Noita Wand Guide For NEW Players

[@Evanski]

Learning you can edit the wands is like figuring out you've been using a controller upside down for all your life

[@ohjoshdarnit]

"every run is winnable...it's up to you to realize what's available to you and to go crazy with it" Advice for life!

[@grobsop6688]

Awesome! Currently 43 hours into the game, still not managed to win yet, but got "gods are impressed" achievement yesterday. I am in LOVE with this game!

[@gianlukeoni1776]

After watching dunkorslam's video named "a full Noita run" i managed to start getting wins, to the point that i am now doing more difficult challenges like multi-orb wins or new game plus. I suggest to you to do the same

[@blad...]

I suggest NOT watching full runs or game breaking stuff. If you're having trouble start with some wand building TIPS. Just learn how to build some wands yourself. Don't just copy end game wands.

[@Bad.At.Guitar]

@@blad... Meh. Its all about how you want to play. If you just want to win? Yeah watch a few dunk runs or streams and you'll probably be set in no time. Want to know everything about the game and forge your own method? Get ready for hours and hours of very unforgiving game play. Personally, I'd just suggest playing until you stop having fun, then look up more tips and tricks, use those, then repeat the cycle.

[@blad...]

@@Bad.At.Guitar Yeah that. If it's just not fun then sure look stuff up.

[@FreelacerxD]

700 death before win xD but i enjoyed it

[@brianjones9780]

You can see how much Dunk genuinely loves Noita! I watch his KZbin streams even the 6+ hour ones. I recommend spending some time playing on your own after watching this until you start really hating the game because it's so tough, then go online and search for some answers to a few of your questions, and keep going from there. Noita is an experience and a huge part is the discovery!

[@venomspawn3859]

About 5 hour into the game, and I had no idea about these basics mechanics. I was just adding spells to the wands at random, thanks for this!

[@WeAre1Legion]

I've got like 11 hours and I got down that arrows on a fast wand is fun, richochet bounce rounds or energy spheres in a shotgun sequence wand is amazing, lightning bolt with the right build is just a railgun, magic arrow machine guns shred stuff, and flaming pollen wands are amazing for digging

[@brotherfox1660]

Recently I decided to watch my friend take his first steps in noita. At first, we just killed ourselves at 1 location and weighed, but then I decided to help him go deeper. I collected the best staffs from possible resources for him, but for some reason he could not go beyond 3 locations. And I realized that in fact, the main problem of novice witches is not that they lack damage, but that they just get too much damage. They don't have those lightning reflexes at the sight of a propane balloon, they don't know what to expect from magicians, they don't feel the timing of a sniper shot, and so on. it seems to me that the main obstacle from the first victory is not knowledge, but skill

[@VirtualButt]

I think the main obstacle is not necessarily skill but experience instead. For example, now that they have died to a propane tank, they'll know not to go near the 120-damage-blue-cylinder-of-death and make it explode beforehand. And if they get hit by, say, a blinding mage, the next time they'll know what that specific mage does and will try to stay clear of him. And this neatly wraps back to gaining knowledge as well

[@brotherfox1660]

@@VirtualButt Yes, you're right, but that's not all I said. to find out what this or that thing is doing, one death is enough for you. to learn how to dodge sniper bullets, slowly fly around the jungle, plant ukko (electric Satan from 3 locations) for a shot, not catch all hissi shots in the face, and pass most of the location without damage, that's what hundreds, if not thousands of races are spent on. you need to save hp to explore the location more, to learn more new things, to collect strong staffs. I can pass the first 3 locations without damage (if I'm not greedy), and a novice player barely survives on them. I'm talking about this

[@BritOfADrag]

@@brotherfox1660 wouldn't you say that's knowledge too though?

[@KeinNiemand]

Which is why I still suck at this game, I have read most of the wiki at this point, but even after playing noita for over 100 hours, my actual skill still sucks. I'm just really bad at anything that requires reacting quickly and I'm not really improving (or only very very slowly) as I keep playing. Only reason I won once was due good RNG combined with abusing a bunch of secrets and knowledge. Not sure If I should start using mods that make the game easyer or not, it kind of feels like cheating but it's not like getting good is an option when I just don't get any better.

