ICARUS IN 2024 - Veteran Fresh Start [1]

I love this game (Icarus) and wanted to try starting all over from scratch. This first episode is just unedited gameplay but I'm planning on editing shorter videos in the future.
Icarus in 2024 - Fresh Start Playlist
• ICARUS Veteran Fresh S...
About the game:
ICARUS is a PvE survival game for up to eight players. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Survive the Open World, complete timed Missions or build your Outpost. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
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0:00 Preparation
6:47 Fresh Start
2:01:23 Goodbye

[@Gubastek]

I like simple games, like warbrokers, partially because I play on an old office desktop and have no interest in buying a machine just for gaming. Good thing there are people like you - I never knew Icarus existed, and I get to enjoy this game without actually ever playing it. Thanks dude!

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy the series.

[@sylow3469]

So glad i found you your play through is brilliant so easy to follow and relatable. im at Lv 9 so lots to look forward too

[@dannyrothko]

Glad to have you here! That's awesome you're just getting started, the game is amazing. I hope you enjoy!

[@BDevilFilms]

Never knew of this game and looks great. Thanks for the gameplay and the discovery of this game. I will play it and follow your series

[@dannyrothko]

Glad you're giving it a shot! It's an awesome game.

[@Jacksonnn33]

thanks for the series having just started playing this game I appreciate the tips as I watch u learned alot for sure subbed and will watch the rest of the series

[@dannyrothko]

Glad to hear it is helping! I hope you enjoy the game

[@youknow9717]

Been looking for a Icarus Hardcore one life series and found you Ive only seen episode one but in all the Icarus play through I rank you as number 1 keep up the awesome content

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you for watching and for the kind words! Hope you enjoy the series.

[@Hat_Uncle]

I've played Icarus off and on since the beginning. Had a sever going for two years where I built a stone copy of a German castle. But watching you play this from the get go again helped me decide to delete my characters and start over. I am amazed at how good this game has become when you do that. I was too used to playing it as an "expert". This playthrough was a good wakeup call.

[@dannyrothko]

Awesome! Glad to hear you're jumping back into the game.

[@CaptainBeartoe]

Love this series, please keep it going!

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! Part 15 just came out today, and more to come!

[@rikyo2]

Started waching you,love the long vids! AND NO EDIT!!!Nice!

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you for watching! I do start doing some edits in the later parts but I hope you enjoy those too.

[@b1064572]

KZbin recommended me your channel and I immediately subscribed. I thoroughly enjoyed your game play and was looking for such game play for a long time. I really appreciated the fact that you explained what you were doing and I have learned a lot from you. I also really, really appreciated that you do not swear as so many KZbinrs do, which is a real put off. Thank you for starting a new play from level 0 even though you are a veteran. I am learning a lot from you. Great video, great game play; great relaxing voice. I am looking forward to watching your series and to learn more. Thank you for uploading 😍

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you for subscribing and for the kind words! Glad you are here. There are a lot of episodes and more on the way! I hope you enjoy.

[@olakorner5693]

This is just what I've been looking for! Played in early access but found it tideous to start over in every mission and have not played until recently when I realised Open World was available. You are doing a great job, I did not even notice problems with window frames. Keep up the good work, looking forward to watch the next one! 😁

[@dannyrothko]

The game has come a long way! Weekly updates really keep things interesting, and the open world mode is awesome.

[@simonknibbs5867]

Thanks for the upload. I have had pretty good results with a triangle side-profile early base. Basically having the slanted roof extend to the floor. You still have the vertical walls, so you end up with an outer shell for the ground level. It means you just have the slanted upper roof and outer shell to repair.

[@dannyrothko]

Interesting! I have experimented with an extra piece on the roof overhanging the wall, which also seems to protect them from damage

[@risingwolf2112]

Good gameplay, very good pointers. Thanks

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Michael-gh8ss]

It's really fun to watch someone who has a decent idea of how to progress start a new playthrough. I'm really enjoying it. Everyone has their own things but I'll make one suggestion. One nice way to have all-weather early storage is the firepit. I takes 100 stone and 25 wood and has significantly more storage than the campfire. I use it, early game, as a place to store ore outside the caves so I don't have to fill up space in my base before I have the furnace. I use the stone I have to mine to break into the caves and place it right outside. Also helps me know I've visited that cave before. Just a thought. Keep it coming.👍

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for the tip! I already recorded the second video where (spoilers) I got a SIMPL quest reward of a bunch of new storage, so I will be good for now haha. But great idea for when I drop into Prometheus.

