Upside down challenge tips?

[Roar of Brutal Mocchi]

I have no idea how can I beat this... thing. have any tips?

[MrGrudge]

Originally posted by Da Boy O Kultur:

What exactly do you have a problem with? Neat thing is that if you drag resources into the position directly beneath your Dome you can just release them and they'll get to the dome on their own

Yeah them moment I realized that it was acting like a built-in lift only faster this became easy peasy.

[Kalir]

One of the recent updates did turn the difficulty balancing of the challenge modes down to "Brutal" as the baseline rather than "YAFI". With that in mind, Upside Down is one of the easier challenge modes, as it gives you a strong base advantage (resource fall up) in exchange for limiting the effectiveness of some gadgets, like Drillbert or Blast Charges. Long as you stick to gadgets that aren't affected by gravity, it's fine!

[Amplify]

Originally posted by Kalir:

One of the recent updates did turn the difficulty balancing of the challenge modes down to "Brutal" as the baseline rather than "YAFI". With that in mind, Upside Down is one of the easier challenge modes, as it gives you a strong base advantage (resource fall up) in exchange for limiting the effectiveness of some gadgets, like Drillbert or Blast Charges. Long as you stick to gadgets that aren't affected by gravity, it's fine!

I disagree. Yes, getting resources back is pretty easy but I've never had any problems with that before anyway, the problem is that it's 300% / 30 with no starting gadget, the waves get so strong so quickly that you just die and there's no Autocannon or other gadget to compensate for any deficiencies.

[Ziemniaczany]

This is the easiest challenge in game so idk what tips i can give you.

[Roar of Brutal Mocchi]

Ok guys I beat this mode. Guess this is pretty lucky run, so I don't think I can give some useful tips but in my opinion, get the drill gadget. and upgrade it until you get sub drill and magnet for sub drill. And after that don't use your iron except weapon or fighting gadget.

[Roar of Brutal Mocchi]

Originally posted by Roar of Brutal Mocchi:

Ok guys I beat this mode. Guess this is pretty lucky run, so I don't think I can give some useful tips but in my opinion, get the drill gadget. and upgrade it until you get sub drill and magnet for sub drill. And after that don't use your iron except weapon or fighting gadget.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3307695396

It was very lucky run, but anyway I'm glad I beat this mode.

[Kassenklampf]

Originally posted by Ziemniaczany:

This is the easiest challenge in game so idk what tips i can give you.

You're either full of ♥♥♥♥ or the challenge has been adjusted since you beat it. I've played through all guild assignments on normal and first two on challenge and had no real problems. Now I tried different set-ups with upside down and can't find anything that works.

The challenge is overtuned imo and as others stated. The waves get too strong way too fast. And yes, I've obviously used the inverted gravity mechanic to send resources to the dome. It doesn't help, you can't gather enough fast enough.

[Fios]

I've won all challenges but 3. This one is crazy. I've played maybe 10 runs with different setups. Nothing works. Plz send pizza.

[mogiks 😺😻]

I just managed to beat this one starting with Engineer, Laser Dome and Repellent. (I know someone else said to use Assessor; I did try with that but I kept failing. I like the simpler playstyle and upgrade tree of the Engineer.)

It still took me multiple tries. I think you have to get lucky with how the world is generated. I rushed to get the shockwave hammer ASAP with the deadly shockwave supplement. I did get a couple of the cheap keeper upgrades early on, but afterwards prioritized both shockwave hammer damage upgrades, the slow enemies repellent ability, and a couple of laser damage upgrades. At that point I could handle the waves and play pretty normally from then on.

Now I'd love to know how you're supposed to beat Monster Masses on challenge mode because the waves ramp up even faster than Upside Down. That's the only one I have left and all my attempts have gone poorly so far.

[rollin340]

You need to upgrade your weapon, and do it early. I went with Lasers because Double Lasers is super convenient. Spent a lot of my early resources primarily upgrading its strength and speed.

If you're playing as the Engineer, get the first upgrade to your mining power, then go for the weapon upgrades. When resources are on a flat surface, just grab the ones at the side to push everything else down the shaft. It's why strip mining is the optimal method for this challenge run.

I played as the Assessor, and I delayed getting any upgrades for my Keeper for quite a while. But once I saw that I could handle the waves well enough, I got my Exploding Spheres and started to quickly get to max upgrades with the weapon.

Regardless of which Keeper you use, upgrading your weapon early on is a must. I try to get at least 1 strength and 1 speed upgrade for my laser. If you get Double Lasers early, go for damage instead; at most just the first speed upgrade.