[@brotherfox1660]

@KeinNiemand I don't know, dude, really. I entered the game already knowing enough about it to survive a little. Sometimes, I reached 4th location. I've heard that it's a pretty common problem, that people can't win, but I've never found it incredibly difficult. Noita is a damn unusual and unfair game, and you have to keep that in mind. It is also not necessary to play it quickly, and to be able to react, it is enough just to always check the rear and carefully take away enemies one by one. they can also be bypassed, the locations are not linear, and it gives freedom for tactics in this regard. Just try to play more thoughtfully and carefully. If you really feel that you just don't have enough reaction, I can advise you nuclear throne, it's a pretty similar game, according to the number of turns, but there you will be forced to react quickly. p.s. (Don't use the wiki so often. This is not the best way to get acquainted with the game)

[@myuuiii]

I was about to boot up the game, best timing ever, thanks for the vids!

[@wafflecopter9296]

As a player that has a handful of wins and a ton of deaths, just keep going. Dont focus on trying to win right away, you arent going to. Focus on learning enemy attack patterns, what to avoid and when, and just know that sometimes you just get destroyed regardless. Playing with some helpful mods in the steam workshop might also help you learn some stuff And just learn to laugh at your deaths, it's going to happen a lot

[@ChronoShadow69]

My wife bought this for me because her friends said it 'seems like a game (he) would like!' I spent three hours playing, and the next two weeks watching videos during my downtime at work. ...So yeah, they were right! Time to try some actual gameplay myself again!

[@FumblsTheSniper]

I apologize but I tried watching this while making a pizza and the oven started smoking. By the time I came back the video was over. Thank you for trying to help.

[@roidroid]

KZbin isn't a rouge like, U can hit play again.

[@calmlittlebuddy3721]

Love videos for the new players that the community can point to a say “start here”. This is one of those videos! Amazing job.

[@zach1425]

My girlfriend and I affectionately refer to Dunk as Fix it Felix Jr. We're both getting better at noita, one of us moreso than the other, because of this goddamn sorcerer. Thank you dawg. Really hard carrying my relationship rn

[@shadence2001]

I was just about to watch some of your runs here on YT, an BOOM, a new video drops out! Love the content, man! Cheers!

[@e3vee677]

140 hours. 2 wins. Yeah I think I’m a new player

[@btwbrand]

Perfect, just got the game. First purchase on steam in 6 years. First log-in in 3.

[@danbruce9294]

I love playing Noita and I just recently got it for my wife. We play and curse across from each other on our twin systems :) Thanks for the many helpful videos.

[@jamesmaphis72]

noitas great but I've been struggling to wrap my head around wants. thanks so much for the guide, it has helped immensely

[@ConSocial94]

Love all the videos you put out be they short or long, full runs or tips. Even with 300 hours into the game I am still amazed at all the stuff I am still finding out! Thanks again

[@sunnyiswhat]

Dunk, I got my first win thanks to your tutorial videos. Took me 210 attempts!

[@MrNutria87]

good job old man!!

[@dommiedomingez]

oh my absolute god man, I gotta say thank the lord for this video man, the way you laid it out just clicked for me! Absolute bloody legend

[@pedrovolpinirj]

thanks god you are helping us mere noobs who have just entered this endless adventure, your content is very educational, and please continue with videos for beginners

[@snarfbomber298]

Are you joking!? What greater gift could I get than a Noita guide from dunk! This is the most hype I’ve ever been for a yt video

[@lawfulevilgloam6445]

This video could not have come at a better time for me. I just got Noita

[@TheOptimuspringles]

Very helpful for how the spells and wands work for a new player. Thank you!

[@alextreides]

Thank you so much DunkOrSlam! Recent newbie Noita player and stream/vod watcher (timezones...) I'm glad YT recommended me your channel 😁

[@1WolfFan]

I keep by explosives wand in slot 4. That way I'm less likely to accidentally use it in the heat of some other moment. But this is a good way to get started... for when you're getting started.

[@aarepelaa1142]

For me it's main shooting on 1, 2 has teleport or digging, if i never get teleport it's gonna stay digging, and with teleport i move mining to 3, and use 4 for a spell storage wand, that'll probably kill me if shot on accident.

[@icywarhammer5003]

@@aarepelaa1142 i only start using wands as storage once i have a wand refresh and an add mana lmao, i do NOT want to accidentally fire it

[@ventana6588]

Such a EXCELLENT GUIDE!!! it's perfect!

[@blad...]

