Tip for new players.

[RoséOzma]

You can break your ankle if you fall off the church roof board. Normally you lose a bit of hp and nothing else, but it have an 20% of chance to break your ankle, that means you CAN'T run for the rest of the run.

You can regenerate in a Sylvian Circle of course. But have it in mind if Needles is on the hunt and The Mob is spawned or waiting for you.

[dande48]

Tip: Don't fall off the church roof board; even in a game.

[Peuloom]

Always harvest your victims,
A bonesaw should do the job.

[Action-Bastard]

- collect heads like they're pokemon
- check all loot spots always
- avoid fights when you can
- guns are better outside of combat than in combat
- Fight dirty, take your enemies limbs or blind them.
- Set Needles on fire for an easier time

[timmythemic22]

Matches are a life-saver in low-mind situations. One lit candle for 7 mind, and you can buy matches later cheap. Also the jazz club is a great place to camp out and get full mind refill as long as you have enough food to wait.

[The Loli Otaku]

To get skills you need to collect heads from enemies which you can do by using a bonesaw on them, then visiting the cubed looking sacrifice puddle, and lastly using the crafting screen to turn them into soul stones.

To actually unlock the different skills you need to either build affinity with the different gods via drawing their sigils, FYI only certain sigils can be drawn on certain magic circles!! You will not get affinity for God of Fear and Hunger by drawing it on every circle you come across!! Its dumb that the game allows you to waste circles like this but tough ♥♥♥♥, this is Fear and Hunger.

The other way to unlock skills to buy is killing contestants. Be aware this means you actually need to be the one to fight and kill them, or their moonscorched form, yourself. A teammate dying in battle, characters dying offscreen, or most forms of self termination will not unlock their skills. In fact, those skills will be locked off for the rest of the playthrough. The best character skills is Samarie for increasing affinity for difficult gods, Marina to inscribe sigils on your face, Marcoh for physical, and Osha for magical.

[Gead Hiver]

On day one morning assuming you are playing as anyone who isn't Abella. Make it to tunnel seven and invite her to your party. You do not have to dive into the bunker to recruit her. So you can keep Tanaka alive ( If you want to for some reason) use her skill Wrench Toss to basically one-tap most common villagers ( Make sure to reequip her wrench after each fight) Other wise use it to destroy arms or stun limbs

[ArthurArtichoke]

If you get the healing spell for Daan and rescue Henryk, you can use the train area for infinite health, mind, and hunger restoration as long as you are willing to do chores while waiting for your mind to restore. You might want to get rid of Caligura though.