Share secrets

[LeoV]

Anyone care to share secrets they've found on specific floors?

The room covered in vines can be cleared with a fire arrow and gave me a chest and there was also a vase containing a bright marble which can be used in the pocket

On the northern beach above the island on the right side there is a Wet Marble which gives access to storing gems in the pocket.

fourth floor found a rust colored glowing marker on a pillar out of reach, shooting it opens a door to a smal cave with several chests, had three for me.

Also on the fourth floor, found a door with an apparent switch just below it. can't seem to figure out how to open it however. any help on that would be appreciated. There's also a room with a gem storage up to 200 and you can't remove the gems once you've placed them, assuming this is some kind of shortcut or secret zone as the map shows another room behind it.

If you find any little yellow things that run away, kill them, they like to drop alot of chops when carved.

[darkSol]

Did you find any of the glowing sphere bomb things? I've found two. You have to point your lantern at them to set them off (hold the lantern button down like for secret doors). They give you a tiny shard in the lantern. You can only spot them if the lantern is lit first. Cool bonus effect, they kill anything in the viscinity when they go off, including foxes.

[darkSol]

Also, you can burn those vines with a torch wave, tap the button that activates your shield. The burning arrow didn't work for me for some reason, so I assumed it wasn't effective, maybe it just barely missed or something.

[LeoV]

found three of the lantern orbs that give you the bits, missed one somewhere if the sequence of the other ones I've gotten on the lantern symbol are any indication

The only one I can specifically remember was on the north shore on the far right side by the wreckage on land

[LeoV]

figured out how to make bomb arrows, retaining a few in my inventory because I get the feeling I can use them to open walls somewhere along the way recipe is Phosphor+string+bundle (stick might work as well) phosphor is three embers

[darkSol]

Any use for the weave yet?

[darkSol]

Not sure this counts as a secret, but very useful trick I found. If you do a running attack at trip ropes, they usually drop string. Maybe everybody knows that already.

[darkSol]

Also, what are the crystals used for? I've gotten 2 off those shiny things with long tails. If you play darksouls these might be familiar, just sayin.

[oh no]

If you die and return to the cave where you first find a spear you might find a leather armor.

Similarly if you go to the place where you found the leather armor (the shipwreck area) you might find a spear.

I think its random.

Bats, rats and snakes can be killed for meat and leather. If they drop innards do not eat them.

In the shipwreck area you can swim out to the fish and chase them to shore, then use your spear to kill them for fillets.



The enemies that can block your attacks (the ones with 2 red weapons) can be easily damaged with the sword+shield. When there is some space between you they might do a dash / lounge attack. If you hold block and then stab while they lounge they take damage.

Spamming the spear normal attack seems to be able to break their block, leaving them open for attack.

[darkSol]

Well, those are more tips and strategies than secrets, but I sort of derailed the post first with my rope cutting suggestion.

I'll add a couple more things I've found. If you know you're going to die, or just want to suicide to get a leg up on the next run, leave your bottles in the pocket realm storage, then you can have the extra for your future runs. Make more soup and stew and elixer instead of eating just the raw food.

I ate the innards out of desparation, puked on a beautiful looking shrine. it was the secret storage area for gems that was mentioned in the OP :)

You can also knock those enemies block down using a shield attack and follow it with 2 quick sword slashes.

[LeoV]

doing a shield bash against them knocks them off balance as well

And are you refering to the crystals from those little guys that like to run away and turn invisible just like the crystal lizards from Dark Souls? killed a few, gotten random items from them, the one time I did get a crystal I died by spike trap shortly after, then died again trying to recover my corpse, so I was never able to regain it.

As for being able to regain spear/leather armor thank god. I was wondering how I was going to retreive those.

[darkSol]

Yep, I don't think they disappear, but they run off the side of the cliff. They don't look like lizards exactly, but you know where they got the idea. I have 2 crystals in my pocket world storage, along with a bomb I found, haven't tried using it yet, figured it could be important.

[darkSol]

In the vein of tips and tricks: I recommend dropping gem shards and pulling enemies into the lighted up area, lets you fight them without wasting torch and lantern, you can pick up the gems after.

Gems are also good for marking your path if you want to find the way back. I wish they stayed between lives though.

[LeoV]

interesting, was wondering what the gem drop mechanic could be used for. bomb makes a damn big boom. accidently used the one I found, however it can't be thrown, just placed, so be prepared to kite things into it, or you know... blow up a wall more than likely. The way the secrets have been panning out so far, I am definetly feeling breakable walls through explosives.

[Moleculor]

The bombs definitely remove rock, ala Zelda and blowing up walls to reveal 'secrets'. Only certain places, though, as is typical of this style of game.

The 'bits' of light you find ARE in sequence, though not necessarily as 'numbered'. (I found the second one on level 3, for example, and the third on 4, but there are levels that there aren't any bits at all.) Some are just in the standard level, others are locked behind closed paths you must find a way through.

So far, getting bits doesn't seem to do anything. They do seem to correspond to a thing that happens in an area that you unlock around level 12, but I think I have to collect 'all' of them for it to accomplish anything.

Your sword attacks DO push the little light bits away from you. Attacking wildly can cost you.

You do find reasons to revisit old areas, mostly for farming purposes.

It's entirely possible to skip past entire floors on accident. My first time through I definitely skipped level 4, and may have even skipped level 3.

There is a shop in the game that use those lantern fuel pieces. It costs to get in, however, and I'm not sure it's worth it. It... might move between levels? I could swear I first saw it on or past level 5, but ended up unlocking it at level 3, so maybe it was always on 3.

[klamalk]

about the door locked by 200 gems, as far as i can tell it doesnt give access to a shortcut just a shop on the fourth floor