[@michaelhuhs1544]

the way you allow us to be on that journey with you made me buy the game and all is dlc's - the story telling aspect and the soothing voice is like being taken in hand to follow along ... if YT ever failed you . iam sure audible will be waiting for you with open arms

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! I have a new mic set up the newer parts so hopefully the narration gets clearer. Very happy to know new players are finding the game through the videos.

[@alexjaggi4623]

You got a realy calm and nice voice, matching with the gameplay Fell asleep halfway through the episode, but rewatched the episode, after getting up Not something if done before I love survival base builder games myself as well, and i will definitivly get that one as well👍 Keep up the good work, and i'm looking forward to the next episodes👍🍀

[@sirael1689]

I agree with the pleasant voice, but the clapping is terrible...

[@mortenmadsen8461]

Really enjoyed this episode, will try to see the rest. Just started hard with no gear myself, but buckled under and did some shopping at lvl 30. Very nice intro on HC mission exploit, amazed it's still working. Stuff you got are bare bones QoL stuff, so good call! Should mention turning off kill-cam, and I would keybind Loot All button, I use "V", try it...

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for watching the whole series so far! I'm glad you found the channel, hope you are looking forward to more!

[@sunnybunny2515]

I learned so much from this (I re-started playing like 2 day ago, had never gotten that far). I did my first ever mission last night. I'm gonna jut eat up all thee videos.

[@dannyrothko]

Awesome to hear that! Hope you enjoy the game & the series

[@sunnybunny2515]

@@dannyrothko i will and i do. just found bees for the first time woot wooh

[@sagecole8055]

I almost have 100hrs in and im loving this game and your series is exactly what I have been looking for. Also for why the chest was breaking im pretty sure its from your windows. You can put actual window pieces in and open them and that should fix the issue(I know the series is already done but for anyone watching it late like me). Another solution which is on that I prefer is using half hood sloped roofs with and overhand all the way around as the storm will only hit the roof then. Its like having an overhang make the storm not target anything else.

[@Infinity.Gaming2023]

fastest way to level up is ABC -> Always Be Crafting :) even when you are hunting or farming you want to queue up as much of crafting items. I leveled up to level 30 ( tier 4 ) in 9.5 hours. I planted stuff in the ground and went hunting. I was trying to powerlevel tho, so if you want a more chill experience and then you can take it slow and unlock stuff as you go. Great content btw, subbed :)

[@dannyrothko]

Yes definitely! I did it a little bit with the bandages but I should keep on top of it more. Thank you for subscribing!

[@maleficentia8390]

Yep - also all that oxite, salt etc you ran past is all great exp. Salt is "light weight" comparably and stacks to 500 and right at the start while looking for "storage" you could have dumped a bunch of stuff in the pod since you were not going to ride it back any time soon. - all that stone & wood etc your mining are great materials for arrow spam crafting and something you can use up over a period of time.

[@Eomerify]

Just saw your video thanks for exposing me to the game just purchased on steam!

[@dannyrothko]

Awesome! It's such a great game, I hope you enjoy it!

[@vPeteWalker]

Man, I was confused initially following your advice about the Beachead: Recon mission because I'm like "This guy is joking me, I gotta finish all these tasks?!" Nope. It's just like you said. Drop in, drop out. Thanks man!

[@OdinsHarem]

Looks like a great survival game! I really wonder why I've never seen or heard of it before. PS: The time you take in your intros is a testament to your confidence. And it looks to be working for ya. A good reminder for me to relax. Cause I'm like "I played this before, and... ("ok, viewers dont have patience for this") ...uh, let's just jump in!" 😬

[@dannyrothko]

It really is a great game, highly recommended. Thanks for the compliment!

