Ghost Glider Challenge

[quietscribe]

After my first playthrough I was looking for a challenge to make the game more interesting again, since I'd done all the exploration the first time. So I made this challenge. Now you can try it too!

Objective:
To gain the best glider in the game, the Ghost Glider, from the Sun Temple at the SE part of the map.

Rules:

• Make a new map and character
  
• You are not allowed to upgrade your flame shrine in any way and any shrines should be placed on solid ground
  
• You are not allowed to gain any craftspeople
  
• You can get better gear from chests, but don't abuse them. 3 times per chest max.
  
• Do not use the Beastmaster skill tree as it makes it laughably easy.

Tips:

• Aim for the lookout towers, as they give a teleport base. You can then dismantle one of your altars to place it on your way closer to your destination
  
• Pickaxes are your friend. I tunnelled my way past mobs I couldn't bypass in other ways. They are also great for getting up cliffs since you can climb 45 degree angles.
  
• Sneak is also your friend. Shadows seemed to help I think, with some mobs at least.
  
• Using a flame shrine to create a large stairway to glide from is super useful for getting over deadly shroud.
  
• Making a corridor around your stairway keeps mobs like drakes away, since they do not attack walls. Just make sure they can't get in.

I managed to get the glider while still at level 5, so you don't need to grind high levels. Good luck!

Lets goooo!
Sweet Loot
Satisfying

[frillen]

I like custom challenges with rules, and I will try your challenge at some point, but I think a bit of refinement in rules and goals could be good.
I am not sure yet, but I think the Ghost glider can be achieved pretty fast as soon you have the basic glider and grappling hook, some pickaxes, and as much stamina as possible, not sure yet, but I have an idea to get to the desert very fast, will see if it works and report back to this post if it does without too much spoiling

Originally posted by quietscribe:

Objective:
To gain the best glider in the game, the Ghost Glider, from the Sun Temple at the SE part of the map.

Ok, but feels a bit limited, perhaps a few more goals would be good :)

Originally posted by quietscribe:

Rules:

Originally posted by quietscribe:

Make a new map

That is expected, but should also include a fresh character ;)

Originally posted by quietscribe:

You are not allowed to upgrade your flame shrine in any way

Also ok, no need to make things too easy.

Originally posted by quietscribe:

You are not allowed to gain any craftspeople

Ok, will limit a lot of things and make it a longer grind in some ways

Originally posted by quietscribe:

You can get better gear from chests, but don't abuse them. 3 times per chest max.

How are you supposed to remember which chests you already have looted 3 times?
Perhaps just make a rule with no loot chests at all except for the glider chest at the top of Sun Temple.

Originally posted by quietscribe:

Do not use the Beastmaster skill tree as it makes it laughably easy.

Not really sure if Beastmaster skill tree would offer much advantage in a speed run for the Ghostglider being as low level as possible, as I see it any points not spent in stamina would likely be a disadvantage, but ok :)

[Galadhlinn]

I approach survival/exploration games in general as a self-challenge to not follow the intended path. I climbed over the mountains to get to the desert side at lvl 13 in lvl 10-12 gear (prior to killing the Fell Wispwyvern), with the basic glider. I made it all the way to Nomad Highland tower where I smashed a pot and got a piece of leather which unlocked the second glider. Every mob on that side would have one-shoted me, so I really had to pick my way along, avoiding everything that moved. I don't do this because I'm in a hurry. In this case it actually slowed down my progression. I just like throwing additional challenges out in front of me which then requires I think out of the box. Following the devs' intended path being the box. : /

[Nerevar]

easy.

you have 2 flame altars.

mine enough stone or dirt and make a skybridge altering altars till you arrive right at the top of the suntower. no fighting needed. no gear needed.

in a gameworld where you have this kind of building freedom there just is no challenge to reach any area outside of the shroud.

it only takes some time. thats about it.

