Beginners Guide: It Lurks Below
It Lurks Below is a brilliant game that’s currently growing in popularity since being added to the Xbox Game Pass so now is the perfect time for those who haven’t played yet to get started! It might be slightly overwhelming when you start though so here’s a handy beginners guide to It Lurks Below to help you get going!
Tip 1: The Rats Don’t Lurk Below
At the start it’s best to not pick the surface clean and don’t kill the rats. Save that stuff for later. Only use whatever is required to complete quests.
Tip 2: Hungry for Tips
Survival rank is important because it increases the amount that food will replenish your hunger. The higher the survival rank the better!
Tip 3: Vegetarian Options are Available
Cook some veggie bowls or hamburgers and just make enough to buy you time to go deeper. You will probably gain a survival rank or two on your way down so keeping something to cook later on will be of benefit.
Tip 4: Quality Mining
Mining will rank up your survival the fastest in the beginning of the game.
Tip 5: Naming Conventions
Make sure you have item names enabled in the options. This will allow you to see items without holding the alt button!
Tip 6: Just dont Eat too Many!
If you see mushrooms then gather them. Mushrooms have different buffs, debuffs and amounts they feed. They too will scale with your survival rank.
Tip 7: Winter is Coming …
Expect at least 1 winter to pass before you start planting crops; by then you will have enough seeds saved up for a good size crop.
Tip 8: Hamburgers Work Too
Scrolls of Sustain will keep you from going hungry.
Tip 9: Knock Knock
Doors are indestructible so they can be used to section off smaller groups of monsters from larger packs and this works well for the Rogue class.
Tip 10: Prepare Yourself
Keep a spare set of armor and a weapon in case you die as this will make recovering dropped items easier!
If you’ve made it all the way through the beginners guide to It Lurks Below then you can consider yourself ready to begin! Enjoy your new mining experience!
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