rhaining wrote:
How can this room be so easy for everyone! I have no idea how to even reach the tar mother, much less kill it and all the tar babies. I've tried the slow-and-steady approach, but get hemmed in. Now I'm trying the go gonzo approach, but that's also not working.
If someone could post a specific strategy, it would be much appreciated. By specific strategy, I mean something like "enter from door X, proceed past tar groups A and B, now wipe out tar group C and go through the diagonal point P" -- something like that.
Thanks in advance,
-Rorke.
Here are some general hints, as well as some specific hints for this room.
In general I've found your best bet is to get to the tar mother as quickly as possible. Look for short cuts, and don't worry about going back to get the tar babies until the tar mother is dead. Also leaving more tar means a better chance of being able to get back through again after you do kill the tar mother. Also in some cases it means fewer tar babies being formed as well.
One other final hint. If you can get through certain parts faster than the creator thought you could, it can make the whole room A LOT easier.
More specific to the this room (numbered on room link):
Step 1:
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×As Niroz said, enter from the south, but as far to the west as you can. Enter facing south. In the first cycle you should be able to get all the way to the first switch back, marked one on the picture below.
Step 2:
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×Ignore the tar babies behind you. You should see a 3x3 tar block to your south east. Clear that block, and go through the break in the wall, marked 2. Just through the break, to the north, is another 3x3 block of tar. You need to hit that once, and then retreat back to the break in the wall before the end of the second tar cycle.
Step 2.5:
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×Ok, so doing that is trickier than it sounds. First you need to clear the first 3x3 block as efficiently as possible, and kill the last tar baby by facing southeast. Then face northeast so that you can move into the break in the wall and kill the tar baby waiting on the other side of the wall. Next step northeast to hit the second 3x3 tar block. Face north to kill the first tar baby, then step southwest back into the break, face northeast to kill the second tar baby. Face east for fun.
Step 3:
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×Assuming you are now facing east, you should be able to step northeast and leave a whole bunch of angry tar babies behind you.
Step 4:
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×From here things are busier, but somewhat easier. Go around the bend, and try to keep a tar baby at point 3, as this allows you to cut through there as opposed to going the long way around. From there you have a pretty straight shot at the tar mother.
Step 5:
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×You should be able to cut your way back out through the tar, just make sure you wipe out all the tar babies on your way out.
Journey to Rooted Hold : Twelfth Level : 1 North, 1 East
Hopefully that helps.
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