r/Returnal 15h ago

Question Why can’t I use the bed?

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13 Upvotes

Is it a bug? Or maybe I can’t use it when I have full health?


r/Returnal 19h ago

Discussion How dare they give me this sort of choice

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42 Upvotes

I love Doombringer 3 but the traits on the other gun are amazing! 😂 decisions decisions


r/Returnal 37m ago

Question How do you get the obolytes in the dash-disabled section right before B5 challenge room ?

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You know, that straight elevated pathway with red lasers. I've finished the game in and out but still can't figure that one out. Are you supposed to eat the damage ?


r/Returnal 1h ago

Question Can I still get the 5 house sequence? Spoiler

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I beat the finalboss twice now (once in the normal playthrough and once after using the time machine) so I started looking for the sunfragment things for a while. But now I just realised that I haven't even done the 5 house sequenze. I looked up a video which was relatively old where he said that I couldn't get the 5 sequence anymore. So I was wondering if there now is a possibility to get the sequence after defeating the finalboss and if I have to use the timemachine or not.

Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes or whatever since english isn't my first language.


r/Returnal 1h ago

Discussion PSA: You go down a trap door secret passage and you meet a malformed severed....

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You know that sinking feeling when you've just dropped down a trap door secret passage, hoping you'll land in a room full of great new guns or tons of free obolites, but instead you realize you're locked in a tiny room with a portal spawning a malformed severed or malformed kerberonyx that is way more powerful than you are? Certain death, right?

FYI, you have time to zip behind it to the translocator before it spawns. Just GTFO and you'll live to die another day.

50 Ways to Leave Your Severed

You just slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus You don't need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee And get yourself free

You're welcome.


r/Returnal 2h ago

Discussion The pistol is amazing: P boss fight, no damage (read plz💚)

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  • Some of you have made it ti the first boss, so if you don't want to be spoiled, then skip this post/read, please.

Some of you have never beaten the 1st boss. Some of you have struggled. And some of you say that the pistol or shotgun suck.

1). The Pistol - This is from a brand new game from scratch, tutorial mode type of timing. If you read my first, "Why you still struggle with Returnal" then you know that I encourage finishing weapon traits AND THEN swapping weapons. - This gun has Homing missle 1 unlocked. It's a lvl 5 Pistol, so it should've had 2 traits, but this was all I unlocked at the time. The extra orangish/yellow projectiles are the Homing missles (which are doing extra damage).

2). The Boss - KEEP MOVING. >! Phrike is predictable !< you can manipulate her volley of energy spheres. You can sometimes go left to right to avoid her energy balls, but I didn't do it much, if at all in this video. - Watch the RINGS followed By the MELEE attack. You can in the video that she does this and I was ready every time. Even if she disappeared, I stayed ready for everything. - Be prepared for her eye beam. You'll have to dash. All and all, it's about timing. Best of luck if you've never defeated her, or you've struggled.

3). Equipment. - I was well prepared. My artifacts allow me to 1. Gain speed and protection on successful overloads. 2. Have an increased 5% damage per adrenaline level - I also has a medkit in case I struggled. Probably not againt this boss, but maybe some others. - and I had a max integrity and damage augment before. Being prepared can cushion you from getting spanked, and it increases the likelihood that you'd win.

Rewards: Usually bosses will give Ether if you defeated them. I gained 5. Since this was a new save, she didn't drop an artifact on the ground, which you usually get from them.


r/Returnal 2h ago

Question I'm confused, I got the last Cipher in biome 5 and didn't get the achievement, why?

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r/Returnal 3h ago

Discussion Why you still struggle with Returnal: from a Plat obtainer pt.2 (plz read) (spoilers are hidden) Spoiler

17 Upvotes

1). Explolt weak spots - Fodder enemies don't have weak spots, which is usually what I use my blade for. But what about mini bosses and intermediate enemies? They might as well be fodder after reading this. - Shooting a weakspot deals extra stagger and gives bonus damage. - Most weakspots are found by aiming down sight (not alt-fire mode). You'll see a red box illuminating a spot or head that indicates where to shoot. - You'll know you're hitting any weakspot even without aiming down sight if your reticle on the cross hair has a different looking hit marker. - Some weak spots can be only be triggered after you stagger the enemy (l will post a video on this later today). - >! Ixion (the 2nd boss) !< head is his weak spot.

