ror2-game-questions

[slate stone]

I believe this is it: https://thunderstore.io/package/Horse5333/ExponentialItems/

[hoary sedge]

yes leaving stage 5 by any means other than the moon-aligned primordial tp loops you

[elder osprey]

I picked up something earlier that made me lose hp over time whenever I used my orbs as Seeker but I'm not sure what it was

Any ideas?

I think it may have been an item from one of the pink chests that cost 50% hp to open?

[lavish jacinth]

there's no item that does that

the closest fit would be warped echo, possibly helfire tincture but you probably would've noticed that

or just sojourn self-damage lol

[elder osprey]

Oooooh it was warped echo apparently

Thanks

[pale schooner]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[lavish jacinth]

You do have to unlock it, by buying 6 gunner turrets in one run

It's blacklisted in simulacrum though, even with command

[simple verge]

That's exactly, thank you very much fellow Stardew valley enjoyer

[sudden timber]

me and my friends play together and it's rlly laggy... Both internet connection is pretty good but the online experience is kinda unplayable...

there even a time when my friend ended the game and I'm still a drone stuck at Mithrix Palace

[onyx otter]

i know im late, but is the newest dlc worth it? i didnt play ROR2 in so long bc it became repetitive but now i feel like playing again and wondering if i should get it. thx

[mellow crystal]

absolutely

i would say it's actually the best dlc quality-wise

[onyx otter]

appreciate it

[chilly dust]

is needletick good on commando?

[hoary sedge]

its not horrible but commando attacks quickly enough to easily refresh bleed stacks, so keeping tritip will usually give you more overall damage

[livid wedge]

If you think you can get shatterspleen, I'd grab needletick but otherwise tritip is better

[hoary sedge]

yes spleen is the exception

[chilly dust]

ic ty, I felt like I was doing no dmg in the third stage so was just looking at my build and the only good dmging thing was 2 needletick.

[chilly dust]

I don't think I am good enough to stay that long

[livid wedge]

If you have the survivors of the void dlc, the trophy hunters tricorn equipment can guarantee it spawns from an imp overlord

[chilly dust]

oh, I did not know

[jaunty furnace]

what do you mean

[chilly dust]

bad at the game. Barely reaching stage 3

[jaunty furnace]

youll get there

[livid wedge]

What difficulty are you playing?

[chilly dust]

normal

[livid wedge]

No shame in turning it down to drizzle so you can see more enemies and learn their moves in a less hostile environment

[chilly dust]

I mean, I can dodge most enemies but I can't deal enough dmg

[livid wedge]

I feel drizzle becomes boring once you get good enough but between you and me, probably half of my gametime is drizzle

Yeah, enemies will scale slower and have less health on drizzle

[chilly dust]

oh ic, I will try it. ty

should I continue playing comando or just play another character instead?

[primal vector]

Whatever you find fun

[chilly dust]

Ok ty

[primal vector]

GOing for unlocks little by little can also help with the frustation of not going too far. Since you died but also got something from the run

[chilly dust]

What do u think I should prioritize unlocking?

[primal vector]

Whatever you think you would enjoy. The excitement of discovering new stuff to play with is one of the things that pulled me into the game at the beginning. Skills, survivors, items. Whatever you are more curios about or whatever challenge from the logbook that you think you can pull off

[livid wedge]

Yeah, honestly just playing the game for a few more runs will probably unlock a few. You can always check the logbook for things you haven't unlocked yet and sound interesting

[chilly dust]

Ok ty

[chilly dust]

what does it mean that when I pick a tri tip item, it will get corrupted?

does it just mean I can't use the bleed item?

[lavish jacinth]

Yeah

[jaunty furnace]

all will turn into on pickup

[lavish jacinth]

Every void item has a normal counterpart that will get corrupted

[lavish jacinth]

If you have engineer unlocked, or a friend to play with, then a good one to go for is opening the ancient gate on abandoned aqueduct. It's easy to get with engie and unlocks two very powerful items

idk if you care about spoilers but ||there are two hidden pressure plates in semi-random spots on the map that need to be pressed at the same time to open the door. There are a few ways to press them besides players, but engineer turrets are the easiest method in singleplayer. ||
||from there you just go through the door and fight a really easy miniboss, then collect the items they drop||

It's one of the few unlocks that you have to go out of your way to get, but it's very worth it

[chilly dust]

ic ty, I lost my best run where I am pretty sure I would have won because I was looking at the void equipment thing where u can make a equipment void, but there mobs killed me cause I was not looking. How do I avoid this? I try killing all of them but I am squishy.

[lavish jacinth]

Just situational awareness and dodging, really. Do you play with headphones? Most enemies have clear audio cues when they attack, being able to hear them coming helps a lot.
Aside from that, you should try to always be moving, even just jumping and strafing in place is better than standing still

Buying drones is also really helpful, they can take aggro for you and provide pretty decent damage or healing

[chilly dust]

Oh ic ty, I usually tend to not buy the drones but I will from now on. Is there a way without headphones? Mine broke.

[lavish jacinth]

You can still hear the sounds, but depending on your audio setup it may be harder to know which direction they're coming from

And ofc just looking around a lot helps too, try not to get tunnel vision

[chilly dust]

I don't w volume because I don't want to disturb anyone

[chilly dust]

Ok, I will just be more cautious

Ty

[chilly dust]

what items should I look for when I use huntress?

[lavish jacinth]

Nothing too specific, but heavily prioritize damage

She's got great built-in mobility and fairly good crowd control, but her dps is low

[chilly dust]

so crowbar and the item that increases dmg with every kill?

oh and the dmg increase one but breaks at 25% health

[lavish jacinth]

I'd only go for crowbar if you have her alternate special skill, but it's still alright for her m2

But otherwise, stuff like crit, delicate watch, attack speed, proc effects, whatever you can find. Remember it's best to go for variety instead of just stacking a few things, because damage items almost always multiply each other's effects

[chilly dust]

Ic ty, I have no alternates. So should I try getting one? and which one?

[lavish jacinth]

Her alt special and utility are both great, the alt special can be tough to unlock though

Alt primary is kinda weird, it's worse than default initially but scales better the more crit chance you get

[chilly dust]

yeah, I was just looking at the requirements. I think I should get lucky with convert all heath to shield item

[chilly dust]

ic ty

[lavish jacinth]

I'm not sure if that works now, I'd have to check

It used to not work because shield counted as health, but recently they seem to have changed that

[chilly dust]

oh, I thought I could cheese it

[lavish jacinth]

There's another character with a similar "don't fall under 100%" unlock, and that one is cheesable with transcendence now

So it would probably work for huntress too, but I just haven't confirmed if it does

[chilly dust]

oh ok ty. Is there any survivor I should get that helps me get better at the game?

[lavish jacinth]

Commando is a good "training" character imo, he's so basic that anything you learn with him will apply to pretty much every other surviver. But he's also on the weaker side, so he might not be the best if you're just trying to make progress

Bandit is another decent early character, he's strong but also fairly simple to use

[heady sorrel]

huntress imo

yeah she’s got lower health but she’s really good at focusing movement (which is the most important aspect of the game)

[lavish jacinth]

Only problem with huntress imo is that her movement is so strong that you can become dependent on it, plus she barely needs to aim at all

Being able to dodge and fight without leaning on a movement ability is also an important skill to learn

[chilly dust]

ok then I will try bandit. ty

actually, I will stick to commando. where do u find the overloading worm?

[lavish jacinth]

It's a late-game enemy, typically you won't find them without looping but it's possible to get them on stage 4 or 5 by stacking mountain shrines

On monsoon you start seeing them around stage 8 or 9, lower difficulties will take longer

[chilly dust]

is there a way to make commando do dmg without getting the bleed item. That is the only thing that helps me do dmg and if I don't have them, I lose at stage 3

[chilly dust]

ic ty

[lavish jacinth]

Other proc items, and attack speed

[chilly dust]

what r the other proc items? sticky bomb and?

[lavish jacinth]

His high fire rate makes him really good with on-hit effects like

[chilly dust]

oh ic ty

[lavish jacinth]

Anything that activates when you hit an enemy

[chilly dust]

so do i just scrap all the dmg increase and crit item

[lavish jacinth]

No, keep those too

Because they can also boost the damage of proc items

[chilly dust]

what is the second one?

[chilly dust]

oh ic, I will keep them then

[lavish jacinth]

AtG, 10% chance on hit to fire a missile that does 3x the damage of the hit that procced it

Stacking increases its damage even more

[chilly dust]

ic ty

[lavish jacinth]

Proc effects are really strong because most of them scale off of the hit that procced them, and they can often proc other items for exponentially more damage

[chilly dust]

ic ty

how do u unlock AtG

[lavish jacinth]

It's unlocked by default

[hoary sedge]

iirc it's unlocked by default

[chilly dust]

oh ic ty

sorry for asking too many questions but how do you deal with the mechanical balls that explode, and are spawned by a machine? A lot of them spawn way too quickly and I can't deal enough dmg against the spawner fast enough

[lavish jacinth]

Np, asking questions is what the channel is for.