You forgot to mention the most important information to me when learning wands. If your Cast Delay is longer than your Recharge time it takes precedence when recharging your wand. I was always so confused why my wand loaded slowly with super low Recharge time before I realized this. If I'm wrong, correct me, but I'm pretty sure this is what happens.

[@antonk.653]

This is generally correct, at the end of a wand's spell cycle, it takes the higher of either cast delay or recharge time.

[@blad...]

@@antonk.653 Yeah I played around 200 hours of Noita almost fully blind (looked up a few things on wiki) and this one thing always made me scratch my head until I started watching a lot of Noita vids and saw it in a random one.

[@Kyufoxy]

Correct. He's clearly too used to Lumi or Chainsaw builds to think about this problem lmao

[@JamesChurchill]

It's not that Noita picks the higher value, it's that both cast delay and recharge delay timers are run *simultaneously*, and only when both have expired can the wand be fired again. So whichever is longer ends up being the limiting factor.

[@Kyufoxy]

@@JamesChurchill True. From a programming perspective, yes. From a player perspective it's the same.

[@billbob9674]

Thank you dunkorslam now my friends on Xbox live that have been offline for over 10 years will come back to play halo reach with me!

[@rocktobot]

really thoughtful to make a beginner guide for all the new players this holiday season! keep up the awesome vids.

[@ferngullible]

just started watching ur channel bc i finally got noita and this is perfect timing!! i have a hard time learning the wands so thank you very much for this!! love ur vids dude!! ❤️‍🔥

[@cristianbarcelo3368]

great video as always man, keep it up

[@karka4175]

These vids are THE ONLY F... way to learn noita tips like there are either funny reviews on the game at all, or they just not helpfull for beginners (like use red mages to increase ur hp to 99999999999¹²³⁴, or use vulnerability spell some other mage and special perk to get immune to some type of damage) THANKS DUDE, you are THE BEST minä in existence

[@xenocian1873]

just got it yesterday and this vid was uploaded. couldn’t ask for more

[@sillygoosemichael]

nice cut my man, good tutorial for new players. love the youtube vids dunk

[@colehilkey9718]

WOW this was the video I was looking for!!!! Thanks a TON! :) :) :)

[@ArtOfDying1029]

Glad to see noita content still happening in 2023.

[@NewUser000NewUser]

As a newbie,this is a great video

[@snarfbomber298]

I would love to see more runs on KZbin. Twitch is such a pain to use

[@Q_z_]

As someone with 1000+ hours in this game I didn't even know half the things dunk mentioned in this video. Thank you so much for the tutorial, I'll try editing my wands in the next run! I finally understand why the no wand editing and tinker with wands everywhere perk exists!

[@user-fs3tu4ry3t]

Yeah i have 5069 hours and i learned that you can hover 😭

[@tatsunithelennyking2540]

You have 1000+ hours and just learned the usefulness of tinker everywhere, the most busted perk in the entire game bar none?.... Yikes....

[@Soulsphere001]

You might want to check out DunkOrSlam's "Noita Spell Wrapping Explained" video for more advanced information about wands that might blow your mind.

[@ddd-op5wy]

@@tatsunithelennyking2540 God I hate redditors so much it's unreal

[@Lagnewb]

Great video. Thanks for showing me how the wands work!

[@foobar9761]

Knew that stuff but still !quack !quack

[@roboticrebel4092]

Another thing of note is that if you don't manage to get a better wand by the time you enter the coal pits, you can swap the damage spell over to the bomb wand. With a rapid fire spell like sparkbolt or bouncing bolt it will make it shoot extremely fast. But beware of slow mana recharge

[@cactynemann4356]

Word of advice: the little brown stick wand with the hole in the middle is usually like a minigun

[@N-cromancer]

LOVE YOUR TECHNICAL VIDEOS DUNK

[@thatotherguy4245]

“Just when I though I was out… they pull me back in.”

[@hansmuller8762]

Thanks, for this helped get my first win after 107 deaths on day 3.

[@rockstar-made]

Thank you, made it super easy to understand and super helpful

[@gruud6700]

I didn't even know about customizing wands. So this was useful 8-)

[@maxswed5805]

Happy new year G!!

[@MrScan010]

Thank you for this video. I learned a great deal! Maybe now I can get beyond that frozen bit! :D

[@bensthoughts2]

Concise and informative, very useful, thank you!

