#prismatic-trials
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which being in a wood shrine they are highly unlikely to
joy, another turret uselessly placed somewhere not helpful
even if the wood shrine isn't directly by the TP you can just retreat
i'm glad they updated turrets to teleport with us but I wish they'd be in good places lol
I lured a wandering vagrant into a wood shrine kill zone, worked pretty good
same, I wish they scattered across the stage
meh, I personally wouldnt pick them in a normal run, they would be welcome, but I dont pick them with command, in prismatic trials tho, I can see their use
yikes
even with what you're telling me they only have any hope of being usefullif you have a healshrine right next to teleporter
I got him like 3/4 through the second phase
wait how'd you even get squids at mithrax, there's no interactables
what I did was make every single white a fungus and just stood still during the fight
I was Captain, brought equip beacon
refilling your equip (Forgive Me Please, btw) is an interaction
I presume that's the 10 zone one I don't have
do they get his little thingies
just go to void fields, buy beads of fealty, then obliterate
void fields count?
sadly no, but I had lots of other drones that did get them
void fields are an area, yes
bazaar also
huh, I swear they didnt count for me
so 5 stages, bazaar, void fields, a moment, fractured, a moment, whole
I got it unlocked at 10 stages, had gone to the aurelionite, void fields, and bazaar
oh and bulwark's ambry
I happened to get a different stage 3 so I got the unlock at a moment, fractured
obliterated anyway and sniped twiptwip to death with the shotgun
fair enough
I tried the ambry, but I did artifact of frailty and the quail chucked me off the map
so if you don't get beads just use dreaming to get yourself 1 new stage in the next loop
haha
I have them all unlocked so I just did a commandy stage to get some hooves
fair enough
no the hack beacon is the awful one to unlock because it's literally just rolling dice, but you have to wait 10-20 minutes between each dice roll
green cliff place, desert/swamp, volcano/eggzone, skyland, artifact, bazaar, void, moment, moment,
took me days
so at least one of the zones before celestial needs to not repeat
you don't even have to win the scavenger fight, just go in and die to unlock it
you skipped a level
fair enough, I was determined to unlock both his achievements in one run as that was all I needed to fully unlock him, so I was in for a long run anyway, cus that darn drone just wouldnt spawn!!
there's 5 levels in a loop and 5 hidden realms if you have beads
thinking about it, it's actually impossible to do the challenge without visiting a hidden realm?
actually
....
2 zone 1's that i'm calling cliffsides, desert/swamp, ......snow/...somthing, egg/volcano, skybox
you don't need beads, you can just visit fractured and then go to the moon
a little longer but saves you a few lunars I suppose
now which is easier, Mithrix, or WipWIp
well I've only beat Mith so far
Wipwip easily, but you don't have to beat 10 levels, only visit them
Scavboi difficulty is rng I suppose, what items it gets
true
could be, but you can also just snipe him and he won't even get up
if he doesnt have a healing item then just shoot him from far away?
yeah but healing items?
Hm, any of them have medkits?
Even if they do, a dagger or two should prevent them from activating
thank you cabbage, i finally got it ☺️
pretty sure i just got hella lucky with monster spawns, but the pathing worked out
Is there any commentary from hoopo to fix the prismatic trials? kinda sucks that it is bugged :/
i enjoyed the first 2, but now its just, i dunno
whats the bug?
Why tf are the artifacts always the same on console
anyone finish the mercenary achievement on the current trial? i'm having trouble and was wondering if anyone had any advice
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ty
oh my god i got ethereal, thank you so much cabbage
ggs
i slowed it down a bit for the brooch printer but i actually didnt need it
is there an easier route for the current trial? I'm going mad trying to unlock ethereal.
What I did was grab the stun grenade and monster tooth by the first and third(?) crystal, printing them both into brooches
otherwise i actually just sprinted everywhere and saved my skills for when wisps would spawn, I found myself getting dinged if I was just using my skills off cd to get around. being caught on cooldown is pretty much gg
if you're not super fast, a huge horde of wisps will spawn right when you grab the preon, I'm not sure what influenced it but on my winning attempt it was instead two glacial wisps and two mushrums
Also does 1.0 mean that we're not getting a less awful way to unlock merc's alternate r?
In the first portion of Cabbage's video, is there a consistent way not to take the fall respawn damage when getting to the first Pink Crystal? It's inconsistent for me, sometimes I don't take damage and sometimes I do, want to try to optimize if possible
Make sure you're falling as slow as possible or have iframes when you touch the reset point
otherwise you're just going to have to do it until you have a good mental image of where the line is
gotcha, thanks!
edit that to make it a little more clear
this current PC seed is impossible. any reccomendations?
quit before you lose your mind
oh this is where you guys are discussing the ethereal achievement for mercenary -_- it feels so impossible with all the wisp spawns
Also does 1.0 mean that we're not getting a less awful way to unlock merc's alternate r?
@copper kettle I was talking about this in one of the game-discussion rooms, but seriously... how can they think this is a good design choice? the other ones are definitely a bit challenging and require replaying it a few times, but they aren't as punishing as the Mercenary achievement...
if there was like a "I'm going for etherial" button that just insta-locked you into your current merc loadout (or at least defaulted to him) and put you on 1 hp that would be GREAT
but it requires so many clicks to try again if you fail it.
YES yes, agreed. Like even a "retry" button would make this 1/3 less tedious
well. at least because I tend to get hurt in the first 30 seconds 🙂
is it possible to get ethereal today :{{{
I hope links are alright in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYUX6YuVHk
this trial is easy since all you have to do is not get hit
beating mithrix and "completing" the game just makes the game fade to black and softlocks you, not that it would be easier but i had to try
I tried that route for like 30 mins and just gave up on it, what a shitshow. but it is possible at least
Yeah I had to keep trying different timings and order to get the crystals so a bunch of wisps didn't spawn all around me.
