Risk of Rain 2 Beginner's Guide - Quick & easy tips to INSTANTLY get better
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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My biggest time loss is almost always finding the teleporter. Probably just because I have less than 10 hours played.
yea, you'll start figuring out the "tough" spots to look for once you get more experience. if you didn't know - the teleporter will always have its red particles floating in a rather large area around it, so keep on the lookout for those
@@Woolie Scorched Acres are an utter crime against humanity in that regard though. I abort the run if I can't find the teleporter right away on that stage, I wish the most horrible things for whomever made the stage and teleporter spawning logic already without spending another 20 minutes running in circles, only to find it rammed so far under a ramp I almost can't walk up to it.
Everyone has their own maps they can't find the teleporter on, I've found- I have around 100 hours (which, while obviously not a ton, is enough time to mostly know what I'm doing), and there's one spot on one of the versions of Distant Roost that I know exists, but have never seen, because I always just give up eventually.
@@heatherrockwell9012 Distant Roost has a tricky spot where the teleporter spawns on the far side of the satellite island.
It will only be there if there's a bridge, so if you see that bridge going to the island, make sure you check it out.
The teleporter will spawn *lower down*, at the base of a small cliff.
I remember getting this once and spening 15 mins on the stage before I gave up.
Learn the tricky spots.
@@isaakvandaalen3899 Yup! I learned that just a bit after writing that comment. It took my friend telling me for me to even know there was a ledge down there.
I really like how this guy jumps straight into topic, no ranting about unnecessary stuff about the game, respect+ for that one :P
okay
He didn't even say "hey guys what's up" 🥲
"Before we get into this video make sure you ring that bell, follow me on Twitter, check out my merch, support me on Patreon, subscribe to my new Twitch channel...
Rule number 2: do not waste time
*starts messing with a pot for 20 minutes
Inappropriate pfp bro (this is a joke)
@@quantumdisappointment5711 are you gonna do something about it?
@@iguanaacuatica5543 dont come at me like your some big bully, shut up it was a joke idiot.
@@TwoSauceLong bruh nobody gets a joke
@@quantumdisappointment5711 I thought it was funny
Thank you, just bought the game and it looks fun but i have no idea what im doing
Same😂😂
Omg same lol
@@gondalasatvarsh5892 because this is a guide that doesn't explain the core concept of the game lol
@@1augh0utL0UD True that, but after playing the game for 3 rounds, I got a hang of it though. Maybe that explains why many guides didn't bother explaining them.
Gondala Satvarsh you know what, I totally agree. I literally just finished my 3 round and I kinda get the game mechanics now, although I don’t get what the shrine does. The 4th round was so intense.... I need to play stardew valley now to calm down.
Never quit these videos man, you`re the best supplier of ror 2 informational videos, and if people need info, you`re the one they`ll turn to. I love the content too, all love to you man!!
With these tips I restarted my game and finally got past the second teleporter on my first try. Got all the way to the sixth stage. Beat the first boss, beat the second boss, died 10 seconds into the third.
I definitely learned lesson one. Was doing a command run with captain. Felt like I was invincible. I spent 3 seconds standing still in a fight to get an item. Got my shit busted by an imp, no mercy about it
The loader character is just like: "after that elbow destruction, go for a power slap"
Asterigos: "Time is of the essence" - Minerva
Sekiro: "Hesitation is defeat" - Isshin
why time even matters in the runs? he never explained that.. why is it bad to clear a level the chill way? endboss gets stronger or what?
@@azo0ownz everything gets more difficult the more time passes, more numerous and harder enemies. the difficulty is constantly increasing. also there is a difficulty spike when going to the next stage.
@@nurgle-j5n thx!
This game kicks my ass..
I've been playing solo atm, but I plan on running multiplayer when I feel like I won't be a burden in a team setting.
Thank you soooooooooo much making those videos :) It have helped me trough difficult times. I started just playing on monsoon right away to taste the feeling of this game and it is truly amazing, all thx to you. Hope you never quit and keep making me and others smile.