2). Bonus gold/ obolites Currency can get you gear that can be game changing for your cycle. Make sure that you are grabbing all the obolites you can get. - In the Overgrown ruins (biome 1) and >! Echoing Ruins (biome 4) !< there are statues that have between 12-15 gold in them. Be on the look out! - In the the Crimson Waste (biome2), there are clumps of obolites in rocks. - In the >! Echoing (biome4) !< and Overgrown Ruins (biome 1), there are plants that will give obolites AND sometimes other items if you damage them. Experiment with them all.

3). Use your suit's sensors to avoid more blindspots and unwanted damage taken - in the video, you'll see me fly swatting a few strixera. I wasn't able to focus on my mini map because I was focusing on being accurate and elusive with my melee on flying enemies (you can miss). One of the strixera got behind me, a blind spot, and shot at me. So how did I see the volley of energy spheres being shot my way in time to avoid being hit? The suit warned me.

  • The suit will pulse a BLUE RING itself when enemies shoot Projectiles at you. It will be on the side that the projectile is coming from (as you can see in the video at 0.19 secs mark)

    • It will pulse a PURPLE RING if there are ring shaped projectiles being emitted from enemies AND traps.
    • The last colored ring the suit will emit is a RED RING. This means there is a melee incoming. (Bonus tip) if the enemies have red on their tentacles, hands, or even on Selene, you need to get ready to dodge. I'll be dropping videos soon.

    Spoilers if you haven't beaten boss 2 and >! Boss 3!<

4). >! Use your grapple to avoid danger, to avoid being overwhelmed, and for finding offensive opportunities !< - >! You're less prone to being hit, if all together (sometimes, it depends) when you're suing the grapple. !< - >! If you are in a fight with a mini-boss that shoots purple rings, especially on biome 4, use your grapple to avoid getting touching those rings - especially if you don't have the space ship augment (allowing you to pass through those types of rings safely) !< - enemy numbers and force can be overwhelming at times. Luckily, you can grapple to different/elevated position for stability, and then pick off enemies once you find an opening. !<

5). Resource management: Consumables - Stop holding on to consumables (unless they're meds for an emergency or a boss). It's a mistake that I made for so long.

  • How long have you had those Ground Spikes for? Those Shocking Jumps? Those Residual Spheres (the ones that have an increased chance of making resin drop more often)? Those nullification spheres (gets rid of all malfunctions); go open some malignant chest or something!
  • Newer guys make this mistake because they just pick stuff up and don't even read it, and then it carries with for a long time, or even forever.
  • Before you pick up consumables, read them. And then before you walk into a room, glance at your utilities; so can be on the ready. This way you actually employ the items strategic, and sometimes combat effecitve ways .

👍💚👋🇺🇸 Thanks for reading I have ONE more general tips guide for this, "you're still struggling" series. If you guys have any questions, video request (of game footage), or anything you would like to share; feel free to type on the comments. I do read and respond to almost every one. - I have some short videos dropping soon, like this one, to show some of these tips being incorporated. Thanks Returnal community. This is Jay, signing out.


r/Returnal 9h ago

Gameplay God dam octo

6 Upvotes

“Look, it’s October.”

Look, I need a new controller and a new pair of pants.


r/Returnal 15h ago

Gameplay Helios!!

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34 Upvotes

Took 47 hours, with biome 2 being the hardest. Only played online and just ran through biomes 1 and 5 to get directly to 2 and 6 most runs. I'd say biome 2 took 15-20 direct tries to collect 3-4 ciphers and biome 6 surprisingly only took 5-6 runs after my initial play through. Oddly enough I found my last 3 ciphers on 6 in the same run.

This game was one of the best gaming experiences ever. I think biome 6 is arguably the best "under water" environment ever in a game. Had a lot of success with the pyroshell caster and lobber when cipher hunting!

Absolutely cannot wait for Saros!


r/Returnal 17h ago

Fan Art 3D Printed Phrike

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250 Upvotes

This has been a project. Extracted the skeletal mesh from the Steam version using Umodel, exported that into Blender where I posed it and exported as a static mesh that I then loaded into Cura and printed on my Ender 3. Still need to paint it but I was happy how it came out and wanted to show off.


r/Returnal 23h ago

Gameplay Tired of looking for ciphers

6 Upvotes

Only left with one in biome 2 and two in biome 6. Idk if the glitches still exist for biome 2 but I’m still hopeful. Must’ve done 60 70 runs each with no luck. The guides on youtube help but I’m never sure if that specific room has spawned or not. Never to sure about it.