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* Don't obsess too much over your build. First of all, failing skill checks can be more rewarding than passing them. Second of all, you can get a lot of situational bonuses to your skills for things you do in gameplay. Your build goes a long way but there’s always a way to reach your goal, regardless of your stats.
* Don't obsess too much over your build. First of all, failing skill checks can be more rewarding than passing them. Second of all, you can get a lot of situational bonuses to your skills for things you do in gameplay. Your build goes a long way but there’s always a way to reach your goal, regardless of your stats.


* Psyche and Phys are the less-safe stats to set to 1 because they (specifically the Endurance and Volition skills) give you your health bars; you heal when you sleep (in a bed) and also from some events, but that doesn't matter if you have 1 health out of a maximum of 1 and are thus entirely reliant on healing items auto-rescuing you from death. (You can improve your health directly with skill points though)
* Psyche and Phys are the less-safe stats to set to 1 because they (specifically the Endurance and Volition skills) give you your health bars; you heal when you sleep (in a bed) and also from some events, but that doesn't matter if you have 1 health out of a maximum of 1 and are thus entirely reliant on healing items auto-rescuing you from death. (You can improve your health directly with skill points though)
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* Every point your Health or Morale is below maximum is a -1 to Endurance or Volition checks, so it's a good idea to stay topped up on health/morale.
* Every point your Health or Morale is below maximum is a -1 to Endurance or Volition checks, so it's a good idea to stay topped up on health/morale.
* Most "bottleneck" main quest checks are white, and can be re-tried when you increase the relevant stat / when you change something in the game world to make the check easier. Don't keep reloading until you nail that 17% check - chances are that you'll be able to get back to it in time, possibly with enough modifiers to turn it into a 97% success.
* If you really want a huge boost to your money and xp / $$$ over the course of the game, you may want to prioritize three particular thoughts.
Lena, the cryptozoologist's wife (in the wheelchair) will tell you that your amnesia may be helped by a "reality lowdown" from some rich person.
Such a person is Joyce Messier. She has a huge lore dump for you, to the point that the game outright recommends you don't read it all at once. But you only need to ask about two things - Wild Pines, and how it handles 8% of the world's cargo, and reality lowdown - "where are we?".
These two thoughts (+ "Wompty-Dompty Domp Center", which can be found on day 3, at the south-eastern end of the island, from a man admiring a mural) will give you a lot of extra resources as you explore. 
* Equip a prybar as you run around - there are a few locked containers that don't actually tell you a tool is required to open them unless you have one equipped.


* Green outlines indicate either doors, or objects with a dialogue interface. Yellow outlines indicate objects detected with Perception. Grey outlines indicate locked objects. They turn from Grey to Blue if you have an item in your hand which can open them.  
* Green outlines indicate either doors, or objects with a dialogue interface. Yellow outlines indicate objects detected with Perception. Grey outlines indicate locked objects. They turn from Grey to Blue if you have an item in your hand which can open them.  


* Time only advances by choosing dialogue options. It is completely paused when walking around and during mid-dialogue (so you can take as long as you want to read.) Time stops advancing at 2 AM though, at that point you need to sleep.
* Time only advances by choosing dialogue options. It is completely paused when walking around and during mid-dialogue (so you can take as long as you want to read.) Time stops advancing at 2 AM though, at that point you need to sleep to move on to the next day.


* If you don't use your partner's police car to call the HQ (or figure out exactly which items you're missing in a different way, but this is the easiest), you'll get hit with 3(!) morale damage in the containers area.  
* Money is hard to come by, especially during the second day, when you have to raise 20 réal or be unable to proceed to the next day.  
 
