shoe hats are really weird because they're just objectively better than the two wide boots. half the space for the exact same value, meaning if you ever have boots and are offered shoe hat, take shoe hat, replace boot, free space. edit: using objectively was probably going too far, as pointed out by some replies. I meant in nearly all circumstances, and from a very raw numbers sense.
shoe hat is genuinely one of the best common items in the game. I have done about 25 runs so far, and almost always take multiple due to its small size, flexible placement, reliable block, and no dependencies. 8+ shoe hats can be slapped into any build and be viable, which is just hilariously silly.
It did hurt to see Tyler ignore the whetstones from the spinner game. The green one costs 1 energy to put poison on every weapon in the row, and the black one adds weak. With a max width row of shivs AND a coal, that’s ridiculously strong.
@@shadowking2926 it does add one poison to self, but 3 poison to all weapons in the row. With 6 shivs in the row, that's an extra 18 damage turn 1, and 35 damage (if not 53) turn 2, for the cost of 1 (or 2) self damage. He also passed up the cleaning rag, which would've negated the poison to self easily.
@@shadowking2926 1 poison to yourself on use, and 3 poison to each weapon on the row if memory serves. Poison damage applies to you at the start of your next turn, so if you take out all the enemies turn 1 you don’t have to worry.
If you get enough exp to level outside of combat, you can level up by going to an empty room. Bows can fire arrows from any distance or direction, so the initial layout can be improved at 12:59 by moving the bottom arrow to the right and rotating it so it fires upward. Arrows are crazy.
The cool thing about Tyler's channel is that he actually listens to community feedback and pays attention to suggestions from the comments and such. Refreshing compared to many other channels on the platform. (Also happy to see more backpack hero)
Saw on another youtuber's video that if you actually give the "mayor" what he's asking for you get some new buildings that give you food and population between dungeon runs.
I got the game a few days ago. I went into quick play and got an amazing block build where I start with around 40-50 block and get to save half my block per turn. I also got curved 3 slot weapon that adds a lot of poison and burn. It's such an amazing build.
Tyler! You can actually level up before a fight if you click on an empty tile on the map, as long as you have enough xp of course. The level up icon shows next to the experience counter.
Hey Tyler! Can’t remember when they end up explaining this, but paths are used to maintain adjacency bonuses for buildings even if they’re separated! For example, the farm gets a bonus when next to another farm, but with paths they can still be “adjacent”
Hey Tyler, I would recommend grabbing some glyphs that you find in the dungeon, they give you skins if you take them to the librarian and some of them are pretty sick!
Shoutout to the editors, I truly love the style of these videos. Looking back it seems like Ben does most the heavy lifting, but almost all of my favorite editing choices seem to be in videos Noarsy helps edit
I do hope that Tyler eventually ends the bit of him ignoring the mayor. The town hall building is just too important once you have a million different buildings all wanting you to research things
The Mask of Pride is 'just a better helmet'... until your Pride turns to Hubris. It's a fun concept for an item. It's good but makes mistakes snowball, unless you take measures to avert it. Ooh, Shivs + Whetstones (other than the lowest-level one) + Coal can be very powerful.
I actually bought this game since because of these videos. And believe it or not there is a very easy way to generate food and population. However it's all locked behind investing in the mayor.
I'm not even kidding when i say that the coral 2 quest was the most fun and goofy out of all of them, i managed to pull a killer 12 shiv strategy with the wheatstone (applies +3 damage to every weapon in the same row and column for the rest of the combat, costs 1 mana), the coal (resets items only usable once per turn, costs 1 mana) and the black wheatstone (applies weak +1 to every weapon in the same row, can be used once per turn) and i genuinely think i could have beaten the floor 9 boss if the game let me Also i cried so loud when you didn't take the black wheatstone, i mean come on it's a legendary at least sell it 😭😭😭
Tyler, your food shortage would be solved if you gave into the demands of the mayor. He gives you blueprints for a farm, which generate large amounts of food.
it costs energy so it wouldn't be infinite also good luck finding two of the same legdendary only time I've had two of the same legdendary twice getting two expert bows from the same wheel with amazing luck and getting two of the same treat during a treat only run
Wow, Backpack Hero really seems like a fleshed out game now. I remember playing it when it was free in browser and it was fun but there was no meta anything.
