Fauna Plays Outer Wilds: Episode 17 【Breakthrough】

[@VoidRAZ]

Fauna peeking through random windows and whispering "Is that LORE in there??" is my new favorite mental image.

[@Strider_Shinryu]

"This requires patience I do not have" - Fauna finally discovers the truth

[@bfnmo7750]

just like me fr fr

[@kaitohill]

We knew that from the start, we experienced that very painfully with the 1%. Only now has she realised this, Man I Love Fauna

[@blue_nexus]

Funny how in the early parts of the playthrough she didn't realize she had a scout launcher on her person so used only the ship's but now it's basically the opposite.

[@EV-zc9gv]

She tried actually but it hit moon and disappeared. I don't know why in that case photo disappears too, shouldn't be a thing

[@Gwinthein]

It doesn't disappear unless you try to take a picture once the scout is already in the moon's atmosphere and you're not. Snap one while its in frame and just dont take another. @@EV-zc9gv

[@3decibels]

I think she started using her suit's launcher to land on the quantum moon many episodes ago. She seemed afraid that the moon would disappear beneath her when she left the cockpit if she took the photo with the ship's camera, so she uses the suit's because she can keep it in the HUD until she sets foot upon the surface.

[@Akumasama]

@@EV-zc9gv Because when the scout falls into the quantum moon, it becomes quantum, meaning you're taking a picture from 6 different quantum scouts simultaneously.

[@EV-zc9gv]

scout disappearing is not a problem. Why already made picture gone too?

[@screamingOctahedron]

I can't believe there's an entire white hole station on the quantum moon, that's soo cool

[@deadzipper1777]

Alright this one was funny

[@Thinkcrown]

+2

[@nar2872]

that's a lot of flavor

[@purplexeno819]

Fauna's statement that every puzzle in OW has an elegant solution, and that if you find yourself brute-forcing it you're either missing or forgetting something, continues to stay relevant.

[@gabrielamaro1470]

I think understand. She's constantly going on about how scared she is, the anxiety is clouding her brain and making her forget stuff she learned

[@Deadgye]

Fauna 16: "It turns out if you feel like something is janky and not right, it's probably janky and not right. There's probably a simpler way to do it." Fauna 17: [The way to get onto the quantum moon is not to use the ship's scout launcher to take a picture of the moon and then land. It's to try to get the ship close enough to the moon, unbuckle and take a picture with the scout, hope the ship falls slowly into the moon, and then hope I don't die from the unbuckled crash landing.]

[@sistani3313]

The loop isn't the only thing getting reset. harhar Fauna's memory too.

[@pragmapack]

those arrows around planets that change color and move around as your relative velocity changes...that's just flavor dedicated match velocity button? must be for flavor

[@Orrin10000]

@@sistani3313 There seems to be a glitch in the Nomai Statues.

[@Kiyan19]

i think her button to take a picture on the ship doesnt work because of the bug.

[@cowboydandank]

@@Kiyan19I keep wondering if that's the problem myself

[@yjdte]

Hypothesis: Fauna's gamer knowledge must be quantum. When we reach the end of an episode, we stop observing. When we start up the next episode, new gamer knowledge appears, but other knowledge disappears without a trace. The only oddity is that, no matter what episode we're on, the white hole station remains invisible in her mind. More research must be done on this phenomena!

[@nutzor9594]

Hypothesis: The White Hole Station was removed from quantum knowledge upon its destruction in a previous cycle. Now it remains destroyed in all subsequent episodes. Imagine what other potential finds have been lost to entropy!

[@ayasano6646]

The White Hole Station is the 6th piece of Quantum Knowledge. It can't be reached normally, only by a convoluted route involving solving every other mystery in the game first.

[@wcatsearw878]

Nah, It's just selective Dementia. She's Mother Nature, a beautiful old granny.

[@ALividPileofDirt]

The White Hole Station can only be perceived when the Shrine is on Fauna's North Pole.

[@sleepycritical6950]

White hole station is the sixth location of fauna’s mind

[@Erionn.]

It's honestly impressive how she completely forgot that she just landed normally on the quantum moon with her ship the first time

[@Viraus2]

Then forgot about the flashlight she was using 5 minutes ago

[@AelousFox]

Her brain rot is clearly showing here lol

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

One of the previous times she couldn't get a good photo with the ship's camera. So she started using hand held mode.

[@telefrag.]

And the next time she literally rawdogged the moon by landing on it without a ship and surviving, which is even more impressive.

[@Xhantoss]

Past Fauna managed to learn every quantum rule, only to forget how to take a picture with her ship.

[@Etiluos]

had to make room for it in the brain so it had to go!