Yeah those things are annoying, but you can at least destroy the balls it spawns. If you have on-kill effects like or some AoE/piercing damage, you can destroy the balls and damage the spawner at the same time

[chilly dust]

Is there a way to dodge them instead? I usually don't have aoe items

[lavish jacinth]

if you have a way to gain height (which almost every survivor does), getting above them works pretty well

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

[toxic echo]

why does the console not seem to work for me?

i type in commands but absolutely nothing happens

[lavish jacinth]

do you have the debugtoolkit mod installed? Most of the commands that are actually useful aren't possible in vanilla

[toxic echo]

No

But i mean literally every command does nothing, i can't even type in help

[halcyon timber]

how do I purify the false son with the halycon seed?

for the character

[lavish jacinth]

just get a halcyon seed and then beat false son

easiest way is to check the bazaar each stage, there's a decent chance of gilded coast appearing as an option in the lunar seers. Then just complete it, and if you're on stage 1-3 of your current loop, a green portal will spawn so you can go straight to path of the colossus

I think stage 5 may also work

[halcyon timber]

so by beating gilded coast I get the seed?

[lavish jacinth]

yeah

[lavish jacinth]

*if you don't get gilded coast on a valid stage for a green portal, then you can go back to the bazaar on one of the right stages, and there'll be 3 hidden geodes you can break to spawn a green portal there

[halcyon timber]

wait so what does gilded coast look like

also do I need to do the green portal right after? or can I get more stuff

cuz im at the start of a run

well stage 3

but still pretty early\

[peak holly]

You don’t have to go through the green portal right after but I would personally

[lavish jacinth]

once you've got the halcyon seed you'll probably want to go straight through the green portal, yeah.
But you don't have to go to gilded coast right away, you can loop and get some items first, then start going to the bazaar

[halcyon timber]

I see

[halcyon timber]

can you do it in multiplayer?

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, although I think everyone needs to pick up a halcyon seed if you want the unlock to count for multiple players

[halcyon timber]

are there multiple?

[lavish jacinth]

one drops for each player, yeah

[onyx moth]

Does stacking safer spaces do anything more?

[lavish jacinth]

reduces the cooldown

caps at 65 stacks with a 1-frame cooldown

[lethal basalt]

I just got risk of rain 2 bundle

and got a bandit

[lavish jacinth]

is that a question, or...

[sullen basin]

what does aurelionite essence do

[lavish jacinth]

steals money from enemies/players on hit and spawns gold chunks

you can also activate it to do a really lame spike attack

[sullen basin]

so it's ghor tome/brittle crown without losing gold on getting hit

[lavish jacinth]

pretty much

[sullen basin]

here's my current items—i shouldn't switch it out for aurelionite, right?

[lavish jacinth]

eh, it's useful early on but falls off pretty hard on later stages when you're getting tons of gold anyway

[sullen basin]

mhm, and i can also always just get ghor's

[mighty falcon]

Just curious have they said anything about cross play liek sayin it’s never gonna happen for they’re working on it

Or is it still just kinda a grey area

[onyx moth]

Daaaang, okay, so get as much of it as possible then. Within reason

[lavish jacinth]

realistically you don't even need that many, unless you're trying to become totally invincible

just the first 7 stacks will cut the cooldown in half, (~7 seconds) and if you're decent at dodging then that's more than enough

[chilly dust]

Can u have a 100% chance to bleed?

[peak holly]

Yes, but some attacks have a proc coefficient lower than 1.0 so you would need more than 10 tritips to get it to 100%

The proc coefficient is just a modifier on the chances for items to “proc” (programmed random occurrence). Also bleed from Tritip usually lasts 3 seconds before resetting but a lower proc coefficient also lowers the duration

Crit is unaffected by proc coefficient, as an added bit of info

[midnight nacelle]

Hey you guys , how do items work in multiplayer. Can only items the host has unlocked be found during the run or is everything any of the players has unlocked available ???

[lethal wave]

everything

I host every game with my friends and items I hadnt unlocked were showing up

[midnight nacelle]

okay thank you and what about connection during multiplayer , does the hosts internet matter ? or is it hostet on a seperate server?

[peak holly]

It uses p2p, with a host

So yes the hosts internet is the most important

[livid wedge]

Ye, servers are only there to find public games

[reef skiff]

Should I receive an extra item after defeating the challenge of the mountain. So far, I have only received one copy of the boss drop

[lavish jacinth]

you should get one extra item for each mountain shrine activated on the stage

[reef skiff]

Huh, that's really weird. I activated it and the portal had the blue thing spinning around it. But then I only got one copy of the "has a chance to slow" item

[lavish jacinth]

check around the teleporter, the other one might've gotten stuck on a ledge above it or something

[jaunty furnace]

the blue thing spinning around it
thats not a mountain shrine, thats a newt altar
it spawns a blue portal after the teleporter

[reef skiff]

I know how to read thanks, I activated the shrine of the mountain

[jaunty furnace]

mountain shrines are indicated by a big blue claw-like icon above the teleporter and shrine

[reef skiff]

Yuh, and then when you go to actiavte the portal. There is a blue orb spinning around it

[jaunty furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/domgcat-donkeycat-gif-24380643

[trim lynx]

thats not caused by the mountain shrine

thats for the blue portal

the mountain shrine is indicated by a claw, as vlad said

[reef skiff]

Nah, I an right

[jaunty furnace]

are you sure the extra item hasnt dropped in a non-obvious spot

[reef skiff]

I'll die on this hill. Everyone just leave my pitiful ass alone please. I can't admit I'm wrong

It would mean aura loss for me

[jaunty furnace]

was the claw symbol present above the teleporter before activating the teleporter

[reef skiff]

To be honest, I haven't really checked I just picked the item that was right next to the portal

[reef skiff]

I think it was, but I activated the shrine and "You have invited the challenge of the mountain" appeared on the bottom left

[jaunty furnace]

okay

[reef skiff]

So I'm pretty sure the claw should have also been there

[trim lynx]

yah

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jaunty furnace]

then you either missed the item or you instantly picked it up and didnt notice

[reef skiff]

Perchance

Before this, I thought the mountain challenge was just to make it harder and missed out on probably like 5 extra items throughout multiple runs

[jaunty furnace]

theres no way you missed the extra item 5 times

[reef skiff]

That's what I'm saying. Today I got curious and checked the wiki and it said the challenge drops extra items. I was like "No way, let me ask other people"

[trim lynx]

every copy of risk of rain 2 is personalised?

[reef skiff]

Perchance

[primal vector]

mods?

[reef skiff]

Okay, jokes aside. What do you mean by personalized

[trim lynx]

its just some dumb joke about apparant mysterious discrepancies between installs, originated from mario 64. it doesnt mean anything im just baffled

[reef skiff]

"Mario 64". Bro is ancient

[primal vector]

Have you read the rules?

[trim lynx]

gee, wonder

[slate stone]

Well it’s hate speech and an insult targeted at a minority. So by all accounts that sounds like a slur to me.

Might’ve had more medical origins but it’s not exactly been treated as such. Not really the kindest word.

[toxic echo]

what's the average cost (assuming stage 1 with one player) to buy all items from a shrine of chance?

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

Should I constantly be killing mobs or only when I need money?

[high forum]

there's no harm in leaving something unkilled, especially early on when it takes some time. but if you're going from point a (wherever you're standing) to point b (the teleporter, let's say), you might as well get some more money along the way from kills because that turns into at the end!

[forest depot]

adpa1 was muted.

[long plover]

Is there a way to split a stack of an item you want to scrap?

Like I don't want 12 wax quails. It's a bit much. but I don't want 0 either lol

[wary trout]

no there isnt but i wish lmao

is ts a wr or what?

31 seconds

[primal vector]

You wont see one in a very long time, probably. So take it just for the novelty. You dont have an equipment anyways

[toxic echo]

anyone know an answer?

[jaunty furnace]

scrappers can only take 10 at a time

so in your case you can keep 2 immediately

otherwise, if you have a scrapper and a desired printer on the same stage then you can scrap all of then and then print

[jaunty furnace]

dont really think theres an answer

[toxic echo]

wym? there has to be an exact number no?

[primal vector]

This has to be a simple calculation for someone who knows maths

[jaunty furnace]

luck can very by a LOT

sometimes you get both items immediately, somtimes you get to like 300 bucks on stage 1

[livid wedge]

There might be a calculation but it won't be simple and it will be more of an distribution graph

[toxic echo]

Vary. And that still doesn't mean that there is no average value

[livid wedge]

Yes, but the average value does not tell the whole story

It could be a normal bell curve or maybe one squashed to either side

[toxic echo]

I do get that average value doesn't tell the whole story, however I'm mainly asking cuz of Captain's hacking beacon

I want to be able to know if it's mathematically better to use a hacking beacon on a shrine of chance or a large chest

In which case, like... what other factor is there to consider other than the average cost?

[narrow pine]

avg number of trials to succeed twice = 2/(1-.45) = 3.6

so avg price is like 60 maybe

17 + 17*1.4 + 17*1.4^2

[toxic echo]

I'm not sure but I feel like that's not the proper way to calculate it? if it was linear growth i'm sure it would be

[narrow pine]

cost increases by 40% according to wiki

i'm using binomial probability thing

or at least what i can remember from stats class lol

even if you guarantee succeed on first two tries the cost is already 17 + 23 so its basically at a large chest

so its probably gonna be better to use your beacon on a chance shrine

[jaunty furnace]

absolutely better on a chance shrine lol

[toxic echo]

Ok. and what about two large chests?

