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Nerd!

Unlock 100% of the Tome of the Ancients

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  • uhKillswitchuhKillswitch
    08 Oct 2019 08 Oct 2019 01 Apr 2020
    This achievement might be glitched in a positive way. I still needed one last mutation and one more artifact.
    As soon as I found and picked up the artifact the "Nerd!" achievement popped.

    Edit:
    There has been an update to the game some time ago. I haven't played the game since then and I'm not planing to do so.
    Credit to ilski from the comments for pointing out new stuff. Here's his post:
    I'm close to 100% (one more boss and a handful of the lootable consumable items I mention below that only seem to drop in world 1) and I've noticed a few things.

    When Max level is reached the last Quirk (Devolution) is unlocked. Devolution: Enter the Fallow with a fully mutitated bod. Slowly lose mutations as you progress.
    I started up (then saved and exited to main menu after verifying which mutations I was given) a bunch of games with it activated and got the last three Exo mutations I needed (Armarang Legion, Batty Ace and Egghead Beaker) pretty quickly.

    In worlds 1-1 and 1-2 you can sometimes find a small island through a dungeon that has a lootable item on a Mender skeleton with a name such as Dinged Wings, Snake Molar or Skull Face (there are more) that when used grants an Exo mutation, which when fed to a Mender altar (face that eats your items when dropped into it) instead of using it will turn into the corresponding mutation shot for the Exo thereby unlocking two slots in the Tome rather than just the one for the original lootable
    The RNG in this game is terrible. I played this game for 110 hours. Around 40 fully completed runs and countless specific partial runs going for certain items or especially the tasks of the different factions.
    A couple of things (one upgrade for Prickly, the Double Gyaruga artifact and especially the final task for each faction [not relevant for Tome of Ancients]) only showed up once. I got other stuff countless times, inlcuding 2 runs in a row where my 3 Exo mutations were exactly the same.
    Good luck to you guys. If you have any questions or improvements let me know in the comments.


    Mutations

    Exo Mutations

    -Armarang
    Armarang Buzzsaw
    Armarang Legion
    -Teenybopper
    Teenybopper Blast
    Teenybopper Frenzy
    -Wind Bag
    Wind Bag Gust
    Wind Bag Bluster
    -Chronobellum
    Chronobellum Brain Freeze
    Chronbellum Hyperspeed
    -Dungeoness Crab
    Dungeoness Crab King
    Dungeoness Crab Spring
    -Death Roe
    Death Roe Evolved
    Death Roe Flapling
    -Exobrain
    Exobrain Infinite
    -Firearm
    Firearm Super
    Firearm Trinity
    -Gnarly
    Gnarly Overgrowth
    Gnarly Tumbleweeds
    -Beast Mode
    Beast Mode Turbo
    Beast Mode Toxic
    -Cobruh
    Cobruh Gleek
    Cobruh Super Strike
    -Suck Face
    Suck Face Bomb
    Suck Face Longer
    -Home Slice
    Home Slice Silbling
    Home Slice Spray
    -Prickly
    Prickly Burst
    Prickly Plus
    -Toxic Dump
    Toxic Dump Szrfer
    -Warhead
    Warhead Dirty
    Warhead Seeker
    -Batty
    Batty Ace
    Batty Guano
    -Withering
    Withering Nebula
    Withering Virus
    -Egghead
    To get this mutation you need to have the Cobruh head mutation.
    You need to start eating chickens. Eat all of them to be safe but as
    far as I know it's only the chickens with a green head that hold the
    chance to mutate the Cobruh Head to an Egghead.
    When you have this mutation unlocked it is "saved" and can
    unlock again simply by leveling up.
    The 2 upgrades for egghead should be simple mutations by leveling
    up, though I haven't been able to get Egghead Scramble out of
    around 20 Eggheads I got.
    Egghead Beaker
    Egghead Scramble (I'm still missing this mutation since my Egghead always evolved into Beaker. I unlocked the Nerd! achievement anyway. The counter for everything in the Tome of the Ancients is at 100% only the Exomutations are at 98%)
    -Bummer Arm
    -Bummer Head
    -Bummer Legs
    -Bummer Buddy

    Endo Mutations

    -Raised Hackles
    -Bonus Range
    -Hulk Haunches
    -Beefcake
    -Mutation Power
    -Waterproof
    -Hot Foot
    -Insulator
    -Toxic Heart Shield
    -Fire Heart Shield
    -Bonus Ventrcles
    -Heart Attach
    -Sac of Holding
    -Bodacious
    -Perception
    -Tape Worm
    -Truffle Pig
    -Vampiric Hits
    -X-Ray Vision
    -Side Lobe (Chronobellum)
    -Sand Gills (Dungeoness Crab)
    -Horse Power (Beast Mode)
    -Fire Gland (Fire Arm)
    -Toxic Bladder (Toxic Dump)
    -Puffy Sinus (Wind Bag)
    -Wither Sac (Withering)
    -Ravenous
    -Stink Eye
    -Carnivore
    -Herbivore
    -Heinous
    -Memory Loss
    -Hollow Bones
    -Slow n' Steady
    -Bad Seed
    -Nerfed Range


    Quirks

    You unlock Quirks by playing the game and earning XP either by finishing a run or by dying. I can't give you an exact time but I was Max level after around 40 hours of playtime.
    To have the Quirks count for the Tome of Ancients you need to start a game with each of them.
    From the main menu go to new run, then you can choose the Quirk with RT and LT. You only need to start the run for them to be put into the Tome, no need to finish the run.

