Having Trouble Being the Daddy? Here's A Handy Guide for Dads in 0.3.0! (Get Ready to Read)

[TheBountyHunted]

This is the strategy I use as a Dad and it keeps your child in check very well, but you have to be fast and good at picking up/dropping items! It isn't perfect because random spawns can suck, but this guide is certainly helpful for Dads who keep having their kids die. The biggest thing is to keep an eye on your kid when you can and listen for when a faucet is running. If you hear that, stop whatever you are doing and save your baby from drowning. Here's my strategy in detail, and the first 4 steps are to be done immediately while the rest are determined by how your baby behaves:

1. You spawn in the game a little sooner than the baby and you have to keep them alive for 4 minutes, so use that time to stash the chemicals in the closet. Be quick about it! The longer you take, the more time the kid can escape the crib, grab a nearby hammer♥♥♥♥♥♥♥fork, and end it all.

2. If you did it quickly enough, the baby should be just out of the crib. Keep an eye on him while putting knives/hammers/forks in the living room on the couch. If the baby is smart, they will use the blocks to climb on the couch, so throw those blocks in the corner/toy box if your baby is trying this. If your baby makes a b-line for the kitchen, follow them and move to the next step, returning to this step should they return to the living room.

3. DURING STEP 2, KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR THE LOCK. This is the most important item in the game, as it can lock all 9 cabinets in the kitchen and the 2 cabinets in the bathroom, keeping your baby from all sorts of dangers. Use it to lock everything down, and use this time to lock the oven as well.

4. If you do not find the lock in the living room, search the drawers and higher cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom. If you still can't find it, you will have a harder time. You should go through the cabinets and focus on taking out any quick kill items, like knives/forks/hammers. Put those on the sink/counter, then do the same with any poisons.

5. If your baby has gotten into poisons, wait for them to finish the whole cabinet's worth of poisons. Pills will cure all poison, no matter how much they have consumed, so using it after they drink all the poison will just mean less poison for the baby to use later. Use fruit to help the baby regain health.

6. If your baby gets into the first cabinet with the batteries while you're looking for the lock or locking things down, that's okay, let them eat the batteries and give them pills once they are done eating. Pills will stop the poison effect and using the fruit on the counter on the baby will slowly heal them. Make sure to take away any forks/knives/hammers from them if they were in that cabinet!

7. If your baby tries to go die in the bathroom, they can die in the tub, by what's under the sink, by drowning in the sink itself, or by drowning in the toilet. Throw the steps and the waste basket into the tub to stop them from getting into the tub, toilet, or sink. If they do get in one of those three, either turn off the water when they climb in or flush the toilet to prevent drowning. Deal with the cabinets under the sink as you would with kitchen cabinets; lock them or throw their contents on the sink starting with knives/forks/hammers.

8. If your baby tries to go upstairs, let them. There is nothing dangerous upstairs and there is no fall damage in this game yet. I've seen a baby jump off the railings to the main floor and suffer no damage. This gives you more time for the previous steps.

9. This is typically overlooked by the baby and the daddy, but put the trash bin on the counter, keep the trash out of their reach as it is also poisonous.

10. If your baby is very clever, they may try to climb on the stool next to the counter and jump on the counter, using objects up there to kill themselves. Throw the stool on the table to avoid this.

11. By now, dangerous material is out of reach or behind locked doors, so now just follow them around to see if they try anything suspicious.

I know this is a lot to keep in mind, but with practice, you will get faster and more responsive to dangerous situations. Again, this is not perfect, but it certainly helps.

[Wonon]

Shouldn't This be a guide

[TheBountyHunted]

Originally posted by Soup The Bird:

Shouldn't This be a guide

That's a fair point, edited!

[Mosski]

Thanks for this! :)

[Trygger]

Can you make one for Baby?

[World's best Fox]

Originally posted by James The New Year Skunk:

Can you make one for Baby?

Just read it again, it had baby tips

[TheBountyHunted]

Originally posted by James The New Year Skunk:

Can you make one for Baby?

I could make one for the Baby, but I figured a lot more people have a hard time as the Daddy, since being the Baby is mostly drink a lot of poison, stick a metal object in an outlet, or smash the glass table with the hammer and it's gg. I might make one as updates and patches come out like if the Daddy becomes easier than the Baby in the future or if the Baby's role becomes more complex like the Daddy's, but for 0.3.0, I think this should suffice.

However, I will say my favorite Baby strategy. It isn't the most practical, but I love it. Sometimes, when the Daddy is busy in the living room with his back turned to the kitchen (i.e. putting toys away, hiding poison in closet, stashing knives/forks/hammers), I sneak into the bathroom, making sure to close both doors behind me. Then, I shove the wooden steps closer to the toilet, sprint jump into the toilet and drown in a matter of seconds. Most of the time Daddies run in at the last second, but only if they're fast will they think to flush and save you.

[Zoey]

From the videos I've watched of this game it seems there is a serious disadvantage to being the father. If you don't find the locks fast enough it seems almost impossible to win.

[Trygger]

Originally posted by GANuclearShadow:

From the videos I've watched of this game it seems there is a serious disadvantage to being the father. If you don't find the locks fast enough it seems almost impossible to win.

Not really. Being dad isn't too difficult provided you use your time wisely. Poisoning can easily be cured or held back with pills or fruit, and if you open every cabinet and hide the forks/knifes/hammers on the countertops it's almost impossible for the baby to win.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Originally posted by GANuclearShadow:

From the videos I've watched of this game it seems there is a serious disadvantage to being the father. If you don't find the locks fast enough it seems almost impossible to win.

Its not that bad. Hide as many chemicals as you can, and let the baby drink the rest/eat the batteries, and then give him the pills. He doesnt have anything left to poison himself with, and stuff like forks/knives/hammers you can just take out of his hand so just keep an eye on him.

[toleratethemilk]

how do i go uptairs/in taped off rooms?