Almost got it and then the second titan on stage 2 hit me with the laser
I cleared the first stage without dying but forgot to set the teleporter.
That wisp mass spawn at the second crystal is pure evil
Oh and the double wisp spawn at the first one as well
I've had good luck with those, I've been able to kill them. The second whisp spawn hasn't gotten me too badly yet
I usually get nicked by one of them at the second crystal after using a double dash
It's always a 1HP hit as well
Is this trial doable for the Mercenary skill unlock or is this one still too hard?
It is doable but the first 2 crystals are rough
ROR2 is a well designed game but mercenary ethereal is really bad design
I was able to get a two glacial and two mushrum spawn instead of the massive horde, but im not sure what influences it
at the second crystal
Like oh yes taking no damage as the melee character while an extremely common enemy type that is hitscan and is nearly unavoidable
also dont forget the brooch printer if you'd rather go a little slower
The preon clears the mushrums pretty well
The few brass contraptions that spawn near the tele ruin that though sometimes
I found getting the stun grenade and monster tooth by the crystals and printing them into brooches to be what made it a lot safer for me
I mean the brooches are good against wisps
Brass contraptions and the titans don't care much though
shouldn't be getting hit by either, a lot of your kit stuns and with glass you can gib them before titans can clap ya
I usually get to the tele around the 2 minute mark
Getting hit by the wisps at the second crystal is not a good time
congrats :D
Now I just need to get used to the ability
Since slicing winds requires a lot more thinking than eviscerate to be effective
Got it! my schmove was to do the battle shrine immediately to levelup, then bumrush the preon accumulator in the shrine on the other side of the map and the minimum amount of crystals on the way, then set the teleporter to loop and accumulate the boss there to death. Stone golems are in the next stage, with overloading titans as the boss. They're muuuch easier to dodge than wisps so i just stumbled around until that was finished
i had no idea there was a brooch printer
Finally found a good console route
zeddy
It starts very hectic, but ends with you farming for just a couple of minutes
bro please share
Hey fisch
Okay so Cabbage's PC route where he jumps over the chasm
The hard part is getting all 5 crystals (for money) without getting hit
When you get yo the artifact chasm there's a mountain shrine next to a missile launcher, hit both
do u farm all the crystals first stage?
Mountain shrine makes the boss easier since it's just solus control unit and not mushrum horde of many
or both?
how long does the trial have left? I want to go to the moon™️
Only first stage, stage 2 is free
Make your greens squid polyps + 1 guillotine, make your white AP rounds, I shouldn't even have to specify equipment but obviously preon
When you hit level 5 and have all that stuff, activate the teleporter, hide, let your turrets weaken solus control unit and then shoot him
The tricky part is the boss fight immediately spawns like 5 elite wisps, you will need a good hiding spot
I'll have a video soon I hope, keep taking damage from stupid things like minor falls
I got unlucky with items this time and only had an AP round reaching level 5
that went just fine, but a fungus haze hurt me while farming
hate playing through this capture card, I think I need to phone record just so I get a playable framerate
why are wisps able to cheat and hit mercenary during teleport
Overloading enemies be like that
not even overloading
theyre just hitting me when im in the middle of a teleport and im going for the challenge so i cant get hit
Teleport as the stage teleporter? Don't stand still during that
everytime i try to jump across the chasm like in the video i take dmg when i respawn
You need to reset your momentum to prevent fall damage
You have to dash into the abyss, think of the respawn box as the ground and you're just preventing fall damage
Or dash into the respawn zone with blinding assault or eviscerate
I'll try once more but you guys might just be getting the 8 dmg video cause I have to work and it shows the strat
Another option is using whirlwind a split second before touching the respawn zone
Everyone's waking up around here, further recordings would be filled with noises and family members
This sucks.
I mean slicing winds was worth the pain though
The insane combos you can do with jt are amazing
Like this but don't get shot by your own turret.
You can probably just leave during the boss fight and let turrets kill it, but I still recommend putting in a little damage for yourself.
You can also stay longer and farm in stage 1 for some pretty good items. 4th drop is equ...
Best i can do for today, and time is kind of of the essence when uploading prismatic strats
Hopefully this can help you @bleak stirrup
this is cancerous
it's a tricky trial, but it also frontloads all of its difficulty
this is much better than some trials where you do easy grinding for 10 minutes then get to the part where you can mess up and have to restart everything
the time i didnt die i got tapped by a wisp before touching the tp
you really can learn wisps, and in trials doubly so
when you get hit by a wisp, take note of the timer
enemies spawn at the same time every time, so you can choose where to be before tricky spawns
wisps are also not as unavoidable as they're reputed to be, you can sprint in a circle around them and they really can't hit you if you're close enough
running a zig-zag away from them with your dodges usually works too
I'm not saying this as a general "git gud". I recognize that it's difficult and these are merely tips to cope with it
i just hit a wisp with my shift, but didnt actually hit him, i just sent him to the moon
The second crystal is really annoying with the wisp spawns
The second stage is a breeze though
The first boss fight as well
sky meadows terrain is very bumpy, I found a lot of places where you can run around in creases and the wisps won't even try firing at you
Mainly get the squid polyp since that thing saved my run on stage 2 by drawing aggro
you want to be running along cover if at all possible
RIGHT? Squids are the best
on console there's this area in the back with 5 xp barrels you can pop and it spawns an amazing squid army that immediately kills stone golems
they can be alright early game, the problem is they have no item interaction
if they just spawned on-death effects when they died they could stay relevant forever
This trial is pretty good if you get past the wisps at the second crystal
Since the mushrums exist for a few frames because if the preon
ok the second boss is really intimidating
don't they die in one combo on PC?
