No food pickups?

[Kanrie]

I just started the game recently and after 2 hours of gameplay about only 3 food pickups appeared on my first playthrough however now I am on the 4th play through and reached the third area and not a SINGLE food pickup dropped anywhere,it's getting ridiculous...

[Cathulhu]

RNGsus giveth and RNGsus taketh.

[Sly-Scale]

Some of the food pickups are hidden in the walls and floors, others can be found in lore rooms.
Don't worry, you're not the only one needing to 'git gud,' because I'm over here dying if I don't open cursed treasure, and dying if I do.

[Gem of Temporarity]

*cough* wall runes *cough*
Also, one piece of dropped-by-enemy and one piece of wall-rune food per non-boss biome is GUARANTED, the thing is they might be in places you skip, and if you skip 90% of a biome just running from entrance to entrance then no surprise you can't find a piece of food for entire runs.

I don't want to dig the patchnotes that mention the addition of guaranteed food, do it yourself if you need proof, I remember tho that is was after the game left early access, so 1.1 the least.

[OverRide]

Yep, 2 malaise free pieces are always hidden in the biome, and in most cases you find some more, infected one (Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures).

And you still have flask recharges on lower bcs, if not, there are shops in the biomes itself.

[Kanrie]

at first I thought flask use were permanent in a run, that if I used it I won't be able to recharge it, so I always kept it for really tough situations, however recently I figured out that I can refill them. About food I just started using Dead Inside Mutation, since I very rarely find any food pickups anymore, most of the time I can't search the whole biome be cause I don't have a certain power-up like the Ram rune or Spider rune and therefore can't search everywhere in the biome, that being said I am aiming into getting all runes asap

[bobhome2]

I can't really speak for 2 malaise-free food items always being in a biome, as that's never been the case for my runs. But there IS food out there, if you need it. Check the walls and floors. Many lore rooms have some, too.

It might serve you well to consider the flasks as limited, since the later difficulties DO limit their use heavily.

You'll definitely want ram rune for all those floor runes (items and damage/stun). Spider's great, too, so keep at it!

[OverRide]

Well, I don't see a point going for any boss cells without getting all runes first. Seems like most obvious thing to get ASAP, more important than any gear imo. I got it unlocked muuuch before getting my first win against HoTK.

I don't really get it. This are only 3-4 runs to get them, not to mention you block most of the game, levels etc.

[Kanrie]

Originally posted by override604:

Well, I don't see a point going for any boss cells without getting all runes first. Seems like most obvious thing to get ASAP, more important than any gear imo. I got it unlocked muuuch before getting my first win against HoTK.

I don't really get it. This are only 3-4 runs to get them, not to mention you block most of the game, levels etc.

I am still new to the game, and nothing really hints how to get some of the more complicated runes, eventually I had to search them up at the end to know where and how to get each of them, before that I had no clue about their numbers or locations, which is normal for someone who just started the game

[Gem of Temporarity]

Originally posted by Kanrie:

I am still new to the game, and nothing really hints how to get some of the more complicated runes, eventually I had to search them up at the end to know where and how to get each of them, before that I had no clue about their numbers or locations, which is normal for someone who just started the game

Because exploration is too much.

[Kanrie]

Originally posted by Gem of Temporarity:

Originally posted by Kanrie:

I am still new to the game, and nothing really hints how to get some of the more complicated runes, eventually I had to search them up at the end to know where and how to get each of them, before that I had no clue about their numbers or locations, which is normal for someone who just started the game

Because exploration is too much.

What exploration? when I can't reach most of areas be cause of locked power ups.I won't waste my timing trying each and every biome "exploring" when I already had been doing that all this time without finding anything, when everytime I want to enter a new place and I am restricted for not having wall jump or ground break abilties sure is fun and motivating for me to continue exploring helplessly

[Gem of Temporarity]

Originally posted by Kanrie:

What exploration? when I can't reach most of areas be cause of locked power ups.I won't waste my timing trying each and every biome "exploring" when I already had been doing that all this time without finding anything, when everytime I want to enter a new place and I am restricted for not having wall jump or ground break abilties sure is fun and motivating for me to continue exploring helplessly

I meant checking every chunk of the biome you're in. If you did that you wouldn't have to ask in the first place.

[Kanrie]

Originally posted by Gem of Temporarity:

Originally posted by Kanrie:

What exploration? when I can't reach most of areas be cause of locked power ups.I won't waste my timing trying each and every biome "exploring" when I already had been doing that all this time without finding anything, when everytime I want to enter a new place and I am restricted for not having wall jump or ground break abilties sure is fun and motivating for me to continue exploring helplessly

I meant checking every chunk of the biome you're in. If you did that you wouldn't have to ask in the first place.

That's what I had been doing for hours for a while and most of the time I can't go really everywhere be cause I don't have the spider rune yet

[bobhome2]

The majority of the permanent runes are required for the level they're in, so it really just comes down to going to each level and seeing if an obvious elite area is there.

That, along with the general pattern of the game (go one route, then the other), is all the hint you really need to find anything.

Or, well, the guides here, or the wiki.

[OverRide]

Originally posted by Kanrie:

Originally posted by Gem of Temporarity:

I meant checking every chunk of the biome you're in. If you did that you wouldn't have to ask in the first place.

That's what I had been doing for hours for a while and most of the time I can't go really everywhere be cause I don't have the spider rune yet

Huh, it's not a sandbox game, you have barely any option to choose, go this way or the other. Left or right.

[Kanrie]

Originally posted by override604:

Originally posted by Kanrie:

That's what I had been doing for hours for a while and most of the time I can't go really everywhere be cause I don't have the spider rune yet

Huh, it's not a sandbox game, you have barely any option to choose, go this way or the other. Left or right.

some biomes requires runes to access them like Toxic Sewers or the Ossuary, I assumed they were like an alternative path to the game so I tried to avoid it and kept going to the ones the required nothing, I assumed on the path which doesn't require runes that I would find all upgrades in it, like going to The Ramparts rather than the Ossuary assuming all runes would be on the requireless biomes, and as much as I tried to search them they didn't have any further runes than the vine rune