The LV99 HEAVY Adventures: A Kenshi Experience

[@ambiguousamphibian]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: I am QUIETLY putting these videos out as a SERIES, but since the KZbin algorithm DESPISES series, if you enjoy this type of content, LIKING and a COMMENTING helps make it feasible to do series again - hope you enjoy. Quick SHOUTOUT to my KZbinr friend FrankieWuzHere without whose goofy mathemagical wizardry I would never have been able to create this video. Check out his channel (linked in the description)

[@nadimhamade6806]

For future reference you should carry a body on your shoulder and you will get 50% str exp instead of 25% from just overincumbrance

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Whoops

[@walkingglasses6264]

I ADORE a new Kenshi SERIES, I love your OG Torsolo series so I appreciate you returning to your series format for Stealy Dan.

[@psf95]

I don't think you're being QUIET enough AA

[@frey6955]

although YT's algorithm dislike series, i do adore your series and many other that feel the same way

[@samvimes9510]

I don't even play Kenshi, but I appreciate that the devs are willing to leave these shenanigans untouched. Usually when a game has some sort of exploit, even if it's single player, the devs will rush to patch it out because it's not the "intended" way of playing and they don't want people having fun.

[@quyiter]

Kenshi is developed almost entirely by a single developer.

[@samvimes9510]

@@quyiter what a chad

[@Commander_Rane]

You should give Kenshi a try.

[@emeraldpopcorn]

Since like 2019, the vast majority of the devs' attention has been on Kenshi 2, so they mostly only come back to fix game-breaking bugs like crashes, save corruption, translation quirks, etc

[@stankobarabata2406]

I think the Kenshi dev says he will never fix anything unless it stops progression/crashes the game or other technical problems that might prevent you from playing. He doesn't care how people exploit their saves since it's their choice to do so. And he doesn't care if there's glitches or exploits to level faster, you can just not use them if you don't want to.

[@FrankieWuzHere]

I don't know what you are talking about. Kenshi has no exploits :)

[@ambiguousamphibian]

🐸😅

[@FrankieWuzHere]

As for the Strength training you want to carry a body at the same time to double that XP! Also amazing use of the Skeleton swim speed not being slowed down due to encumbrance! Never considered making use of it in that way before. As for Iron HQ you want to go into the main building, aggro the guys in there, then run to a small shack and go to the stairs with everyone on you. (Good idea to train attack first on baby crabs) If you are 55 attack you can get 90 in less than a game day with decent luck!

[@papamolk9841]

I still remember you helping me during one of your streams, made me very happy hearing ambiguous say you did the same for him lol

[@voiceovernomad]

Ok ok... AA video gets you some brownie points back.

[@Okami-109]

they're just game mechanics

[@zogian5991]

AA when playing PZ: "What is the meaning of life?" AA when playing Kenshi: "Stealy Dan, Stealy Dan"

[@queenofcookie3299]

🎶 does whatever a Stealy Dan can 🎶

[@were1763]

🎶 steal some stuff from any side 🎶

[@fr3y438]

🎶Watch out! Here comes Stealy Dan!🎶

[@thatcommentsectiondoucheba5032]

Wasn’t included in the strength training arc but carrying a body (alive or dead) makes you train strength 200% quicker so you can hit 50% strength xp instead of the usual cap of 25%

[@Reverend_Mohg]

I got so triggered by this

[@XzMondayNightzX]

Stealy Dan singlehandedly keeping the allegations against skeletons alive and well as he commits grand theft existence.... stealing everything in sight all the time. Then proceeds to harass the local populace screaming "Hit me flesh bags!" while swinging an entire quarry around. An absolute menace and why those books about skeletons were written.

[@nin2494]

Justifying special stigma one theft and threat at a time

[@kalmkoala9243]

Rebirth exists solely for stealy Dan.

[@ItsJabo]

My mans returned to kenshi and the world is a better place 🙏

[@calebtheholyman545]

Jabo watches ambiguousamphibian confirmed

[@TiredWeeb]

Yooo its ItsJabo

[@ducky2379]

I love that Stealy Dan’s catchphrase is just his name being shouted while a trumpet plays in the background.

