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Outer Wilds

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Around the world in 90 seconds

Around the world in 90 seconds

Raft around the Stranger in under 90 seconds.

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How to unlock the Around the world in 90 seconds achievement in Outer Wilds - Definitive Guide

At the start of the loop doze off at the camp fire for around 10 minutes 45 seconds (10:45), then fly to the stranger and enter through the hangar. When you get inside you'll be able to see the dam on the left almost ready to break. Jump on the raft in front of you and start rafting around the stranger.

For the route around the stranger, I stayed to the left as much as possible and took the left most path each time there were multiple path options or the path split. The only spots I did not go left at was when I was passing through the broken dam, I took the right opening as it is much wider and easier to pass through than the opening on the left side. And also in River Lowlands after the dam breaks, I would get as close to the house on the right corner as possible until getting around the corner, as it seems much faster and more direct than going left around the buildings. I'm not sure if this is the fastest route but it does works.

About half way around the stranger, the dam should break which will cause the water to flow more and you to go faster in some areas. You can catch the wave if you timed your initial take off on the raft well but it's not needed for this (I was always too far ahead to catch the wave). Timing the dam to break half way around your first trip also gives you much less obstacles like other rafts and broken structures to deal with, and once you reach the dam area after it breaks, you should get a massive speed boost all the way from the start of the dam area and through River Lowlands (for some reason I never get the speed boost through this area unless the dam recently broke, but maybe I was doing something wrong?)

I'm also not sure if it's faster to hold your torch on two of the lights on the raft instead of one, but it does feel like it's faster. If your raft is angled in a way which allows you to do that, I definitely would recommend it.

This is probably over-complicating a simple achievement, but I either continuously lost my run to random floating objects or I just couldn't get anything better than around 95 seconds at best without the speed boost in the dam area, so I hope this can help anybody else also struggling with this.
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01 Oct 2021 10:10

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Great guide but not sure why it wasn't working for me, I felt slow at times. After a few attempts I got around way too early before the dam broke and sat there waiting for it to break. Once I got around to the dam again despite hitting 2 or 3 pieces of debris on the way it popped as I passed the dam again.

To me at least the water through the river lowlands just after the dam breaks is WAY faster than on subsequent passes.

Might be worth a shot for others struggling. At least we know the dam is one of timing / checkpoint for it now.
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By Calex dEUS on 02 Oct 2021 21:01
Thanks for the guide. I personally found it easier to wait 10 minutes as this left a little more time for me to get further around before the wave caught up. Got it first try this way.
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By British Legends on 03 Oct 2021 10:51
I've done 10 attempts to do this achievement and found out interesting thing. If you didn't do it on your first lap just after the dam broke, just keep rafting further and try to do the second lap. Chances are you can do it because of speeding up after wave hit you and the river is a little bit faster than before dam is destroyed. I did it that way. Good luck)
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By xd720p on 14 Jan 2022 18:09
Yeah just keep trying, got it on my 4th lap around the ring.
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By Sjoeter on 31 Jan 2022 08:12
I finally got it. The trick was to do this trying to get tubular. The wave push you really far gives you a big head start.
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By secretspy911 on 29 Jul 2023 02:58
Can confirm the following:

- You should definitely wait until after the dam breaks to get this, as you lose most of your time at the dam.
- Two lights is more powerful, and therefore faster, than one. Even if your angle is wrong, you can usually gain more forward speed by zig-zagging with two than heading straight with one.
- You are apparently allowed to jump onto a different raft than you started, as I did (it was in my way!!)

Just a guess:

- Even if it's possible to break 90 sec BEFORE the dam breaks, my hunch is that it wouldn't pop the achievement.
- It's very possible that doing part of this round trip WITHOUT a raft will still count. I didn't hit the water, but I did leave my raft and it still counted. Watch out for those rocks and wires, though!
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By Wraithflight on 01 Oct 2021 21:41
I just cannot do it. I don't bump into anything, always 2 lights on, after the damn breaks, always the left path. I don't know how I can go faster.
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By secretspy911 on 29 Jul 2023 01:35
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Meditate for 8 minutes and then head to the stranger. Shoot your signalscope at the dam once you get in and then get on the raft and go all the way around to the top of the dam. The dam was at 20% when I got here. Get close to dam but not touching it because when it breaks some stuff falls back and you don't want to get hit. Once the dam breaks it's time to make your run.

The benefit of doing it this way is the initial surge causes the water level to be higher than normal so you can go straight over trees and buildings you would normally need to dodge early in your run. Hope this helps someone that struggles with this achievement.
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30 Apr 2023 03:14

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This is de way. Meditate until 10 minutes and take the secret elevator up directly to the dam, grab a raft and ride after the wave and you'll get it easy.
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By WhyattThrash on 28 Aug 2023 20:21
Time: After the dam breaks
Special note: None

After the dam breaks, step on a raft and start rafting around the Stranger. The timer will start as soon as you start moving. This is not quite hard, simply move around until it unlocks.

Try to always illuminate the switch that will make you go further and don't get stuck anywhere.
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We must wait until the dam breaks. The dam breaks at about the 13th minute of the cycle, so it is advisable to sleep for about 10 minutes, and only then fly towards the stranger.
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15 May 2024 16:54