One thing to note if you're really struggling from difficulty 1 onwards, you can grab both the discolored dark quartz and the root for an automatic revenge at the start of the run.
Thank you for pointing this out. It's such a great way to start, it pretty much ensures that you'll be able to get to the shop and start shaping your run from there! Also you could grab Hate Stone if you're inclined towards a magic run, securing one artifact as well
For the newbies (since Beelz never does it): If you have the Ancient Alchemy trait (selling items) maxed, its ALWAYS worth grabbing any gift boxes in the first couple of shops. The present costs less than even a common will sell for, so you'll always make money on them
So incredibly appreciative for this! I just left a comment the other day about this, so it couldn’t have come at a better time! Just beat DM 0 (beat it with a poison werewolf build) now grinding away at 1. Been binging your entire skul playlist the past few weeks! You also got me into oblivion override! Sincerely appreciative of you and this channel!
Just to clarify about the adventurers' sigils: Every adventurer's sigil can have 2 different effects, every fight chooses one of those and puts it against you (Priest can do the barrier you see in the video or a ground area that heals the others and slows you down, Knight can do shields in front of others or debris falling down from the sky, so on and so forth) They do not alternate during the fight so there is no point in waiting to get a "better" effect
Man I remember when I just started Skul (due to a streamer in my country discovering this game and streaming it) and I would watch your tutorials so I can win against Joan and then after defeating dad many times I felt invincible. Now the fucking dark mirror is out and I’m stuck on the Dark Skul fight and I’m still looking at your videos for guidance (or just you trolling lol). Damn this game is hard.
Thanks so much for this video Beelz! I watched your normal mode guide and now that I've beat normal mode a few times I was thinking how nice it would be if you made a dark mirror one. Your channel has helped me so much with Skul
Just a note for the trap rom 1:10:43 , the traps deactivate as soon as you pass them. So you can dash trough the traps jump on the platform bellow for the traps to stop and then you can go back and deal with the enemies without worrying about the traps!
Fun fact, I beat dark mirror 5 and the true final boss a day before this video XD Am glad ya made it tho, definitly gonna help the new peeps :> Also I will admit that I did all this thanks to watching your vids so uh…Thank ya!
Some tip for cheese the game: invisible blade is crack out of it mind water bommer kaboom start is basically 100% win rate with it( some purple flash and it can litterally no hit tank everything with the new bone inscript). You can manipulate the slime by just turn of the game and boost it back on, the slime will always choose the same slot in like 99% of the time so if you are in a item room you basically have control over what you want to dupe, you can destroy item until the good thing is in that slot but its when the 1% come in to play. The adventure drop is fix by the kill order most of the time so for example you get assassin legend gear but you want hunter arrow then just exit the game and do it but kill the hunter in the order of pre reset assassin. The free item thing can also be looked through and decide worth or not with a exit( honestly the same rng seed when reset the game is so easy to cheese).
@@Beelz55 I'm seizing this opportunity to let you know you have make this game 35% more enjoyable with your videos. Excellent energy, nice pedagogical approach, amazing skills... I've been playing video games since 1986 and guys like you make me proud of the legacy :)
I just came to tell I finally beat all the bosses including dark skul in DM10! :D I used your lovely ghoul with a build similar to one you used before and it worked wonders. In fact I went direct to DM10 as I've just had it unlocked from before. Love your content and thank you for sharing runs, builds and thoughts!
i love these kinds of tutorial videos, even if they are overexplained over the course of a run. i'd still love to see a dedicated video to the modified inscriptions. even the wiki doesn't have them all listen.
Just had a GODLY pike run last night with duplicated olive cudgel (thank you magical slime) BLESSED RUN IS BLESSED and beat Alexander for the first time on dark mirror level 3, thanks to Beelz’s tips ❤️
I personally like that hard mode removes some of the initial power spike to a run but after each competition of the game you unlock something new, powerful and more importantly they all have a use and make each difficulty unique.
P.s. new players: if you've been playing with rookie mode on please know it's not active or available on hard mode. Might seem obvious but i missed it so maybe someone out there will to.
14:50 Any reason why you're not taking the skull the knight offers? I'm in dark mirror level 0, but I always take the free skull so that I can sell it later for more bone
Mostly because little Skul himself is a very good character to use if I get the right items. Gargoyle on the other hand is.... well he's rough. Because the knight swaps skulls I'd have to sacrifice myself. However if I had a common skull that sells for bones, I would trade that one for Gargoyle to get someting worth more.
You are so awesome dude. You put so much work into these. The way you explain is just wonderful and your style is dope too, not robotic like a lot of ther guys who do tutorials. Thank you man, I appreciate it
Btw I actually done my DM10 with the most unexpected genie and herecles duo, thank you lord beelz for introducing me to this game. I genuinely had a lot of fun
Thanks for all the tips. As a new player I have a lot of fun with the game. It’s easy to pick up and put down. I’d like to see you do a daily run. To see what you pick and what items you go for. Do you swap mid run for a better legend skull? What dark abilities you go for the skull?
Beelz does a lot of that (unless I am misunderstanding you). He plays through the game, usually talks about his decisions for picking certain items or why he might pivot into a new skull.
I’d like more runs like this over explaining where he went to find a skull and built from there. I didn’t realize that you get a lot of skull choices in dark mirror. I have seen Beelz showcases of certain skulls which are very well explained and how he builds them. If there are random run vids, haven’t run across them. If they’re there then I’ll get to them then.
