Can't recruit outsider?

[MasterZoen]

I've tried everything to recruit this one outsider; I've tried to give him food but he isn't hungry, I've tried to give him juicy fruits but he isn't thirsty, I've tried to give him blue paste and honey but he isn't poisoned or envenomed, I've tried giving him horsetails but he isn't injured, and I can't comfort him as he isn't scared. I've no clue how to recruit him, he just sits there, calmly staring at me.

[SotiCoto]

Some of them are glitched out that way and don't respond to much of anything.

There is a secret way to recruit them though: Give them a gemstone. Any of the sorts that make you impervious to fear. It will instantly recruit ANY outsider.

As far as I'm aware though, even though you can take the gemstone back from them (I always do), I don't believe you can re-use the same gemstone on more than one outsider. It also won't solve their problems, but it is easier to figure out their problems once you've recruited them anyway.

[MasterZoen]

Originally posted by SotiCoto:

Some of them are glitched out that way and don't respond to much of anything.

There is a secret way to recruit them though: Give them a gemstone. Any of the sorts that make you impervious to fear. It will instantly recruit ANY outsider.

As far as I'm aware though, even though you can take the gemstone back from them (I always do), I don't believe you can re-use the same gemstone on more than one outsider. It also won't solve their problems, but it is easier to figure out their problems once you've recruited them anyway.

Huh. I hadn't realized that the devs included the power of "SHINY!" in the game. LOL Thank you for this info. I had about 3 gemstones at that point, but found another outsider miles away. I just restarted the game anyway once I realized I had completely effed up my game evolutionary wise by carrying two kids who already had a mutation to the meteorite.

Edit: Hang on, if the outsiders can glitch, that means one of the Achievements can't be earned! WTF Devs? That's the sort of thing you patch!

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by MasterZoen:

Edit: Hang on, if the outsiders can glitch, that means one of the Achievements can't be earned! WTF Devs? That's the sort of thing you patch!

The glitched out ones still count as being one of the 5 types. It just isn't clear which, usually because they somehow fixed their own problem in the meanwhile. I got the Hungry Outsider by giving it a gem after it rejected all the food I tried to give it.
I never actually got the thirsty one.

[MasterZoen]

Wait, does the achievement span multiple games or do you have to get them all in one game? If it spans... then that's fine I guess. I've recruited two outsiders into the clan and both of them were injured in my current game, but a previous game had a thirsty boi, and my friend playing on my rig has recruited the scared one.

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by MasterZoen:

Wait, does the achievement span multiple games or do you have to get them all in one game? If it spans... then that's fine I guess. I've recruited two outsiders into the clan and both of them were injured in my current game, but a previous game had a thirsty boi, and my friend playing on my rig has recruited the scared one.

Assuming you're talking about Evolution Feats, they're specific to individual playthroughs because they're an actual game mechanic, and not just something that records your progress.

Actual Achievements, as in Steam Achievements, are separate and can be unlocked on different playthroughs.

[MasterZoen]

Originally posted by SotiCoto:

Originally posted by MasterZoen:

Wait, does the achievement span multiple games or do you have to get them all in one game? If it spans... then that's fine I guess. I've recruited two outsiders into the clan and both of them were injured in my current game, but a previous game had a thirsty boi, and my friend playing on my rig has recruited the scared one.

Assuming you're talking about Evolution Feats, they're specific to individual playthroughs because they're an actual game mechanic, and not just something that records your progress.

Actual Achievements, as in Steam Achievements, are separate and can be unlocked on different playthroughs.

I was actually talking about both... I think? I'm pretty sure there is an Evolution feat for getting each type and getting them all and there is a Steam Achievement for the latter as well. I find it very annoying that the evo feats can be blocked because of bugs, but at least the Steam achievement can't be borked.