[@gingerbead7919]

For strength training, if you fill up your back up and then put it back into your inventory, the weight of its contents is no longer reduced. So if you took off your traders backpack, it'd weigh twice as much for even more encumbrance. Oh, additionally, strength trains faster if you're carrying someone. At max encumbrance, strength xp goes from 25 to 50%. So if you see a corpse or unconcious bandit, carry them as well for faster training

[@gingerbead7919]

Oh, and for a great afk strength grind for new characters, do the slave start. Constantly lockpick your shackles and stack them in your inventory until it's full. Each one is the size of an iron, but weighs 20kg as opposed to 9. Additionally, since you'll always be starved, your strength will be always low so your training won't outpace your gains, and as a slave you'll be auto moving around to mine. But since you're so slow you'll almost never make it in time and will just be walking and strength training nearly 24/7. Once you set up your slave with a pocket full of shackles, you can just walk away from your PC and do other things, it's fully automatic

[@jacktracy7839]

I was going to comment this. It was painful watching him train strength without carrying a body.

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Oof I guess I did it for the masochism this time then. Been awhile thank you for that

[@verdiss7487]

@@ambiguousamphibian You also want to tune your in-combat strength xp rate -- you can pause the game at the right time during an attack and hover over the xp multiplier to see the contributors, I forget what exactly you want (i.e. carrying someone or not, heavy weight or not, heavy weapon I think, mostly blunt damage I think).

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

@@ambiguousamphibian While we're talking efficiency you should always train while sneaking. This trains stealth and athletics at the same time which is a fast track to getting the Naruto Run upgrade. Instead of the beach just do it in the middle of a crowded town for more stealth xp.

[@SpookSkellington]

When you swing a plank around and it instantly drops like 6 enemies at once, that's the good shit. That's the shit that makes life worth living.

[@theunkownbanana1823]

It took me a while to realize that we're doing strength training with a robot ... like Stealy Dan is somehow going to gain muscle ... KENSHI!

[@atomicanachronism8849]

with skeletons, I imagine it's learning how to push their body further

[@Skyte100]

Don't question it.

[@cfilorvyls457]

Nanomachine, son

[@Airsickword]

​@@atomicanachronism8849washing off the rust and dust

[@ivoryowl]

The idea of a robot guy going from skinny rusted pipes to swole adamantium sounds pretty funny.

[@RenneVangr]

Honey, the Rambunctious Reptilian has uploaded a Kenshi video again!!!

[@ambiguousamphibian]

I see what you did there

[@Harqinz]

I am LIKING and COMMENTING because I like this type of content and want to make it feasible!

[@terrydavis5924]

You can also speed up the toughness training with a robotic leg. As soon as the enemy pack surrounds you, open your inventory and remove your leg. You will go unconcious for 2 seconds or so, and can immediately get back up if you put the leg back on. Many enemy factions ignore prone enemies to, so you're free to crawl away if you're beat up too much, though if you do this right you'll never get hit in the first place as they run to you and lose interest as you pass out

[@Dmitrisnikioff]

Honestly, my favourite weird method in Kenshi is having fleshies beat up skeleton torsos for slow and steady stat gains. Simple and easy. edit: getting beat up in a skeleton bed trains dodge; this means you can powerlevel it by getting beaten to shit on one.

[@Jovialwarlord]

love hanging out with agnu in the powerleveling beds at the tower of pain

[@Dmitrisnikioff]

@@Jovialwarlord Ahh good old Sadneil with three tools. I was so surprised when they then threw them out eventually.

[@lycrist_kat8116]

I started playing Kenshi recently (thanks to watching AA) and I must say: The game is one glitchy mess and I love it. It's impossible to tell if something is working as intented or a bug. It is awesome.

[@kit_the_dog]

gym teacher: shirts or skins? skin bandits: both really.

[@TY-bq7ep]

I'm a simple man. AA uploaded new kenshi content, I'm happy.