I actually just finished completing all achivements in this game. It was an incredible journey! And right after that, I've had a 2000 physical and 1100 magical dmg run on clown. That's the game rewarding me, I guess.
I needed thisso much i had taken a break because i won my first dark mirror run but it bugged and kicked me so i had to redo boss and i died ): (but this vid will help me get back to where i was!
I got to floor 4...its agonizing hell..act 1 kicks butt😅😅 new enemies ..new powers oh god lol! When you say act 1 being act one..i truly feel it now 👁👁 I used warlock! And..a bugged liv8ng armor who never losr combustion mood..needless to say!..i now have a second pair who could get me wins! Yay!
Oh something to point out if you have terrible luck like me. On the higher DMs if I go into the act 1 shops and there is nothing in the shop even after the first roll I usually will just lock in Treasure and Courage/Wisdom instead of rolling more and just picking up something to have something or getting nothing. The damage boost and money gain are a lot better than having a weak item effect or points in something you don't care about IMO anyway.
New Player: Beelz 2-hour tutorial video? this must be very important! Me: Beelz 2 hours video to play in the background while I'm doing work? Don't mind if I do~
Werewolf, Prisoner/King, Clown, Water, Thief, Ent, Pike. It depends on what kind of items they get during a run but typically these guys shred health bars.
The first time you fight the old man emperor final phase, you're actually invincible for it. So for people doing it their first times it's just phase 1, 2, and bomb and then a symbolic final fight that you can't lose. Just did it myself
Thanks for the guide! Question, do you get more Dark Quartz in a Dark Mirror run than you do a reguler one? Getting the 100k Quartz for the castle renovation is grueling...
I honestly don't remember. An easy test is to do a higher level run, beat act 1. Reset and do it on Normal mode. See if there's much of a difference. I will say, clearing a run is always more quartz than quitting out half way. The further you get, the better.
Note : If you reach the Witch after beating the Dark Hero and you don't have any maxed Inscription, the Witch will give you Golden Apple instead which boost your overall stats and it's better than a upgraded Inscription imo
I always get this glitch in dm mode where when I using grave digger and his skills don’t work even tho I have grave stones near by. Mainly happens at the phase 2 Alexander fight. But yeah I’m a console player so maybe when we get the 1.9 it might get fixed. But ty for another skul video always learn something new
Revenge + Piety Dark Ability is kinda busted. To my understanding, Piety does boost the Revenge HP gain, so you regain almost all if not all HP once you've boosted Piety to lv3. As long as you only get hit once in the span of 3 seconds and manage to get the revenge hit every time, you are immortal. That isn't realistic, of course, but it makes it so much easier to survive. I just beat the secret boss on DM9 from the enriched quartz two days ago using a Frost Bomber setup with Piety & Revenge (Hate Stone & the shop machine). I also cleared DM10 for the first time and took down the Act 6 boss using Piety + Revenge with only one life left (I messed up earlier in the run) a few days prior. It's such a good combination
People talk about skul tiers and the first time I beat the game was with rider/nightmare revenge build. A lot of people do not like that skul. Does rider suck once it gets harder like on dark mirror 8-10? I saw you talked about how some skulls just aren't good at that difficulty like gargoyle.
Some skulls have a few issues for sure. But 90% of the time it comes down to preference and playstyle. People can and do play Gargoyle very well. Same with Yaksha. I just personally don't like them very much. I feel that Mage is a bit clunky and Rider is only tough because I have a habit of getting myself killed in most situations with the bike. His bike is also hard to use in certain boss fights like Joan and Dark Dad.
Love all the tips, tricks and info! Do I have to beat level 0 to unlock the secret rooms to the secret boss? (Definitely struggling still 😅) I’ve tried jumping on the floor after Yggy to no avail. Am I missing something?
I was supposed to play the demo for it ages ago. Never got around to it. I'll end up playing it on stream at some point. But I'm obligated to play Subnautica first. It's gonna be a horrible time.
On semi-unrelated question. so, I saw a playthrough, the tank boss- one of the heroes, he, on diff 3, deals 67 damage to the king, note to you, he ignore the cursed chest, straight up NO to the chest. cuz that's partly what got him killed on the cerulian king boss fight on previous run. He don't forget to cleanse the debuff he get on act 4. so when he lose his first life, like 2 seconds later, died to the 67 damage that he take on one swing. The question is, can the tank boss really do that much damage? one thing that I could think of is the omen stuff that he take and then, swap for something else. But the 50% damage taken should be gone when he get rid off that omen item. if you wanna ask for more detail, im afraid i can't tell you because don't remember much. and yes, this is after the latest update.
There sure is. The Sun/Moon inscriptions have transformations for every combo you can think of. Sword + Ring Sword + Sword Ring + Ring Omen + Sword Omen + Ring Omen + Omen
My first and third run of dark mirror mode where my best play throughs because the first one I reached the final boss then my third attempt I got his final phase to less then 10% health but I can't get further now
hello new player here, can you please make a short video just about the different type of playstyle thats like playable in the game (the characters that goes well with that playstyle and also the treasure type you want to search for) , thx!
finally tried skul after sometime, got prisoner with hope slasher act 1, but his skill are all magic damage, got to sisters and got killed twt) any tips about keybinding for beginners? the attack between dash and jump, and skill above attack and dash feel really awkward, not to mention space for the switch, or it'll be just best to play with controller?
