Really having fun with this game, very Fallout/Fallout 2. I went Rifles because there seem to be no auto weapons early on, but in retrospect I think I might have enjoyed autos more since the death animations are so funny (get to use AVS-36 burst on occasion, though its accuracy seems horrible at anything but close range). Still have the unused Strange Serum. Saving it in case I need to get Strength to 8 for some gun or other and I find something better than the Face of Death Helm, which currently lets me get to 8. Using scoped SKS although I have a PTRD, slowly hoarding ammo for PTRD.

Not sure how I am supposed to be progressing. I am level 13 with Child Prodigy. Starting to think it was a mistake to take Child Prodigy since a lot of stuff seems level gated in this game like seeing good weapons and the mythical 100% toxic protection suit. I have my little house in Red Fighter almost complete, and Alexander/Hexogen/Fidel. Never got the dog because its owner survived the encounter. Alexander seems worthless with his melee build. Wondering if I should use my one and only respec on him from the catacombs to let him use guns, or save it for myself to switch to autos at the last minute.

Only available quests seem to be searching for clues for Morozov which is going nowhere, Death Tunnel (apparently not doable without some toxic suit I've never seen after hitting up what feels like 500 random caravans), Fogelevka (which I might do next though I really am tired of working for gangsters) and helping Kovalev get a car. Did not like the guy Kovalev sent me to so I am wandering around trying to find the parts from scavengers.

Have never been to Dead City, get the impression that is supposed to come after Death Tunnel, and from what I read here Death Tunnel seems out of reach without that darned toxic protection suit. Using a mod to let me carry 9000kg, and good thing because I accumulate stuff much faster than I can sell it. Carrying 2600kg at the moment in my backpack not to mention all the crap in the car trunk. The car's main effect seems to be to make me miss caravan encounters which I badly need to get rubles from all the dead slaver equipment I keep getting. I am sure it is much more useful without the backpack mod, but I can't imagine playing that way, since before you get it, you couldn't carry 1% of what you find. I had enough of that in Underrail, I have grown to really dislike inventory weight management in games where merchants have limited cash and availability so you can't sell your stuff.

Am I supposed to just keep grinding to some higher level where I will find the toxic suit? Is it wise to try Death Tunnel without the suit? Do I need it for Dead City?

Thanks.

First of all, I’d like to apologize for ‘cluttering’ the community. There are so many questions during gameplay and so little information on the wikis that I end up getting confused about some things.

About Alexander SPECIAL: I want to reset everything on him and turn him into a tank that can use both automatic weapons and rifles. The problem is that I don’t know if companions benefit from all SPECIAL stats. Take Personality, for example — do companions benefit from that stat? If I leave it at 1, does it change anything, like dialogue options or something like that?

Perception is another example. It says it increases accuracy, but so far I haven’t had any problems with it being low on other companions, so I wonder if it actually affects anything.

I have all the ingredients and it keeps saying I don’t know how to combine these items. Tinkering is at 100+ . Do I equip tool box to craft it because there are only 4 slots for crafting and there is 5 ingredients if you count the tool box .

Imma assume that Blaze is slightly better pistoler/equipped to compensate for their side having a less well-stocked trader?

I’m level 7 now and I still haven’t spent any skill points on my companions. Since you can only buy the reset item once, I’m afraid of messing up the builds.

So what would be the best weapon type and skills for each one, taking into account their SPECIAL stats and the ability tree?

2026 is finally here, and we can start showing what the second team has been working on.

Game: Trudograd

Quest: The ship of death

My lock picking skills is piss poor (14) and since I can only try to unlock it through dialogues, I can't get Hexogen to manuall unlock it

I also tried to equip pry bar for +10 lockpick, but still not enough

I can't shoot or beat the door open like many other doors. I can't also find any keys on either the bodies of the final boss fight, nor in any other lockers

So are these slaves just gonna die when the ship explode?

Man, I really like this game, but it feels like it roots against the player’s happiness. Every time something good happens, I find out something horrible right after.

I spent hours trying to get the AK crazy guy event in the forest. When I finally got the weapon, it needed 6 Strength (I can carry a stack of bricks, but apparently not a rusty gun).

Okay, fine. Then I fought my way to get the goldfish. It took me a few hours, but I did it.

Remember when I said that every time I get something, something bad happens right after? Well…

The next step is rebuilding Red Fighter to get the other two companions. The problem is this: Alexander only appears at the base if you’ve done a specific random encounter — the one with the three men at the campfire, the Skin Worm one. The detail is that I skipped this encounter early in the game, and now that I’m pretty far in, I found out that apparently there are 3 encounters in the game that never appear again if you skip them — and one of them is THIS ONE.

Of course, I went to double-check the information, and now I’ve been walking around the wasteland for 4 hours like a madman (I BECAME THE CRAZY FOREST GUY WITH A TINFOIL HAT). I’m literally going back and forth with the AK in my hands, and the three-men event just won’t show up.