[@Zajin13]

Just bought it this week and after a couple of hours my advice to every new player would be the same every veteran of Dwarf Fortress will give you: Losing is !FUN! Just learn from your deaths, get a feel for combat, don’t be afraid to test out new things and you will see advancement, that’s what rogue-likes are all about

[@Sbenbobb9]

The Noita Devs better be paying you to say all this Dunk.

[@walter5668]

love your guides, subbed and liked

[@Yakumoke]

This is a really helpful guide, thank you very much!

[@llowryn603]

Thanks for wand guide, I'm dumb and scared to play this game thats sat in my library for over a month.

[@mattyzigzag]

Thanks you so much for a guide for us beginners. Me personally I have 400 hours in this game so this should be a great help to players like me

[@retowhite5354]

extremely helpful thank you very much sir

[@joshuaschechter7097]

you have a great voice man, ty for the tutorial good vid

[@cassidy8307]

Bro why didn't you fly a little to the right so it didn't flash red for the entire video

[@elderacorn1151]

Amazing explanation, and definitely not too long

[@burrdid]

Got my first win in 72 deaths, 24 hours total, 3 hours for my run, helpful for me and not wanting to be spoiled.

[@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja]

My main problem that causes 80% of my deaths is greed. I may be on 3 hp, but I still have magic missiles left, so might as well go mine some gold. *Proceeds to step on a single pixel of lava and die.* I have found that my biggest enemy is rarely the enemies but the environment.

[@joshcompton1693]

New player here brother got me the game video is helpful thank you

[@securatyyy]

I made a really cool wand! I immediately died, but man was it cool.

[@johnstone9357]

I finally managed to beat noita because of this video thanks

[@ShroomedMisterCraft]

Texas is a nightmare. My brother gifted this game to me. Gud tutorial

[@roidroid]

What a good brother 🙏

[@TonyWa1ker]

I wish i didn’t need a Phd in wandology thz for your vids so i suck less

[@blad...]

Lmao it really is like that. You have to study and need experience.

[@tythomason6228]

casually says his 12 min vid is too long when most of his vids are 4+ hours

[@manikandanu2317]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial... It would be very helpful for me😊😊😊

[@vegeta5082]

Really good informative Video

[@JossOwX]

I'll be buying the game on the next time it goes on sale

[@stuferdjuferdfudkia3715]

Hey hey just got this game how convinient that this guide should release so soon before.

[@shelekhov]

When a game designer is so lazy to build and balance weapons for the game in particle editor, he comes with an idea to make whole development process a part of gameplay :)))

[@hamzamotara4304]

The openest of sourcing.

[@lotion5238]

Such awesome guides, and they are for free too

[@eraytml]

hell yea finally someone spoke about the truths

[@seeker767]

Man you are a legend!!!

[@jokkepokke95]

I've noticed that putting a projectile modifier at the end of certain wands make them act very differently. I had a no-shuffle wand with very low delay and charge (both under 0.2) and when I put Electric Charge > Concentrated Light it fires one charged bolt then reloads. But putting in Concentrated Light > Electric Charge makes it fire one uncharged bolt then immediately one charged bolt, then reload. However the same setups using a Magic Missile instead of Concentrated Light doesn't achieve the same result, they both fire only one charged missile before reloading. What gives? Edit: Also, I've seen some people use the Chainsaw spell to make completely ridiculous wands that don't seem to stop firing, how does that work?

[@roidroid]

I think chainsaw has NEGATIVE cast delay, that's part of why it can have interesting effects.

[@starcultiniser]

great explanation, thanks.

[@douglas31415]

Hi Dunk! I'm watching on twitch. Is this how the chat works?

[@ScooterMyAnkle]

any advice on traveling to a parallel world without ambrosia? i tried it with about 1K hp, blackhole with projectile repulsion, and 3 gourds but got rolled. skill issue or should i try something else?

[@blad...]

The wiki says with 2k hp you can walk across. The biggest tip is FLY. Do not touch the rock. The damage from the flying is less damage than touching rock. What I do in 99% of my runs (*SPOILERS?*) is kill the alch. and find a healing bolt and make an infinite healing wand. I can just heal and teleport at the same time. You take very little damage depending on how good the wand is. (Must have reduce spread).

[@Nibgames]

Try to use faster black holes using modifiers (Accelerating shot is really good), then teleport your way through it, you shouldn't lose too much HP that way! But Ambrosia is super useful to have however and not extremely rare. I usually keep searching for ambrosia before I go to parallel worlds

[@dELTA13579111315]

@@Nibgames ambrosia let me get to parallel worlds for the first time, shifted water into it lol.

