Multi Blue Prince

[finlandguy]

.... I just got to 18 allowance.

I'm rich!

 

[Kat]

.... I just got to 18 allowance.

I'm rich!

Nice!! I upgraded the guest bedroom so I get +2 every time I get to the antechamber (assuming I drafted the guest bedroom, which is pretty easy to do). I'm only up to 12 though.

I wanna get it up really high so I can buy out the showroom. Yeah there's a trophy for it, but it also simply be fun.

I also need to buy all the books in the bookshop next time I see it. I need ALL the books!!

 

[finlandguy]

Nice!! I upgraded the guest bedroom so I get +2 every time I get to the antechamber (assuming I drafted the guest bedroom, which is pretty easy to do). I'm only up to 12 though.

I wanna get it up really high so I can buy out the showroom. Yeah there's a trophy for it, but it also simply be fun.

I also need to buy all the books in the bookshop next time I see it. I need ALL the books!!

There's so many things I need to do still and I'm like, what the heck do I try to do next?!

I'm attempting to get the boiler and pump rooms to align. And/or lab. I think I also know what to do with a few special rooms, like the candle/torch room and one weird looking wall in the basement. Just gotta get lucky.

 

[Kat]

one weird looking wall in the basement

Grr, I had a sledge hammer but couldn't use it on that wall. At least try, my boy!! I feel like I could break a brick wall with a sledge hammer and I have almost no upper body strength. How hard could it be?? (Disclaimer: I have never tried such a thing so maybe it's actually really difficult.)

I got the boiler room to power the lab through pure luck. I've yet to get it anywhere near the pump room though. I'm thinking to get the blessing that helps you get dice, then not building the pump room until I get a boiler room, then roll dice until I get that or a passageway (it has ducts and lots of doors). I really want to drain that reservoir!! (Will it do any good? Who knows.)

Has anybody found that putting water in the kitchen does anything helpful? I could turn on the faucet but is that of any use? I feel like you should be able to refill the watering can from it, but you can't fill it from any other water source I've found, so it seems unlikely.

What's your average run time? Mine says about 70 minutes, but I like to fuck around a lot.

 

[finlandguy]

Grr, I had a sledge hammer but couldn't use it on that wall. At least try, my boy!! I feel like I could break a brick wall with a sledge hammer and I have almost no upper body strength. How hard could it be?? (Disclaimer: I have never tried such a thing so maybe it's actually really difficult.)

From what I think the solution is, you're 1/3rd of the way there. That's as much as I'll say.

I got the boiler room to power the lab through pure luck. I've yet to get it anywhere near the pump room though. I'm thinking to get the blessing that helps you get dice, then not building the pump room until I get a boiler room, then roll dice until I get that or a passageway (it has ducts and lots of doors). I really want to drain that reservoir!! (Will it do any good? Who knows.)

I mean, from the south side, you can see steps going pretty far down, so I'm sure there's something there!

Has anybody found that putting water in the kitchen does anything helpful? I could turn on the faucet but is that of any use? I feel like you should be able to refill the watering can from it, but you can't fill it from any other water source I've found, so it seems unlikely.

No clue about that. The watering can thing sounds plausible. I'll keep that in mind.

I did remove the water from the kitchen once and lo and behold! The faucet stopped working. Who woulda thunk.

What's your average run time? Mine says about 70 minutes, but I like to fuck around a lot.

Less than 30 mins? I'm on day 26 and I've played 11.6h. Sometimes things work and/or I run into a roadblock I can't work through.

 

[finlandguy]

I feel like you should be able to refill the watering can from it

Just did this. It works! More gems yay!

 

[TD]

I've been thinking about how to approach that, but it's tough for sure. I feel like you need at least one rare room which will take dozens of runs to get. Not having the extra steps would really suck too, but you might get lucky enough to get around that one.

I've gotten close but it's honestly absurd. What I find very fascinating is that the room pool seems very similar each day, I feel like there's more to it than RNG but I can't figure it out. I think the game gives a way to do it every Day 1, but it randomizes which way it is.

My basic notes on how to do it without spoiling much. I've spent hours on this with no luck. The lack of permanent upgrades and changes is very difficult.

• Figure out which of the six ways to unlock antechambers is available
• Figure out which of the five ways to get underground is available (one by default is not possible Day 1)
• Figure out which of the three ways to get the Secret Garden Key is available
• Managing your keys, gems, gold, and steps
• Fill out enough of the manor to get multiple of the Unlikely/Rare rooms
• Figure out where the dice are and use them sparingly

More stuff. Probably. I think I'm around 50-60 failed runs, with the average run taking about 10 minutes. Deep runs where I'm close take 15-20.

Curse mode you got to anger the gods (I only know since I just got cursed lol). No menu for them, though I haven't bought the dare one, so I don't know how that works.

So curse mode and being cursed is actually different. Curse mode is so much worse. But now that you've been cursed, you've unlocked it.

I wanna get it up really high so I can buy out the showroom. Yeah there's a trophy for it, but it also simply be fun.