    -Deviated Fire Heart
    -De-made One
    -Brittle
    -Hurts so good
    -Glass Cannon
    -Shark Style


    Items

    Consumables

    -Tenderloin
    -Ribs
    -Diet Health Potion
    -Health Potion Classic
    -Health Potion Sport
    -HoT Sauce
    -Drupe
    -Boom Berry
    -Fruit King
    -Irradiated Berry (You need to complete Billy's garden; randomly the Boom Berry can turn into this one)
    -Rad Fruit King (see Irradiated Berry, the Fruit King can turn into this one)
    -Rad Snack
    -Rad Sanck Pack
    -Rad Snack Stack
    -Multi Battle Heart
    -Multi Fire Heart
    -Multi Toxic Heart
    -Ventricle of the Beast
    -Heart of the Beast
    -Crit Juice
    -Juice Cleanse
    -Chrome Brew
    -Soul Glow
    -Mutant Musk
    -Quantum Clicker
    -Flux Escapatron
    -Polyp Pal
    -Chrono Boost
    -Fire Boost
    -Horsepower Boost
    -Rage Boost
    -Toxic Boost
    -Wind Boost
    -Wither Boost
    -Mutation Shot: Hot Foot
    -Mutation Shot: Waterproof
    -Mutation Shot: Insulator
    -Mutation Shot: Puffy Sinus (Wind Bag)
    -Mutation Shot: Side Lobe (Chronobellum)
    -Mutation Shot: Sand Gills (Dungeoness Crab)
    -Mutation Shot: Fire Gland (Fire Arm)
    -Mutation Shot: Horsepower (Beast Mode)
    -Mutation Shot: Toxic Bladder (Toxic Dump)
    -Mutation Shot: Wither Sac (Withering)
    -Mutation Shot: Hulk Haunches
    -Mutation Shot: Increased Range
    -Mutation Shot: Beefcake
    -Mutation Shot: Mutation Power


    I wrote the according Mutations that you need to hold in a run to have the specific Mutation Shots dropped by enemies. Those items can drop anywhere but I felt as if the chance was higher in Caves. Caves can be found in World 1 as well but mostly in world 2. You need a Floppy to open them and they are often found in parts of the map that you can't actually see since they are out of the camera angle.

    Artifacts

    -Puzzle Cube
    -Super Puzzle Cube
    -Video Rewinder
    -SUPER Video Rewinder
    -Bank Pack
    -Preferred Bank Pack
    -Death Abater
    -Turbo Death Abater
    -Dual Tape Deck
    -Tripple Tape Deck
    -High Tops
    -High Top Pumps
    -Scuzzy Dongle
    -Scuzzy Double Dongle
    -Boombox
    -Bass Boost Boombox
    -Golf Shoes
    -Nonconforming Golf Shoes
    -Manure Spreader
    -Explosove Manure Spreader
    -Sat Phone
    -Classified Sat Phone
    -Trick Master 1000
    -Trick Master 2000
    -Defibraton
    -Defibraton Deluxe
    -Laser Pal
    -Turbo Laser Pal
    -Gyaruga
    -Daburu Gyaruga
    The Gyaruga and the Daburu Gyaruga can be found in arcade machines that can be found in certain areas in world one.
    Both of these areas might spawn on 1-1 or 1-2.
    A Village on the Map with lots of Cathode Raider inhabitants. You find some arcade machines on the upper level.
    The other location is some kind of arcade building that is always at the exit of one of the Caves in world one.
    When you punch the arcade machines pray to RNGsus to get a Daburu Gyaruga. This item took me 40-60 hours of playing hoping to finally get it. If you don't get the double one the machines always drop the normal Gyaruga.


    Weapons
    You unlock weapons by leveling up. Once you have a weapon unlocked be sure to grab it in town (left of Shermie's Shop and upstairs) to have it count for the Tome of the Ancients.

