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Cutting it Close achievement in Outer Wilds

Cutting it Close

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How to unlock the Cutting it Close achievement

  • DragonataDragonata
    30 May 2019 30 May 2019 30 May 2019
    Land on The Attlerock. With your spacesuit on, exit the ship. Stand underneath your ship but do not touch the purple tractor beam/lift, just face towards it. Use your jetpack to propel yourself upwards against the undercarriage of your ship, until you deplete all of your jetpack fuel. Now you should be using oxygen as a propellant. When the warning for 60 seconds of oxygen pops up on the screen, and still propelling with your jetpack, move to the tractor beam/lift so you go back on board your ship. This should only just save you from dying of oxygen depletion. Achievement unlocked.

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    Nightshade0606This particular achievement seems to be bugged. As far as I can tell, you just need to use O2 as a propellant and any point. I got this achievement as soon as I ran out of fuel but I tried getting it the 60 second method and I've definitely run out of fuel in deep space before. Just keep trying and eventually it'll pop.
    Posted by Nightshade0606 on 29 Aug 20 at 15:30
    RotabThis is not bugged, you simply need to use a certain amount of oxygen as fuel.
    Posted by Rotab on 25 Dec 22 at 23:00
    ChiflaGoodluckYou don’t need to return to your ship to unlock this, I got it while I was some distance away from the ship and it popped shortly before suffocating.
    Posted by ChiflaGoodluck on 03 Jan 23 at 02:29
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  • UberballzUberballz
    29 May 2019 29 May 2019
    Once in space, eject from your pod. Fly around until you use all your fuel. At this point, your suit will automatically start using your O2 as fuel. Achievement should pop just before you die and respawn.
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    sm4kTook me 3 attempts to get it, and in all 3 I re-boarded my ship after the 60 second oxygen warning. When it finally did pop, I was practically at zero oxygen when I re-boarded, not sure if that's was the factor or if this is just a bit buggy.
    Posted by sm4k on 30 Jun 19 at 18:15
    CraziDutchmanWorked on the second try for me as well. Didn't pop until I had reboarded and then exited the ship with zero fuel. It could have just been a delayed pop though.
    Posted by CraziDutchman on 06 Jul 19 at 11:30
    Lt DavoI don't know why solutions like this, which are simple and to the point, get downvotes, while ones that include irrelevant extra steps, like going to the Atterock and getting back in your ship, become top-voted.
    Posted by Lt Davo on 09 Aug 21 at 00:50
  • MartyTheCrowMartyTheCrow
    07 Jul 2019 07 Jul 2019
    I've got a slightly different solution, but it worked for me. Basically, I think the point of the achievement is not to get back in the ship just in the nick of time, but to waste a majority of your oxygen as fuel for your suit. Here's how I did it:

    1. Get to The Attlerock
    2. Get out of the ship and bounce around using your suit's thrusters
    3. When your fuel is almost out, stop flying around (and if you're planning on doing other things this loop, get near the ship)
    4. Without moving around, hold down LT to thrust into the ground, burning the remainder of your fuel
    5. Continue holding LT and deplete your oxygen supply as fuel
    6. When you get about 80-90% through your oxygen, the achievement should pop
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