Amazing Cultivation Simulator - Beginners Guide and Tutorial

[@armymanDR]

When you watch Sseth’s most recent video, KZbin knows. I’m glad this guide exists!

[@charlietung9784]

I am also a cultivation novel author. Those interested can check out my YT

[@toah7]

hey hey hey it's seth here

[@_TheOneLeon_]

Bought this game on a whim after seeing an article about it and I was thoroughly lost when I started. Thanks for clarifying a lot of things!

[@Ic0nGaming]

You are most welcome!

[@alsavery9306]

I play a lot of Rimworld but unlike Rimworld, your character's best stats are the one on the left (PER, INT, POT). Most of the stats on the right become useless when the character got promoted to inner disciple. I got a great farmer with skill in the 80s - feeding the whole village. When this character got promoted, no one can do farming any more. He has to drop all his tools keeping busy flying around on his sword. Luckily, I found the best map ever. I tried it on max map setting (192x192???) with the map seed of 1234567890. You started out in the middle of the best spot possible. Farming lotus on the lake (to the left) means that you will never be hungry (can also sell for lots of spirit stones - just delete that zone and set it to trading zone and the reset after selling the crops to a trader). Grow lots of spirit leaf and other high value crops in the spirit soil. Mountain full of metals/jade/crystal to the south. Great Map. Also, best to start with Reincarnator to choose a few great chars to start instead of some random useless chars. For best early loot, get the Mysterious Cultivator to fight the beast to the right bottom corner. After he dies, you can loot his corpse for artifact, manual, weapon, and clothings.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for sharing =)

[@Yokenshiro11]

thanks for sharing will use it

[@arleedstanto]

when you read chinese novels all day, and yt decides i might want to watch this..

[@Ic0nGaming]

Happy to serve =)

[@talleyrandxlll7037]

YT finally put it together after I’ve watched countless Qigong, TCM and Rimworld videos. Several months late tho

[@coldfist89]

Tip: In the character creation, if you dont spend a perk point on unlocking a law, the game will randomly choose one for you.

[@Ic0nGaming]

So that's the hidden "Random Law" button? :D

[@EternitynChaos]

@@Ic0nGaming Also Casual Cultivator which buggs the 5 'senses' for 3 points while making it so you can't pick one of the specific laws even if you have the points

[@iseekpeaceandtranquility]

as a fan of cultivation manhua, this game give me everything i wanted. and thank you so much for the tutorial, subbed.

[@bravojr]

If it was a rimworld clone that would be in it's favor. To be able to pull off this kind of theme and be SOOOOO unique that nobody sees it's quality lesser than Rimworld is a true jewel!

[@Ic0nGaming]

It's a completely different game, yet it definitely has borrowed certain elements from Rimworld - which is totally fine cause RW is an awesome game. ACS is way more RPG focused. I consider it as an RPG with a base builder/simulation attached to it. Rimworld is much more a survival simulator in comparison to this game. So I am totally happy to have a similar, yet totally unique game here =)

[@rhc7379]

This game has depth and richness due to it's focus on Dao and Eastern mythology which makes it uniquely rewarding.

[@axelfirekirby]

I whould describe it as Rimworld+kenshi+elona with a bit of pokemon and black and white

[@vidstarr]

and they don't look like potatoes...@@Ic0nGaming

[@thedolphin3218]

Just learned about this game couple minutes ago and came straight to youtube in hopes of finding gameplay, and in the process found this channel. really under rated for the quality of the content!

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for that awesome comment =)

[@Harizak]

Pro beginners tip: Build so many really nice templates in the Land of Illusions. Sure building can be kind confusing but man does it help you figure it all out. Want to put a stove and a mill together because in your mind you think they should work well together. No no and no. Mill requires its door on the East and stove on the West. So they cannot be in the same room. I think a good project would be, try and make a very auspicious kitchen. I am fairly new but I have a couple designs I like. ones.... that don't cook the cooks. Since fire is a base element of stoves making the stove earth allows it to feed itself. Now the issue is how to you feed it to very auspicious without raising the temp to high and killing your chefs.

