Recommendations for Solo Play?

[PaulGR]

I will be playing for the first time tomorrow on release.

I am wondering if those playing Single Player have any recommendations or must-have settings I can use for the solo server I will make that make the game better for a strictly single player PvE playthrough?

[Yuyuko Saigyouji]

For my solo games, I usually cut down on refinement and crafting times, increase resource yield, allow for items to be teleported, set the retrieve of materials to max on refunded structures; basically, anything that takes a lot of the grind out of the game while still leaving the difficulty alone.

Yeah, you're probably going to die a lot your first time through, but it's better to start learning with standard difficulty, it'll just make you a better player.

[BJ Jizzy Jeff]

I keep a lot vanilla but, a longer overall day and or a short daylight cycle helps more get done quickly. Even if you boost resources or cut crafting costs it won't take away the fun though because the boss fights are still relatively challenging.

[Yeet Me Daddy]

This is what I use to have a fun and fair time when playing Solo:

Items:
- Disable "Teleport Bound Items"
- Inventory Stacks Multiplier = 5
- Loot/Material Yield Multiplier = 2
- Blood Essence Multiplier = 2
*These will reduce the time it takes to grind and run around the map to return to the castle after collecting resources. It can get exhaustive after a while.

Castle:
- Castle Height Limit = 6
- Territory Tile Limit = 600 (at all levels)
*These will allow you to build stuff without worrying about space since the start so you can focus on progression.

Crafting & Building:
- Crafting Rate = 2
- Refinement Rate = 2
- Dismantle Resource Multiplier = 1
*These will contribute to progression as most advanced resources must be refined at least one time, as well as not punish you if you have to dismantle something.

Additionally, I would suggest tuning Health and Power/Spell Multipliers up a little in 'Vampire' category because some bosses can be a pain to kill solo, unless you like the challenge. I usually do not change this, but if you get frustrated easily you might want to make things a little bit easier for you (no shame in that).

[Cup0fTea]

The default settings are good enough in my opinion, but it's just about personal taste. Any way you play is doable solo, the game already has mechanisms to make the game adapt to solo or group play such as changing monster health automatically

[ya boi]

Originally posted by Yuyuko Saigyouji:

For my solo games, I usually cut down on refinement and crafting times, increase resource yield, allow for items to be teleported, set the retrieve of materials to max on refunded structures; basically, anything that takes a lot of the grind out of the game while still leaving the difficulty alone.

Yeah, you're probably going to die a lot your first time through, but it's better to start learning with standard difficulty, it'll just make you a better player.

how do you allow items to be teleported

[patricio.intp]

Originally posted by ya boi:

how do you allow items to be teleported

Set "Teleport Bound Items" to disabled. It is actually "Only teleport bound items", so I kinda hope they reworded that bit.

[Keith Preston]

I'd give me double Stacks 1.25x Loot and being able to TP with all items. If you in for some challenge you can ramp up the dmg and hp of the mobs a bit and personally i'd set the garlic modifier to zero because thats more of a pvp thing and its annoying as hell in solo.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡Remnant of Chaos]

Anybody know why it won't work for my game? I went into the ServerGameSettings and changed "MaterialYieldModifier_Global": 10.0, but it still only gives me 3x.

[CT-99 STRIKER]

Originally posted by Yeet Me Daddy:

This is what I use to have a fun and fair time when playing Solo:

Items:
- Disable "Teleport Bound Items"
- Inventory Stacks Multiplier = 5
- Loot/Material Yield Multiplier = 2
- Blood Essence Multiplier = 2
*These will reduce the time it takes to grind and run around the map to return to the castle after collecting resources. It can get exhaustive after a while.

Castle:
- Castle Height Limit = 6
- Territory Tile Limit = 600 (at all levels)
*These will allow you to build stuff without worrying about space since the start so you can focus on progression.

Crafting & Building:
- Crafting Rate = 2
- Refinement Rate = 2
- Dismantle Resource Multiplier = 1
*These will contribute to progression as most advanced resources must be refined at least one time, as well as not punish you if you have to dismantle something.

Additionally, I would suggest tuning Health and Power/Spell Multipliers up a little in 'Vampire' category because some bosses can be a pain to kill solo, unless you like the challenge. I usually do not change this, but if you get frustrated easily you might want to make things a little bit easier for you (no shame in that).

Regarding the last part, indeed there is no shame in giving ourselves a auto-buff since the game is heavily balanced to play in a group, so no shame indeed since as solo in making more easy is pretty much a player balancing the game for a solo mode and not much like "i want it do be EZ" nope, just fair balance for solo and nothing else (:

[Toki]

You'll get a 30 minute protection timer assuming you play PVP.
Find the alpha wolf for the wolf form and go build a base in a decent spot while you still have the protection.

[ya boi]

Originally posted by patricio.intp:

Originally posted by ya boi:

how do you allow items to be teleported

Set "Teleport Bound Items" to disabled. It is actually "Only teleport bound items", so I kinda hope they reworded that bit.

thank you

[Maelan]

Keep it Vanilla and make a world solo offline for your first run only.

[m662]

I would suggest disable castle decay.
That feature was specifically introduced to cleanup castles from players that no longer were playing on servers. It has zero real functionality in single player except serve as a blood essence sink in my honest opinion. Unless you like the challenge of having to constantly supply your castle(s) with blood essence

[Pay Child Suport]

the official servers made it clear to me as well: reduce the grind. material yield doubled, crafting time reduced

the biggest waygate (heh) in this game is the merciless upgrades.

[Czar]

Wrong game, my bad. 💀

Make sure you can take out the heavily armored enemies as well being able to take care of mobs with a certain ease.

Balance of firepower and amount of ordinance down range is what will give you success in solo.

All weapons having slow fire rate will give you disadvantages against mobs, and all weapons being fast firerate won't always mean you'll be able to take down big enemies such as Hulks and Bile Titans.

380mm barrage is close to mandatory.
+
Eagle Bombs and/or 500kg

Don't be afraid to take the EAT as an Anti Armored weapon. Look at its cool down. It is one shot and discard but it comes two in stack plus the cool down is short.


Avoid low armored targets based Strategem like Eagle Strafing run and ...maybe the orbital Gatling Barrage. As they are not always effective against wide mobs in high difficulties.

Beware of planet surface temperature for energy weapons, meaning it will drain your ability to keep fire down range in a consistent basis.

JAR-5 Dominator is AMAZING against bots if your aim is good. Be careful of using against bugs because of hunters, but it can easily take care of Spewers.

Auto Cannon is amazing at taking care of Shriekers nests, bug holes and armored mobs like Brood Commanders + Hive guards, as well of surprise Stalkers.

Shotguns (non slugs) are amazing at taking care of mobs. The Breaker Incendiary is outstanding at taking care of Shriekers.

Use Light Armor for bugs and Medium to Heavy Armor for bots.

In Blitz missions, be sure to have enough nades or a support weapon that can take care of fabricators/bugs holes effectively in 1 go.

I love this game solo but you got to be careful about your gear much more than as a 2 stack or more.

The Stamina Booster is great.

Glossary:

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Terminids List: https://helldivers.fandom.com/wiki/Terminids
Automatons List: https://helldivers.fandom.com/wiki/Automatons
Weapons: https://helldivers.fandom.com/wiki/All_Weapons_(Helldivers_2)