My first playthrough

[frank jolt]

By the way, is it normal that drainage system is unplayable (because of red water worms) for me?

[humble quarry]

Try exploring it's use cases, like everything we recommend Grabbing, Eating, and then Throwing things in that order

[humble quarry]

Not normal... It's pretty difficult to get yourself softlocked in Rain World unless you're actively attempting to get yourself softlocked

[frank jolt]

I don't mean softlocked, but rather progressing forward is impossible while progressing backward is pretty hard

[humble quarry]

There really isn't a "forward" or "backward" notion in this game. You kinda just explore

[frank jolt]

I heard it can contain some information, is it late game thing?

[humble quarry]

I don't think you want me to reveal that information, as it's best to stay away from spoilers as much as possible

[frank jolt]

Ahh, ok

[jovial sun]

Reposted starting message

So, I figured out how to play: how to farm karma, how to get to other areas, how to survive basic dangers, etc. I finished (not sure) outskirts, half way through drainage system I teleported out of it using some ability because it is unplayable, got through some industrial complex and to garbage wastes where I am. I got some green pulsing pearl in garbage wastes, what can I do with it?

[frank jolt]

I am going to get out of garbage wastes... So tired of those big monstrous birds

At least lizards and red leeches aren't as populous, and there are also friendly monsters in the location

So friendly that they exploded with few tons of some red thing when i tried to get over some big skull

Why do I rarely get cutscenes after sleeping?

Anyway, i think i am progressing to the new area!

Some yellow plankton started to show some images and tips

[humble quarry]

Progression!

[frank jolt]

The region is shorelines

I didn't find food in the very beginning of region, it will be pretty hard, I think...

[stone basin]

If you want the answer : (idk if it spoils anything, but I’ll still mask it if you want some mystery) ||it's showing you you’re progressing through the game by showing you cutscenes (it means you're going the "right way" even tho there's no right way in Rain World)||

[frank jolt]

I noticed Shorelines are much easier compared to other regions...

Actually, it has a lot of food and very little danger is present

I got some scene of cat sitting in front of greenish sea and some yellow plankton is next to the cat looking at it...

Yellow plankton is spamming some robot and direction signs...

[limber lava]

sounds interesting

[frank jolt]

What could sign of archetypical robot mean?

[cunning lance]

It’s probably a sign of some kinda archetypical robot

[novel glade]

Archetypical robot?

[frank jolt]

Idk, just some sign yellow plankton projects

[novel glade]

Ah the yellow plankton

[frank jolt]

I never saw that sign

Something new

[vagrant jay]

@novel glade please don't give unprompted information

[novel glade]

My bad

[vagrant jay]

All good

[frank jolt]

Funny music started playing, lol

«Dadadadadada»

I found a new shelter

That region is so much easier...

And funnier with those fish that you can ride on

[novel glade]

Yeah the fish are cool

[frank jolt]

Started climbing some ladder

[novel glade]

Do you know what region your in?

[frank jolt]

When i got in that region it said Shorelines

[novel glade]

Oh sounds about right with the fishes

[frank jolt]

I found some peaceful pool, with no predators, finally!

[novel glade]

Ooooo

[frank jolt]

I see a lot of totems on background...

[novel glade]

Interesting

[frank jolt]

Oh no

There is some huge fish

[novel glade]

Does it take up like half your screen?

[frank jolt]

Yeah

Successfully evaded it

Had to go back

I grabbed boat fish to swim faster than those giant fish

[novel glade]

thats the best way to run away from the big fish

[frank jolt]

Oh no

I got eaten by that fish... It appeared suddenly

[frank jolt]

I found some strange structure

It has some orange tint right now

Text at the bottom of the screen says «Looks to the moon»

Who looks at the moon?

Under water

Hmm

Yellow plankton started showing image of some robot with yellow dress

Found a shelter

It is so grim...

[gleaming rune]

wsp mate

[frank jolt]

I found some robot...

[cunning lance]

Robot

[frank jolt]

I want to grab those flies and eat them... Should i do it?

[vagrant jay]

Do whatever you wanna do

[frank jolt]

That robot started screaming

And my cat began to glow

Anyway, what is the reward for visiting that robot?

[cunning lance]

Reward? What’s that?

[novel glade]

Oh you ate the flies

[humble quarry]

Yummers

[limber lava]

woah.. cool creature

[limber lava]

a yummy meal!!

