Outcast — A New Beginning — Walkthrough, Guide, Hints, Tips

Traversal and Combat Skills

In Outcast – A New Beginning, you have two distinct skill trees – one for your jetpack abilities and one for your combat abilities. You can upgrade those skills individually, using different resources. Here’s a few tips on how to invest your hard-earned in-game resources wisely:

1. Get these Jetpack upgrades as early as possible to improve your traversal experience:

·         Glide. Can be activated while airborne to freely glide in any direction.

·         Gravity Helper. Can be activated while airborne to hold the fall and precisely maneuver. Cutter can also shoot and activate the shield in the air.

·         Energy Battery. Every additional Battery upgrade improves the vertical limit of the Jetpack.

Additional information:

·         The Jetsprint allows for an automatic mode when used on roads.

·         When Cutter hits the ground, the Glide will automatically transition to the Jetsprint.

·         The Gravity Helper is very useful for complex traversal challenges like Orym Trails or Shrines.

·         Cutter can jump over obstacles while in Jetsprint.

·         The fully boosted Glide allows Cutter to fly upwards for a limited period.

How to unlock?

Traversal Skills are unlocked with different amounts of Blue Helidium (50-300). Blue Helidium can be obtained by solving Quests, reactivating village Daokas, completing Orym Trails and opening Talan chests hidden in the villages. Quest rewards range from 5 to 25 Blue Helidium each. Reactivating village Daokas will net you 75 Blue Helidium. And in each Talan chest you can find 25 of these rare crystals, while Orym Trail plants contain 15.

2. These skills give the player completely new Combat abilities:

·         Charged Attack. This ability enables Cutter to charge his Melee attack and perform a powerful strike that deals increased damage and can stun enemies.

·         Tackle. With this ability Cutter can hit enemies with the Forward-Dodge and knock them over

·         Shield Dash. While holding the shield Cutter can dash forward. Any enemies hit will be knocked over.

·         Ground Pound. While airborne Cutter can propel himself downward and damage enemies on impact.

What you shouldn’t miss out on:

The Module Upgrade allows the player to considerably raise the power level of their weapons by upgrading each Module up to two times. Upgrading Modules will cost Nano-Cells and Macro-Cells (Level 1 to Level 2 - 40 Nano-Cells | Level 2 to Level 3 - 80 Nano-Cells and 2 Macro-Cells)

How to unlock?

Combat Skills are unlocked with different amounts of Nano-Cells. Nano-Cells can be obtained from robotic enemies as well as found in containers in Invader Bases and Outposts.

Talan Powers

In addition to your regular guns & modules and your combat skills, you will get access to ancient Talan powers. Start by exploring the various Talan villages and you’ll soon discover there’s a lot to do. Finish the questlines to get access to those unique powers and wreak havoc amongst your enemies.

Oru’s Gun

You will acquire four distinct abilities that can can only be used with an item called “Oru’s Gun”. Oru’s Gun can be found in Maar’s Ulukaï museum in Prokriana.

·         Ascior Swarm. Summons a deadly flock of Asciors, spilling acid on the targeted enemies. The recipe for the beacons can be crafted by Nhurkan after the player obtains the Daromôn of Prokriana.

·         Ventilope Raid. Summons a powerful bombing squad of Ventilopes, dropping bombs on the selected area. The recipe for the beacons can be crafted by Nhurkan after the player obtains the Daromôn of Sappa.

·         Garondar Anti-Gravity. Alters gravity to neutralize opponents. The recipe for the beacons can be crafted by Nhurkan after the player obtains the Daromôn of Bidaa.

·         Essence Vine. Summons the Essence Vine, grabbing targeted enemies and incapacitating them. The recipe for the beacons can be crafted by Nhurkan after the player obtains the Daromôn of Palana.

Other Abilities

In addition to those powers, you’ll also gain more abilities that don’t require Oru’ Gun to use.

Passive Abilities

·         Talan Ops. The Talan Ops of Desan stockpiles useful resources that can be collected, like Blue Helidium, Nano-Cells, Green/Red Helidium, and Weapon modules. The stockpiles are available after the player obtains the Daromôn of Desan.

·         Almayel’s Blessing. When Cutter receives lethal damage, the Almayel’s Blessing will revive him once. The ability is available after the player obtains the Daromôn of Kizaar.

Active Abilities

·         Galenta Call. Summons a Galenta, a mountable flying creature. Call the Galenta by pressing UP on the DPAD. The Galenta can be called after the player obtains the Daromôn of Emea.