[@Keen314]

Her barely surviving crashing on the Quantum Moon once really wrecked the back half of this session.

[@Tomzkk]

Her not knowing how to take a picture / land on the moon is just balancing out the gaming she did until that point

[@Lishtenbird]

"Wait, it was that easy the whole time?!" That's the beauty of knowledge.

[@TheFezHat]

Wasn't even knowledge, she just navigated the maze slightly better than she had on past attempts.

[@Addictive_me]

It's so funny how intense and dramatic the youtube premier countdown thing is just to immediately snap to "Konfaunaaa~"

[@Megadoomface]

Watching Fauna manage to crack the secret to getting into the Tower of Quantum Knowledge and the Lakebed Cave back to back only to completely forget that her ship does in fact have a camera is the kind of wonderful torture I've come to expect from this series. Bless this Kirin.

[@FallenPears]

Very big brain first half of the episode with the two rules being quickly found, followed by the most outstanding example of 17 hours worth of flying experience I've ever seen in those Quantum Moon landing attempts. God I love this series.

[@booga-wx7cd]

KZbin why is this comment merged with a comment from another vid? Very big brain first half of the episode with the two rules being quickly found, followed by the most outstanding example of 17 hours worth of flying experience I've ever seen in those Quantum Moon landing attempts.I got hooked on KDA because of the dark- colored Laprascion standing on the side with Bechan's blue-red and dark-colored Laprassion . K-POP is really cool God I love this series.

[@FallenPears]

⁠​⁠@@booga-wx7cdwell it wasn’t me, I’m not hooked on KDA. Anyone else see this? Mine looks normal

[@Casulono]

Perfectly balanced episode. 30 minutes of absolute gamer kirin solving Tower of Quantum Knowledge and Lakebed Cave and then 30 minutes of crash landing on Moon because she forgot how to take photos with ship's scout Great episode

[@DisdunDroid]

Landing on the Quantum Moon, check Entering the Tower of Quantum Knowledge, check Getting through the Lakebed Cave, check It's no WHS, but so much progress has been made! Breakthrough indeed!

[@shiritorikun]

Episode title really suits this one, "breakthrough"= "break" knees while going "through" the quantum moon

[@taraskywalker453]

Breakthrough: Fauna confirms the WHS is just a flavour shuttle

[@codenamezenneko9599]

The shuttle to Flavour Town

[@ShadowlessDeath47]

If she ever remembers how she landed on the Quantum Moon the first time, she'll be unstoppable.

[@DaiDai_Tama]

How is she so clever and yet so PON at the same time?

[@kaitohill]

She made 2 breakthroughs by learning two rules in one episode, as well as 3 deadly "break"throughs as she crashes in the Quantum Moon

[@Dragooner7]

Someday she will riichi.

[@RedNox64]

Ok I'll say it. I love this playthrough. It has the Fauna touch I was looking for

[@Paltoko]

- Fauna: Let me in!! - The QMoon:

[@hollycloutier2727]

My favorite part was Fauna asking the dead Nomai on the qMoon if they'd died attempting the same landing that she did.

[@theirDevil]

Fauna cooked a little too much in the first half of this episode and gave herself some heatstroke.

[@devennoyaro7518]

Fauna death counter Supernova: 9 Fall damage: 6 Run out of oxygen: 12 (Spoiler): 1 Eaten by fish: 3 Flying to the sun: 7 High speed impact: 4 Crushed by rising sand: 4 Pierced by cacti: 3 Ghost Matter: 4 Burned by the sun: 1 Meditation: 15 Sand shower: 1 Engulfed by the sun expanding: 1 Becoming quantum soup: 3 Total: 74

[@remus_lupin]

Was this ep. the first time she died FROM crashing her ship? I know it's a high-speed impact or counted as quantum, but it might be worth counting separately.

[@samuelgrant7000]

Quantum soup lmao

[@rjeans8718]

Fauna needs 2 more days of not playing this game to land on the moon properly

[@SJtre3]

It's only natural that with so much progression in one episode Fauna immediately finds a way to halt all of it in the funniest way possible. The Law of Equivalent Fauna Gaming in action once again

[@gibblesnbitts2454]

Past Fauna making multiple HALO drops into the quantum moon was not on my bingo card...wait now it is.....now it isn't....

[@rikamayhem]

We just saw one of the six possible Fauna entanglements. Some Faunas crash, others land swiftly, one has already found the north pole; we'll see the last one soon!

[@S.N.I.P.]

Lets freaking gooo!!! It looks like part 17 LP Fauna actually made some really impressive progress today. But that cliffhanger is absolute evil, really excited to see how tomorrow's episode goes.