[@Dyanosis]

I don't know why people keep assuming that "something isn't pleasing to watch because of the video length". If people are willing to binge tv shows and anime that are 23-55 minutes long, they can handle a KZbin video that's equal length, or greater. I personally prefer non-edited videos as I want to be able to see the full experience. I find that, too often (all the time, at this point), people who edit their videos skip parts of the game and then don't even mention it but it may have been crucial for anyone who hasn't seen the game. Pravus, for example, has some pretty heavy handed editing where it's like "I should build some *jump cut* Let's go hunting *jump cut*". Like dude, I'm here to watch you play, not to watch the cliff notes version.

[@MoonlightMystress]

Agreed, you can always skip parts if you don't want to watch, but you can't pull the missed parts out of thin air. I enjoy the un-edited version also. Sometimes it even reminds me that some content creators will go into a "creative" mode so as not to do the grind.

[@dragm2123]

For 2 hour video I watch 2x speed 😂😂 normal 10min 1.5x 😅 I guess I'm impatient

[@raygreen257]

Same here I like to watch while I play to get hints or help

[@LighthouseBurning]

Oh man, between you and a buddy of mine talking about Icarus..I'm downloading it again. I might even purchase the latest DLCs that have happened since I stopped playing. I think I like the idea of starting the persistent map like you did here. I do enjoy this game so much.

[@dannyrothko]

Glad to hear it! The latest DLC map is awesome, definitely worth trying in my opinion. I end up moving there once I hit level 20.

[@LighthouseBurning]

@@dannyrothko I just started my game dude. It's your fault and thank you! >

[@adamsetzler]

Personally, I really like all the raw, unedited footage. If you do the edited stuff, please release the unedited versions as well! Love your commentary. Very easy and nice to watch!! ❤

[@dannyrothko]

The later episodes do use some edits, but mainly I'm just cutting out repetitive things like mining ores etc.

[@adamsetzler]

@@dannyrothko Yeah! I noticed that and I thought that was well done and added some energy to the scenes.

[@lalev1242]

I love this game, so excited for the series. The storage chest took damage because it was across from an open window. You have to put shutters on windows to prevent storm damage. It only seems to impact certain items, like bedrolls, crates, morters etc,

[@sirnukealot84]

Yeah add the basic Windows curtains and your stuff indoors is safe from storm dmg as long as walls etc holds togheter.

[@loudspeaker215]

to fix the window problem you got to setting and make it full screen not windowed lul also you made me so happy being on this playthrough with you aim subbing and buying this game!!!!!! thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you so much for subscribing! I hope you enjoy the series.

[@cashmaker89]

U do ah good jobb for your first time.

[@RaliX1993]

Just found you and instantly subbed! Your gameplay is just great and I really like your voice! Way to less subscribers imo. Keep it up :)

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you so much for subscribing!

[@itsmeagain1745]

Good tip jumping into the first mission to gain Ren. I would recommend the mxr knife as well as you can skin anything with it and it doesn't constantly keep breaking on you.

[@dannyrothko]

Yes that's a good tip, maybe I should have done a few more drops

[@sylvandryad6207]

How long are you there before you can be sure to get the ren? @@dannyrothko

[@sirnukealot84]

​@@sylvandryad6207for some drops its like land and do a few parts of the mission. The mission where you get to learn icarus i think you can drop down and then go up.

[@jivansh]

Nice vibe, thank you so much. I got the icarus itch but i am away from my gaming PC and your videos were spot on. I find it very interesting how you optimize your blueprints and talents. Why didn't you go for the hunting talent for animal bars? It seems way faster than the solo one.

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! It's a very fun game, hopefully you get a chance to play again soon. The solo skill tree and normal skill tree have separate point pools, so I'm saving the main skill tree points since I can get the solo health bar one. I could use some respec points and grab the health bars sooner in the normal tree, but I'm just going to hold off. I end up getting the health bars in part four coming soon :)

[@ThaDday]

New here and I like it. Calm voice, nice way of explaining the game. The only thing i can think of is the cutting. Yes raw is nice but when you say il be back when this rock is gone I expekt the rock to be gone after a cut not to watch you hit away for a minute 😊😉. Anyways wish you the best many subs. Subbing!

[@ThaDday]

Ahh just started watching episode 2. Nice!

