game back to the start

[stray rampart]

you dont need to reset for that

the gate is able to be crossed, you may need to think outside the box

[plucky grove]

I know how, I need scavenger corpses

But it's not worth going to "shoreline"

because there isn't a shoreline anymore

from what i've heard from a friend

[stray rampart]

you should tell your friend not to spoil you on the regions

none of them arent worth going to

[plucky grove]

I don't mind, Artificer is too fustrating to explore everywhere with

Gourmand on the other hand, I'm making progress

[dim trellis]

glad to see you're getting somewhere in gourmand at least

artificer's abilities may come in handy when it comes to dealing with those scavengers though

but it definitely isn't an easy campaign

[plucky grove]

Even using the movement ability, they are able to hit me accurately

[plucky grove]

Meeting Five Pebbles as Gourmand

Didn't say much, just told me to fuck off

[plucky grove]

Managed to make it to another shelter as Artificer

Since I'm past the scavenger toll, I don't have to worry about dying to them over and over.

The main problem is finding scavs to eat

Or anything that doesn't fill only a quarter of one hunger

[twin elm]

There's a metric ton of animals in garbagewastes to eat from

[twin elm]

Shaded has several other connections other than shoreline

And no, shoreline is not worthless to explore in any form either; no region is. Avoid intaking spoilers from friends, and travel to places based on your own exploratory compass

[stray rampart]

I would recommend you explore it

[plucky grove]

Making my way back

so I can go to citadel

because I completely forgot that's how I get to Five Pebbles, which could be useful

[plucky grove]

Had to log off

But I'm stuck at the scav toll area again

The starting one

Except this time it's left to right that I need to go

(Artificer)

As for Gourmand, I am at the Sky Islands gate

I did explore there for quite a while

But I ran out of karma

And now I can't pass the gate

And returning, I don't see any food or any easy way back

[stray rampart]

you can explore elsewhere in whichever region you are in and come back later

[dim trellis]

do you want a combat tip?

[plucky grove]

Sure

[dim trellis]

artificer has another tutorial that never gets triggered on most people's playthroughs
||Explosive jump while holding down to parry||

[plucky grove]

Wdym parry?

[dim trellis]

try seeing what it does in your artificer playthrough

[plucky grove]

I'm making more progress in Gourmand than Artificer

in fact, I have made 0 progress in Artificer

and Gourmand is actually quite fun

[plucky grove]

I found a few bats and fruit, enough to sleep and gain karma

I got enough practice and next time I should be able to make it to the next shelter

and after that, I'm gonna make my way to the Farm Arrays gate

[dim trellis]

nice gourm plans

[plucky grove]

I'm genuinely tweaking rn

Artificer

10 hours

And I'm still at the fucking start

[plucky grove]

Finally

[plucky grove]

I can finally progress

out of the memory crypts

and into the exterior

[stray rampart]

the starting area on arti might be the most brutal part of the campaign if that gives you any motivation!!

[dim trellis]

good job

[plucky grove]

Jarvis, remind me to never go left at the start of any Artificer replays

[stray rampart]

Noted

[shrewd mural]

I remember for my first Arti playthrough I didn't even think of going right

[lunar lynx]

Maybe you need friend slugcat to play with :<

[plucky grove]

How do I do that?

[lunar lynx]

How to get a friend or how to play with friends?

[plucky grove]

both lmao

[lunar lynx]

hmm. well how to get a friend im not sure myself.. maybe i might be able to play at some point
but how to play with friends i do!
in the main menu of Rainworld theres Remix and if you go there you can enable jolly coop. and then before you start a campaign you will be able to see the jolly coop button at the top right. to where you can change your colors and the difficulty. and setup the controllers

[twin elm]

Jolly coop only works as local multiplayer (you need a real friend in-person to hook up controller to the same device)

But you can use Steam Remote Share to be able to play with online friends

Or mods

[stray rampart]

I wouldn’t really recommend playing multiplayer until after you complete the given campaign on your own

[plucky grove]

Alright so I had a bit of a break

With Gourmand, I haven't made any progress (not because i'm stuck but because I haven't played him within these days)
With Artificer, I managed to make my way to the shelter in the exterior before the bottom gate of Five Pebbles

[plucky grove]

I can't enter the bottom gate...

as artificer

because there are no scavs for the gate

Well, I'm making my way up

and around

[plucky grove]

Made it

Tomorrow I'll go meet Five Pebbles

Also I got so lucky

First attempt trying to get to the gate, I got killed by a scav

Second attempt, there was literally no scavs at all

[dim trellis]

that is very lucky, especially in such an open space

congrats on making it to five pebbles though!!

[plucky grove]

In Metropolis

[plucky grove]

Any tips for this area?

[stray rampart]

good luck

It’s pretty, take in the sights

[plucky grove]

Uhhhh

Well that was weird

I'm at a place called the "12th Council Pillar - House of Braids"

[plucky grove]

That was easy

This goes hard

Artificer and Gourmand are actually not that bad, need help || Completed Survivor

Still have Gourmand to complete

[modest oxide]

congrats

[regal pasture]

hello

bruh

[plucky grove]

Thank you :3

[dim trellis]

CONG🐀S ON FINISHING ARTI!!