    -Mender Bat
    -Mender Sceptre
    -Death Gobbler
    -Blast Wand
    -Sword of Rejection
    -The Mandible
    -Mega-Leg

    Mutants

    Muties

    -Killobite
    -Pyrobite
    -Dwraf Maullusk
    -Vombat
    -Vombeast
    -Dank Vombeast
    -Slamphibian
    -Evolved Slamphibian
    -Aplha Slamphibian
    -Dankphibian
    -Evolved Dankphibian
    -Alpha Dankphibian
    -Bombphibian
    -Smushroom
    -Evolved Smushroom
    -Alpha Smushroom
    -Embersnoot
    -Evolved Embersnoot
    -Alpha Embersnoot
    -Land Louse
    -Evolved Land Louse
    -Alpha Land Louse
    -Grab Louse
    -Evolved Grab Louse
    -Maullusk
    -Dank Maullusk
    -Embershroom
    -Bombshell
    -Sabertusk
    -Antelobe
    -Sentinel
    -Terrorbite
    -Corrupt Smushroom
    -Corrupt Embersnoot
    -Corrupt Bombphibian
    -Protector
    -Guardian
    -Defender
    -Muteen

    Bosses

    -Maxotaur
    -Beefmaster
    -Longhorn
    -Feculord
    -L'Ump
    -B'Donk
    -Dividulous
    -The Conjoined
    -Barkley
    -Hardwood
    -Colossus
    The only secret to getting all the bosses is to keep playing the game.
    RNG is RNG in this case as well. Out of all my runs I've only seen Hardwood once.

    Story

    Characters

    -The Elder
    -Shermie
    -Biff
    -Billy
    -Bob
    -Eli
    -MAC
    -Townsfolk
    -Cathode Raiders
    -The Transfigured
    -The Vestigial

    Endings

    -Power Chord
    -Boned
    -The Thing
    -Batt Man
    -We Interrupt This Broadcast
    -Extra Sensory Potential
    -Hot Wired
    -Tomorrow

    There is a totsl of 8 endings. You simply unlock them by finishing (beating the final boss) the game 8 times. The counter in the loading screen states 8/9 endings.
    The 9th ending is for beating the Daily Challenge. I HAVEN'T done this so it's not neccesary to reach 100%!

    Lore

    I'm not gonna write down all lore entries here. You get lore for interacting with the obelisque like things in all 3 worlds.
    In world 1 I only found them outside on the map.
    In world 2 they are in caves. I found them nearly everytime I entered a cave.
    In world 3 they are in those areas that you can only reach via teleporter.


    I hope this helps some of you guys still trying to get this done. Good Luck!
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    BB rockerThanks for this. I am surprised by the lack of details for this game on any site.
    Posted by BB rocker on 28 Oct 19 at 02:11
    uhKillswitchYou're welcome.
    It really is surprising. Even if the game has many flaws and becomes a terrible grind towards 100% it's a Double Fine game with lots of charm and good gameplay mechanics. I would have thought that more people wanted to play it.
    Posted by uhKillswitch on 28 Oct 19 at 05:36
    ilskiDamn son, you get it.

    When Max level is reached the last Quirk (Devolution) is unlocked. Devolution: Enter the Fallow with a fully mutitated bod. Slowly lose mutations as you progress.
    I started up (then saved and exited to main menu after verifying which mutations I was given) a bunch of games with it activated and got the last three Exo mutations I needed (Armarang Legion, Batty Ace and Egghead Beaker) pretty quickly.

    In worlds 1-1 and 1-2 you can sometimes find a small island through a dungeon that has a lootable item on a Mender skeleton with a name such as Dinged Wings, Snake Molar or Skull Face (there are more) that when used grants an Exo mutation, which when fed to a Mender altar (face that eats your items when dropped into it) instead of using it will turn into the corresponding mutation shot for the Exo thereby unlocking two slots in the Tome rather than just the one for the original lootable. These seemed to show up far more when I started doing De-Made One runs, after only a handful of runs I got the two remaining ones I needed (Charred Limb and Helm of the Home Slice).

    Much like killswitch (the OP) I experienced nutso RNG on this achievement and also unlocked it before I actually had 100%. I have everything except the boss The Conjoined. Never seen them in upwards of 60 runs to or past the boss of world 2.
    Posted by ilski on 28 Mar 20 at 17:37
    RoboXRenegadeWas just missing Daburu Gyaruga artifact and a couple of lore entries on the second stage. As soon as I picked up the last entry the achievement unlocked. Definitely don’t need everything for the achievement pop.

    Overall wasn’t the worst grind of all time, but trying for Daburu without a doubt would have costed me many more hours for sure. Worst RNG in the game without a doubt is Daburu and hoping for the missing persons/hatch raider task was disgusting
    Posted by RoboXRenegade on 12 Jul 23 at 06:42
    Not MJCits cool if nobody does recall but does anyone have a guess as to how much XP was needed for max level my next level up is 140k so if anybody knows if not thats fine just thought i'd ask also great list thanks for this im chipping away slowly ill get the 100%
    Posted by Not MJC on 16 Aug 23 at 15:30
    uhKillswitchIf you're going for the completion you will reach max level way before completing the tome. I only recall that much. Sorry
    Posted by uhKillswitch on 16 Aug 23 at 16:10
    Not MJCi just got it its 160k xp and no worries
    Posted by Not MJC on 16 Aug 23 at 20:44
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