Way of the Scugs

[tidal topaz]

@ivory thorn done

i apologize again for any trouble

[ivory thorn]

Nah, no problem.

And also, feel free to get the ending. Once you do it, you can always come back to the last save.

[frigid torrent]

funny cycle number

[carmine rampart]

Reposted starting message

Hi, I´m playing by my own and without guides, but i know a few (very few lol) things from videos about the game, so id like to know what else can i do before finishing Monk´s story.

Things ive done:
||- Met Looks To The Moon.

• Met Five Pebbles.
• Met the Echo "Six Grains of Gravel".
• The Scavengers accepted me as one of them.||

I´m currently on my way to reach ||Looks to the moon|| now i can ||understand what she says||, but i dont thing it´ll be much more than just lore and a wholesome moment.

For what i know Monk and Survivor only have one ending available until ||finishing Gourmand´s campaign(?)||, and with the stuff ive done atp i also think i´m ready to finish my first rainworld run.
Id like to know any further stuff i could be missing to make my experience even richer, thank you for reading

PD. No need to reply with vague answers to avoid spoiling me, i dont mind spoilers at all heh

disclaimer: reposted since i enabled the downpour dlcs since the very beginning

[rare stag]

image had a spoiler so 📚

wrong enoji

💥

[north socket]

Sorry had to repost, I don't think anyone noticed the image soilers

[rare stag]

i did

[frigid torrent]

oh right
i only paid attention to the cycle number

[spring trellis]

do you remember what pebbles said to you

[tidal topaz]

Some kind of quest, and that´s why i headed to ||the farms||
but tbh, i dont know what should i seek there

[frigid torrent]

i can get the dialogue if you need

[tidal topaz]

i have the dialogue

i think it means i should head to ||subterranean|| now?

[frigid torrent]

still, if you need the full dialogue for additional info, you can always ask

[tidal topaz]

i took screenshots of everything FP said, dw

i´m just like, super clueless

[spring trellis]

dont need to spoiler in your own thread

past the first message and title since everyone sees those

[tidal topaz]

ah, good to know

found something

[tidal topaz]

is it ok if i edit this thread´s title?

so it is not Monk-only, and more like a personal journal/thread to ask for help

[north socket]

Go right ahead!

I know of people who change their thread name a LOT (cough cough @rare stag )

[rare stag]

🥹

[tidal topaz]

perfecc

Way of the Scugs

fine, so whats the purpose of passages?

i had the survivor and the chieftain one, and picked the survivor one by accident

[spring trellis]

should be easy to infer what they do if you try to use them

the game might also tell you directly idk

[tidal topaz]

I did used one, besides the tp what are they useful for?

[zenith solar]

Is tp not enough of an impressive use?

[tidal topaz]

it is, specially when you use it in the right moment

but idk, since they are all different i expected stuff like small buffs or minimal gameplay changes

i wasted mine in going back to the outskirts lmao

[zenith solar]

Well, you get different artworks per passage based on the topic of it

[tidal topaz]

but when i pick one the other disappears

[zenith solar]

Passages are one time use

Would be too powerful otherwise

[tidal topaz]

nono i mean, let me see the ones ive unlocked and the artwork

the one time use is fair

i had the chieftain, and just unlocked another one

but i cant click on em, and only the survivor´s icon stays in the screen

[zenith solar]

[tidal topaz]

[zenith solar]

It is possible to use passages multiple times

As in

Once each

[tidal topaz]

i mean i cant see the artwork for the others ive unlocked

[zenith solar]

Yeah you'd have to passage again in the future to see the art for the next one

[tidal topaz]

awww lmao

theres no sense in trying to get any other passage in this run then

[zenith solar]

You could use up all your passages immediately to see all the arts

Would be impractical and a waste but would be funny

[tidal topaz]

how, can i scroll thru em to pick one?

[zenith solar]

You can't choose em, you do em in the order you got them

You got survivor first. So when you passaged it gave you survivor art.

You said you got chieftain next? If you passage again it will show you chieftain art.

And so forth.

[tidal topaz]

but, cant i just use one in the whole run?

[zenith solar]

No lol

You can only use EACH ONE once

You've won 3 right .. you can passage 3 times total.

[tidal topaz]

oh but, i was complaining about that
the chieftain icon disappeared

and the saint one (i think is the one i recently got?) isnt there too

[zenith solar]

In what way did they disappear?

They were on the symbols list in the bottom left corner, and then suddenly they weren't anymore?

Or, something else

[tidal topaz]

yep

only the survivor icon, in a faded gray

[zenith solar]

Are you sure you've won them?