Glad the content helped - enjoy Monsoon :)
Woolie: "I'd say spend around 5 minutes on each stage"
*Opens stopwatch app*
Woolie: "I don't want you using a stopwatch or anything"
*Slowly puts down phone*
The game literally has a built in stopwatch anyway.
I'm a total noob and just played a session. He said 5 minutes per stage. Me looking at my last run: 4 stages, 45 minutes
This.
Me trying to beat the first stage for 30 minutes because I couldn’t find the teleported and didn’t know how the game worked - restarted on the easier mode and beat all stages instantly. Fml.
Priority 1 for me is mobility and fireworks for the first loop at least. Both mean you can clear the levels more quickly and get the max amount of items in the shortest time. Can't always get them, but when they're available, it's not even a decision.
Bro thanks your guide helps a lot for a beginner who skipped the first game and never even knew a sequel was here until about 30 mins ago lol. Been playing a few runs already and holy shit this game is SO fast paced. But it’s so addicting and awesome
Ya know whenever I find a new game that I love I always go and look for a great UA-camr to take me under his wing and show me all the mechanics to get better, when I started dead by daylight it was Monto and Tru, you are my risk of rain guy, thank you for your content. I just had my best run ever bro ❤️
Awesome :) glad to help!
fungoose bro hes the best to learn from and ohtofu tbh no disrespect to those dbd streamers though love true. also im debating whether to get this game is it worth the money.
@@damadhattahttv risk of rain is totally worth the money, especially because it has so much replay value. (Challenges, unlocking different characters, alt outfits. Etc)
Thanks for the video! Just started playing the game, and it's so great! Dodging is deeefinitely important, especially during the teleporter. I noticed that one really fast. haha
The best item in the game is hands down the hoopa feather that gives you an extra hop, followed by the boots to increase your speed. Can’t be overstated how crucial it is in this game to stay off the ground for as long as you possibly can.
Lmao i spent like 20 minutes looking for the first teleporter
you're not alone ;)
I spent an entire hour just to die because of the insane difficulty thing
Thanks for the help man great guide and Love your enthusiasm for the game I just got it
Concise, clear, and super good guide. Great Job!
I followed your guides but i keep getting red whip on stage one? HELP
Appease RNGsus for superior loots and get easy god runs. Done.
Or just restart the run if you're sure it's going to be crap because of your items. There's always next try, after all.
lel u scrub
The trick is to pop a mountain shrine so that you get 2 red whips
GIT LUCKY
Natsume Lippe- *lol moron
OSP info is now... slightly outdated
while there is still no buffer, it will last for 0.1 seconds after activation.
this means that if you have over 90% of your combined max health and get hit for at least 90% of your combined max health, your health will not be able to go below that for 0.1 seconds.
i.e: 100% -> 10%: cannot go lower than 10%. 90% + 1 -> 1: cannot go lower than 1. 100% -> 10% + 1 -> 0%: dead. For each, '->' means 1 instance of damage. Everything happens within 0.1 seconds.
Additionally, Curse reduces OSP. At 10% or higher max HP reduction, you lose OSP entirely. (Curse is increased by: Shaped Glass, Artifact of Glass, Eclipse 8, Tonic Affliction)
And also, barrier is no longer separate. At 100% health and 100% barrier, you will go down to 10% health, 0% barrier.
i will never leave a stage unless i am sure i have EVERY item! I want those god runs man
yeah but the difficulty will make you fall behind since the enemies scale up quicker than you will, meaning you won't be getting those god runs
@@FrostedFlakes1800 brand new player figured out that engineer and shaped glass work really well add that on the thing that gives you more shields then the plus 2 he said
@@waitaminute6396 that has nothing to do with staying and getting every item on a stage? And stacking enough shaped glass makes nearly any build unkillable
It’s better to be faster though, the difficulty goes up quickly and you won’t get much stronger from a bunch of random white items you’ll get in the first few stages. I’d say rush the teleporter in the first stages to get ahead of the difficulty and get a preon, them you can farm items more on the 4th stage
This is a huge help!! Thanks dude!!
very friendly and accessible vid, concise and helpful
Hey buddy, just wanted to take a minute to tell you how incredible your videos are. Top notch quality and information. I'm surprised your sub count is as low as it is (no offense). Keep up the good work, I'm calling it now, you'll hit 500k soon enough.
