Supernova Difficulty Guide - The Outer Worlds Hard Mode Survival

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[@Charok1]

I'm having fun with Supernova. I do NOT like the unique light machine gun everyone likes. I like plasma pistol & rifle, and the glorious GRENADE LAUNCHER.

[@macgamer1973]

Today at 15 a lvl 21plasma rifle drop, I was op taking down m. Queens in 2 shots

[@Halcylion]

Supernova Secret for Success (SSS) is abusing TTDLHE. Tactical Time Dilation Location Hit Effects. Dunno if that was mentioned in this video, because I stopped at the spoiler warning... for which I'm grateful. Brought to you by Spacer's choice. You've tried the best, now try the rest!

[@honkhonk5000]

Figured I’d watch this guide after beating supernova yesterday. Can’t wait to see what I did to make things harder on myself.

[@DBGTZ117]

Tip on Saving. You can fast travel to your ship then load your last auto save just before you fast traveled. It makes going against large groups of enemys that you keep dying at, that are a fare way away from your ship, so much easier to deal with.

[@talic3893]

You die? Well guess what, you can always run back after killing 1 or 2 trash cuz mobs reset

[@thechoomofdoom6979]

Hardest thing on supernova is just keeping your companions alive. As long as you build to make em strong tho and get good with using their abilities it makes it way easier. I highly recommend investing into Medical for the extra healing and the perk to heal your companions as well.

[@crozraven]

loving the game so far, not sure I like "another" weapon degradation system. Feels way too artificial to be something of worth or interesting. I honestly prefer something like Nioh with familiarity system instead of typical durability system. it actually adds to your decision making in weapon progression & basically the more you use the weapons, the better outcome you get (numbers or combat-wise). Kinda like how warriors or soldiers with their trusted weapons.

[@yevinorion]

Can the weapons be repaired?

[@crozraven]

@@yevinorion yes

[@JB-xl2jc]

Spacer’s Choice gear degrades ultra quickly but that’s an ingame depiction of the lore, what with their gear being utter shit. Other brands tend to last a lot longer (barring sniper rifles- they seem to wear down a bit quick). It’s not really a big deal to repair it even if you have low engineering, weapons parts are super plentiful. But agreed that it’s a bit annoying.

[@Doom_Hawk]

I don’t mind it, but I do like your idea too. Haven’t played Nioh yet (but I got it on sale) and it would be interesting to see how Obsidian would handle a mechanic like that.

[@HongFeiBai]

I think it's fine. At least the bottom of the screen will let you know when weapons degrade. Also, resource management makes the game more interactive.

[@MegaJiffyman]

Shout out to you for the spoiler warning: stopped it with 2 seconds to spare. You the real MVP for that

[@itzJuztThomas]

Haha same dude

[@tylerlackey1175]

You watched a video on tips for playing the game through its highest difficulty, but you havent even played it yet?

[@hudsoneezy]

@@tylerlackey1175 yeah, most of us played rpgs on normal or hard as kids. I don't have time to play it twice and I don't want it too easy

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@hudsoneezy supernova is neither normal nor hard. It is a difficulty meant for after you've already played the game once

[@hudsoneezy]

@@tylerlackey1175 right over your head.

[@dernopps]

Currently playing through supernova myself and i got into the habit of making "Not-So-Quicksaves" by fast traveling back to my ship from the map every now and then, or before a bigger enemy encounter. The game actually (auto)saves at the point you were standing _before_ initiating fast travel, so you can immediately load back the latest save after arriving at your ship and kinda have a checkpoint this way. This seems somewhat unintended and obviously exploitable, so perhaps this will be patched eventually(?). If there is any kind of level transition nearby you can ofc just use that one to autosave.

[@ZachSimplyZach]

They'd better patch it for usual saves to become unlocked. These types of games just don't work that way - sometimes you have to reload a save that was created for about an hour ago, because a stone monkey have thrown its n-rayed shit at you. These moments really break immersion and make you want just to dump a game. There is a mod on Nexus already, which unlocks saves on supernova. Playing with it myself, works pretty fine.

[@dernopps]

@Chomag Oh don't you worry, this still happened multiple times already 😂 But i just learned to exploit this even more frequently, especially after dying to the exact same enemy at the exact same spot twice without saving beforehand ... :P Btw i'm playing on PS4 so it really is a _not-so_-quicksave, but still better than replaying up to an hour multiple times

[@devinman500]

Thx for the tip!