I know you hate popups with lots of text that explains how things work, but something useful is that you can right click an item to "Read Card", then you can hover over keywords with symbols for short explanations, like Anchored in the video (although you did get it right) (these are also available in the Atlas, the book in the top right)
Btw the reason why you only had 13 people at the town was because you destroyed some buildings at the end of last episode and that made the population drop right then and there
watching this run was so painful, especially with vampire axe + poison whetstone + cleaning rag + infinite shivs. That's such a godlike synergy to just stumble upon. let me explain why its good for anyone who doesnt have the game vampire axe does 10 vampirism damage, so basically free healing, the downside is it's +3 poison to yourself every use poisonous whetstone adds 3 poison on attack to every weapon in the row, but 1 poison to yourself this is 4 self poison total, which is not good- it'll stack up and easily become lethal after a couple turns cleansing rag removes 1 poison from yourself every time a nearby item is used, which means an easy -4 poison. in other words you can heal at least 10 health per turn, while gaining infinite poison stacks on your attacks, and all that's left is to make room for adequate armor/structures
You could've use the citrine for the shifes it would be better for damage if you put it in the button left and the rest is the shifes like it would have been more damage Edit: and using the coal with the citrine would have been doubled the amount of damage
Speaking of the character, whats the deal with the weird redraw used in the thumbnails, it looks so awkward, why not just use the original game sprite?
unfortunate you didnt go with berserker necklace with arrows when you kill you get 6 rage. each rage = +1 damage. So if you have 3 arrows thats +6*3 damage per shot of the arrows.
This was the type of game I liked to watch but would never buy. The addition of the town quests has really changed this game for the better. $25 is still too much
shoe hats are really weird because they're just objectively better than the two wide boots. half the space for the exact same value, meaning if you ever have boots and are offered shoe hat, take shoe hat, replace boot, free space.
edit:
using objectively was probably going too far, as pointed out by some replies. I meant in nearly all circumstances, and from a very raw numbers sense.
The advantage of the boots is that they have a forging slot while shoe hat has none, but I still prefer the shoe hat xD
There's an "upgraded" version of double boots that gives 2 per square above, even then two shoe hats give the same value
shoe hat is genuinely one of the best common items in the game. I have done about 25 runs so far, and almost always take multiple due to its small size, flexible placement, reliable block, and no dependencies. 8+ shoe hats can be slapped into any build and be viable, which is just hilariously silly.
More surface area for adjacency bonuses though
There are definitely some odd balance choices in the game (still).
It did hurt to see Tyler ignore the whetstones from the spinner game. The green one costs 1 energy to put poison on every weapon in the row, and the black one adds weak. With a max width row of shivs AND a coal, that’s ridiculously strong.
I'll try it next time, if I feel like it.
The whetstone/shiv quest was a lot of fun and opened my eyes to this synergy
I thought it added poison to yourself
@@shadowking2926 it does add one poison to self, but 3 poison to all weapons in the row. With 6 shivs in the row, that's an extra 18 damage turn 1, and 35 damage (if not 53) turn 2, for the cost of 1 (or 2) self damage. He also passed up the cleaning rag, which would've negated the poison to self easily.
@@shadowking2926 1 poison to yourself on use, and 3 poison to each weapon on the row if memory serves. Poison damage applies to you at the start of your next turn, so if you take out all the enemies turn 1 you don’t have to worry.
If you get enough exp to level outside of combat, you can level up by going to an empty room.
Bows can fire arrows from any distance or direction, so the initial layout can be improved at 12:59 by moving the bottom arrow to the right and rotating it so it fires upward.
Arrows are crazy.
Hey Tyler, you need farms for cheese, which are locked behind the mayor's quest. Your population won't grow much either because he also gives houses.
Are the blacksmith and other buildings used to unlock new items also locked behind the mayor?
@@HeroErixYup. I think the mayor is literally required to progress the main quest after a pretty soon point for Tyler
I'm holding out for an update that makes the mayor obsolete. Crossing my fingers!
@@Aliensrockew😊ac
at some point the materials become worthless and you only focus on finishing the quests and getting the last of the items for upgrading.
You can level up out of combat, if you have enough exp. just move to an empty spot on the map and a "level up"-button next to your gold should pop up.
I have completed the whole Storymode and did not know this. XD
The cool thing about Tyler's channel is that he actually listens to community feedback and pays attention to suggestions from the comments and such. Refreshing compared to many other channels on the platform. (Also happy to see more backpack hero)
Saw on another youtuber's video that if you actually give the "mayor" what he's asking for you get some new buildings that give you food and population between dungeon runs.
"Mayor" can kick rocks tbh
The strong play suboptimally because the mayor is a chode
@@Aliensrock fair
Tyler I wanted to mention: Thank you for not letting the... kerfuffle in last episode's comments inform the mood of today's. Love your content.
The entertainment train must go on! At the end of the day, all that matters are the videos being fun.