[jaunty furnace]

theyre just 50 dollas bruh

are you speedrunning or something

[toxic echo]

Mate I'm just trying to figure out what is better

[jaunty furnace]

chance shrine

[toxic echo]

And this game is literally about trying to go as fast as possible while still looting what you can

[glacial knoll]

its just better yeah

[jaunty furnace]

unfortunately youd be Quite wrong

unless thats specifically the playstyle you prefer for whatever reason

despite being less powerful on average

[toxic echo]

I said looting what you can bruh

[jaunty furnace]

that doesnt sound like full looting to me

[toxic echo]

Full looting isn't always optimal. like if you left a small chest on the whole other side of the map and would have to spend 2 minutes going to get it

[jaunty furnace]

you will not die for losing 2 minutes

and thats in the case of getting a bad item from it

[narrow harness]

full looting is the most consistent way to win runs, though going fast is still an option

[jaunty furnace]

that last chest could hold an incredible item

[toxic echo]

Ok then lemme reword. The whole point is to speedrun looting the whole stage.

[narrow harness]

meh? i never keep track of the timer in runs and take my time

[jaunty furnace]

thats alright then

i try to keep decent speed too

[narrow harness]

id say the point is more so comboing items into effective builds more than going speedy

going speedy is still an option tho, and one that can work

but my 2 and a half hour runs feel no different to my hour ones

id NEVER recommend a new player to skip loot and go fast tho

[toxic echo]

I asked reddit and they said it’s around 134 coins

[chilly dust]

ok ty

what does Lunar chimera do? I got shredded so fast

[craggy sage]

Kill you

But try and rotate around the blasts

and sprint and jump

[chilly dust]

does it shoot blasts?

[craggy sage]

yes

[chilly dust]

oh ic ty

[craggy sage]

what character do you play

[chilly dust]

I am new and I am playing commando

[craggy sage]

use your roll to dodge

or stun to interrupt

[jaunty furnace]

the game calls all of the lunar guys chimera for some reason

[chilly dust]

ic ty

[jaunty furnace]

so try to be a bit more specific

[chilly dust]

a ball with 4 legs

[jaunty furnace]

yea they shoot balls

but their biggest danger is the fire zone on death

[craggy sage]

The tanks are the ones i was trying to explain for

[chilly dust]

oh ic, ty

oh, I did not know what they did anyways cause I kept jumping

[craggy sage]

use things that say "on hit" with commando

[glacial knoll]

the 3 lunar enemies are all called the same in game, people usually call them exploder/golem/wisp

[chilly dust]

oh ic, ty

[craggy sage]

I call them Pablins, Pablos and Pablis

[chilly dust]

how do u paste images here? could I show u what I had?

[jaunty furnace]

#roles

[chilly dust]

ic ty

This was my build, I got to stage 6 for the first time. would I have beaten the game?

the only 3d printer I got was sticky bomb

and i could not get the bleed item and glasses untill stage 5

[craggy sage]

sticky bombs are actually quite good

[jaunty furnace]

that wouldve been a very nice printer to go into but im guessing you didnt have the scrap to go into it

[chilly dust]

yeah

would it have been possible to win?

[jaunty furnace]

yes

[limpid sun]

It would have been really possible

[chilly dust]

oh ic ty

[limpid sun]

More bleed or attack speed and that would have been free

[chilly dust]

I also played slow cause of new map so I had 70 minutes when I died

[chilly dust]

I could not find any at all

[limpid sun]

Yeah ik

[jaunty furnace]

and wouldve been nice

[craggy sage]

Oof

I'm an engineer player so all i care about is bungus

[limpid sun]

Wow so true

[chilly dust]

I could not find any either but i gave the black hole equipment to the drone and had 2 will-o-wisp so it was not that difficult with crowds

[craggy sage]

railgunner and engineer synergize well

[limpid sun]

Yeah sometimes

Bleed and bands

[craggy sage]

Turrets can defend when scoping

[wispy wyvern]

i mean did you lose the flasks and watches on the moon

cause this is fairly good build

[craggy sage]

From the textures you can tell he did

[wispy wyvern]

the textures dont tell when he lost them

[jaunty furnace]

?

[wispy wyvern]

he couldve lost them on stage 1

[jaunty furnace]

the watch is in the middle of his inventory so no

[limpid sun]

To me it looks like a end of stage 5 loss

[jaunty furnace]

elixir too

[limpid sun]

More like stage 5 loss

Oh yeah

He would have lost them on like stage 3 and another later on

[wispy wyvern]

could be stage 3 loss

[limpid sun]

And then his watches

[craggy sage]

Because they are greyed out i beleive that means you lost them earlier

cause they normally go the end of inventory when destroyed

[limpid sun]

Ye

[jaunty furnace]

no

or are your talking about the exact moment you break it

because yes at that point they will move

and stay there

[chilly dust]

Yeah, I did not know what i was getting hit by..... I think i lost it then cause I was getting very low at the start of stage 6

[chilly dust]

Idk if it was the end but I did 2 beacons

How many more beacons was i supposed to do? I was doing my 3rd one and I died and I say another one

[wispy wyvern]

you need to do 4 pillars on the moon to activate the jumpads

do you remember what types of pillars you did

[chilly dust]

One was taking my health and the others were normal I think. The other 2 did not have any effects. I think

[chilly dust]

I think it was end of stage cause I remember using a flask

[wispy wyvern]

mass pillars and blood pillars? yeah thats p fine, just be aware that they summon enemies and you should probably deal with them completely before charging it

[long plover]

wtf happened to me

[glacial knoll]

Shorderings shrine

[long plover]

i must've hit it on accident, never seen this before

[glacial knoll]

This seems like a good amount of items you just didnt know the enemies

[wispy wyvern]

yknow for a shrine of order this is that bad

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

I was charging it while killing the enemy so avoided jumping cause it had a small radius. I will avoid doing that the next time

[jaunty furnace]

you mean isnt?

but yeah thats crazy

[wispy wyvern]

isnt yeah

[glacial knoll]

150 white scrap 🔥

[candid wigeon]

does huntress's 100% max HP achievement count if you use Transcendence?

[glacial knoll]

losing shield fails the achievement

[candid wigeon]

ah damn.

[livid wedge]

Shield loss counts as losing 100% health. However, any barrier you get counts as having above 100% health

So if you take damage while you have barrier and it doesn't hit your normal shield/health bar, you'll be good

[candid wigeon]

so I should probably stack up on Topaz Brooch and stuff of that nature...
alright, thanks

[livid wedge]

Ye

Brooch and forgive me please is a good strategy

[chrome mist]

is something that counts as "on hit" just anything that procs?

cause im not sure if oculat lenses are working with it

[lavish jacinth]

basically, yeah

but if you're talking about deus ex, then it doesn't work with crit specifically for some reason

ig because crit is a character stat and not a true proc item

[chrome mist]

weird

[cunning jay]

i cant post screencaps i think

do i need levels or something

nvm

should I scrap cautious slug?

[jaunty furnace]

keep the slug and scrap the seeds

[left forge]

Scrap seeds. Keep slug

[crystal gyro]

how should someone describe what ror2 is to someone who never played it

[lavish jacinth]

third-person roguelike horde shooter, if you wanna keep it short and simple

[crystal gyro]

thank you!!!

[lusty edge]

I really like mul-t, but I'm worried it's a noob trab, am I cooked?

[lavish jacinth]

no

all of the survivors are viable, just play whatever you find fun

[lusty edge]

Yippee

[spark tusk]

do void seeds have a higher spawn rate the longer your run goes on? I just had a run where I got 4 stages in a row with a void seed and not sure if i just got super unlucky or if thats just how the game works

[lavish jacinth]

nope, their spawn rate never changes.
I wouldn't call that unlucky though, void seeds have good loot

[polar knot]

is there any “streamer mode” or any mod that can hide names? i tried searching up one but then idk it didnt seem to work in thunderstore

[chilly dust]

When will I meet an overloading worm in the simulacrum? I am doing drizzle and I am at stage 50

[glacial knoll]

There are no overloading worms in Simulacrum

[ember adder]

do you guys find that using disonance with sacrifice nets you more items earlier than normal sacrifice?

[lavish jacinth]

haven't tried it, but sacrifice's drop chance is based on the credit cost of the monster, so it would make sense if dissonance spawning more expensive monsters would lead to slightly more drops on average

[chilly dust]

Oh ic, ty

[onyx moth]

What's the trick to clearing a prismatic trial?

[lavish jacinth]

just completing one or doing the merc achievement?

because to complete it, you kinda just... play it, there isn't really a trick to it. If the seed is really tough you can wait a few days for a new one.
For the merc unlock, I recommend Cabbages' guides in #prismatic-trials

[mental siren]

whats the type of flower on rex's head?

[trim lynx]

one from a "cabbage hybrid"

[empty lantern]

Does anyone know if I can find the teleporter hymn on each stage somewhere in the game files (or online)?

