Survivor Reset Play

[marsh sequoia]

Reposted starting message

So, I got frustrated on Shoreline after my Karma being rock bottom thanks to those dumb leeches and since it was a long time since I played, I deleted my game and started from scratch. Thanks to the Wiki, I have learned some new game mechanics which I was not aware of before! However, how in the world I found my first ||Echo|| in ||Shaded Citadel|| so easily the first time is beyond me…

[dapper tide]

The leeches get us all trust me

I'd try not to use the wiki as much as possible as you could spoil yourself but I can't stop you only discourage you

Is there anything you're particularly struggling with?

[lone osprey]

I’m careful in not spoiling myself as I like to find things out myself generally but thank you.

I play on PlayStation as opposed to PC so some of the controls are different. For example how you can do some flips and dodge moves. If I could figure out how to use some of those, I might be able to dodge lizards easier

[dapper tide]

I'm also a fellow console player (Xbox) and yea I can confirm that the flips and dodge moves are pretty difficult for us console people

(Well, not that difficult but harder than it is on PC)

[lone osprey]

Also I sometimes have trouble reaching some shelters so I wonder if I’m missing something. Like there is a shelter in the Shaded Citadel that I can’t reach and the rain gets me every time…

[dapper tide]

What room seems to be giving you trouble?

[lone osprey]

Do you have any tips on how to friend Scavs to get a lantern to use in the Shaded Citadel? Also, I have a theory that if you meet Looks to the Moon and eat the spores that cause Slugcat to glow and have a bigger drive for survival, do you not need a lantern then?

[dapper tide]

Find out

[lone osprey]

I would have to login and SS it to help be more clear which room it is

[dapper tide]

(That's more for your second question, less of for your first but it still applies)

[dapper tide]

I mean, even if you could give a description of the room us Felpers could figure it out

[lone osprey]

I know Scavs like to trade, so I give them pearls but one time I threw one for them but I wasn’t sure they noticed it. So I picked it up to try to give it again and they killed me…

[lone osprey]

The shelter is in the upper right hand corner of the room and out of reach of Slugcat. I try to use a spear as a ledge but I can’t get it to stick. As you enter the room from the left hand side, there are a few tall pillars I guess? I’ll have to take a look to describe it better

Another time I saw a Scav being dragged away by a lizard so I went to help it. I followed them and was spearing the lizard. Now either the Scav thought I was a threat or I was caught in the cross fire, but it used a Flashbang on me and I went flying… So much for trying to do a good deed

Also, you got to love it when you move into another room just to wind up in the jaws of a lizard right on the other side… I guess you could say I hit a rough patch

[mellow sigil]

it shouldn't be harder at all if you use dpad, and I actually find it more comfortable when working with controller.

[dapper tide]

[lone osprey]

I figured it out! There was a pole hidden in shadow that I was able to climb

I’m at full karma again so I should be able to find the Echo this round. Just need to get there from my shelter

[lone osprey]

Good news: I found the Echo in the Shaded Citadel again
Bad news: Lost all my karma trying to get past those Monster Kelp
Good news: Made it to the Memory Crypts which I’ve never been to before
Bad news: Ran into those Miros birds. Just met them and already don’t like them

[sick belfry]

[lone osprey]

That moment when you realized it does matter which hand the spear is in when you want to throw it into a wall to make a platform…

To think all the times it worked, I had it in the right hand for it to work and suddenly when it doesn’t work anymore, it was in the other hand

[lone osprey]

Well I got to The Leg. Apparently I’m heading to hard regions before I done easier regions.

I ran out of time and it is supposed to rain but I’m in a room and instead of rain, the room is sparking green everywhere and Slugcat is being shook around like popcorn but it hasn’t died yet… a glitch perhaps?

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[gloomy merlin]

yup its a bug

[simple moat]

(wrong ping, it's First Playthrough Helpers) no need to ping it now that you've pinged that, though

[gloomy merlin]

u should be ded

[simple moat]

but yeah, a glitch

[lone osprey]

I thought so. Poor Slugcat was popcorn…

[gloomy merlin]

[lone osprey]

So 8’m just exploring the area trying to find shelters to move on. Never been to these regions before

[gloomy merlin]

good plan

[lone osprey]

If only I could up my karma. At the bottom rn

[covert meteor]

good luck!!!!

[lone osprey]

This isn’t my first playthrough per se but I reset my progress because I was tired of being a rock bottom karma at the mercy of leeches so here I am at tougher levels without having even seen Looks to the Moon yet… whee!

What are those slug things that crawl along the pink slime?

Can you use those to get around?

[gloomy merlin]

try experimenting !

[lofty tulip]

yummy gelper ping

[rose token]

gelper,,,

[dapper tide]

Gelper ping

[gleaming vector]

i wish they pinged gelpers more

we're cool too guys.... 😭

also apologies for the reply ping that was a misclick

[golden torrent]

Uncommon gelper ping

[lofty tulip]

<-- starved for pings. so very hungry

[dapper tide]

DO NOT FEED THE GELPERS THEY WILL BITE

[lofty tulip]

sshhh

🤫

[indigo rain]

Rare gelper ping lol

[kindred warren]

yummer new ping

[covert meteor]

i’m gonna be watching this playthrough

thank you, Gelper Ping

[gloomy merlin]

so many gelpers

[dapper tide]

That single gelper ping like tripled the people on the follow list

Wonder what would happen if I pinged it in Music Theory /silly

[lone osprey]

Sorry for the wrong ping guys, but I appreciate the help!