[@kevinanolin6011]

Sir, i would really appreciate more beginner tutorial section by section so that each video is a specific topic, thanks

[@Ic0nGaming]

Working on it, thank you for the inspiration!

[@Makofueled]

I have achieved my first Golden Core thanks to your assistance and it wasn't Tier IX. Praise be to Yevon! I mean, the Tao.

[@edwardblanc657]

Completely agree with the left click issue. Excellent guide! Subscribed. Thank you.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks! Happy to help!

[@kmindian12]

I have like 10 hours in this game and still don't know like 80% of mechanics of this game haha , just had a pet and first Outpost . I'm waiting for Feng shui tutorial cause I don't know how it's properly working so keep going with these series !

[@stressedmarbles9489]

Join the discord! There are guides and frequent discussions and questions and answers. XD

[@Ic0nGaming]

15 hours here in, can relate ^^

[@kmindian12]

@@stressedmarbles9489 which discord ?

[@5Poisons]

Thank you so much for this simplified yet amazing guide! I've been struggling to get into this game as well as Kenshi as they felt rather complicated to me but now, I understand this game alot better. Subbed!

[@rancheng4982]

I just got this game and felt overwhelmed by it. However after listening to your guide, it really does help me understanding the game abit more.

[@Ic0nGaming]

So happy to hear that! I felt the same when I began. What helped me was focusing on the task ahead and trying to avoid to "see the big picture" if you get my idea. It's really easy to lose yourself in all the stuff ^^

[@conquerorzen1501]

TYSM, i kinda understand the beginning now. Time to binge watch everything here. ❤

[@LegsMachinima]

Thanks so much! That helped a LOT

[@headsetsquirrel2581]

I don´t have even the slightest clue on how I stumbled across this channel (I was logged out of youtube, so it was almost entirely by chance), and I have never ever even heard of this game, but by god I love it all. Judging by your videos you seem to have pretty much the same niche taste in games as I do, and the quality is great (amazing for only having been around for a year.) On top of this your voice is nice and you seem to really enjoy playing these games. All in all, I have a pretty good feeling about this channel.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for your comment and I am happy you stumbled across the channel. Have fun! =)

[@headsetsquirrel2581]

@@Ic0nGaming Thank you, I will!

[@GorNaKat]

Hey hey, people. As you can guess, Sseth just made a video about a cool niche game that just became the most popular thing on the internet.

[@awakege6337]

Yes

[@brandenbran]

your tutorials helped me immensely with siralim ultimate last year, so i was very happy to see these videos pop up when searching tutorials for this game on youtube!

[@Katharina-rp7iq]

They can also break their hand trying to punch down a tree, get scratches, get an infection and die...because they punched trees and you didn't have a healer with enough skill or lack proper medicine.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Well that's kind a PSA for the usage of tools wherever possible (I didn't experience that yet, but thanks for sharing! :D)

[@Fallout3131]

Dude you are amazing! First songs of Syx, now this, any niche game I come and look for a video on you have it covered!!!

[@caithsith2801]

Wow what a fantastic intro to the game! A lil note, the thing with certain door facing certain direction is feng shui (I'm not too familiar with it. But I believe it's got something to do with the belief where certain chi flow is better suited for certain activities, etc)

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks! My Feng Shui knowledge is right now a bit lacking too, but I'll whip up some more information about this topic soon

[@Afritadaa]

​@@Ic0nGaming This is correct! In some cases in real life, even window placements is important

[@hotdogmachinegun6145]

I bought this game just today. You covered pretty much everything I've learnt so far, which is good cos i wasn't sure if i was playing properly . Thanks for the video

[@Ic0nGaming]

You're welcome! I'll do one about Outer and Inner Disciples and what they can do next =)

[@diairairship2403]

Fantastic video, thank you for this. I'll be checking out your let's play for sure.

[@Ic0nGaming]

You're welcome! =)

[@shi-woonyi2605]

Writing before watching, I'm a huge fan of Chinese Webnovel, excited to see how it compares to what I know about cultivation. Had this game on my radar for a while but back then there was no real english support. Lets see :)

[@Ic0nGaming]

And I have literal zero knowledge about this whole genre :D But I do like the flair and ready to be absorbed by it. Really happy this got tranlated!

