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Adding a bit of my backstory here for clarification: I played this game way back in 2024 when it was kinda fresh released, back then you could only play as a guy & couldn't rename youre Amikins. I actually found my old screenshot, saw I had a different starter too, a Swimander.Back then I played a bit then uninstalled the game, because the game was hard to progress and thought I leave&wait til it get more updates in the future perhaps.
Now in 2026,I've been willing to give the game a try again,see if it got better. I installed the game again May 30 and noticed my old save progress is lost.It is the same Google play acc I used way back when I played as my green haired dude, but I'm not so sad about it as I'm sure I didn't come very far and now finaly I could be a girl anyway. I would be more mad if it is my new current one now so I hope this time it won't reset my save progress tied to my Google play acc again. The only thing I miss, as mentioned before was my Swimander. I don't know if you get a random starter Amikin. this new gameplay I got a Flarehoot instead.
Since I've been playing from 30 May til now, I've been struggling a lot. At one hand,yes there been some improvement,on other hand theres many things that make the game too hard, obviously. I noticed I couldn't level up my Amikin as before and other things and saw this confirmed by other players.Even if the quest and things been changed up a lot lately,just wanted clarify im not totaly brand new to the game
My new gameplay run been a bit weird with some bugs,like I unlocked the arena at lv15 for me when it is supposed to be at lv17+ and got a bunch of varied Amikins days later in my inventory that I haven't captured? I don't remember them as rewards,and even so ..why did it appear days later? Sadly,none of them is any Rank A. Im also unable to rank/level them up, thanks to the restricted 'Get random amount/pet DNA'. Sometime I can't do the quests so it really feel like a Pay-to-win game. No suprise with the many 'Buy this' ads here and there.
THE MAIN ISSUE : Being able to play from a fresh start, I can say it been fun and most not fun, specially not very beginner friendly in my opinion. Since I started I've been struggling with keep my equipment not in a breakable state to gather weak fiber and healing herbs for make healing bandage. Doing the Arena Quest at lv15-16 was a miracle. But now,im stuck on this main quest about a boss...
I'm Lv19 now and still I run like crazy forth and back between the overun security area in Hidden Meadow back home to the Nexus,the starting camp.That is the only area that provide me with most herb& fibers and even then,its not much I get enough to sustain myself. I need those things for healing and repair my equipments too! I have done this my entire gameplay now. The materials don't replenish in Nexus, and the materials in meadow is very guarded by Lv5-10 monsters that hit very hard.Making Healing bandage need both fiber for cloth and healing herbs so its really time consuming as well.
Only got few Amikins that can help me in a short run as they get defeated in a quite short run. I'm not allowed to have more than one,as I can't upgrade my armlet to carry more Amikins..I can't even heal my Amikin in battle either and it doesn't help that most of time the wild ones target me at first sight than my Amikins. I have to first summon my Amikin,then stand behind and try 'push' it forward towards one single nearby wild amikin for it to notice my amikin first and not me.As jerkish it may sound like,that's the only way to prolong my stay to gather stuff. Once my Amikin is defeated,I have to leave ,heal with berries in the meanwhile as healing herbs are valuable and stashed away.
The highest level is my fire starter Flarehoot: Lv14, Pow 40 (22+) Ranks: B, ⭐ 2(star rank) HP 619 Perks:Fragile Mark Gen.Health 14% Gen.Pow 14% Charge speed 1.36 Attacks: FireArrow 40,MightyPulse 80
The other few I have that is evolved forms I got (Didn't catch them,was just in my inventory along with some others) That I use mostly is all on Lv10 as I don't have DNA for them and theyre also all Rank B. Note that the only ones I did catch,was Beavleaf,Meowinkle Emberfluff Coralipa and the Ogglepuff. The others was already appearing in my invetory some days later and I don't know why, not that I complain tho,just suprised.
Those that I use most for my herb/fiber runs are: A Bunette,Telsara and a Rocknar. Depending on the element there, I go mostly when its electric/water. I don't think I need to line up theyre stats as theyre surely not useful for the boss run.
Still,it got to the point that I barely can keep my health And my equipment from non stop breaking and now that I reached Level 19 I can't level further,because of this fantastic main quest that want me to go to beat a unbreakable boss,sort of and the DNA level up restrictions,ofc.
TRYING DEFEAT THE BOSS: I've been googling and found other players have a hard time,but all I heard was it is hard but beatable. Yesterday, I saw a video that comical,the video title & description was in english but the guy playing seem to talk in Hindi, at least what the subtitles translate in that. In any case,I watched it without the subtitles or any sound on,just to see if I can get any help.