[dim trellis]

easy meanwhile i struggled

[frigid flicker]

it really does

gg

arti ending is cold bro

[lunar lynx]

What why

Its what i did the first time and that was the most fun ever

[stray rampart]

it makes the game easier when there are two of you, but if you are both going in blind then it is better

like if i played with my friends i already know how the game works and such so it wouldnt be as authentic of an experience for them

[plucky grove]

YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY

WHY DID YOU TURN AROUND

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I'M GONNA FUCKING DIE

I HATE THESE FUCKING DEER

and now I'm stuck before the karma gate without enough karma

great

Found a shelter in Farm Arrays

now I no longer have to worry about the karma gate

Finally

Made it to Subterranean gate

and I'm at the Subterranean shelter

[plucky grove]

I beat Gourmand

So...

Which Slugcat do I play next?

[plucky grove]

Hunter (scratch that, I'm doing hunter last), Rivulet or Spearmaster?

[hallow compass]

[frigid flicker]

hunter

[plucky grove]

Nah, I'm doing that last

[frigid flicker]

damn

[stray rampart]

hunter!
spearmaster :)

[twin elm]

Hunter

[plucky grove]

I literally said, I'm doing him last

[twin elm]

Hunter tomorrow

[hallow compass]

Rivular

[plucky grove]

I guess I'm doing Rivulet next, since two votes for Riv, and one for spearmaster

[frigid flicker]

spearm

[dim trellis]

spear

[plucky grove]

Awww

[plucky grove]

Aight I'm in outskirts

am I going the right way?

[stray rampart]

there isnt necessarily a right or wrong way as long as youre exploring

[dim trellis]

and riv is so zoomies anyway

[hallow compass]

@frigid flicker I'd... prolly avoid using the name of stuff in game

[frigid flicker]

oh sry

[hallow compass]

It's fine, most people don't figure out the name of that place unless they're spoiled so

[frigid flicker]

oh lol

[lunar lynx]

Hunter bro

[plucky grove]

Progress

[plucky grove]

At Shoreline

[warm talon]

teluvir

[plucky grove]

What

[warm talon]

rivulet

[plucky grove]

Rivulet is a silly goober || Completed Survivor, Artificer and Gourmand

[plucky grove]

At a place called "Looks to the Moon"

Yo wassup

Gave friend a rock

Awwww

I gave her green pearl that I had and she told me to go to Five Pebbles

[dim trellis]

[frigid flicker]

rivulet

[plucky grove]

[dim trellis]

nine sols pfp

[plucky grove]

Found Five Pebbles

Why is he broken?

[dim trellis]

[frigid flicker]

nooo pebsi nooo

[plucky grove]

Do I really have to go back the way I came?

All the way

[warm talon]

did you remove the cell yet

[plucky grove]

Yea

I'm also past the memory crypts (on my way back)

Made my way back to Shoreline gate (from Shaded Citadel)

I was dreading going back through Shaded Citadel, but I got through without dying and pretty quickly

[plucky grove]

Made it back to her

I will be careful

[plucky grove]

Found the heart and put the core in

Made my way back to Moon

Found out she was Five Pebble's big sister

[modest oxide]

well, kind of

[plucky grove]

Finished Rivulet campaign

[modest oxide]

congrats!

[plucky grove]

Thank you <3

Well now I only have Spearmaster, Saint, Monk, and Hunter to finish

I dunno in which order though

(but I do need to do Spearmaster to unlock saint, so can't do saint yet)

[plucky grove]

Well, I guess I'm going Spearmaster

Spearmaster, master of spears || Completed Survivor, Artificer, Gourmand, & Rivulet

[lone warren]

Spear guy!!!

joins thread

(spear) master chief halo

"we need to give the scavs back their bomb"

We need to add master chief to rain world

[warm talon]

spearmaste

[plucky grove]

Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing?

[lone warren]

I beat halo ce, 3, ODST, 4 and reach on legendary and halo 2 on heroic

Because halo 2 legendary experience is.... Yes

[plucky grove]

Aight I'm a bit lost

In Industrial Complex

Where do I need to go?

[modest oxide]

where do you usually go when you're in industrial?

also awesome pfp

[warm talon]

somewhere else

[plucky grove]

Well with every slugcat so far, I always made my way to five pebbles, so I went to garbage waste, to shoreline, to shaded citadel, to the exterior, to pebsi

Survivor, he told me to ascend
Artificer, he told me to kill scavenger chief
Gourmand, he told me to fuck off and tell my friends in the west to fuck off too
Rivulet, he told me to help Moon

[plucky grove]

If I don't know where to go, I'll probably play some other game in the meantime (like Deltarune since it released)

[stray rampart]

Five pebbles did tell you where to go in every campaign

[plucky grove]

So I should head there again?

