Returnal | 16 ADVANCED GAMEPLAY TIPS - Avoid Death!

Returnal advanced gameplay tips and guide to surviving longer in the game! Quickly dispatch elite enemies, expand your health, master powerful guns, improve controls, and find hidden secrets!
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Background music:
Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
Dark Side - Patrick Patrikios
00:00 Intro
00:22 Melee Stagger
00:39 Special Statues
00:53 The Powerful Dreadbound
01:25 Interrupting
01:40 Improved Dash
01:56 Free Healing
02:09 The Tricky Electropylon Driver
02:33 Expand Health Bar
02:52 Glowing Orange Creatures
03:04 Access Higher Areas
03:20 Risky Interactions Button
03:37 Secret Walls
03:52 Hidden Items
04:04 Improved Crosshair
04:27 Closed Gates
04:44 Weapon Traits
05:17 Outro
#Returnal #Guide #Tips

[@BoomstickGaming]

*Have some other good tips for Returnal? Post ‘em down below and I will “heart” them for everyone else!* *BTW I hold my controller with a finger on R1 and R2 at all times. You could also put dash on R3 if you don't play that way.* _Boomstick Gaming is the haven for core gamers who value gameplay mechanics and systems, because that's what continues_ _to make anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable. Consider sticking around on the channel if you fall into that category! -Alex_

[@igortrindade9644]

Can i ask you a question? During your time have you encountered the bodies of other player, that you can avenge? I have not seen a single one and it was an advertised feature in the previews. I google it and can only find a reddit post complaining about not seeing it either and the rest is news sites talking about it as a feature. Please responde. Thank you.

[@BoomstickGaming]

@@igortrindade9644 I saw it once, prior to the day one patch.

[@igortrindade9644]

@@BoomstickGaming hmmm, ok, so i guess it is not fully functional yet, probably for a future patch. Anyway, thank you for responding!

[@nicke20686]

@@igortrindade9644 correct. As you may know by now it has been patched.

[@ahackercalled4chan]

@@igortrindade9644 it should be working now. i played this last weekend and ran into 3 unique player IDs that i could avenge. i think it only shows you players nearby who are playing at the same moment you are.

[@dezihatch3590]

This guy gets it. No clickbait, no extra garbage to waste our time, and pretty funny too. I admire how you run your show. Subbed

[@lucamicheli6705]

yeah i feel like most other videos like this for returnal just explain obvious things like that obolites aren't permanent and ether is

[@JerryBanfield]

Same here just subscribed!

[@alistairdempsey6734]

Same.

[@nicholasnajibi3082]

Yea that skill up idiot is super extra with it

[@Bighandsdown]

Just went to subscribe and was already subbed 🎉 no begging for subs and straight up info. Appreciated

[@Qaor]

Another good tip I found is when you have the fall damage debuff, a quick dash before landing will reset the fall distance causing you to take non at all. 👍

[@FFTM155]

THANK YOU GOOD SIR. I did not know that.

[@menthealo3725]

Thx captain obvious

[@Qaor]

@@menthealo3725 Others seemed to have found it helpful... I'm so sry your superior intellect was subjected to such tripe...

[@The_Orphanizer]

Good tip that I've been using since day one. Always get that parasite. That and anything that worsens malfunctions. Just avoid malfunctions altogether. Malignant items are almost never worth picking up.

[@menthealo3725]

@@Qaor it's like super obvious what u said. Like usually usual in all games. 😒👍

[@TheDrBall]

“Space money, or if you’re a planet native - obolites”. You win for best Returnal tips video.

[@rickjamesia]

Another good thing about melee... anything you break/kill with the melee attack automatically sends all of its obelites straight to you, rather than you having to run around and pick them up.

[@chrishellmax]

Hence me dashing killing blue dog things in biome 1. One run i got up to like a 1000 obelites.

[@GenLiu]

The tip number one shows how incredibly well crafted this game is. The natural reflexe when you encounter a big fatty in video games is to keep your distance as much as possible but Returnal rewards you massively for taking the risk to fight them upfront. Similarily, Overload and the way the dash is designed forces you to keep your head cool at any given time and rewards timing and precision while punishing button mashing. I personally love this.

