All worked out and TY to the community!

[nazgull2k1]

HUGE Shoutout and THANK YOU to MadKingCryptid and Esotericist!!! You really helped a new guy out!

[PandaFraHelvete]

maybe if you calm down a bit and explain the situation better we might help you, is there no dlc option on the main screen? on my side I can see the dlc's that I have as a stand alone option, is there an option for you?

[nazgull2k1]

Originally posted by PandaFraHelvete:

maybe if you calm down a bit and explain the situation better we might help you, is there no dlc option on the main screen? on my side I can see the dlc's that I have as a stand alone option, is there an option for you?

I bought the game

I bought the Castlevania DLC

I played the game

The game spins an RNG wheel to "Decide" if I get to PLAY the expansion I just paid for.

How is that not any clearer than I can possibly make it?

[Minty❓]

It's not RNG... Either go down the stairs in Prisoners' Quarters (to fight Death) or enter Dracula's Castle after killing Time Keeper (to fight Dracula). You can't do both in one run. Also I have no idea why you'd buy a game's DLC if you don't care for the base game. Even if it's Castlevania-themed, it's still going to play like Dead Cells.

[MadKingCryptid]

It's actually quite simple to access the DLC in-game.

If you just bought the game, the only prerequisite is to do three runs, don't need to complete them, just get out and die for all I care, or take the time to try and learn the game, whatever suits.

After that, Belmont will spawn in the prison quarters and the first part of the DLC is unlocked, you can then go to it anytime you're in the first map, the RNG doesn't decide if you can play it or not, it just decides where it will spawn on the layout for that particular run.

This DLC is the easiest to access, it alerts you to it when it becomes available for the first time, and will literally tell you where to go next after you beat parts of it.

[Myno]

Originally posted by Minty❓:

Also I have no idea why you'd buy a game's DLC if you don't care for the base game. Even if it's Castlevania-themed, it's still going to play like Dead Cells.

Indeed. To quote the OP:

Originally posted by nazgull2k1:

This is just beyond stupid.

[itsTaz]

hey man. walk around in the first stage, prisoner's quarters.

castle outskirts, boom, always there. DLC.

[trogdor2k5]

you cant be serious man lmao

[The destoyer of worlsd!!!]

I know very little about the new DLC, but I'd be very surprised if its playability was dictated by RNG. The only biome I've known of that you needed RNG to access was the Bank. I'm strongly inclined to believe the explanations provided by Minty and MadKingCryptid

The wiki's biome map[deadcells.fandom.com] doesn't seem to have been updated yet, but until then, you can at least get an idea of how biomes in general are accessed:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deadcells_gamepedia_en/images/3/32/Biome_Map_Blurred.png/revision/latest?cb=20220803191530&format=original

[esotericist]

Originally posted by MadKingCryptid:

It's actually quite simple to access the DLC in-game.

If you just bought the game, the only prerequisite is to do three runs, don't need to complete them, just get out and die for all I care, or take the time to try and learn the game, whatever suits.

After that, Belmont will spawn in the prison quarters and the first part of the DLC is unlocked, you can then go to it anytime you're in the first map, the RNG doesn't decide if you can play it or not, it just decides where it will spawn on the layout for that particular run.

This DLC is the easiest to access, it alerts you to it when it becomes available for the first time, and will literally tell you where to go next after you beat parts of it.

yeah, i bought the game (and dlc) because castlevania finally enticed me to try it again after i bounced off of it on a family member's sharing five years ago. after my requisite three deaths (i although i tried not to die) i just locked onto castlevania stuff from then on

it's 100% guaranteed to be available, there's no rng unless you somehow feel compelled to always do the 2 minute door or something.

then once you hit the point where you're directed to the "true" route to kill dracula, if you didn't take the early castle route, it's guaranteed to be there at the same spot later in the run, provided you take the correct route. which the game spells out for you in detail, and doesn't let you forget because there's an npc in the starting area from that point on to remind you.

i'm genuinely unsure how someone could conclude the game "spins a wheel" on this. unless, again, there was a fixation on the time attack part, which... would be sad. there's too much good stuff in the game (all of it, not just the rtc stuff) to not stop and explore a bit at least some of the time.