[@shi-woonyi2605]

@@Ic0nGaming ok finished, I like what I see :) The trees seem a bit distracting (too huge), but after watching the whole video, you get used to them pretty fast and learn to like them. I read chinese webnovels (90% is about cultivation "xianxia") since 2015, only a few were aviable back then but now there is so much to read. Ever since then I fell in love with "Eastern Fantasy" but the games that use their culture (like in novels) are limited outside china. Or just badly made. I like Rimworld and having cultivation in Rimwrold seems amazing, will get that game, Ty for this video :). Some random stuff probably not important for the game: Regarding traning spots, its probably not important in this game, but for role play purpose you should put them in everyones room, they are called "cultivation caves" if they are in a sect, there are also special training rooms where they have to pay "spirit stones" the room is better for QI gathering (you called it magic xp). They need quite enviorment for traning, disturbing someone while he is training is very rude, can cause them injures and if you disturb someone stronger, well they will kill you. There is no law in cultivation worlds, the strong eat the weak. :D Oh and depending on the level of the cultivator (their live span increases with each level), when they reach immortality they can't die of old age, and can go into their cultivation caves for many many years, in some caes millions or billions and ponder about the dao.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for your detailed response! I really like that fantasy setting too, even though I haven't read anything out of that genre. I always had a deep love for those "over the top" asian movies (Hero for example) but not with the fantasy aspect added in. This game is for me as a fantasy nerd and a lover of geeky and overly powerful martial arts and myth ideas this game really hooked me up. Expect more content and I hope you enjoy the game too =)

[@peterpan4038]

@@RoanRahl It's really great to read, but the author practically gave up on ending it in a good way. But yeah, there are many great novels out there. Probably one of the most recommended for newer readers is Coiling Dragon... but it's really hard to say what someone will like most. ^^

[@VladamireD]

@@shi-woonyi2605 there are similar to "cultivation caves" are in this game, but for the beginning neophyte type characters it's not needed. Generally, I'll build out some 2x3 basic bedrooms (door south, bed on the north wall, lamp in corner) and a training room or courtyard for them to practice in. I'll also build element specific rooms with beds and training spots for the Outer, Inner, and Golden Core level characters as they need to have rooms of a specific element to improve cultivation, ideally containing Qi gathering (I think that's the descriptor the game uses) items (so if the character needs Metal, the walls, floor, roof, and furniture all need to be made of Metal, or at least elements "neutral" to Metal used minimally). When one of my low level guys is ready to advance to the next level, I just have to assign them a new bedroom of the appropriate element.

[@Kingofcrocs1]

Thank you so much, I enjoy the game but have clearly missed out on some instruction this has helped immensely

[@Ic0nGaming]

You are welcome! This intro still lacks lots of informations though, even though I felt like I really only focused on the utter basics. This game is so massive ^^

[@Kingofcrocs1]

@@Ic0nGaming I’m going through all the other tutorials and it sucks how tedious it is, I wish they had a prologned tutorial option that didn’t leave us out to dry

[@awkward9661]

Quick correction, most animals are sentient, only humans are sapient. (As seen in our scientific name: "Homo Sapiens")

[@MrPicklesAndTea]

I'm going to remember this now, thanks.

[@NixxNikoli]

Entertaining and informative intro to the game! Thanks for the video

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for your positive feedback =)

[@kylego8952]

Nice guide, hope there's another video about this game :)

[@Ic0nGaming]

I started a regular Gameplay series and will do more tutorials while I am learning myself ^^

[@r3ll282]

@@Ic0nGaming i have a question, do you see potential in the game rivaling rimworlds in the future?

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@r3ll282 Hey! No, I don't think there will be ever a rivalry between RimWorld and ACS. Both games have similarities, but ACS goes down a completely different direction. RimWorld is all about gritty survival and crisis management, whereas ACS revolves a lot around epic character evolution and the management/survival aspect is only a secondary thing in the game. My verdict: Both games will stay succesful, each in it's own way =)

[@MatiasMaldona3]

Thank Sett for getting me this video in my recommendations. Gonna learn a lot now lol

[@Kaigalinski]

welcome merchants guild

[@jetbroplays719]

sseth was right i need a fucken guide to do this shit, thanks man.