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you for sticking with me! I'm gradually improving the editing as we go, hopefully you can check out the latest one too.

[@ThaDday]

On episod 3 or 4!? Not sure you are not numrering them 😉

[@southerndime333]

cool playthough n chill personer

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you!

[@jamesdavis2359]

I know this vid is a month old, I just started playing, may 4th 2024, and man this game punishes me so hard. I suck at it lol.

[@dannyrothko]

Keep at it! The game gets much easier once you know what to look for. If you want to watch through my series I think it shows a good path for progression for a fresh player.

[@pumachug]

You sold me, too!!! I have been looking for a good building/survival game (one that does not involve the purges that I have come to hate) and see that this game is EXACTLY what I am looking for. Thanks a million...and I will be watching all the videos. (My wife says that in my retirement if I am not playing a game, I am watching someone else play a game. Now you are that guy!)

[@dannyrothko]

That's great to hear, glad you are giving Icarus a shot! And thanks so much for watching all the videos

[@jonny555ive]

First time here and I absolutely love Icarus, It is a badass game. So you've got a new subscriber because I love watching those game from very very start to finish...... If there is a finish, right ? Take care, see ya soon. ~Jonny5🥁

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! Who knows how long I can keep it going, but I love the game and want to keep making videos on it for a long time

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

Bone arrows are SO much more effective than stone arrows! At least until you can afford to make Flint arrows, but Bone are the way to go! Great playthrough though, brother!

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! I love the flint arrows, and I decided to skip the bone ones early on to save up all my bones for epoxy.

[@adonquinn]

I'm watching this for the 2nd time.....I like the raw footage...I'm currently Downloading Icarus.

[@dannyrothko]

Glad to hear you got the game! And thank you for watching it again.

[@daniels7634]

Hey bro🤙i prefere the raw footage.. your voice is 100% good for me. Keep it up im with u✍️💪

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! I'm planning on keeping it mainly raw footage with some things slightly edited like slowly mining rocks etc.

[@daniels7634]

@@dannyrothko i'd noticed on the actual vid..this is really good 👍U made evrythin louder i noticed: maybe u can lower the ingame sound to hear your voice better? Sorry for my bad english 🤷‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️❤from Germany

[@ugurkupeli6779]

Thanks for all the great tips and the adventure -- really enjoyed it. Your voice is a bit quiet so I would recommend normalizing the sound in your editing app and maybe investing in a better mic. Anyways, great stuff!

[@dannyrothko]

Yes I definitely have some audio issues I'm working with. But I did actually get a different mic which will be in future episodes!

[@ugurkupeli6779]

@@dannyrothkoGood to hear! I would also recommend putting episode numbers on the titles, like #1, #2 etc

[@destroyerofworldssenpai621]

Me and my friend just bought the game today. Wish I would have watched this first lol. We’ve been playing for hours and are lvl 6. Playing open world and haven’t touched the missions.

[@dannyrothko]

Glad you're giving it a shot! It's such a great game. Keep at it!

[@benhaloho8231]

"Feels good to be quick" Are you sure? 👀😂

[@dannyrothko]

😆

[@scavyboi]

I learned by beating the game 100% blind doing maximum amount of hardcore missions on my first playthrough. Some missions are BRUTAL without guides or prior knowledge of whats going on lol. At this point I have nearly 950 hrs in game and have enjoyed open world but you just dont get that amazing feeling of unlocking and using new starter gear every time you land. I think that is a huge turn off for people when it comes to the game because they want to experience that kind of progression without having to rebuild their base every time and I definitely understand but I highly recommend anyone new to play the missions first before hopping into open world. All the missions seem extremely easy if you have no experience but you see how tedious and rough they get when you have to build that cabin on the hill. I think you have to hit tier 3 in tech just to complete it and it's in the first branch of missions. Even then once you complete a few missions and unlock a numch of tech with new gear going in building your base every time really isn't that bad. I personally don't enjoy open world content for this game but I will watch anyways lol

[@dannyrothko]

Oh man that sounds like a rough journey haha. I like the mission mode as well, but I love having a static base to come home to in open world.