[@davidalvaradoda]

@@ZachSimplyZach then you might as well not play supernova. The whole ppint is to not be able to save scum which honestly ruins the experience. In no way is that unimmersive. Save scuming is the unimmersive part. Zero consequences.

[@ZachSimplyZach]

@@davidalvaradoda Nope, I want to play it on supernova and I do play it that way, just with saves. I like sleep/drink/eat mechanic, I like combat difficulty, I like the way your armor and weaps gradually become useless when their condition lowers and so on. But I don't like situations when I try to jump onto a stone to get a better view over the battlefield and become stuck in that stone without any chance to get out. I've lost for about an hour when that happened. I don't have much time to play games, and moments like this one completely ruin the whole experience for me. I do not savescum. If I make a mistake with any of my choices, I carry on with it. But I still need the save function just in case if anything like this happenes.

[@Jovenza2]

I've finished Supernova. There's a point where it gets so easy where I rarely let my guard down and someone dies. Also I essentially speech checked myself through the game. Didn't have a final boss.

[@malachiconstant7745]

John Goli Did you do the dumb ending?

[@IamChloePrice]

My tip for Supernova would to avoid the melee aspect, stick to range, and don't bring companions until you get the perk to revive them with the inhaler.

[@hurfnurf2487]

Thanks for the tip

[@IamChloePrice]

@@hurfnurf2487 mhm the only hard part is you are practically stuck with Parvati till you get the ship up and running.

[@hurfnurf2487]

@@IamChloePrice actually that was surprisingly easy, I mean easier than what I was expecting. I just set her and the rest of the companions on distance, ranged and defensive. Of course I forgot to do that with felix and he died but he was my least favorite anyways lol

[@hurfnurf2487]

@@IamChloePrice its probably best to get sam as soon as possible since hes so powerful

[@IamChloePrice]

@@hurfnurf2487 Yeah and like N.V. you can just skip the boss fight with talking your way out of the fight. Easy platinum but definitely my favorite game of 2019.

[@patrick0905]

Another tip on saving progress in supernova difficulties is that everytime you transit to a new area the game will autosave, so for example you are in Monarch wilderness going to Fallbrook, the game will autosave. Can put this in good use when you don't have you ship around to manual save.

[@dernopps]

As i already mentioned in the comments here you can also simply fast travel back to your ship to trigger an autosave, the game actually saves at the spot where you left so you can immediately reload this save to basically have the next best thing to a quicksave. I'm (ab)using this and the transitions you mentioned quite a bit on supernova ;)

[@cyrusmerrigold3278]

Companions are to make the story richer; personable. Unless you are a support class where you buff and heal your companions while they kill your enemies, they are just eye candy.

[@DatHombre]

@@cyrusmerrigold3278 I mean all of the companion abilities can be pretty useful as they incapacitate whoever they were used on. Otherwise I agree, they are pretty much useless. Although I usually try to get enemies really low health and let the companions finish them since I have the "+50% exp for companion kills" perk, so they can be useful in that sense as well.

[@R7AWSUM]

I think the better solution is to not take companions. The aggro ranges on enemies are kinda small and it makes hit and run tactics way easier. Also, and this may just be me, why even play supernova if you're going to allow yourself the luxury of reloads? It's such a better test of your game knowledge and abilities to force yourself to get it in one go. If you somehow manage to die early in, that just means your build was sub optimal for that particular situation you put yourself in. Remember that on the hardest difficulty not all builds will be functional.

[@darencolby1916]

People like to play in different ways.

[@hidan407]

Exactly. When I played fallout 4 survival( with mods to make it so that damn near 3 bullets can easily kill me) I had a ninja style and I avoided fights that I knew I couldnt handle. Then I started getting better and learning to do explosive based trapping style. That build has kept me alive every game I can do apply it

[@CamoflagedTumbleweed]

Thank you for end game spoiler warning section/warning! I appreciated skipping that. 🥦🦖

[@Terrbearr428]

Using a body attribute buff consumable helps for fast traveling when overencumbered. Things like mock apple juice buff it while also hydrating yourself, stock up on those

[@robsonwaterkemper]

Excellent video. I only suggest that you had put the Final Tips before the Spoiler section. I've watched your video before playing the game for the first time and then started a Supernova run without return to your video and seeing it until the end and didn't know the most valuable Supernova tip of all: You can sleep on your ship outside of your quarters.