@@Beelz55 ok, got a decent keybinding, z for attack, x for jump, c for dash, quite similar to megaman so it helps with the intuition, right when i tried this keybind, i got my 1st and 2nd legend back to back!!! and guess who is it? ARCHLICH AND REAPER!!!! i was so happy and proceed to go through the run with quite the ease with those 2 powers, and managed to get past chimera, but i finally died to the adventurer fight because i was not sure whether i frame dodge is inbuilt or needs to be unlocked, if it was inbuild, then i'm just bad at the game XD
Did they change the traps been awhile since I played but used to you could just run to the end of conveyor and it would stop didn’t have to kill enemies for the blades to stop dropping
Just finished my first normal run last night, finally. Sage and abyssal monarch, were the skulls i ended up with and i thought, for sure, that the hero was going to finish me off. Had already used my one revive earlier in the run. Ended up finishing the hero before he could me. That was tough but satisfying. Any suggestions for my beginning dark mirror runs? I have no castle equipment yet and my other witch is still passed out and currently unable to do anything.
Hello Beelz, I'm currently doing modded Skul and I was wondering what mod gives extra item slots so I can turn it off. It's really annoying picking up items and not seeing where they are in the pause menu.
I can but it's best to use them in lower difficulty runs. So DM8 or below. DM10 just traight up hates inferior builds and makes them far longer and appear much weaker in contrast.
so i recently unlocked the dark mirror but i dont have the difficulty levels and any of the totems or whatever inside the dark mirror itself and i cant interact with the dark witch
Beelz, I just got to dark mirror yesterday and watched this video and have tried everything to find the puzzle in the shop but it just doesn’t show up, do you know why?(the cat sits next to the chef but I don’t have the cat feeder)
You probably need to clear a run and beat the story before you can unlock it. I don't recall whether there's a Mirror Level requirement (shouldn't be) for the secret boss stuff. I'd say just beat a mirror run then check.
So recently I was going to do a run with spartacus and the run whent horribly wrong What happened was that I was using him and everything was going according to plan. So you might be thinking what caused the whole run to go wrong. Well, the great gambino showed up and stole the whole show, causing me to leave spartacus in the dust once again. I still managed to win the run though but at the same time I feel like I lost the run because I once again didn't get the chance to fully mess around with spartacus. So tldr I was going to do a spartacus run but then I got gambler and the whole run became a gambler run instead
I'm new to this game. Struggled a lot... Till God blessed me... With a dash build.. I kept getting items that gave me dash attacks and bonuses. Made it to the hero guy. Got hit twice against the Chimera. I hadn't even made it beyond the 3 adventure people before that run. I used the Werewolf and the Ninja. The Ninja was cheating because at some points when I needed it I didn't even hit the floor. I just dashed over their heads
Hey there beelz, I’ve been meaning to get back to the dm10 grind but Baldur’s gate 3 is too good, anyway I’m happy you play this game because without you, I don’t think we would have anybody.
As @playeroftheverse7217 said, buffs will show at the bottom of the screen next to where your HP and skills are shown. Numbers on the icons indicate how many stacks you have.
Yeah those come with more progress. Each time you beat a difficulty level you'll get 1 new machine that adds something for future runs. You'll have everything once you beat DM level 9. 10 unlocks a cosmetic skin.
I can't get to the first secret area. I'm right where the cat is and I know it's the first shop, so Idk what the problem is. I know how to jump down through platforms.
beelz alright time to explain everything to the new kids that are playing the game the game RNG gods : you thought i would stay silent and just let you do that ? you are a thousand years too early to predict me . . btw beelz a question do you know how to get your skul save file back if you lose it ? i lost mine a while ago because of updating windows and stuff and now i basically lost the motivation to play skul anymore. i was trusting steam cloud to have it but well nope. i still have the old game files from an update ago but well . . . how should i say it know where the save files are supposed to be but no matter what i do i can't get my save file back. like the new version just won't accept the save files from 1 version ago
@Beelz55 yea i do have that save file to be honest actually the scenario is actually like this : before i updated windows from 7 to 10 i copied that file along the skul entire file that was on steam library and then updated my windows and just put the file back and thought it would be ok since it worked for about 10 or 20 other games that i had so i didn't even bother to check since steam cloud worked for most of them and the ones who didn't i just put the save files back where i got them from after opening the game once so it would create that file in app data but . . .. but then a few month later when i was going to play skul i noticed a big problem and mistake. first i just opened the skul and just let it update . . . which in reality it wasn't actually an update and it was Installing the game again . . . meaning for some reason it just didn't acknowledge the old files and installed the game again . . . and then the problem starts. first i now have 2 skul files in steam library . . . and here comes the problem with the save file that i just honestly don't know how it even does that. it's basically like this when i open the game that was the version before the update i have the save file working. but when i open the version steam just installed and i replace the save again there in the app data location it just doesn't work and replaces those files. and i literally mean that. it doesn't just add new files on top of the old files. it deletes the old save files and then create new ones when i open the new version . . . BUT the older skul file still have the old save file and just works without having the old save file in the app data . . . this is a pain so to put it in a easier way to understand 1 - i have 2 skul files . . . and when i open the old version it has the save when it doesn't even supposed to have it 2 - the new version just deletes the old save files and creates new ones 3 - i am lost at what i am supposed to do now and yep basically i don't have a clue on how this is even happening . . . if you also don't have a clue then it's okay since this is probably the last attempt i am making before just starting the game again from the start when i find motivation and time to do it. and yep that's basically it
Start beating the Dark Mirror difficulties and one of them will unlock it. I've forgotten which one as it was forever ago that I first did it. Beat a DM level, then move to the next one.