[@nortonlucas]

feels like I'm in for a journey here XD

[@dannyrothko]

There is quite the journey ahead! I hope you check out the series

[@babybirdhome]

Did they debuff jerky? Early game the drying rack was always super useful because jerky - especially the soft meat jerky and prime jerky, or maybe it was prime jerky with cooked soft and cooked prime meat - had good buffs and it lasts forever without spoiling. That was always one of my early game foods. You just need baby deer or rabbits which are easy to get around water.

[@dannyrothko]

Jerky is still good, the spoil time on it is still very long and its best feature for sure.

[@InservioLetum]

"100 hours in the game" my brain : "Wait... 100 hours is one week, two tops. What the?"

[@dannyrothko]

Haha it was around 130ish hours, but with this new play-through we'll be getting those numbers up for sure

[@kckreations]

G'day Danny your trick with the REN has been noticed by the icarus gods and that mission way isn't available any more you must meet objectives now haha you were very lucky to get that. Well done.

[@dannyrothko]

Hm, I just tested it and it still works for me. Maybe you have to complete it regularly at least once before you can spam it?

[@kckreations]

Hmm ok I will try that then. I had already done it but in normal, and I did complete it on hard also, so when I woke up (ahh I stayed up to late again hahs) I will give it a try. Thank

[@kckreations]

Hmm well bugger haha I tried to do the little trick again, but it still required objectives to be done, which isn't much, really. Also, on my one on hard mode, it only gives 38 ren... I think mine,s broke haha 😂

[@dannyrothko]

@@kckreationsIf you click the "hardcore" checkbox it goes up to 50. Hm, I'm not sure why you can't do it.

[@kckreations]

@dannyrothko haha yeah I just realised that thanks heaps. You're doing well with your videos, so don't worry.

[@aussieoutlawalt8411]

Turn your volume up mate

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for watching! The volume issues get resolved in a couple episodes, I was having issues balancing the mic early on.

[@Tamagochie]

just started watching, so far so good :) only thing I did, watched "episode" 2 before 1 ahahah maybe add a number in the thumbnail pictures ? maybe like in the top right corner? ( maybe that is just me but I like seeing the sequences and numbers, easier to track and watch ) great playthrough !

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! I might just have to do that for the episodes

[@RicWalker]

I personally use the axe over knive in fights. there is even a talent in the tools tree for it and than you outperform an unbuffed knive easily in durability and damage. Its less points than having to dump all the points into the knives tree. Oh and craft some bone arrows next time. that really matters in the damage. Stone arrows cant oneshot most of the animals, bone arrows do and it will be a while until longbow and iron arrows.

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for the tip! I haven't really tried the axe in combat, I like the knife since its attack speed is so fast but I will test it. I'm super cheap with bones so I waited to upgrade until flint arrows in part three haha. Saving them all for epoxy

[@Leo-shizimao]

proooooooooooooo! ICARUSたのしいねー！

[@dannyrothko]

みてくれてありがとうございます！！！！！！！　うれしい！

[@zaistarsgamingandfun]

Lol, says he starts fresh then pulls workshop equipment from the drop ship. I agree, this is a fun game. Super grindy, but a fun game!

[@dannyrothko]

😄 Well it is a level 0 character and no missions completed except the tutorial. I talk about my strategy in the beginning, basically I just farmed the tutorial mission for 50 ren a run and got some basic workshop gear.

[@sirnukealot84]

Well he did write veteran starter in the title 😀

[@Josh-mk7ok]

It’s quite fresh Indeed. A lvl zero with some basic workshop items

[@kristopherhenson5983]

In 30 minutes this man has gotten as far as I have in 8 hours.

[@dannyrothko]

😆 Keep up the good work prospector!

[@Sleepy10172]

What do you think I should do. Missions or an open world?

[@dannyrothko]

I would definitely say give open world a try. You can do most of the missions from the mission mode inside Open World. In missions you drop in with nothing and when you leave, all of your bases/crafted items will disappear.

[@WindiR3443]

Recordings are awesome, your voice could use more volume. Good video, thanks

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! In the later parts I fix the audio issues

[@ComradeJagrad]

Good video, but your audio is really low, definitely boost that up next time you record something

[@dannyrothko]

Thanks for watching! I do get the volume issue worked out, but it takes a couple of episodes 😂

[@maleficentia8390]

You mentioned the predators at 1 point. You could have picked up a few corpses and carried them. Drop them where you think would be a good spot and skin and take materials except the meat. Wait for predators in the area to come to you. - nvm. got to the point in the video where you mention possibly doing that.