[@snoozingobake]

Solid progress this episode That teleport INTO your ship was amazing, those "landings" on the quantum moon were pretty amazing too

[@rikamayhem]

If I recall correctly, the teleport into ship thing is a fix for the opposite bug, in which you could teleport out of your ship when crossing the black hole. Teleporting into it is also surprising, but less confusing.

[@veryconfused7997]

I think this episode once again confirms that Fauna's greatest enemy is not high-level concepts or difficult puzzles, but basic controls.

[@bluestrawberry679]

And the concept of things being on screen

[@Mace492]

This has to be my favorite episode so far. Two major breakthroughs followed by a comedy act trying to land on the moon

[@ChocoLatteDX]

The definition of insanity: the episode

[@JMHenry]

The game introduces the concept of a 'race against time' to solve the game's mystery, but the key to solving two of it's biggest puzzles requires the ability to sit still and wait. That's pretty devious of the devs, lol

[@matthewtelles8619]

Yeah, I had to look up how to access the tower of quantum knowledge on my playthrough, and that was the only thing I couldn't solve in the game. I kind of regret having to look a puzzle up, but I legitimately would never have solved it on my own.

[@KDBicoy]

Holy shesh the amount of progress this episode

[@nutzor9594]

My conspiracy theory is Fauna is making these live, and after hamming it up too much last episode and upsetting everyone, she looked up two discoveries to speedrun this time just to please us../s

[@Novenae_CCG]

Last episode she realized that pieces of Brittle Hollow are falling through the black hole. The location in this thumbnail is the Tower of Quantum Knowledge, so I'm guessing she figured out how to get up there.

[@Kuro_Tokki]

Breakthrough and Break Legs What a wild adventure! Curious to see how the next episode will turn out! Thank you again for this Let's Play, I'm really loving it. Filled with adventure and lots of laughter!

[@Sonicmaster2008]

Such breakthroughs this episode! It looks like she's getting there from the looks of it. She is cooking up something. But I think this cooking is frying up her memory in the process.But she's getting there. And of course, the cliffhanger.Thanks for the episode! Also, Quantum MN.

[@Styxvalen]

Fauna having Outer Wilds brain worm and withdrawal just like me when I played (and probably all the people that played it) Heroes of the Eye really make it sound like a completely different kind of game 8:25 Fauna starting to figure out how to go into the tower, but not quite there yet 14:40 Fauna dreams are really crazy 18:55 Okay, that was crazy and she did it! time to read as fast as possible! 27:30 She is doing the Lakebed cave now! cave parkour time! Fauna is really gaming today, having a fresh brain really helps All the quantum knowledge has been unlocked! now we wait for her to use it, she just need to remember how to take pictures with the ship now 44:30 Time to become quantum! Fauna is so scared of nothing on the moon What a cliffhanger today, hope she realize how to do the Quantum Moon and the mistery it have

[@pepethedog7356]

She might figure out how to enter the tower of quantum knowledge, but I have a feeling the lakebed cave will remain an important part of the last few episodes. Edit: Nevermind, good job past Fauna!

[@blazearmoru]

Ceres "I can't take a photo with my ship" Fauna - 2024

[@Rhidian]

That being minutes after “Is this photo I took with my ship good enough?”

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

I think she meant that doing so wouldn't do the trick, not that it was impossible to take a photo at all. In a previous episode she tried to take a photo of the moon with her ship but couldn't get a good one because of the scout's curved trajectory.

[@TheTsuyuki]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem She couldn't get a good one because she forgot that she can just not launch the scout, not because of the scout's curved trajectory.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@TheTsuyuki If you can't get a good shot when the scout is halfway between you and the moon, you're not going to get one without launching it.

[@briktal]

@@TheTsuyuki How do you do that with the ship's scout launcher?

[@ghosty515]

We Finally discovered how to get into the tower, but that cheeky Quantum Moon wound up setting us up for another cliffhanger lol! Thanks for another entertaining episode Fauna! Will definitely be back to find out what happens on Fauna Wilds Z lol..

[@DownAtrocious]

It's genuinely impressive how she manages to get things wrong in ways that I couldn't even imagine if I tried.

[@akiwave3006]

19:00 - the most "???" moment in the let's play lol. Appearing inside of the ship after going through the black hole, I didn't even know it was possible

[@jembawls]

Huge progress today! It is a sad day for Ship Scout Launcher photo ability enjoyers though as it has plumeted to the 2nd most ignored feature of the game (beaten only by the White Hole Station). Thanks again for sharing Fauna, this has been a lot of fun. It's so satisfying watching you figure this out all on your own. As a former Outer Wilds player, I can now only relive these moments vicariously through others - so thank you!