can anyone tell me how he is able to do so much damage at level 0 cause i am at level 0 and im not able to do that much damage i have died probably 30 times at level 0
It's a combination of raw damage boosters and Amplifier effects. I've got a video that goes into a bit more detail on how you can get better damage by using amplifiers on top of raw damage. ua-cam.com/video/OTuqCINdvCU/v-deo.html
@@Beelz55 just watched that video and it did helped a lot in understanding which build i should follow and i kid you not i finally beat the first hero, i just have one last question there is arms incription in the game what does it mean by 3rd armament improve or something when you have collect six arm inscription
@@aasnnithiamhuanok4389 It improves how powerful the bonus attack from Arms is. The one you unlock at 4/6 in the inscription. Artifact does the same with its meteor effect by improving them.
@@Beelz55 hmm could you give example of one equipment with arm inscription when collected 6 weapons with arms inscription I want to know what the 3rd ability does, cause I didn't see any improvement of my equipment
@@aasnnithiamhuanok4389 Your equipment doesn't improve. You get a new passive effect when you get 4/6. Every 3 seconds or so, when you do your basic attack, a new attack effect will trigger, damaging enemies in front of you. It's like a big slam. When you get 6/6 in Arms that effect is improved.
I wont watch this video till I beat a normal run and unlock dark mirror. Somehow, getting past the last hero fight consistently isnt an issue anymore, but the runup to Joan has completely destroyed me 5 times now Edit: through the power of Ghooouuul and Magnifico(I got HELLA lucky with unique and legendary skull drops), I completed my first normal mode skull run. Through my efforts, I also filled out all the character upgrades at the witch before getting the win, so now Im starting on DARK MIRROR HAHA.
Im playing on my Switch I cant change the damn difficulty level to Zero and above before I enter the dark mirror!! soo hard,still havent finished the dark mirror levels!
One thing to note if you're really struggling from difficulty 1 onwards, you can grab both the discolored dark quartz and the root for an automatic revenge at the start of the run.
Thank you for pointing this out. It's such a great way to start, it pretty much ensures that you'll be able to get to the shop and start shaping your run from there! Also you could grab Hate Stone if you're inclined towards a magic run, securing one artifact as well
Pinned for a genuine good tip 👍
@@Beelz55 :)
I love you. I cannot for the life of me get past DM5
If you don't mind? What is discolored Dark Quartz and Root? Only complete 0 stage
For the newbies (since Beelz never does it): If you have the Ancient Alchemy trait (selling items) maxed, its ALWAYS worth grabbing any gift boxes in the first couple of shops. The present costs less than even a common will sell for, so you'll always make money on them
So incredibly appreciative for this! I just left a comment the other day about this, so it couldn’t have come at a better time! Just beat DM 0 (beat it with a poison werewolf build) now grinding away at 1. Been binging your entire skul playlist the past few weeks! You also got me into oblivion override! Sincerely appreciative of you and this channel!
Just to clarify about the adventurers' sigils:
Every adventurer's sigil can have 2 different effects, every fight chooses one of those and puts it against you (Priest can do the barrier you see in the video or a ground area that heals the others and slows you down, Knight can do shields in front of others or debris falling down from the sky, so on and so forth)
They do not alternate during the fight so there is no point in waiting to get a "better" effect
Man I remember when I just started Skul (due to a streamer in my country discovering this game and streaming it) and I would watch your tutorials so I can win against Joan and then after defeating dad many times I felt invincible.
Now the fucking dark mirror is out and I’m stuck on the Dark Skul fight and I’m still looking at your videos for guidance (or just you trolling lol). Damn this game is hard.
Thanks so much for this video Beelz! I watched your normal mode guide and now that I've beat normal mode a few times I was thinking how nice it would be if you made a dark mirror one. Your channel has helped me so much with Skul
These over-explained videos never get old
Just a note for the trap rom 1:10:43 , the traps deactivate as soon as you pass them. So you can dash trough the traps jump on the platform bellow for the traps to stop and then you can go back and deal with the enemies without worrying about the traps!
Lmao. I just finished struggling through all the way to the credits and NOW you drop this? Nice timing kek.
Oh this is perfect i just finished ny first run today and now this.
Thank you for 'personally' doing this for me 😂
Thank you very much I'm French and no one talks about it on French UA-cam, I've been stuck for a long time so thank you very much
Fun fact, I beat dark mirror 5 and the true final boss a day before this video XD
Am glad ya made it tho, definitly gonna help the new peeps :>
Also I will admit that I did all this thanks to watching your vids so uh…Thank ya!
Some tip for cheese the game: invisible blade is crack out of it mind water bommer kaboom start is basically 100% win rate with it( some purple flash and it can litterally no hit tank everything with the new bone inscript).
You can manipulate the slime by just turn of the game and boost it back on, the slime will always choose the same slot in like 99% of the time so if you are in a item room you basically have control over what you want to dupe, you can destroy item until the good thing is in that slot but its when the 1% come in to play.
The adventure drop is fix by the kill order most of the time so for example you get assassin legend gear but you want hunter arrow then just exit the game and do it but kill the hunter in the order of pre reset assassin.
The free item thing can also be looked through and decide worth or not with a exit( honestly the same rng seed when reset the game is so easy to cheese).