I got the game a few days ago. I went into quick play and got an amazing block build where I start with around 40-50 block and get to save half my block per turn. I also got curved 3 slot weapon that adds a lot of poison and burn. It's such an amazing build.
yeah this is a super fun game. been playing it so much since release!
Tyler has singlehandedly changed my video game taste. My 3 most played games in the past month is backpack hero, luck be a landlord, and peglin!
Tyler! You can actually level up before a fight if you click on an empty tile on the map, as long as you have enough xp of course. The level up icon shows next to the experience counter.
Hey Tyler! Can’t remember when they end up explaining this, but paths are used to maintain adjacency bonuses for buildings even if they’re separated! For example, the farm gets a bonus when next to another farm, but with paths they can still be “adjacent”
Best game you're playing by far.
Hey Tyler, I would recommend grabbing some glyphs that you find in the dungeon, they give you skins if you take them to the librarian and some of them are pretty sick!
This series is my favourite right now. This and the magic cube puzzle game haha
Shoutout to the editors, I truly love the style of these videos. Looking back it seems like Ben does most the heavy lifting, but almost all of my favorite editing choices seem to be in videos Noarsy helps edit
I do hope that Tyler eventually ends the bit of him ignoring the mayor. The town hall building is just too important once you have a million different buildings all wanting you to research things
I don't care for the mayor either, but you need to do his quest for a lot more buildings. Paths also serve a purpose if you do the mayor's quest
Eye priority game took a huge step up on the new thumbnail, it's beautiful.
Cheers!
@@Aliensrock You're epic
That hair slicks back REAL NICE
Only bad thing about this series is that we only get 1 episode every 3 days! Love this game, and love watching your playthrough Tyler
Loving these videos. Seems like the game has a boat-load of new content and the story mode format is groovy.
The Mask of Pride is 'just a better helmet'... until your Pride turns to Hubris. It's a fun concept for an item. It's good but makes mistakes snowball, unless you take measures to avert it.
Ooh, Shivs + Whetstones (other than the lowest-level one) + Coal can be very powerful.
It's been ages... My prayers have been answered! Loved the backpack hero content!
Watching the whetstones be passed up was sad, your backpack was already perfectly set up for it too
I saw this, and it immediately made me smile.😁
I am really excited for the future of this series
shiv is one of the strongest weapons in the game from how OP the wet stones are you get like 3 of them with a not bad wetstone and you get a easy win
Tyler: *demolishes all the houses in town to fund his own businesses*
Also Tyler: "Why are there less people here now?"
if you really wanna get going with food production build a couple farms and surround them in farmland paths makes heaps
17:06 - brief return of the wide tyler
I actually bought this game since because of these videos. And believe it or not there is a very easy way to generate food and population. However it's all locked behind investing in the mayor.
I love your backpack hero videos
This and magic box are really fun series!
Tyler, seriously, how do you _and your editor_ find enough time in a day to crank out so many awesome videos?!
I believe he has several editors, if I remember correctly (could be wrong though). Still impressive though!
I'm not even kidding when i say that the coral 2 quest was the most fun and goofy out of all of them, i managed to pull a killer 12 shiv strategy with the wheatstone (applies +3 damage to every weapon in the same row and column for the rest of the combat, costs 1 mana), the coal (resets items only usable once per turn, costs 1 mana) and the black wheatstone (applies weak +1 to every weapon in the same row, can be used once per turn) and i genuinely think i could have beaten the floor 9 boss if the game let me
Also i cried so loud when you didn't take the black wheatstone, i mean come on it's a legendary at least sell it 😭😭😭
As Somebody Who Has Bh, I Recommend Getting Unlocks On Weapons, With The Temple You Can Unlock Blessings Including The Blessed Shiv (A Better Shiv)
With that many shivs and a long backpack, skipping the poison and weaken whetstones hurt me physically
Tyler, your food shortage would be solved if you gave into the demands of the mayor. He gives you blueprints for a farm, which generate large amounts of food.
Don't forget that scratch is an option if you wanna do more damage but something is too expensive!
im reallly enjoying this series !! so fun
Another Backpack Hero Video lets gooooooooo
8:57 Could you run dual-coal, for a infinite repetition build? Each coal re-activating the other one.
it costs energy so it wouldn't be infinite also good luck finding two of the same legdendary only time I've had two of the same legdendary twice getting two expert bows from the same wheel with amazing luck and getting two of the same treat during a treat only run
@@jarzz3601Ah, I missed the energy cost.
I was wondering about the lack of infinite protection.
Aliensrock just unleashing his inner Dio
The whetstones are amazing especially when used with shives. You shouldn't have passed them up
This is great
Great video 👍🔝
Loving this content
Wow, Backpack Hero really seems like a fleshed out game now. I remember playing it when it was free in browser and it was fun but there was no meta anything.