[@ashcheeks1]

My main chara died in the first 3 days because heart attack.

[@Ic0nGaming]

This happens when the Feng Shui of the Room is too bad. To avoid this try to either build only with one material (wood for example works well) or combine only Earth and Metal, cause they will never conflict. Feng Shui is kinda complicated, but it's not impossible to master =)

[@RedReaper18]

Basic mechanics of the game are the same as rimworld, however from there they both go in very different directions, learning the elemental system and many other mechanics in this game will be a struggle for me but fun at the same time.

[@dougfoster445]

I spent a lot of time on the tutorial and am soooo confused. I don't even know how to get passed the character create screen lol. Watching your video now!

[@danielbrown9393]

I hope you're ready for your channel to explode.

[@EvilNecroid]

im confused about healing. i just started and 1 of my guys got hit by a bear. it said his foot will become corrupted in 250 seconds? my other guy tried to heal him and it said healing too low? the time on the corrupted thing got down to 5 seconds and then stopped and now the guys foot is getting better?? i dont get it

[@Illegiblescream]

@Ic0n for Foundation I just remove all labors from someone, and set them to Work Hard on a premade training spot. I also remove all Training time from the schedule. If I want you to become an Inner Disciple I'll just feed you some Linghzi and set you to build foundation until you get it. If I don't want you to become an Inner Disciple, you don't have training time.

[@angelfernandez9606]

Thanks for the video, i came because i could not build anything, it turns out just needed to build the bonfire, but my slow-ass turtle took a whole day to do it

[@CuteLittleLily]

Hey hey people. I see you try to learn how to play your new game

[@ObscuriaDragunAed]

If anyone is interested in the mysticism/culture of behind the game, Taoist Alchemy is at the core.

[@ethanjones9765]

H E Y H E Y P E O P L E E Y H E Y P E O P L E Wonderful guide though, very good

[@stevesmith7065]

Thanks for the guide for this complex game

[@Ic0nGaming]

You are most welcome! Doing my best - this Tutorial is still so incomplete ... :D

[@Pootaatooo]

you know a game is a Sseth game when the best Beginners Guide is almost as long or longer than Sseth's video

[@Ic0nGaming]

It ain't Amazing Confusion Simulator for no reason! =)

[@G33KST4R]

Hey hey, sseth here

[@Ic0nGaming]

Guess this video got Ssethed :D

[@s0uls4nd]

@@Ic0nGaming indeed

[@Valarion17]

Hello there.... Long time no see and i see you are picking up the game too.... Hope you enjoy it and sorry haven't watch your videos in a while.... This online classes took a lot of time....

[@Ic0nGaming]

Awesome to see you again! And it seems like our similarities in gaming taste make sure we see each other again and again. Hope your classes went well!

[@FairyEvilMoon]

great guide keep up the amazing work!

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thank you so much! Will do - I plan to do smaller videos on certain topics too. This game is just featuring vast amounts of content and I love it :D

[@Mickimoss]

Damn, you are the only one playing this game it seems hahah, looking for this game tutorial, the search result is flooded with this ch's videos. Is this game really that bad that no other ppl seem to be making guides , but the review is good.

[@nm7358]

Thanks to SSeth, that won't be the case anymore. There's gonna be a wave of new unpaid interns for the CCP coming soon.

[@baltazarvok2564]

Chinese looted Rimworld, but with original contenct and very interesting. Did they mention Ludeon in recognition at least?

[@seta16]

Try reading martial peak is the best way to understand wushu novels

[@kedigiller111]

god, I wish I know english to understand this game :D and it may be a good way to improve my english :) who knows

[@eh9801]

This needs a part two for me to follow along with...

[@Ic0nGaming]

This will receive not only a part two, don't worry. The game is so vast, I'll to bunch up the game knowledge like this for future things too =)

[@eh9801]

@@Ic0nGaming awesome. I actually did the tutorials but getting so much information all at once, it is easy to forget it all.

