#๐ The Watcher
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yes of course!!
insane
also
your profile is cool yeah
I see it's very weaver-based
Hahahaha not the first, meow
thank you!
the weaver is cool as heck
i dont think i ever had stronger feelings for a game as when i went through watchers ending
Genuine Tears
yeah...
I'm mad I didn't cry, I wanted to
to be honest the only game that matches this for me could be Until Then. however, that's a much shorter game and it's completely story-based
AND it also takes place in our own real world so you feel emotions more strongly
overall, Rain World remains my favorite game.
god
i try to tell friends irl how good it is
but i never tell them WHY im so obsessed with it because thaats spoilers
my bot thinks the same
YEAHH OMG IT'S SUCH A SHAME
I've also been trying to get people into rain world
it's just
when you first start, you could NEVER expect it would be something like this
my dad even got it and refunded it, he says hes seen everything (he never left outskirts)
Trying to get friends playing 1.5 after 1.0 is hard
(Trying to get NEW players is even harder)
like, really, what a journey it was. I was ascending as survivor 11 months ago. this is actually one of my best life experiences
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The Classic
i ahve only known rain world for just over a year
a friend of mine quit after meeting moon and another one quit in industrial
its depressing
it is
tbf, I'll believe in them though. I quit right before meeting Five Pebbles
inside his region
Only 27.6%of players have achieved the survivor passage
that's the most insane thing
I remember when I first Witnessed It was below20
even my brother who claims to love rain world has never defeated any MSC scug other than gourmand (after i nagged him constantly)
he played rain world when it was still super obscure
oh wow so it even went up
Honestly I do find some appreciation in the fact that Watcher returned to a niche as Base RW was, something to be lost, another to be gained.
they miss out on all this and i have no one to dump my autism on
oh heck yeah
it is kinda nice
I did hear it didn't gain as much traction as dp
makes sense
downpour has shorter campaigns, more slugcats abilities you instantly get
the watcher was my longest campaign
almost 64 hours
watcher was my favourite campaign
omg mine had almost 65
all the others took so much less. survivor took me like 25 (without counting the deaths which were probably a lot, and without counting the 2-3 times I restarted throughout various quits)
it's fucking rain world 2. it's amazing
also I just found this
a friend of mine telling me to play rain world
๐ซก
I met moon
I reached five pebbles through memory cripts and shit
and QUIT
probaly not far from his chamber
idk, it feels like such a distant memory
these are the 3 first achiemenets I got. july 2024, then I quit, then I got back at rain world in march 2025
unfortunate evolution>>>
and i love how they use foreshadowing too
with what exactly?
Likely Unfortunate Development
Ohhohohohoho
i didnt nkow about this one until recently
oh yeah and wile i was doing brainrot rwsc i noticed that the intro cutscene has the same music as the end
It's the Prince's Dream too
could be
oh yeah!
you know, I thought this was just
watcher's old home
but I guess you can see it as foreshadowing
it's beautiful
just some random area yeah
when I entered I was like OUTER EXPANSE?!?!?
i love the music so much ahamdanshydwithdnmu
Watcher is a silent requiem of lots of Vanilla's deeper Ideas and worldbuilding
i gotta listen to the whole watcher ost
did you hear machine riser
not sure, I don't know the names
beautiful
i am super glad you beat watcher though
im glad that videocult went back to what made very early obscure rain world good instead of copying downpour
despite downpour making the game popular? i think
is that... intentional
Oh it did, I was part of that wave
Daemon Sequence is SO GOOD
This ones a little more far fetched but...
what is this one referencing you think??
O H
yes. genuinely, w desv though. for rain world in general
THE LOREEE
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
THAT DOESN'T FEEL REAL
okay I should actually document
yeye go ahead, dont want to fill it up with lore ramblings too soon
I think I'll simply upload the clips to youtube like i did with saint and give a few thoughts
nono it's fine! I gotta finish some stuff and then I'll send, I'll tell you before I do that
and lore rambling will be very appreciated
esoecially after I read the pearls
James does LOTS of little musical details
heaps of motifs and bookends too
Again... Far fetched but,
Ripped via AssetStudio by Perfare. These should be in the order they're in in DevTools, except for the Locust SFX which are by Deep Weird Wind. All audio belongs to Videocult.
