gallo tower minute 30

[Guidsmaster]

every time i get to minute 30, the drowner that spawns instantly sets the water to mid screen and i cant outrun it even with faster characters. Not sure if its cause im playing in "Hurry" mode, but the other drowner (min 25) on this level (and other levels) all work normally (i.e water fills gradually, you can move upwards to outrun it).
I checked out a video on it, and from what I saw, the one that spawns at minute 30 is supposed to work like the others, except that its invulnerable.

Anyone know what could cause this?

[Gamerzilla]

I've seen this too, but the water can be outrun with any character that has bonus (not under a 100%) move speed.

[Guidsmaster]

weird, i tried it with krochi, giovanna, and poppea, who have 40%, 30% and 30% bonus respectively. might need to pick up the movement speed passive as well

*Edit: I wonder if curse could be impacting their movement speed? As mentioned, I don't notice the other drowners being so quick, but maybe this one's different

[Gamerzilla]

Do you have your permanent move speed for all characters unlocked? Might be why mine are faster, dunno :(

[Guidsmaster]

i do :( Just tried another run, this time with Pugnala who had 30% bonus speed. Got 3 ranks of the wings passive, for a total of 60% movement speed. Same thing, drowner immediately covered up to mid screen i could not outrun it at all.

Thankfully, I had tirajisu and the arcana that gives 3 revives, so between all the deaths I was able to hit 31 minutes, so at least I don't have to do this crap anymore. Definitely seems bugged though

[Moonbane]

Tip to make the drowner a joke.
Learn the Pentagram weapon. 1shots any of the colored reapers when it pops.

Alternatively use Luminaire, she zaps the screen, instagibbling enemies on every level up.

[Amars95]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Tip to make the drowner a joke.
Learn the Pentagram weapon. 1shots any of the colored reapers when it pops.

Alternatively use Luminaire, she zaps the screen, instagibbling enemies on every level up.

This one is immune to instant kills and damage in general.

[Best Fox Ever]

I am also stuck with this 'Reach 31 min in Gallo Tower' because at minute 30 the Drowner (the blue Reaper) just fills the water level to the half screen and you can't escape it (even with the maxed Wings for max speed boost). The Drowner that appears at 25 minutes with the crab boss will die fast if you use Pentagram, Moon, Crucifix or attack that can reach it but the 30 minute Drowner just does not die.

I have Crimson Shroud and Infinite Corridor but those also don't help with the minute 30 Drowner. His water just drains all the energy super fast.

I wonder is this a glitch because I have read some discussions about this particular Drowner and not all players seem to have seen this minute 30 Drowner in their playthrough. They have only seen the minute 25 Drowner that is easy to kill and his water level is only at the bottom of the screen.

[ARKYmouse]

If you're traveling upward, you'll likely be moving far away from the drowner when it spawns. Avoid going northward near the 29 minute mark. When you travel too far away from the drowner, it gets a 200% movement speed buff and just boils you instantly.

To survive the drowner, a boss will spawn. Killing that boss will stop the drowner. I think in Gallo Tower, it's a giant crab. Easiest way to deal with any of the variety deaths is to have Pentagram/Gorgeous Moon and let it flash-kill the boss or death while on the screen.

[Best Fox Ever]

Originally posted by ARKYmouse:

If you're traveling upward, you'll likely be moving far away from the drowner when it spawns. Avoid going northward near the 29 minute mark. When you travel too far away from the drowner, it gets a 200% movement speed buff and just boils you instantly.

To survive the drowner, a boss will spawn. Killing that boss will stop the drowner. I think in Gallo Tower, it's a giant crab. Easiest way to deal with any of the variety deaths is to have Pentagram/Gorgeous Moon and let it flash-kill the boss or death while on the screen.

Let me repeat myself. There are 2 Drowners in Gallo Tower. at 25 min it is the regular Drowner that spawns with the crab boss and it is easy to kill with Pentagram, Moon, Crusifix or any weapon that reaches it. The water level of that Drowner is very low, it is barely visible at the bottom of the screen. At 30 minutes there is second Drowner that spawns with the Red Death and is impossible to kill with Pentagram, Moon, Crusifix or attacks that reach it. It fills approximately half of the screen with water that kills you very fast even though you would have Crimson Shroud that in theory should cap the damage so that the water don't kill you that fast.

That Drowner is probably a programming error because:
a) not all the players have seen that impossible Drowner and they don't understand the question why the Gallo Tower Drowner is so difficult. They have only seen the 25 minute Drowner that spawns with the crab boss. It is different entity and is indeed very easy to kill.
b) Crimson Shroud does not do anything to stop that Drowner's water to kill you
c) You can have all the speed buffs and revives but you still can't escape that water before minute 31 comes.

In the current state the Gallo Tower minute 30 Drowner is the hardest boss in the game and not everyone who has reached the Gallo Tower minute 31 have not seen it.

[Guidsmaster]

I agree that it's most likely a bug. I had watched videos on youtube, and what other players experience at minute 30 is NOT what you and I experienced. They get a regular drowner that moves up and you can easily outrun. We get a drowner that instantly fills half the screen with water and you cannot outrun, even with maxed out wings and a fast character.

That said, it's not a bug that you can't kill this min 30 drowner, even on the wiki it will tell you that this specific drowner is invulnerable to damage and cannot be killed.

Even with this bug, you can still reach 31 minutes. Just make sure to get a ton of revives (tirajisu, arcana). I think I did it with ~3-4 revives, I dont remember tbh

[Best Fox Ever]

I just finally reached the Gallo Tower 31 min by some weird luck. I followed the tip by user ARKYmouse that I didn't go too fast upwards when the battle against the second Drowner (and Red Reaper) started. The invincible Drowner is still alive in the White Death Game Over screen when all the other overpowered boss enemies die in that screen.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3138718359

[Radiowavehero]

Gallo tower seems to be a little trollish , if you run from the drowner too fast it speeds up and drowns you , if you have garlic equipped the boss Gallo gets pulled towards you by garlic instead of knocked back and you most likely die.

Maybe they are bugs but I wouldn't mind if they stayed in the game as long as there was some kind of in game info that tells you what you did wrong "Gallo hates/loves garlic" "No running in the pool" some kinda joke notes like that to let people know.

[Moonbane]

Not sure what people is having so much trouble with here. Always breezed through Gallo Tower.