[@Kayessi5]

She's getting there Nice work past Fauna Thank you for the episode I can't wait to see the next one!

[@Bluetanmancan]

This is truly a breakthrough, for multiple issues that Fauna has been grappling with, which is awesome by itself, but the fact that it now opens the door to the Quantum moon, is even more exciting.

[@crashairsprig]

Thanks for today's OW ep You made a ton of progress today, you even remembered you have feet on the QM, the dev was in chat and said that part usually takes people a long time to figure out, so good job! Now if past Fauna could also recall that the ship has a probe for pictures that'd be great

[@rikamayhem]

So much progress in one hour, Fauna! That sleep served you well.

[@seemslikely]

Thanks for the stream, Fauna! It was nice to see you make some progress now that your fresh eyes can pick up on details like brittle hollow's instability or the path through the lakebed cave! You've got all the pieces to aid in your Quantum Moon pilgrimage--just have to put them together! Looking forward to that next episode!

[@JesseAnderson]

Learning the quantum rules is still one of my favorite game mechanic tutorials of all time

[@tomacas]

Balance in all things. Great progress and learning of knowledge must be accompanied by Fauna somehow not remembering that she can take pictures while buckled in. Also, the sun death in this episode might be the most perfect encapsulation of the whole playthrough. Like, how? Never change, Faufau, this playthrough has been maddening, but it's due to all the things that make you my favorite streamer/oshi.

[@RrmanRS]

Holy moly we made it to the Tower of quantum knowledge AND the lakebed cave this episode A couple of rocky landings (no seriously how did you do that?) on the quantum moon but we're making some serious progress now It's so fun to watch Jeffery's reactions to your gameplay and the chat losing their minds

[@Vorthein]

This was one of the hardest puzzles for me when I played, I'm sure next episode you got it though, really excited to see your reaction to that

[@deshelledturtle355]

huuuge breakthrough indeed! also huuuge break-bones as well as she slammed full speed onto hard surfaces with her body. It's crazy how smooth everything is once it "clicks", and makes all the brute force she in the previous episodes even funnier.

[@SuperStingray]

Fauna has true Quantum Knowledge, she is only able to remember 1 game mechanic at a given moment and will immediately forget it upon observing or learning something else.

[@VivianKurayami]

This episode contained a breakthrough but it also contained a lot of breaking other things, too. Like bones!

[@UnscentedCamel]

Holy mother (nature) of progress. Yeah, I feel like with puzzle games the best thing to do when you're not making any headway is to just step away for a while and come back to it. It's like your brain subconsciously works on the problem while you're away so when you just give yourself a reset and break out of your rut in thinking you can solve problems really fast. Also 10/10 piloting. 👍

[@InstantRiot]

Great progress this episode! Sleep deprived Fauna is truly the best. Can't wait to see how the last 4 episodes play out!!

[@darklight1797]

Its amazing how much progress can be made with some sleep, shower thoughts, and insomnia. Side effect seems to be loss of some core memories tho.

[@roarlandsteelskin6084]

Brittle hollow fell apart so Fauna could put it all together. We going to the Moon!

[@painpeko3073]

You are so evil for this cliffhanher but i still love you

[@swagnamite5065]

Banger episode! Looking forward to seeing Faunas reaction to the Sixth Location

[@Godouuu]

Post-premiere: So evil for leaving us on such a cliffhanger She figured out a couple of things that had been stumping her for a while now A lot of good progress this episode and some more waiting in the next one

[@kyrridas1573]

how did she simultaneously take photos with the scout launcher on her ship, and also forget that the scout launcher on her ship takes photos??

[@marlonyo]

This videos make me happy thatI have a human brain an not a kirin brain.

[@bluestrawberry679]

I think she thinks she needs to use photo mode, and the ship does not have photo mode

[@hantakorys]

One has to wonder if Fauna is intentionally stretching the ending out, these cliffhangers are killer I do appreciate having a daily dose of scared space kirin

[@Saplingbat]

Title was truly apt, I feel like you're about to crack this game wide open!

[@pragmapack]

I love the way Fauna says MuUun

[@hashira4869]

Remember kids, fasten your seat belt when you are about to land.

[@erodnelps4965]

26:13 The Universe was like "Fauna needs to finish the game" and bestow a premonition in the dream that made her notice all the clue she needs

[@SirZotolo]

The breakthrough was all of the Hearthian's bones breaking from crashing into the Quantum Moon

[@Saplingbat]

The upside to watching these in the morning with my coffee is that now every time Faunas landings are "too hot too hot too hot" I can immediately go listen to uptown funk to prevent it from getting stuck in my head for the whole day

[@killercart]

Well, this episode definitely something with the cooking. Thanks for the episode 17, Fauna.