Original filename: RW_124 - Theme of Youth. If you'd like to download this OST or support the creators, please purchase it from Bandcamp at https://akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/rain-world-the-watcher-original-soundtrack. Ripped using AssetStudio by Perfare. All audio belongs to Videocult.
I love this one
is this just ambience?
okay maybe it is a bit far fetched
Yes, Primarily found in Ancient Urban
ohh
this one calls rw's main motif a lot
I fucking love rain world's music
Suspiciously sounds like notes.
I LOVE that spinning top reprise calls back to URBAN JUNGLE of all things too
that little alarm in the BG
Original filename: RW_173 - Spinning Top Reprise. If you'd like to download this OST or support the creators, please purchase it from Bandcamp at https://akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/rain-world-the-watcher-original-soundtrack. Ripped using AssetStudio by Perfare. All audio belongs to Videocult.
He knew what he was doing
YESSS
he fucking knew
things like these mean so much
and also that instrument with a bit of delay similiar to pictures of the past
Even motifs for progression through a single region feels so so special
Original filename: RW_121 - Soft Gesture. If you'd like to download this OST or support the creators, please purchase it from Bandcamp at https://akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/rain-world-the-watcher-original-soundtrack. Ripped using AssetStudio by Perfare. All audio belongs to Videocult.
Original filename: RW_101 - Bell of Gesture. If you'd like to download this OST or support the creators, please purchase it from Bandcamp at https://akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/rain-world-the-watcher-original-soundtrack. Ripped using AssetStudio by Perfare. All audio belongs to Videocult.
Its like the civilization's movement from ancient sewerage and primal fauna to the new age Iterator-reminiscent void baths.
can you remind me where these play? ๐ฅน
I'm really glad you're so interested in this side of the game
music design can be overlooked, it deserves a lot
that's true
Agreed 
The whole of prince dream is that sequence from Weaverspace to the jungle
Original filename: RW_170 - In Dreams. If you'd like to download this OST or support the creators, please purchase it from Bandcamp at https://akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/rain-world-the-watcher-original-soundtrack. Ripped using AssetStudio by Perfare. All audio belongs to Videocult.
mwha
this one hits so much ๐ญ
I should re-watch all of the dreams
I was so confused
yes
it was really scary
I can confidently say that ELSE VII Reprise is one of if not THE favorite of mine throughout the RW tracks
I love ELSE VII so much
goosebumps when I heard it again
what about this dream? #1434579784041631764 message
it's even more confsing
I scored em while they were still at 0.1 ๐ฅน
I scored em before the update was even public ๐ฅน (Le Windchimes)
This dream is The Prince one I was showing earlier
yeah no I meant to put another link oops
the weaver one
ARG prior to watcher's release and 1.5
there's even another one I got in signal spires that showed the watcher with other scugs
I think it was right after getting ripple
(Not really Augmented Reality but still)
this folder has some clips alright
Aye
I do wish it did tho
ST's Dream
Weaver's Dream
Prince's Dream
me too
it's just really hard for people to get into rain world ๐ญ

Games have to make a profit to succeed and for the developers to survive and be supported
And though idk its statistics clearly watcher whizzed under the radar
The secretive advertising compared to dp was pretty cool in concept but it probably did them no favours
it's such a shame ๐ฅบ
the campaign also takes a lot more to enjoy though
downpour added other stuff as well, expedition, challenges, jolly co-op
lets have a watch
All 3 relate to the main 3 Entities, Like empathy for each situation - viewed through watcher as they too empathise
watcher feels like it's what the devs wanted to do the most, to continue their dream
Only a small teeny fraction of global rainworld players probably ever even heard that another dlc came out
YEAH
very confusinf nonetheless
especially the weaver one
They're meant to be abstract, more room for meaning! Weaver's is the most enigmatic in line with themselves
yeah ๐ญ
Indeed, and from creating many more ideas have sprung to life
I wanna cry
a 1-hour-long video came out 
Yeah that's about how long the real ending normally lasts
The last portals
There were only 2 more portals awaiting to be sealed
One was Shattered Terrace-Signal Spires
who needs whales when you have Blueberry 
either way, I planned to leave him here
so I sheltered, and I went up the western tower
and I had one last Sky Whale ride
it was amazing like the first time
this looks like the northern lights... so beautiful
I quickly passed by Outer Rim
that's a lot of Karma Flowers
after that, I sealed the last portal remaining, Stormy Coast-Signal Spires...