The polyps distract the titans
You literally shoot the preon abive the mushrums
They don't even have time to fire
I recommend completing the trial to the end even if you get hit, btw
i should get polyp tho
it's important to have practice for the full run so you don't squander your good start
few hours
monkaS
I mean it was my first attemt at the challenge becauce the class artifact was on
It will be annoying and rage inducing it will not be a good time
Slicing winds are a sidegrade to eviscerate since 1.0 which is nice
it feels so inconsistent
sometimes no wisps at all sometimes LITERALLY 100
got hit by a fucking normal golem after killing 2nd tele
i can't even get to the fucking preon on 90% of runs
the fucking first crystal is just guarded by like 10 wisps
By 2 wisps
are you following cabbages run
yes
There are literally 2 wisps at the first crystal
At around 50 seconds the wisp army usually spawns
does PC version have turrets? I try to get to the turrets before wisp army spawns
At 50 seconds you couldn probably be at the 2nd crystal
There aren't turrets but you can also use eviscerate and dashes to kill them
NO
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I AM MALDING, THE STONE TITAN WAS POINTING AT THE TURRET THEN HIT ME
HOW
The rock laser thingy above him could have hit you
There is also a money barrel next the tele
maybe he just fucked the squid so fast and moved on to me
i was using tele polyp
I used the barrel polyp on secind one while killing the TP titan first
turrets will randomly target you with chaos on. are you on console?
enigma, glass, swarms and death
oh I saw your clarification later
oof
did a 180 and fucked me
I think you wanna kill one titan, leave, then come back t oa distracted second titan
idk haven't tried PC trial
lol this one a good one to get merc ability?
Just be careful about the wisps
but its short and has glass
The second stage is pretty easy
wisp have been fucking me up so bad
which the downside of glass shouldnt matter since you dont wanna get hit anyways
The firsr boss fight lasts like 2 seconds because of preon and guillotine
Also enemies have halved HP
You essentially deal 10X the damage
this is such a retarded unlock gotta say
why are the wisps protecting that exact shrine
literally whenever you get to that area they spawn
they spawn at a set time, you're just on a consistent pace
what happens if you dont align the tp with the planet
you go to the moon and softlock if you beat mithrix and escape apparently
noice
You will be left in 1 HP
I din't think fall damage falls under OSP
It can't kill you without the frailty artifact
or with shaped glass, it has happened to me before
I once got like, 3 shaped glass and died to fall damage trying to leave bazaar
did you get a red item?
how are the huntresses getting so low
is this seed good for consoles ethereal?
Ehhhh
Can be done, and the hard part is frontloaded
Fourth drop is equipment you can command into preon, so that's nice
I recorded a video that nearly did it let me find
Like this but don't get shot by your own turret.
You can probably just leave during the boss fight and let turrets kill it, but I still recommend putting in a little damage for yourself.
You can also stay longer and farm in stage 1 for some pretty good items. 4th drop is equ...
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to grind for a perfect run. You might want to make the two first drops brooches
LETS FUCKING GO BOYS
LETS GO
finally did it
thank you zeddy for the thing
the award
i am going to stop playing for today
seriously how do you ignore fall dmg like that
barrier still doesn't count for damage on the pc version right?
Was that patched or something?
it doesnt count
In which case, some random stray damage blew past my barrier and robbed me of my etherial
nvm i figured it out, iframes on all your skills
The fall damage works like just falling on the ground
that fucking blue wisp makes me want to kms along with that magma mushroom dipshit
All you have to do is slow your fall down just before warping up
well i brute forced it by pressing R
Yeah mushrum is why I hit mountain shrine, makes the fight easier
nah im talking about the one that spawns near the 2nd time crystal
That one is a jerk
this time i was fast enough to outrun it and then brass contraption hits me
console is suffering
I got etherial
Finally, after what's felt like years of trying to get it to happen
@white frost how'd you get the solu unit to take damage
just drones?
yeah ive just accepted that etheral mercenary isnt for me
Drones and there's two turrets by the teleporter
The turret is doing most of the damage but you have to help or it'll just get killed
i might just wait until the next seed
i wouldnt mind grinding for this challnege but its just torture, from the UI (time it takes to restart) and the amount of hitscan enemies
Mhm
A good console trial has sirens call for the first stage because no wisps + loads of missile drones
- the artifacts which are there for some reason
the last seed with sirens call spawned an elder lemurian right in front of me
i noped out so fast
I'll add you to the list of people to ping when there's an easy trial
The current trial isn't terribly hard, if you try to copy the video it is, but with some small changes to the route it can be much easier.
Specifically, I opted to play cautiously, killing the two whisps that spawn by the first crystal, grabbing the chest by the first crystal, and rushing for the turtle printer after the 3rd crystal.
does anyone know how gold to xp is calculated?
LET'S GO I FINALLY GOT THE MERC ONE
This trial is pretty good for the challenge
Especially since the furrst boss fight lasts a few secinds because of preon and the second boss is carried by polyps
i didn't know there was a preon so i ended up getting the first boss with meteor x)
Nice
Alright I'm trying for ethereal what do I do
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Reducing his momentum before touching the respawn zone
You can simply rush into the respawn zone with blinding assault or eviscerate since they give i-frames
Ok how did he get the preon
That shrine doesn't give me anything
that particular shrine will always give you a preon on the 2nd roll
seeded run and such
If you beat mythrix you get ethereal as well technically
What determines where the enemies spawn? I keep getting killed by wisps spawning in bad spots.
i confirm the current seed is totally doable for the mercenary acheivement (ps the unlocked skill sucks)
I AM A GAMER GOD
Finally got it, thanks to whoever recommended the cabbage vid👍
the hardest part of doing that one was the fall damage
Fall damage is ok, the wisps are a nightmare 😬
What's the path y'all used for today's trial?
