Cavalcadence plays Bard 1: I love gooooooold! (& GFR remix) (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
7Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC/Steam)
v1.24 (2016 May 01)
Cavalcadence plays Bard 1: I love gooooooold! (All Zones Mode)
Achievement: I love gooooooold!
Description: Have 6000 coins in a single run
For anybody who's interested in custom Cadences (or other characters), the official NecroDancer FAQ has some info about creating custom characters, and even has a link to the pinned thread on the official forums, where people have posted some of their custom creations:
http://necrodancer.com/faq.php
So... v1.24 added two new soundtrack remixes (from the PlayStation version)! Bard's new default is the "Synthwave" remix by Girlfriend Records. And a new soundtrack seemed like as good an excuse as any to revisit Bard, so... =)
Anyway, this video is something I've been thinking about recording for a while now, but never quite got around to. ^^; Basically, this is the strategy I used to unlock the "I love gooooooold!" achievement, way back in Early Access. ^^
1) Use Bard.
2) Play All Zones Mode until the game gives you an extra bomb in 1-1 or 1-2.
3) Use your two bombs to get the Crown of Greed (doubles all gold you pick up, but you lose 1 gold every beat).
4) Play through the rest of the game, and try not to lose your coin multiplier against bosses and sub-bosses (you should be able to get close to 5000 gold just from boss & sub-boss gold (I got 4830 in this run!)).
Doing the above should be enough to get you to 6000 gold... even if you just play normally (i.e. defeat all enemies, picking up gold as you go), even if you don't use any other gold-related tricks (Leprechaun gold, shop walls, etc, etc). So if you've been having trouble with this achievement, try using the Crown of Greed... it isn't absolutely necessary, but it can make a big difference! Good luck! ^^
Anyway, here's the video!
The mini-bosses and bosses I encountered during this run were:
Zone 1: Direbat, Gray Minotaur, Red Dragon, and Deep Blues 1.
Zone 2: Gray Minotaur, Red Dragon, Blood Nightmare, and Coral Riff 2.
Zone 3: Blue Dragon, Gray Minotaur, Blue Dragon, and Death Metal 3.
Zone 4: Green Banshee, The Mommy, Ogre, and King Conga 4.
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:01 As you can tell by the locked stairways, I haven't played Bard in a while (since back in Early Access)! This run was actually supposed to be my "practice" run, to get used to playing Bard again. ^^
0:07 Zone 1, Level 1
0:22 Oh, a second bomb! Um, I guess this is no longer a practice run! Okay, let's go! Hopefully I'm not too rusty! ^^;
0:33 Making sure I remember how to do this... "bomb, bomb, up, up, down"? Yeah, that seems right. =)
0:38 Crown of Greed! Leaving it for later, though (picking it up after defeating everything means not losing any gold from attack beats).
0:41 Spear, Backpack, & Chainmail!
1:07 Leprechaun!
2:19 Mini-boss: Direbat
2:59 Crown of Greed!
3:27 Zone 1, Level 2
4:03 Mini-boss: Gray Minotaur
4:47 Zone 1, Level 3
4:55 Finding any headgear means you can temporarily replace the Crown of Greed. =)
5:45 Mini-boss: Red Dragon
7:12 Zone 1, Boss: Deep Blues 1
7:33 Flawless Victory! Reward: Ring of Gold (not taken). The extra gold you get per enemy will help, but I kind of wanted to show that it wasn't necessary to use a gold weapon or ring of gold to get to 6000. ^^;
7:43 Zone 2, Level 1
8:13 Checking the shop for explosive mushrooms.
8:42 Pickaxe!
8:56 Mini-boss: Gray Minotaur
9:02 Titanium Broadsword!
9:31 Zone 2, Level 2
9:36 Protection Charm
9:41 Ow. =/ First coin multiplier lost, first damage taken (clone).
10:07 Mini-boss: Red Dragon
10:47 Gluttony Charm, Ham, & Heart Container!
11:04 Zone 2, Level 3
12:11 Winged Boots!
12:34 Mini-boss: Blood Nightmare
13:03 Zone 2, Boss: Coral Riff 2
13:22 Flawless Victory! Reward: Obsidian Flail!
13:30 Zone 3, Level 1
13:56 Mini-boss: Blue Dragon
14:54 Zone 3, Level 2
15:13 Mini-boss: Gray Minotaur
16:00 Obsidian Longsword!
16:04 Ring of Might!
16:22 Zone 3, Level 3
16:57 Mini-boss: Blue Dragon
17:45 Zone 3, Boss: Death Metal 3
18:09 Flawless Victory! Reward: Heal Spell!
18:15 Zone 4, Level 1
19:20 Shield Spell!
19:24 Mini-boss: Green Banshee
19:43 Achievement: I love gooooooold! (G=6030)
20:27 Zone 4, Level 2
21:14 Map & Freeze Spell!
22:09 Mini-boss: The Mommy
22:25 Zone 4, Level 3
23:10 Mini-boss: Ogre
24:17 Zone 4, Boss: King Conga 4
24:45 Flawless Victory!
25:05 "Zone 3 completed. Zone 4 unlocked!" =)
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v1.24 (2016 May 01) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/611738382089044545
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/467300/
https://virt.bandcamp.com/album/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-freestyle-retro
https://girlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-the-synthwave-cuts
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