What to do when the bracken is literally behind you

[MisinformedOwl]

So i've died a fair few times to the bracken being just. behind me. i turn he freaks out and takes me on a little adventure. So is there any way to avoid this? eitehr by preventing him from just being behind me, or even if i just acknowledge he's behind and dont moveback and only move forwards.

[Watermelon Man]

There's not a lot of info on the wiki yet, but it says that if you look at him quickly then look away he'll get spooked for a short time but idk if that actually works or not because it's weird to pull off.

I do know that the bracken seems to be sensitive to the airhorn if you can find it in the facility, just spam it and it will leave you alone long enough to run out.

Otherwise idk. My team's strategy for the bracken is to avoid its room and travel in groups of 2. Even then it's pretty tough to survive without a stun grenade or zap gun

[pyr0kid]

you gotta maintain the correct amount of eye contact

[MisinformedOwl]

Originally posted by Watermelon Man:

There's not a lot of info on the wiki yet, but it says that if you look at him quickly then look away he'll get spooked for a short time but idk if that actually works or not because it's weird to pull off.

I do know that the bracken seems to be sensitive to the airhorn if you can find it in the facility, just spam it and it will leave you alone long enough to run out.

Otherwise idk. My team's strategy for the bracken is to avoid its room and travel in groups of 2. Even then it's pretty tough to survive without a stun grenade or zap gun

If you go in the room is it more likely to attack you or something? or is that just your groups superstition?

[Duex]

Originally posted by MisinformedOwl:

Originally posted by Watermelon Man:

There's not a lot of info on the wiki yet, but it says that if you look at him quickly then look away he'll get spooked for a short time but idk if that actually works or not because it's weird to pull off.

I do know that the bracken seems to be sensitive to the airhorn if you can find it in the facility, just spam it and it will leave you alone long enough to run out.

Otherwise idk. My team's strategy for the bracken is to avoid its room and travel in groups of 2. Even then it's pretty tough to survive without a stun grenade or zap gun

If you go in the room is it more likely to attack you or something? or is that just your groups superstition?

the log says that itll attack if cornered which I presume means that if you follow it back to its kill room, itll choose to attack over running at that point

[mememet]

You also have to move away from him. Maintaining low eye contact basically means not staring at him, which makes him aggressive. If you sort of look at him and then go behind a wall he goes away. If he still sees you, he will probably still attack you despite you giving him a quick glance.

[Dragontoast]

This site has documentation of Bracken AI behavior.
https://lethal.miraheze.org/wiki/Bracken
Definitely recommend reading it as Bracken are not very intuitive.

[Rue]

Always be looking around, I recommend only taking a 1 second glance at him. In my experience, he'll just leave for a bit after that

[Akameka]

Even if you glance at him, he will run away. He might trigger anger mode if like, just behind you when you spot him cause you are too close. If you hear him growl, you should run away . They will reset if they can't catch you in the next few seconds, and they are slower than your sprint speed.

Again, just seeing it, even right behind you is enough. I had a time where I litterally turned around as he was about to kill me. I saw him crouch walking behind me at litterally one meter. I ran away and it didn't follow.

Take the habits of quickly checking behind you at each corner you get pass, and every few seconds when in a wide area/log corridor. It will save your life against brakens and coil heads. If you know for sure there is a braken, increase frequency of backward checks.

[Hugo the Dwarf]

I've had moments where I was jumping a gap, and he decided to pop out on the door and get on the ledge. Essentially I ended up in his arms. With a Neck readjustment.

But yeah generally if you know there is a Bracken around, keep an eye out. As they will "hunt" you down and snap your neck. But looking at them briefly makes them back off. I just read the wiki link, sort of scary you could get f'd by RNG and have it rage rather quickly.

But it adds to the charm of the game that not everything has the same "behavior" quite refreshing

[Dunning]

Bracken is more dangerous than I realized. I had thought his angermeter reduced over time.

I didn't realize his anger meter only drops when hes in an angry state. So every glance you make at him to get him to run away, increases the anger, and increases the odds he will attack.