[silent owl]

how do i even find out when i did 34b in 1 hit

[toxic echo]

I mean you probably can’t

Well you could just look at the damage numbers while playing

[silent owl]

never have them on lol

[tough jasper]

Heyyy a question, just got Ror2 and is there a way to look up in-game item effects before picking them up?

Also how does the 3D printer work? Takes random item and changes it to the one displayed?

[primal vector]

Omega reminded that you cannot know what an item does until you pick it up for the first time. But for the next times you can activate the inspect function in the menu

You will learn them anyways and can always look at the logboog

[primal vector]

One random item from the same tier: white, green, red or yellow

[tough jasper]

And another question, what's your guys' suggested first character to play?

[primal vector]

Commando is good pick because of how simple he is. You can focus on learning enemies attacks, stage layouts, etc

Sooner than later you will unlock some more and you will be able to cycle among them

[tough jasper]

Ummm, I dont know if anyone's typing anything but I don't see any messages here nor in the discussion channel, if anyone could DM me to help me out?

[primal vector]

?

[tough jasper]

Oh finally I can see the messages, thanks for the replies Javigoer :))

[primal vector]

You are welcome

[jaunty furnace]

takes a random item of the same tier, unless you have scrap of the same tier

you can use scrappers to turn unwanted items into scrap, which are prioritized when using printers of the same rarity

[tough jasper]

If I picked up Rusty Key, when does the lockbox spawn? Next stage?

[primal vector]

Next stage yes

[tough jasper]

Alright ty :)

[normal granite]

Hi guys, can’t find anything on how to unlock the Frail skin of Mercenary, do you guys know ?

[lavish jacinth]

It tells you in game if you hover over it

But you get it for beating false son

[abstract pike]

Hello. I have linked my account with epic for the capability of playing multiplayer
However, my name is permanently stuck to "HelpfulTower4028" and It's a dummy epic account so i can't seem to just turn it off.
Is there a way to use

1. Steam as my main "Playing" app so i can invite friends FROM steam
2. RoR2 multiplayer without an epic account

[lavish jacinth]

If you disable crossplay it'll go back to your steam name

You also don't need an epic account to play multiplayer

[abstract pike]

,,,however i cannot play with friends.

[lavish jacinth]

Unless your friends are on epic, then there's not much you can do about it

[abstract pike]

when i try to press multiplayer it tells me i have to enable crossplay

[lavish jacinth]

Huh

It shouldn't

(I actually recommend keeping it off because it's notoriously glitchy)

[jaunty furnace]

are your friends on epic

[abstract pike]

no

[jaunty furnace]

then you do not need crossplay lol

and they probably enabled it

so they need to disable it too

[lavish jacinth]

^ everyone needs to have the same crossplay setting in order to play together

[abstract pike]

ah ok

[civic ibex]

is there a mod to remove temporary items from the game?
(I see there is a mod channel sorry)

[tough jasper]

How long on average should a run be? Im at 35 minutes and just got to stage 5

[ember adder]

thats not really how that works. your average successful run is "as long as you wanted it to be".

30 min, 1 hour, 5 hours, however long it took you to specifically decide to go to a boss or obliterate

[narrow harness]

last run i did, i was stage 3 at 35 minutes and still won comfortably

[tough jasper]

Wait how do you "win"

[narrow harness]

theres a few ways

even more in dlcs

[ember adder]

by specifically choosing to go to a final boss and killing it, or obliterating at the fancy rock

otherwise you just cycle infinitely until you die

[narrow harness]

at stage 5, itll have a unique teleporter that can take you to the moon for a boss fight, or let you loop where you can find a portal that will end it

its the spikes around the teleporter, by default itll take you to the moon but you can interact with it to let you loop instead

[tough jasper]

Oh alright, i'll keep an eye out for the teleporter

[narrow harness]

the dlcs add a new final boss each that will also end the run, so if you have them or plan to at some point look out for those!

[ember adder]

Do devotion lemurs have a use for backup mags?

[narrow harness]

idk if they use it, but the backup mag will give them another swipe attack

[tough jasper]

Is it the primordial teleport?

[narrow harness]

yeah! when you touch the spikes it should say in chat where its pointing

[jaunty furnace]

it will send you to the moon by default

[narrow harness]

yeah when the spikes surround the middle

[tough jasper]

Okaayyy Grandparent just killed me

[narrow harness]

oof, guessing it was from their sun attack

[tough jasper]

Yeahh

[jaunty furnace]

get in the shadows

[narrow harness]

yeah, also if theres a blast shower anywhere you can use that if it hits you too much

unless theyre the boss from the teleporter, i usually try to avoid them entirely if i cant damage them quick enough

[ember adder]

oh man you should really just turn off SotV if you're gonna use devotion huh

[narrow harness]

without it you cant give them shipping request forms tho

[heavy gorge]

There’s a bug with devotion where the Lemurians take massive damage when they teleport to you on commencement

[ember adder]

hmmm. No shipping forms, or the entire army dying in void bubbles...

[lavish jacinth]

35 minutes to stage 5 is kinda fast tbh, I'm usually there at around 50ish minutes. Make sure you're full-clearing stages and not rushing to the teleporter

[ember adder]

use sacrifice and go straight to teleporter every stage

[lavish jacinth]

sacrifice is an exception

but normally you always wanna get all the loot you can, items are more important than time

drones and stuff too, but mostly items

[ember adder]

Sacrifice + Swarm + Dissonance + Delusion (leg chest). Add devotion if you feel like lizards and picked a character who has little to no use for some items

sprint items are usless on the lizards?

[tough jasper]

Aight ty!!

[hallow ether]

Quick question: if I wanted to do the Acrid's 'finishing blow on scavenger' challenge which diff would be the best for actually encountering them, since I know they're a late-run enemy? Usually play on rainstorm but I could give monsoon a shot

[ember adder]

get beads and obliterate, extra special bonus scavenger

[hallow ether]

Looked on the wiki, twisted scavs dont count per wiki

I did actually get beads and their associated area for the first time today, which is where I had the thought. Doesn't say that it works tho

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, has to be a normal scav

[lavish jacinth]

difficulty doesn't really matter, but they'll show up sooner on monsoon, usually around stage 8 or 9

lower difficulties will just take longer, I think like 15ish stages for rainstorm and 20+ on drizzle

[hallow ether]

gotcha

[uncut hound]

So, I just got if it's distinction on artificer, am.i doing double burn stacks or should I just keep my equipment

[lavish jacinth]

nah, ifrits is great, especially if you can get
it makes all of your attacks with a nonzero proc coeff ignite enemies, which is basically a 50% damage buff for free

and it's pretty rare to get one of the aspects that are actually good, so you might as well keep it just for that

[halcyon timber]

can you do false son twice? I didn't know activating green portal from bazaar realm brought you straight to the fight, so I didn't have the halcyon seed but I got it now is there any way to do the fight again

[lavish jacinth]

iirc it's possible but the method is kinda jank, I think you have to get prime meridian to show up in a lunar seer or something. Probably easier to just reset

[halcyon timber]

nah im too far in

I cant now

[lavish jacinth]

rip

[halcyon timber]

is it possible for it to show up in the lunar seer?

[lavish jacinth]

gilded coast or prime meridian? because the answer is yes to both

lunar seers are actually the best way to get the seed in the first place, it's like a 30ish% chance that it'll show up in either of them

and gilded coast will spawn a green portal at the end, if you're on a valid stage for it and haven't used a green portal already on that run

[halcyon timber]

wait so prime meridian can show up?

also what are the odds of it

cause we've done gold portal a few times now and it doesnt bring us there

[lavish jacinth]

honestly no idea, pretty low though I think

the rules for getting to the sots stages are complicated as fuck lol

green portals stop spawning once false son is dead though iirc, you're not supposed to be able to fight him twice, so I think the lunar seer is the only way it can happen
(and honestly I'm not even 100% sure it still works)

[halcyon timber]

whens the last time you tried it

[lavish jacinth]

I know it worked pre-AC but I haven't tried since then. Haven't seen anyone confirm or deny if it still works either

and keep in mind, it can only happen if you go to the bazaar from stage 3, since meridian is between 3 and 4 and the stage order has to line up.
Like I said, resetting is probably the best option, unfortunately. In the amount of time you'd spend looping and hoping for a rare stage that may or may not even exist, you could probably get the whole achievement done in another run

(actually it might also also work from stage 5, but that's ALSO a bug so I don't even know if that would work here)

[ember adder]

yall see much in the way of public lobbies appear in game or is it only solos and private groups

[sullen basin]

is focused convergence capped at three

also does faulty conductor also buff polylute/uke

[heavy gorge]

You can enable Dissonance which lets them spawn super early

I've gotten them at stage 2

as TP bosses I mean

Might also need a couple mountain stacks

[heavy gorge]

what does this mean?

[slate stone]

that comes up on your buffs/debuffs list when you interact with a Shrine of Soul iirc

[leaden crescent]

this happened when I was playing as captain how?!

[lavish jacinth]

solus extractor

they steal a random item from you and create duplicates of it, which get shared with other nearby enemies. When it dies, it returns the stolen item and drops the duplicates as temporary items

[leaden crescent]

ita weird becuase it happened twice in the same run with that item

[lavish jacinth]

it happens a lot with captain because they can steal the microbots from drones

[leaden crescent]

ahh ok thx

[north granite]

More microbots..