[frank jolt]

Is the light from eating fly permanent?

Or just temporary like everything?

[vagrant jay]

The reward is a tasty snack

[cunning lance]

Only one way to find out!

[cunning lance]

(in reply to this)

[frank jolt]

Why it looks so scary?

[novel glade]

Woahh that looks cool

[frank jolt]

I love the fact glow effect is not temporary

[vagrant jay]

Sorry I put the scary in the wrong place

[frank jolt]

I crawled a bit and found new location

Shaded citadel

What are these orange things?

I just realized how useful was eating looks to the moon flies...

It is permanent portable light source

[gleaming rune]

[frank jolt]

I am stuck at shaded citadel

Memory crypt is so hard... Still didn't manage to get to nearest shelter, there is no food in lower part of region

[gleaming rune]

What'dya think of the threats at memory crypt?

[frank jolt]

Too loud

Anyway, i finally got to the new location's shelter!

[gleaming rune]

YEEEESSSS

[frank jolt]

Memory crypt was hardest location I ever encountered

The new location is called Leg

If it is leg, where's the head?

What are the green sparks?

[gleaming rune]

We must think about this

[gleaming rune]

Gib theory!

[frank jolt]

Maybe some fiery dust from above

Anyway, got to my second Leg shelter

[gleaming rune]

Good job!

[frank jolt]

It is paradise! Food, tools are next to the shelter room

[gleaming rune]

A slugcat is certainly pleased by the smaller things in life

[frank jolt]

I am going to get to new location! It looks grim...

This location is called five pebbles... Are there five unique rocks?

[cunning lance]

Yeah, they're here: 🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

[frank jolt]

Why would five pebbles be name of a region?

[cunning lance]

Why would anything be the name of a region?

[frank jolt]

Shaded citadel makes sense

Shoreline, drainage system

Those names are fitting

But what could possibly be with five pebbles?

[cunning lance]

Guess you'll have to find out! Maybe there's only five pebbles here!

[frank jolt]

Location kinda looks like look to the moon structure

Lots of pipes

I am flying

What is that?

[frank jolt]

I can't get further

Any tips?

[cunning lance]

Where are you stuck?

Also, remember that you can check your in game map to look for places you haven't been

[frank jolt]

Unfortunate development vertical tunnel filled with blue octopuses

[vagrant jay]

Well, what have you tried so far?

[gleaming rune]

It's the "Unknown"!!!

[frank jolt]

Stuck somewhere there

[gleaming rune]

We gotta escape from SOMEWHERE!??? /ref

[vagrant jay]

There are other ways to progress through that room

[frank jolt]

Are there hidden vents?

I only see a way of going up

[cunning lance]

What ways do you think you could use the unique conditions of this region to your advantage?

(If you want something more explicit, I mean ||zero gravity||)

[frank jolt]

Idk, i only know going up is possible while zero gravity is active

Anyway, is there any tip?

[cunning lance]

Let's see... in terms of a very explicit tip, I would say... ||Try staying closer to the center of the room as you ascend it||

Also remember that you can look for another direction to go if this one is causing you too much trouble

[frank jolt]

I'll try other method

That route is impassable wall

Turns out alternative route is effortless while giving the same reward...

[frank jolt]

I got through unfortunate development! Finally!

What is that?

Why does it look like neurons

Like actual neurons

I died to some blue lamps

Have to parkour again...

[cunning lance]

...?

[frank jolt]

What's that

Some final boss?

Who's that?

Is that John Five pebbles himself?

He gave ability to understand some symbols

What is that

[cunning lance]

...is this reaching you?

A little animal, on the floor of my chamber. I think I know what you are looking for.
You're stuck in a cycle, a repeating pattern. You want a way out.

Know that this does not make you special - every living thing shares that same frustration. From the microbes in the processing strata to me, who am, if you excuse me, godlike in comparison.

The good news first. In a way, I am what you are searching for. Me and my kind have as our purpose to solve that very oscillating claustrophobia in the chests of you and countless others. A strange charity - you the unknowing recipient, I the reluctant gift. The noble benefactors? Gone.

The bad news is that no definitive solution has been found. And every moment the equipment erodes to a new state of decay. I can't help you collectively, or individually. I can't even help myself.

