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A Beginners Guide to Little Important Things You Wouldn't Notice
By Azul
All without spoiling stuff flat out.
Current as of update #87
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Secrets
Languages: English
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2 Jan, 2015 @ 5:17pm
24 Jan, 2016 @ 1:15pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Gameplay 
Unlocking Secret Character Hints 
Secret Character Hints 
Secret Level Hints 
Comments
Gameplay
  • Leaving a Red Weapon Chest unopened by any means in a level can cause a Large Weapon Chest containing three weapons to appear in place of a Red Weapon Chest in the next level. If you leave the Red Weapon Chest unopened by any means three times in a row, you are guaranteed a Large Weapons Chest if one has not appeared before then in reply on the next level.

  • Orange Ammo Chests give ammo corresponding to the weapon you are currently holding upon opening it. If it is a pure melee weapon (not energy variants), you will be given a random ammo type instead.

  • There is a rather quiet "doom" bassy sound when you have one last enemy to kill in a level to warn you of a portal spawning.

  • There is a small "woop" sound upon reloading your weapon, most clearly heard with slow reloading and some melee weapons.

  • Try setting your volume settings to 15% music and 100% ambiance to help pick out the previous two sounds.

  • Weapons will not reload when put away in your secondary slot unless you enter a portal. Steroids is the only one able to reload his secondary actively.

  • Present chests will give you two small ammo chests worth of ammo for any weapon you are not currently holding, but you can extract these small ammo chests with a nearby spawning portal, therefore giving you ammo for either your main or secondary weapon. Pay attention to that final enemy sound!

  • Whenever there is a white outline around your experience canister in the upper left, that's a reminder that you leveled up in that area.

  • Entering the crown vault will shift the possible weapon drops forward by one level, giving you a bonus towards better drops.
Unlocking Secret Character Hints
  • Try not breaking rad (experience) canisters.
Secret Character Hints
  • As Melting, find a way to defy death.

  • With any character, fight a loopy frog with gold, then stash away the prize.
Secret Level Hints
  • The Desert secret level requires you to be “thirsty” and quick about it to access it.

  • The Sewers secret level requires explosives to access it.

  • The Scrapyard secret level requires a screwdriver to access it.

  • The Crystal Caves secret level requires a burdened weapon to access it.

  • The Frozen Wasteland secret level requires a deep desire to be able to spare health to access it.

  • The looping secret level requires a different kind of ride ready to go to access it.
45 Comments
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dukmann 28 Mar, 2023 @ 11:06am 
Thank you for the tips. I also love the way you explain secret levels and characters.
nb109 1 Mar, 2022 @ 3:01pm 
@DEAD_STATIC Not quite. The first time you skip a rad canister, you get a large rad canister with [regular rad canister rad quantity * 2 - 5] rads. But if you skip THAT one, too, something else happens .
worm. 23 Jan, 2022 @ 3:30pm 
Thanks for the helpful info.
Conalo 27 Dec, 2021 @ 12:37am 
Much as I still need to learn how to loop even once, thisll be definetly helpful. Thanks man
Daniel 9 Dec, 2021 @ 9:57am 
bro thank you ive played this game for years now and i never knew the white outline of the rad can
Father Nebulous 29 Sep, 2021 @ 12:51pm 
Well written with some cryptic, yet helpful hints. I'm by no means a new player, but I do still like this.
EbombCDXX 22 Aug, 2021 @ 9:39am 
agreed
CubicSkull 15 Apr, 2021 @ 10:13am 
nice
floof birb 28 Dec, 2020 @ 7:47pm 
so basically, superkrat, you need to get last wish and then you must interact with the object that spawns. a character will be unlocked when you enter it. the caves can be accessed by getting a funky gun with crown of curses
DEAD_STATIC 24 Nov, 2020 @ 8:14pm 
The same thing that happens with un-looted chest happens with rad canisters.