[lean atlas]

a

[chilly dust]

how do u deal with lunar chimera ball version during the mithrix fight? there were a lot of them in fight

in the 2nd phase of mithrix

[tough jasper]

Should I first clear whole stage and chests before doing the teleporter?

[empty lantern]

generally looting about 80% of the stage before the teleporter is fine, but you can do whatever feels right, just make sure you're gonna have enough gold to loot as much as you want afterwards though

[tough jasper]

Alrihgty! One more question, anything worth doing in the blue portal when Im new?

[empty lantern]

The Lunar items are a bit of a mixed bag, try them out and see which ones you like/don't like. You can also pick from two options for your next stage, and there are soups that can upgrade 3 random whites into a green, or 5 random greens into a red

Also, you should try exploring the whole Bazaar

[jaunty furnace]

the bazaar lets you select the next stage, and has cauldrons that let you turn 3 whites into 1 green and 5 greens into 1 red

theres also something down below......................

you can also buy lunars i guess but i dont play with those

[heavy gorge]

I have a question about Repossess. So the bludgeon and discard deal more damage if the target you stole is big. Does this include the damage dealt by these abilities to the stolen enemy in question?

[patent plinth]

from my experience, the damage dealt to targets trapped in drifter's bag is a certain percentage of their health that is higher or lower depending on what weight class they are in

could be completely wrong on that though, i might have to do my own testing

[heavy gorge]

hmm. But at the very least, it is still modified by how big they are?

[patent plinth]

yes, larger monsters like elder lemurians generally take longer to kill with repossess than smaller ones like lesser wisps, though that might be because of how much tankier they are, rather than current% hp damage

[viral minnow]

did i got good rng on getting 4 legendary items?

[sullen dragon]

The couldrons

VERY important

And biome choosing

And void fields of you're ready for them

I don't take lunar items but you can try em out

It's a good place, try to go there every time

[lavish jacinth]

is kinda trash but the other three are great
although stage 4 always has a guaranteed red item, either from a hidden legendary chest or killing the secret boss on Siren's call

[heavy gorge]

What makes the director decide to do a horde of many instead of a typical boss?

I’ve also heard mutterings that some TP locations always generate a horde of many

[lavish jacinth]

if I understand it correctly, it's essentially a failsafe in situations where the director isn't able to spawn an appropriate boss for one reason or another, usually due to a selected boss being either too cheap or too expensive https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/Directors#The_Combat_Directors

[heavy gorge]

Interesting!

[lavish jacinth]

and the tp location can affect it too, if it can't find a spot where a boss will actually fit without clipping into a wall

[heavy gorge]

Yo mama so fat that the director has to use the horde of many failsafe every time it tries to spawn her

(Sorry)

[onyx plume]

my friend and i used to duo before alloyed dlc

now we try to duo with alloyed dlc its too damn hard

theres just too much mobs like little balls

mob scaling with multiplayer right now seems a bit unbalanced. does anyone experience this as well?

[lofty hemlock]

Hey guys, so Im having an issue unless I’m dumb. So Ive been trying to unlock False Son and either 2 things happen in my runs

1. I don’t get the aurelinite and never get the gold portal (I do go through a green)
   Or
2. I don’t go into a green portal (one shrine and no other appear) but complete the shrine and never get to fight falso son.

Am I doing something wrong or is it just bad luck of the draw?

[hoary sedge]

the ac enemies generally have really low credit costs so the multiplayer scaling does make it tend to spam those yeah

[hoary sedge]

once you're on the green path stages, you don't need to do shrines for green portals, the teleporter will just have a green orb. getting aurelionite is a bit more rng but you can improve your chances by going to the bazaar every stage, since gilded coast is decently common to find in the lunar seers

also you can bypass the colossus stages entirely by breaking the bazaar geodes on stage 5, which also gives you more time to find a gilded coast entrance

[lofty hemlock]

Wdym bazaar geodes? Sorry, still new, haven’t played for long

[hoary sedge]

yeah all good, if you enter the bazaar from any stage other than stage 4, it'll spawn 3 mini geodes around the area, and if you break all of them it spawns a green portal. if the geodes are present it'll give you a "you hear thunder rumbling" message when you enter the bazaar

so if you go to the bazaar from stage 5 and break the geodes, you can go straight to prime meridian

keep in mind you can only do the geodes once per run though

[lofty hemlock]

I still don’t get the geodes. Gotta dumb it down to description for me for the one time.

[hoary sedge]

little golden rock pillars

like a miniature version of the ones on prime meridian that clear the lunar ruin

[lofty hemlock]

Would those be the shrines no?

[hoary sedge]

if you mean the one you have to charge with gold then no that's a separate thing

those take you to the colossus path if you find one on stage 1, 2, or 3, and gilded coast if you're on stage 4, 5, or already on the colossus path

[lofty hemlock]

So, I just looked up WTF geodes were on RoR2 and omg, I NEVER noticed them mf. I will now keep an eye out for them

[hoary sedge]

oh yeah no those are important lol

they are fairly hidden in the bazaar but on prime meridian you need them to clear the debuffs from the lightning and the boss' ability disabling move

[lofty hemlock]

Never knew that, and they are at the bazaar right?

[hoary sedge]

yes but not if you go there from stage 4

[candid moat]

does having starstorm 2 affect multiplayer like will it not let people join if they don't have the mod

[swift finch]

hey so i tried to downpatch ror2 through steam, but when i try to open it, its automatically force closed, any1 can help me?

[lofty hemlock]

So I am at the bazaar atm, destroyed one. Any idea of how many and Im assume they’re scattered right?

[hoary sedge]

theres 3, and theyre hidden around the chasm area

the 9 potential spots are all listed on the wiki

[buoyant pine]

im coming back int oteh game after 2 years, how do you respawn as a turret?

[south egret]

I think you press the interact button or something. A note will pop up on the bottom if you're able to (you can't in singleplayer)

[buoyant pine]

Thank you! Will try this next time : D

[tawny adder]

ror returns is on discount rn

is 35% off the highest its been

[south egret]

you can check on steamdb

[south egret]

looks like the answer is yes

[tawny adder]

o thanks

[swift finch]

any1 can help me fix cant launch ror2 after downpatch it?

[halcyon path]

Will there be DLC specific skins for other DLC survivors other than their own DLC skins

Like… Digital False Son or Chef would look cool

[jaunty furnace]

what do you think happens when a computer is told to load content it has no idea about

[lavish jacinth]

gearbox said they won't be doing any more cross-dlc content like that

[hoary storm]

Hello hello
Does anyone by chance know what the penultimate entry in the Monster Logbook is? Despite having completed every other log & achievement it is Still Locked (saying I haven't defeated the monster yet)
I suspect it's the ||Solus Heart|| but It can't be, as I've gotten every single Collective Achievo there is

P.s.: Sorry for posting it in the wrong spot earlier ewe

[lavish jacinth]

your suspicion is correct, there's a bug where it always appears locked until you actually get the logbook from it

[hoary storm]

Ah alright thank you
Odd that I've already Run Over it twice with several Clovers (150 on one attempt) and still nothing, but I'm happy to know you can get its logbook

[lavish jacinth]

did you reject the offer on those attempts? I think you need to fully kill it for it to drop

[hoary storm]

Yes, I rejected on both attempts

[glacial knoll]

it drops upon killing the main body, not the rejection, but it is just 1 3% chance

[hoary storm]

As a matter of fact I just id it again thought with far fewer clovers (4 this time)

[hoary storm]

I'll look for that next time thank you ^^
Though with 150 clovers it should be a 98%~ chance if my math is correct

[glacial knoll]

yeah that would've been insanely unlucky to not get it

[ember adder]

Does eclipse just block artifacts, or do you have to reunlock the artifacts specifically in eclipse

[jaunty furnace]

blocked

along with other bits of content

like being able to end the run at dlc bosses

[chilly dust]

Which loadout should I be using for mercenary?

[mellow crystal]

whichever one you're most comfortable with

mercenary is one of the few survivors where he doesn't really have any worse or better alt skills

the worse skills are the ones you don't feel comfortable using

[hoary sedge]

yeah the only thing merc has that's even close to a 'worse' skill is rising thunder. you can't trimp with it like you can whirlwind, it doesn't work as well with expose transfer, and it can make positioning a little awkward, but even then it's still perfectly fine to use

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

[tough jasper]

Hey how exactly do I unlock Mercenary?

[ancient current]

obliterate at the obelisk

[celest isle]

How do you get to the new dlc area for the skins and is it a win condition? Also is there a way to not have the junk drone in ur face every 2 seconds

[ancient current]

no

[tough jasper]

How does that work? And where's the obelisk at

[ancient current]

get to stage 8 and enter the portal

to get to stage 8 u need to loop once

[mellow crystal]

the portal appears after the teleporter specifically

[ancient current]

yea

[mellow crystal]

you'll know it when you see it, it has a very distinct appearance

[tough jasper]

I think i gotta look it up on yt I guess

[ancient current]

just look on the wiki

[hoary sedge]

to get to the place for the ac skins you need to take the digital portal route, you can get there by activating the access node on any stage 3 and repurposed crater, or beating AWU on sirens call

once you beat the boss at solutional haunt, you get an item you need to combine with a sentry key, prison matrix, or rusty/encrusted key at the item crafter and give it to spex, which will spawn a portal to take you to the ac final boss

you can choose to end the run after that boss, but to get certain characters skins you need to not. you can check in the logbook, any skin labeled accept means end the run, reject means keep going

[tough jasper]

Do I get more XP from teleporter the more money I have at the end?

