Need help from outer wilds frustration !Spoiler alert!

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In the next few lines i will point out my current situation im currently in game: THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS


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Ok far enough: i have found so much information that leads to ember twin to progress other questlines, yet i still havnt found a solution to either:
-Destroy cactuar????
-reverse sand flow

srsly there seems to be so much locked in this damn cave.

Why i am so frustrated is:
-hint to anglerfish is here
-what happend to black whole warp core forge and all the other nomai stuff
-projection from white hole station makes 0 sense showing entrance to blocked lab
- nearby lab entrance is blocked by ghost matter
-sunless city entrance is blocked by fruit lulz -> why the nearby npc has no hints regarding that baffles me
-cant explore cave near npc due to sand
-cant explore nomai way from shuttle due to sand

please help me out on this one (spoilerfree if possibru) or a sense direction

what i havnt done yet is: clear qiantum tower on brittle hollow bcuz ?????? i am stupid




For the players screeching "this game is a masterpiece you dont need hints or a guide REEEEEEE": i still have something to find on white hole station too, so does quest log say, but no matter where i look in station and outside there is nothing??? i dont see anything else than the rpjection stone for ember twin and writings/shuttle direction to brittle hollow.

i searched 3 loops for the missing info but nope :/

[Nert]

Sand you need to avoid by going early in the loop, most of Ember Twin won't fill until mid-late loop. Cacti and ghost matter you need to find ways around or over, they're all parts of puzzles

Start with the Nomai Escape Pod and follow the trail they left there - once at the goal (The Sunless City) you can find a direct shortcut to and from the surface that will make everything a TON easier since it saves so much time! Nearly everything branches from the city, like the Anglerfish hint, and the Lab's entrance says the other route is from the city

Chert, the NPC, has never even heard ofthe city, so they wouldn't be able to tell you anything about it! They're more interested in the stars than the planets

Publicado originalmente por "Chert":

To be honest, I haven’t left this lakebed. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m really quite good with the Little Scout, so I’ve been taking pictures of everything from right here in my campsite.

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You’ll find Nomai ruins across the Twins, but, strangely, not a single settlement! Believe me, if there was one to see, I’d have seen it with my Little Scout.

So where did they live? Not on the surface, clearly. The Ember Twin is full of cave systems, though - maybe the answer lies underground?

The Black Hole Forge is over on Brittle Hollow rather than Ember Twin

The cave near Chert sadly does not branch from the city and is just "get there TURBO ASAP", though only the first section will fill up quickly, you can breathe easier once through that


For the White Hole Station, did you read the text that's on the projection stone as well as look through it in the pool? That's likely what's missing as it's only that and the writing next to the direction diagram to find

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?????? cave from nomai escape pod leads to a dead end with a small hole on top which sand runs through, jumping with backpack upwards not possible because falling sand stops me at the point i get there which is why i was searching for other clues

also cave from chad is very weird to navigate through ( did ye old stick to right wall strategy and only found 4 dead endings by spiky rocks, cant fly through either

Do all projection stones have writings included? never saw addidional hints...... oh my god the backtracking to those

sry about black hole forge, was very agitated when writing this, yet activating it doesnt seem to make a difference by floating it to the surface as i cannot enter it, nearby is a warp core receiver`? yet standing on it wont do much.....


literally one of the most important planets early on as you said and i thought this was an end-game planet smh

[Nert]

The signs should lead you to the door of the city - there are two sand waterfalls you can walk through on the way, one is plain, the other is up high, surrounded by cacti, but the floor is clear so you can still just walk through

Publicado originalmente por "Coleus":

COLEUS: Once on the far side, look for the tunnel hidden behind the falling sand. Follow it, and you’ll reach the shelter site.

(if this doesn't help could you tell me the last sign you remember reaching down there? I'll try and work out where you're stuck)

The cave under Chert you've got the right idea! Either right or left, glue yourself to one side and you should only hit 2-3 dead ends then there's a tighly curved passage that's really difficult to see unless you approach from the sides, that leads around to the exit upwards - if you can see or hear a huge sand waterfall that's your first goal! Oh and put your scout down every so often, it's an amazing source of light

Projection stones are always near two sockets (the WHS one is the only one you need to take anywhere else) - one in a pool and the other will be nearby and next to a wall that'll fill with writing when you plug it in -- they do all have writing, and it'll probably help make sense of what they were for!

No worries, I'm more than happy writing hints XD You're absolutely correct there's a warp receiver up there, well recognised! That's the part most people get stuck on! But as it's a receiver, you've got to find the matching sender.. When you're able to reach the High Energy Lab, it'll help you with that

Don't sweat about whether it's endgame or not, everyone finds everything in a different order!

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thx nert for helping me out, i finally can sleep in peace today (altho shortcut inside city is full of ghost matter itself, i´ll figure it out tmrw)

oh man it feels so good to progress again, who would have thought ember twin had quantum cactuars aswell xDD

[Nert]

It's worth remembering what they said at the village about GM! It's invisible without a camera - those crystals (and the warning from your suit) are a sign it's in the area, but it might not be as big a barrier as you think!

Glad you're back on track!