Glad the content is helping out :) and thank you for the kind words!
Great video mate! Super helpful for beginners
My favorite mechanic of the game is like 12 enemies spawning behind you and ruining you, hard enemies IMMEDIATELY spawning in that just fuck you up. I genuinely don’t understand this game or how anyone enjoys it. I can’t beat the first teleporter, there’s tons of enemies and shit takes too long
This is weirdly well made. Like, youtube guides usually aren't as intelligently written as this.
Pretty helpful. Thanks!
2:02 programmer spotted
Just played this game on my switch light for the first time. My hand was cramping like crazy lol. Good tips man. I’ll get good at mobility
BTW if you feel overwhelmed by the amount of item you will memorise their effect quicker than you think
i once spent 20 minutes just looking for the teleporter... this was on stage 3
Just coming back here after over a year of being away from this game and needed a fresh reminder of how to do things. Note, Huntress is my best character to play as. Or, the one I fell more comfortable to play as.
*YES!!!* Same! She's awesome, and most of all... she's T H I C C
Thanks for the tips!
The ventriloquist seems outta sync;o)
Thx for the great tips! Hate rushing myself, but I loved the first part in 2D and want to get better at playing the second part.
Just get as many Paul's goat hooves as possible to become a speed demon.
My friend told me to watch you after I said I wanted to start playing risk of rain
The whole video I couldn't help to try to match the voice I hear with the video on the side. That has left me deeply confused.
why would you do that?
@@Camothor10🫃
@@FluxFreeman 💋
Gotta say, my little brother(about 11 years old) had enjoy this game. But he's not that good so he always play on easy(which I forgot its name), so here is the last update(since Rex come out maybe?) they adjust the balance of the game which mean the enemy too. My brother tried the new character from my profile(cuz he didn't have it). And he loved it but when he start the game, I saw that he usually died before the second loop or just the first stage(he always beat the first loop before the update) even it was easy. So I observed that the first loop, those elite enemy had spawn too early. In the first stage, my brother has faced those elite for atleast 3 or 5 of them and ofcourse they're hard to kill and always make a trouble if you don't get rid of them. So I just want them too change the easy mode to get more easy especially the elite enemy tho, and don't worry. I can handle myself on monsoon now bc of your tips vdo(and thx for that Woolie)
Ps. rip my eng
Ps2. remember my brother still a kid tho
Thank you. I also had no clue what I was doing. LOL
beginner’s guide should explain the things like 3d printer and that weird shrine thing with the swirly on it and how they actually work
This was cool to watch even tho i don't have the game
I legit took 20 min to kill first boss and had like 80 of the rock golems or sum chasing around my poor drone
great guide, thanks
Just bought the game love it huntress is my favourite character so far the furthest I’ve got is stage 8 on drizzle
Got to round, I *THINK* 10 on Rainstorm. Could be more. Been a while. Also, Huntress is the best character to play as.
@@Thechaosmaster1997 me after loader
Casually doing hundreds of damage in one hit with no items
what a weird game if i have to sprint and jump all the time and always on the move
seems like a speedrunner's game or something
even dark souls was more relaxing than this
Agreed. Do people really like this shit so much? So much better other rogues out there...
I wish I had known it was this type of game before I bought it. Everyone who was praising it, failed to mention it was so speed focused.
Thanks this was helpful
Do you play with any mods? and how do you feel about mods in general?
I personally like them, because i want the game to be a bit more rpg kinda stuff where either 1 in 5 chest you get to chose the item or something like that. I also like the RpgMod which gives you quests and makes enemies drop items.
thanks for reading :D
The only mod I've used was Multitudes to do my 4-player solo Monsoon challenge (made it so I could play 4p diff but by myself)
I don't really care for mods but have no prob with them existing
@@Woolie Do you feel like you ever, for lack of better tems, get bored of the game and flock to them?