I posted 2 videos to YouTube, mostly to archive them. you're free to watch them if you want
I didn't take many screenshots
it was amazing, and really, really confusing
and this is such an incredible artwork, oh my god
I love The Weaver
of course, I immediately decided to hop back in, I had to see what was next
so pretty
Being warped back to Hydroponics felt so weird
then I climbed above Spinning Top's room... The Prince had a gift for me
space and time were bending like crazy
I was travelling uncontrollably
home.
the excitement I felt when I saw this
Outer Expanse?!?!?
really similiar to what we see in the initial cutscene
I absolutely love this tree so much.
Here is the video
https://youtu.be/FsIqgmj6rQs
Rain World was one of the best life experiences I've ever had.
I recorded all of the ending
I can't wait to look back at it in years and cry
When I entered The Depths, I was hit HARD from nostalgia
Else VII was a brick Videocult had to throw at us.
And then
I ascended
just like I did a year ago as Survivor
but it was different
it seems I've become a Void Worm
The Weaver also looks suspicously similiar to a Void Worm
I was, and I still am, extremely confused
allow me to appreciate the camera movements as well
the scene with all the different "Daemons", the alternate realities, the countless cycles
it didn't feel like Rain World
in the best way possible
I'm proud. The food and cycle numbers are also really satisfying

Thank you, Rain World.
welp
allow me to thank @distant bobcat from the bottom of my heart
and all of you in this thread, from who passed by to who kept checking up, chatting a bit...
I love this game so much
<3333333333333
I shall add one more funny story about aeths journey through rain world
As he already told you, he quit when he met FP
I then had to push him to play it again
And most likely he got amnesia
Because he forgot everything
And one of the things was Five Pebbles
And so on his first actual playthrough
He got enough echos to ascend
He got to farm arrays
And I was so scared he would finish the game without meeting FP
It's so funny how usually people need to actually try to get the achievement for max karma without Pebbles, and he did it accidentally on his first try
I'm just that good
aetherius trying not to say "what the fuck" challenge: impossible
Omg real????
very real 
Amazing.
when i beat watcher i was doing the absolute cinema pose the whole time
OH MY GOD
hello rot eater
it looks exactly like the one survivors family lives in
and ive never seen anyone else make that connection
hello
yeah ๐ฅน
very outer expanse-ish
outer expanse if it was good
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anyway
with this story at its conclusion
nothing ties me to the community/fandom anywhere
and so i will ascend
bye chat
NOOO #1 rot eater NOOOO
wait what
they actually left?
They've left this world behind.
they have actually left
why ๐ฅน
Idk๐ฅน
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can't even DM them
man who is the next rot eater now 
were they active in some other thread
Why did they leave๐ฅน
idk
@quick salmon whenever he experiences a cutscene in Rain World: The Watcher:
(added this as a soundboard in my server, best decision of my life)
Missing Arena Unlocks
- Shrouded Stacks - supposedly Moth Grub
- Rusted Wrecks - Maps
anyway
I
decided
to read pearls
the only new ones I was able to understand with the Mark of Communication were one about a guy angry because of bad quality bricks
skye told me it's a reference to the very first written text we have which is of somebody complaining about the quality of something
then another one which was an interview to an Iterator by an Ancient
really cool
they were called Bell something
and they gave off Five Pebbles vibes
and then another one which was like a self-poem? idk
I've installed lots of mods
and created a few collections on the steam workshop
ape twins
Dumb mission - De-Rotting every region
now, I don't know how stupid that is
(probably a lot)
BUT I asked in #watcher-spoilers and you can indeed de-rot regions completely
and guess what I did
I was very proud of this
it can be a bit annoying but it's an excuse to explore every region thoroughly and check for room connections I might've missed
after de-rotting signal spires, I random warped again into fetid glen
now, this region is much harder to de-rot, since it does have a rain timer
and it's fucking huge
but I'm unemployed tho so 
Fetid Glen
cute mushroom
soooo I installed a mod that allows me to have a karmic shield whenever I have Karma Flower protection
it really came in clutch
Have you tried purifying all regions?
