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Top Tips to improve your play
By Jaxien ☆
This guide gives you the top tips on how to improve your playthrough, taking your skill up to the next level. Necrodancer has many nuances that you'll come to learn and this guide gives you a boost.
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Secrets, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
Posted
3 Feb, 2015 @ 3:16am
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Tips in Action [2:01]
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  • If a red dragon attacks a shop keeper, the shop keeper will flee from the dragon. Once the keeper leaves the shop all items inside will become free.

  • Small cave rooms can contain invisible chests that only show up on the minimap. We're the moving blue pixel, the chest shows up in orange. Standing next to the chest reveals it.

  • When fighting red bats. Move on the opposite floor to the bat. If you're moving on the coloured disco floor and the bat is moving on normal ground, you'll never collide and get hurt, no matter which direction you move.

  • Barrels and crates can be pushed into spike traps to break them open and drop what's inside. It also destroy the trap.

  • If a wall tile has an edge visible it means there is an open floor next to it. So break these to reveal hidden cave rooms.

  • If a tempo trap is blown up after activating, the tempo change will not reset until the end of the level.
  • This technique is great for speedrunner as it can allow you to move faster.

  • Always check for explosive mushrooms in shops when playing zone 2, as they'll destroy the shop walls and provide free gold.

  • Buffering is when you dig agaisnt a wall to stand still without losing your groove chain.

  • If you find a wall of stone or crypt in an unbroken square this will always contain a rare item. So it's worth finding a way inside.

  • If you find yourself without a way to break strong walls. You can manipulate powerful creatures to break the walls for you, such as the red dragon, or a minotaur. This can be especially useful for getting into cracked walls, but it doesn't work for breaking cracked shop walls.

  • Shrines will drop items when bombed, the item dropped is always the same for each type of shrine, but different if the shrine has been activated or not.
48 Comments
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firestar4678 6 Jul @ 6:26pm 
these tips are helpful
Half-Coconut 8 Dec, 2023 @ 10:10am 
Look up "Red Dragon Dance", It's a technic to deal with the Red Dragon in a 2x2 area
Omnomnom:] 1 Dec, 2023 @ 9:37pm 
Play bard and learn how red dragons work
piss burger 2 Nov, 2023 @ 5:57pm 
how the fuck do you deal with red dragons
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CoffeeEnergy 30 Jan, 2023 @ 1:10pm 
Huh... this is one of those things that makes me go huh... because I never thought of making enemies chase me. It makes total sense. I got this games years ago and I gave up because I went into it like "I have to kill everything" and never figured it out. Thanks!
KingZukk 27 Dec, 2021 @ 11:50am 
Good tips, thanks :necroshovel:
popcorn8784 4 Jun, 2021 @ 8:38pm 
I knew most of these already, which is nice because it makes me feel more experienced. The tempo trap one is an interesting tip I haven't discovered yet, I should try it out! Also, the red bat one will be a live saver.
Nitroxy 4 May, 2021 @ 2:07am 
The hidden chest one was the kicker
NaCl Harebito 16 Feb, 2021 @ 1:43pm 
i thought i could learn something but as i see 200+ hours is enough
Rocket 26 Feb, 2020 @ 10:03am 
F, video's private