[hoary sedge]

yes but the xp requirements for each level scale way faster than the amount of gold you get so it isn't really worth worrying about too much

[tough jasper]

Silly question but what does lvl translate to, more dmg? more hp?

[hoary sedge]

more health, regen, and base damage yeah

[tough jasper]

Awesome, ty

[ancient current]

is there a way to play multiplayer with a pirated copy of the game?

[celest isle]

Ask this anywhere but the official discord bro i beg 😭

Ur gonna get smited

[ancient current]

ima get banned so fast 😄

[chilly dust]

how do u deal more dmg with mercenary? I don't have his alt skills.

I can try getting them except the last ult

[ancient current]

how do i connect to ppls server's

like i aint seeing no servers gng

[runic oak]

there are none for non steam

[hoary sedge]

if you don't already know about the m1 expose transfer tech, learning that will help, but merc generally is better at aoe damage and ends up pretty reliant on proc items for single target damage most of the time

if you really want to maximize your damage you can cancel the default dash with whirlwind, so if you time it right both abilities hit the enemy and you end up right next to them to continue the combo

[runic oak]

Is it possible to turn off input acceleration for controller?

[tough jasper]

On stage 5, do I take the primordial teleporter?

[chilly dust]

Oh ic ty. Is the expose transfer tech the one where u animation cancel the 3rd m1 w one of ur abilities?

[hoary sedge]

yep

[tough jasper]

Quick question, do I do the HUGE teleporter on stage 5 or take primordial?

[mellow crystal]

yes
more specifically you have to try and do it right as the third slash starts but before you can properly see the slash visually appear

[mellow crystal]

primordial takes you to next stage and big tp lets you unlock artifacts

[chilly dust]

I usually do it with my m2 ability but I don't deal alot of dmg. I think i might be doing it wrong

[tough jasper]

Artifacts? I guess I should go primordial if Im new?

[chilly dust]

I usually do where the 3rd m1 hit at the end of m2

[hoary sedge]

if the first hit applies expose and the second hit activates it then you did it right, if you got it then the m2 should come back almost immediately

[mellow crystal]

visual demonstrations of expose transfer since i have these on hand

[tough jasper]

Do I have to loop back if I want to unlock Mercenary?

[chilly dust]

Oh ic, I think i only hit the enemies w one hit cause the mark is still on them

[mellow crystal]

yes
you can do so by either taking the big tp, or by going to the primordial tp and interacting with the stone edges

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

[mellow crystal]

it should look like this if you wanna loop

[tough jasper]

Alright so Imma align the stones and do the teleporter, ty! :)

[hoary sedge]

you can also take the blue portal if you have one

[dusk jackal]

are ther any setting that can provent u from opening chest or it's js mod thing

[tough jasper]

Is this normal at stage 6?

The obelisk shows up at stage 8, yes?

[mellow crystal]

the portal to it appears after you clear the stage 8 teleporter yeah

[tough jasper]

Ayyy thanks, finally got merc :)

[dusk fiber]

possibly the silliest RoR2 build of all time,
1 engineer

3 drifters

all of the drifters give their items to the engineer

engineer becomes god

[flint iron]

can someone give me the modt optimal items to get for seeker

[tough jasper]

Any mods worth getting?

[tender temple]

Fatmando

It really adds to the immersion

[lavish jacinth]

Basically anything, seeker is so broken that you can't really go wrong

When in doubt, go for proc items and damage multipliers like always

[kind estuary]

What’s the item that let’s engineer have more than two turrets? I know ive seen it once but I can’t remember

[blazing pivot]

I was in a run where i had a void seed and it said one enemy left even though i checked the whole map and didnt see anything, is this a bug?

[royal ember]

depends on whether you have all the artifacts and if you want to loop or not

[heavy gorge]

Lysate Cell from SOTV

But you can only have 3 turrets total on the field at once

[heavy gorge]

When there are 3 or fewer enemies left, you should be getting purple arrows that point to them if you move your camera to a direction they’re not at. I usually look at the ground. If there was not a purple arrow in your case, then that was a bug.

[lavish jacinth]

void seeds occasionally glitching out like that is a known bug

[heavy gorge]

I suspect it has to do with the vacuum drones

[lavish jacinth]

nah, it's been a thing since way before AC

[heavy gorge]

I see

[lavish jacinth]

although I imagine there are multiple things that can cause it

[hoary storm]

To add to this, I've just gotten the log (150 clovers again). I suspect the boss has a 1% chance instead of 3%, making it reasonable to miss it once or twice (78% chance of success with the Clovers mentioned, if that's correct)

Unsure if I should bother the devs to take a look

[glacial knoll]

he has a red background in the log which means he's a champion which means it's 3%

[hoary storm]

Idk what to say then, I missed a 98% chance twice ahah

[blazing pivot]

i think i found a bug? idk what happened it was like i died before the next level even loaded

[amber zinc]

guys, i'm really new in the game, so how exactly good this is? I almost have no idea what is goin on and i'm kinda like it

[lavish jacinth]

you've got a few items you could scrap but it looks like a very solid run overall

[lavish jacinth]

yeah uh, that's definitely a bug

also RIP kjaro's band

[tough jasper]

What is the big portal at stage 5 for?

[trim lynx]

for unlocking modifiers called artifacts

[tough jasper]

Is it per character?

[trim lynx]

nope

[tough jasper]

Oh okay, imma try it out tomorrow then

[brisk warren]

if you block an attack with tougher times does planula still heal you?

[kind estuary]

🔺🔺🔺
🔺🔺🔺
🔺🔸🔺

[lavish jacinth]

no

when a hit is blocked, the game treats it like the hit never happened

[junior schooner]

I seen a portal with that type of set up but I did all squares and a triangle in the middle

[hoary sedge]

deus ex is a notable exception, you can still parry even if spaces or tougher times blocks the actual hit

[ember adder]

wait, how do you do Operators Not So Different if you're on the ground when you activate the teleporter?
Doesn't the fact you werea lready on the ground at the start fail it?

[mellow crystal]

the condition starts when the solus control unit spawns, not as soon as you activate it via interacting

[lofty hemlock]

Im guessing he comes back right? I fired a singular bullet

[narrow heron]

The next time you enter the blue portal he'll let you in

And will be there

[brisk warren]

can you activate newt altar after the teleporter event

[pallid mirage]

Is there a lore channel

[mighty falcon]

No

[lavish jacinth]

#theorycrafting does lore stuff

[pallid mirage]

Thx

[lofty hemlock]

Question: can you do the Prime Meridian again after completing it?

Reason for this question is cause I completed it, looped for Aurelionite and now trying to do it again to unlock false son, if so, would newt alter be the only way to do so?

[narrow harness]

it will not, none of the stages in the path of the colossus will become available again if you've beaten false son already

if you're looking for a way to fight false son at a later stage, if you go into the blue portal at stage 5 and break the geodes, you can fight false son there instead of after stage 3

[lofty hemlock]

Got it, Im just trying to unlock False son honestly

[tough jasper]

Is it worth buying dlcs early on or first get unlocks etc then jump into dlcs?

[spark flower]

my first win ever on rainstorm, all I had to do to win was turn off AC apparently

Im super happy i worked for like 2 weeks for this

[frosty pawn]

You could go for the main unlocks but I would suggest to get the dlcs first so that you have access to everything.

[heady ether]

What is this
^
[] symbol thing on my drone

The House symbol

[lavish jacinth]

It means those drones are getting an upgrade from box of dynamite or spare drone parts

[tough jasper]

Can I get all artifacts in one run?

[jaunty furnace]

id recommend not adding too much content too fast

enjoy base game, when youre bored add sotv, enjoy sotv, when youre bored add another etc

[night obsidian]

I wanted to ask if i have downloaded a performance mod can i not play multiplayer?

[trim lynx]

depends on the mod

which one?

[hoary sedge]

theoretically yes but you would have to loop as many times as there are artifacts so that would be a VERY long run

[celest isle]

Wuth the new final boss is there a portal to continue looping or can u not continue run?

[narrow heron]

Solus heart? Yeah you can just hit his head after you kill him

[lofty hemlock]

Yes you can, just keep looping to Sky Meadows, Delta and the one map with lava, cant remember which others have the artifact

[livid wedge]

Only the two stage 5s, helminth hatchery and sky meadows, have artifact portals

[spark tusk]

Whats the easiest path to Voidling? idk whether to go through Mithrix then Voidling or do Voidfields

[random elk]

can you get back to conduit canyon again if you killed the champion?

trying to get operator's skill that needs to kill it without touching the ground

forgot which it was

[narrow harness]

If you have dlc 3, a void portal will spawn after solus heart. Otherwise, check blue portal dreams after stage 5 or get lucky with a portal orb spawn during loops

[narrow harness]

Iirc, conduit canyon isnt inaccessible if solus wing is defeated. And other cyber portal will take you to computational exchange. A tip for the achievement tho is to try and go to conduit canyon with a trophy hunters tricorn, as long as you can get the boss into second phase before touching the ground you should be able to gun it no problem

[random elk]

ohhhh didn't know trophy hunters works on the Alloy Hunter

I'll try it again cause apparently didn't get the operator mastery

[halcyon timber]

im kind of confused with false son's lunar spikes, how do I get more through growth?