[@arandomcommenter412]

Tried this game once, immediately pissed off everybody nearby, ran for 3 minutes, and then promptly died. 10/10.

[@pburnsiv]

I really enjoyed this single video standing totally on it's own. I would totally enjoy more single videos standing totally on their own coincidentally containing similar characters and I am sure accidental continuations of story lines.

[@Charbar2245]

The “Hold” button keeps stealy dan in one spot whilst still attacking although he still might phase through walls

[@Acruxus]

It's funny thinking about this from the robot guards' perspective. Like this weirdo keeps showing up, getting his ass beat, then returning for more, until he's successfully taking on several heavily armored guards at once FOR DAYS AT A TIME

[@Draginea]

Tip for if you want to get toughness quicker: Since taking off a robotic leg will put you into a "downed" state for a few seconds you can do the same trick with the hungry bandits, but instead of getting hit you can just take off your leg repeatedly. Been a while since I did it, there might be some timing needed with the pause screen, not sure. Also, you can put beak things into beds. This immobilizes them and increases their heal rate, so you have a nearly immortal punching bag as long as you don't do too much damage.

[@marltonmanks9891]

works with any animal-type entity, but i believe it has to specifically be a bed you rent. tried doing it with king gorillo in a bed at my base and he just got up. he was thankfully trapped inside the shed i put him in so i just sniped him down with a crossbow from just outside the door to knock him out again.

[@josephmichael1045]

The rapid pounding of the steely dan upon his enemies ensures they meet their maker with a smile

[@OGLizardWizard]

I love your videos. They are comforting for me. I love your narration, the struggles you put yourself through, and the lengths you go for our entertainment. My life is feeling up and down right now, these help more than you know.

[@austinclements8010]

oh my god, its john kenshi! the only character who isnt immediately torn in half by beak things!

[@4ntwnhs_lot]

Hope ambiguous continues to drop out these 🔥 kenshi videos

[@Burred11]

You think Toughness means how resilient you are? How well your body takes a punch? No no no friend. Toughness is just another word for moxie. Why else would you gain so much experience from getting up after getting knocked down? It's all about being scrappy my friend.

[@KingofJ95]

It's your capacity for Tubthumping

[@mallard3084]

I would love to see a training montage of all of the training Stealy Dan has gone through. He's so inspiring.

[@Matthias-pj6th]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1292">21:32</a> You're nowhere close to Cat-Lon levels, he's 120/100 in all Skills and Stats.

[@Mister_Larrold]

Your Kenshi content (closely followed by your Rimworld content) is always a favorite of mine. Thanks so much for making more!

[@1st2nd2]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1199">19:59</a> "Three men, one swinger" is not a clip I wish to see.

[@SnakeChkn]

If you rewatch the video twice you’ll understand something truly magical.

[@TimewithRen]

For an easier STR training, go to World's End with 1-2 trader's backpacks full of iron or water barrels + a corpse to haul. Find an NPC, preferably the Undertaker NPC who never go into a house at night. Assign "Follow" to follow the Undertaker, and you can go AFK as long as you want. World's End is guarded by Tech Hunters with little to no threats too, so it's almost 100% safe. Or, for an even faster STR gain, use the animal-on-bed exploit. A great option is the King Gorillo, as there're free beds on the 3rd floor. Knock the Gorillo out, you can use crossbow inside the lab (the clutters will make the Gorillo stuck), bandage the Gorillo up, lock the lab's gate again to prevent stray NPC from coming in, put it in bed/as close as possible to bed (repeat if it bounces away). Drop a quick save, load, and if the Gorillo is stuck on bed, punch the living daylight of the gorillo unarmed while being overly encumbered. You'll gain STR, DEX, and martial arts at a really fast rate.

[@sanguine.dreams]

Just go into a town and hold down move where the mouse goes from a wall to outside the town and the camera will move the toon back and forth.

[@privacyfirst4769]

getting your dex up raises the attack speed with heavy weapons letting you get an attack off more often. Dex goes up based on the portion of cut damage dealt by weapons. Wakazashis are fantastic for this as they attack quickly and have 100% cut.

