Reaper Respawn - Really a Minute?

[𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵]

Just got to the Security sector. I don't have enough Nightessence yet to make XRay Lamp. So, I only get to make it respawn with a welding spear. That thing shows back up in like 15-30 seconds.. no where near a minute. I have to mad dash to a box to break it open and then get back to the laser (if i miss with the spear). Feels way less than a minute. And I haven't tweaked respawn settings in any way.

[Hooman]

Yeah I don't know where you got all that information. You don't use night essence to make an XRay lamp you use leyak essence. XRays do not make it respawn they anger it and make it drop a night essence. It doesn't have a real respawn delay, it'll come back near-instantly and you are meant to hide unless you have a way to make it go away. The welding spear works albeit not as well, you are expected to basically be running from it until you get the laser pistol which will instantly despawn it for a single shot because it is instantly "killed" by lasers.

It'll only drop one night essence roughly every minute by the way, so there's no use using an XRay on it until the cooldown is over.

[𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵]

Originally posted by Hooman:

It doesn't have a real respawn delay, it'll come back near-instantly and you are meant to hide unless you have a way to make it go away. The welding spear works albeit not as well, you are expected to basically be running from it until you get the laser pistol which will instantly despawn it for a single shot because it is instantly "killed" by lasers.

I can't post screenshots, but the wiki says

"Using these items should reset IS-0059's aggro and cause it to respawn about a minute later in its 'regular' state to start the hunt over again."

And it was just instantly coming back. I actually couldn't get the welding spear (fire/explosive) to make it go away after 4-6 hits? So I just ran. Also, I meant to say I didn't have enough Nightessence to make the energy pistol, not the XRay lamp, that typo is my mistake.

[Lambert]

Yes, the wiki is wrong, reaper respawn time is more like 30 seconds at best. Just craft a laser pistol and watch your back and it won't be a threat anymore.

I've tried the welding spear but I found it useless against him. Laser pistol il your best bet. Don't try to gather ressources, just progress in the sector (which is very short, way too short imo) and focus on gathering 4 night essence in the dark realm to craft the pistol.

[Tymon]

Originally posted by Lambert:

Yes, the wiki is wrong, reaper respawn time is more like 30 seconds at best. Just craft a laser pistol and watch your back and it won't be a threat anymore.

I've tried the welding spear but I found it useless against him. Laser pistol il your best bet. Don't try to gather ressources, just progress in the sector (which is very short, way too short imo) and focus on gathering 4 night essence in the dark realm to craft the pistol.

Lasers are the only thing that works yeah, but on the plus side, they instantly 'kill' it. So, far enough advancement, and the Reaper is completely negligible.

[Mad Max]

On another note, besides one tapping the reaper is the Laser Pistol really worth using over the Electro Thrower?

Yeah it has range, but it runs out of energy so quickly.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

On another note, besides one tapping the reaper is the Laser Pistol really worth using over the Electro Thrower?

Yeah it has range, but it runs out of energy so quickly.

I found the Energy Pistol to be good for small things or as a backup weapon. It doesn't break (unless you keep dying with it in hand) and you'll always have ammo. I wouldn't use it as my main weapon, because of the 'small ammo capacity', but against most things it is good in a pinch. As with any attack in this game, hitting things the head is the most effective way to damage them. So if you aim well enough you shouldn't be wasting a lot of shots.

[Phoenix‎ Rose]

ive had the reaper respawn in like 10 seconds, sometimes 15

[Khloros]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

On another note, besides one tapping the reaper is the Laser Pistol really worth using over the Electro Thrower?

Yeah it has range, but it runs out of energy so quickly.

I find the laser pistol to be better. The electro throwing things feels to inconsistent to me.

That said once you get the current top tier weapons which i wont spoil, it kinda makes everything else obsolete.
The only advantage the pistol ends up having is the shield.

[KennyG]

The respawns could be based on other triggers like when entering certain sections of the sector. The section where you break crates for sensors and kevlar becomes tolerable when you use the stray laser shooting from the pipe to dispatch it (I didn't realize that fire worked too), if it spots you. When navigating that section, I'd go into the garages and close the door to salvage and wait until I couldn't hear him near me before going to the next garage.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by KennyG:

The respawns could be based on other triggers like when entering certain sections of the sector. The section where you break crates for sensors and kevlar becomes tolerable when you use the stray laser shooting from the pipe to dispatch it (I didn't realize that fire worked too), if it spots you. When navigating that section, I'd go into the garages and close the door to salvage and wait until I couldn't hear him near me before going to the next garage.

Arise, thread! Arise!

It's been awhile since I loitered there, but pretty much yes, that is the case. If you were in the center part of the area, the 'Restricted Area' as seen on the map (and maybe another area on the side), the Repear would quickly spawn near by; and respawn shortly after being banished.

I'm not sure how quickly it would despawn and respawn near by if you moved away from it. I've had moments where it just never showed up near me because I happened to fake it out in another area. Sometimes it's best to run through one spooky room to get to another to give it the runaround.

If you are passing through the sector you should be more than safe on the road. But otherwise the point is that the Repear should almost always be a looming threat. Thankfully it doesn't play itself out too much since it is restricted to one small area. Also the fast respawn does help with farming essence, but not by much since there is a cool down on that drop.