[primal vector]

When you get HP by leveling up or getting items

[halcyon timber]

I was leveling up and getting more items but I only got more lunar spikes through backup mags

I was like level 15 and still only had 4

5 with backup mag ig

[jaunty furnace]

not leveling up

[jaunty furnace]

growth = getting max hp via items

[halcyon timber]

oh so like the meat

[jaunty furnace]

yes

[halcyon timber]

isnt that the only item that ups your max hp

actually infusion too

[jaunty furnace]

theres like 10

[halcyon timber]

what are they

or at least some

cause I only know of 2

[jaunty furnace]

feel like hearty stew is wrong because its not a max hp item

@worthy vapor didnt you edit the wiki once

could you remove that for me :virtuesmiler3:

[worthy vapor]

I've edited a few pages, yeah I'll remove it

what page is that on

[jaunty furnace]

https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/False_Son#Growth

[spark tusk]

How common is it cause I remember I saw it once early on then like I went 10 stages without seeing it spawn in the shop or as a portal and gave up

[narrow harness]

Idk the exact chances, the wiki might have that. But in my experience, i find it most often in the shop after stage 5

[toxic echo]

Is there an easy way to predict how many chests will be on a map? So you know how many chests you'll probably have to open?

[narrow harness]

You can look into the spawning credits for each map to get an idea of how many will spawn. Its not an exact number, but certain intractables (like lunar pods) will take a good amount of credits away from chests

Its mostly random tho, with a few guaranteed exceptions here and there

Theres a mod called “stage recap” that shows you all the interactables on a map when you leave it. Could be helpful to get an idea of what a map offers

[halcyon timber]

why does false sons lazer do like zero damage

it says it does a lot but its doing nothing for me icl

its better just to not use it from what im seeing

[lavish jacinth]

you have to charge it up to deal full damage

(it's still not great though, the alt is better)

[narrow harness]

Yeah laser burst is more reliable damage, recharges the secondary spikes faster, and can use extra charges better.

[wispy wyvern]

id reccommend you inflict the enemy with ruin first before charging your laser and firing it at them

[brisk warren]

do the daggers from ceremonial daggers proc?

[narrow harness]

Yessir!

[brisk warren]

thats huge, thx

[sturdy ferry]

what's the best way to get teh achievement of completing the first 3 stages without healing? is there any character that can make a lot of shields or doesn't automatically heal? do i just need to not get hit?

[lavish jacinth]

health regen doesn't count as healing, so you can just use cautious slugs

[sturdy ferry]

oh what counts as healing then?

[lavish jacinth]

anything that makes a green number appear above your head when it heals you

[sturdy ferry]

ok. i'm surprised i haven't got this achievement yet then. so just avoid certain healing items then

[brisk warren]

if i use aegis to "heal" over maximum health, will i still lose gold with brittle crown if i get hit?

[lavish jacinth]

yes

[tough jasper]

What happens if u get over 100% crit chance?

[high forum]

nothing

[hoary sedge]

nothing

[high forum]

you just have 100% crit. there's no benefit or effect to going over.

[narrow harness]

Only exception to that is railgunner, who converts the crit chance into sweet spot damage

[tough jasper]

Ah okay, ty :)

[sturdy ferry]

is the achievement for huntress's special jjust not getting hit? cuz i had the beetle lunar item and completed scorched acres but it didn't count

couldn't fall below 1 hp ofc

[narrow harness]

Its going below your max hp, and blue shield health is included i believe. Orange barrier health tho doesnt count, so topaz broches will be a good tool

[worldly olive]

Getting hit with shield counts for it

On the other hand, yellow health (barrier) doesn't count for it

So if you're struggling try and get a more barrier focused build
The other alternative is to loop

[hoary sedge]

you can also use artifact of glass

[elder osprey]

How do I make sure I'm staying ahead of the damage curve? It feels like even on runs where I'm getting way more than one item per minute I'm still falling off hard by the time I'm fighting a major boss

[tough jasper]

How do I get the artifact keys during artifact reliquary?

Is it just a mob drop?

[high forum]

yes, it just drops from enemies when they die, randomly

[tough jasper]

Wait... do you need different stone combinations for different artifacts..?

[daring cloak]

Yes

[sturdy ferry]

while that's a decent metric, the quality of items matter too. if you get an item per minute but have a bunch of steaks and stuff then that's not much help

[elder osprey]

I'm just taking the items that I can get in a stage

I'm not sure how to force better items

[hoary sedge]

printers and scrappers mainly

you can also save certain loot sources for later in case you get a sale star or chance doll or something but that's not necessary most of the time

[tough jasper]

Does it show up on the tablet later on? Or is it always the same?

[daring cloak]

Other codes are on other tablets... and other things

[hoary sedge]

the main thing you want is diversified damage sources, so multiple different flat boosts and proc itema

[tough jasper]

Hmm... I guess I'll see with time? I just did honor artifacts twice :')

[hoary sedge]

keep in mind the other codes are MUCH more hidden than the honor one when looking for them

[tough jasper]

Is it at least on stage 5?

[hoary sedge]

no they're scattered all across the game

[tough jasper]

Oh wow, okay, ty! :)

[sturdy ferry]

printers and scrappers. sometimes those dont' appear much either. a lot of it is just luck so you have to learn to play around that, and some runs will just be mid

[elder osprey]

Damn

[hoary sedge]

the scavenger hunt is pretty fun imo but if there's a certain artifact you want and don't want to bother finding the code they're all listed on the wiki

[sturdy ferry]

question do newt alters always appear or do they not spawn sometimes

[elder osprey]

I had a run earlier where seeker being broken let me survive for way longer than I should have but it took fucking ages to kill the bosses

[hoary sedge]

every stage will always spawn at least 1 altar except for distant roost

the spots can be inacessible on some map variants and some require higher vertical mobility but most can be reached without much mobility

[sturdy ferry]

alrihgt. one more question, how do you do that hermitcrab achievement

[hoary sedge]

easiest way is to go to the bazaar on stage 5 and use the seers to go to titanic plains, crabs can spawn there post loop and there's a lot of pits

non damaging knockback stuff helps (cube equip, railgunner mines, etc) but isn't necessary since crabs run away from you if you get close

i think crabs can also spawn on pretenders precipice pre-loop but I might be wrong on that one

[sturdy ferry]

aight. i tried to do that once but titani plains wasn't an option when i went to the lunar thing for some reason

it was just 2 of the other stage (don't remmeber the name, not the one with the big flowers)

[hoary sedge]

artifact of swarms can help speed up the process but do NOT use dissonance, it will never spawn crabs for some reason

[hoary sedge]

yeah for some reason both variants of distant roost can show up in the seers at the same time

[sturdy ferry]

bruh

[hoary sedge]

same thing can happen with plains too

[polar knot]

my friend said theres logbooks for the artifact sbut i cant find it 🥲

im doing artifact of swarms if that helps

[hoary sedge]

the artifacts don't have logbook entries

[polar knot]

bruh what

[hoary sedge]

if that's what you're asking

[livid wedge]

There's logbooks for each of the the bulwarks ambry variants where you get the artifacts but not for the artifacts themselves

[polar knot]

oh

[sturdy ferry]

idk if this is the right channel but have the devs ever said anything about if they'll add cross platform play to the game? (besides just steam and epic)

[polar knot]

he said theyre hanging off the map but does anyone know where 😭

[hoary sedge]

hopoo stated that cross platform almost certainly isn't happening but they're not the devs anymore so it's unclear

[livid wedge]

I believe the wiki has the location of each ambry variants logbook

[hoary sedge]

afaik gbx hasn't said anything about it

[polar knot]

ooh okok ty

[sturdy ferry]

sad. would love to play this game with my brother. unfortnate.

[sturdy ferry]

ok i'im on titanic plains as stage 6, how do i get the hermit crabs to spawn. i read you just stand there?

nvm

[brisk warren]

how do you get rid of specific items without a recycler

[high forum]

you don't

[sturdy ferry]

scrapper

[brisk warren]

oh i meant without that

[sturdy ferry]

can only like 5 hermit crabs spawn or osmething?

[sturdy ferry]

oh there is no other way then

[brisk warren]

can scrappers spawn when you use artifact of command?

[high forum]

there's no limit, but it's random

[high forum]

no

[brisk warren]

o_o

[ebon fern]

is there a way to change the name of your save file?

[lavish jacinth]

you'd have to manually edit it

[lavish jacinth]

On verdant falls, there's a spot on top of the crashed ship that always has a 50% chance to spawn a scrapper, even with command
other than that, the only way to remove specific items is to give items to spex, but you can only do that 3 times, and he won't take lunar, void, or meal items

[brisk warren]

that verdant falls tip is really helpful thank you

[ebon fern]

how would I?

