Downstairs elevator/landing solution? (no Dandelion Tuft)

[Lord Shadow]

Has anyone figured out way to make any elevator/landing solution to straight jump from a high tower and take no damage? So far I have tried:
1) Bounce web - You still take damage from falling, great hight makes you die instantly and you can watch your corpse bouncing...
2) Zip line - Can't get it go straight down, there seems to be some limit angle even when I got clear space under it.

I wish there was an option to make zip line go straight down or use flower petals for landing. If anyone has figured it out please share your solution. I hate to use dandelion tuft every time I need to go down for more stems.

[Jaggid Edje]

I suspect the damage for a zip straight down would be the same as just jumping, as the damage you take appears to be based on velocity and gravity even for a zip line. I had one that was close to straight down, and it killed me until I put more molars into health.

My solution was just to build half floors in a step like pattern very 4-5 floors, and just leap frog down them.

Edit: Forgot to say the main thing I wanted to say, which is that I agree with you that it would be nice if we had something to build that softened our landing. Like a giant air bladder.

[Dr. Rockso]

Would be swell if the big mushrooms could be used to soften the landing when jumping from extreme heights.

[Zombie Chow]

I don't know if it's still viable, but I saw a video someone posted on the Reddit a while back where they used the Clover Roofs to slide down, going back and forth across a like, 1.5 wide area or so.

Not sure if there was a trick to it or not as I never tried replicating it but it got the person down quickly and with minimal damage, if any.

[Jaggid Edje]

I thought of doing the slide, but didn't like how much horizontal space it would take up, or the effort of using it if you make it winding. It would be cool if we had a spiral slide that worked like the spiral stairs (you could stack them), but for sliding down. That'd be so fun!

[blackphoenixx]

Not as far as i know. I just use daredevil to avoid dying and pop a bandage after if i ever find myself without a dandelion tuft.

[Jaggid Edje]

I'm resurrecting this thread because I tried something today for a small footprint, fast descent. I tested if landing on a trampoline causes falling damage, and it does not, as long as you hit the trampoline in the center, and not the frame.
If you build a chute that ensures you don't drift too far from 'center' when falling, that'd be a really, really fast way to get down.

Something else I saw a video with a solution for this using a zipline near the bottom of the drop and 'catching' the zip line as you drop; that lets you fall super far and as long as you hit the key to catch the zip line at the bottom, you don't take damage.

[Midnight]

I've seen videos showing that you can do a zipline nearly straight down though. You just need to angle the anchor on a clover roof to allow for it.
As for the dismount possibly causing death, I haven't seen it do damage but I have seen it clip the character partly into the wall where the red anchor hook is mounted, getting them stuck. So what you do is you have an overhanging wall with the anchor on that instead. Works just as well as long as you have a bit of landing room

[Jaggid Edje]

Mmm..I gotta try that vertical zipline with clover roof thing. Maybe after I find a video showing it so I don't screw it up! LOL

I have one zipline going to an anchor on a crow roof at my Pond Lab base, and it's actually hilarious when I zip to it (from the Upper yard), because I go right through the roof and land next to the back door on the level below.

[Lord Shadow]

Those are great suggestions! If you happen to get it working or find video of it please share it here. It is easier said than done :D

[hanrahan6]

I just freefall and pop the tuft before I hit bottom.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by hanrahan6:

I just freefall and pop the tuft before I hit bottom.

That's what I was doing too, and then...I jumped without remembering I didn't have a dandelion tuft on me, much less equipped....
So now I'm looking into alternate solutions. LOL

Though in the short term, I did put a storage basket up there and filled it completely with dandelion tufts, so as long as I don't jump before remembering I don't have one, I'm covered.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Make a zipline on ground level right below where you are dropping from, and while falling use it (you can use them without being at the anchor, just grab the web). The zipline doesn't really have to go anywhere, you can put two anchors like a few yards from each other and then just have a horizontal zip, then grab the web on the way down, then just drop off it.

Only problem is if you miss, lol. So uh, don't miss. It helps if you build the anchors on two raised surfaces (like stem foundations), so you're not so close to the ground when you can interact with it that you have like .5 seconds to grab it.

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Something else I saw a video with a solution for this using a zipline near the bottom of the drop and 'catching' the zip line as you drop; that lets you fall super far and as long as you hit the key to catch the zip line at the bottom, you don't take damage.

This.

[Lord Shadow]

I took your suggestions into testing and I was able to create straight down zipline using clover roof!

I created a floor for the upper zipline base in the shape of latter "O" to get clear space under it and used clover roof to make a floor for the lower zipline base. Using this zipline causes some damage when you hit the end. Using Daredevil mutation you can turn it into very little damage. However this was still not good enough. Once the zipline was completed, I was able to place a floor above the lower zipline base and put a bounce web on it (set bounce power to minimal). It eliminates landing damage completely and makes it safe to use every time. I will provide screenshots tomorrow.

[Jaggid Edje]

Nice, I was trying to piece together how to setup a vertical zip line and bounce web myself today, but my base layout isn't really conducive for it so it will take a little work, so I didn't try it yet. Sweet to know it works.

[Dark]

You can CHANGE THE BOUNCE POWER?!!