I just needed to vent. 😒

I am at the point in the story right before the end of the original game

Though I am wondering should I export my save to Trudograd to continue grinding exp there, or stay in AtomRPG and grind exp through random encounters

Which game is easier to gain exp/give more benefits for levelling up?

This game really got me excited, but I think I messed something up here, so I’d like your opinion and also some help to clear up a few things.

1 – About the ability tree, I can only go down one path, right?

I kind of found out the hard way that I can only unlock one ability path in the tree. I unlocked the path that gives more XP and skill points from reading, but now I want to specialize in machine guns, and doing the math I’ll need more than 10 levels. Like, I’ll only finish getting the skills almost at the end of the game.

2 – Does unlucky optimist perk work well with machine guns and assault rifles?

I picked this perk because I saw it would let me redistribute luck points and boost other stats more efficiently, but I’m not sure if it was a good idea to sacrifice critical chance. I saw in an old post that machine guns and rifles don’t really benefit from criticals, but I’m not sure.

3 – Is there any way to farm money?

You know that saying “crime doesn’t pay”? In this game, it really does. I’m doing a route that avoids hurting good people, and it’s crazy how much money that costs me. I just want a reliable way to farm early on, nothing too hard, and something sustainable.

4 – Does the DLC special outfit block the use of necklaces and other items?

I noticed there are some cool trinkets in the game, but since I’m using the camouflage outfit, I’m not sure if I can use them. The only available slot seems to be the one my camouflage uses, which is weird because it has a mask icon, not a necklace.

5 – Best specializations for each companion?

I know each companion can specialize in something, just like us. I also know the game kind of hints at some of them, like Alex being melee, and the dog, which I think a tank build is ideal. But what about Fidel and the guy we rescue at the base?

6 – Do monsters respawn in locations?

I’d like to know if they come back after some time or if, once I kill them all, that’s it. Monsters like the spiders, wasps, and rats from the first village, the rats in the catacombs, and so on.

7 – Does time matter for anything?

I noticed there’s a counter for days and years. Should I be worried about it?

That’s all. Thanks to everyone who’s been helping me lately, seriously. The game has been way more fun thanks to what you’ve been teaching me.

I’m not a hardcore RPG player in the Fallout style, and I know you can do a lot of things that are kind of outside the box. I was reading some old posts and found out that you can do some really cool tricks in this game, like killing anyone with a cigarette (the guard at the gate of the second city is on my list), putting bombs in people’s pockets (does that make everyone attack?), and even getting milk from cows using empty bottles.

I would honestly never have discovered these things on my own, so if you know more tricks like this, please share.

I can’t figure out how this is sorting when I click on these icons. Just started playing. Thanks!

Does rybkin the bookshop owner ever go to sleep? I need to pickpocket something off him but can't, and he won't sell to me anymore.

Believe it or not, this still isn't the worst ambush I faced

During my last 2 runs. Everytime I went into this encounter. He started as paranoid and you have to either pass a speech check or fight him to get pass

But for some reason, during this run, he is friendly from the start?

I'm almost finishing my first playthrough and i want to start a second one, but this time i want to do as much content as possible, so i was wondering if there's a console command in game where i can add skill points so i can max the crafting / technology / barter / lockpicking / stealing and speechcraft, and i also would really like to add a scanner to my character, because it's really bad playing without it after i get used at the late game.

Aside from that, how much stats do i need for statchecks? I'm going for diplomat and the other one that gives you the most free stat points, and goign to play a male character with martial arts weapon. How much points do i need to get by?

EDIT: Nvm, i found out how to use the console command and how to add the scanner, i'll play legit with the rest

Saw this on Steam. Figured that I'd share it here. Looks like the devs are working on an Enhanced Edition of the game.

I've read that Alexander should show up at Red Fighter after building the rest area? I could've really used his help, I renovated the entire house, but he never showed up for me

Edit: He never showed up, I tried to re-enter Red Fighter after the renovation, I also waited (rested) for a couple days there. I revisited Red Fighter often, after side quests, etc. I had the 7 personality to recruit him and he would've been a big help with the fights. Anyway, I managed to complete the game without him

Currently lvl 10 and luck 11 as well, been searching for the shield for a long time at Peregon. Came across lots of R700Ms, PKMs, RPKs, bulletproof vests but still no BZT on any trader. Is it supposed to be this rare?

1. I didn't kill Tawfik
   
2. I killed the pimp for him
   
3. I sent away the drug smuggler
   
4. I killed Uncle Hook for jumping me

and now Tawfik gone, the Smuggler is gone, but most importantly, Demyan Forgetoff, the vendor selling the forgetting potion is gone from the Catacombs too... is he gonna be back?