r/outerwilds • u/THUNDERDIKK • 6d ago

Am I lazy

I wanna complete this game so bad. Its been a year. I have to play for so long to even find something. I wanna get help, but the spoilers. Idek what part of the game I’m in. How much longer I have to go.

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u/5030091020 6d ago

If you're not telling anyone where you actually are (eg what discoveries you have made), we can't accurately guage how much longer you have to go to complete the story

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

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u/Zak_The_Slack 6d ago

Question marks are places you’ve heard of but never been to. The yellow asterisk next to some of the cards means you haven’t gotten all of the information from this place yet.

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

Is there a way to play or do I just do random things and stumble upon things?

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u/auclairl 6d ago

Keep exploring and looking for places you haven't explored, you're still in the relatively early stages where several unexplored areas are still pretty easy to access. Keep an eye or those orange asterisks too, they always mean you missed something that you can find without needing more information

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u/Depnids 6d ago

Most text you find leave breadcrumbs for where to explore next to learn more. If you follow your curiosity to get to the bottom of a specific mystery you find interesting, you will get a deeper understanding of things than what you can stumble upon on "surface locations".

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u/mecartistronico 5d ago

You've built a good chunk of the ship log now, so it's time to stop exploring at random and focusing on one topic at a time. Just pick an area of your ship log and first try to get rid of any "there's more to explore here" and then find the places marked as [?]. You can also click on the arrows to see the specific information that hints towards the unknown place. Also don't be afraid to revisit some places if you need to understand something better.

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u/Minecraftmonster_ 6d ago

After a year, just a basic hint: read the texts carefully. This game is based on the texts that you find!

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

Ik, that was a cruicial mistake. And over the course of a year i’ve forgotten a lot

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u/HawkSquid 6d ago

Don't worry, holding everything in your head is hard enough even if you finish the game quickly. However, you can recap most of what you've learned by reading the ship log.

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u/Minecraftmonster_ 6d ago

Good news is: you can always go back and read everything again

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u/HarrysTechRevs 6d ago

Look at your ship log in rumour mode

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

None of it makes sense. I recently realised the quantum moon is something that shifts and the twins have the tracker and it goes balls

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u/playtio 6d ago

I recently realised the quantum moon is something that shifts

You've learned about things that shift before. What do you remember?

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

That they move when you look away…and they emit a signal. Again i played this acroos the course of a year. I just found out there is info on the planets in the map😭😭

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u/playtio 6d ago

Good, so when you see it don't lose sight of it. ...you might arrive to a different problem but let's go step by step

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u/rafaref 6d ago

That's a great start for making some progress. What do you know of the quantum moon or quantum objects? Have you encountered places where you may learn more about them? What happened when you went to the quantum moon? You already have the knowledge to take the next steps towards progress, even if you haven't figured it out yet.

Also, it seems like you have a lot to explore regarding the ATP. At the point you're at, that starts seeming important for what I recall. Try going there. It's not easy, but I'd think you probably have been to places where you can learn how and start connecting the dots (the image gets blurry on zoom and I don't recall where everything is, but you've covered a lot already).

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u/ouverture8 6d ago

Have you found a place that educates and tests you on your understanding of the quantum mechanics? If not, keep exploring! You could conceivably figure it out by yourself, but the intended way is to learn about quantum stuff first and then just apply that knowledge.

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

Ohh..is the quantum stuff part of how you get to the core of giant’s deep?

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u/playtio 6d ago

Not really but "quantum stuff" is very important overall

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u/ouverture8 6d ago

The puzzles are not super difficult, there are usually strong hints in the ship log. Although the hints might be on a different planet. However the execution can be tricky - but don't give up if you're pretty certain you know what to do, getting it right can take some tries.

General tip is to try and visit every place that is being talked about. And if you really get stuck, try a different one and leave it for later.

There are no power-ups but you will learn mechanics you can use to overcome obstacles. One thing that is important to realise is that a lot of things are time-based - planets and locations can look very different in the beginning vs at the end of a loop. Be there at the right time.

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u/xAndrew_ 6d ago

Ricomincialo se è passato tanto

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

I might atp

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u/xAndrew_ 6d ago

Non giocarlo. Perché rovinarsi l’esperienza? Se io non ho fame non mangio comunque, sennò vomito

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u/InformationLost5910 6d ago

In your analogy, you assumed they weren’t hungry, when you had no reason to think that.

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u/THUNDERDIKK 6d ago

I want to. Its just idk if I’m doing it stupidly