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.