Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

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Pchooooooo!

Pchooooooo!

Launch your ship with a gravity cannon.

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How to unlock the Pchooooooo! achievement in Outer Wilds - Definitive Guide

This achievement is obtained by launching your ship with a gravity cannon. You must first gain access to the launch pad by receiving the launch codes from Hornfels in the Observatory.

The gravity cannon can be found on the Ember Twin planet, found close to the sun. You’ll want to land your ship in the structure below on the angled platform:
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Once you’ve entered the structure and are at ground level, head up a set of stairs to find this U-shape structure.
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Using your right thumb stick, hover your cursor over the glowing orb and bring it to the top left to launch your ship and the achievement will pop.

NOTE: Once you do this, you will be without a ship for the remainder of this time loop.

EDIT: According to TA user Calex dEUS, this can also be done on Broken Hollow, the nearest planet to your own. The tower is just north of the planet’s equator.
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30 May 2019 05:51

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Yep! I just tried it on a dummy account with the teleported ship and it didn’t work. It actually has to be your own. I’ve updated the guide :)
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By Myckel Jay on 30 May 2019 14:44
I just got the achievement. The pictures were a big help.
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By Apostle92627 on 31 May 2019 19:41
Just some extra detail. The above is the easiest way to do it...BUT your own ship also counts. I landed my own ship on the platform show in the picture above, and launched that...obviously I was kind of screwed after that!

So not recommended, but just in case anyone was wondering.
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By Irrotational on 30 May 2019 13:39
Didn't work for me! I tried 4-5 times and didn't pop. I even launched myself. Any tips? Edit: Just got it lunching my own ship. I think the guide was also updated!
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By Sgt Malarkey US on 30 May 2019 14:34
@Calex dEUS - Cool! I’ll update the solution.
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By Myckel Jay on 08 Jun 2019 16:07
The achievement name is a reference to Homestuck.
https://www.homestuck.com/story/1639
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By Stevoisiak on 14 Jul 2020 01:59
I got this in Broken Hollow with a ship I teleported. It's the nearest planet to your own. Tower is just north of the planets equator. When the achievement popped I was actually in the teleported ship messing with the controls I moved the ball to the left to launch the ship and then it popped.
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By Calex dEUS on 08 Jun 2019 10:04
@Stevoisiak
Unless devs have stated that, I doubt that to be the case. Pchoooo is a common onomatopoeia kids use when something is flying fast from a blast off of some sort.



For the solution: You don't really need to lose your ship. You can launch it, and as long as you leave the orb in the left section, you can launch yourself and board your ship in space with some maneuvering. Probably not worth the time sink though.
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By Vash 1he Stmpde on 17 May 2022 03:36
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Below is a full video guide with detailed commentary.

- Obtain Launch Codes
- Takeoff
- Find and approach the planet Ember Twin
- Look for a spiral looking structure and fly your ship down into it and land on the platform at the bottom.
- Find and approach the gravity cannon controls.
- Move the orb to the top left to launch your ship with the gravity cannon.

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15 Jun 2019 09:33

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Thanks Aussie. Keep up the good work
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By ADonkeysMeow on 11 Oct 2019 18:07
This video is recorded in Portuguese but it gives you a visual reference of where to land and what to do to launch your ship.

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31 May 2019 02:59

Once you are able to take off in your ship, spin around until you find the sun, look for a planet called Ember Twin and lock on by clicking in the right stick. Look for a spiral looking structure on the planet and fly your ship down into it and land on the platform at the bottom. Then exit the ship and walk around behind the platform to climb a set of stairs and walk up to a wire mesh looking object with a glowing ball in it. Then just look directly at the glowng ball and use the cursor to move the ball up and to the left. When the ball reaches the top left side, your ship will be launched into space and you will now be stranded. On the plus side, you should unlock the achievement.
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30 May 2019 23:16

This one is fairly simple, just land your ship inside any functional Gravity Cannon and use the nearby controls to fire it. The cannon on Brittle Hollow is the easiest choice for this purpose.
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09 Nov 2022 00:00

Location: Ember Twin, Brittle Hollow
Time: Anytime
Special note: You will need to start a new loop because you will lose your ship

There are 2 gravity cannons in the solar system: one in Ember Twin and one in Brittle Hollow. They look like a big "cannon" coming outside the planet.

To get this trophy, land your ship inside the hole of the cannon, reach the commands and move the ball on the left side. 

Pchoooooo!
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On the Hour of Coal (a rocky planet with a canyon that sucks sand from its neighbor) there is a cylindrical mesh thing that you can land a ship in the center of. After this, on the nearby panel you need to drag the glowing ball into the left branch.
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15 Dec 2019 01:21