Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

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Cutting it Close

Cutting it Close

Use your suit's oxygen in an ill-advised manner.

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How to unlock the Cutting it Close achievement in Outer Wilds - Definitive Guide

Once in space, eject from your pod. Fly around until you use all your fuel. At this point, your suit will automatically start using your O2 as fuel. Achievement should pop just before you die and respawn.
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29 May 2019 18:37

10 Comments
Same. Didn't work here!
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By Sgt Malarkey US on 30 May 2019 02:46
Did not work for me the first time. I did it a second time and it worked fine.
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By Blacklord777 on 30 May 2019 03:26
Didn’t work for me. You’re sure there’s not more to it?
EDIT: Worked the second time.
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By Myckel Jay on 30 May 2019 15:05
Didnt work the first time
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By beastman rules on 03 Jun 2019 17:27
Worked first time for me, thanks!
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By Tropan on 05 Jun 2019 05:44
Worked great the second time!!
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By DoggyDog420 on 05 Jun 2019 21:35
Jep, worked on the second try!
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By PerfectOO7 on 25 Jun 2019 21:20
Took me 3 attempts to get it, and in all 3 I re-boarded my ship after the 60 second oxygen warning. When it finally did pop, I was practically at zero oxygen when I re-boarded, not sure if that's was the factor or if this is just a bit buggy.
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By sm4k on 30 Jun 2019 18:15
Worked on the second try for me as well. Didn't pop until I had reboarded and then exited the ship with zero fuel. It could have just been a delayed pop though.
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By CraziDutchman on 06 Jul 2019 11:30
I don't know why solutions like this, which are simple and to the point, get downvotes, while ones that include irrelevant extra steps, like going to the Atterock and getting back in your ship, become top-voted.
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By Lt Davo on 09 Aug 2021 00:50
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Land on The Attlerock. With your spacesuit on, exit the ship. Stand underneath your ship but do not touch the purple tractor beam/lift, just face towards it. Use your jetpack to propel yourself upwards against the undercarriage of your ship, until you deplete all of your jetpack fuel. Now you should be using oxygen as a propellant. When the warning for 60 seconds of oxygen pops up on the screen, and still propelling with your jetpack, move to the tractor beam/lift so you go back on board your ship. This should only just save you from dying of oxygen depletion. Achievement unlocked.
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30 May 2019 03:35

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I jammed myself under one of the landing arms and held R/A to deplete. Achievement popped without me boarding the ship, I think you just need to use a bit of your final oxygen to propel yourself nearby the ship? I have definitely been lost in space using oxygen as propellant until I died and did not pop this.
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By RSDAY on 08 Jul 2019 17:25
This particular achievement seems to be bugged. As far as I can tell, you just need to use O2 as a propellant and any point. I got this achievement as soon as I ran out of fuel but I tried getting it the 60 second method and I've definitely run out of fuel in deep space before. Just keep trying and eventually it'll pop.
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By Nightshade0606 on 29 Aug 2020 15:30
This is not bugged, you simply need to use a certain amount of oxygen as fuel.
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By Rotab on 25 Dec 2022 23:00
You don’t need to return to your ship to unlock this, I got it while I was some distance away from the ship and it popped shortly before suffocating.
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By ChiflaGoodluck on 03 Jan 2023 02:29
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I've got a slightly different solution, but it worked for me. Basically, I think the point of the achievement is not to get back in the ship just in the nick of time, but to waste a majority of your oxygen as fuel for your suit. Here's how I did it:

1. Get to The Attlerock
2. Get out of the ship and bounce around using your suit's thrusters
3. When your fuel is almost out, stop flying around (and if you're planning on doing other things this loop, get near the ship)
4. Without moving around, hold down LT to thrust into the ground, burning the remainder of your fuel
5. Continue holding LT and deplete your oxygen supply as fuel
6. When you get about 80-90% through your oxygen, the achievement should pop
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07 Jul 2019 17:02

This video was recorded in Portuguese but it gives you a visual reference of Dragonata's solution. Simply waste your fuel and let the oxygen get to less than 60 seconds, go up to your ship and the achievement should pop.

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31 May 2019 03:01

Another easy trophy and probably the first you will unlock during your journey: Wait for the fuel in your space suit to deplete and then start depleting your oxygen.

When it ends, you will die and unlock the trophy.
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The achievement will unlock once you reach the 3 minutes remaining mark. You could either take off in the ship and leave the atmosphere, get out and waste up your fuel until you start using oxygen. Or you could get your suit and use the geyser near the ghost matter to launch yourself into space. You can also use your fuel to explore Timber Hearth to complete the ship log.

Being underwater hardly uses oxygen even if you ran out of fuel on Timber Hearth, coming into atmosphere and the ship refills your oxygen. Using the health pack on the ship refills your fuel as well. I hope this helps.
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05 Jun 2019 19:33

When the fuel runs out, the character flies using oxygen (in the spacesuit) and when the oxygen runs out, the achievement will be yours!
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20 Jun 2020 14:15

When the fuel runs out, the backpack begins to use oxygen (not very efficiently). It is worth filling a full supply of oxygen and using it for a while, flying as high as possible on some planet with low gravity. I was able to win a trophy at the Hour of Coal
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15 Dec 2019 01:24

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It is best to shoot in locations with weightlessness and the presence of oxygen (there will be several of these in the game). We fly back and forth until we get the trophy. It will take quite a long time to fly.
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By Faverman on 25 Aug 2020 12:18