The showroom is tricky because none of the pieces are permanent upgrades, though the Coat Check can be handy for keeping one. There's more than one way to get hundreds of gold at once.

Also if you want the trophy, this caused me pain. The trophy costs 100 after buying out the showroom.

I also need to buy all the books in the bookshop next time I see it. I need ALL the books!!

The books are honestly one of the most useful pieces of information I have.

I'm attempting to get the boiler and pump rooms to align.

Good luck, I didn't get that until like Day 60.

I got the boiler room to power the lab through pure luck.

Do not forget to locate the new location it unlocked!

(Spoilered for Jawneh)

What's your average run time? Mine says about 70 minutes, but I like to fuck around a lot.

I have no idea what mine is. I've had a lot of runs go dead early from experimentation and particular objectives I was aiming for that wasn't Room 46. In the early stages it was likely an hour per run. Now it's probably 20-30 minutes but I'm in late late game.

 

[finlandguy]

So curse mode and being cursed is actually different. Curse mode is so much worse. But now that you've been cursed, you've unlocked it.

I did end up seeing another cursed thing during my run, but I lacked the funds to grab it... welp. Maybe it's that?

Good luck, I didn't get that until like Day 60.

I've almost had it twice now! Both times I had 0 gems so I was screwed. Bah!


I passed grade 6 just now and damn do you got to learn. Went through 9 rerolls and didn't get another classroom anymore and like 2 dice. Another thing to attempt again in the future.

 

[bbackguitar]

I'm loving it so far. 14 days in and I feel like I'm swimming in mysteries. Lots of threads to pull at so I never feel like I'm not doing anything.

 

[finlandguy]

I managed to get both the lab and pump room to the boiler room! Yes! ... then I got just 1 room away to get into the basement to check to see new things. Welp.

I did learn something interesting about the weight room, assuming it's not just a history thing, but an actual clue. I'm very very intrigued.

 

[finlandguy]

Btw, what is the worst/shortest day y'all have had? Mine ended up being, truly accidentally, only 7 rooms. So that's me drafting only 4 rooms in total.

 

[TD]

Well. I've been hit by the save game bug, time to shelve the game until it's fixed. That's unfortunate. Could've been worse, could have lost a Day One completion because I just came super close.

Btw, what is the worst/shortest day y'all have had? Mine ended up being, truly accidentally, only 7 rooms. So that's me drafting only 4 rooms in total.

I don't know off hand but I've definitely got a little too dead-end happy and have had a couple runs where I didn't even get to Rank 3.

 

[Kat]

Btw, what is the worst/shortest day y'all have had? Mine ended up being, truly accidentally, only 7 rooms. So that's me drafting only 4 rooms in total.

I had a few early runs that ended with less than a dozen rooms. Funnily enough, one of my best runs was when I figured out how to get the combo for the apple orchard lock and made getting everything together I needed to do that my only goal for that run. I ended up accomplishing it pretty quickly so I just fucked around for the rest of it. I ended up with all but two spots with rooms, like 200 gold, a dozen keys, nearly every item in the game, 300+ total steps, and opened the antechamber. It was just ridiculous.

Then I actually tried the next run and didn't make it past rank 2.

RNG has a funny sense of humor.

 

[Kat]

Well. I've been hit by the save game bug

The WHAT?!

 

[TD]

The WHAT?!

There's a bug that seems to impact people who have gotten to a certain point. Basically while you have the game open, it looks like it's saving. But then when you close the game and boot it up, it didn't actually save. If your save is impacted, it hits all profiles on the file. Seems to impact PS5 only. Trigger is unknown but it tends to happen to people beyond Day 100.

You can do some pretty wonky stuff late game, so it's possible something there breaks things?

 

[Kat]

Well that game is now dead to me until that's fixed.

 

[finlandguy]

I just had a day that was a smashing success. And I can't elaborate more.

... I did learn a couple upsetting things too. There's a lot to do with the reservoir and also that I'm not done with the damn boiler room yet. Sigh...

 

[Crazy Jamie]

Game breaking bug aside, this thread has really gotten me interested in this. I heard about it on a podcast and it looks like my type of game. My only reservation is the amount of time it might demand. But I figure eventually I'm going to jump in regardless.

 

[finlandguy]

Just getting to the first goal can take anywhere from a handful of hours (with a little luck) to an average span of 10-15h from what I've talked to folks. After that, there's all the other puzzles that deepen the game, all the lore and story behind the whole game, and so on. Quite a few folks have said it's their GOTY after Balatro. Unless something amazing comes along later this year, I agree.

 

[TD]

It's also worth noting that the bug doesn't come into effect until super late.

I'm a bit bummed I have to pause, but bug aside it's an excellent game and is rightfully in the GOTY convo.

This has been hard to put down, constantly getting caught by "just one more run...".

 

[finlandguy]

I've messed up a few things on accident. Like, 1 move away from doing something new.

I missed 1 room from filling the whole house.

I missed 1 room (again) from finishing the chess puzzle.

I couldn't use the 8-key as I had no more doors left? Unless there's a specific door for it. Idk.

I did all the reservoir and boiler room stuff, only to forget to bring the boat over.....