[@dannyrothko]

Yes that can be useful for sure trying to draw out predators

[@Kryser1]

Why did you go for "See animals health bar" from solo talent tree and not from normal talents?

[@aleksandrszabeckis7396]

Your voice volume a bit up please, and adding some plain background music from free spotify or something would be awsome as its quite silent. If you can play a bit with mic mixer to get mic tone bit better that would be great also ;) Supporting you ! Good content

[@dannyrothko]

Thank you! In the later parts I have fixed my audio up a bit, hopefully it will continue to improve with experience.

[@Plastikdoom]

Oh for the people who don’t their knife always breaking/taking a lot of wear later on, when cleaning up the bones, always use your pick axe, as it has so much more durability than equal tier knives. And personally I see any of the wood gathering only talents as a waste of a valuable talent point, you only get so many. And if you want to change it, eventually gotta buy respec points after you use the free ones giving. Just like the solo points I see the animal health bar as a waste of one that you can use for more damage or something else that’s useful. But ultimately, play how you want. I go damage/mining bonus then farming and health/stamina. As mining is far more valuable and important than getting wood

[@dannyrothko]

I see your point, I just absolutely hate having to pick up all the individual pieces of wood. I'm definitely planning on putting points into farming further down the line.

[@Plastikdoom]

@@dannyrothko yeah, that’s fair, it can be annoying, I find it annoying at times, but it’s just wood. A basic and plentiful resource, shortly into the game, it’s a nuisance resource, at beast fuel. Lol. That’s how I view it. I really don’t gather much wood at all anymore, stocks more than anything and any wood I gather is turned into sticks on the electric bench, to then be turned into tree sap processor, for fuel or epoxy. Or organic crap for composite/carbon fiber, electronics production. So to me, it was and is a was of a valuable talent. I have wag tok many others I see as more valuable and can’t even invest in them as much as I want, so I forgoe them. As on normal difficulty, with all my food buffs and deadly 3 mod in my arrows and damage modifiers, I can and have done over 4k sneak, critical damage. Killing basically all but horses, polar bears, the big snow scorpions in one shot with my compound bow, and that’s with no character edits. Or mods all purely vanilla provided edits, granted I take nothing outside of some important ones related to those or general survival and mining in normal talents, or solo talents. I have at times one shotted a low level polar bear with a sneak headshot. But is rare, cause not many are low level. Anything below a polar bear, at most I need a sneak headshot, but most things, just a headshot, one shot kill with that set up.

[@gm5848]

Regarding farming the REN, the first couple of runs netted 36 each trip, but then nothing. Not sure if they recently patched this method of farming. Am I doing something wrong?

[@dannyrothko]

I'm not sure, it still seems to be working for me (just tested it). If you want the full 50 you need to hit the "hardcore" check box in addition to hard mode.

[@rebelthreefiftyseven6739]

nice game

[@dannyrothko]

It's my favorite game!

[@persnicketypicker6748]

Out of the three maps what do you all think is the best map. Looking to start fresh as well. Thanks.

[@dannyrothko]

As a new player, I would probably say Olympus. It's very straightforward as far as mission progression goes, beautiful, overall a great start. Styx is similar to Olympus, but you need to complete certain missions in order to unlock the tunnels into different biomes & overall more dangerous. Prometheus is the hardest start by far, different resources only spawn in specific biomes which makes going to very dangerous areas a necessity to progress.

[@2514ben88]

you don't have to keep mashing your harvest button you can literally hover over the item you want to pick up and then hold the half is button down and it will collect everything you come across

[@LighthouseBurning]

Pickaxe is best for harvesting bones.

[@robertjones3007]

I'm not skipping ahead... but I sure hope you increase your audio!

[@dannyrothko]

Spoiler alert: It gets fixed! But it takes a couple episodes... my apologies!