"You'll avoid damage if you get consistency" is the diplomatic way of saying "git gud" :)
I meeeeeaaaaaaan... yes? But an even more diplomatic way is to say practice makes perfect. Practice is the biggest buff you can get in the game.
@@Beelz55 I'm seizing this opportunity to let you know you have make this game 35% more enjoyable with your videos. Excellent energy, nice pedagogical approach, amazing skills... I've been playing video games since 1986 and guys like you make me proud of the legacy :)
I just came to tell I finally beat all the bosses including dark skul in DM10! :D I used your lovely ghoul with a build similar to one you used before and it worked wonders. In fact I went direct to DM10 as I've just had it unlocked from before. Love your content and thank you for sharing runs, builds and thoughts!
well Beelz, thank you for this deep content, I am almost half way through and you said things that I should know by now!!
I literally just finish normal mode and having a hard time try to do the dark mirror and im very lucky you just posted this video thx 😊
i love these kinds of tutorial videos, even if they are overexplained over the course of a run. i'd still love to see a dedicated video to the modified inscriptions. even the wiki doesn't have them all listen.
Thank you homie it has been a while since i played the game and i havent engaged with hard mode yet and this is exactly the refresher i needed
Tonight on Hell's Gears, Ghosty has a kitten, Opheaus is Arrested for "being too sexy" and beelz over explains a run and confuses everyone
Kitty!
Just had a GODLY pike run last night with duplicated olive cudgel (thank you magical slime) BLESSED RUN IS BLESSED and beat Alexander for the first time on dark mirror level 3, thanks to Beelz’s tips ❤️
I personally like that hard mode removes some of the initial power spike to a run but after each competition of the game you unlock something new, powerful and more importantly they all have a use and make each difficulty unique.
P.s. new players: if you've been playing with rookie mode on please know it's not active or available on hard mode. Might seem obvious but i missed it so maybe someone out there will to.
YESSSS a random run with explanation ?? lemme get my cookies and milk .
I downloaded it because it was free for Ps members, but it actually look fun and good and I’m going to watch this video when I have time pretty cool.
14:50 Any reason why you're not taking the skull the knight offers? I'm in dark mirror level 0, but I always take the free skull so that I can sell it later for more bone
Mostly because little Skul himself is a very good character to use if I get the right items. Gargoyle on the other hand is.... well he's rough. Because the knight swaps skulls I'd have to sacrifice myself. However if I had a common skull that sells for bones, I would trade that one for Gargoyle to get someting worth more.
You are so awesome dude. You put so much work into these. The way you explain is just wonderful and your style is dope too, not robotic like a lot of ther guys who do tutorials. Thank you man, I appreciate it
Btw I actually done my DM10 with the most unexpected genie and herecles duo, thank you lord beelz for introducing me to this game. I genuinely had a lot of fun
Makes sense considering Genie and Heracles both have a lot of I-frames
Wow perfect timing. Thanks
Thanks for all the tips. As a new player I have a lot of fun with the game. It’s easy to pick up and put down. I’d like to see you do a daily run. To see what you pick and what items you go for. Do you swap mid run for a better legend skull? What dark abilities you go for the skull?
Beelz does a lot of that (unless I am misunderstanding you). He plays through the game, usually talks about his decisions for picking certain items or why he might pivot into a new skull.
I’d like more runs like this over explaining where he went to find a skull and built from there. I didn’t realize that you get a lot of skull choices in dark mirror. I have seen Beelz showcases of certain skulls which are very well explained and how he builds them. If there are random run vids, haven’t run across them. If they’re there then I’ll get to them then.
I actually just finished completing all achivements in this game. It was an incredible journey! And right after that, I've had a 2000 physical and 1100 magical dmg run on clown. That's the game rewarding me, I guess.
I needed thisso much i had taken a break because i won my first dark mirror run but it bugged and kicked me so i had to redo boss and i died ): (but this vid will help me get back to where i was!
I got to floor 4...its agonizing hell..act 1 kicks butt😅😅 new enemies ..new powers oh god lol! When you say act 1 being act one..i truly feel it now 👁👁
I used warlock! And..a bugged liv8ng armor who never losr combustion mood..needless to say!..i now have a second pair who could get me wins! Yay!
Oh really, after I rewatched a long ass explain video you posted before
Oh something to point out if you have terrible luck like me. On the higher DMs if I go into the act 1 shops and there is nothing in the shop even after the first roll I usually will just lock in Treasure and Courage/Wisdom instead of rolling more and just picking up something to have something or getting nothing. The damage boost and money gain are a lot better than having a weak item effect or points in something you don't care about IMO anyway.
New Player: Beelz 2-hour tutorial video? this must be very important!
Me: Beelz 2 hours video to play in the background while I'm doing work? Don't mind if I do~
I needed this
Ghoul got me through 6 out of my 8 runs so far, thanks dude! Whose the best for melting bosses in your opinion?
Werewolf, Prisoner/King, Clown, Water, Thief, Ent, Pike. It depends on what kind of items they get during a run but typically these guys shred health bars.
The first time you fight the old man emperor final phase, you're actually invincible for it. So for people doing it their first times it's just phase 1, 2, and bomb and then a symbolic final fight that you can't lose. Just did it myself
Thanks for the guide! Question, do you get more Dark Quartz in a Dark Mirror run than you do a reguler one? Getting the 100k Quartz for the castle renovation is grueling...
I honestly don't remember. An easy test is to do a higher level run, beat act 1. Reset and do it on Normal mode. See if there's much of a difference. I will say, clearing a run is always more quartz than quitting out half way. The further you get, the better.