[Storm Reaver]

I remember my Glider and Hook-Shot glitching out during multiplayer. So ended up bringing someone to get the Ghost Glider without being able to use them. It wasn't hard.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by frillen:

I am not sure yet, but I think the Ghost glider can be achieved pretty fast as soon you have the basic glider and grappling hook, some pickaxes, and as much stamina as possible, not sure yet, but I have an idea to get to the desert very fast, will see if it works and report back to this post if it does without too much spoiling

Yep it´s possible. I tried and made it there at level 12 before killing the wisp wyvern though I didn´t use such strict rules and I already had a better glider and with the mats I found on my way I made the second best glider which oc made it much easier.

I won´t spoil it for you but I´ll say I didn´t build jumptowers. There is a way to get there without it. Good luck and have fun ;)

[frillen]

First of all, I knew that it would be possible to use 2 altars and simply build a floating bridge towards the Sun temple and drop down on top of, but that would just be too easy and no challenge at all, so I made an extra rule for the challenge...

• Both altars has to be placed on solid ground, not top of building blocks, so that rules out continueous floating bridges

I can however make stairs from terrain to extend the height to jump of from when gliding with the basic glider, I am currently in Nomad Highland close to the desert being level 3, but fighting anything is completely out of the question, they will 1-shot me, so I run from everything while trying to find the best route towards the sun temple

[frillen]

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

Originally posted by frillen:

I am not sure yet, but I think the Ghost glider can be achieved pretty fast as soon you have the basic glider and grappling hook, some pickaxes, and as much stamina as possible, not sure yet, but I have an idea to get to the desert very fast, will see if it works and report back to this post if it does without too much spoiling

Yep it´s possible. I tried and made it there at level 12 before killing the wisp wyvern though I didn´t use such strict rules and I already had a better glider and with the mats I found on my way I made the second best glider which oc made it much easier.

I won´t spoil it for you but I´ll say I didn´t build jumptowers. There is a way to get there without it. Good luck and have fun ;)

Thank you and yes it is actually fun, but holy hell it is challenging, there is nothing to craft since npc's aren't allowed, so everything is just the basic that you can craft from level 1 at the workbench, and I am not sure it is possible to reach the area with the sun temple without a a building to get as high as possible before gliding over the shroud with the basic glider :)

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by frillen:

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

Yep it´s possible. I tried and made it there at level 12 before killing the wisp wyvern though I didn´t use such strict rules and I already had a better glider and with the mats I found on my way I made the second best glider which oc made it much easier.

I won´t spoil it for you but I´ll say I didn´t build jumptowers. There is a way to get there without it. Good luck and have fun ;)

Thank you and yes it is actually fun, but holy hell it is challenging, there is nothing to craft since npc's aren't allowed, so everything is just the basic that you can craft from level 1 at the workbench, and I am not sure it is possible to reach the area with the sun temple without a a building to get as high as possible before gliding over the shroud with the basic glider :)

Oh yes I don´t even want to imagine how challenging this is. What I did was basically easy mode compared to this, since I did not put any restrictions on me. I was jsut curious if I could stroll over there at level 12, get around all that red shroud and get some op gear lol.

[Qiox]

There's Youtube videos of getting the Ghost Glider at level 1 with no gear.

All you need is a pickaxe and the basic starter glider.

[frillen]

Originally posted by Qiox:

There's Youtube videos of getting the Ghost Glider at level 1 with no gear.

All you need is a pickaxe and the basic starter glider.

Originally posted by frillen:

• Both altars has to be placed on solid ground, not top of building blocks, so that rules out continueous floating bridges

I would love it if you could show just 1 of those guide that didn't break the above or any of the other rules of the challenge ;)
I did a youtube search and they all at some point make floating towers or bridges to get across the red shroud to the area of sun temple with glider and Kindlewaste spire, and as far as I can see there is only 1 place where you can get high enough to possibly glide across without dying with the basic glider, but I highly doubt it is possible at level 1, that I can tell you since you will need at least 2 skills (Updraft and Airborne) + a decent amount of stamina, and perhaps some of the wells in blue shroud around beginning area for extra skill points :)