I go up for energy drink, then go for the shrink of luck's predatory instincts, beat up the crystals, get the crowbar near the TP but not sure if there's other great items I missed
why do deaths show up on the leaderboard
hopoo has adopted the philosophy for RoR2 of live fast die young
it's embodied by the race to leave this place for the astral one
yeah, these thousand wisp spawns are the worst, after that the run is really easy
idk the lunar chimeras are kinda annoying, the gunner ones
you can just loop instead and get easy to dodge enemies
How many stages must be done if you loop?
Prismatic trials is always 2 stages completed, doesn't matter which you get
OH
Never done prismatics before so didn't know
And celestial portal appears on which stage?
there's a video in the pinned comments, it shows the optimal way to do the trial
Just do a god mode cheat

I just got tapped right before I hit the last teleporter
Any way to avoid wisps as mercenary?
learn their spawns and save your skills for running away from them
a big cloud spawns around the 45 second mark most of the time, I'm usually at the second crystal by then and I can use my skills to get out before they start shooting
Thanks also any way to quick restart?
not as far as I know
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY THE ONE TIME I GET PAST STAGE 1 WITH NO DAMAGE THE FUCKING GOLEMS BOTH SPAWN ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TELEPORTER WHYYYYYYY
This is actually the easiest one to do a run on
PLEASE HELP ME
I'm sorry my friend
eh, theres been easier ones havent there
Idk
iirc wasnt there one with like, only jellyfish then only beetle spawns
I'm not much of a merc player, I've got a ton of runs under my belt with everyone else, but Merc is my least favorite to play
but he's the only one left to unlock stuff for
THIS IS THE LAST ACHIEVEMENT I NEED KILL ME
Are you following the guide?
I forgot to do the alignment thing 
That happened to me twice lol
i am but like the fucking first crystal will shoot me when im getting the preon
I haven't forgotten the alignment, but I have missed the tele and shot off the Preon with no boss a few times
Shoot you?
and i for some reason can NOT get through the fucking golems
sorry the wisps by the first crystal **
Oh i just go for them first
There should only be 2
Try to not dash, use evis instead
Dash only has 0.3 seconds worth of i-frames in non-beta
they both spawned at opposite sides
Dash into evis
Or line them up for a dash, or hide behind that little tube in the ground where you are
Or just go to the next run and they'll hopefully spawn next to each other
Took me like 15 tries
dude i swear there were like 10 stone golems + the 2 bosses on the second stage like why
I figured out the dash had very low iframes, I thought it felt different to the old dash
Yeah they just fucked up the iframes, has the proper amount in the next update
Hotfix
Whatever you want to call it
also it wasn't until I started doing this that I found out the rocks on Sky Meadow do damage
I just had never been hit by them before
k i quit
the RNG on the wisps is the biggest threat for me, sometimes they just spawn in the perfect spot to always hit you, right as your cooldowns are starting
I found a really reliable way to get pass the first stage its just golems that are making me mad
I ran through a few times not caring about taking damage just to make sure I understood everything, and the golems weren't too bad for me
Golem stage was scary but I didn't fail there
much easier to dodge golems than wisps
I found a way to get a focus crystal and the topaz broach B)
I'm not really worried about extra damage since the Glass artifact is on
finally got it, decided to try to take it slow against the wisps and kill more of them than dodge, and it was way easier
@modern depot please help
i feel like the big group of wisps that spawns are always just impossible to get through
alrighty
is the current seed any good for the mercenary acheivement?
yea its pretty good
so whats teh general strat?
i heard theres a youtube video by cabbage that shows it
Is it alright to post a streamable link in here?
this trial is easy since all you have to do is not get hit
beating mithrix and "completing" the game just makes the game fade to black and softlocks you, not that it would be easier but i had to try
thank you gentlemen
Why is this Reliquary healing during a prismatic trial run? Is it made it so peeps don't unlock artifacts too easily? lol
Just wanna know if it's on purpose rather than an oversight.
ping it, it's overloading
Game theory: Ethereal was made solely so that people would have a reason to play Prismatic trials

yes
if prismatic trials dissapeared tomorrow and were replaced with somethign else, I would not miss it at all
tomorrow is the day
is the prismatic trials the same for everyone?
ive tried everything i can
doing a no hit run?
look at that video or cabbages which is this before the day ends
no character moves fast enough wnd has enough range
this trial is easy since all you have to do is not get hit
beating mithrix and "completing" the game just makes the game fade to black and softlocks you, not that it would be easier but i had to try

I got ethereal before merc mastery
tried the cabbage run didnt get BFG9000 when i shouldve
do these trials ever change?
ok thanks , i thought it was impossible but i just beat my first prismatic trial as the huntress this shit is intense
I have a question, is 50 stages overkill on a god run and should i cap at 30
no, you should keep going until you crash
Keep getting sent to mithrix map reeee
i've tried myself like 20 times and always got hit my a wisp at some point
I thought map progression was random, i've been sent to the damn moon 20 times in a row now
Just change the teleporter to loop instead of mithrix?
oh right
For anyone attempting Mercs Etherial challenge this prismatic is pretty legit
stage 1 you can go up from where you start in meadows, and there's a glowing meteorite, it basically guarantees instantly breaking all of the time crystals. also start very close to a drone behind you which helps too.