[@John-oh2nu]

When looking for the target to shoot to release a gated chest, if you hold down aim the target will make a sound to help you locate it, and its color will change to red.

[@Jaydasilentninja]

Here’s a tip I just figured out, those yellow barriers can he broken with your sword when you have the ‘Blade Balancer’ artifact equipped

[@SirDaz]

Sword also destroys the shielded turrets and shielded mini bosses too.

[@AliZaybakII]

These can also be broken by a fully charged Deathball alt fire (sorry I forget the real name)

[@SimpleSnayke]

@@AliZaybakII Or the aptly named "Shield Breaker"

[@AliZaybakII]

@@SimpleSnayke ohh really?? Thanks

[@sisqolastdragon9523]

So far this guy has given the best tips for this game.👏🏽

[@Joey-ri4ui]

I loved the demons souls reference when you mentioned the crystal lizards

[@uum6]

Most of the time, enemies and even elites are a cakewalk. At random, however, there'll be a perfect storm. A perfect pairing of grunts in just the right zone, you get cornered, etc. It won't feel even remotely beatable. Sprinkle these moments ahead of a boss which is a total personification of everything described, and here I am.

[@axelstone3131]

Ugh this.

[@Powelus]

Same here. I will be walking confident two sections before the boss fight with the full health pack and a little astronaut, only to get those depleted by a lockdown of, as you said, the perfect pairing of enemies. Whole run down the drain

[@phl0w666]

So much this! Some cycles when instead of rushing to the boss I really take the time, and upgrade my integrity, my proficiency and make an effort to get an astronaut as well as the "mega health" consumable (can't remember all the items' names) to make a serious push. 100% guarantee shortly before the anathema gate I will encounter a lockdown with a nasty combination (2 greens, 1 elite, and those blue guys that turn orange and charge you) that just plows through my resources and I am under 50% health and no items to fight the boss. Now if this is the case for my first or second run, fine, I'll restart the cycle and try my luck. But after more than 9 hours wiping at the boss or a little before it gets a tad frustrating, to say the least.

[@mentalmadness2192]

I recently thought I had it all going for me in the 3rd biome, when I went into a portal and landed in a secret area which had its own mini-boss- a slow moving giant who could grab me from across the arena and pull me in while having lots of protection, so I didn't do much damage. this game is tough.

[@chaloopabatman]

same hahahahhahahah

[@Fuzzypaws]

Good tips. I'd add that resurrection chambers only work while you're in the same region. If you go through the gate to the next region, it won't save you when you die. Unfortunately, nothing in game says this, so when I got a little too aggressive on my best run yesterday, thinking my rez chamber would save me, I got punted back to the start, because I'd moved on to the last dungeon... Weh! Also the pylon is AMAZING. You can let damage over time wear down the hardest enemies like bosses and minibosses while you just focus on dodging, getting behind cover where available with nonboss elites, and firing when safe to keep up the DoT. Also, "regen when low health" is by far the highest priority parasite or artifact. You can't die if you aren't at low health, it will take you to low health first, so the artifact or parasite can save you and give you enough time to play keep away until you are out of danger. A boss can hit you a hundred times and never kill you as long as the hits aren't too close together.

[@SimpleSnayke]

You have said ALL my thoughts exactly - for the struggling player this gun is THE BEST! Definitely awesome except for maybe the under water biome in which I found the Hollowpoint? Gun with Orb or purple beam I can't remember the names now... when I got that along with the "turret" attachment - I knew it was time to beat the game/final boss - beast combination of a gun! I would add to also prioritize the parasite that essentially saves you from death as well, stacking those two is great! I find sometimes when you're not lucky enough to get an astronaut artifact you will find this parasite more often.

[@zoharek]

Pylon driver is op if used well. I got 18lvl one with pylon web trait and got Hyperion in 1st attempt. Co Constant DOT gives so much freedom to evade.

[@ShinnFlowen]

Read the enemy database to learn about the enemies' tactics. The flying robots try to self destruct when almost dead.

