Character unlock order?

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Is there a story being told through each slugcats campaign to unlock the next? Like say I use the cheat and unlock the spear master, will I be ruining a story being told by playing it first over the gourmand or artificer?

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Originally posted by Beemo:

Monk / Survivor -> Hunter / Artificer / Gourmand -> Spearmaster / Rivulet -> Saint

I know the unlock order, I'm wondering if their stories connect or are they separate

[Tat011]

I wonder that too, it's especially strange when you consider that they aren't even organised chronologically.

[CtenosaurOaxacana]

Seems kind of odd for Saint to be the very last one, and all by itself too.
I always thought it was like an alternate easy mode to monk, but maybe not?

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Originally posted by CtenosaurOaxacana:

Seems kind of odd for Saint to be the very last one, and all by itself too.
I always thought it was like an alternate easy mode to monk, but maybe not?

After playing it, yeah no it's not an easy mode.

[CtenosaurOaxacana]

Originally posted by CtenosaurOaxacana:

Seems kind of odd for Saint to be the very last one, and all by itself too.
I always thought it was like an alternate easy mode to monk, but maybe not?

maybe more like, a slugcat as soft and easy to kill as monk, but without the huge perks.

[|Revenge|]

There is a timeline, it goes somewhat like this: Spearmaster, hunter, artificer, monk/survivor/gourmand, rivulet and saint

[skinspiders]

Originally posted by |Revenge|:

There is a timeline, it goes somewhat like this: Spearmaster, hunter, artificer, monk/survivor/gourmand, rivulet and saint

artificer and rivulet are before hunter in the story

[Ragingfirefrog]

Originally posted by im a catto:

Originally posted by |Revenge|:

There is a timeline, it goes somewhat like this: Spearmaster, hunter, artificer, monk/survivor/gourmand, rivulet and saint

artificer and rivulet are before hunter in the story

That makes no sense at all. Artificer yes but it doesn't make any sense to have rivulet before the hunter.

[Stahlfrau]

Originally posted by im a catto:

Originally posted by |Revenge|:

There is a timeline, it goes somewhat like this: Spearmaster, hunter, artificer, monk/survivor/gourmand, rivulet and saint

artificer and rivulet are before hunter in the story

Rivulet is absolutely the last slugcat excluding Saint. There's absolutely no room for debate here.

The actual timeline seems to be Spearmaster > Artificer >> Hunter > Gourmand > Survivor > Monk >> Rivulet >>>>>>>>>> Saint.
Below is a detailed explanation as to why.

Spearmaster still has access to Moon's superstructure, which is still standing.
As Artificer you can try to visit her, and Shoreline is still in her shade, but the entrance to her leg has already collapsed.
As Hunter you can clearly see that Shoreline is no longer in the shade of Moon, who has collapsed pretty much completely by this point.
As Gourmand, you can actually fight what becomes of Hunter if the latter fails to ascend before the time limit, therefore Gourmand follows Hunter chronologically. You can also verify who follows Gourmand by whether they can visit Outer Expanse, the gate to which Gourmand has unlocked.
Survivor can visit Outer Expanse.
By the time you play as Monk, FP's rot is getting stronger, hence why Unfortunate development as Monk is actually harder (same is true for Survivor compared to Hunter). Plus, Monk can find Survivor if you do the Outer Expanse endings as both.
Rivulet obviously comes way after all of that because FP has become rotten almost entirely, leading to the chaotic rain that no other slugcat has to deal with. And, as Rivulet, you restore some power to Moon's systems, which obviously hasn't happened yet by the time you play as any previous slugcat.
Finally, Saint takes place who knows how long after (haven't completed Saint's campaign yet, so there's probably lore about that), but the rains have stopped, and a lot of familiar paths have collapsed, including parts of Sky Islands and at least a part of FP's superstructure, because the path you'd use to get to the Wall from Chimney Canopy is just gone.

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Originally posted by Trevoga:

Originally posted by im a catto:

artificer and rivulet are before hunter in the story

Rivulet is absolutely the last slugcat excluding Saint. There's absolutely no room for debate here.

The actual timeline seems to be Spearmaster > Artificer >> Hunter > Gourmand > Survivor > Monk >> Rivulet >>>>>>>>>> Saint.
Below is a detailed explanation as to why.

