Too much walking?

[StuckInWashingMachine]

I know that Metrovania's main attraction is just the whole aspect of getting lost, but man I just feel exhausted from traversing around the place.

even with the fast travel bug guy, short cuts, and all that. I just think there should be more fast travel options.

[GSandSDS]

Well, there is another fast travel option... well... sort of. It's the dream nail. At a certain point you can set teleport point at almost any location and then later teleport back to it from almost any location. The problem is that each teleport costs you exaclty one dream essence. So you shouldn't use it too often, especially if you still are collecting dream essence in order to strengthen your dream nail.

[chopinnumberonefan]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're exhausted from travelling then you've probably explored pretty much everything, and if that's the case then I'd recommend focusing on the thing that you find in the junk pit

[SageKyd]

There are. They are called Sprintmaster and Dashmaster respectively. Oh and also Sharp Shadow extends your dash length by just a tad. Aside from the Stag and late game Dream Gates, I believe the travel time between places you want to go, given you know how to get to the next stag station for the next place you want to go. is perfectly spaced. the journey feels long and winding at first, but that's kinda the point of the story you are walking through. by the time you know where you are going, you'll rarely be looking at the map or feel lost at all. the reason this game feels especially like you are walking to much, is because you are playing a detective game, while also playing the kill them all game, (because you are broke game LMAO) while also playing the who or what am I game, etc. there's a lotta layers to this cake.
or you could just say to heck with it all and slap on a bench warp mod or something.

[kanna]

There's a certain movement ability that you can get. Once I get it, I hardly walk anywhere, lol. (No I am not talking about fast travel like Dream Gate, but that's an option too, within its limits.)

Outside of the multiple fast travel methods (yes there are more than one) and movement abilities though, some points to keep in mind to shorten travel time wherever you are at in the game could include:

- exploring every area thoroughly the *first* time so you don't keep going back multiple times or lose track of what you have and haven't seen.
- This means buying and using map pins to mark specific areas you suspect you might return to so you can go directly there when needed and not be wandering around trying to remember where that one place was that you wanted to check out now that you have a new ability. (There's a difference between getting "lost" and not having any sense of direction even for the places you've been already.)
- NOT killing every single enemy you see. Only bother if you need soul or they're an actual threat (or better yet, just learn to move faster and dodge their attacks as you skip by ).

If you still can't be bothered, then you can install mods and use Benchwarp to go back to places you've been, but it's better to learn to move fast as it'll also help you in late game boss fights to develop your speed and ability to dodge.

[Dr.Vodka]

depending on where you are in the game, I would suggest if you're in late game and already beat the final boss in the black egg temple to go down the the junk pit, there's something special down there that still angers me