(PC)
Finally!
Grats
first stage is such a goddamn bitch with the wisps
It's a fairly good trial because the challenge is frontloaded
That makes restarts relatively painless to a lot of other trials I've tried
In that middle section sometimes wisps spawned, sometimes the mushrooms. Didn't seem 100% consistent
can you cheese the prismatic trial here to unlock artifacts?
Not this one in particular
The boss is overloading so it just heals between key uses
But man the ethereal skill unlock is worth it
how is it that even tho im copying every step from the video the outcome is always random? its BS
in the video theres not a million wisps spawning on the 2nd/3rd tiem crystal
oin his video there are 2 wisps
on my end they dont spawn but a million wisps spawn right after
I remember the only time to wisps spawned was right after starting
they keep spawning on my end and it doesnt stop
liek 7 wisps per movement
this is pissing me off im taking a bath
Yeah there were a lot later but they never downed in twos always in like sevens
I think cabbage is also a minor deity
And ran this extremely fast
I personally found it easier to go over there ground so I could grab some whites and hit the topaz brooch printer
omfg it just keeps happening
6 wisps just spawn on the time crystal
and another 6 spawned right after the first 6
prismatic trials are bs
the only reason for me to ever quit this game is because of this 1 challenge.
i just wanna 100% this game bruh
Enemies are supposed to be preset in spawning
If you get wisps when Cabbage isn't you're probably moving slower
You can go faster, or you can note when the spawns happen and choose to be in a good location to counter it
i am literally moving at the same pace
i started the video on my phone and followed the movements along the video
its the game being abseloute BS
It's often sky meadows, as well. Like sometimes there'll just be an elder lemurian out of nowhere
Isn’t this the easiest it’s ever been?
theres been easier
There's definitely been easier
Last month was glass artifact and kin, both stages had beetles
I think that's the easiest it's ever been
The wisps are the only hard part of this one
A problem I’m having is I can’t see the BFG firing because the equipment artifact interferes with the animation, so I don’t where it’s going to go
Noted
@limber plaza what is this
it is the definition of beauty @hidden ivy
leg what is this
Leg#7398 was muted
hey are the trials working correctly? When does it count as "completed" ?
times are bugged, to get on the leaderboard you need to die
but ethereal still works
Ok.. does taking barrier damage count as falling below 100% hp?
Ayy nevermind I did it
All by myself too :>
do y'all know if I complete this prismatic trials, I unlock captain?
where topaz?
Ohh, a TC280
Does the PC version have it too? This would be a really good time to unlock hacking beacons if so
waiting for new vcahbnge
This has the potential to be an easy console trial because free preon
I still can't do it lmao
I don't like the console one because glacial bighorn
Wonder how long I have to wait to get a boss that doesn't suck
oh dang props to cabbage I got it last seed using their route with like 12 hours to spare
whats the strat for this one
seems like the engineer cheese may work
engineer cheese doesnt work
what do i do
What're you trying to accomplish? Just beating the trial?
whats easiest way to get ethereal
I had TC280 accidently fire a few shots into me.
This thing would be the scariest enemy in the game
I think I made it, but it's hard to tell with Ethereal already unlocked. I took a bunch of damage but I also had a bunch of brooches
i beat the trial bu MUL-T spam
damage taken = 0 even with brooch damage
whats easiest way to get ethereal
@zenith plinth stack brooches and hope you get visions of heresy
no brooch is armor it goes over health
also I recommend blasting a song you like
sounds stupid but legit helps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upis6wfJ6hM&feature=youtu.be very bad and rushed video but it's something
i might upload an alternate strat of slamming the vagrant, i've found a semi-consistent way to slam enemies with the new merc but it's harder since this one is blazing. bison herding went a bit wrong and you can do it much easier but i guess this shows how to do it when the bi...
someone should make a better route
oof, blazing bisons
if it wasn't for having command while not having sacrifice, I could almost say this trial is worse on PC
ahhh, you just lure them off the cliff
I'm stealing that
My friend needs to see this
good seed for console?
i doubt it cos wisps
sigh nvm this is really doable but the first stage is just a pain in the ass
the second one you grab preon and guillotine
Yeah it's not the worst seed because free preon and you can get TC280
My plan for when I have time later is to stay in one of the cave areas and grind money/items, making the first two whites brooches
For the bisons I think lure them off the cliff
the only problem with guillotine is it takes too long to get to it on command
and so the imps tp and fuck you over 😄
god i fucking hate console pris trials so much lmao
@white frost wheres the TC280 btw / cost?
cos farming on rallypoint delta seems dangerous when 1. tping imps 2. wisps exist
if you stay too long greater wisps also start showing up and id rather die
It's behind the cargo crate with the teleporter, costs 350
There's a regular drone next to it, and another regular drone by the little nook above the preon. You should get those two at least
They're very valuable wisp distraction
good point
Once you get TC280 wisps kind of just disappear, but I've also had it friendly fire me for half my health so can't honestly vouch for getting it
Chaos is enabled
yeah but do drones actively target you or only if you get in the way
Turrets and drones will sometimes shoot you if it killed an enemy and there aren't any targets left to finish its burst fire. It's highly annoying
yay console
Any one of those artifacts except command being gone would make console trials ten times easier
All of them being gone including command I'd say also would make it ten times easier
"yo dawg we heard you hated hitscan if youre going for etheral merc"
"so we put in the artifact that spawns wisps after you kill"
i took.
3 damage.
from a wisp that spawned after i killed one.
that's all the damage i took.