[lone warren]

U should ask the magic 8 ball

[stray rampart]

when in doubt it doesnt hurt to check any key points of interest, but you are free to explore the world however you wish
each campaign brings interesting changes to the environment so it may be worth just figuring them out

[frigid flicker]

AWWWWWW

GG

[lone warren]

Ribs

[plucky grove]

..

[lone warren]

rivulet -> riv -> rib -> ribs

[dim trellis]

[plucky grove]

Give me your ribs

[hallow compass]

I don't want my ribs to be stolen

I'm not pork ribs no matter what they say

[lone warren]

Ogey will do

gives ribs

[dim trellis]

pork ribs goes good with ruffles chips

[plucky grove]

Kinda paused my spearmaster playthrough to play Deltarune, since it came out a week ago (just finished Chaper 3)

[lone warren]

👍 fair enough

have fun in deltarun

e

[dim trellis]

hope you enjoy it

[plucky grove]

I will :3

(I got a bit of school tho, so things are going a bit slowly)

[dim trellis]

goodluck with school!!

[plucky grove]

Okay so school isn't much of a problem anymore

but I did start a game that I promised a friend i would try after a couple months

I'll just continue when I feel like it

[dim trellis]

[modest oxide]

all good, take your time

[plucky grove]

Okay so

Where do I go

I'm trying to go to the like

green water area

but the small thingy (I forgot the name) is telling me to go back to visit an iterator

or smth

[modest oxide]

what campaign are you playing?

[dim trellis]

either way you don't have to follow that thingy if you don't want to

feel free to explore and come back to that later if you'd like

[plucky grove]

In the title "Spearmaster, master of spears"

[plucky grove]

Which way do I need to go tho?

[modest oxide]

try visiting points of interest from your previous playthroughs

[plucky grove]

Like where, I kinda forgot a bit

(I was playing other games, so I need a refresher)

[stray rampart]

any direction not filled out on your map would be a good place to start

[cursive turtle]

If you want hard combat, pick the artificer, it's very hard tho. If you want exploration pick rivulet.

[hallow compass]

Artificer isn't really the most difficult, and difficulty is subjective

[dim trellis]

OP has already finished both...?

[hallow compass]

That too

[plucky grove]

I've completed artificer, check the title

[plucky grove]

Which direction

[stray rampart]

Right I guess

it’s usually not recommended to speedrun through everything

[plucky grove]

It's just Rainworld is a game where exploration is hard, so if I'm heading the wrong direction it'll take me a lot more time and effort to actually progress. And since I have work to deal with, I have a lot less time to play games.

[modest oxide]

You can follow the directions your red friend shows

This one (but he's red)

[plucky grove]

So which way then, because I'm being told to go right here, but by the red friend I'm being told to head left

[modest oxide]

Ig right is the better option

[hallow compass]

Or the pins

[plucky grove]

Aight

[plucky grove]

I'm lost

This area is not how it was before

I have no clue how to make it to shoreline

[stray rampart]

Use your ingame map to see the area and where you haven’t been
Chart it out

[plucky grove]

I would do that if it was a metroidvania

but I'm actively being punished for going the wrong way

so I just want to go where I need to

[stray rampart]

There’s no punishment really, you just wake up and do it again

Then when you find your way out you can just eat and use the same shelter to get the requirement

no need to rush

[dim trellis]

and there is no wrong way in rain world!!

[plucky grove]

The punishment is my free time is being wasted by having to backtrack

Can people just help me instead of waste my time?

I don't want to spend the whole summer holiday trying to find where to go

And then go back to school feeling shit because I didn't do much

Everyone has different ways of enjoying games

I'm just asking for help with enjoying it my way

[stray rampart]

Rainworld is about the journey and learning the world, most people who are helping in these threads agree to that and that’s why we tend to give answers that let you explore on your own

Shoreline is always in the same spot, the right side so head that way

[modest oxide]

Where are you rn and where do you need to go?

I'll give you a direction

[plucky grove]

GW and idk where I need to go

I'm assuming Five Pebbles since that's where I had to go on other runs

[modest oxide]

I see

Then

Try going left

[twin elm]

If you've played other runs before why do you need guidance?

You should have some quantity of memory of where important landmarks are

Take the paths you're familiar with and you'll reach the places you need to

[modest oxide]

Tbf, GW (past) is very different

[plucky grove]

VERY

[plucky grove]

Because not every run is the same?

Like

Come on

[twin elm]

Things are still in the same place

A couple regions are added or are changed

Past gw being a good example in all fairness

But yeah you are free to just leave if you're in a rush. Any gate. Return to a region that's recognizable and beeline to pebbles or moon (or wherever you think you need to go)

All of this aside it should be remembered that the main meat of playing the rainworld experience is the exploring and wandering around. Not the hitting of progression milestones like a checklist. I can understand wanting to get through things quickly in the limited time you have, but it's still worth noting that the blind bumbling around isn't a time waste either. That's what playing rainworld is

[stray rampart]

the map is roughly the same

oops