Stuck In Drainage System (like everyone else????)

[_Percy]

Hi!
I'm only about 3 hours into Rain World and apparently, I've found myself in the hardest part?

I can't seem to get out of this area near a hibernation pod and karma gate. I've found a long underwater tunnel in which I keep drowning, very sad.

http://prntscr.com/fpmvza (map of where i am and where i'm trying to get though)
https://prnt.sc/fpmtop (the rest are just more pictures to show where I am)
https://prnt.sc/fpmtzi
https://prnt.sc/fpmu8o

I'm trying to swim very slowly but I still keep drowning and there is no other way to get out ):

[OwlCowl]

Okay, so by the sounds of it you must have gone from Outskirts to Farm Arrays to Subterranean to Drainage System, yes (if you're only 3 hours in)? So assuming you haven't done much swimming before, there are vertical vents shafts all along the underwater sections, you will need to go up these whenever you get the opportunity so that slugcat can catch its breath again. Other than that, it's mostly down to timing.

[_Percy]

I think I went straight from the outskirts to the drainage system?

Also, I see the vertical vent shafts but I can't manage to get to them before drowning. I'm trying to go slow and steady, but I'm further away from it than if I just hold down the move button.

[Organic Red Ball]

Try swiming faster :^)
Otherwise, If you cannot get past the drainage system, there's another way up in the industrial complex.

[OwlCowl]

Originally posted by _Percy:

I think I went straight from the outskirts to the drainage system?

Also, I see the vertical vent shafts but I can't manage to get to them before drowning. I'm trying to go slow and steady, but I'm further away from it than if I just hold down the move button.

But in the image you linked, you are already at the gate to the Subterranean, are you trying to backtrack? If this is your first time playing, this is the wrong direction (or the hardest most horrible route anyway). I'd recommend going back to outskirts and finding the gate to the Industial Complex.

I use mouse and keyboard, so I don't know how the controls vary for a controller. But I've never tried swimming slowly, and I do succesfully get through - I think the only general rule is do NOT press the "jump" button while under water as this can outright kill you. There was some tip somewhere that you can wiggle your tail faster by jamming up and down on the keys in the perpendicular direction to which you are going (this is very important in later stages of the game - it will make them much easier), that's supposed to help you swim faster without draining your oxygen.

[AndrewFM]

Yep, you are in a very hard part. Backtracking to Outskirts is going to be extremely frustrating because of those long underwater pipes. Going forward is going to require you wandering around the final area of the game long before you are normally meant to be there.

If you have a passage, use it to warp back to Outskirts. Since you're still very early in the game, you can also reset your save file through the settings menu. Resetting your save will put you back in Outskirts, but it won't reset your map progress. So for your purposes it's almost the same as using a passage. The only thing you'll lose is your achievement progress so far if you do that.

[Unfortunate Klopsi]

I have managed to get through that part. You can get through the drowned tunnel with a bit of luck and a lot of patience.

To get to the next hibernate place, you have to be quick. Go straight to the underwater tunnel. Firstly, you have to swim to the very next pipe where you can get air without a problem. From there the next pipe is very far away, but visible. Before you are getting there, make sure your slugcat has fully restored its air, otherwise it's impossible to get there. You need a bit of luck to get there in time aswell, so don't give up :) The key to success is to swim calmly (not slowly). Don't push the button to swim faster (jump). Try to only push the stick right if it's needed, not the whole time. If your slugcat is on the verge of drowning and you are close to the air spot, you can try to swim faster. You only have to get under the pipe, your slugcat will survive a little bit longer than you are able to move it, it will float to the surface by itself and hopefully survive :')

After that, the next stages will be a piece of cake. You will get a lot of food in the next cave. Look on a map to make sure to take shortest way from there to the next hibernation spot.

Good luck!

[Nick_is_hraar]

I hate to break it to you, but drainage system isn't the hardest region imo, but I know exactly how you feel and this region is quite the difficulty especially if you're only 3 hours in. I myself am leaving subterranian and trying to get to garbage wastes for the wanderer achievement, so I'm in this region myself right now.

[_Percy]

Originally posted by OwlCowl:

But in the image you linked, you are already at the gate to the Subterranean, are you trying to backtrack? If this is your first time playing, this is the wrong direction (or the hardest most horrible route anyway). I'd recommend going back to outskirts and finding the gate to the Industrial Complex.

I've only gone through one gate and I suppose that's the one from outskirts to the drainage system. I also can't backtrack my way back to the outskirts because there are a few jumps I can't make and not enough spears to make the jump back. And by the time I made that jump, I would be caught in the rain.

http://prntscr.com/fps67o I originally came up the direction of the pink arrow and I can't get back ));

[Unfortunate Klopsi]

Originally posted by _Percy:

Originally posted by OwlCowl:

But in the image you linked, you are already at the gate to the Subterranean, are you trying to backtrack? If this is your first time playing, this is the wrong direction (or the hardest most horrible route anyway). I'd recommend going back to outskirts and finding the gate to the Industrial Complex.

