I wanted to post a win to help increase trust in this build. 😄
Flip thru the images to see the stats and evolutions.
Here is the guide in case you need some help.
And please feel free to ask if you are struggling with any topic of the game.
If I don't know the answer you will have an ally to find that information sooner ! 😄
You can ask me anything you have troubles with.
Reddit is not my thing, so it might take a min for me to notice questions, but I promise ill try to answer you back asap. 😄
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* Reset your starting game until you get grass biome and Bull as your first boss, you can see this on your time bar, the icons tell you what boss you are facing next.
This is the icon for the Bull boss fight
Also make sure you get stubborn Gene starting genetic if its available.
If those are not available - either choose patient or picky. Your job is to maximize prey by either rerolling or skipping.
* After this Just focus on maxing this Evolutions in this order.
This is the priority order of importance for your evolutions.
I cannot even suggest how important is learning to dodge AND the dodge stat itself. All attacks in the game can be dodged if you know how to do it AND if you have the speed necessary or size. Most of the attacks can be dodged with your dash ability yet you have to use it wisely if you plan to dodge this way.
Arguably the most powerful tip I can give you about dealing damage is DODGE FIRST then hit your enemy. If you try to preemptively land a hit on your opponent before dodging you will loose life sooner or later.
You need to learn this for the final challenge.
Almost every enemy of the game can be dodged by circling it around.
Also understand that your attacks count towards the hit box that is why things like horns get you in trouble a lot if you try to attack preemptively and you ram the enemy attack area of effect.
Desperate to find that key evolution you need to survive ?
This is what you need to learn.
The key to find the upgrades you need is understanding how evolution rarity works.
If you are looking for that key evolution you need to learn if it can only roll on rare rarity or higher rarity if they do... you need to try to find them on levels 5,10,15 etc.
As you can see the game NEVER rolls common rarity evolutions at level multiples of 5.
This is a good chance to grab a cool evolution or to find a common evolution that rolls at a higher rarity ( I am not 100% sure about this )
After the game starts, focus on killing without getting damage, eat what you can but always leave 1 small piece of vegetation around. This attract fish, bunnies, birds and weasels to kill more. Depending what your social and size is you will either attract more or less attention from predator monsters.
Always prioritize to kill prey that eats your vegetables before you eat your veggies. You can always come back and eats those tasty fruits.
Once you get your first level up choose prey. Making sure you opt for the order of importance mentioned before.
- You MUST HAVE 10 evolution points to roll for Ruminant after the boss fight. This is a core component of the build.
If you don't see it on the list, reroll 2 times on your first level only subsequent levels you will be able to roll 1 time specially if you have the stubborn Gene . Its important you try to minimize the % of other evolutions to be rolled.
If you have to choose between 2 options that increase prey always choose speed and dodge first. If none of those are available then choose the option that only raises prey only. If you start raising other tech trees you will roll more evolutions of that nature.
Stubborn genetic can give extra mutagen points.
They come in 4 types.
Always try to choose new prey evolutions to have them at least on level 1, the game seems to be benevolent to always give you a choice from evolutions you already have available.
This also synergizes with the Stubborn evolution to help you get 10 evolution points before you defeat the first boss. ( you need this to roll for Ruminant )
Mushrooms - Mushrooms are a HUGE amount of early game XP
- TIP - Don't be afraid of poison mushrooms, just keep 2 things in mind.
Do you have healing food nearby ? then eat the mushroom see if its poison then eat the healing food. OR EVEN BETTER ! is there a burrow nearby... then eat the mushroom see if its poison and if it is then use the burrow to nullify the poison damage ticks.
Poison resistance is your best friend against those SPICY POISON mushrooms. ;D
Learn what the mushrooms names mean, since some of those upgrades are the only way you can increase those stats in the game.
Once you face the first Bull boss it will arrive with a calf or not. The first bull boss is the only one 100% avoidable.
The pattern is simple 3 different attacks.
* Stomp - can be avoided by just running away in a straight line.
* Horns - can be also avoided by either running away in a straight line ( specially if you are small ) or if you have not reduced your size and you have troubles to aim for the center of the horns, keep running forward until last second then turn left or right to avoid the horns easier.
* Charge - is the easiest to avoid specially if you have a bit of speed or your dash is available.
- TIPS -
If you choose to fight ( you should probably not ) remember if you manage to lure them to ram against environmental objects like trees and stones ( not the boss cage ) they will get get a bit of damage from doing this ( you can unlock an achievement this way ), but also they will get stunned a bit longer allowing you to land 1 hit safely or even 2 hits.
Pick up your BOSS fruit if there is a burrow available, your job is to get that fruit and roll for Ruminant then get in the hole so the bosses can start killing stuff for you.
Avoid being too close to the boss always keep a burrow in your mind to escape in case the boss focuses on you.
Once you have Ruminant your job is just to max the focus list.
Make sure you are close to the boss so you can face the 2nd boss while trapping the first boss on the boss fight cage. At this time hopefully you either have burrow or Courting or some kind of charmed minions to help pin the bosses to fight against each other.
- Pretty much after this point the game is winnable.
Focus on your speed and dodge maxed then the rest of the list. Make sure to switch between burrow and courting depending if you have a burrow available or there is a potential minion to charm, remember you can use Q to focus your minion to attack the boss or any other target you want.
By this time you had so many levels that you picked everything that made you stronger to survive. Focus on making burrows all over the place before the final boss fight and maximize ways to charm minions in all ways possible. Charming by getting hit is very useful as well as tail wag.
Once you start leveling up on the final boss fight maximize your resistance to the meteors only skipping this to upgrade a REALLY important skill that becomes available on the list.
The same evolution that gives you resistance to the meteors also increases your prey ( = more leveling )
This levels start getting diminishing returns once you start getting only 2% increase per level prioritize other evolutions that could be more important.
All you have to do is run in circles and if you see your health drops below 50% hide in a burrow, spot healing food around you and go straight to it when you have the chance. Most likely by this time you have cheeks to and enough points of eating speed to gobble that fast.
Also consider trunk to have some free food range pick up.
This is how I finished Pressure 20 including the real tough challenge of no heal.
( that one is a bit more complicated with the priority list but it follows the same pattern )
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Its 2:18 AM forgive me if I have grammar mistakes or I omitted things that needed to be known. Feel free to ask me anything you struggle with.
I tried to put this together because I see a lot of people are struggling to beat the game and even Youtubers are WAY behind at beating the game.
:)
I also finished all the challenges.
The no heal, last challenge teaches proper dodging 100% of the time.