@@Beelz55 Thanks for the quick reply! Will definitely do. You got me addicted into this game lol
Note : If you reach the Witch after beating the Dark Hero and you don't have any maxed Inscription, the Witch will give you Golden Apple instead which boost your overall stats and it's better than a upgraded Inscription imo
I always get this glitch in dm mode where when I using grave digger and his skills don’t work even tho I have grave stones near by. Mainly happens at the phase 2 Alexander fight. But yeah I’m a console player so maybe when we get the 1.9 it might get fixed. But ty for another skul video always learn something new
Revenge + Piety Dark Ability is kinda busted. To my understanding, Piety does boost the Revenge HP gain, so you regain almost all if not all HP once you've boosted Piety to lv3. As long as you only get hit once in the span of 3 seconds and manage to get the revenge hit every time, you are immortal. That isn't realistic, of course, but it makes it so much easier to survive. I just beat the secret boss on DM9 from the enriched quartz two days ago using a Frost Bomber setup with Piety & Revenge (Hate Stone & the shop machine). I also cleared DM10 for the first time and took down the Act 6 boss using Piety + Revenge with only one life left (I messed up earlier in the run) a few days prior. It's such a good combination
People talk about skul tiers and the first time I beat the game was with rider/nightmare revenge build. A lot of people do not like that skul. Does rider suck once it gets harder like on dark mirror 8-10? I saw you talked about how some skulls just aren't good at that difficulty like gargoyle.
Ironically I beat DM9 with Rider just because I thought it'd be cool to just try him out for once lol, it's not for the faint of heart for sure.
Some skulls have a few issues for sure. But 90% of the time it comes down to preference and playstyle. People can and do play Gargoyle very well. Same with Yaksha. I just personally don't like them very much. I feel that Mage is a bit clunky and Rider is only tough because I have a habit of getting myself killed in most situations with the bike. His bike is also hard to use in certain boss fights like Joan and Dark Dad.
Love all the tips, tricks and info! Do I have to beat level 0 to unlock the secret rooms to the secret boss? (Definitely struggling still 😅) I’ve tried jumping on the floor after Yggy to no avail. Am I missing something?
You might need to beat a run and see the true end before you can access it.
We all know Beelz is a gamer but is he a TRUE GAMER? Is he gonna check out Another Crab's Treasure?
I was supposed to play the demo for it ages ago. Never got around to it. I'll end up playing it on stream at some point. But I'm obligated to play Subnautica first. It's gonna be a horrible time.
Slime and power generator (I think its called) carried me for so long 😂😂😂
On semi-unrelated question. so, I saw a playthrough, the tank boss- one of the heroes, he, on diff 3, deals 67 damage to the king, note to you, he ignore the cursed chest, straight up NO to the chest. cuz that's partly what got him killed on the cerulian king boss fight on previous run. He don't forget to cleanse the debuff he get on act 4. so when he lose his first life, like 2 seconds later, died to the 67 damage that he take on one swing.
The question is, can the tank boss really do that much damage? one thing that I could think of is the omen stuff that he take and then, swap for something else. But the 50% damage taken should be gone when he get rid off that omen item. if you wanna ask for more detail, im afraid i can't tell you because don't remember much. and yes, this is after the latest update.
Depends what attack hit him and whether he had other effects hurting his damage taken stat. Might have had cursed dark abilities.
Im getting walled hard in DM5 ive been stuck for about a week. But ill get there soon.
can you do an officer run beelz, would love to see the new unrivaled strike upgrade
Why am I not getting an option of two skulls at level 0 to start the map?
You've gotta beat a run to unlock the machine.
Beelz, I love you like a brother but I cannot live through a tutorial for a game I have 400+ hours in. Have my like though❤
Don't worry dude, the video is mostly for the new guys anyway. I love you too.
That's a rare wisdom box. Dang
I do wonder, is there like a transformation if you would get 2 of those Omens, Omen: Shard Of Darkness?
There sure is. The Sun/Moon inscriptions have transformations for every combo you can think of.
Sword + Ring
Sword + Sword
Ring + Ring
Omen + Sword
Omen + Ring
Omen + Omen
My first and third run of dark mirror mode where my best play throughs because the first one I reached the final boss then my third attempt I got his final phase to less then 10% health but I can't get further now
Honestly, not a big fan iv the overly explained runs but I’m watching it all and doin the engagement thing because I enjoy your content otherwise ❤
Notification gang!
hello new player here, can you please make a short video just about the different type of playstyle thats like playable in the game (the characters that goes well with that playstyle and also the treasure type you want to search for) , thx!
finally tried skul after sometime, got prisoner with hope slasher act 1, but his skill are all magic damage, got to sisters and got killed twt)
any tips about keybinding for beginners? the attack between dash and jump, and skill above attack and dash feel really awkward, not to mention space for the switch, or it'll be just best to play with controller?
I don't play using keyboard so I'm not sure on what bindings work for you. I just use default controller.
