Help with adventure mode

[tracc]

Hi guys,

I guess i am a pretty bad DS player when I see what you people accomplish. I am Struggling so hard with adventure mode.

 

CUrrently I am playing an old game (non RoG) with Wilson. (I had no newer game where I already fond the Door and am Also Afraid of the RoG Changes like deadly summer that burns your base down consitently...)

 

i am in chapter 1 of 5 which is (always for me) King of Winter. I have Set up a nice base on every Island before I went trough the Insanity-bridges. Right now I am on Day 30, have 4 things, defeated Deerclops twice (that saved me once from starvation) and have to get trough some Hound mounds.  (which is very hard for me)

Should i just grab some Items that I want to take with me and run into unknown territory or try to kill the Hound mounds (about 5 hounds are constantly attacking me and by the time i kill them more spawn/are attrackted from otehr hound mounds) or schould i wait for another deerclops so he can kill the hound mounds?

Winter is not really a challenge for me since i have a magificent beard - Just the slow/no regrowing thing is tough - I have no Sticks! (also I have no Rabbitholes so i need to farm werepigs

 

The three most importand questions for me are:

Which Items should I take into the next level?

Will my Beard-level be the same in the next level, or should i shave it of for hair?

And generally how many days you spend per world? Because my 30+ Days seem too long...

 

Thanks a lot!

[Snob]

Welcome to the forums!

 

Which Items should I take into the next level?

It depends. Could you list all of your valuable items? The walking cane is one of the best items in the game, you should definitely take the cane if you have it. Personally, I would bring a log suit, a tentacle spike, and some gold when moving to the next world.

 

Will my Beard-level be the same in the next level, or should i shave it of for hair?

Your beard will remain when you move into the next world. No need to shave it.

 

And generally how many days you spend per world? Because my 30+ Days seem too long...

People tend to move through the worlds as fast as they can (Around 10 days, I think?). I tend to linger in worlds until I'm fully prepared to move, but that's my strategy.

[Barbarian]

With hound mounds, just run through avoiding the hounds - they will lose interest when you're a little way away on the other side.  Try to take everything with you that you need so you don't have to go back through, if you think the wooden thing will be past the hounds.  But if you can't then wear armour and make a few trips - if you're careful you can do it without injury.

 

I usually spend a long time on the Game's Afoot since once you've cleared some of the tallbirds and spiders it's a good place to prepare for future worlds.  Archipelago varies - I only spend a while and set up a proper base if I'm having trouble tracking down the pieces.  King of Winter I do as quickly as possible, and make sure to use a crock pot to make the little food go further.  Two Worlds you can spend a while too if you want.  A Cold Reception can be ok too if you have insanity gear and find a good spot, near a pig village for example to help with frog rain, which also provides plenty of food.

 

If possible I'd take Walking Cane, stack of gold, stack of large jerky (by killing tallbirds) if you can take the time to make it, and maybe spiders webs if I've got a decent stack - it can be handy to be able to make a top hat straight away if you get Archipelago or A Cold Reception next.  Also don't forget you can prebuild things like crockpot and firepit ready for the next world.

[tracc]

Thank you for your nice replies!

 

Currently I am trying to prebuild all possible Items (but I have a lot of trouble because i have no Sticks )

 

Sadly I haven't encountered a single Mctusk yet - I hope i can find one!

I have mapped the whole world except for the place with the Hound Mounds. SO i know that the wooden thing must be there but I dont know wether it will be behind a obelisk bridge .

 

For my Items to take with me I am widely undecided. So here is a List of Items I would consider taking with me:

 

0. Walking cane if you can find it! always

1. Gold (never know how easy it is to find and its always good)

2. Pigskins (being able to build Pig houses for protection/Sanity/Werepig-Farm is great)

3. Spider Eggs (Dont know about this one - usually there is an abundance of spiders in Adv Mode)

 

?. Hounds Tooth (A stack of those and nobody can give you **** from the start?)

?. Eyebone (does that even work?)

?. Sticks/Stones/Grass (seems like a waste)

?.charcoal (for many drying racks)

?. Food (Seems like kind of a waste)

?.Blowdart (Dont have a swamp but would if be worthwile?)

 

What do you think? What Items have i forgotten?

[Snob]

3. Spider Eggs (Dont know about this one - usually there is an abundance of spiders in Adv Mode)

 

What do you think? What Items have i forgotten?

Spider eggs are useless in adventure mode. There's no reason to spawn more spiders, they waste your precious time! Bring a strong weapon instead, like a tentacle spike or a dark sword.

[Barbarian]

0. Walking cane if you can find it! always

1. Gold (never know how easy it is to find and its always good)

2. Pigskins (being able to build Pig houses for protection/Sanity/Werepig-Farm is great)

3. Spider Eggs (Dont know about this one - usually there is an abundance of spiders in Adv Mode)

 

?. Hounds Tooth (A stack of those and nobody can give you **** from the start?)

?. Eyebone (does that even work?)

?. Sticks/Stones/Grass (seems like a waste)

?.charcoal (for many drying racks)

?. Food (Seems like kind of a waste)

?.Blowdart (Dont have a swamp but would if be worthwile?)

 

What do you think? What Items have i forgotten?

 

Not spider eggs but spider silk - it can save a lot of time on collecting when you need to go quickly.

 

Pig skins maybe, but I'd use for football helmets. 

 

Eyebone can't be taken.

 

As I recall you can only take 4 items (or stacks of items), so stick to the rarer things - grass and twigs are a waste of a slot.

 

I've never bothered taking a weapon as usually you can grab a tentacle spike quite easily.

 

 

[StayUpThere]

Well I usually bring a heat stone, armor, weapon, and gold. But thats just me. Before you change worlds you should make a bunch of stuff so you know the recipes and can make them without a machine. Im usually in each world for about 6-10 days because I just walk around the whole time looking for the parts and then move on right after I find them. The only world you really have to prepare for is world 5 the other worlds you can bring the stuff I mentioned and be fine. But for world 5 I would say bring fireflys and a miner hat. Food would also be good because that world is scarce on food. World5 is eternal night time. Also you do keep your beard. 

[tracc]

So Guys, I am on Day 50. After Deerclops killed 2 Spider queens and died to my bomerangs/spike traps I am ready to move on.

 

I have killed the Hound mound with planted spider nests and lucky Pengull spawns (the 7 hounds were fighting other mobs while I killed their 3 bases which were next to each other ). At first I didnt have a hammer or the ressources for one with me ... that was infuriating

Also I have finally found a camp of 3! Mctusks which were giving me a lot of trouble (the first one i killed didnt even drop a fang ) until I have managed to kill them.

 

I have prebuilt most structures i can afford.

I have decided to take the following Items with me:

 

1st: Walking Cane, (I am so happy to have found one)

2nd: Stack of 20 Gold

3rd: 8 Pigskins

4th: 14 Hounds tooth

 

I fell that those Items will give me the biggest Advantage in the next Chapter. Pigskins for friends and Hounds Tooth for 14 Traps which will help me against most of the early game-threads.

 

Thank you all for your help!