@@braddestboi6738 nope - to avoid burning out, I just play the game on-stream for ~4 hrs at a time. The vanilla experience is very fun for me because the combat loop is THAT good (to me.) No mods really stand out to me, as of now - nothing like Calamity for Terraria that only adds to what the base game offers, if that makes sense
@@Woolie Oh well thank you for youre responses :D
I just played for the first time last night and I spent 40 minutes on the 2nd area looking for the teleporter lmao
I'm new to this game and been playing on level 1 since 9pm. it's now 1am and still on level 1 lol
You're not Woolie! The Woolie I know stole my pie!
It's $15 on nintendo switch eshop right now, aside from that I would've bought it at full price $29.99. It's just so good to play. I'd buy it for $40-50. It's so much fun.
That's why I'm watching this video to see if it's worth it
More than worth the 15 $ bro
@@michaelnorman1100 glad to hear that cause I purchased the physical copy that comes with risk of rain as well
id like to add that from what i can tell, in easy mode, difficulty only goes up as you kill enemies
no, it progresses the same way, just at a MUCH slower rate
Woolie oh okay lmao, nvm
Honestly, i have 700+ hours, restarted an account to see how well i was ofline, and i cant make it past the 2nd fucking round
Gollum is in this game? Sweet.
How do we fix commando? Out of all the survivors he needs the most to get going in the early game. His M1 is good especially later on but for the most part he just has a horrible time starting runs.
moff I think he needs I frames on his shift, and the ability to sprint while shooting
shotgun
He needs i-frames and attack speed scaling on his R which has been said, but I think his right click severely needs to be reworked. It feels like a wet noodle and you almost never want to save it for hitting characters in a line rather than just adding damage to your rotation. I would rather it be an AoE explosion, or move the phasing/line aspect of it to his R and move the single target damage role to his right click.
Invincibility during his roll.
Have you guys seen the skill icons teaser in the latest "developer thoughts"? Looks like we're getting A GRENADE on Commando.
*my friend in the back*
"HEY HES TALKING SHIT ABOUT BUSTLING FUNGUS GET HIM"
5:37
Loader with her slap=shield: pathetic
I’ve survived probably 5 elder lemurians breathing on me with loaders sheer amount of barrier she makes late game
thanks for the tips.. I have gotten to the last boss (or what I think to being the last boss, 3rd phase of that hammerbro) but I had gone all the way to the "HAHAHA.." difficulty and couldn't beat him... wasted too much time on earlier stages.
what would be tremendously useful is a map function. ngl i spent as a noob 10 to 15 minutes just trying to find the portal it would be cool to have a map function or an item which passively shows a map of the places u been in. it wouldnt help a lot for hardcore players, but for new players it would give a big hand in finding the portal ;-;
Nah, I think a part of the skill in RoR comes from knowing the map layouts and being able to traverse them efficiently from memory. A map would take away that aspect of skill
I think there’s a reason the portal isn’t just shown to you from the start, it’s so you’re forced to explore the map and learn the layout and common spawn locations for the portal
@@monkydance2880 7 months of time and i forgot this game exists.
I'm having a hard time finding where the portals to the next stage. Any tips?
Look for the glowing red particles on stages, that’s where the teleporter is. on some stages (wetland aspect, abyssal depths, and scorched acres) it’s harder due to the particles either blending into the red background on Scorches acres/abyssal depths or being blocked by a wall on wetland aspect (this map is very annoying to find the teleporter on.) Also abyssal depths has some tunnels where the teleporter is sometimes hidden so if you can’t find it look in tunnels and you might find it.
5 minutes is way too short for a beginner even for a decent player, no time to look for chests isn’t going to benefit players especially when the activate the mountain challenge by mistake not knowing it’ll give them another boss, I’d say another 2 minutes or an extra 4 if they on the easy difficulty but everything else I can agree with
RoR2 is the game I've been DREAMING for
Just bought the game during this steam sale! I couldn’t play solo and kept dying 💀
high quality videos, keep it up!
Just got the game on steam summer sale, anything recent i should know about (since this vid was back in 2019)
Not loving the Switch controls. Twin stick movement makes it hard to spam jump while also shooting. Anyone else?