@@Beelz55 ok ok, maybe i can try playing megaman on emulator to see what keybinding works because i felt like they're similar gameplay wise
@@Beelz55 ok, got a decent keybinding, z for attack, x for jump, c for dash, quite similar to megaman so it helps with the intuition, right when i tried this keybind, i got my 1st and 2nd legend back to back!!! and guess who is it? ARCHLICH AND REAPER!!!! i was so happy and proceed to go through the run with quite the ease with those 2 powers, and managed to get past chimera, but i finally died to the adventurer fight because i was not sure whether i frame dodge is inbuilt or needs to be unlocked, if it was inbuild, then i'm just bad at the game XD
Did they change the traps been awhile since I played but used to you could just run to the end of conveyor and it would stop didn’t have to kill enemies for the blades to stop dropping
In Normal mode there's alchemists at the end of the traps you need to kill. But in Hard Mode I think they probably just changed it.
@@Beelz55 ah
Just finished my first normal run last night, finally. Sage and abyssal monarch, were the skulls i ended up with and i thought, for sure, that the hero was going to finish me off. Had already used my one revive earlier in the run. Ended up finishing the hero before he could me. That was tough but satisfying. Any suggestions for my beginning dark mirror runs? I have no castle equipment yet and my other witch is still passed out and currently unable to do anything.
This game is fun as hell lol
Hello Beelz, I'm currently doing modded Skul and I was wondering what mod gives extra item slots so I can turn it off. It's really annoying picking up items and not seeing where they are in the pause menu.
SkulPatcher. By default it shouldn't do that but it bugs out sometimes. You can usually fix it by changing your pages to 2 and then back to 1.
Can you use some lesser used inscriptions like brawl or soar? (Soar Gargoyle???)
I can but it's best to use them in lower difficulty runs. So DM8 or below. DM10 just traight up hates inferior builds and makes them far longer and appear much weaker in contrast.
i wouldnt expect you to do dm 10 like that, im stuck on dm 9 still myself
Does anyone have a guide or a list with the best item builds for diffrent skulls? Cant really find something good wich isnt outdated.
hey guys I have just completed a normal run. Should I start the DLC first or should I start grinding dark mirror? Thanks!
You can do both. The DLC just gives you new skulls to use and new items.
@@Beelz55 thanks :)
Hey it’s been a minute. I think that you’ve done a run with the frost skull so can you do the frost skull and if you do I would be happy
Beelz you should do a hunter skull run😂
so i recently unlocked the dark mirror but i dont have the difficulty levels and any of the totems or whatever inside the dark mirror itself and i cant interact with the dark witch
Gotta go try a run before things progress
Hey Beelz, how about an only Common/Rare Item run?
Beelz, I just got to dark mirror yesterday and watched this video and have tried everything to find the puzzle in the shop but it just doesn’t show up, do you know why?(the cat sits next to the chef but I don’t have the cat feeder)
You probably need to clear a run and beat the story before you can unlock it. I don't recall whether there's a Mirror Level requirement (shouldn't be) for the secret boss stuff. I'd say just beat a mirror run then check.
To think that overexplained dark mode is 20 minutes shorter than overexplained normal mode
So recently I was going to do a run with spartacus and the run whent horribly wrong
What happened was that I was using him and everything was going according to plan. So you might be thinking what caused the whole run to go wrong. Well, the great gambino showed up and stole the whole show, causing me to leave spartacus in the dust once again. I still managed to win the run though but at the same time I feel like I lost the run because I once again didn't get the chance to fully mess around with spartacus.
So tldr I was going to do a spartacus run but then I got gambler and the whole run became a gambler run instead
I'm new to this game. Struggled a lot... Till God blessed me... With a dash build.. I kept getting items that gave me dash attacks and bonuses. Made it to the hero guy. Got hit twice against the Chimera. I hadn't even made it beyond the 3 adventure people before that run. I used the Werewolf and the Ninja. The Ninja was cheating because at some points when I needed it I didn't even hit the floor. I just dashed over their heads
Hey there beelz, I’ve been meaning to get back to the dm10 grind but Baldur’s gate 3 is too good, anyway I’m happy you play this game because without you, I don’t think we would have anybody.
Lmao was just watching the other video as this one came out
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Noob question here... im act 1 with the normal skull, whats ghe blue eings that go around you? I have just got to this part of the game.
Bone of Mana I picked up from the first room causes an aoe effect whenever I use skills.
How do you know how many stacks you have on items like golden sword for example?
Written bottom of the screen normally
As @playeroftheverse7217 said, buffs will show at the bottom of the screen next to where your HP and skills are shown. Numbers on the icons indicate how many stacks you have.
This will be useful after I can manage to not get destroyed in BABY MODE (god why do I suck this bad)
I am on DM1 and I don’t have the dark quarts pedestal or the gift pedestal in the shop. Is that normal.
Yeah those come with more progress. Each time you beat a difficulty level you'll get 1 new machine that adds something for future runs. You'll have everything once you beat DM level 9. 10 unlocks a cosmetic skin.
When will I finish the entire story content in this dark mode? I want to reach the end of the story and learn more about it.
Once you've unlocked it you can get the ending after a couple runs.
@@Beelz55 How do I know if I've reached the ending? Is there a trophy to indicate it?
Bold of you to assume I didn’t die 46 times before hard mode and already have my witch traits maxed from shear failure 😂
I can't get to the first secret area. I'm right where the cat is and I know it's the first shop, so Idk what the problem is. I know how to jump down through platforms.
Feed cat, and while he's eating you drop down. Just make sure you're in Dark Mirror mode. Besides that nothing else should be going wrong.
@@Beelz55 I figured it out, I hadn't gotten to chapter 6 yet. Thanks anyway!