[@TheDirtyShaman]

Use low quality blunt weapons to level your combat stats and carry your unconscious punching bags to robo-beds to heal them back up. The amount of XP you get also depends on the combat stats of whom you're fighting, which is why you want to keep your punching bags alive so their stats increase together with yours.

[@demonicspire1345]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a> "That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of iron."

[@DaughterOfFrankenste]

Algorithms are no fun, Stealy Dan should steal them all

[@JessWLStuart]

"... no one is a match for Stealy Dan ... mostly!" - AmbiguousAmphibian, 2024

[@t_gabiuel6058]

"Today we will be using exploits to break the game" So basically just an average run of Kenshi?

[@Pietro_MS]

I usually name my skeletons after rock or metal bands. One of the main characters I had in a playthrough was called Steely Dan. Everytime I see Stealy Dan I laugh at the coincidence lol

[@mvcarylary]

Legend of torsolo

[@kenabaloyan8798]

It translates to 'Legend of core.' Well the torso has the core, so yes

[@GoonerMcGoon-hs8zl]

This is a comment. Mr. Ambiguous is amazing. Can you do another poetic series like Gerald Williams was?

[@ambiguousamphibian]

OK

[@minim-ms]

I don't understand anything that is happening in this game but i absolutely love your videos and this one is hilarious. Just a wild skeleton man going wild

[@albertgreene313]

Ambiguous exploits Kenshi by *checks notes* playing Kenshi

[@brianshilling]

I would think while strength training he'd be Irony Dan

[@johnbright6982]

An excellent evening for me to have decided to boot up Kenshi and play for 4 hours

[@anortalot]

AA I first came to your channel years ago through your Kenshi videos; I bought the game almost immediately. Since that day, I have accrued a whopping three HOURS of playtime. Thank you for continuing to expose me to this life changing content 🙏🙏

[@jacob4189]

Whoa! Slow down there my dude. Don’t let it take over your whole life.

[@taylorstratford9717]

HELL YES. Right as I play a new Kenshi run

[@Thunderyena]

i loved steely dan as a kid, omfg this guy's name makes me ridiculously happy.

[@TheMegaOne1000]

For strength training, you can go to any non hostile town, right click on people who roam around, and select "bodyguard" to automatically follow him. That way you can literally go AFK, since they never stop moving, and your character has to follow them. Also, carrying a body on your shoulder increases the strength xp. Their weight is not counted in the formula, so you can just pick up anyone for a flat 200% boost.

[@marltonmanks9891]

gotta be careful with that. some NPCs wander outside of town and can get you attacked

[@TheMegaOne1000]

​@@marltonmanks9891 I usually do this in Stack. I've never been attacked in there so far. Also, starving yourself decreases strength, so counter intuitively, it's much quicker to AFK train strength if you don't give your character any food.

[@marltonmanks9891]

@@TheMegaOne1000 ah you know what, I've got a bunch of mods that add all sorts of horrible shit everywhere so there aren't any truly safe regions for me. So yeah, stack or any HN city would probably be fine

[@arbozaliyan]

I use big white gorillo to train. It helps really fast

[@isaaCosby-ri6wx]

I feel that Steely Dan's kleptomania has evolved. He is no longer satisfied with mere money he must collect all meitou weapons he can... No even that isn't enough. He must collect the wealthiest bounties in the land. Not to sell, but to get a big house and horde them all inside like some of metal-based dragon.

[@edwardlewsey3954]

I loved Savant just limping over the crest of the volcano after kicking you out. It was hilarious!

[@AyeSiwmae]

Kenshi? Aw yeah, Torsolo is so proud right now

[@FutureWorldX]

TorsHeavyWeapons is my favorite.

[@XaleManix]

Kenshi doesnt even seem like my cup of tea but I will make an exception for Ambiguous Amphibian, and put on RULES OF NATURE for Stealy Dan!

