35,000 points W&S1

[James & Michelle]

Any helpful hints on how to get even close to this amount?

[Fizzy]

You'd have to do a sort of speedrun. There's a time bonus so I think the trick is to kill every darkling and get as many mushrooms as you can as fast as you can. It's still hard tho the highest I got was 28,000 with 44 mushrooms and all 16 darklings killed but I guess it's a matter of practice and good fairyfly spawns.

[James & Michelle]

The highest I got was 25,800 with a lot of mushrooms and 9 / 15 killed

The fairyfly spawns and time bonus is what annoys me - I have a visual impairment so it is very hard to keep track of what is where.

I'd recommend the devs to lower the total needed or remove the achievement entirely personally, as it seems you'd need all 15 killed (15,000) and a lot of mushrooms - which are hidden behind chests and secret passages and expected to beat the boss in good time? It doesn't seem possible

[Coach Gamer]

Theoretically, the game has 176 mushrooms X 100 points each, and 15 critters X 1000 points each. If you kill the critters and get all mushrooms, should get 32,600 points

Edit: even though, it's not an easy task

[James & Michelle]

You can say that again... I don't think I'll be able to do it, I can;t visually recall where everything is in time, which is a true shame as it brings my enjoyment of the game down quite a bit knowing I'm on a time limit

[Kajenx]

Hey guys! The main strategy is to make sure you get all of the darklings and go quickly. The 35,000 badge is mostly a speed runner reward. You can get it with only about half or so of the mushrooms.

It's definitely the hardest badge to get, but it looks like about 6% of players got it! Speed running and even an end boss are kind of antithetical to the general theme of the games, I know, but it was like that originally and I didn't want to change what people had come to expect.

[James & Michelle]

I will try and remember that, it's just tricky remembering where they all are and getting the fireflies to spawn, that's a little random but thanks for the input :)

[ShiningFennec]

I got the achievement on my first try, but I've played it so many times in the past that I basically memorized where everything is and how to do it quickly. As said above, time and killing darklings are definitely the things that give you the most points. Basically, after activating the second or the third portal, I go back to William, get the map, and then run with it open nearly half of the time. You can kind of see/guess where the darklings are on the map, because they are always in a pit in the ground (a.k.a. the lowest local point, so they can't fall further down when chasing you), and they're usually close to a portal. You'll sometimes need to kill two darklings with one portal, so you have to be sure where they are and you can't hesitate once you've activated the power.

[James & Michelle]

I’ll try to remember that, thanks

[sacha-gt]

spoiler : speedrun is random since fireflies are random

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