Tips for 20 stages challenge

[Redrobb]

I am having a lot of issues with this, ive tried solo and with a friend but the farthest i have ever gotten was 12

[Pmk]

Farm some lunar coins and learn where are all the possible locations for the newt altars: each shop visit counts as a level, so you can complete the challenge at level 10 if you open a portal on every level. The same goes for the celestial portal, so on level 7 you don't need to spend a coin.

[Sollorex]

If you're not already, play on drizzle difficulty.

[Redrobb]

Originally posted by Pmk:

Farm some lunar coin and learn where are all the possible locations for the newt altars: each shop visit counts as a level, so you can complete the challenge at level 10 if you open a portal on every level. The same goes for the celestial portal, so on level 7 you don't need to spend a coin.

Interesting, i did not know that, should make it much easier (i have 20ish coins saved up already)
Thanks!

[MerryMarauder]

Originally posted by Pmk:

Farm some lunar coin and learn where are all the possible locations for the newt altars: each shop visit counts as a level, so you can complete the challenge at level 10 if you open a portal on every level. The same goes for the celestial portal, so on level 7 you don't need to spend a coin.

wow i just finished the 20 portal challenge. Wish i knew about the portal thing, jesus frickin christ! arghhhhhh.

Just play on drizzle and do the portal thing like the guy said its gonna be loads easier than going through 5 loops, sigh.

[Lunacy]

Unlock Gesture of the Drowned by walking 20 hermit crabs off the ledge of titanic plains
easy item to get a lot of broken runs with

[Mr. Stimpson]

@Redrobb

Add me on Steam and I'll help you out if you want.

[Pmk]

I'm personally pretty proud I was able to do it without that trick, but it would have been way faster if I knew it sooner

[Griphon]

Move quickly and farm only specific stages.

Some examples of tactics you can take:

In the first stage 2, the enemy spawn rate//money to chest ratio is all kinds of terrible, so I try teleport//pick up close chests.

If your first few items are terrible, consider trying to get to stage 3 by 8.5-9 min and grab the Preon Accumulator (timed chest, only has 3 spawn locations from what I've seen).

For that matter, just try to get out of stage 1 and 2 as fast as possible basically always. It just isn't worth the time to completely farm out these levels (chest density fairly low).

Never go for the golden chests in stage 4 the first time around, the spawn rate//value of enemies isn't high enough to get the chests in a reasonable manner.

Do* farm the crap out of stage 4 each time you go by it, however. The spawn rate//value of enemies is always in a high ratio to the chests, which also have a high chest density compared to other levels.

Item wise, know the tier lists, prioritize for your character. I personally like to prioritize aoe items like Wisp and Gas, as managing large groups of enemies is of a paramount importance in the first 7-10 stages.

[Necko]

If you're getting to stage 12, it'll happen eventually. It might seem like you've got a ways to go, but you were probably only an item or two away from breaking the game at that point.

[EmeraldFoxDeity]

Drizzle Engineer. So long as you don't get an endless stream of crowbars and red whips from the chests you open you should have a fairly easy time making it to 20. It is also made much easier if you find a 3d printer printing out sticky bombs or syringes.

[Dirtbox]

Just got this one. I don't know how many I did exactly, but it was a 220 minute run before killing myself with the obelisk.

ed: Turns out is was 21 https://i.imgur.com/NssajX9.jpg

[sand0r]

Kinda wish I knew about the lunar coin shop trick. I was able to do it without the trick, would've just made life easier.

[Mewmew]

a friend of mine did 31 stages but it didn't give him the achievement.

[Redrobb]

i played huntress drizzle. got lucky with items i find amazing on her (aoe splash, movement speed, attack speed for procs, 11 infusions really early on without the printer, etc) i wasnt even close to death at any point after round 7ish.

thanks for the help everyone!

[Anxarcule]

I did it monsoon with Artificer although it took me many attempts - this was back when fire damage was insane though. Definitely go into every portal you can as that counts as a stage complete