[@Ic0nGaming]

That's why I like to do tutorials "on demand" only on topics which really overpower me. Cause information overload is not helpful either ^^

[@vidstarr]

Where did you get materials to build walls? I can't get them to build any of the work station no matter how many resources they have harvested from trees, and rocks....

[@Ic0nGaming]

You need to put up a manual crafting spot (looks like a white square). At this "workbench" you can order them to process wood into timber. This will be the first building block in your sect usually. After that there's way more efficient workstations.

[@karlshaner2453]

How do you turn off the weather? Snow storms suck...

[@garethlore]

yeah, if you dont have an axe or pickaxe, they go full Minecraft on those trees and rocks

[@Ic0nGaming]

And can even score major injuries while doing so! :D

[@zetathix]

it may be a DF-like game, same way as people use the term 'rogue-like' but in this game, even i play both df and rimworld, still banging my head to wall because of confusion

[@Ic0nGaming]

Yeah, it's really confusing and I learned quicker once I let go of the Rimworld comparison. The only similarities to Rimworld are some UI elements, the moodlets and the passions. But after that, ACS is a completely different game experience.

[@zetathix]

@@Ic0nGaming Now i play with snake girl who survive which can't touch fire but follow the law of true sun, what a mess haha

[@cako666]

I don't think the term RimWorld-clone is not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of "clones" end up surpassing the original. Case and point, Bloodborne. It's pretty much dark souls on a different set of paint, but I'll always like it more than DS1 or demon souls

[@joohyunpark6853]

Is there no sounds for like when you cut down the trees, build something, or when you craft something? Or did you turn off the sound effects while you were playing? Seems like there are no sounds at all when you doing something.

[@0Lejek]

There are sounds, but you have to zoom in camera to the ground. And if you zoom out camera all sounds will be subdued.

[@olegoleg258]

hez umm, if i maz ask, would zou mind giving me a time stamp of when it comes to combat? for me for some reason it is broen because it doesn't recognize a hotkey you HAVE to press

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

Thanks Sseth

[@spacepaprika4151]

i would love it if it had the same polish and qol as rimworld

[@Ic0nGaming]

Same! I noticed the game had around 20k+ mods in the Steam Workshop already - all Chinese ofc. I guess we will see a lot of improvement there once the Western modding community does their thing!

[@HierophanticRose]

Lol I am at day 100, got 2 golden cores (one is t1 - to my luck and your room guides) but still havent managed to solve even the first mystery. Also, how are you managing getting the rarer materials, (like Earth Flux, Soul Pearl, Phoenix Feather etc) I managed to buy a couple of the mid tier ingredients here and there and the issue is I cant begin trading with other sects for their high quality ingredients and consumables as they require high tier consumables and ingredients to even allow entrance.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Gratz to them Golden Cores! Earth Flux: Found in the Gemspring Caves near Mt. Shu. You need to explore the place a while. Send Fire Cultivators with high Luck for best chances. Soul Pearl: Usually comes around naturally in massive numbers. Every Demon Beast of Golden Core or higher drops these, and in later stages of the game you will be raided by a couple of those every now an then. You will have more than you need. Before that, they are a bit hard to come by. Overall ALL materials are quite good obtainable while entering the locations (Let them camp there and enter the map). Most maps have something going on which is worth looting. Among those Phoenix Feathers (Phoenix Cliff near Mt. Lucian) and lots of other goodies. All these maps are only inhabited by low tier Demon Beasts. A good pet and an Artifact Power of 250+ is sufficient to clear everything easily. Hope that helped!

[@benedictogbachi4428]

How can I recruit outer disciples

[@vidstarr]

How come your game title screen is so different?

[@vidstarr]

My title screen only has two dudes on a Giant Turtle with giant serpent wrapped around it...

[@Ic0nGaming]

Intro screen looked like this when the game was freshly released. Also I think you can select which background wallpaper the intro screen has to use somewhere in the main menu.

[@Struneyes]

This feels like a strange mix between Rimworld, and Cultist simulator

[@sinofchaos10]

Hey guys, does anyone know how to wield more than 1 artifact at once?

