Dead Cells faithfully carries that legacy with a most unusual twist. The action and exploration of 2D sidescrollers have been addictive as ever, with modern takes adding inventive twists on the genre.

You can for example stomp into an Inquisitor (stomp does melee damage) in order to stun it. The Metroidvania craze found new life with 2004’s Cave Story and never looked back. Other runes enable the use of objects found on the island, enhance the player with a new movement option or ability or unlock alternate. Some runes unlock alternate paths throughout the island, enabling the player to travel to new Biomes and take different routes to reach the end. This information is mostly useful for melee players (but it can also help ranged players on some occasions). holy shit they made flint good (im ashamed to admit now that my first 0bc clear was fucking flint) 378. Guide containing most of the intermediate to advanced knowledge for a Dead Cells player together with a full progression map and in-depth explaination of your goals through the game. Runes are permanent upgrades for the player. There also is a difference between melee & ranged weapons as well as enemies! Melee weapons deal more breach than ranged weapons, melee enemies can tank more breach than ranged enemies. The higher your damage, the higher the inflicted breach is and the faster you hit an enemy the faster it will be stunned. That breach will decay though, so you will need to apply enough breach to hit the threshold in order to stun the enemy.īut there is more to it. If you damage enemies, you will apply breach. I will first of all explain how breach functions and then later how it can be used practically: If you are wondering why there are so many tips but so few tricks, it's because I categorize 'tricks' differently than others! The tricks I have listed are mostly mechanically difficult, can change (the smoothness of) your gameplay or are just some easter eggs! And 'tips' are just everything that's related to game knowledge, decision making or just simple advice. If you feel like I missed a certain tip or trick, then feel free to leave a comment! I try my best to find more tips & tricks that I haven't listed yet (yes, even after finding 200+ tips!), though I am now at the point where I am focusing on guides (namely boss guides and some gameplay guides, biome guides will be a low priority). Make sure to upvote the guide on Steam as well, it helps a ton! Don't just do brutality runs- give tactics and survival a chance too! They're also a whole lot of fun, with their own strengths and weaknesses.This document contains 200+ unique tips, some tricks & a few detailed guides for people ranging from bloody beginners to even the most skilled players!Ī list of all abbreviations, gameplay guides (Cursed Chests, Challenge Rifts & Scroll Manipulation), boss guides (work-in-progress), biome guides (work-in-progress), how to get every rune, how to farm cells quickly, how to efficiently hunt for blueprints, the Max-Scrolls path, a recommended amount of scrolls for each difficulty, and the set definitions for each colour are also included! Play as a failed alchemic experiment and explore the sprawling, ever-changing castle to find out what happened on this gloomy island. So don't just stick with your starting gear, or your damage will fall behindĪnd while not necessarily a thing that'll help you, I recommend trying all sorts of different builds, otherwise you'll get tired of the game real fast.

Shops have the strongest items, and generally the further in the game you are the stronger items become. If you don't like them, just turn them off.

So also don't be afraid to unlock new items. You can lock out items you dislike or ones that just suck for no penalty. Once you do, you'll find they're incredibly valuable both as a defensive and offensive tool. Damage scales exponentially, while health has diminishing returns, so spreading out your scrolls results in pitiful damage for a marginal health increase.

Dead cells progression chart to castle