[@keithklassen5320]

I'd say just don't do it without Ambrosia tbh. There are a few edge cases like the other comments mention, but Ambrosia isn't usually that hard to find if you're a good enough player to survive in parallel worlds in the first place. If you can't find Ambrosia, probably don't bother.

[@RobertS122]

Thanks for this!

[@ArtanisOwns]

couldve grabbed the heal so you werent flashing red for 11 minutes...

[@soheil5710]

So did dunk finish his Terraria Calamity playthrough?

[@ZI0mek]

is there a discord serwer?

[@willmackaness2991]

I have played 150 hours of Noita, and still feel like a complete fucking noob At least when playing Dwarf Fortress I can wrap my head around it, but Noita just keeps kicking my ass

[@taoprsn]

You are the best

[@eubird7198]

i came here since noita is 60% sale rn

[@filorvus]

...you should heal.

[@DarkJDL]

Alright Dunk, I've watched most of your content. Paired with the Wiki, I got the Amulet with the Red pixel And the Crown. What now?

[@tuxr4z3r]

solve the sectrets of the cauldron and eyes.

[@robslobonbobscob2267]

My twitch chat doesnt work today ;(

[@kabershshkabersh4272]

Dunk, you accidentally said “Noita” instead of NetHack when referring to the best single player game of all time

[@MultiWolfLink]

600 hours doesn't mean I cant learn more or brush up on the basics

[@PhilCoolins]

omg pick up the health pack!!! the flashing is giving me a headache

[@mandalasreview5539]

grab the fucking heart, my eyes are bleeding

Thanks!

[@amir-zz7lz]

Can someone explain how the chainsaw works?

[@Kyufoxy]

It's tricky to explain but in short: reduces Recharge Time by 0.17 as well as setting the Cast Delay of the Spell Block it is in to zero, no matter what spells. I tried to explain it and it turned into a Wall of Text. If you still want to read it, go ahead: Usage examples: let's say you have: Double Spell > Triplicate Bolt > Chainsaw in your Wand. Then Triplicate Bolt would add Cast Delay as well as the Wand's default cast Delay, but since you cast Chainsaw afterwards that Cast Delay is set to 0. If the negative Recharge Time of the Chainsaw would set your Wand's Recharge Time to zero as well, then this Wand would turn into a machine gun, no matter what Cast Delay on the Triplicate Bolt. If you were to swap the Chainsaw and Triplicate Bolt like Double Spell > Chainsaw > Triplicate Bolt then first the Cast Delay is set to zero by Chainsaw, but afterwards Triplicate Bolt adds Cast Delay, which is bad, so make sure you put your Chainsaw in last. Be aware that this only applies to the current Spell Block. In this situation: Spark Bolt > Double Spell > Triplicate Bolt > Chainsaw the Spark Bolt still adds Cast Delay, since the Chainsaw is not part of its block. Anything in a Trigger or Timer already has 0 Cast Delay, so this mostly matters for the Primary spells you shoot directly off your wand. e.g. Spark Bolt with Trigger > Triplicate Bolt would not factor in the Triplicate Bolt's Cast Delay, but that of the Spark Bolt with Trigger. To fix this you could do: Double Spell > Spark Bolt with Trigger > Triplicate Bolt > Chainsaw or: Chainsaw >Double Spell > Spark Bolt with Trigger > Triplicate Bolt. In both cases this would cast the Spark Bolt with Trigger alongside Chainsaw which results in zero Cast Delay. Second example works via a mechanic called "Wrapping": Chainsaw is cast. Next the Double Spell can't find a second spell not already in the Trigger and looks for a new one in a different Cast Block. There is none. It goes to the beginning at of the Wand (it "wraps"), it finds Chainsaw and casts it alongside Spark Bolt with Trigger which results in zero Cast Delay. Besides that Chainsaw does good Damage so putting one in a trigger to cast it directly in an enemy is not a bad idea either if you already have a machine gun without it. All that being said, Dunk also has videos on Chainsaws, Wrapping and other related stuff so if Wall of Text is too confusing, you might want to check those out :D

[@kabershshkabersh4272]

Just watch his video dude

[@Marshal77]

As a Finn, got to love how badly he pronounces that Finnish word "Noita", like "Noiii-tA" :) Noita basically means "Witch"