Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- gameplay:guides:downbelow [2025/10/26 03:08] – adding Tased's "chess" strategy kestrel
+++ gameplay:guides:downbelow [2025/11/18 00:00] (current) – kestrel
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
   * Aesthetic note: if the Map's too busy for you, check out the Map Display Settings and try disabling some stuff. You may want to re-enable some things once you've figured out what you're doing a bit better.
-  * You can't use grenades in fights. You //can// use Bangs and Whoomphs on the underground map: both hurt enemies, and Bangs also destroy immediately nearby walls, which can be very useful. You have three turns to get at least two squares away from Bangs, and //two// turns to get away from Whoomphs, and if you're still too close you will //also// get hurt. Whoomphs can also be useful for creating an obstacle fire, blocking enemies from crossing it or following you down a path.
+  * You can't use grenades in fights. You //can// use Bangs and Whoomphs on the underground map: both kill enemies, and Bangs also destroy immediately nearby walls, which can be very useful. You have three turns to get at least two squares away from Bangs, and //two// turns to get away from Whoomphs, and if you're still too close you will //also// get hurt. Whoomphs can also be useful for creating an obstacle fire, blocking enemies from crossing it or following you down a path.
   * If you leave Down Below and immediately return, the map stays the same, blasted walls and all. Every level of the map DOES have a chance to get randomly re-generated on each New Day, but you may find a level stays the same over several real-life days.
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
   * If you don't get rescued, you need to either pop a Chronosphere or wait for a New Day. If you're on an Outpost level, you'll get spat out there. If you're not, it'll pop you one floor up instead, and you'll need to wait or use a Chronosphere again, & rinse and repeat until you reach an Outpost level and get ejected there.
-  * Apologies to hermits, but if you intend to hang out Down Below for more than short periods, a full Clan Buff is really useful - it gives you automatic healing, along with other things. Starting a Clan of your own is an option, but a serious undertaking that costs a //serious// amount of cigs.((I thought it was a few thousand, but have since been informed it's maybe as much as 14,875 cigarettes for a full Clan Buff. Make your choices accordingly.)) Joining an established Clan for the buff is pretty normal, though some have social or story requirements, or want players to donate cigarettes towards the buff or Membership Cap. Feel free to ask about open Clans in Banter, or check the list of established Clans to try to find an active one.
+  * Apologies to hermits, but if you intend to hang out Down Below for more than short periods, a full Clan Buff is really useful - it gives you automatic healing, along with other things. Starting a Clan of your own is an option, but a serious undertaking that costs a //serious// amount of cigs.((I thought it was a few thousand, but have since been informed it's maybe as much as 14,875 or 14,985 cigarettes for a full Clan Buff. Make your choices accordingly.)) Joining an established Clan for the buff is pretty normal, though some have social or story requirements, or want players to donate cigarettes towards the buff or Membership Cap. Feel free to ask about open Clans in Banter, or check the list of established Clans to try to find an active one.
   * Standard advice applies: watch your Stamina so you're not fighting or travelling while exhausted. Using Monster Repellent Spray on yourself before you go makes FoeBots hit less hard, as does using a scary weapon like a Dentist's Drill - though you don't unlock that until a certain number of DKs. Carrying Medkits or Smile Drops (which are more useful for those with higher HP) lets you heal once you're down there. Targeted fighting is your friend. Jokers, mind your day's stats!
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
   * This scrap has weight, though usually it's only noticeable if you're carrying a lot. If you leave the Down Below via Witchbloom Seedpod, you may still have all your scrap as you bypassed the guard. To get rid of it, you can simply go into the Down Below and immediately leave. If however you are knocked out in the Down Below, you appear to lose all your scrap.
-  * It is possible to play Down Below as a careful and complex game of chess (thank you Tased), using Bang and Whoomph grenades and Smile Drops in anticipation of Foebots' movements, and never actually engaging in combat with them, even on the very deepest levels. It is also possible to just merrily punch your way through a level if you've got the stats for it. These are very different strategies with very different requirements.
+  * It is possible to play Down Below as a careful and complex game of chess (thank you Tased for info on this approach), using Bang and Whoomph grenades and Smile Drops in anticipation of Foebots' movements, and never actually engaging in combat with them, even on the very deepest levels. It is also possible to just merrily punch your way through a level if you've got the stats for it. These are very different strategies with very different requirements.
 If you have any questions beyond this, please go ahead and ask them in Banter - or if that doesn't net you an answer, tack them on the end here and you might get lucky. Good luck down there!