[@marg0tten]

if you carry anything npc/teammate on your shoulders while strenghgrinding you get bonus xp

[@Neptunequeen42]

"cursed ninja world" is certainly one of the ways you can describe kenshi

[@claudiosalvatico58]

That's the great thing about Kenshi. I always steal the meitou weapon from the lord of the united cities on the first day, murdering him and getting rich with the skeleton's near neutral store, making them enslave each other. "Buying slaves" and "making allies" through it with "literally" any faction even cannibals and animals. training any weapon with the resqueleton obot sleeping without legs on the repair chamber forever... yes, kenshi is really exploitable, and I love it. 😂 I can't wait for Kenshi 2!!

[@scout9593]

The best place to train heavy weapons is in Heft

[@treanttrooper6349]

WOOOHOOOO, thank you for uploading more Kenshi, it's how I found your channel years ago and I have missed it dearly 😊 EDIT: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="253">4:13</a> omg how did i not see him in there i went to that ruin YESTERDAY 😂

[@AzathothLives]

Something I did to AFK strength train... you do the same thing with the trader backpack and overencumbering, but you buy a shack in a city and set your character to mine from a faraway node. Then you'll be earning money and strength training and laboring skill at the same time. You also want to carry a body to maximize your gains. Also that way you can drop a food barrel so you don't have to monitor your miner's food if they are a fleshy boy. You only need to empty the ore container every now and then and stock up the food barrel to keep the loop going.

[@omegablackzero7951]

Carrying a body while at max encumbrance will give you a 50% str bonus. Then while holding shift, click to move between two different spots. You can queue actions this way. Zoom all the way out to get the most distance to gain the most distance between the two locations you're queueing up.

[@discranola]

MORE KENSHI LETS GOOOOOO

[@walkingglasses6264]

Huzzah! More Kenshi to feed us peasants, we thank our Lord Amphibian!

[@simp1909]

more kenshi video from you yippie, I've been longing for more dawg cant wait to finish this and welcome back stealy dan

[@MagnusBellatorr]

For peak str training xp multiplication for those interested: xp stops multiplying any higher after 70% encumbrance, but you can make it go even higher by carrying the body of something. Whether its a healthy ally or a dead enemy doesn't matter.

[@darthplagueis13]

Much simpler afk method for farming strength: Go to a city and have your weighed down character simply follow a patrolling guard. The guards have continuous routes around the city, meaning your character will just keep walking after them.

[@chc2650]

I try doing this with my pack beasts and they still end up getting into trouble somehow

[@VertigoCross777]

the story of how Stealy Dan became, Steely Dan

[@xeroverse4590]

Oh a new Kenshi video. Nice! Just checked my notifications too.

[@Yourbluetoothdeviceispairing]

Philosophical question: how does a skeleton train his strength? If there are no muscles to tear and rebuild, no lungs to stretch, and no heart to pump the blood of life, what then is being strengthened? One must assume that this skeleton has all the necessary strength held within its metal structure, but it is simply the mind that limits the function. And so, is it the training that releases the minds limits for this skeleton to reach its full potential?

[@brynnplant]

I head canon it that it's the skeleton learning how to carry things and use heavy weapons more "efficiently", like it is figuring out how to move/balance a load/etc. But it's a good question because the game just hand waves it

[@DiegoRodriguez-lg4lm]

I just started playing kenshi again from a long time ago and this video helped me remember how to play again. Thanks for uploading kenshi again AA I really liked torsolo and torsquad series.

[@InvictusByz]

Toughness leveling can be such a fun moment. I'm not even sure I can call it an exploit, sometimes it just happens so naturally! One time I started a run as the pair of slaves and managed to piss off the guards just right on day 1, a solid 70 in Toughness before the guards knocked me out for real. I chose to interpret that as my character just having anime protagonist levels of pure willpower.

[@zakatalmosen5984]

Someone else probably pointed this out already but you could have doubled your STR xp rate by doing the long walk while carrying a ko'd beast or NPC. It's the only way to go above 25% XP rate, doubling it all the way to 50%. All entities weigh something like 30 kg and their inventory isn't counted, so you can use whatever.