[@phl0w666]

I wanna add two things: -3D audio really helps in those lockdown areas. If your device doesn't support it (like my Bose Soundbar), the game suggests to plug the headphones into the controller to get 3D audio. It really works and helps a lot (not to mention that it sounds awesome)! -the radar helps a lot with dodging projectiles off screen. You simply can't survey 360° during fights all the time, but the radar warns you and when it turns a dark red, just dodge. It works like those arrows in God of War that prompted you to dodge blindly.

[@Kecinlin]

I also find changing the sprint mode to always sprint helps a lot

[@savasoguz]

Definitely! This should be tip #1

[@davidrominger6670]

Short & to the point. Good work, have a tiny boost in the KZbin algorithm sir.

[@BoomstickGaming]

thanks!

[@iEditorial]

"you have a healthy attention span" as somebody with ADHD this was so sweet lmao

[@MJeffSantos]

My personal tip: while the dreadbound is high risk, high reward, the hollowseeker is high reward with almost no risk. Once you upgrade it and get the Portal Beam trait, you can clear a room of enemies from miles away with ease. Biomes 5 and 6 are actually easy when you use this weapon.

[@rpgtoyaface]

Portal Turret. GG

[@LahngEun]

Serrated bullets melt

[@ChuckBassFGC]

Struggling really hard with the final biome rn

[@Vezalin]

It's amazing when given the relevant information without extra padding for words or constantly repeating the same thing over. Amazing video and thank you.

[@jackrussell1232]

This game is kicking my teeth in but it never feels unfair. I just have a lot to learn. I love that games are becoming a challenge again.

[@danny.4506]

I hate it games ment to be fun not a grind. If you like tourtière you can go do that for free

[@phl0w666]

@@danny.4506 As someone who grew up with games in the early 80s, games for me are meant to be a challenge and not fun or shallow entertainment. 99% of today's games are the latter, so I welcome any entry to the former category. If it's by a first party that's willing to take a risk (thanks, Sony!), thus granting better polishing than indie titles, all the better!

[@jackrussell1232]

@@danny.4506 It's an arcade game basically. I like it because I can take a break from whatever I'm working on and do a quick run instead of getting sucked into it for like 4 hours. And I think it's fun, but that's subjective. I'm not good at it yet, but I can tell the combat is going to be a blast once I am.

[@mitcHELLOworld]

Love your channel man!! Love finding and taking advantage of the small nuances of game mechanics of really well made games and you are great at finding them!!

[@robblogdotnet]

Best tips video I've seen for the game so far. So many helpful tips here.

[@mitchsbtrippin4939]

Also Jump as L1 with dash as R1 is a life saver for me. I've been using R1 for Dash since I started but I'm really glad you mentioned it.

[@i3thirtyone]

The best tips video so far that i have watched. Well done.

[@marcocave8867]

Best tips I have found so far, great job!!

[@HughJassle]

I’ve watched about 15 different “tips & tricks” videos for Returnal and you BY FAR are the best! You have managed to pack 16 VERY useful tips in less than 6 minutes!? The other 14 videos average was around 10 minutes. Bravo you have a new subscriber. 👏🏻

[@bradders8253]

Just started playing & this is the best tips video I’ve seen so far. Excellent work my friend

[@SimpleSnayke]

This game was SO refreshing after beating RE in like 10 hours. Took me a week to beat the Phrike(the first boss) in Returnal - that being said, now beating the game - I feel so accomplished... and even after over 100 deaths - there's still replay value it's still fun and challenging. Love this game! I was really amazed with the lighting in the scene after the last boss under water before the end.. I don't want to spoil anything - but it made me smile thinking about the other PS5 games to come and how awesome the console graphics are getting.

[@chrishellmax]

This. To me a replay value must be added otherwise i just delete it. I heard some of the dev comments and thats what they aimed for. A game that you can repeatedly play. For me that is a big win. Also super frustrating game when you die stupidly. or get lasers stupidly.