For you though, there is another way. The old path. Go to the west past the Farm Arrays, and then down into the earth where the land fissures, as deep as you can reach, where the ancients built their temples and danced their silly rituals. The mark I gave you will let you through.

Not that it solves anyone's problem but yours.

At the end of time none of this will matter I suppose, but it would be nice if you took another way out. One free of... frolicking in my memory arrays. There is a perfectly good access shaft right here.```

Go my dialogue jumpscare

[tall sky]

Reading this post is so interesting as someone who has just passed this region like hours ago lol

[cunning lance]

Go make your own thread, then

[frank jolt]

To be honest, unfortunate development subregion is the hardest I ever encountered

The second most difficult was memory crypt

And third one was drainage system

I looked up some guides, and yeah, drainage system is considered to be noob trap...

And I got stuck there for some time, managed to escape only by teleportation

I got a mission from five pebbles to go down

Five pebbles turned out to be not some rocks, but just a robot...

I got to new location!

It is some chimney

[cunning lance]

Oh... it is recommended not to look up things like guides or other resources online, as it can spoil you or take away from the experience; after all, Rain World is an open world game!

[cunning lance]

Chimney!

Chimney my beloved

[frank jolt]

I saw beginner guide without spoilers

[cunning lance]

...It lied to you. By nature of being a guide at all, it has spoilers

[frank jolt]

Anyway by the moment i saw that guide i was at shaded citadel

The point is, me getting stuck at drainage system is actually common thing...

[limber lava]

interesting thing

[eternal smelt]

its the mosquito light it hink

[frank jolt]

Blue lamp is in five pebbles thingy that kills when touched

I noticed that by combining down, right/left and jump key, slugcat can move very fast by charging. How to do it consistently?

[cunning lance]

Oh, that

Looks like you've figured out the inputs; you can practice in arena mode if you want to get them more consistent

[frank jolt]

I finished chimney canopy and sky islands

I got to Farm arrays

[frank jolt]

I got to the entrance of new area!

Wonder what would it be

And it goes down?

Btw, i found some weird creature there and got the highest level of something

The area is called subterranean

[frank jolt]

I got to filtration system...

Why everything starts to get blurry

And lighting got yellow tint

What was that flash?

I got max level

[subtle wolf]

[novel glade]

Oh wow you made a tone of progress

[frank jolt]

I found a statue of Buddha?

[cunning lance]

[novel glade]

oooooooooooooooooo

[frank jolt]

Why are there so lot of buddhist temple-shaped things in the area

This place looks so peaceful and beautiful

What a peaceful music

[novel glade]

The music is amazing wherever you go in the game

[frank jolt]

Yeah but im this area it is especially peaceful, spiritual

[novel glade]

Yeah this area is great

[frank jolt]

What is this ocean

[vagrant jay]

[novel glade]

[frank jolt]

It is so bright

So majestic

[cunning lance]

[frank jolt]

Where to swim

?

So dark

Who is that

I am pulled!

So dark

Oh

I got duplicated

It became a little bit brighter

And more monotonous compared to upper parts of that sea

How deep is it?

Is that god of slugcats?

[cunning lance]

Congratulations; welcome to the 11%!

[frank jolt]

Yay!

I am going to try out monk

[novel glade]

Good job!

[vagrant jay]

CONGRATS!!!

[eternal smelt]

contrats on the finish!

[frank jolt]

Thanks!

[novel glade]

Now only 9 more campaigns to go!

[frank jolt]

[humble quarry]

congrats on your ascension

[gleaming rune]

What was this creature?

[frank jolt]

I searched on wiki, it was called Echo

[gleaming rune]

Oh i see yeah!

You can use the wiki, but be aware that it may contain spoilers for stuff you haven't seen yet in this game

[gleaming rune]

But not as dim as the rest, perhaps?

So down into the depths you go as many others before you, drawn to the void again and again, an endless drip drip drip.

Much like these tunnels and caves that amuse me so. The bones of forgotten civilizations, heaped like so many sticks.

Did they dig too deep, or not deep enough?

Fools. We were right to drill straight through them!```

[limber lava]

yeah generally we don't recommend looking on the wiki if you haven't finished all of the other campaigns yet there are lots of spoilers there and sometimes they aren't hidden behind spoiler warnings either (ex. downpour or watcher content)

of course it's completely your choice, but the option is there if you'd like to ask your questions here and receive answers without the risk of spoilers