[@rogen8094]

End game spoiler alert saved me; thanks Fextralife - you got a sub for that! :)

[@juandemarko8348]

I love supernova it makes it more immersive.

[@Hebrewhammer305]

Wooo been waiting for this! Thanks so much.

[@DagothDaddy]

I hate the whole only save on your ship system. It should be you can only save in a town. Only saving on ship yes makes it harder but in an annoying time wasting way not a fun way it makes it so If I die I have to go back to the start of the planet that just wastes my time it doesn't add a challenge. Allowing saves in town accomplishes the same thing with half the annoyance. The goal is to prevent save scumming I get it but 9 times out of 10 someone on Supernova has already beaten the game and knows all the dialogue options and can min max the system if he really wanted to.

[@Jessterr2]

Thank you for the spoiler alert. Not sure what I was about to see but I paused it!

[@astolfo2305]

just finish supernova.. companions are useless i only use 2 on final mission on boss fight they died :D least they helped me kill robot boss

[@SimilakChild]

you don't even need companions, you just need maxed science and that science 2h hammer. when the healing bots come out just run into one of the rooms around the corner and one shot them as they fly in. then continue to DPS the boss.

[@honkhonk5000]

I reloaded so many times because of companion deaths. I expected to die more than them

[@orcs_blood1793]

I’m now a god on supernova and I did it all without tips. Lost felix tho. Fuck that guy.

[@crazymammoth]

i used the Hammer made the end a cake walk, but i don't see the hammer getting a nerf cause YOU have to lvl melee to 20 and upgrade the hammer and lvl up science to 80 to make the item OP. many players may choose not to do this with their build

[@retrorevolutions4590]

awesome video was about to hit supernova now after hard so im glad i watched this before hand however seems my ranged style i used last play will work good for this

[@gary7384]

Thank you for the spoiler alert, its 2021 and I still havent been spoiled so im gonna like your video and go play outer worlds.

[@valandrial789]

great tips mate amazing video

[@SatchelStreams]

I guess if you wanted to be a complete wuss about it, a.k.a. me, couldn’t you just do a stealth charisma focused build and talk your way out of everything?

[@SatchelStreams]

* * C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-I-N-G

[@darencolby1916]

Yes, though some quests have required fights. Don’t wanna spoil but their is one in particular that kept fucking me up and I’m sooooooo glad I had a good autosave

[@devildnevercry]

Looks like some people can't take the challenge that is 'not killing everything within a 10 mile radius' if they aren't killing things constantly they get bored and come to complain about just how boring it is, and then proceed to whine at people who find it to be rather fun about how boring they find it to be. News Flash: We. Don't. Care. If you find it so boring than do something productive and actually make a guide that shows how to play supernova and be an ignoramus who's answer to every problem is probably an amount of bullets? Oh right, that would be boring for you to make and boring for us to watch. Try not being a downer/bummer and actually do something productive instead of just whining to people that stealth builds aren't your cup of tea.

[@fpsgoku4207]

I just want the achievement so I would like the most boring fast way thru do tell.

[@RG-id9gu]

My advice, get your science skill to 100 asap put your perks to extra health science weponds damage boost, and 15% health on kill, and get the science grenade launcher weapon.

[@WickdGamr]

I'm getting some practice in atm but I'm going to try a kill everything no companion sn run. Should be fun x.x

[@ONI-GAMI]

I started on supernova, it's been easy and only challenging spots was leveling up and the other side of monarch. Now I'm at the end, 100% prepared. Supernova as my first playthrough was fun and I don't think I'll play outer worlds 2 unless it also has a difficulty like it

[@eggnog5114]

I’m gonna do a new play though should I do super nova?

[@scandinaviansavage749]

Great guide 👍

[@gabriellundes7062]

I lost a companion without me noticing and had just run through a series of loading doors so my 3 auto saves where screwed and had to load a manual save from 4 hours previous 😭 still hyped to get on and play today tho

[@epikm161]

Yeah i lost partivia or whatever is her name but i don't know how she died though i still didn't finish her quest

[@ak-loz]

despite all that would you recommend Supernova mode?