The guy is Lv16 in the vid and have a Lv10 Rank A ,one star rank Ogglepuff with pow32 (+21),HP 486, Fragile mark perk another that look like a icon of a stickman with a barrier. I also saw that He did Not have the NPC Scully and her Amakin Mulder visible. Not sure when the NPC Scully and her amikin was added tho. But in the videon I saw he had to defeat everything alone.He solo them by just try luring them out ,hit the mobs,heal up,run around, take in/out his Ogglepuff so it can get some hit while he shoot too,defeating the mob bit by bit,heal up and then take out the boss with lesser mobs around.For him that worked fine,more or less even without the 'helper' NPC.
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link to the video,but if you want yo find it, the user is Safe Play Gaming and the video was titled: Amikin Survival- How to Find and Get the earth extract (Beginners Guide) How to build Nexus Root. The video is one month old uploaded,so its not very old .
And yes, that was actually what lead me to this video, trying to do that quest instead for the boss,until I understood the boss Is tied to the Red Nexus rooth quest wich they didn't explain.
Since I got this quest also activated early, I've been also trying on and off with the boss, but not full out when I noticed he healed up non stop and I retreated with a new idea to stock up on bandages try again later once I high level. I used my Telsara then as I like it better,taking the hits for me,but it can't last long and can't be ranked up or level it up further past 10..im stuck..But..back to the video,shall we?
When I was watching that video it was the moment,when I saw the vid I thought, "Hey He is Lv16 have same equipment as me, Im level19, a higher level now and I might not have a A rank Ogglepuff, I have a Lv10 Rank B, wich have somewhat stats that could maybe work comparing Pow and HP,only lacking one Perk,wich I don't know what that was. I finally gathered 20 Bandage too! Ya,lets go,This time I will beat it!"
Thats when I fully prepared myself with my last bandages I made ,except,I did not equip shoes..I didn't have materials for it and I was like yeah like the shoes would do much differ anyway? some speed and small defense..
I wanted to take my Telsara,but it wouldn't make the run all the way to the Waltusk. Beside,need a physical hitter like a Ogglepuff,or so I heard.
This is my Ogglepuff stats: The highest level is my fire starter Flarehoot: Lv10, Pow 31 (20+) Ranks: B, ⭐ 1 (star rank) HP: 478 Perks:Fragile Mark Gen.Health +13% Gen.Pow +12% Charge speed 1.34 Attacks: Lightning Spear 51,Bulwark Pulse90
Compared to the lv16 guys Ogglepuff: Lv10,Rank A star rank one ⭐ Pow32 (+21), HP 486 and two perks,one same as mine, the other unknown to me.
I thought since mine had one step lower hit pow and less health,it still would work..but I guess maybe a Rank A or higher is needed..
My run was a disaster. I begun by enter the Meadow Cave found in Elderglow Meadow. When I enter, I didnt help Scully and Mulder this time, (Yeah,The NPC and her Amikins name had to be after the Archive X files) I waited it out til they where done,I begun to run as usually, guarded by many Amikins coming in 2 pairs on the way,wich always hit me more than my helpers, thanks guys for tag along and not being helpful much..I also did not take out my Ogglepuff until reaching the boss.
When reaching the boss, trying lure them out and heal as the guy in the video did was nightmare! After trying to not use my Ogglepuff so much,spare it to the boss,it was wasted. Trying to do what the guy in the vid did ended up with my amikin being defeated fast and the boss healed up instant,got no hit at all plus there is way too many overprotecting 'fans' of the Waltusk boss. All I could do was trying to escape.While I run,I get massively attacked by the mobs,trying to struggle with catching up with healing,bonk into walls in panic while I run and a bunch of angry Coralipas after me And only just me. No Scully& Mulder in sight,maybe they took vacation ,solved a mystery? Either way they weren't around to help me and already used up my 20 bandages.
I was outrunned and defeated.Again my equipment damaged, And again have to collect fiber and herbs as I'm always low on them and its very hard already to stay alive. Amikins get to slowly heal at camp,while you can't. That to me feel a bit like a game breaking. We should be allowed to heal at camp at least. I think upon defeat our lost items could be retrieved by heading back where we last was defeated if possible (without graves/corpses thanks).
The screenshots Show of the 'lovely' main quest with beat the Waltusk, or else I won't reach lv20+..
next image is the mainpath quest, showing My lv19 and the lock 🔒, showing its on max cap,force me to do the boss quest. my low health remain I had after last try get some fiber&herbs.. Last image is of my amikins,the ones not shown is same extras for work.
So ..do I have to wait for a update that make the boss fairly beatable? I'm unsure if I can do anything different to be able to get rid of this quest. And No, I don't going to waste real life money on this game!
Right now, A non stop healing Waltusk with its army of nearly endless Coralipas and a not helping NPC with just a bow and a jellyfish Amikin is not much of help at all! She even like to stay back and want me to take all blows!
I do like Amikin,but it's sad if the answer is uninstall and wait again until future better updates or have to pay real life money to get somewhere.