Nuclear Throne Guide

A Beginners Guide to Little Important Things You Wouldn't Notice for Nuclear Throne

A Beginners Guide to Little Important Things You Wouldn’t Notice

Overview

All without spoiling stuff flat out.Current as of update #87

Gameplay

  • Leaving a Red Weapon Chest unopened by any means in a level can cause a Large Weapon Chest containing three weapons to appear in place of a Red Weapon Chest in the next level. If you leave the Red Weapon Chest unopened by any means three times in a row, you are guaranteed a Large Weapons Chest if one has not appeared before then in reply on the next level.
  • Orange Ammo Chests give ammo corresponding to the weapon you are currently holding upon opening it. If it is a pure melee weapon (not energy variants), you will be given a random ammo type instead.
  • There is a rather quiet “doom” bassy sound when you have one last enemy to kill in a level to warn you of a portal spawning.
  • There is a small “woop” sound upon reloading your weapon, most clearly heard with slow reloading and some melee weapons.
  • Try setting your volume settings to 15% music and 100% ambiance to help pick out the previous two sounds.
  • Weapons will not reload when put away in your secondary slot unless you enter a portal. Steroids is the only one able to reload his secondary actively.
  • Present chests will give you two small ammo chests worth of ammo for any weapon you are not currently holding, but you can extract these small ammo chests with a nearby spawning portal, therefore giving you ammo for either your main or secondary weapon. Pay attention to that final enemy sound!
  • Whenever there is a white outline around your experience canister in the upper left, that’s a reminder that you leveled up in that area.
  • Entering the crown vault will shift the possible weapon drops forward by one level, giving you a bonus towards better drops.

Unlocking Secret Character Hints

  • Try not breaking rad (experience) canisters.

Secret Character Hints

  • As Melting, find a way to defy death.
  • With any character, fight a loopy frog with gold, then stash away the prize.

Secret Level Hints

  • The Desert secret level requires you to be “thirsty” and quick about it to access it.
  • The Sewers secret level requires explosives to access it.
  • The Scrapyard secret level requires a screwdriver to access it.
  • The Crystal Caves secret level requires a burdened weapon to access it.
  • The Frozen Wasteland secret level requires a deep desire to be able to spare health to access it.
  • The looping secret level requires a different kind of ride ready to go to access it.
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