I know you hate popups with lots of text that explains how things work, but something useful is that you can right click an item to "Read Card", then you can hover over keywords with symbols for short explanations, like Anchored in the video (although you did get it right) (these are also available in the Atlas, the book in the top right)
7:58, fair. The whetstones would make the shivs to strong. Wanna have at least some challenge right?
you HAVE to give ten treasure to the mayor. it is REQUIRED to progress. also it unlocks a large amount of things
I love how each new thumbnail is slightly different from the the past
Loving this game
Btw the reason why you only had 13 people at the town was because you destroyed some buildings at the end of last episode and that made the population drop right then and there
Tyler convincing me to get this game with every upload
Tyler, I think you may be playing the matching game wrong. I believe that every item that is matched is won, so multiple items can be obtained.
Is that an Italian cold steel cinquedea? Drawfee would be proud
Just so you know, the Transformed Shoe Hat is better than the Leather Boots in almost every scenario. It's half the slots for the same amount of block
Hi fellow follower of boothat church.
Build got so many shanks it's snitching to the gorosensei.
love those episode
watching this run was so painful, especially with vampire axe + poison whetstone + cleaning rag + infinite shivs. That's such a godlike synergy to just stumble upon. let me explain why its good for anyone who doesnt have the game
vampire axe does 10 vampirism damage, so basically free healing, the downside is it's +3 poison to yourself every use
poisonous whetstone adds 3 poison on attack to every weapon in the row, but 1 poison to yourself
this is 4 self poison total, which is not good- it'll stack up and easily become lethal after a couple turns
cleansing rag removes 1 poison from yourself every time a nearby item is used, which means an easy -4 poison. in other words you can heal at least 10 health per turn, while gaining infinite poison stacks on your attacks, and all that's left is to make room for adequate armor/structures
bow builds are just op
showing my support with a comment, please make more ty in advance
Holden Maddox would be proud
~13:30 yo is that a mother fuckin Dicey Dungeons reference???
17:05 WIDE TYLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:57 Imagine having 2 of them.
Removing the citrine instead of putting it in the bottom row is criminal
My first build in the demo was a bunch of shivs and a bunch of whetstones.
I’m pretty sure Lady Luck is a Dicey Dungeons reference
7:45 did he completely forget the last item he got from the spin?
How do you not have farms?
you need to build 2 farms at least for the food problem so you don't need to worry about it anymore
Cheese from farms. You need the mayor
this game is so fun
Haha, I missed this game when it was 1 dollar in my country, I'm an idiot
You could've use the citrine for the shifes it would be better for damage if you put it in the button left and the rest is the shifes like it would have been more damage
Edit: and using the coal with the citrine would have been doubled the amount of damage
Citrine only affects the weapon directly next to it
Oh sorry then
@@Aliensrockoh I found how to level up I'l let you figure out of you want to I can just reply and tell you
Hey Tyler, guys here
well if you give the "mayor" the tresure you get to have a farm that gives you the chees you need
You can level up outside of a fight you just have to pause the game and then you can select level up from the menu
If you enter an empty room and have the xp to level up, you can level up then.
"A lot more research" - oh, you have no idea :>
Tylers got enough shivs for a prison
you can level up in the dungeon press esc and then level up
Does an anchored item hold down a floating item?
Probably the hottest character I’ve seen tyler play as ngl
you need to touch some grass
Clearly you don't remember his playthrough of can of wormholes
@@graymondgt1397so true
Would
Speaking of the character, whats the deal with the weird redraw used in the thumbnails, it looks so awkward, why not just use the original game sprite?
Wait wtff, there's a temple? I thought I'd gotten all the buildings but evidently not, I never got that NPC or the Lantern
Tyler's editor did you fr play everything I am by Kanye West in the first 3 seconds of the video
13:17 is that a dicey dungeons reference
Ahhh, it totally is! I didn't even notice!
YES MORE
If you’re struggling with food maybe bring back meals to sell. 🧀 📈
such an honor to be so early
unfortunate you didnt go with berserker necklace with arrows when you kill you get 6 rage. each rage = +1 damage. So if you have 3 arrows thats +6*3 damage per shot of the arrows.
This was the type of game I liked to watch but would never buy. The addition of the town quests has really changed this game for the better. $25 is still too much
I'm suprised he hasn't u locked the farm yet, i don't remember what I did to unlock it, maybe it was houses/population?
It's because he is ignoring the mayor
Hi Tyler❤
Just invest in a mayor. 😭
Womp womp
Having played this game a bunch, I unfortunately think your 1 video a day format will be GLACIAL for anything more than a cool look.