Atomicrops
26 Achievements
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Retromation's Hoodie
Beat year 10 with Robusta.
125
1.42%
How to unlock the Retromation's Hoodie achievement in Atomicrops - Definitive Guide
FrogDog001
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Okay let's get down to it. Skip to the last 2 paragraphs if you know the game mechanics and have most things unlocked. This is my first guide so I hope it's good! If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them in the comments!
Robusta is a character you unlock by beating year 2 in the game, and he is the games "Challenge" character. In short this means he is more difficult than the other characters by far. The upside is that Robusta starts every run with a drone, a companion who will help shoot enemies for decent damage early game. The downsides outweigh the upsides however.
For starters, EVERYTHING is faster in the game, and I mean everything. The days are faster, the enemies are faster, the bullet speeds are faster, and YOU are somewhat faster. If you were already having trouble dodging enemy bullets and the occasional bull boy and wasp, you are not prepared for this. Because of this I HIGHLY suggest not playing Robusta for your first time on year 10. Any year can be chosen at any time so long as you have unlocked it, so get some practice with Robusta on the early years to start. Then move on to a mid ground year like 6/7 so get a hang of elite enemies. Finally give year 10 some shots, you'll be more prepared and won't be like me who decided to try to beat year 10 for the first time, while also using Robusta for the first time. It went very poorly.
Okay now for the next important part, and something you should hopefully have done or mostly done by the time you unlock year 10.
PURCHASE AS MANY HOME IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU CAN!
Home improvements are what you use the in game currency of Cornucopias for. They unlock PERMANENT BOOSTS for every run after purchase. As you play you will find ants surrounded by enemies on the maps during runs, by defeating the enemies and walking towards the ants, you will save them. These ants are the ones selling home improvements back at the hub world/home. These benefits will greatly help your chances, but the biggest benefits will come from the Historian Ant. These bugs give you a time capsule, that will spawn on the first day of every run so long as you have made it to certain points in your last run. These can range from more fertilizer and seeds, to an animal companion and an upgrade from your last run being given to you straight away! It's not necessary to have these upgrades, but you can see how they can help! There are also cat boosts you can get that give slight boosts to chances for things like blocking damage or keeping your gun after each day so long as you have the plush and enough cats of the correlating type, but the boosts they give are so minor that they aren't vital to this at all.
Now for the strategy. Your best bet is to start a year 10 run, AFTER you fully complete a run on any year. (Especially if you have had a really good run with great upgrades/items) The reason being is you'll get some free loot at the beginning including some upgrades and companions from your last run. If your lucky you'll get something like Organic Armor, Participation trophy, or one of the best being Atomic Orchid! Grab your items, and slowly work your way through each day. It's okay to not reach every area or beat every mini-boss in each area in the run, but you want to at least deal with half or more than half of them if you can. If you see elite enemies you don't think you can deal with, leave them alone until you're more equipped. KEEPING HEALTH IS VITAL. It can actually be more beneficial to just focus on farming on some days for the end of season rewards or to get cashews for better weapons rather than going into a biome for a chance at good items but taking a lot of damage. Especially if you happen to have a lot of heart seeds, make them into mega-crops and harvest them! More health is better always, and you can increase max health by harvesting these heart crops while you have full/almost full health.
Finally, an important tip for those who wish to do so. If you are having a good run, but one day you notice you take a bunch of damage that you think you could have avoided, you can dashboard. The game has an AUTO SAVE after each day. So long as you have completed a day, if you dashboard BEFORE you die, you can continue from the town upon reloading the game, and hitting continue where you normally begin a run. Some of the items in the shops or from potential marriage suitors will/can change as well if you didn't like your selection. It basically gives you a redo on a day! THIS WILL NOT WORK IF YOUR HEALTH IS 0 WHEN DASH-BOARDING. It will count as your run having ended the exact moment your health hits 0. If you wish to use this tip you can essentially reset any day you took too much damage, or even scout out enemy biomes, reset, and then re attempt them knowing where each enemy is. If you are finding yourself taking too much damage while playing as Robusta, consider this! Good luck to everyone!
Robusta is a character you unlock by beating year 2 in the game, and he is the games "Challenge" character. In short this means he is more difficult than the other characters by far. The upside is that Robusta starts every run with a drone, a companion who will help shoot enemies for decent damage early game. The downsides outweigh the upsides however.
For starters, EVERYTHING is faster in the game, and I mean everything. The days are faster, the enemies are faster, the bullet speeds are faster, and YOU are somewhat faster. If you were already having trouble dodging enemy bullets and the occasional bull boy and wasp, you are not prepared for this. Because of this I HIGHLY suggest not playing Robusta for your first time on year 10. Any year can be chosen at any time so long as you have unlocked it, so get some practice with Robusta on the early years to start. Then move on to a mid ground year like 6/7 so get a hang of elite enemies. Finally give year 10 some shots, you'll be more prepared and won't be like me who decided to try to beat year 10 for the first time, while also using Robusta for the first time. It went very poorly.