[sick belfry]

it seems like they want to be pinged more actually

ping fed them for the next cycle

[lofty tulip]

it's fine pings happen so rarely that we can all just gather and point at eachother like that spiderman panel

a delicious snack

[lone osprey]

What are those blue things with the many eyes and long tentacles? Daddy Long Legs or Brother Long Legs? There are quite a few in the Outside/Leg

[simple moat]

what would YOU call them? 🫵

that's the important part

[errant sleet]

thanks for the ping 👍 👍 i will watch this playthrough

[mellow sigil]

We should make a gelper ping timer, and when it becomes too big, ping them somewhere to spice up life. /j

[lone osprey]

I made it to the Underhang and met my first yellow lizards. Yellow Lizards and Long Legs, oh my. It is levels like these that definitely make Rain World a platformer

[gloomy merlin]

indeed

[lone osprey]

I better make this an interesting playthrough as I attracted a lot of attention

[gloomy merlin]

everything is interesting don't worry

[lone osprey]

Okay, I looked in the Wiki, briefly as I don’t want spoilers, and saw it was Daddy Long Legs that I’m currently dealing with. The brown ones I saw earlier last time I played in earlier regions were Brother Long Legs

Nothing like getting stuck between a yellow lizard and Daddy Long Legs…

[gloomy merlin]

this is indeed quite the experience

[sick belfry]

feel free to ask and say you direct answers here instead of looking at the wiki even if you didn't get spoiled now, you could in the future

[lone osprey]

Okay, thanks!

[lone osprey]

So apparently there are several moves Slugcat can do like flips, slides, etc which are not explained in-game. There is a LOT that isn’t explained in-game tbh, like the reputation system, which I only learned about in the Wiki. Anyway, what are the inputs for some of Slugcat’s moves? For example, I’ve gotten it to flip sometimes but I’m not sure how it I did it and just regular jumping over a lizard doesn’t always work…

[gloomy merlin]

yeah ur supposed to be a lost animal in a dangerous ecosystem and the game reproduce that so u have to explore, experiment and observe in order to poetentially discover stuff, but for each their own i did look a bit to the wiki too

there is a 90 pages guide of slugcat movement on the net but i dont suggest loking into it because there is way too much stuff in it

other reason its not explained in the game is because the animation is real time procedural, so that means many things are just emergent gameplay created by the community

nonetheless there are some specific inputs tho

[lone osprey]

I generally like figuring things out on my own because it can be more fun that way, but I might get a little farther if I know how to perform some of the moves purposefully

Especially dodges and flips

[mellow sigil]

If you accidentally done a flip, you can try to reproduce it! Remember the input you performed?

[gloomy merlin]

yep u right, however you dont need either of those moves in order to finish the game 😄

[lone osprey]

I suppose so, it’s just frustrating at times being at minimum karma or losing it after it gain it to a predator over and over! Makes meeting the Echos that much harder…

Oh, that glitch where Slugcat was bounced around like popcorn among the green sparks when time ran out didn’t happen again. Thankfully it was a one time glitch. Another odd glitch I saw was when I was in the Industrial Complex and Slugcat would sometimes be missing its tail! It was horrible… Poor thing…

[gloomy merlin]

oh never saw the second one

[indigo rain]

Missing tail is usually a sign of memory leak

[lone osprey]

To think that memory leak could still happen even when you play with a disc… huh

[gloomy merlin]

memory leak everywhere

[mellow sigil]

average C# experience. /j

[lone osprey]

A lizard just experienced karma itself. It ate Slugcat then got eaten by a Daddy Long Legs right after.

Shouldn’t have eaten Slugcat…

[gloomy merlin]

quite rude from him

[lone osprey]

Is there even a shelter in the Underhang? I feel like I’ve been all over and can’t find one. I found a gate but I can’t use it with minimum karma. I need at least 5 karma for it to work…

[gloomy merlin]

i can only say that if you continue to explore you will find more things

[indigo rain]

There are a few

[lone osprey]

Well, I have yet to find one…

I’m back in the Outside/Leg trying to up my karma before I head back. Then I can at least travel to the next region if I don’t find a shelter.

The grappling worms are fun to use

[lone osprey]

Get my karma up and hello Daddy Long Legs who decided to move much faster than usual. Maybe I bit off more than I can chew trying to navigate these harder regions so early on…

[lone osprey]

Good news! Got up to max karma (which was increased by two thanks to the Echo I found in the Shaded Citadel), found a shelter, and made it to Five Pebbles!

Found a shelter there in the area called Five Pebbles (Unfortunate Development). That sounds ominous…

Eeyup, there is rot in the walls….

With intermittent gravity. Very nice…