[@austenskinner2521]

What iv seen it is under your law. Like the first metal law (sword wielding) has it in golden core

[@warduxe]

i read a lot of cultivations novels and they are a very good concept and i plan on buying this game. but since its all my pocket money im kinda hesitating if its worth it with its price?

[@Ic0nGaming]

Absolutely worth the price. It has so much content, you literally get hundreds of hours of playtime for the money. If you like the genre and base builder/rpg/simulator games this one is really enjoyable and worth every penny.

[@warduxe]

@@Ic0nGaming ok thanks. im going to buy this one i think.

[@QuestingTruck]

I'm really wanting to like this game but I'mjust not getting it. I'm not really struggling with the mechanics either. I more or less understand them but I'm understanding them in isolation and not how they work together. I don't understand the setting and while I'm seeing a lot of cool things without that understanding I find it very difficult to play or even follow.

[@lotionup4463]

same same there is something in this game i like but idk itsweird

[@asinglebanana]

How to heal? I followed the tutorial in game but nope doesn't work.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Healing is a job which your outer disciples do automatically. If the injury is something special, you can also select the wounded person and click the "Feed" button to feed them the specific medicine which cures the type of damage the person is suffering from. Most of the time though all you need are Herbs and Outer Disciples configured to the Job "Healing" and you should be good 2 go most of the time.

[@ruskie8308]

If you have any spare time or if you just like reading i'd recommend you read a wuxia novel! they're quite easy to find online and if you do then i'd recommend Peerless Martial God since it's quite a good one to learn the genre, the whole genre is super complex and absolutely massive so it might not be something to invest time into... but just in case you like the game i think reading a little would really help you understand how everything works.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Wow, thanks I will look this up! I love reading and understanding the world only amps up the immersion.

[@ruskie8308]

@@Ic0nGaming No worries, Wuxia/Xianxia is all about starting with a weak character and working his way to become the strongest, either through overpowered things such as game-like systems, memories from a past life or even simple things such as just being incredible powerful. The best ones usually goes pretty slowly which is also why they easily have over 2000+ chapters... Nevertheless i find them really enjoyable since you can connect with the main character. Sorry for the long rant just want you to get the most out of the game! Keep up the good work

[@shi-woonyi2605]

​@@ruskie8308 tbh, I like novels like "Peerless Martial God", "Martial God Asura" but I would never recommend them to a beginner :P I would suggest something from the Author "I eat Tomatoes" like Coiling Dragon or Desolate Era. Because novels with over 2000 chapters are not so long because they build up slowly, but because chinese authors get paid for each word/character they write. So you will get a lot of repetitive plot. Go to an area, get called trash, kill young masters, try to escape from their relatives, get stronger, kill their clans/sects, move on. thats what happens in novels with over 2k chapters (most of the time!). Lots of face slapping too, its like junk food. Still I love it. But not to a beginner try not to turn them off with novels like this, or at least give them something with less chapters.

[@diairairship2403]

I second the suggestion of checking out Coiling Dragon before anything else. It's much more digestible for a western first-time reader than other web novels.

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@diairairship2403 Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

[@skander1wolf656]

THNX

[@jlcjlc1116]

The Feng Shui in this one is weak. No really it is. This game is a fucking headache and I like it.

[@antonhong1590]

i want to play this game but before even i play it i'm flooded with a lot of information .. after complete all tutorial my brain go blank and when i start playing i get confused what i want to do .. chopping tree ,build house , minning and what ? that why i come here hope i find the way to play this game. i try rimworld once and after 1 hours i quit .. maybe this type of game is not my cup of tea

[@Ic0nGaming]

Don't give up! It just takes a few times for you to sit down and re-try. You just seem to be overloaded with info, but this stops at some point once you get used to things =)

[@antonhong1590]

Man i start to enjoy the game now , but i hope there more guide .. i search on google how to fix some mood issues like mental breakdown .. and some item that i don't know what the uses.. there so little information and google didn't help

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@antonhong1590 I collect all the open questions and will do more guides, don't you worry! I am learning myself and doing my best to deliver as quick as possible =)

[@antonhong1590]

@@Ic0nGaming do you know what ability rating does ? And when we choose chafacter there 2 bar on skill (labor , delicate , cultivation) one orange bar and one yellow bar .. orange bar stand for ability rating and what yellow bar stand for ?