Okay now for the next important part, and something you should hopefully have done or mostly done by the time you unlock year 10.
PURCHASE AS MANY HOME IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU CAN!
Home improvements are what you use the in game currency of Cornucopias for. They unlock PERMANENT BOOSTS for every run after purchase. As you play you will find ants surrounded by enemies on the maps during runs, by defeating the enemies and walking towards the ants, you will save them. These ants are the ones selling home improvements back at the hub world/home. These benefits will greatly help your chances, but the biggest benefits will come from the Historian Ant. These bugs give you a time capsule, that will spawn on the first day of every run so long as you have made it to certain points in your last run. These can range from more fertilizer and seeds, to an animal companion and an upgrade from your last run being given to you straight away! It's not necessary to have these upgrades, but you can see how they can help! There are also cat boosts you can get that give slight boosts to chances for things like blocking damage or keeping your gun after each day so long as you have the plush and enough cats of the correlating type, but the boosts they give are so minor that they aren't vital to this at all.
Now for the strategy. Your best bet is to start a year 10 run, AFTER you fully complete a run on any year. (Especially if you have had a really good run with great upgrades/items) The reason being is you'll get some free loot at the beginning including some upgrades and companions from your last run. If your lucky you'll get something like Organic Armor, Participation trophy, or one of the best being Atomic Orchid! Grab your items, and slowly work your way through each day. It's okay to not reach every area or beat every mini-boss in each area in the run, but you want to at least deal with half or more than half of them if you can. If you see elite enemies you don't think you can deal with, leave them alone until you're more equipped. KEEPING HEALTH IS VITAL. It can actually be more beneficial to just focus on farming on some days for the end of season rewards or to get cashews for better weapons rather than going into a biome for a chance at good items but taking a lot of damage. Especially if you happen to have a lot of heart seeds, make them into mega-crops and harvest them! More health is better always, and you can increase max health by harvesting these heart crops while you have full/almost full health.
Finally, an important tip for those who wish to do so. If you are having a good run, but one day you notice you take a bunch of damage that you think you could have avoided, you can dashboard. The game has an AUTO SAVE after each day. So long as you have completed a day, if you dashboard BEFORE you die, you can continue from the town upon reloading the game, and hitting continue where you normally begin a run. Some of the items in the shops or from potential marriage suitors will/can change as well if you didn't like your selection. It basically gives you a redo on a day! THIS WILL NOT WORK IF YOUR HEALTH IS 0 WHEN DASH-BOARDING. It will count as your run having ended the exact moment your health hits 0. If you wish to use this tip you can essentially reset any day you took too much damage, or even scout out enemy biomes, reset, and then re attempt them knowing where each enemy is. If you are finding yourself taking too much damage while playing as Robusta, consider this! Good luck to everyone!
KatHasSnacks
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
I got this achievement when the Reap What You Crow DLC came to console.
To start this off, RNG will be your best friend or your worst enemy. Also, when I got this achievement I only had like 13 cats and none of the cat shrines unlocked. I also had not fully upgraded every ant. When the game first came out, I did get all of the upgrades, but not all of the second round of upgrades. The prices of my ants were around 90 cornucopias and higher. And this was done without the dashboard method. (Quick resume makes the dashboard method almost impossible) This is not a statement trying to boast, its just to let people who don't have everything unlocked know that they can still get this achievement, or those who don't want to use the dashboard quit method, they can still get this achievement too.
To start this off, RNG will be your best friend or your worst enemy. Also, when I got this achievement I only had like 13 cats and none of the cat shrines unlocked. I also had not fully upgraded every ant. When the game first came out, I did get all of the upgrades, but not all of the second round of upgrades. The prices of my ants were around 90 cornucopias and higher. And this was done without the dashboard method. (Quick resume makes the dashboard method almost impossible) This is not a statement trying to boast, its just to let people who don't have everything unlocked know that they can still get this achievement, or those who don't want to use the dashboard quit method, they can still get this achievement too.
Practice
- When trying to beat it as Robusta, I played a couple times on year 1, then a couple times on year 4, then like once or twice on year 8.
- Get comfortable with how fast paced the game gets with him and learn what sort of time management you'll need to do.
- With Robusta you'll have significantly less time to explore and farm, and with enemy bullet speeds you might not be able to farm at night depending on the amount of enemies and type of gun you have. (I personally think that for this achievement/method rapid fire, ranged guns work best)
- Also this should be obvious, but learn the enemy patterns, what each upgrade is/does, and what each gun/weapon is/does.
- Also even if a run doesn't look like it gonna go well, I recommend not restarting the run. You never know what luck you may get, and you might get the achievement even with a bad start or a rough patch in the run. Also finishing out the run gives you more practice and lets you carry over upgrades and animals to the next run.