[@ghlewis]

​@chrishellmax When you considering the fun of replays, it makes the many game deaths more bearable 😅

[@doeboy718]

Just started playing returnal a few days ago and your video helped a lot man.. this game was a bit intimidating when I first jumped on but I stuck with it. These tips will definitely will carry me further. Thanks man. Subbed

[@aaronnedlan8636]

You never miss with these guides, loving the content Alex!

[@BoomstickGaming]

thanks!

[@joshuaeligio6504]

Thank u! @ least 5 or 6 tips will drastically change my run outcome. This game is very fun, rewarding, and brutal at the same time. Thanx 4 sharing!

[@Jaydasilentninja]

Thanks for this, I didn’t know most of this. This will make my 2nd play for secret ending much less painful!

[@itzgojira6945]

Great video, Learned a few things I did not know before. Thank You!

[@ryancole4893]

AMAZING video man! These are some great tips that really helped me out.

[@UTopia120]

Very useful tips. Thanks for the details.

[@geebaucham]

Phenomenal vid man! Just started playing last night and this helped a lot.

[@UnDeAdXAiM]

Great video. Watched a couple already and yet you introduced me to several things I didn’t know about

[@mousedance]

This is great, thanks! Loving this game.

[@DevilboyScooby]

I've found that the Hollowseeker with portal beam and waves or serrated blades makes mincemeat of most bosses, beat 2, 3 and 6 first time with one. If you're really lucky you can get Portal Turret and voidbeam too.

[@epyon7773]

Great video man. Found more useful tips than many.

[@ricksigales3833]

Officially my Returnal plug . Good content thanks alot ..

[@diofujiwara]

Finally a no nonsense straight to the point channel.

[@BoomstickGaming]

yup

[@michaelshearer8155]

Thank you! I just assumed those chests behind gates needed some ability i hadn't unlocked yet! this should help me out

[@RIZZYFLOURS]

I already knew all of these having died 100 times in the first level except the control changing methods very helpful Thank you

[@alexanderkevwitch5801]

Normally I don't subscribe to tip videos idk why, but when this got to the point gave me what I needed and said good attention span yup I'm subbin

[@martinminseitov9878]

been struggling with this game and did not progress at all. this video is very good and straight to the point. Like

[@opgam3r482]

great job, i agree, very useful tips

[@auliamosha9492]

Thank you for the tips. Never thought to costumize the buttons. 👍

[@Whalehead123]

I learned some of these things by just playing the game but the video was quick and to the point so thanks !

[@terel86]

Wow great tips! Will definitely help on my next run👌🏿

[@petemitchell842]

I knew you would make the best tips vid on this. I was just waiting for it lol.

[@BoomstickGaming]

lol thanks!

[@kaparkin]

By far the best tips guide for this game . Two thumbs up man

[@Emmalition]

These videos are amazing and thank you my attention span has never been complimented before

[@TobiasLimbourg]

This is by far the best Returnal Tips Video on KZbin.

[@Pryingopenmy3rdi]

awesome tips, man. subbed

[@BoomstickGaming]

thanks!

[@aaroncolon4336]

Thanks these tips were super useful i actually learned something about this game

[@matthewgreen3101]

Great vid, going to try a couple. Making the target bigger is a good one

[@asuarez91xx]

Amazing! Thank you thank you, perfect & to the point

[@nasersiddiquee7253]

Thank you for your dash suggestion.

[@sharpy-dan-howdy4828]

The best tips for Returnal I've seen yet. Well played, fella.

[@partyinmypocket]

I'm sorry I'm not trying to be rude or anything.. But we all need to be aware of peoples' choices in their gender identity. For all we know this person could be a woman or something other than a 'fella'. Please be aware of this as to not offend someone by assumptions. Thank you :)

[@bladechild2449]

If your aim is to get to the boss(es) and progress, then spec for health, protection, and buy each of the large HP items from the shops. If you wanna be doubly sure, rush to the shop and check for the Astronaut augment. If it's not there, reset.

[@TangibleThings]

Thanks for the gaming tips!

[@609STAACKS]

Another goated video good job bro 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@BoomstickGaming]

thanks!