[@htf5555]

i still dont know whats goin on

[@RexZShadow]

Yaoguai just means demon/monster in Chinese. Just very lazy translation on their part. They didn't translate it and just put the phonetics for the characters in. In Chinese mythology like any animal can basically cultivate and eventually take human shape. Edit: Also yes everything can be sentient in Chinese mythology as long as they absorb enough Qi XD

[@Ic0nGaming]

Thanks for pointing that out, really helped me understand the lore a little bit better =)

[@maylaymaylay8970]

thanks you

[@Ic0nGaming]

You're welcome!

[@nuclearpaste]

This game is like dwarf fortress only in how they both have an abyss of complexities, except in dwarf fortress you utilise the game's features to create a "puppy fountain" or some demented shit and here you construct god. Rimworld is terrifyingly complex compared to the typical video game, DF and ACS makes Rimworld look like tic tac toe, if there weren't any documentation I'd probably have completely fucked up my ACS experience, please, I beg of you, reader, if you ever play either of those two games, read some guides, use the built-in forums, install more mods than seems reasonable after getting into the annoyance of managing your sect.

[@botdev2141]

Are there cultivation levels?

[@Ic0nGaming]

Yes there are. Cultivators have several "levels" they go through on their way to becoming a demigod Outer Disciple - Inner Disciple - Qi Shaper - Core Shaper - Golden Core - Primordial Spirit - Demigod. Cultivators turn substantially stronger by reaching new levels (at least most Laws do, there are big differences between the laws) and gain access to new skills when they reach a new level of those mentioned above. A Golden Core skill is stronger than a Qi Shaper Skill and Primordial Spirit Skills are way stronger than everything below, so unlocking higher Levels is very beneficial for the potential power of your dudes and dudettes. I hope that was kinda helpful

[@botdev2141]

@@Ic0nGaming what cultivation level are you currently in and what is the highest level you got?

[@botdev2141]

@@Ic0nGaming Are there Immortal realm levels?

[@Misery__]

How do you make people clean their rooms

[@Ic0nGaming]

It's a job in the work schedule. If your place is too dirty you might consider to focus somebody on sweeping for a while

[@crowc7904]

yelling them

[@Misery__]

@@Ic0nGaming thx man

[@ramzilight7943]

What is the name of the game ?

[@Ic0nGaming]

Depends. Most people think it's Amazing Cultivation Simulator. But don't let yourself get fooled, the real title (if properly translated) is "Amazing Confusion Simulator" :D

[@josephfitzgerald4387]

will not let me build a work staion i have the wood it will not let me

[@HydreOoO]

I am 56 hours into this game and NOW I realize you need to actually build the roofs. Fuck's sake

[@UllricLex]

😄

[@eslante]

would be nice to make Chen Fan or Zhou Fan

[@monpekokero]

It'd be cool if you had like a list o bullet points instead of just droning on for 30 minutes straight

[@igorot7481]

hey hey people

[@WilliamKalagayan]

ty was kinda hard

[@roockiebatleboa7704]

I'm sorry but you don't explain the "before the start of the game" part well enough, I don't know the game, I still have lots of questions, like "luck: it's quite explicit"... ? how ? what does it actually affect? chance of criticism? better loot? get sick less often? And for the perks, it looks like a link to the previous perk that appears when you select one, so I guess it's not there for nothing, but you don't explain it either.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Yeah, I agree that those were quite some shortcomings of the video. I was just starting out with the whole tutorial business and all. Just to answer your question now: Luck does increase everything which includes chance in any way. So whenever something involves a %chance, Luck is involved. This makes it kind of a super power stat, cause many important things in the game rely on RNG. Considering the perks: I cannot really add much into it at this point, I can only say this game is quite overwhelming and I did my best way back then and I am sincerely sorry for any shortcomings of the video =)

[@Vurt72]

Too bad there doesn't seem to be mods, it's really what makes Rimworld go from really good to fantastic. i've also heard the end game here sucks..