I was pretty confident I finished heat ducks, but I just returned to see that itโs already spread back
If you have, any tips? Is it possible at all?
Yup, it was copper
I currently am, already succeded with Signal Spires!
it is possible, I'd reccomend purifying the corners first, especially the dead ends
because the rot will still spread over cycles if connecting rooms are rotten
you can make sure it's completely purified when the rot overlay is gone

so cool
anyway I'm also going around trying to find pearls, already got one in my stomach
I collected 9 plus the one in my stomach
yum porle
@quick salmon your name says ping you and I'm good at following instructions like that
Also yum porl
nice job 
yum
i juust realized you can now look at my washer post too
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Fetid Glen
I somehow found a trapped Vulture. man these ancient benefactor guys really hated animals smh
and god how I love the Diverse Shelters mod
aaaand another region purified 

it was a bit hard but we keep going!
Sunbaked Alley
I think the game is a bit confused
or maybe this Lizard is trans
it's green but its map and pipe color is pink
another one done! this one only took 4-5 cycles
Are you unrotting every region

I am 
Good luck soldier
How did you handle the underwater rooms in fetid glen?
I've been avoiding the salination pair entirely for that reason
stalling in the air pockets
idk how i'll do that in salination
thank you 
Sali has a good supply of bubbleweed
oh yeah true
I just wish you could Speed up the de-rotring process
because it's equally long in big rooms and in tiny ones
devtools speed up keybind /j
low-key considering that for aether ridge ๐ฅน
i mean if you will do that
note your rain timer then
oh yeah
probably won't actually do that
HOWEVER
I did increase the rain timer 1.5 times in remix settings
as an excuse to actually try that setting, I never used major assist
and tbh it's really helpful when the rain timer is so short
there is also the relationship tracker keybind (M) that also shows some info about creature amount, precycle and rain timer cycle itself and that kinda stuff 
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I personally like the waiting. It makes the transition from rotted to purified so much more satisfying
it's not that bad, just sucks in very small rooms for me
it is cool seeing a big room slowly change color palette though as you walk around
I'm actually having fun de-rotting them all
currently doing Torrential Railways. it's the least I can do for the first region that welcomed me
Rotten Regions
- Aether Ridge
Badlands- Cold Storage
Coral CavesDesolate TractFetid Glen- Fractured Gateways
Heat Ducts- Migration Path
- Pillar Grove
- Rusted Wrecks
- Salination
- Shrouded Stacks
Signal Spires- Stormy Coast
Sunbaked AlleyThe SurfaceTorrential RailwaysTorrid Desert- Turbulent Pump
- Verdant Waterways
Coral Caves
how I feel becoming the parent of baby noodleflies only to eat them next cycle
anyway remember these babies?
yeah John Rot got them
don't worry though! my de-rotting was successful and they were fine 
quantum ssquidcada!!!!
it's a bit hard to see in this screenshot, but I lost all my progress on the Hunter passage, and I only needed one more carnivorous cycle to get it! I had to eat gloweed though or I would've died to the rain :(
easy
Heat Ducts
GASTER REFERENCE?!?!?
I didn't record any clips in Heat Ducts
uhhh this happened though while I was setting up some mods ๐ฅน
anyway at first I didn't use any mods, but once I got to Coral Caves I decided to use the Catnap mod that allows you to hold down to sleep and speed up time (I set it at x6). it's still got its downsides, since it gives you a numb effect after you wake up
it's really good for those small rooms that have nothing interesting to do in it
and the rain timer still speeds up normally so
Desolate Tract
this pearl was a bit tricky to get, but I managed to do it!
they GROOVY ๐ฅ
man Desolate Tract is a funny region
I love these three guys
they got here through Rusted Wrecks the very first time I entered Desolate Tract
they've been chilling in here since
and they always stick together
and the red one is cool as fuck
shotouts to them
and there's Desolate Tract purified!