And thanks to the above I couldn't go mess around in the torch/candle room either. Bah!


But I got new rooms? I got into the casino and made enough coins to unlock dare mode. That's a plus I guess?

 

[finlandguy]

The berry blessing is amazing btw.

 

[TD]

I missed 1 room (again) from finishing the chess puzzle.

Does this mean you know what you're doing and how to solve it, you just need to solve it?

This was one of my favourite earlier puzzles.

I did all the reservoir and boiler room stuff, only to forget to bring the boat over.....

The plus part is if you used the reserve tank, all you need to do things later is the Pump Room.

dare mode.

Curious what you'll think of this one, I really enjoyed it.

The berry blessing is amazing btw.

I'm actually not a fan as it's hurt me more than once. I'm a fan of the blessing of the monk myself.

 

[finlandguy]

Does this mean you know what you're doing and how to solve it, you just need to solve it?

This was one of my favourite earlier puzzles.

Yes. I've gotten 1 piece away before. Amusingly the first time I found it I was just the king away. Since then, it's been either the king or queen that I was missing any time I remembered to figure out stuff.

The plus part is if you used the reserve tank, all you need to do things later is the Pump Room.

Yup. I'm good for the next time whenever I draft it. I can then go check out what I find next

I'm actually not a fan as it's hurt me more than once. I'm a fan of the blessing of the monk myself.

I found it very useful to use for the Darkroom and when I'm short on gems for something. And for dead ends. You tend to get rare or unusual rooms from it. I actually tried it the first time on my outdoor one and got the drafting room for the easiest new room unlock!

Curious what you'll think of this one, I really enjoyed it.

Will let you know when I get to it! Currently just trying to tie some of the loose ends I mentioned.

 

[finlandguy]

I just realized that all of the upgraded rooms get a slightly different name as you upgrade them.

My Guest Bedroom options were Guess, Quest, and Geist Bedroom. Gotta love that little bit of polish instead of just adjusting the effect of them.

 

[finlandguy]

Oh no.
Oh no......

I got the "New Clue" book. I was just reading it and... Holy crap does this game keep on giving. I don't understand a lot of it yet, but what I can tell is already blowing my mind.

 

[Kat]

Oh no.
Oh no......

I got the "New Clue" book. I was just reading it and... Holy crap does this game keep on giving. I don't understand a lot of it yet, but what I can tell is already blowing my mind.

Ooo, I bought that but haven't checked it out yet. I'm intrigued!

 

[TD]

So I got an email from support, sounds like they don't really know what's causing the bug but I gave them what they asked for.

I found it very useful to use for the Darkroom

So while I understand the desire to pass on the Darkroom, it's actually a very valuable room that's been crucial to my close calls for my Day 1 run. Food for thought.

Why?
It always has a guaranteed item, often rare like lockpicks, broken lever, or battery.

Oh no.
Oh no......

I got the "New Clue" book. I was just reading it and... Holy crap does this game keep on giving. I don't understand a lot of it yet, but what I can tell is already blowing my mind.

Oh, my favourite book.

 

[Kat]

So while I understand the desire to pass on the Darkroom, it's actually a very valuable room that's been crucial to my close calls for my Day 1 run. Food for thought.

Why?

What, it does?! I guess because it's usually dark, I never noticed...

 

[finlandguy]

So while I understand the desire to pass on the Darkroom, it's actually a very valuable room that's been crucial to my close calls for my Day 1 run. Food for thought.

What, it does?! I guess because it's usually dark, I never noticed...

I tend to pick it most of the time if I get it. Early on, especially within the first few ranks, it rarely matters if you place an awkward room down. I just think of it as extra doors!

But yes. I do know how it works and get the loots when I can. (For Kat, gotta turn the lights on ) It's also among the best choices for the berries so I mentioned that. If you have to choose random, why not get good random?



In other news!

I'm up to 4 trophies now! Last night was very productive. On top of the 46 trophy, I now got full house, buying out the showroom, and room 8. I also finally did the chess puzzle.

Also also, dare mode. I quickly took a look at it and... it can wait until later lol. It is interesting though just to start it off. I'm also scared to find out what else there is to it...

 

[finlandguy]

I've unlocked a couple more envelopes. I was being a dumdum with the safe combos. I should be able to crack the rest now as I get to them. Hopefully...

I did learn some interesting things. I learned a couple interactions with rooms and whatnot. If anyone is interested, they're below:

Spoiler: Lavatory

If you block the negative effect (of being an empty dead end I guess), you find consumables inside of it. I had a key, gem, and something that I forgot inside of it. It was neat.

Spoiler: Freezer

There's actually three things in total with this place. One of them is hinted somewhere, one of them you see and need to figure out yourself, and then there's the interaction. After you draft the freezer, you can go into the sauna and thaw out your stuff. You can then keep collecting all the things and freeze the stuff again at the end of the day to maximize stuff brought over.

Spoiler: Drafting Room

Not really a special interaction per se, but you see the current orientation of the side doors in the great hall. You see which doors have stuff in them, which doors take you to the doors out from the room, and which two are just dead ends.