[@englishcrumpit4878]

Im so looking forward to Kenshi 2 the possibilities for videos will be huge

[@MetalMageful]

For toughness when you find the bandits go into build mode and place down shack foundations all the way around the group to trap them, that way you go down and get up faster/full group xp

[@internet_introvert]

I like to do high level Kenshi RP as George Washington with max martial arts. "He'll kick you apart, HE'LL KICK YOU APART"

[@mega0056]

I'm glad to see another kinshi series. Really enjoyed torsolo and other shenanigans in kenshi from you. Actually loved them so much I got kenshi and started playing it.

[@Amogius]

Another hidden tecnique to train attack, heavy weapons and strenght(if using martial arts) is to tuck a beak thing into bed in a tavern. Then beat it till unconcious, it will be entirely pacified and also heal 4x faster meaning if u do little amounts of damage, then you can infinetly smack that thing till your max level (or just put more beak things in other beds).

[@mrsing7465]

"How do I become tougher?" "Have you tried getting hospitalized?"

[@Justadonkey]

you can queue up actions by holding shift and use it to level stealth or strength by wandering around a city

[@NumbersRS]

this is how every one of my kenshi playthroughs go. pick robot. train stealth. kidnap the dude for his meitou 3 falling sun and then destroy the rest of the game.

[@jamesd2021]

The solo start can be a bit difficult for new Skeleton players. Its good because you don't need food but repair kits are difficult to afford in the early early game so anyone thinking about it just remember to be careful of the hungry bandits and consider spending time with the hivers for their repair beds.

[@DaWombatGaming]

I've missed series videos like this rather than single video challenges. I like them both, but these scratch a different itch

[@ninjanyan1579]

Turning on "Hold" mode in the stairway might help, dan will want to stay in the spot you click.

[@Violettheconfuzzled5766]

If you get yourself enslaved, slavers will take everything on your character UNLESS it’s in a backpack, which will go completely untouched. You can use this as a Skeleton to AFK strength train in Rebirth with a backpack, repair kits, and whatever heavy item you are using to train (I usually use the shackles themselves because it’s easier to get at Rebirth as the slavers will just replace them if they’re taken off and put in the inventory.)

[@ThatGhillieGuy]

I think you can cheese strength training by filling backpacks with ore then unequiping it and putting it in your normal inventory increases you encumberance

[@KADASUVA]

My first intro to the world of Kenshi was through the harrowing adventure of the brave hero, Torsolo.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

A nice and (somewhat) easy exploit for toughness, let the cannibal fogmen eat 90% of a limb before rescuing a pawn. Their toughness goes up at an insane rate, losing a limb to them will jump toughness from 15 to 30 for very little effort, assuming you can rescue and heal them before death.

[@f.faucon6681]

I've found a way to go at least up to 95 sneak, by visiting the Forbidden Island and sneaking along the spiders there. I don't remember how much stealth I had when I got there, maybe around 20 or 30, but the speed at which sneak goes up once sneaking around the spiders is amazing.

[@Lioni177]

Respect for shouting out and respecting they who shout out the respectful information

[@chrisw9451]

I like putting a well on one side of my city and the water tank on the other. A backpack full of ore in my inventory leaving only enough space for one barrel.

[@jayyydizzzle]

Strength training tip, you can get your strength training XP rate the 50% if you carry somebody/animal while over encumbered. Roughly double the rate as the training on the beach.

[@emdeo]

Stealy Dan! Stealy Dan! The Hero Of Our Time! I love this very normal playthrough of Kenshi.

[@nmchoop16]

DAD??

[@SnakeChkn]

The Amphibian returns to kenshi!

[@Raptor747]

That moment when you took off the weight and equipped your real weapon and smacked enemies into oblivion is when I knew it was true Kenshi.

[@snakelady6708]

The beauty of Kenshi, play and do whatever you want and can possibly do and go nuts.

[@dragonirfirescar25]

buying a trader backpack,realising you already have one so you just drop that infront of the merchant you bought it from is kind of a powermove

[@OniNaito]

I absolutely cannot wait for Kenshi 2. Not only to play it myself, but to get these sweet sweet AA videos!