FTL: Faster Than Light: 2020 Updated Beginners Guide and Tutorial - TIPS AND TRICKS TO BEAT THE GAME

He's back. This is one of my all time favorite games, but it's known for being really challenging and difficult early on, so I figured I would make a video highlighting some basic tips as a sort of beginners guide. Sorry about the static on the mic.

[@WhiteNegative]

Played this game for years and unlocked 1 ship, picked it back up in the last week and have unlocked all but 2 like my brain just finally unlocked the puzzle

[@spearmintz1]

Sometimes you just need that switch to click for the game to really reach its full potential!

[@miloroyce2797]

Instablaster...

[@PunkDogCreations]

Please refrain from blaspheming in your content ​@@spearmintz1

[@maxmustermann-hx3fx]

One of the best soundtracks ever. Every time I open the game there is this feeling of peace rushing through my body when the menu music starts playing.

[@TheSushiandme]

wow game is still going

[@jacksons9546]

ikr? Crazy. Also weird spam replies lol

[@MrCrazyharry1234]

And I still have not been able to beat it

[@colecortese2468]

“Its still hard as shit” made me laugh out loud. Great vid man

[@jagotiberan2181]

I’ve played for years and never went above easy. I still die all the time to this day 😭😭

[@dir3w0lf]

I originally purchased this game via the original Humble Bundle, and have played a lot in the years since. Today was when I was finally able to beat the game thanks to the tips in your video. Thanks a lot!

[@1Heirborn]

Congrats dude! It gets even more fun after your first win.

[@davidbass6780]

Also the enemy ships can run out of missiles too. So if you struggling for power and happen to have defense drones and lots of shields, you could just defend till they run out of missiles, then turn off defense drone and activate weapons. Another reason may be because the enemy ship has lots of defense mark 2 drones and shields, making it very difficult to penetrate their shields or get a missile through. And if you can't power your defense drone and all your weapon systems then that'd be another possible reason to just play defensively till they run out of missiles. Since defense drone takes time to activate once powered on. Also the lone survivor dialogue does not produce the chance for them to turn and kill a member of your crew. it's the questionable sanity dialogue one that has chance he'd kill a member of your crew. And clone bay usually avoids the issue with crew member being lost when its a bad outcome, though some result in crew member captured, not killed. So can't be cloned. The mad man in cave version of the event can also result in that person joining with one level in each skill, if you meet the requirements for that special option to be present.

[@umlal]

30:30 If you ever do this(Pay 20 scrap toll) just un-install the Game. Cracked me up good. Good job bruh xD

[@spearmintz1]

lmao its facts tho

[@jaymuha]

That shit was so funny 😂😂😂

[@evertonian26]

Thanks for the great tutorial. Some really good tips as well there.

[@fwra1234]

Great video bro! Very well spoken and clearly explained. Super helpful for a beginner like me. Thanks!

[@jacksons9546]

I have trouble wrapping my head around people being new to FTL (I haven’t played it regularly in probably 3+ years) but it’s nice to see. I hope you enjoy/enjoyed your time with the game, it’s pretty special.

[@callummcneill6266]

@@jacksons9546 I’m a beginner bcs I just got the game last week

[@jaykelley103]

This guide is top. Thx for the knowledge bro

[@skywalkr2984]

i have played this game so many times getting to the boss and getting banboozled getting all my crew destroyed, so this was very helpful

[@LordTrilobite]

Glad to see people are still using my old ship greeble mod.

[@1roman1738]

i love it bro, one of the mods i cant play without. Vanilla just looks like the rooms are pasted on-top of an image of the ship, your mod actually makes them look so much better. Plus it fits the vanilla style IMO which is a nice bonus

[@henrytai5886]

just bought the game and this guide is super helpful thanx!

[@LoneIgadzra]

Thanks for the guide, kind of confirms what I thought though. As much as I enjoy the combat management, it seems like you need to have foreknowledge or memorize how a lot of events and weapons work to do well at the game. I found this quite frustrating / inscrutable, and it never felt totally fair to me.