[@gabriellundes7062]

Zel I do recommend if you liked survival in the fallouts. feels more immersive with the survival mechanics and game runs longer since you have to make time to sleep/drink/eat. Also the enemies don’t feel too spongy on supernova but they do have some aimbot which sucks because you also die quick af.

[@SimilakChild]

You wouldn't believe how many people get their companions 1 shotted by those Primal Behemoths.

[@gabriellundes7062]

Charlie Brown sounds like it’s just not your type of game. Plenty of people enjoy those types of character/mechanic management games where you have to plan/build/consume correctly.

[@matthewschneider2072]

thank you for that warning

[@infernocop1009]

holy shit. I've completed emerald vale 3 times on supernova and I had no idea that cot was there. I just kept chugging energy drinks and toughing my way through the inevitable concussion.

[@Bopig]

Interesting but it sounds like leaving your companions in the ship and taking all the perks that benefit you for going solo and the perks for leaving them at home might be the better way to approach this. I am planning to try my run that way.

[@mrsteeleftw]

Supernova isn't difficult whatsoever. You can easily stock up on water and food. Just keep companions passive, and honestly don't use them at all unless doing a quest for them. Use your crits. Easiest build is definitely hunting rifle ultra. Plasma and shock for specific enemies.

[@bobbadgley7168]

To finish the game can you just do the basic game without Eridanos and Gorgon DLCs, or do you have to do them all?

[@TheLikkittysplitt]

Hey, is that right that you can actually USE max during the emerald vale mission? I've done the beginning twice and everytime he says he'll join me he waits until the power cell or whatever is collected. I guess I could have bee lined that mission and used him to complete the sidequests, though...

[@WickdGamr]

He goes to the ship and you can go put him on your team I believe

[@spoodermun1722]

is it possible to get the supernova achievement using the "dumb" ending?

[@SirYeetusMaximus]

Unfortunately not

[@daneofarrell9460]

Appreciate the end game spoiler alert

[@kitzyowo1319]

Companions? What are those.

[@INIGO7]

the only gripe i have with this difficulty is the damage input output its a uneven gap for me..i wanna be easily killed as much as the other enemies

[@ganondorfdragmire7886]

Can I skip ahead to a certain point or is the rest of the video spoilers after 5:26?

[@Fextralife]

You can skip to 6:44

[@anthonyiodice]

I screwed up and built my character with no passive health regeneration. (Normal difficulty). It’s doable, but annoying

[@WickdGamr]

Suck on that inhaler you will often run into overburden issues with meds. Especially on normal. Game gets stupid easy/boring on normal.

[@sophieditch9501]

2:00 what weapon is this?

[@fireant2k991]

I honestly don't want to see my companions die so I might just take the perk for 20% damage while alone and just spend all my points into perception and intelligence and just stealth and snipe

[@JB-xl2jc]

Fireant2k That’s my plan- playthrough on hard with companions and get all of the lore and story and companion fun all fully fleshed out. Then do a supernova run and use every gamey solo mechanic and perk I can to bulldoze it.

[@drgrey7026]

Tartures is super easy if you have the if cartridge you just sort of walk through

[@LolMaximus335]

I love the vid, but i perfer Extra power ;)

[@mysticolin01]

I was thinking a solo supernova run - stealthy sniper, maybe. Is that possible (with lone wolf perk, of course) or are companions essential?

[@WickdGamr]

Yeah.. I'm practicing for a solo melee. I enjoy my own suffering I guess. By practicing I mean I'm slowly working the companions out before I fully commit to it for a run from start to finish.

[@HariF94]

the game is actually easier with no companions

[@WickdGamr]

@@dra6o0n you clearly missed that I said I'm going melee.

[@itsBINGO357]

I only play super nova because you are required to eat,drink and sleep on a game that puts lots of emphasis on corporate consumerism....oh and I'm a big spacers choice fan. 😅🎵 it's not the best choice it's spacers choice🎵

[@GoldChocobo77]

I can't want to try the game in supernova. I finished it today in "Normal" and kinda regretted not doing it at least in hard. Normal was ridiculously easy.