* You can't really scrounge enough money to pay your hotel bill on day 1, unless you succeed in some checks and scour every corner of the map. Instead, you will have to ask Joyce Messier (Wild Pines representative on a boat in the north-west part of the city) or Kim to help cover your bill.
* Money is hard to come by, especially during the first day when you have a big hostel bill.  
** Higher Perception lets you see additional containers, which can contain money, healing items and such.
** Higher Perception lets you see additional containers, which can contain money, healing items and such.
** One way to make some money is to internalize the <div class="spoiler">Hobocop</div> thought, find a plastic bag, pick up bottles and take them to Frittte.
** One way to make some money is to internalize the <div class="spoiler">Hobocop</div> thought, find a plastic bag, pick up bottles and take them to Frittte.
** Another way to puck up extra money is to avoid clicking on any green description bubbles until after you have internalized the thought <div class="spoiler">"The Fifteenth Indotribe"</div>. You can learn that thought right at the start of the game by <div class="spoiler">asking Joyce Messier about White Pines and clicking through until selecting the "Eight percent of the world's cargo is a lot" option.</div> Internalizing that thought (it takes 6 hours) gives you 0.10 Real per green bubble you click on. Not much, but there are many green bubbles.
** If you can't afford rent on the first two days, even after picking up all the money and selling things at the pawnshop, you're out of luck and will need to reload.
** To specifically get some money to pay off your bill, you could talk to <div class="spoiler">Joyce Messier on her boat.</div> If you pass the Volition check (which is possible even with only 1 Volition), you can receive 130 Real.
** If all else fails,  <div class="spoiler">Kim will cover your first night's bill. The next day is smaller and you should afford it yourself.</div>
** If you can't afford rent by 2:00 AM on the first two days, even after picking up all the money and selling things at the pawnshop, you're out of luck and will need to reload.
 
* Complete as many tasks as thoroughly as possible. Many tasks add positive modifiers to certain difficult checks later, sometimes enough to boost you up to a 97% chance to succeed.
 
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Revision as of 02:57, 3 November 2019

  • Click to walk, double-click to run.
  • Soft locks and crashes happen. They'll probably still be a thing even after the game is patched. Save manually every so often (or even obsessively) so you don't have retrace your progress.
  • Succeeding in checks isn't always good. Failing checks isn't always bad. Your skills don't necessarily have your best interests in mind.
  • Don't obsess too much over your build. First of all, failing skill checks can be more rewarding than passing them. Second of all, you can get a lot of situational bonuses to your skills for things you do in gameplay. Your build goes a long way but there’s always a way to reach your goal, regardless of your stats.


  • Psyche and Phys are the less-safe stats to set to 1 because they (specifically the Endurance and Volition skills) give you your health bars; you heal when you sleep (in a bed) and also from some events, but that doesn't matter if you have 1 health out of a maximum of 1 and are thus entirely reliant on healing items auto-rescuing you from death. (You can improve your health directly with skill points though)
  • When you get a Critical health/morale warning, you have a few seconds to use a healing item to prevent your death.
  • Every point your Health or Morale is below maximum is a -1 to Endurance or Volition checks, so it's a good idea to stay topped up on health/morale.
  • Most "bottleneck" main quest checks are white, and can be re-tried when you increase the relevant stat / when you change something in the game world to make the check easier. Don't keep reloading until you nail that 17% check - chances are that you'll be able to get back to it in time, possibly with enough modifiers to turn it into a 97% success.
  • If you really want a huge boost to your money and xp / $$$ over the course of the game, you may want to prioritize three particular thoughts.

Lena, the cryptozoologist's wife (in the wheelchair) will tell you that your amnesia may be helped by a "reality lowdown" from some rich person. Such a person is Joyce Messier. She has a huge lore dump for you, to the point that the game outright recommends you don't read it all at once. But you only need to ask about two things - Wild Pines, and how it handles 8% of the world's cargo, and reality lowdown - "where are we?". These two thoughts (+ "Wompty-Dompty Domp Center", which can be found on day 3, at the south-eastern end of the island, from a man admiring a mural) will give you a lot of extra resources as you explore.

  • Equip a prybar as you run around - there are a few locked containers that don't actually tell you a tool is required to open them unless you have one equipped.
  • Green outlines indicate either doors, or objects with a dialogue interface. Yellow outlines indicate objects detected with Perception. Grey outlines indicate locked objects. They turn from Grey to Blue if you have an item in your hand which can open them.
  • Time only advances by choosing dialogue options. It is completely paused when walking around and during mid-dialogue (so you can take as long as you want to read.) Time stops advancing at 2 AM though, at that point you need to sleep to move on to the next day.
  • Money is hard to come by, especially during the second day, when you have to raise 20 réal or be unable to proceed to the next day.
  • You can't really scrounge enough money to pay your hotel bill on day 1, unless you succeed in some checks and scour every corner of the map. Instead, you will have to ask Joyce Messier (Wild Pines representative on a boat in the north-west part of the city) or Kim to help cover your bill.
    • Higher Perception lets you see additional containers, which can contain money, healing items and such.
    • One way to make some money is to internalize the
      Hobocop
      thought, find a plastic bag, pick up bottles and take them to Frittte.
    • If you can't afford rent on the first two days, even after picking up all the money and selling things at the pawnshop, you're out of luck and will need to reload.