[@KeinNiemand]

I get to the final boss evry time but I loose every time then I get bored becouse every run lasts forever. I'm just to impacient to pause fast enough and end up not properly timing attacks or not using cloak. Also becouse I play on easy enemy ouside of the boss having 4 shield is very rare so it's easy to get all the way to the boss without having a way to deal with it's shilds. Maybe I should go up to normal since on normal bad runs will end early so any run that actually get's to the boss is more likely going to succed?

[@werewolvesarecoolful]

😤 He’s done it

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Man I bought this game several years ago from a personal recommendation. It’s totally my type of game. I love games like Into the Breach, Slay the Spire, Fire Emblem, Xcom etc. To preface what I’m about to say, I genuinely like the game and I can clearly see the similar elements and game play loops it shares with some of my favorites. That being said, I’ve been struggling HARD. I’ve played countless runs but can’t seem to get very far and the times I do better than usual, I feel like I’m mostly just winging it flying be the seat of my pants. I’ve come to the conclusion that I must be approaching it the wrong way or there’s certain fundamental strategies I’m missing. I know this game easily has the potential to be up there with my other favorites and that’s why I’m so frustrated with my inability to “crack” it. On a similar note, I bought The Binding of Isaac several years ago for Switch and after playing several hours I absolutely hated it so I put it away. A lot of time passed and I randomly decided to give it another shot one day and boy am I glad I did… it’s now one of my all-time most played favorite games. I hope this video helps FTL becomes my next “Isaac”. Thanks for sharing by the way.

[@bedoguyperson]

Visit as many beacons as possible per sector, helped me out ALOT

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

@@bedoguyperson thank you! Will definitely give it a shot. I was the type to hightail it out of the sector as soon as possible. I’ve gotten a little better since I posted that comment but not as much as I hoped. Will report back with results.

[@LemonbreadSC]

​@@SmokeyChipOatley how's it goin?

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

@@LemonbreadSC thanks for asking by the way. I've played this a ton and gotten much further and much better results since I posted this originally. I realized my main problem was that I was leaving each sector at the earliest possible opportunity instead of exploring more and farming for more cash and items for a stronger ship. Now I understand why this game is so highly regarded by roguelike fans.

[@LemonbreadSC]

@@SmokeyChipOatley cool! I just won for the 4th and 5th time, 2 consecutive days in a row, and I'm finally ready to play in normal mode

[@Dezil]

Tips not included in 3min in-game tutorial: Upgrade your shields Go to as many waypoints as possible

[@afkbender3686]

Got a new subscriber

[@kotzpenner]

Thanks my man, I came back to this game after several years and after like 50 tries still can't finish it on Hard lol. Arrived at the boss like 3 times though but had insanely bad luck with hacking.

[@IntrusiveThot420]

Tip for bad hacks: if you engage the rebel flagship early, next to the federation base, you can run away if you get a really bad hack.

[@kotzpenner]

@@IntrusiveThot420 yeah I tried that but got a bad hack like 3 times in a row, always on weapons lol, bad RNG I guess

[@EnormiE]

Great video

[@denitosink3363]

Thanks for the spanish subs men, really helpfull

[@darnoctheradiated9381]

such a unique game

[@pogchamp1038]

dude. thank you

[@ReshiiMusic]

You ever considered doing guides for specific ships, considering how much time you have in the game? I'm struggling with Slug B... no med-bay hurts :(

[@spearmintz1]

Yeah! I'd be more than happy to do some guides for specific ships! For slug B, it can definitely be pretty hard right off the bat, starting with only missile based weapons. Remember that you can heal your own crew with the heal bomb, and prioritize getting a new weapon immediately, even if its a crappy laser, and be on the lookout for any surrender options with missiles, theres no shame in taking them if it helps you survive. Sometimes you just get an unlucky seed, but keep persevering!

[@spearmintz1]

Hey I just uploaded a Slug B tutorial on my channel if you want to check it out!