“I’m a little slaved out if I’m honest” pause 🤨
beelz alright time to explain everything to the new kids that are playing the game
the game RNG gods : you thought i would stay silent and just let you do that ? you are a thousand years too early to predict me
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btw beelz a question do you know how to get your skul save file back if you lose it ? i lost mine a while ago because of updating windows and stuff and now i basically lost the motivation to play skul anymore. i was trusting steam cloud to have it but well nope. i still have the old game files from an update ago but well . . . how should i say it know where the save files are supposed to be but no matter what i do i can't get my save file back. like the new version just won't accept the save files from 1 version ago
Your save data is usually not in your Steam folder.
C: - Users - PC Name - App Data - LocalLow - Southpaw Games - Skul
Save info should be there
@Beelz55 yea i do have that save file to be honest actually the scenario is actually like this :
before i updated windows from 7 to 10 i copied that file along the skul entire file that was on steam library and then updated my windows and just put the file back and thought it would be ok since it worked for about 10 or 20 other games that i had so i didn't even bother to check since steam cloud worked for most of them and the ones who didn't i just put the save files back where i got them from after opening the game once so it would create that file in app data but . . .. but then a few month later when i was going to play skul i noticed a big problem and mistake. first i just opened the skul and just let it update . . . which in reality it wasn't actually an update and it was Installing the game again . . . meaning for some reason it just didn't acknowledge the old files and installed the game again . . . and then the problem starts.
first i now have 2 skul files in steam library . . . and here comes the problem with the save file that i just honestly don't know how it even does that. it's basically like this
when i open the game that was the version before the update i have the save file working. but when i open the version steam just installed and i replace the save again there in the app data location it just doesn't work and replaces those files. and i literally mean that. it doesn't just add new files on top of the old files. it deletes the old save files and then create new ones when i open the new version . . . BUT the older skul file still have the old save file and just works without having the old save file in the app data . . . this is a pain
so to put it in a easier way to understand
1 - i have 2 skul files . . . and when i open the old version it has the save when it doesn't even supposed to have it
2 - the new version just deletes the old save files and creates new ones
3 - i am lost at what i am supposed to do now
and yep basically i don't have a clue on how this is even happening . . . if you also don't have a clue then it's okay since this is probably the last attempt i am making before just starting the game again from the start when i find motivation and time to do it. and yep that's basically it
How do you unlock de inscryption machine ?
Start beating the Dark Mirror difficulties and one of them will unlock it. I've forgotten which one as it was forever ago that I first did it. Beat a DM level, then move to the next one.
Is a very complete video but.. how I can get that skin of skull?
I saved the answer to this at the very end of the video. You need to beat Dark Mirror 10 for it.
@@Beelz55 thx so much^^
can anyone tell me how he is able to do so much damage at level 0 cause i am at level 0 and im not able to do that much damage i have died probably 30 times at level 0
It's a combination of raw damage boosters and Amplifier effects. I've got a video that goes into a bit more detail on how you can get better damage by using amplifiers on top of raw damage.
ua-cam.com/video/OTuqCINdvCU/v-deo.html
@@Beelz55 just watched that video and it did helped a lot in understanding which build i should follow and i kid you not i finally beat the first hero, i just have one last question there is arms incription in the game what does it mean by 3rd armament improve or something when you have collect six arm inscription
@@aasnnithiamhuanok4389 It improves how powerful the bonus attack from Arms is. The one you unlock at 4/6 in the inscription. Artifact does the same with its meteor effect by improving them.
@@Beelz55 hmm could you give example of one equipment with arm inscription when collected 6 weapons with arms inscription I want to know what the 3rd ability does, cause I didn't see any improvement of my equipment
@@aasnnithiamhuanok4389 Your equipment doesn't improve. You get a new passive effect when you get 4/6. Every 3 seconds or so, when you do your basic attack, a new attack effect will trigger, damaging enemies in front of you. It's like a big slam. When you get 6/6 in Arms that effect is improved.
I have beaten DM 0 and 1 but i didnt get those choices at the end. How do I unlock that?
I have the dlc btw
Which choices do you mean? Getting the true ending? You'll need to advance the Witches plot a bit. Start climbing the Dark Mirror difficulties.
@@Beelz55 yeah those, thanks dude!
What does "modified masterpiece" do?
Nothing unfortunately :) It doesn't exist
Does it insta kill you if you can’t destroy the bomb in time?
Sure does
@@Beelz55 you’re late 😡 had to find that out on my own
I wont watch this video till I beat a normal run and unlock dark mirror. Somehow, getting past the last hero fight consistently isnt an issue anymore, but the runup to Joan has completely destroyed me 5 times now
Edit: through the power of Ghooouuul and Magnifico(I got HELLA lucky with unique and legendary skull drops), I completed my first normal mode skull run. Through my efforts, I also filled out all the character upgrades at the witch before getting the win, so now Im starting on DARK MIRROR HAHA.
Guide for the hidden traps?
i finished level 3 and level 4 is absolutely killing on like mid act 2.. act 1 oblitarates me
How do i get the lil Skul skin?
Beat Dark Mirror 10
@@Beelz55 I just beated mirror 1 😮💨
I'm a noob if i finish the rookie mode did i unlock the hard mode ?
You should yeah
Im playing on my Switch I cant change the damn difficulty level to Zero and above before I enter the dark mirror!! soo hard,still havent finished the dark mirror levels!
38 min lets go
Okay, now over explain a Dark mirror 10, Omen only run for those who just want to watch the world burn
Shortest video
Do you know if it is possible to play with mods on xbox???
I think I can I think I can have a lot more fun if I do!