[@Ic0nGaming]

Game has mods. End Game is about monster hunting / world domination / stat min-maxing. Sure, not everybody's cup of tea but "sucks" is a bit inaccurate :D All in all it is a less polished game than Rimworld for sure, but it's also a completely different game. Amazing Cultivation Simulator is way more about character development and less about survival and base building than Rimworld.

[@Vurt72]

@@Ic0nGaming yeah, seems like there actually are mods, googled some more, Nexus page only had one that's why i thought the mod community was basically dead. Cool, might check it out eventually..

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@Vurt72 The biggest issue with mods on this game seems to be translation issues. And the UI of this game is straight from the 90's - but beyond that there's some good fun in it

[@babytiny5807]

I'm 12 hours deep and still have very little clue on how to play, some of the tutorial's English translations are a bit off so it's hard to learn that way. I think I've grasped survival and building and all the inner disciple mechanics, but have not tried much beyond promoting someone. The tutorials are so draining and don't explain too well so hopefully I can pick it up faster here

[@babytiny5807]

By the way, Feng Shui is pronounced like "fung shway" and is a genuine thing in Chinese history, your average Chinese person today will likely just call it hippy stuff though lol. It's like Chinese astrology kinda stuff I guess

[@Ic0nGaming]

I feel very much like you towards the tutorials in the game! That's why I want to create more of those videos and hoping I can transport that stuff in a more accessible way. Cause the game itself is really fun!

[@babytiny5807]

@@Ic0nGaming It's much appreciated, I found I learned best by playing the game myself after spending an hour looking at tutorials, then occasionally going back to tutorials one by one as I come across certain mechanics. The whole cultivation section is still totally beyond me, I think I'm gonna need to get hands on with it until it clicks

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@babytiny5807 Yeah, we learn quite alike there - that's how I work those tutorials too. This way I can at least combine my own experiences with those clunky explanations ^^

[@debsmcneil5513]

hay hay people

[@CrackSniver]

bro this game is so hard ahahaha

[@Shadowseer7930]

I struggle with this UI for some reason, idk why.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's actually completely flooded with information ^^ But with time I am absolutely positive the modding community will do their magic and ease out some of those kinks. I am no UI designer, I can only say I feel very similar like you. But the game is fun and worth learning to work around the UI

[@escfrizby]

moar

[@Ic0nGaming]

Workin' on it good sir =)

[@Avialle80]

had to stop watching, too much bass.. you are hard to understand - it becomes a deep mumble

[@bquillaguyd2940]

So basically you just went in and didn't recommend any perks? disliked video.

[@Ic0nGaming]

Perks aren't really set in stone.

[@bquillaguyd2940]

@@Ic0nGaming Yes they are by now. Also you said you don't nothing about Chinese Xianxia Genre, therefore waste of time watching this.

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@bquillaguyd2940 Huh, well enjoy the game the way you like. If it's mandatory for you to know the genre - sure. I don't really think that way but buh bye. Coming back after a full year for some "I still don't like you" is kinda awkward though, gotta say.

[@neonoutrun8786]

Hey! I follow your guides for a variety of games of this style. Wondering tho if this one is still relevant today 2023, don't know how much the game was updated since this video? I will be missing something? Thanks for thr effort!

[@Ic0nGaming]

There weren't any big updates that did invalidate this video or anything fundamental. But. Well, this one isn't on par with my production quality of nowadays. Sound quality isn't that good and I have learned 200h+ of gameplay since I recorded this video. Doesn't mean I said anything wrong in this video. I think I could compactify it much better nowadays though and the sound quality ofc is much better these days =)

[@neonoutrun8786]

@@Ic0nGaming oh well, it's great anyways! Perhaps you can redo this haha cheers, keep them coming!

[@Ic0nGaming]

@@neonoutrun8786I've been actually considering a re-work of all my old tutorials due to the quality improvements I have by now. Studio microphone vs Household Microphone makes a big difference. Thanks for your comments man, cheers o/

[@lessthanperfectproductions9471]

them orange squares YYYYY its so triggering lol

[@axelotl7411]

Hey hey people

[@justastudent1423]

Hey hey people