I've only gone through one gate and I suppose that's the one from outskirts to the drainage system. I also can't backtrack my way back to the outskirts because there are a few jumps I can't make and not enough spears to make the jump back. And by the time I made that jump, I would be caught in the rain.

http://prntscr.com/fps67o I originally came up the direction of the pink arrow and I can't get back ));

To get there you only need one spear. If you are sliding down the big pipe at the right side, you get to the platforms and to the connection you see there without a problem. With one spear you can get then to the pink arrow. But to be honest: This way seems impossible to me. You will get to this other long pipe (http://imgur.com/r34V3Eb very far right) where I didn't manage to get to the right side. Someone said it's possible with some spears ... I don't even see that happen. Especially not in time.

[OwlCowl]

Originally posted by _Percy:

I've only gone through one gate and I suppose that's the one from outskirts to the drainage system. I also can't backtrack my way back to the outskirts because there are a few jumps I can't make and not enough spears to make the jump back. And by the time I made that jump, I would be caught in the rain.

http://prntscr.com/fps67o I originally came up the direction of the pink arrow and I can't get back ));

My recommendation would be to the restart the game if you cannot progress or go back (and are only 3 hours in), this is the wrong direction for someone just starting out in the game anyway. I think someone in the comments already recommended this, but if you reset your current save file you'll still keep all the map you have already discovered, it will just place you back in Outskirts.

The underwater tunnel is swimmable, I've gone back through this way myself, but don't punish yourself if you keep drowning, Drainage System is one of the harder regions in the game (not the hardest, but definitely unpleasant for a new player - I accidentally went through here on my first playthrough too, though I went the opposite direction to you [eastward rather than westward]).

[Nick_is_hraar]

Originally posted by KitsuneMVl:

Originally posted by _Percy:

I've only gone through one gate and I suppose that's the one from outskirts to the drainage system. I also can't backtrack my way back to the outskirts because there are a few jumps I can't make and not enough spears to make the jump back. And by the time I made that jump, I would be caught in the rain.

http://prntscr.com/fps67o I originally came up the direction of the pink arrow and I can't get back ));

To get there you only need one spear. If you are sliding down the big pipe at the right side, you get to the platforms and to the connection you see there without a problem. With one spear you can get then to the pink arrow. But to be honest: This way seems impossible to me. You will get to this other long pipe (http://imgur.com/r34V3Eb very far right) where I didn't manage to get to the right side. Someone said it's possible with some spears ... I don't even see that happen. Especially not in time.

You would need 3-4 spears, which would be hard to find if you were even in the area that those pipes are in... So, yeah, I don't see that happening either. Don't try to take this path.

[Shooty Deluxe]

♥♥♥♥ i'm in exactly the same position. Went straight from outskirts to the drainage system and now i'm stuck. Don't even know how i got there as I took a break from the game and only just came back.

I'm thinking about restarting.

Edit: I'm trying to get out throught here (https://i.redd.it/lzaqwwkygu6z.jpg) but it's impossible to do the wall jump. I get caught by the damn rain every time.

[mallechilie]

Originally posted by Shooty Deluxe:

♥♥♥♥ i'm in exactly the same position. Went straight from outskirts to the drainage system and now i'm stuck. Don't even know how i got there as I took a break from the game and only just came back.

I'm thinking about restarting.

Edit: I'm trying to get out throught here (https://i.redd.it/lzaqwwkygu6z.jpg) but it's impossible to do the wall jump. I get caught by the damn rain every time.

I got into the safe point on the right in your image and it only got worse xD stumbled into this thread because it was getting too hard for me... (There are leaches down in that pipe, tons of leaches. And getting into that safe point is a one-way ticket, with exactly too little food around to sleep.) The faster swimming method seems to be fast enough to get to the east in the pipes down there though.

[Chap]

Originally posted by mallechilie:

Originally posted by Shooty Deluxe:

♥♥♥♥ i'm in exactly the same position. Went straight from outskirts to the drainage system and now i'm stuck. Don't even know how i got there as I took a break from the game and only just came back.

I'm thinking about restarting.

Edit: I'm trying to get out throught here (https://i.redd.it/lzaqwwkygu6z.jpg) but it's impossible to do the wall jump. I get caught by the damn rain every time.

I got into the safe point on the right in your image and it only got worse xD stumbled into this thread because it was getting too hard for me... (There are leaches down in that pipe, tons of leaches. And getting into that safe point is a one-way ticket, with exactly too little food around to sleep.) The faster swimming method seems to be fast enough to get to the east in the pipes down there though.

holy necro batman, this reply reeks of rotting post

[HammondMCGILL]

I found myself on the OTHER side of the tunnel trying to get through! And I had the same problem. I had max karma but then I wasted it trying to get through until I couldnt go through the gate. Glad I found this though