[@Eldien301]

Nice progress today past Fauna! I am eager to watch you put the pieces together!

[@joesmutz9287]

"You know the definition of Insanity?" Alternatively "But I don't want to use my head!"

[@GoodnightGom]

34:40 "We're making it out of the caves with this one" 😂 Never change, Fauna. You're the best!

[@korkad_]

That "muuuwn" pronounciation sounded like past Fauna was recently practicing some British accents doesn't it? And man that title wasn't lying at all was it? Got trough those quantum shard puzzles so crazy fast

[@stillmoms]

One of the most charming parts of this entire series has been discovering Fauna’s pronunciation of the word “moon”. Just delightful.

[@TheLeviathan1293]

That was lost on me, since English is not my main language and a lot of my exposure to English is with people either with Latin American or European accent.

[@Yukino-014]

May Past Fauna remember the late Nomai on her pilgrimage to the Quantum Moon. And also, the many ships she has brutally mistreated across her loops.

[@Zannmaster-]

Late night kirin out lookin' for lore. Thanks for the cliffhanger.

[@aikatsukin]

Patience was the solution, and you figured it out! Both of the remaining quantum rules! Except you forgot the first rule you learned about taking photos, WITH YOUR SHIP, which you did right the very first time you tried many episodes ago! Maybe the fourth rule should be remembering your past

[@MisterVeeg]

The breakthrough is seatbelts But seriously, two quantum puzzles conquered in one episode is impressive, good work past Fauna

[@naturalharvest3096]

A very eventful episode. Probably my favorite so far. 21:44 hilarious .

[@RKMusou]

Fauna being mad at the (quantum) moon is probably one of the best things ever. I swear, I was thinking "quantum mn", and I immediately see it in the chat replay. Never change saplings, never change.

[@cyanophyceae]

This episode is by far my favorite, a tasty mix of big wins and gaming and little oopsies The cliffhanger tho

[@AmeSame]

The only thing more quantum than the moon is her ability to be either extremely oblivious or a super sleuth

[@chairkun3095]

I love how despite landing on the quantum moon flawlessly the first time, every other time she decides to either plummet face first from space or crash her ship directly into it with her seatbelt unbuckled, either dying outright or severely crippling herself. I can't say I didn't do similar things during my playthrough.

[@ColdMoviez]

WE'RE MAKING IT OUT OF THE CAVES WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Turtyo]

well, progress was definitely made during this episode and Fauna thoroughly tested that there was indeed fall damage on the moon

[@hunterdot]

She's going to breakthrough the doors of the WHS

[@FinalSampling]

Clueless

[@Erionn.]

I believe

[@mra9577]

The doors of the WHS are already open, so she can't break through them 😢

[@watotodile]

Having hope is the 1st step to heartbreak...

[@anonimouse3661]

What do you mean? It's broken bruh. 😂

[@sou_1108]

12:28 i love her

[@sou_1108]

15:38 my heart

[@sou_1108]

20:26 lore

[@sou_1108]

21:40

[@sou_1108]

46:41 her excitement

[@4everTheNoob]

Pfauna: there must be a sweet spot allowing me to climb up the cliff without going out from the moon!

[@boznia9320]

"Breakthrough" indeed! Big discoveries this episode! We make it into the Tower of Quantum Knowledge and the Lake Bed Cave, and learned/confirmed the last 2 quantum lessons! Plus we began to seriously explore the Quantum Moon! Past Fauna was on a roll this episode!

[@Mineur123]

"Breakthrough" whaaaaat Im excited now

[@zshattler]

Loving the series Fauna - wish chat were a bit less salty (it’s getting extreme) but I guess it’s part of the fun LOL. Great progress this ep, you’re so close to figuring out the Quantum Moon!

[@Sup3rNo7a]

That dang Quantum Muu~n

[@samm.8052]

It's fascinating what taking a short break does to the Kirin mind. Nice work, Past Fauna!

[@WillHouldy]

Actual Gamer (Patient) Kirin this episode, until the quantum moon part... that was erm something. Getting real good with these cliffhangers too, thanks for the vid Fauna.

[@keks_krieger44]

awawawawa. . . sleepy kirin my beloved comfy bliss

[@YTPaul3]

There is so much progress in this one episode! What!? Who are you? past Fauna can't be that gaming? Joke aside, we are so close to solve the mystery of the Quantum moon. Cannot wait for you reaction when it happen!