Also if you check the image below, that is the only place that I have found where you can get enough altitude from ground to put an altar and make a jump tower to glide across:)
There is a path leading up from the deady shroud, it is the only low point that you may be able to reach.
EDIT: There is actually a small ledge slighty to the left of the above mentioned path from shroud that is possible to reach :)
Remember... The rules are: you cannot upgrade altars, you cannot use crafters, so you can only craft basic level 1 stuff, it may sound easy, but it most definitely isn't

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3167985740

[quietscribe]

I actually went across from the excavation site. All my flame alters were on solid ground :)
pic here
Tunnel from the left marker to the excavation site, then three placed flame altars (the same one moved) across the shroud using the bits of land there. Then a tunnel to the top.
The last leap

[frillen]

Originally posted by quietscribe:

I actually went across from the excavation site. All my flame alters were on solid ground :)
pic here
Tunnel from the left marker to the excavation site, then three placed flame altars (the same one moved) across the shroud using the bits of land there. Then a tunnel to the top.
The last leap

Yeah I also tried the Boneyard Escavation camp thinking that I could probably glide over without a problem from the highest leaning bone, but I died so many times to 2-3 birds there that I simply gave up and went to the other place that also is fairly easy to cross, much less birds there, but slightly longer gliding distance

Here is a small description how I got there from Nomad Highlands... spoiler ahead in case someone likes to do this challenge without hints to how I did it:


I went through Brittlebush crossing the bridge north of it, I could have gone further north up into the mountains north and passed through there, but I decided to take the faster and more dangerous route through Brittlebush.
After that it was an easy run until I reached the closest peak towards the big red shroud that needed to be crossed.
I had initially grabbed the 3 skill points from the the wells in starter area that is in blue shroud, those 9 skill points helped a lot along with those I got up to level 3, I could spec into
Updraft and Airborne + put a few points into Endurance and Spirit so that I had a decent amount of stamina and mana for updraft at least 2 times during the flight.
And being in the desert I got access to grilled and raw Yucca fruit which are absolutely awesome for stamina and a bit of health regen, also Grapple plant from Rose Shell Burrow give an amazing 5 spirit.
The first time I succesfully glided over the shroud and landed on a small ledge to the left of the path going uo from shroud, I had forgotten to remove one of my flame altars, so I had to go back and remove a flame altar.
The next time I did something different, I drank a shroud elixir to boost shroud time and aimed for the path instead.
On both trips I had to use updraft 2 times, and on the 2nd trip landing in the shroud close to the path up, the shroud elixir helped get run up the path before dying, and well the rest is kind straight forward, I did unlock the Kindlewaste spire, but I doubt it was necessary

Anyways I finished the challenge being level 4, I had hoped that I could have finished it at level 3, but it doesn't really matter, I had fun with this challenge, especially since I believe the best weapon I had was Epic level 7, everything else including armor was basic stuff that you can craft from level 1
It may sound easy and simple to some, but it most definitely isn't unless they are making floating bridges all the way or over all deadly shroud - Thank you for putting this fun challenge together, I had fun doing it, maybe others will too :)
The rules and description for the challenge is nice and simple, but it should state that all flame altars must be connected to terrain so that you cannot simply build your way moving 1 flame altar in front of the other while building in air :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3168327107

[quietscribe]

Originally posted by frillen:

Yeah I also tried the Boneyard Escavation camp thinking that I could probably glide over without a problem from the highest leaning bone, but I died so many times to 2-3 birds there that I simply gave up and went to the other place that also is fairly easy to cross, much less birds there, but slightly longer gliding distance :lunar2019grinningpig:

Yeah it was why I built the tunnel to the excavation and then the stone corridors across.

Originally posted by frillen:

It may sound easy and simple to some, but it most definitely isn't unless they are making floating bridges all the way or over all deadly shroud - Thank you for putting this fun challenge together, I had fun doing it, maybe others will too :)
The rules and description for the challenge is nice and simple, but it should state that all flame altars must be connected to terrain so that you cannot simply build your way moving 1 flame altar in front of the other while building in air :)

I'm really glad you had fun! I'll see if I can edit the original rules to include that the altars should be on solid ground. :)