Oof. That's pretty close tho
got hit from behind a pillar 🙂
didnt get hit 1st stage at all by a miracle
and then the vagrant starting healing itself for some fucking reason
oh my god it was overloading shields
i think optimally you have 3x crowbars + 1x guillotine + 1 preon with 2 Gunner drones
and then you nuke the jellyfish with Preon, and then eviscerate -> 3x blinding assault -> Rising Thunder
the magic number is around 845 for execute, the preon should kill bring it down to 1k ish (tested with 2x crowbars)
Damage taken: 64
it's doable. i think this seed might be the easiest for console actually.
definitely not the easiest, that was a couple of weeks ago where you started on siren's call with four missile drones
well in recent memory*
no
I start with the closest crystal behind and to the right, and then get the crystal in the cave (this is to "manipulate spawn locations"), get rid of the wisp that spawns in the cave, double back across the map, get the gunner drone, get preon, run the long way because the centre is filled with mobs, get the 2nd gunner drone next to the TC, and then proc teleporter. after you do so, hang around the TP zone so the cows are aggro'd onto you, and then run like hell. You should pick up 2 crowbars and a Guilltoine, cant get a third white to drop
second stage: theres a lemurian that always spawns in the crystal in front, kill him and the wisp that spawns. then, go for the 2nd crystal by going to the right, then dash straight to TP. after the 3rd crystal near TP is down, aim Preon squarely at the fucker and blast away. then, eviscerate, blinding assault, etc until executed. after death, immediately dash away cos theres a lot of angry mobs on the ground. dont stand on top of vagrant
im sure theres a more optimal plan but im going for pure speed but yeah i know its doable
the reason i double back into the snow cave is cos this somehow forces the game to spawn lemurians near you, which means the path to the TP is totally clear
I bought a gunner drone and it fucking shot me as it spawned.
hate it when that happens
Sorry for shit pic
but it's doable for sure. I got hit by bison and my own drone
runalds band was a huge gamble cos it can friendly fire, but i didnt know what else to get
wouldn't go for runald's band on console, guillotine is a consistent damage boost with no risk of self-harm
so far getting the 3 crystals + starting TP is dmgless consistently for me
ive used the preon to nuke the large train of mobs ive accumulated
also gets rid of cows aggroing onto normal mobs
oh neat
I haven't been able to start attempts seriously yet
FINALLY , frick this challenge 
this challenge is pain incarnate 
yes
I have been trying all day, is there any reason why gunner drones wouldnt spawn for me?
Console and pc versions have a bit different layouts due to sacrifice being enabled
I have no idea if pc version has drones
Right, that must be it
Easiest way to check is start the teleporter, then run a lap around the stage looking for blocked interactables
Yeah, did thata a couple of times, dont youldnt find them
No drones then, but royal capacitor must be nice
Check cabbage latest video, huge help
Yeah, i have been trying that, with brooches to eat the occasional lemur shot, adn it works first stage decently
Looked at the guide video, right at the start of the first crystal he does R and then right click and this kills it, but for me it only does about 80% of its hp?
Can someone give me a picture of what artifacts are enable on pc version of prismatic trials
it's elites and choose your items
he hits it with the third m1
Is there an "easy" way to unlock piercing winds in the current trial or should i wait for another?
I would wait this trial's fucked
alll elites makes it really hard
very
so mad I missed glass last round
You're right, fisch, this one is really easy
Pretty sure I'll no damage this very soon
Took 83 damage from stupid simple mistakes
After picking up the two drones enemies really don't target you
Wasn't recording at the time. House is currently too noisy for it
But this is really easy. You can just hang around the ledge and everything will prioritize your drones over you. You just have to dash in to bait the bisons, then save eviscerate for escaping bslc to the ledge. Nothing really thinks about attacking you
I even could afford TC280 after the boss fight
I'll try using my crappy capture card so noise won't be an issue. Should be easy enough I can beat it even at 10fps
I did it again, recorded this time
It was very slow, but that may have worked to my advantage
This one is a bit of work, but you can take as long as you need due to the drones getting 99% of the aggro. Don't aim your Preon at the enemy, aim over them, that way your drones will survive.
The longer you spend on that first boss battle, the more you power up, so don't fe...
@bleak stirrup , @zenith plinth and @indigo snow
12 mins? damn
you can go much faster, I just had very bad bison luck
two of them got stuck in the container
a good run will be ~6 minutes
is AP > crowbar?
I don't trust crowbar 'cause the tendrils might bring it down below 90% before the blast does
and I like to weaken it a bit anyway
true
omnom
i fucking forgot about AP im so dumb lmao
Shy, let me know if you think 10fps capture card or mobile phone filming my TV looks the least worst
ye im looking at your route, i ended up doing that at the end but got too greedy with luring the bison in so id always get dinked there
might be better to just wait for a preon charge. it's honestly a benefit to let the fight drag on for more loot
that's what I ended up doing and why the route ended up 12 minutes
but if you see my previous screenshot you can go much faster too
well greater wisps showed up for me
yeah I had one too
you just get the drones and they kinda attract all the aggro and take no damage because they're champs
ye i just gotta be patient
I finished off the greater wisp after tickling it with preon
after realizing I could just use that ledge and lure bisons off it, this has been one of the most pleasant ethereals I've done on consoles, it's hard to say when an opportunity as good as this will come again
the TC280 is particularly great, I was relieved to have it clearing stage 2 for me
how come lemurians spawn later for you after the third crystal? damn
You can do it, this is the one I think
you don't even have the handicap of playing at 10fps through an off-brand chinese capture card
lmfao
keep me posted! I wanna know when I can take you off my list of people to ping
ill spoend the next hour on it and see how it goes
got greedy and got hit by lemurian
Ouch
Just stay cautious and you'll be fine
Be at that ledge or behind the hill, save eviscerate for things that get close
yteah but how do you aggro bison without getting on shore
Right so there's two strats
The first is just wait, they'll come eventually
The second is run in, dash a bit, save eviscerate for escaping back to the ridge
I ended up having to go in and get two bisons that got stuck
Strat 3 is just wait even more and get them with preon
Remember that a prolonged fight is good for you
how so
More enemies spawning means more items and xp
the bison keep aggroing each other its hilarious
Your levels outscale enemy levels in the first two areas, it's opposite from how long runs work
Oh yeah they'll kill each other if you give them a stupid long time but I wouldn't rely on that
didnt get the TC but oh well
not necessary right
didnt take dmg until last boss fml 🙂
i think im gonna stay and grind for more items
The tc helps a ton
I'm pretty sure if your preon doesn't kill the boss, tc will
Did you watch the video? I recommend checking out how I did stage 2 specifically
I dash into the boss, then up the cliff, fire a preon, let the drones do the rest
I don't move down until every last enemy is dead, that way I'm safe from friendly fire
You should finish runs even if you take damage so you get in stage 2 practice
boss didnt spawn in good position
Can it spawn in different positions?
