Crypt of the Necrodancer

[Gustaran]

For useful tips, I think killing the food shopkeeper is one of the easiest things to do and it's really strong.
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Often you can then do something like pick up the gluttony charm, pick up a big food item, eat the big food item to gain a bunch of hearts and then pick up another empty heart.

I gave it a try, check out my equipment at the beginning of 2-2:

[Gustaran]

That did help me get a new high score for Cadence though (6578 gold) - you wind up with more gold at the end if you never spend any the whole run!

After countless attempts I finally managed to beat Sullla's highscore with Cadence: 7686 gold

I used the Crown of Greed though and bought some early items from shops, so I it's probably not really comparable. I am happy I got the "I love goooooooold" achievement for 6000 gold in the process!

[Gustaran]

I've been trying to get the achievement for completing an all zones Cadence run in under 15 minutes for a few weeks, but so far my best time is ~16:52.

I think speed running is a great mode in Crypt of the Necrodancer, because you must constantly balance time vs. gear (should I visit the shop and lose 30 seconds?). The best times on the leaderboard are under 6 minutes, but in order to complete the game so fast I believe you basically must avoid getting hit throughout the game and utilize tactics like falling through trapdoors on purpose.

[Gustaran]

I decided to "necro" this thread (pun intended ), because today is the release of the new Crypt of the Necrodancer-DLC: "Amplified".
If you liked the vanilla Necrodancer, I'm almost certain you will enjoy the new DLC (I bought it in early access and had quite a lot of fun so far).

Check out the trailer here:

[Gustaran]

Just like a Necrodancer, this thread never really dies.

Suprisingly, 5 years later there is a new DLC in early access on Steam and GOG:

[Gold Ergo Sum]

Yeah, I saw it has multiplayer now, which I find odd given the sync issues. I'm curious to see how it works.