[@Rowgue51]

Never even heard of this game before, but it looked like it was right up my alley so I went ahead and grabbed it. Was having a great time playing it right up until I settled on a location to start setting up a proper base. Then I discovered that structural integrity was a thing and it completely ruined the game for me. They need to stop including structural integrity in these games unless they can figure out how to implement it in a way that actually makes some kind of engineering sense and is remotely realistic.

[@eternaluniverse4038]

I hope this game comes out on PS5.. I’m in need of a new crafting/survival game. Or buy a pc but it will be expensive to run this game.

[@dannyrothko]

That would be cool if it came out on console!

[@dnryuk5522]

what happens if I leave the open world to do missions, I kinda went to open world straight at first and have no clue what will happen if I leave the open world.

[@dannyrothko]

You can leave the open world any time and come back without losing progress. Just be sure to unequip EVERYTHIGN and put it in a box, any non-workshop gear will be deleted from your characer's inventory when leaving the prospect. Also, you technically don't need to leave the open world at all if you want to do both mission and open world mode. YOu can just start a new mission on your character and have them in a mission prospect as well as your open world save etc.

[@maleficusss]

Before to start playing on Open World i always see how many deep veins there are close to the area i wanna stay. If there are not i restart a New Open World till i have them. XD

[@dannyrothko]

That's probably a good idea! You could get totally screwed with bad deep vein spawns

[@JON3SS]

We need PVP in this game

[@dannyrothko]

I think that could be fun!

[@RAM-ji3cd]

can you turn up your volume it's a bit hard hearing you.

[@dannyrothko]

I had some audio issues in the first couple parts, but it gets much better later in the series!

[@MopWhoSmells]

Some reason you don't chop the tree stumps?

[@MopWhoSmells]

Also, items inside will sometimes take damage if you don't have actual windows in your windows, and sometimes if they aren't closed.

[@dannyrothko]

This early on in the playthrough I didn't chop them just because it takes so many hits, and you get an chunk of bonus XP for felling the initial tree so I focused on doing that.

[@davidvazquez1317]

They need this on console

[@dannyrothko]

That would be awesome!

[@gm5848]

Figured it out. Operator error. I was clicking on the wrong mission. Duhh.

[@dannyrothko]

Glad you got it to work!

[@kevorkyijan118]

Other than self inducting Goals....i dont see any lore nor any "quest"...or why i should be spending my lofe alone .... These games are just loot, grind rinse and repeat without having an actual goal or timed events... I am a big fun of grinding in survival games...not a fan of nothing happens until you make it happens; yes it does gives the, build you're own future vibes...but other than that... there's not much. I would rather like if the devs add a ton of Lore or a solid quest line; maybe the video i choose to analyze the game isn't the right one ( this video) but considering, not even you are talking about Quests( except one time at the very beginning), make me think as if the game is an unfinished product. On the + side , crafting, grinding and the visually pleasing world are on point.

[@dannyrothko]

There is a quest system in this game, with a set path of quests to follow. I end up completing the questline in the "Prometheus" map in the later episodes !

[@mikearge23]

All the time this game has been out and the dev’s still can’t fix the wood falling through the map!? Mind blowing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sirnukealot84]

The wood falling through the map is in some grids on the map you have to use pillars before adding floors and walls. Since game has structure stability as a mechanic when it comes to constructing housing.

[@mikearge23]

@@sirnukealot84 no I mean after you chop the log on the ground a piece or 2 just falls through the map before you get a chance to pick it up. That shouldn’t be happening.

[@sirnukealot84]

@@mikearge23 oh i never noticed it! Hehe oh well, usually when you are in the forest biomes wood is plenty. In open world sessions i tend to use the o.e deployable to buy wood If im too lazy to travel distances to get wood. But I also spend over 1000h in icarus farming ren credits and exotics so I got some to burn.

[@mikearge23]

@@sirnukealot84 what are exotics? I’m going to be playing my first ever play through in a few days. Looks like a fun game. My favorite genre is open world/survival/craft so this looks right up my alley. The reviews on stream kinda prevented me from trying it out but this series got me to want to play it.