Maybe different consoles have subtle changes like that. I'm on Switch
i did it.
Nice! Taking you off the list, then
We're simply not sweaty enough nerds to do it legit
you wanna post this on reddit or smth? i was gonna post a PSA about how this seed is the easiest
only 55 hours left
Oh, I would but my isp blocks reddit
I'd be delighted
cool man
i have a question
does the shield generator count as max hp
for the prismatic trials?
for merc how the heck do you kill crystals fast without taking damage, do i just have to use eviscerate twice?
It only explodes once you destroy it completely. So a few hits and then eviscerate to finish it, Blinding Assault can also be used to finish it.
whenever i like watch cabbages videos im just like "how does a special and m2 kill it?" but i never thought to just smack it like twice before that, thanks
do prismatic trials reward you with anything?
Not yet
No but if you do a no hit run with merc you get a move
I'm done. That sucked, I felt nothing. Time to relish in 103 achievements.
Cheating is looking really attractive right now
why i can not play prismatic trail?
Is your game modded?
Hey guys I'm new here but I finished the Ethereal achievement last night and it's the cheesiest but probably easiest way to do it if you're terrible at mercenary like I am. The build is using fireworks to clear everything and royal capacitor + kjaro's band for boss damage. 2x kjaros deals more damage than kjaro's + runald's
Took me a while to optimize the cheese but really proud of it. Wisps are the worst things ever.
oops wrong sub
Hi I have a question. What is good for mercenary's prismatic trial challenge unlock?
doesn't cabbage do the mercenary etheral challenge every seed and posts it on YouTube?
Is your game modded?
@zinc vigil yes
Then yeah you won't be able to do them
oh then , ty
The fireworks did so much work in that trial.
This prismatic trial is tough at this time
I'm on Switch rn and the trial looks so much easier on PC 
Im saying its tough cause sacrifice is on
These darn Wisps from the Soul Artifact keep throwing me for a loop lol
And ofc Sacrifice too
On top of Chaos 
i was able to do it with command glass sacrifice
it was still difficult but fun anyways
im on console thats the thing kirby
Lunar pods don't usually show up in the Trials, do they?
they can
Cause I'd slap on a Shaped Glass so fast lol
only thing stopping lunar pods is sacrifice
Dag, just need a good seed for it lol, trying to do the Mercenary one too
Oh yeahh, forgot about that one
also you can go to the brazaar if you wanted to
Only after completing the first stage tho
Just gonna keep trying until I get lucky with the Sacrifice drops lol
true
Sacrifice is tough for mercinary unlock
Cause whats the use for the rich modification if there are no chests
drones
drone on glass is SO helpful
one gunner drone helped with my glass sacrifice command run
There are no gunner drones near where I spawn
@tropic gazelle cabbage does ethereal every trial, he's in pins rn
For this time cause I hacked his prismatic trial today he had chests i dont
Checked
Its the same location but he didn't have sacrifice
you cheated at prismatic because you couldn't do it?
What are you talking about
Im on console I can't cheat risk of rain 2
@waxen torrent cabbage dosent have a run posted for today
if you're on console use the other pinned video
use Zeddy's vid
K
Trials last 3 days, so Cabbage's is still relevant, as well as Zeddy's vid
Zeddy hearth stone?
in pins
Ah srry youtube be buggard
Update, ended up beating it for Switch
Stacked up 4 Brooches at first, nabbed a Ukulele, managed to get a Capacitor for the first boss, next stage a couple more Brooches, got maaaad lucky with a Dagger pickup, Guillotines, and badda boom, dodge and weave Overloading Vagrant for the ez dub since Daggers kept replenishing barrier
I'm now officially done with all challenges until 1.0 drops 
zeddy gave us the holy guide
bro literally just grab the drones and the preon and ur chilllliinnnnnn
Finally got Ethereal done!
Time to probably never play Merc again!
Someone run me down how cabbage was breaking the time crystals without getting hit.
From what I can see in the video, he was breaking the crystals with just one ultimate and his M2, but that seems to leave a pretty good amount of health left on the crystals. Am I missing something with how merc's attacks work?
@frigid canopy Hello resident merc nerd here. Just watched, what he's doing is animation canceling his 3rd M1 hit with Eviscerate to extend the hitbox and expose the crystal first, then Evis immediately pops it and aerial whirlwind is enough to finish it off on the way out.