They ought to call this game Jumpy.
Remember if you want to make it hem bleed you must move at a high speed -uberdanger
I got to stage 4 in 18 mins and i had awesome items but i still got 1 shot on monsoon difficulty
new to the game here. I was against the boss with the huge hammer that does dashes and air attacks. I was at full health, and he did an air attack I didn't dodge successfully, and i died from one hit. is this a big or?
Not a bug - you were fighting the final boss (Mithrix) and some of his attacks hit multiple times in a very quick succession.
His air attack is one of them and even though you were full HP, you were hit at least twice (probably by Mithrix himself and then the slam)
Can you do a video related to console version of the game, like controller set up? I find it difficult to jump and sprint and aim with the traditional set up and am struggling to get through the second stage
Thanks for the info, I’m just about to get the game and I’m curious if much has changed since this video, if any of your key points have changed, replying to this would be much appreciated
No key points really changed, but theres a final boss now, so if you choose to fight him you have to take that into account when deciding how much time to spend or what items to get. Theres also a ton of new content.
yay! now i'm not a noob (haha get it because i still am)
I have never play risk of rain 2 can you pls make a video of easy way
At What is the time u usually stream in twitch?
usually around 10am EST
Thanks for the vid. I know now that I dont want to play this game. A game where you have to jump around all the time is just stupid.
You don't *have* to - apparently it helps but I've done plenty without knowing this tip
I’m starting to get the feel of the game, however I feel like the commando (first character) is so underwhelming. His specials do basically tickle damage and he doesn’t really have a mob clear special. The huntress has the raining arrows and thrown saw blade that help immensely. What is it about the commando because I think he sucks.
Not a beginner, watched anyway
Ah yes a game on my wishlist.
Blazing brass contraptions scare me, heck, fire scares me
I get the strongest neuron activation when i see a soldier syringe
tbh I think jumping being so necessary is an oversight and not fun.
I mean.. it’s not something that’s much of a deal? And how would they change it beyond making enemies pathetic at aiming ranged attacks at you
@@monkydance2880 "It's not something that's much of a deal" is not a question.
As vitrix said: “speed is war”
One question o do have is, when using the teleporter should just focus the boss? I tend to run around fighting everything lol
thank u for your video, this was my last efford at traying to like this game, but its a no for me, the core mechanic of running in circles trying to find a portal its way to annoying
Im thinking about buying this game. Are there healing characters? I usually pick a support role.
there aren't really any roles. you can kind of play certain roles with your friends but for the most part, there isn't a "class."
however, REX has a bunch of innate healing but also his abilities cost HP to use... not exactly a support or healer role you were thinking of
Can we talk about how the switch trailer for this game looks like it has more budget to it than the whole game itself :p
ToughMan Tough Nintendo loves this 3rd party money coming in. So they toss some money back to get my 3rd party games onboard.
Wasteland 2
Stardew Valley
Now RoR2
I don’t even own a 1st party game for the Switch
Good trailer for a good game, no complaints here
The items they pick up mildly triggers me
@@WoodDavers oh definitely, but I just thought it was amusing to see huntress and commando look like they were about to take on Handsome Jack :P
I I have unlocked every character, all of commando's skills, Huntress, and almost mercenary but I keep losing and dying and I keep moving but it doesn't work. Not to mention having God runs get immediately destroyed by a malakyte
how important is the "player level" stat like if you could cheese gold out of enemies turn it into exp could you out level the zones?
Yeah, totally confused even after hours, really need a tutorial
thank u
I don't know what's worse the fact he made that cheesy "time PUN " or that I've just wasted 3mins here laughing my head off at it..
I feel like this is what tap titans would be like if it was 3D, don’t hate me because i already hate myself.
is there a review for waves mode?
So the object is to find the Teleporter?
Teleporter is a Capture the Flag scenario?
I'm on PS4Pro so this feels like steering a cow.
I suck. Have died every time so far. Even on easy.
best farming happes in the ether zone rond 7 don't stand in te dome and farm til ur content time stoped