Hello Fellow Crawlers,

Edit: was really hopeful this build would work, but alas it does not. One of the debuffs from the Amulet negates all speed bonuses (“The Amulet weighs heavy in your inventory”). That said, moving this fast makes dancing around the Final Boss a piece of cake (almost un-fun levels of easy).

So I’ve been constantly vexed by the Pacifist Ascent achievement for my couple years of playing this game.

On my current run though, I landed an early Ring Of Wealth which I’ve blown basically all my Scrolls Of Upgrades on (currently +14 with one SoU in inventory). I double lucked out and an enemy dropped a +5 Ring of Wealth on floor ~21.

I grinded on floor 24 until I got a few Scrolls of Transmutations and rerolled both, landing with a +5 Ring of Arcana and a +14 Ring of Haste.

Also, my armor happens to have the Glyph of Swiftness (not my favorite, but def usable) and is hero version of Plate Mail at +4.

So I was trying to do the math on how fast I actually move with all this, but it looks like the wiki has some of the math wrong (or maybe I’m just incompetent at English - very valid possibility) since it says my speed should be something like 9*10^9 spaces per turn.

Doing a quick experiment, it would appear I move a pinch more than 40 spaces per turn.

Is this math about right? Is this fast enough (with a bank of ~10 health potions to do a pacifist ascent? I also have a +7 ring of Might - would I have better luck equipping that before I run back to the top?

Also for context, I’m running the Warden with the Rat King’s Crown. Artifact is a +10 Chalice of Blood and trinket is a +3 Parchment Scrap (Shit, as I list that all out, I realize this has been an incredibly lucky run).

  • TE_0@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    In pacifist ascent the amulet caps your speed I believe. So if I were you, I’d dump into ethereal chains, tmute that ring into energy so chalice keeps you alive, and ascend by trying to avoid combat. Try this so you dont end up slowed down in the attempt. (I may be wrong so lets wait for others xD)

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      8 days ago

      Yeah, it looks like when the Amulet “Feels like a lead weight in your inventory” that means all your speed buffs are canceled.

      I am #SadPanda at this revelation :,(

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          7 days ago

          Unclear, still haven’t gotten it.

          For Warden, I think Greaves of Nature is going to be the play, then “pre-seeding” the dungeon with strategically placed swift thistles + sungrass.

          Else wise, I think a strong ass Ring of Energy + Ethereal Chains/Hourglass is the general advice.