[sturdy ferry]

why are shrines of blood making me lose money?

[lavish jacinth]

do you have brittle crown?

[lavish jacinth]

save files are at C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\userdata[Number]\632360\remote\UserProfiles, open it up and ctrl+f for your save name and change it

probably also make a backup copy of it first, just to be safe

[halcyon timber]

will they ever add crossplay to this game?

[lavish jacinth]

unlikely

[sturdy ferry]

ye

ohhhhhh

[brisk warren]

do the skulls from n'kuhana's opinion trigger atg

[lavish jacinth]

they have a 0.2 proc coeff, so technically yes but the chance is really low

[brisk warren]

better than nothing though, thx

[outer sierra]

.

[ember adder]

does regenerating scrap actually count as scrap for drifter

[chilly dust]

where does the encrpted portal take me?

[cold reef]

when playing i randomyl get kicked back to main menu
There is no message or error, whats going on?

[jaunty furnace]

depends on where youre at

if youre on stage 3 or false son, itll take you to conduit canyon

if youre on stage 4, itll take you to solutional haunt

[peak holly]

Are you on Xbox by any chance

[cold reef]

nop pc

[peak holly]

Not really sure then, maybe verify your game files

Reinstall

Obviously if you are playing modded a mod could be the issue

But this is more of a #ror2-tech-support problem

[cold reef]

ok thanks

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

[toxic echo]

which bosses are more worth using the tricorn on?

[peak holly]

Imp overlord, magma worm, overloaded worm, grovetender are the best ones

Clay dune strider and solus control unit aren’t as good but are decent picks

Everything else is pretty awful

[jaunty furnace]

depends on the run but youre generally never gonna want to use it for unless you have a

[toxic echo]

Or if you found a better equipment and might as well use it
There's also functional coupler

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

Can the default utility of merc do the expose transfer tech?

[wispy wyvern]

yeah you just gotta time the 3rd slash well

attack speed generally makes it a little harder so id recommend you stay away from more than 1-2 syringes worth of attack speed

[dusk jackal]

What's the name of that mod who organize charectors selection

[trim lynx]

survivorsortorder

[hoary storm]

Hello! Does anyone know what yellow Icon the "Radio Scanner" (Interactable) uses when scanned by the "Radar Scanner" (Active Item)?

[peak holly]

Pretty sure it’s a question mark but I could be wrong

You’d just have to keep an eye out

[hoary storm]

Figured as much, will report back as soon as I find one of the last 6 I'm missing ^^

Ty!

[knotty jetty]

Hey how does drifters alt special work? It seems to have a bunch of interactions, but in testing is just a random debuff

[lavish jacinth]

it applies random debuffs to enemies but has different effects on items and certain interactables, the wiki explains all of it https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/Drifter#Tinker

[knotty jetty]

Thanks

[chilly dust]

Ic ty

[jaunty furnace]

its for utility, not damage

its a portable scrapper and can reroll shops, printers, etc

[brisk warren]

do i need to get past stage 20 for the clover or do i just need to get there

[wispy wyvern]

pretty sure you just gotta get there

[lavish jacinth]

you do need to complete it iirc

[brisk warren]

O_O

i got to stage twenty then died from a void reaver 😭

[lavish jacinth]

rip

[brisk warren]

i lose attention for 1 second and the collapse brings me from max hp + overheal to zero instantly

[lavish jacinth]

yep, that'll happen

[mystic gate]

Can I kill another solus heart in the same run if I accidentally denied offer?

[livid wedge]

Denied what offer

[knotty jetty]

Whats the best way to get operators alt special? The one where you need to juggle an elder lemurian for 10 seconds. Is it just breaching fins and cube?

[north granite]

Yeah just get cube and fuel cells

[knotty jetty]

Cool thanks

[lavish jacinth]

no

[sturdy ferry]

Does artificer's base secondary increase damage by charging it up or only distance?

[primal vector]

Yes, both

[mystic gate]

Is getting items over to next run removed from after false son or it's just unavailable in loop/eclipse?

[primal vector]

You can only end eclipse runs by beating Mithrix, so no rebirth ending. For loops it should work though

[mystic gate]

I actually ended my last run in planetarium

[brisk warren]

does dying from the void reaver implosion end your run if you have dio's?

[lavish jacinth]

no, you can still revive

[brisk warren]

what about the effect that disables items

[lavish jacinth]

if you die with items disabled then revives won't work, yeah

[junior schooner]

I was wondering is there a way to make it so the game is paused when u pick items with the artifact of command cus I don’t wanna be rushed while im picking the item I want

[lavish jacinth]

there isn't, but there might be a mod for it

this might be close enough https://thunderstore.io/package/AnnasTeam/BetterCommand/

[thin crypt]

is there anyway to go to the chef to combine items without fighting solus wing?

[mystic gate]

Can snowflake accidentally kill solus heart during offering?

[winged shore]

is cryo charge better than supercharge on railgunner for most of the game

[lavish jacinth]

they're good at different things, overall it's up to preference

cryo is more flexible since it doesn't disable your abilities, and the freeze is really nice

while supercharge just does a massive amount of damage and has a 3.0 proc coeff (compared to 1.5 on cryo)

[winged shore]

well i wanna use railgunner to beat the game but im struggling on moving past stage 4 cuz i get overrun

[lavish jacinth]

you might have better luck with cryo then, it tends to help more with crowd control

supercharge can also obliterate crowds if it procs something like ukulele, or if you just have stacks of gasoline/willowisp, but you'd be vulnerable afterwards and you'd wanna hit a piercing shot if you can

with cryo you can use it more freely to get an enemy out of your face or whatever, and run away or finish them off while they're frozen

[tawdry dock]

Why is it that we can only use 3 forgive me's?

[lavish jacinth]

balance + to keep the game from exploding from too many projectiles being spammed with

[tawdry dock]

ah, that makes sence

[junior schooner]

What items should I get for captain

Also best artifacts

[lavish jacinth]

I mean, command/sacrifice/swarms is basically an automatic win if that's what you're after, but other than that there really isn't a "best" one, just whatever you think is fun

and captain is more or less the same as commando, just with less mobility and better burst damage, so proc items are gonna be your main focus

[junior schooner]

I got command and swarms but what does sacrifice do

[lavish jacinth]

chests don't spawn, but enemies can drop items

[junior schooner]

I pretty much won I obliterated tho even tho I could’ve won against mythrix lol

[junior schooner]

Ooh alr that’s op with swarms and command

I’ll get that next

[junior schooner]

I was wondering if Anybody could give me tips on how to play engineer

[lavish jacinth]

unlocking his alt secondary and utility helps a lot for one thing, the defaults are kinda crap

When you play him you mostly wanna play around your turrets, a lot of his strength comes from the fact that they inherit all your items and are basically a disposable clone of yourself. Stuff like is really good for keeping them alive, and they work really well with proc effects

try to put turrets on high ground where they have a wide field of vision but it's harder for enemies to reach them (or just clip them into walls if you're feeling cheesy)

[junior schooner]

What are the alts of his utility and secondary

[lavish jacinth]

harpoons are basically a second primary and spider mines are way more usable than pressure mines

[junior schooner]

Lit

[primal vector]

Yes. Although you can only go there after defeating Mithrix, you cannot go through the other routes to the void

[onyx moth]

so how do i keep from dying carrying the energy cell?

[jaunty furnace]

dont get below 50% hp

[livid wedge]

That's really about it

[livid wedge]

If you have AC, you can play on command and get a tricorn, choose functional coupler from the boss command essencr and put it in the inactive slot. The mult strategy except you can do it in singleplayer

[thorn mural]

Is there any mob that has an air move or hurricane of some sort?

[livid wedge]

The only thing I can think of that leaves damage in place in the air lobbed stuff that creates an aoe where it lands, which can be a drone so it's in the air, or if a lunar chimera orb dies mid air

[elder osprey]

Anyone have any idea why an 8bitdo ultimate 2C wireless wouldn't work in game?

It works on menus but won't let buttons be mapped in settings

[mystic gate]

There's drone that has this and under specific circumstances I think it can be hostile to you

[thorn mural]

I see! Thank you all for help!

[sullen pasture]

Does this game has a "immortal build" os smth like this? (Not including dlc items cus im poor)

[livid wedge]

The best immortality chance involves safer spaces, unfortunately

Which is a dlc item from sotv

[worthy wasp]

is Cleansing Pool the only way to get rid of lunar items?

i accidentally took hooks of heresy on False Son thinking it was the primary replacement

[mystic gate]

Technically stacking tougher times enough can make you mostly immortal

Another thing that is not immortality but can increase your health pool drastically is gesture of the drowned + soulbound catalyst + forgive me please

Funnily enough it was heavily nerfed in the latest DLC

[livid wedge]

Yes, I'm pretty sure

[mystic gate]

You can also give up to 3 items as offering to SPEX to get them dropped on the ground

And chef can turn some items into others via crafting but I'm not sure about lunar items

[livid wedge]

Yeah, I don't remember if spex will even let you give it a lunar item so I didn't mention it