The Set Up
- Once comfortable with Robusta, I switched over to Thyme, and I would play on an earlier year to make it to and beat the Nuclear Winter Boss.
- Playing with Thyme gave me more time in the day to explore for upgrades and be picky about what upgrades I got.
- The earlier year almost guarantees I'll get to the Nuclear Winter Boss and doing that allows for maximum upgrade and animal carry over to the next run.
- When picking up upgrades, I would go "If this upgrade carries over to my Robusta attempt, will it be helpful?" and then since one animal carries over, I'd try to get only cows or chickens to make the earlier game as easy as possible and give myself the best chance to make cashews.
Gameplay
- When it was time to do an attempt, I switched to Robusta and to year 10 and carefully made my way into the first Biome. And I made sure to shoot and kill all the bulls, scorpions, foxes, and roaches, so that I reduced the chance of taking damage. It's pretty time consuming so I only really got through half of the Plains before dusk came.
- I played very cautiously and if I was at two health, I would look into buying health with roses, or some times I wouldn't leave the farm. I would also try and plant health as a back up, and always try to make big hearts.
- If I thought that going to a biome would lose me more health than I would get back in upgrades, seeds, roses, or health rewards, I wouldn't go to that biome. For me personally, the biome that I tend to have the most difficulty with is the Jungle, so I decided to just not go there at all.
- When playing as Robusta I only explored the first level of the Plains Biome, the Desert Biome, and the Tundra Biome.
- I mainly focused on exploring half of an area a day for the Plains and Desert and then when dusk came, head back and farm. The Tundra took me longer to explore with maybe exploring a third of the area a day.
- In Spring, I tried to make large crops since they give more cashews. And if I hadn't found the Whacker Tractor by day 3 of Spring, I made sure that I had 200 cashews available so that if the Whacker Tractor was available I could buy it. Also if by day 3 I hadn't found 4 sunflower seeds to make a mega sunflower I'd throw down 1 or 2 to get a better end of season yield and enough cashews to buy stuff.
- At the beginning of Fall I really prioritized farming since buying guns was the fastest way (IMO) to level up the attack and farming skills. I tried to buy really good guns to boost those stats. While making sure that I had a gun that would still do well against a boss or a moon. Again I recommend a ranged, rapid fire gun. So getting the cashews to do that took a lot of farming.
- While exploring biomes, if I came across the two statues where you could offer health to get fighting stats up, or fertilizer to get farming stats up, I always chose to boost my farming stats. It did not seem worth it to me to lose the health.
- Also may be a bit controversial here but I always start with the Plains Biome, then the Desert Biome, then the Tundra Biome, and last the Jungle Biome.
- Then typically I opt for cows>chickens>pigs>turrets >scarecrow>bees.
- Also I was able to plant a Mega Tree in my first season and tried to protect to help bring in cashews for guns.
Bosses
- I personally think that with this new update buying the skills from the guns is that best way to level up. You need a somewhat even farming and fighting level. But I also wanted to make sure I wasn't underpowered when it came to end of season bosses.
- Typically in order for me to get the farming skills that I wanted to be able to hold the number of scrolls I wanted, it meant that I would sacrifice fighting skills.
- Since you can't directly attack the Nuclear Winter Boss, and for the other end of season bosses you can wait it out until the night ends, I didn't see issues with not having super high fighting stats.
- I always defeated the Spring and Summer bosses, but only some times would I beat the Fall and Winter bosses. I typically ran around the farm avoiding bullets for the Fall and Winter Bosses. And I didn't see much issue if my crops got wrecked on boss nights because I had spent most of the other days and nights farming. I would just make sure that I didn't put down roses or health before a boss fight.
- When it came to the Nuclear Winter Boss, I used scrolls to beat them, so I needed to be able to hold a handful of scrolls. I think I used six scrolls total: 2 water, 2 seed, and 2 earthquake. And I'm not sure how helpful this info is, but I found out that in a previous run, it takes about 30 farming upgrade stats/points/bars to be able to hold 11 scrolls.
- When it came time to fight the Nuclear Winter Boss, I did get lucky in that after the Winter Boss, the Carrot Tractor was available to purchase, and I swapped out my Whacker Tractor for it.
- When the Winter boss fight was over, I made sure all my spaces were tilled. Once taken to the town, I used a seed scroll and a water scroll so that my farm would be already planted and being water and safe from the Nuclear Winter Boss fire finger snaps. I harvested those and then used an earthquake scroll, seed scroll, and then water scroll. I harvested those and repeated if I was able to (from buying scrolls in town or receiving them from the mayor) if not I used my last earthquake scroll and manually planted the seeds that I gathered from defeating the enemies.
Upgrades
Upgrades I Used That Were Helpful
- Tiny Thundercloud
- Bubble Shield
- Golden Hoe
- Rusty Shocks
- Sow Shield
- Fertilizer Fuel Converter
- Harvest Shield
- Fertile Eggs