[@MisterBump73]

Good stuff, thanks!

[@coltonkobe24]

Re mapped dash to the right stick and jump to the left already ahead of you. Great video my man!

[@MrPlasmo]

This. I actually like R1 to fire and R2 for dash better though

[@shatterdice1]

Where have you been all my life ..... tips i knew but the execution of the video with the footage amazing .... i subbed an liked an wana see more

[@mrpraveen3110]

Nice one Alex. Appreciate it! Subscribed as well 👍🏻

[@grimwatcher]

Thank you for the tip about the dread bound, i could not figure out that weapon and hated it so much, I'll take the advice and use it from now. This is why this channel is the best, when I click on this I'm sure I'm not gonna find obvious stuff that the tutorial teaches you or "kill the healer 1st"

[@Autumnblueskies1]

That was really useful! Thanks

[@llandy123]

holy cow I didn't know about the free healing thing on level 1, thanks!

[@joeymacdonald6602]

Great tips 👌 thank you.

[@dashingirishlad]

Great tips. Cheers mate

[@JeremyDusek]

Thank you for this information. This game is kicking my ass.

[@drjpeg]

Awesome tips brotha

[@Stinkii_Pinkii]

Hell yeah quick and to the point thank you🙏🏾.

[@BoomstickGaming]

welcome!

[@Pricetag33]

24 hours in. These tips are great!

[@TyranVz]

Great tips. Subbed

[@mcnalld2]

Great vid - subscribed

[@olivier4916]

Thanks for this tips bro

[@SuperFacecloth]

Jolly good show Alex! Jolly good!

[@BoomstickGaming]

ty

[@robgrant8285]

Great Stuff Many thanks.The game is brilliant.Cheers!

[@Marzeth]

Thanks for respecting my time! Such a concise video full of just what I needed to hear. Thanks again!

[@Acordim]

Great stuff here!

[@unahp.3751]

Thanks, Alex!

[@53176]

One of his better videos. Snappy and concise.

[@josephiovine8952]

Great video! 👍🏻

[@BoomstickGaming]

ty

[@mosiii1943]

Thanks man, great tips

[@bwrighteous]

This game is very good. Died a couple of times but with your tips my runs are now a LOT easier!

[@williamb19]

Few things I didn’t know in here. Thanks a lot

[@mentalmadness2192]

good stuff, will try some of it out🙌

[@neosuicide]

Thanks for the vid!

[@TheICEKrusHER]

I had all but given up on this game but after watching I'm gonna take another run at it. Thanks... I hope

[@TmpDarkside]

I had no idea to smash those craggy looking walls for secret areas. Good stuff all around thanks!

[@weezbo]

One quibble on the healing items: they USUALLY work like you say, turning into resins when your integrity is full, but some won’t convert. Specifically some of the ones in the gold star door challenge room will not change to resins. And there are some scattered around that are always resins even if you’re not full. So it’s worth checking them after you clear a room because there’s no reason not to grab a resin right away.

[@elysiumcore]

Thanks mate ☺️ going to try some of the settings

[@BoomstickGaming]

good luck !

[@senojnomis]

Here's a big tip, don't buy the 25% more health upgrade in the shop on each level until you've cleared the level and collected all the Silphium and Resin to upgrade you health as much as possible. Waiting to add on 25% of a bigger total number is much better! Another tip is to be careful with the artefact that makes the positive effects of parasites stronger, it doesn't work retroactively, with current parasites, it only works for future parasites you pick up! If you grab this powerful artefact and have a couple of mediocre parasites already, consider trying to find a way to remove them to make room for the full amount of parasites throughout your run to have stronger positive effects!

[@duncan_yoyos]

Very good video man

[@FFTM155]

The most IMPORTANT tip is this. This game is amazing and super fun to play. I recomend this to all ps5 users. Do not miss this perfect shooter from Housemarque!

[@DrGreenThumb2911]

Nice video mate . I learned so much from it 👍🏻👍🏻. Thanks 👽 👾 🔫

[@GlooowTube]

Love the videos