[esotericist]

Originally posted by THE BUTT MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

I know very little about the new DLC, but I'd be very surprised if its playability was dictated by RNG. The only biome I've known of that you needed RNG to access was the Bank. I'm strongly inclined to believe the explanations provided by Minty and MadKingCryptid

The wiki's biome map[deadcells.fandom.com] doesn't seem to have been updated yet, but until then, you can at least get an idea of how biomes in general are accessed:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deadcells_gamepedia_en/images/3/32/Biome_Map_Blurred.png/revision/latest?cb=20220803191530&format=original

that's not the official wiki anymore, you want wiki.gg. it has an updated biome map.

[The destoyer of worlsd!!!]

Originally posted by esotericist:

Originally posted by THE BUTT MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

I know very little about the new DLC, but I'd be very surprised if its playability was dictated by RNG. The only biome I've known of that you needed RNG to access was the Bank. I'm strongly inclined to believe the explanations provided by Minty and MadKingCryptid

The wiki's biome map[deadcells.fandom.com] doesn't seem to have been updated yet, but until then, you can at least get an idea of how biomes in general are accessed:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deadcells_gamepedia_en/images/3/32/Biome_Map_Blurred.png/revision/latest?cb=20220803191530&format=original

that's not the official wiki anymore, you want wiki.gg. it has an updated biome map.

I see

OP, this will probably help:
https://deadcells.wiki.gg/images/3/32/Biome_Map_Blurred.png

[ᴼDAE]

Originally posted by nazgull2k1:

This is just beyond stupid.

I agree but not in the way you would like.

[Danyaell]

Delta Lima Charlie

[nazgull2k1]

Originally posted by MadKingCryptid:

It's actually quite simple to access the DLC in-game.

If you just bought the game, the only prerequisite is to do three runs, don't need to complete them, just get out and die for all I care, or take the time to try and learn the game, whatever suits.

After that, Belmont will spawn in the prison quarters and the first part of the DLC is unlocked, you can then go to it anytime you're in the first map, the RNG doesn't decide if you can play it or not, it just decides where it will spawn on the layout for that particular run.

This DLC is the easiest to access, it alerts you to it when it becomes available for the first time, and will literally tell you where to go next after you beat parts of it.

THANK YOU!!! I didnt even realize that it ALWAYS spawned it.. I thought you got the door you got, Had no idea multiple doorways spawned.

I gave you an award, and I honest to god thank you for taking the time!!!

[nazgull2k1]

Originally posted by esotericist:

Originally posted by MadKingCryptid:

It's actually quite simple to access the DLC in-game.

If you just bought the game, the only prerequisite is to do three runs, don't need to complete them, just get out and die for all I care, or take the time to try and learn the game, whatever suits.

After that, Belmont will spawn in the prison quarters and the first part of the DLC is unlocked, you can then go to it anytime you're in the first map, the RNG doesn't decide if you can play it or not, it just decides where it will spawn on the layout for that particular run.

This DLC is the easiest to access, it alerts you to it when it becomes available for the first time, and will literally tell you where to go next after you beat parts of it.

yeah, i bought the game (and dlc) because castlevania finally enticed me to try it again after i bounced off of it on a family member's sharing five years ago. after my requisite three deaths (i although i tried not to die) i just locked onto castlevania stuff from then on

it's 100% guaranteed to be available, there's no rng unless you somehow feel compelled to always do the 2 minute door or something.

then once you hit the point where you're directed to the "true" route to kill dracula, if you didn't take the early castle route, it's guaranteed to be there at the same spot later in the run, provided you take the correct route. which the game spells out for you in detail, and doesn't let you forget because there's an npc in the starting area from that point on to remind you.

i'm genuinely unsure how someone could conclude the game "spins a wheel" on this. unless, again, there was a fixation on the time attack part, which... would be sad. there's too much good stuff in the game (all of it, not just the rtc stuff) to not stop and explore a bit at least some of the time.

I did the exact same thing. I dont really care about Dead Cells. I love Castlevania. Its just straight nostalgia.

Now that I know how to access it every time. (As I said, I never played Dead Cells, so I had no idea multiple doors could spawn, I thought you got what you got.

Thanks a ton for explaining it along with MadKing.. I gave you an award as well! Thanks a ton!