[@afkbender3686]

Thank you 😉

[@GMEOK]

Is there an order to get more rewards IE take out their oxygen and get the entire ship of rewards or just blast their engines?? Or is it their dps and that's that =]

[@spearmintz1]

If you kill the enemy crew, either from suffocation, fires, or just murder, you get more rewards vs simply blowing them up

[@GMEOK]

@@spearmintz1 AAAHHH Awesome ty so much for the tip!

[@zoboti5137]

Damn you sound like matthew mcconaughey, perfect this video

[@devindeades731]

What is the mod that you are using for tracking rebel jumps? I looked at nexus mods and couldn't find it.

[@spearmintz1]

FTL Extended Pursuit Indicator, it should be on the master mod list if you give that a google!

[@joshuanorris5860]

The best mod is a sheet of paper lol :D

[@phillipdunagan5070]

This is a silly question, but your human crew all seem to have unique sprites. How was that done? If it was a mod, which one?

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

So when you're starting up you can customize your crew (bottom left) not just rename but also customize appearance

[@phillipdunagan5070]

Yes, but you only have like...6 choices as far as I can see. Male/female, blonde/brunette, and dark skinned male/female. In this vid there appears to be a dude with green skin and a dude with a cyborg eye.

[@MrCarlosdiago]

If a ship can't hurt you don't waste missiles unless they try to run away and fail to stop them with lasers

[@robpagliuca4516]

Still playing this damn game!! For some reason I’m addicted to the Red-Tail. Something about the 4 basic lasers from the start is so effin fun! I’ve also discovered that the Store inventory is definitely different depending on which ship you’re captaining. The weapons they sell are usually just drones and augments. That is kind of disappointing. I guess they figured by selling higher powered lasers so early would be an advantage. They really know how to keep their foot on your neck. I LOVE IT!

[@spearmintz1]

Glad you love the game! Store inventory is actually not dependent on the ship you are piloting, simply RNG. Joy's of a rogue-lite

[@samljer]

First got this game a few days ago.. nothing but binge ever since... jees

[@graymalkinHaim]

The wiki suggests upgrading medbay/cloning a.s.a.p. in order to get some blue rescue options and gain more crew, when do you suggest upgrading medbay?

[@frothybeast7884]

Hey, good information video. I’d try using uhm/erm less.

[@NoOne-yv2ei]

Me hearing him introduce the ship: yep that’s among us right there

[@Dargox59]

music little to loud but overall great video

[@joshuanorris5860]

No waiiii FTL music is doope everybody knows this :P

[@channelssuck7954]

ehm so eh butum eh ehm so ehm and ehm kinda ah

[@feliksshakarbiev1610]

Normal is pointless to play for me really.

[@lastburning]

When you talked about the skill farming, I kind of lost my interest in the game. That's a pretty bad design flaw.

[@spotsies]

It's not really a design flaw. At his level, farming the engine guy and his pilot to 100% would give him what. 30% dodge as opposed to 20%? It is a difference, but it won't be game changing, and you get that training just playing the game normally, by about sector 3 I think. Most of the runs you won't be doing that, even if you could, just because it is boring, and you might just die regardless. Good decisions and knowledge of the game will get you far further than training your 3 starting crew up a few sectors in advance (especially since you might change your crew by the end of the run anyways).

[@joshuanorris5860]

@@spotsies exactly.. even if you could call it a flaw its a small one. And its not really a flaw eigther. Maby its just a mechanic to reward patient people :P Its such a small part of the game that maby .0001% of players actually use to beat the game soooo.... Idk he lost interest before he knew the scope of the game :P

[@joshuanorris5860]

Maby just watch a blind playthrough before watching a "tips and TRICKS" video, people are having fun with this game... :) The exp farming is not a flaw at all if you check the game out. And its not something you have to take part in eigther. Just forget you heard it :P Ive seen people beat the game on hard, who knew of this technique and never used it. One of the first tips in the video was that the crew sort of dont matter at all. Lol

[@joshuanorris5860]

33:00 see, negligable :) Thats the word i was looking for :P

[@koreandecepticon]

Seriously the mic… impossible to watch

[@kaidoust4145]

Lol go make your own video then and buy a 200$ blue yeti or some shit