If you watch the video at 0.25 speed you can see the expose debuff getting popped by the first hit of evis
Thanks for the insight
I'm now on double digits attempts here so this achievement is slowly killing me
Nothing like a million wisps spawning right at the end of the first stage to crush your enthusiasm
everyone loves wisps
hi
someone please end me
im trying to get mercenaries ethereal challenge and i took a single point of fall damage
God fuck, I got through the first stage finally, got to the boss, had the royal cap, and...
The jellyfish ducked under the cliff in a way where I couldn't target him
So I had to run back down and got suicided into my a lemming
damn
If it's not working out take a break and try again later
if you're on full tilt then your performance is just gonna get worse
Attempt 30ish: Getting better at at least reaching the teleporter. Last run ended due to 2 of the bison getting stuck on the broken section of the fence and the amount of movement to get them going the right way turned into a wisp firing squad
question about Zeddy's ethereal run. why was his wandering vagrants health so small?
for mine, its at around 10K when his is only a little over 5k
i just got it done - following @hearty shell above - key is to A. go fast B. on the 2nd stage make sure you strafe to the high wall on your left as you face the TP so the vagrant doesnt get stuck under the cliff
Did you win Fisch?
Current trial seems easier on console than on PC because we don't have to deal with honor artifact and get more drones
Soul is non-issue because it's easy to know when a ghost will spawn and the drones pull their aggro anyway
trying to develop a strat now for huntress since I still don't have ballista hm
@exotic shard how long did it take you to reach the vagrant? I was about 10 minutes in
Can just use the same strat as merc but easier
yeah I guess i can use single blink to get up on stuff just too used to triple lol
You can triple blink out of arrow rain to move up
i was only 6 minutes in
Idk then are you in PC
yeha
Honor artifact doubles health
really?
Use Cabbage's strat rather than mine
Mines on switch version
@tropic gazelle ill add you to the list of people to ping if an even easier trial comes around, but this one is honestly as good as it usually gets
Also look at 3rd banana's video
it's cheesy as all hell, yes, but it gets results somehow
Took me a while to optimize the cheese but really proud of it. Wisps are the worst things ever.
The key points are
- Pick up both drones (one's close to the Preon, the other one is behind the container by the TP, next to a TC280 you have to get later)
-Obviously also pick up the Preon - Fight along the Cliffside and lure the bisons into the water
- Enemies will fight themselves and your drones if you're all the way at the cliff, don't attack unprovoked apart from fishing bisons
- Fire your Preon OVER the enemies, it's important you don't kill your drones
- You want the fight to drag on so don't rush. You need the items and xp
- Buy the TC280 and go to next stage
- Dash into the boss 2nd stage, then chain dash up to the cliff, 4heb eviscerate and whirlwind so you're on top.
- Fire preon
- TC280 will win the rest of the fight, don't do anything more until all the shooting stops
- Congrats, you've mastered merc with your drone purchasing skills
@bleak stirrup can I take you off my list? Did you get it?
You can do it, just play carefully
real talk ive gotten so close like 10 times i got this
You've got this
i decided for huntress to just blink alot 🙂 didnt even really need to cheese
still nice to not have to do stage 1 and 2 before trying
Glad people are actually using my strat. It's really gimmicky but it gets the job done really easily and imo faster than straight up damage builds and I just wanted to share it to spread the love
ya it worked great! thanks man
Who knew fireworks on artifact of command could be so useful
Nope, shields counts as health
Same with trying to do Huntress's Piercing wind challenge
Topaz brooches will not count as health though since it's a "barrier"
oof
Ey is there a reason why the artifacts on console's trial haven't changed in a while?
if those were 3 brooches you might've made it
it's bugged and we have no idea when there'll be a patch for it, been like that since artifacts
luckily this particular trial is easier on consoles than pc because of drones
Yeeeee fireworks @frigid canopy
thank u to the legend zeddy for blazing the trail
Excellent, one less for the list
how do i stop dying to the wandering vagrant? as i kill it, it explodes and one shots me. i can't do anything about it and i'm pissed off
hide behind cover
or you can go on top of the mountain and snipe it if you have range. If you're going for Ethereal, check out my video from before, 2-3 royal capacitors+kjaro's bands will just murder it
i played so passive
constantly running from danger, i'm just trying to get the scythe and it's so difficult
Oh wow my console trial has over a hundred views, that reddit boost must've done something
i thought fireworks only work when you interact with something @hearty shell
Oh right you're having trouble with the jellyfish
Honestly, I'd just use royal capacitor to burst the jellyfish down at range
That way you can't get zapped at all
Fireworks kinda work, since you can interact with the money capsules but it's probably not for boss damage
September 1st, 1:23 AM EST, after playing for 371 hours, I have finally completed the mercenary challenge, thus 100% completing Risk of Rain 2
My god that challenge has haunted me
Special thanks to the3rdbanana for the video help, and Arcane for posting it
ouch. Is getting the TC280 to do the cleanup for you an option?
Not with the amount of wisps left over on the first stage, no
not so convinced. the distance to teleporter and the TC should be nearly identical
ok, ive been playing duos with my friend in this game for a few weeks now, I really know my way around huntress and thats about it, Ive only touched the trials once before tonight and it was insane. however the current seed seems... possible... for me to maybe pass through at all and get that achievement?
i keep throwing bodies at it and would really love any sort of guidance
Ethereal or just Prismatically Aligned?
uuuuh... eh?
Etheral you have to take no damage as Merc, Prismatically Aligned you just beat a prismatic trial and that's it
ooh yah i just wanna get through it alive
I'm DONE
lets start small
Did you win, Arc?
OUT, AND READY TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE.
Chronobauble seems like big brain move
That was my last portal green