[@sirnukealot84]

@@mikearge23 deep vein and payday missions are the ones you do to unlock exotic rocks and exotic extractor blueprint. Make sure to have the blueprint points available while in the payday mission to make it easier. Also the exotics can be saved up and traded for workshop suits, gadgets, armors and tools and weapons that can be either taken with you in your dropship rocket or to called down using the orbital device mini rocket. Also exotics can be sold to get ren credits. Also both ren and exotics is recieved when completing missions.

[@Kryser1]

I tryed your trick to get easy 50$ but i have to craft, hunt, build shelter and bedroll.. its not so easy peasy :( EDIT: ha... you were right... just leave capsule, get back inside and dont mind mission goals...

[@danielwahlstromm.d.415]

chamois is pronounced sha-mee (or sha-mwa if you're french)

[@Jamesdodson33]

What made you decide on Olympus?

[@dannyrothko]

I want to level up to around tier three before jumping into Prometheus. Just looking for a smooth progression of the character

[@Jamesdodson33]

@@dannyrothko good start bro. Looking forward to more

[@itsmeagain1745]

If you don't have the knife repaired, why not use the axe or pickaxe? You can kill a wolf with either.

[@itsmeagain1745]

Try chopping bones with the axe or pickaxe - they don't break if you look at them like the knife does.

[@michaelvial125]

level 60 is max level and your points are limited so you will not be able to unlock everything in the skill tree, so its best not to waste points on useless items like bone sickle and cloth armour, esp when bone armour will get you thru alot of game even different biomes until later high tech gear is unlocked and built.Farming animals is very simple,kill it and then just leave it there,climb angled wooden poles and camp the body,multiple predators will come to feed and thus provide unlimited bones,leather,fur and meat early game from just one kill.

[@itsmeagain1745]

You are limited to level 60, however you DO level up from 60 to 60 ad infinitum, gaining blueprint points each time. I know of players who have everything + hundreds of blueprint points.

[@kobked-x]

for the $197 this would cost with all the DLC... I'll keep my cash and sink a bit more into StarCitizen, at least its getting better all the time and NO DLC costs , EVER!

[@dannyrothko]

Most of the DLC is not needed, the "Prospector Edition" is about $70 and contains all of the maps. The rest of the DLC is cosmetic, or "outposts" which are this game's creative mode.

[@miekolock4060]

Yeah I understand the price tag being a turn off. But if you just grab the base game for $35 to check it out IT REALLY IS GOOD!!!

[@itsmeagain1745]

Why not bone arrows? Much better than stone arrows.

[@dannyrothko]

I'm trying to save as many bones as I can to mass create epoxy later on haha. At level 15 I will get the flint arrows which are super cheap and great to make.

[@The.Dark.Dominion.]

the thumbnail is clickbait :D

[@dudesicko]

The video is good, but i wish you damn had showen what to do with the first mission you were talking about, because you say it takes 40 sec to do, and you forking cant gather sticks, wood, Level up, unlock wood rag Torch, craft a shelter, bedroll, interact and launch the dropship in 40 sec. So Thumbs down alone for this.

[@dannyrothko]

I could have explained it better. You do not need to complete any objectives, simply drop down to the planet, get off the ship, then immediately jump back into the ship and leave.

[@sirrahma1690]

What's the deal with this game? Isn't this just Ark but super generic?

[@exciting-burp6613]

It's Ark without the janky animations and asset pack aesthetic.

[@Mazilescu_Elian]

Icarus is still bad , what they presented and the garbage that we received , and after that , they came with 100 updates and still is far away of what they presented , soo , is a big scam , I really love the survival games , and this gamr broke my heart and I will never heal from this emotional damage.

[@dannyrothko]

Sorry to hear it isn't your type of game, if you like survival games though it might be worth giving another chance.

[@orlathemming8689]

Coming late for Icarus, I massively need to disagree with you. Started the game a few weeks ago and love it.

[@jaybee9716]

This game makes no sense. You wear leather clothes over a space suit. I don't get it.

[@dannyrothko]

😄 True. I think they way they explain it makes sense though. You're basically just a normal person who spent everything on the spaceship flight out to the planet, so you have to use planet-side resources to survive. Like Bear Grylls in space.

[@gavmedia5674]

Yet another garbage survival game and another waste of time making a video about it. Survival games are BORING, they're all the same.