It's also possible you made progress to em but still haven't won em, and thought you did

[tidal topaz]

when you unlock em you can´t skip the sleeping screen

and also i got the steam trophies for em

[zenith solar]

Ah, good

But yeah, l don't know the explanation then probably

One likely exists but ofc there's always small chance there's just a glitch

Best reassurance l can give is that you don't need passages very much anyway

In rainworld you're always kept busy enough in new regions without needing to tp back to old ones

You'll get more chances to see other passage arts sometime

In other slugcats for example

[tidal topaz]

do you casually knoe how difficult is the game´s platinum trophy?

for what ive seen most of the achievements are interactions or passages related

i´m still clueless about some

[zenith solar]

As in 100%ing achievements?

Going into specifics would carry heavy spoilers

But it is quite challenging

Particularly with downpour dlc becoming involved

[tidal topaz]

downpur and watcher add achievs?

[zenith solar]

Downpour adds several yes

Watcher doesn't, yet

Many have complained about it not adding ones

[tidal topaz]

spoilers have never ruined any experience for me
i was about to refund the game until i saw a video about each slugcat campaign, and oh dear

it was so beautiful i left any other game i was playing aside
i want to get everything

[zenith solar]

Frankly l agree wholeheartedly. My rainworld experience was not blind played either

But there's nevertheless a code of conduct upheld by helpers in this forum

[north socket]

We have a strict rule set when it comes to soilers

[zenith solar]

We try to preserve the player's discovering of things on their own as much as possible when applicable

[tidal topaz]

i get it

i usually help people about blasphemous and hollow knight and i know to be careful with spoilers, but it´s kinda complicated for a game like this

yall do a great job 💗

also any custom slugcats campaigns in the workshop?
ive only tried the Vinki one

[north socket]

I'd be careful of the workshop, it can contain soilers

[old sun]

Workshop is no mans land spoilers

[tidal topaz]

as i said, idc about spoilers in like anything

i discovered the game bcs a youtuber i like made a video getting all the trophies

it´s my own experience after all

disclaimer about how i respect other people experiences

[zenith solar]

I echo what the others say, but to answer your question, Yes

It is a very overflowing genre

Some fan campaigns are very beautiful and thought out

I've tried none though

[north socket]

I can't try any so I have no say in this

[tidal topaz]

oh, console?

[zenith solar]

Completely subjective critique though is that many of them slip too much into OC territory

[tidal topaz]

AGREE

[zenith solar]

Special and Built Different

[tidal topaz]

either OC or meme territory

[old sun]

The average 8 year old making an oc: /silly /lh

[zenith solar]

It divorces too much from them being animals

Giving em exaggerated Main Character powers

[old sun]

I kinda do this with Igna but as a treat I slap on like, 10 downsides per thing lmao
That one rp server I was in did a number on my oc making

Gotta make it FAIR and EQUAL and all that shi

[tidal topaz]

it should keep the struggle to survive experience in the player

[zenith solar]

Downpour's scugs definitely commit this sin too but at least to a relatively lesser extent

[tidal topaz]

that feeling of bein so unique yet so fragile

[old sun]

God Simulator

[zenith solar]

I think "slugcat but with gills" is a natural enough evolution to stomach, for example

[tidal topaz]

atleast spearmaster gets naturally nerfed half its walkthrough

[old sun]

"Naturally"
Fetch quest for 2/3rds of the campaign

[tidal topaz]

"oh so you can wield two spears?, not anymore"

i have no mouth and i must store items

[tidal topaz]

ugh whats up with fps drops in some zones

apparently it is a common thing?

even on NASA level pcs, and last gen consoles

[north socket]

Weird? I haven't experienced and FPS drops in any zones before

[tidal topaz]

ive tried to play in med and low specs, and for a reason i had more issues than playing on high specs

also i turned on Vsync, at 60 frames
and for a weird reason i still get 80 fps

[north socket]

Vsync goes to your monitors refresh rate

It locks your frames at your monitors refresh rate to lessen the chance of screen tearing

So, your monitor might be an 80 hertz monitor

[tidal topaz]

its a 120hz monitor, but i always cap my games at 60 frames

[north socket]

Oh strange

[tidal topaz]

yep, could be visual but

funny to mention

aaaaaa i´m about to finish Monk´s campaign

[tidal topaz]

it got fixed!

this completely changes my plans

what does this sort of calendar means?

[rare stag]

you don’t need to worry about it too much for now

if you figure out what it means great

otherwise no big deal

[tidal topaz]

hmmm i assume those are like, locations?

i´ll think about it, thx

[tidal topaz]

uhhhh

[zenith solar]

Lot of passages

Doing super well

[tidal topaz]

4:32 am

wow

i cant get all the passages in one run right?

[zenith solar]

It's totally possible

[tidal topaz]

i´m missing Mother, Nomad, Martyr, Friend, Dragon Slayer and Hunter

nvm Mother is blocked behind Gourmy´s alt ending

ok i´m never getting champion and expedition leader pfffft, guess i´ll just have fun with the remaining slugs

[tidal topaz]

i lowkey want to skip Survivor, i have to do exactly the same

but now i´m able to throw spears normally

[spiral sigil]

Go right ahead and skip it if you want to!

[tidal topaz]

i might give myself some time before going on