[@clearasil11]

I just dont like the fact that the other companions feel like utter shit, other than Pravati and Max

[@capuchinseven]

Kinda hate them all to be honest, it's not THEM as such I just can't stand the way they just limply stand around with no weapons out (which vanish when they put them away), no one is looking around a door, no one is looking at a desk to see if there's anything interesting on there... just... you know... anything other than limply standing there. I'm considering restarting and sending them all back to the ship ASAP and running solo bringing them out for companion quests only.

[@j.barnard2669]

@@capuchinseven Still better than Fallout 4 companions. Strong wrecked everything inside houses just walking around, Dogmeat constantly opened every door that I did NOT want open, every companion was annoying with the same old lines over and over, and they blocked doorways 95% of the time. 😩 😆

[@70mavgr]

I tried several times on supernova but i just couldn't finish Emerald Vale with both Parvati and Max being alive. I would always loose 1. Finally i gave up and lone wolfed it.

[@backwardlenny5682]

Did you beat it solo?

[@gamewiseYT]

Started on Supernova and find the game pretty easy and I don't even mod the guns.

[@rogerwilco1777]

Supernova is the only way to go. The game is way too easy without it.

[@Bloodyshinta1]

just beat on super nova level 20 going solo. Only used pistols and didn't tinker any guns or armor. Game is too easy unfortunately :(

[@Whippets]

Or just hack the final boss ... no fight, no deaths.

[@thecozycraftnest]

You need high science and hack skills

[@Whippets]

@@thecozycraftnest Why choose stupid when you can be intelligent? lol

[@vitor-ui2tg]

Sad that im trying to kill the robot xd , tryed 2 times and reloaded to the begining 2 times xd,now im going to reload a more previous save to change the weapons and companions XD And i did only know of the hammer mechanic to do more dmg now xd

[@SimilakChild]

Game is easy on supernova difficulty until you reach the Hope ship. after that you will start getting 1shot by robots.

[@bennyc390]

Supernova is piss easy

[@OHCAM5]

Supernova difficulty isn't that hard

[@echoesact3713]

Just use melee and get the science hammer lol 1 shot everything except the final boss

[@haroldtheherald1428]

People you dont need a guide, just play how you want to play

[@TheExtremist123]

SPOILER WARNING: You can also hack the boss to make him hostile to others.

[@parkhillplaya089]

Thanks for the end game spoiler Warner. :-)

[@slish438]

Spec into everything that’s not weapon damage, upgrades with modifications will take care of that. Use companions to do everything outside of sneaking and dialogue but timing companion abilities is key for their survival. Then get bored because the game isn’t actually that interesting and never finish supernova.

[@kurhooni5924]

I'm seeking for money advice in the realy early game, i'm strugglin to buy water^^

[@co2tel873]

NEWSFLASH ... you only get Parvati in Emerald Vale ... no max..

[@rogerwilco1777]

I got max

[@SirUlrichVL]

@@rogerwilco1777 You can recruit him but I don't think you can use him till you complete the main misson on Emerald Vale. Least that is what I experienced on my first playthrough that I completed yesterday.

[@rogerwilco1777]

@@SirUlrichVL Yeah thats true. And you cant send Parvati back to the ship until after you've completed the main mission in EV either.. which gets annoying on Supernova. If you play again on supernova, I suggest quickly getting the Vicar's book and getting your power core. That way you'll have the option to come back and fight with two companions, (or leave them on the ship if they die too quick).

[@SirUlrichVL]

@@rogerwilco1777 I'm definitely going to have a go at Supernova, just got some 'fun' playthroughs to do first. Which approach would you say is easiest for getting the core on Supernova, as in side with Reed or Adelaide?

[@rogerwilco1777]

@@SirUlrichVL I diverted the power to edgewater and convinced reed to step down.. Thats not the fastest but I'm pretty sure thats the best for exp. 'Fastest' would be to just murder everyone, but I actually havent tried that yet in supernova mode..

[@HistoricalConflict]

meh just make a stealth build so far its easy.

[@mercenarytao2524]

the moment i shot a guy in normal armor 2 times in the face with a shotgun at like 1 meter distance and he didnt even budge just kept shooting i closed the game.. thats ridiculous and stupid.

[@nwren4637]

I already uninstalled this game from my PC. Everyone is praising it so much but I'm not seeing it. It's mostly lame fighting with extremely average RPG tropes. It's probably their weakest title to date, so yeah...