Torrential Railways
so many red snails
finally, this region really deserved to be purified
afterwards, I decided to go read, or better, listen to, the pearl I got in Deslate Tract
all of this happened in the last few days
so yeah, I'm just playing for fun
it's an excuse to fill out the map with the help of MapOptions mod
and it actually feels really nice and satisfying look at the complete map, knowing the region is now forever safe from the Rot
I kinda wish there was some reward for doing this
but the reward is the journey itself
also uhmm
I think Blueberry died
somewhere
haven't seen him since I starrted de-rotting
so he might have died while I was purifying Signal Spires
which would suck...
I would've accepted it if I saw him while he was dying
||but I guess I'll just spawn him back with dev console :3||
when I feel like it
for now we'll pretend he's still somewhere safe :)
Badlands
beautiful shelter (diverse shelters is peak)
so anyway, I didn't manage to de-rot badlands somehow, so I moved on
Torrid Desert
climbing up this room was really fun, very well-hidden room
and I FINALLY got The Chieftain!!!
after years of war with the scavies
I collected a few pearls and acted kind towards them
and yet another region goes
I've learnt an optimal strategy for de-rotting, it's actually pretty fun
The Surface
this was a special one.
I had no idea this place was so green
kinda beautiful
the first time I explored this region, this part was already very very rotten
hiding its true colors
I was vcing with a few italians friends, so I'm not gonna send the clips ๐ฅน
but I had a really close call to the rain and barely made it to the shelter on the top left, which was sick
also I have friends now!!!
...and a rattler roommate apparently...
then, I had to emergency warp, leaving two rotten rooms at the very end of the subregion, or I would've frozen to death
AND
I literally warped into Aerial Tramways and realized that The Surface is yet another region variant that takes place in the future
L O N G flower
aaand done!
so in this screenshot you may notice Badlands are still rotten
Back to Badlands
I WAS STARTING TO GO FUCKING INSANE
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MSOT WELL-HIDDEN ROOM IN THE ENTIRE GAME
it's a secret scav storage
the thing is it's extremely hard to see on the map as well!!!
I'm really impressed
and finally, badlands are purified too!
Fun fact, this used to be a huge pipe down to unfortunate evolution in 1.0
what????'
that's odd
really random
like cold storage-unfortunate evolution makes sense, but why badlands ๐ญ
that's cool
Oh!! What's the strategy
just purify the corners first, or like the dead ends
following the map layers can help too
washer
like for torrid desert I first purified the rightmost area, since it wasn't connected to anything
then I went to the left, purified the upper part, then into the echo room and then down, purified the lower part and made sure to double check the connections to the upper kne
and there you have it! 5 start pure region!
ah yes i remember that
(i didnt get to ue in 1.0 because i was busy modding the game a lot and thus only got to heat ducts with like ripple 3 or 4 or something b4 reseting the save to experience 1.5)
NEW UPDATEEEE
IT IS SICK

SAFARIIIIIIIII
Pillar Grove
this region was pretty big
I love Emerald's Tweaks and Fixes, I can have albino deers!!
here's the most purple snail ever
AND I FOUND YET ANOTHER SECRET ROOM
I'm so happy that after 80 hours in this campaign I still have these small easter egg rooms to find
Greeble is so cute :)
still have no idea what this is
:D
Cold Storage
this will be the region I de-rot next probably
rattlers manage to be annoying even after I get purification powers (I could NOT sleep in this shelter, it wouldn't let me because of the rattler)
Ah this shelter is a fake one ๐ฅน
it's filled with rot weren't it for the rattler
Recently while watching someone else's first Gourmand Playthrough, I noticed the same dot pattern on one of the background pillars in The Leg. I don't know what it means but thought that was interesting.
ohh, do you have a screenshot? i'm not sure what you mean
Don't remember exacly which room but maybe I can even find it on the Online map. Let me check ...
An online interactive map that includes every region and slugcat in Rain World: Downpour. - github.com/rain-world-downpour-map
It's in all the Squares on the red illuminated center pillar.
UW_D06 has them as well.
Maybe Pillar Grove is during the construction of an Iterator where they have just started to build the Legs but not the main structure itself. so it's not yet shading what's below.
could be
we do also see a big box in the region, that kinda looks like iterator puppet rooms
its name is fern btw
(js saying)
these are called the sunflower boxes
I thought it was this one?
yeah, its named fern, there is also paste the scavenger
