some tips for beginners and those on first playthrough.

[MatThaRiPP3R84]

start as a scrapper, he has great armor, and you can drop a piece or two at start to get your roll speed back.

 

there is a smg you can find at the beginning of the game, and it helps greatly minimal effort required to get so no combat.

 

 

the assault rifle is a great weapon that can carry you through most of the game, and it is an rng based drop. if you go to the main hub of earth, the crossroads in adventure mode and check all the exits to other areas, you're looking for sorrow's field, it's rare and doesn't always spawn. when you do eventually find it you'll find a glowing blob on the floor inside the area, it's a key that opens a locked door nearby, inside is the assault rifle.  (2 thngs to note: most of the time you gotta fight a boss before getting to the crossroads so if your new to the game, and just starting don't worry just yet. the other thing is the hunting rifle you can easily obtain at the start is amazing, and if you develop muscle memory with it, it scales perfectly and outdamages everything else.

 

 

if you find you can't upgrade weapons anymore, it's because your soft capped and it happens allot playing solo through the game. the game will eventually start handing out the new upgrade materials to unlock the next set, but if you find it's taking too long go to matchmaking, join someone who is a bit higher level then you, not too much higher just 1 or 2 levels, and if you pick one up in the hosts game, you will start to get them in your game too.

 

the void armor set is rock solid and prevents allot of damage, however it has a tricky puzzle that requires other people to get, you can grab it in adventure mode but you need to constantly reroll to find it.

 

 

and for all the inns and outs, and for those of you who like this like me.

 

 at the bottom of the spreadsheet are tabs for all the items and trophies in the game, complete with locations lists and guides and links.

 

enjoy.

[VaDiMkA]

Most important thing: 

upgrade Armor and Weapons evenly, dont put all your material into e.g. one weapon, because apparently difficulty scales with the highest level Item you have, so if one thing is +10 and the rest is +1, you will get screwed (like i was in the beginning...).

 

[czDante92]

If RNG gods are upset with you and won't grant you Singe (the dragon) as final boss on Earth, it might be a good idea to start Earth adventure mode before moving forward, since you'll get fantastic smg for defeating him that fires flaming rounds but most importantly have flamethrower as permamod that cause Burning status effect which does impressive passive damage as you roll into sunset like a mad gymnast. I used many long weapons in my playthrough but never any other handgun.
It doesn't matter which class you pick when it comes to weapons and armor, you can buy everything relatively cheap from the beginning, Only thing you should consider when choosing is the class' trait, which you can unlock for other classes too, but it's RNG event that you might not get in your entire playthrough. Ex-cultist is most useful IMO and you'll get healing mod as well which can be huge help in the first areas.
Checkpoints works exactly like bonfires in Dark Souls, they'll refill your health, ammo, mod power and Estus fl-, *ehm* I mean Dragon Heart and they can be found before every boss fight, so there's no reason to conserve DH too much.
Use your Simulacrum (or whatever is it called) on Dragon Heart upgrades. It's very rare, you'll get about 5 per playthrough and you need it for final weapon/armor upgrade as well, but that won't come till it's almost end and you'll NEED at least 5-6 Dragon Hearts.
While the game doesn't really tell you as far as I remember, there is breakable stuff everywhere that drops scrap and iron. Pretty much anything wooden or ceramic can be destroyed.
Bosses are IMO harder than your average soulsbornekiro baddie, but that's mainly due to seemingly endless mob spawning that won't let you concentrate on boss itself. You might think that rushing the boss while ignoring his footsoldiers is a good strategy, but from my experience it's always better to deal with them so you won't get stunlocked and YouDieded. Most of bosses also have certain elemental attack, so it might be a good idea to upgrade multiple armor sets that has different resistances. Also the flamethrower works on most bosses like a charm, that's why I recommend getting it ASAP, altough fire bullets weapon mod is very effective as well.

Sorry for maybe a bit confusing post, but it will make sense, I swear ?

Edited March 8, 2021 by czDante92