Spearmaster still has access to Moon's superstructure, which is still standing.
As Artificer you can try to visit her, and Shoreline is still in her shade, but the entrance to her leg has already collapsed.
As Hunter you can clearly see that Shoreline is no longer in the shade of Moon, who has collapsed pretty much completely by this point.
As Gourmand, you can actually fight what becomes of Hunter if the latter fails to ascend before the time limit, therefore Gourmand follows Hunter chronologically. You can also verify who follows Gourmand by whether they can visit Outer Expanse, the gate to which Gourmand has unlocked.
Survivor can visit Outer Expanse.
By the time you play as Monk, FP's rot is getting stronger, hence why Unfortunate development as Monk is actually harder (same is true for Survivor compared to Hunter). Plus, Monk can find Survivor if you do the Outer Expanse endings as both.
Rivulet obviously comes way after all of that because FP has become rotten almost entirely, leading to the chaotic rain that no other slugcat has to deal with. And, as Rivulet, you restore some power to Moon's systems, which obviously hasn't happened yet by the time you play as any previous slugcat.
Finally, Saint takes place who knows how long after (haven't completed Saint's campaign yet, so there's probably lore about that), but the rains have stopped, and a lot of familiar paths have collapsed, including parts of Sky Islands and at least a part of FP's superstructure, because the path you'd use to get to the Wall from Chimney Canopy is just gone.

Didn't they already expose which were where in the timeline?

[Stahlfrau]

Originally posted by Acid:

Originally posted by Trevoga:

Rivulet is absolutely the last slugcat excluding Saint. There's absolutely no room for debate here.

The actual timeline seems to be Spearmaster > Artificer >> Hunter > Gourmand > Survivor > Monk >> Rivulet >>>>>>>>>> Saint.
Below is a detailed explanation as to why.

Spearmaster still has access to Moon's superstructure, which is still standing.
As Artificer you can try to visit her, and Shoreline is still in her shade, but the entrance to her leg has already collapsed.
As Hunter you can clearly see that Shoreline is no longer in the shade of Moon, who has collapsed pretty much completely by this point.
As Gourmand, you can actually fight what becomes of Hunter if the latter fails to ascend before the time limit, therefore Gourmand follows Hunter chronologically. You can also verify who follows Gourmand by whether they can visit Outer Expanse, the gate to which Gourmand has unlocked.
Survivor can visit Outer Expanse.
By the time you play as Monk, FP's rot is getting stronger, hence why Unfortunate development as Monk is actually harder (same is true for Survivor compared to Hunter). Plus, Monk can find Survivor if you do the Outer Expanse endings as both.
Rivulet obviously comes way after all of that because FP has become rotten almost entirely, leading to the chaotic rain that no other slugcat has to deal with. And, as Rivulet, you restore some power to Moon's systems, which obviously hasn't happened yet by the time you play as any previous slugcat.
Finally, Saint takes place who knows how long after (haven't completed Saint's campaign yet, so there's probably lore about that), but the rains have stopped, and a lot of familiar paths have collapsed, including parts of Sky Islands and at least a part of FP's superstructure, because the path you'd use to get to the Wall from Chimney Canopy is just gone.

Didn't they already expose which were where in the timeline?

Dunno? Maybe. If the official order differs from what I listed, then there's a plothole, or Saint is somehow first, which still makes no sense.

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Originally posted by Trevoga:

Originally posted by Acid:

Didn't they already expose which were where in the timeline?

Dunno? Maybe. If the official order differs from what I listed, then there's a plothole, or Saint is somehow first, which still makes no sense.

Im pretty sure they did say something about the official positions of the story but again I'm not certain. The only thing I'm certain of is Spearmaster comes first guaranteed.

[Tat011]

Originally posted by Acid:

Is there a story being told through each slugcats campaign to unlock the next? Like say I use the cheat and unlock the spear master, will I be ruining a story being told by playing it first over the gourmand or artificer?

So after playing almost all the campaigns i'm still not really sure why the order is the way it is.
Gourmand is first clearly because he's the easiest and has Survivor like spawns rather than hunter like spawns like everyone else (minus saint who has more of an in between), but then you have Arti who's clearly the hardest of them all and also not the first in the timeline so idk why he's second, Riv is clearly the ending of the game so idk why he's third and Spear is first in the timeline and has kind of a nothing story so idk why he's forth (minus saint who very clearly belongs as the very last one)
If you're going by spoilers then Saint spoils Riv and Riv spoils Hunter and that's about it.
Honestly the stories are so not connected that you can play them in any order as long as Riv is last and get the same experience.

[Abra⁧⁧cadabra]

Originally posted by Tat011:

Originally posted by Acid:

Is there a story being told through each slugcats campaign to unlock the next? Like say I use the cheat and unlock the spear master, will I be ruining a story being told by playing it first over the gourmand or artificer?

So after playing almost all the campaigns i'm still not really sure why the order is the way it is.
Gourmand is first clearly because he's the easiest and has Survivor like spawns rather than hunter like spawns like everyone else (minus saint who has more of an in between), but then you have Arti who's clearly the hardest of them all and also not the first in the timeline so idk why he's second, Riv is clearly the ending of the game so idk why he's third and Spear is first in the timeline and has kind of a nothing story so idk why he's forth (minus saint who very clearly belongs as the very last one)
If you're going by spoilers then Saint spoils Riv and Riv spoils Hunter and that's about it.
Honestly the stories are so not connected that you can play them in any order as long as Riv is last and get the same experience.

No, spearmaster is chronologically first.

[Tat011]

I literally said that in the comment you're quoting