·         Milea Power. This power that freezes your enemies for a short time is not unlocked by any village, but instead by a special activity in the open world ....

Open-World Activities

Gork Eruption + Miléa Power

Spread over the open world, the player will find corruption points - the 43 “Gork eruptions”. Gork is Adelpha’s natural response to the invaders. The plants pop up all over the planet and emit spores that enrage all creatures native to Adelpha. Cutter has to clear them because Talans can also be contaminated, like the Gork, an infected Talan that the player can meet in Emea. These eruptions provide a piece of Gork when looting the core. Gork (the item) can be brought to Gork (the person) in Emea. He will give you 75 Zorkins for each Gork you bring him. After clearing the first Gork eruption, the player unlocks the Miléa Power which can freeze enemies in the vicinity for a certain amount of time. Each additional cleared Gork eruption will increase the strength of the Miléa power by extending its duration and its area of effect. Look out for this symbol on the mini-map:

Orym Trails

·         Traversal challenge where you must reach certain checkpoints. If you stray too far from the intended path the challenge will fail. Beware of Adelpha’s dangerous plant life.

·         At the end of the trail a treasure plant filled with Helidium awaits you.

Shrines

·         Traversal challenge where you have to follow the glowing trail of a Hazadess (Talan spirit) until it reaches the Shrine. But note that if you are not fast enough, the time runs out and its door closes.

·         Each successfully mastered Shrine will increase Cutter’s maximum health.

Crafting

The local Talans can offer useful services to Cutter. You can find four kinds of merchants throughout Adelpha:

Gandhallipots

·         The Gandhallipots can craft potions for you if you bring them the required materials.

·         Here’s an overview of the kind of potions you will be able to craft:

·         Elue Potion: Immediately heals Cutter for a certain amount of health.

·         Regeneration Boota: Heals Cutter over time.

·         Fae Potion: Boosts Melee damage for a period of time.

·         Gandha Potion: Boosts damage resistance for a period of time.

·         Ka Potion: Boosts Gliding efficiency for a period of time.

·         Energy Boota: Gives Cutter an extra bar of energy for a period of time.

·         Aura Boota: Gives Cutter extra health for a period of time.

·         Shield Boota: Gives Cutter an invulnerable shield for a period of time.

·         Look out for plants and animal parts that can be picked up. The scanner will reveal them for you.

·         You can also consume plants directly, but they will have lesser effects than their potion counterparts.

Upgraders

·         Upgraders sell various capacity upgrades for Zorkins and materials.

·         Here’s an overview of the Upgrades Cutter can buy from them:

·         Potion and Boota inventory

·         Plant inventory

·         Red and Green Helidium inventory

Traders & Merchants

·         Merchants buy and sell materials. Usually, they only have a limited range of purchasable materials available.

·         Traders trade materials for other materials.

How to earn Zorkins?

·         Zorkins are primarily earned by selling items and materials to Traders. Most items that are found on Adelpha can be sold.

·         Here are the most valuable items you can find on Adelpha:

·         Ancient Saï statuette – 100 Zorkins

·         Blue Helidium Flower – 100 Zorkins

·         Precious Ore – 60 Zorkins

·         Ventilope Statuette – 50 Zorkins

·         Another way to earn Zorkins is to sell Gork to the Gork.

Good to know

·         You can find dormant Daokas all over Adelpha. Some are located near villages, but there are many more strewn over the wilderness. These Daokas still retain their cores and just have to be switched on.

·         Cutter doesn’t only have a pistol to defend himself. Once the player reaches a certain point in the story, they will be able to obtain a Rifle.

·         In Mission “Retrieve the New Gear”, Cutter will find the Rifle at Outpost SAN-1S.

·         The Rifle comes with 6 Module slots and uses Red Helidium as ammunition.

·         Anatok’s Travel Diaries

·         You can collect the Anatok’s Diaries that are scattered around Adelpha to learn more about this world and its inhabitants.

·         A total of 32 diaries can be found all over Adelpha.

·         Location map:

·         Certain Modules can only be obtained by finding hidden Module Parts and bringing them to Mazum the Hermit:

·         At some point in the story, Lehaz will send Cutter to find Mazum. He can construct secret modules for you.

·         His Hermit Shack is located south of Emea. And the first Module Part is hidden in his shack.

·         Mazum needs 4 Module Parts for the first Module. For the second and third, he will need 6 and 8 respectively. Surplus module parts can be sold for Zorkins to Mazum.

·         49 Module Parts can be found at certain locations on Adelpha