In this Biomutant 10 Things You Should Know Before Playing Guide, I’ll be sharing some information that will make your playthrough a bit more enjoyable without spoiling any story related, or exploration aspects of the game. In short, this Biomutant Getting Started Guide is here to make you aware of some things that are possible, so that you don’t find them out half way through your playthrough and wish you’d known them from the start.
Biomutant: 10 Things You Should Know Before Playing Guide
There are many helpful tips in Biomutant, and a lot I could share here, but the first thing I would like you to know is about Character Creation.
10. Don’t Worry About Your Visual Appearance Too Much
When you make your character in Biomutant, you will have to assign Attributes, and by doing so change the appearance of your character. What you don’t know is that not too far into the game you’ll be able to change this appearance without changing your Attributes, and you can do this multiple times.
What this means is that you should focus on the Attributes you want during Character Creation, once you’ve selected your chosen Breed, because you can tweak your visual appearance later on. Note that you cannot change Breeds, so be sure to select the one you like.
Finding these pools in Biohazard Zones allows you to change your appearance for 1 Bio Point.
9. Sell High Level Armor You Cannot Use
Very often when exploring the world you will find Armor that is much higher level than you, and you won’t be able to use it for hours an hours. If you dismantle it you will gain the same materials as if you had dismantled any armor piece, so it’s not worth doing.
Usually these armor pieces are worth good money, so it’s highly advised that you sell them, particularly if the stats on them are not what you are looking for. This can give you a huge influx of cash that you can then use to buy Armor you can use now, or Weapons
Sell Armor you can’t use for many levels in order gain money you can use to improve your character now. You will find more Armor. Don’t worry!
8. You Can Double Jump Off Walls
Something I discovered very early on in Biomutant, when I was trying to reach items that were too high up, is that you can actually jump on to a wall or beam and then jump off and then flip. This allows you to reach places you cannot with just your normal double jump, and you should keep this in mind when you are out exploring. You can reach a lot of things this way, maybe even somethings you were not intended to…
You can double jump off just about any surface in Biomutant to reach higher places. Use it to your advantage!
7. Unlock Fast Travel Locations
There are many Fast Travel locations strewn all about the world of Biomutant, but you cannot access them if you have never interacted with them. For this reason it is important for you to do so with every single one you find.
You often need to return to places you’ve already been in Biomutant, and sometimes you’ve followed some shiny object trail so far away it would take you 5 minutes to run back. Make sure to interact with them to save you time, because you can fast travel to any yellow dot on your map from just about any location.
Interact with each and everyone of these posts so you can fast travel back to them later if you need to.
6. Use Water in Hazardous Locations to Reset Your Counter
There are various types of hazardous locations you can explore in Biomutant, and often you won’t be able to stay in these areas long without high Resistances. However, you can actually jump into any water you see inside these areas to “cleanse” yourself and reset your build-up counter.
It doesn’t matter if the water looks contaminated or not, or how deep it is, as long as it is water it will start to reduce your build up or remove it all together. Use this to your advantage early on in the game when your Resistances aren’t as high, in order to stay in these zones longer and explore.
Standing in water in hazardous zones stops your counter or reduces/removes it all together. It gets more effective the more Resistance you have.
5. Bio Points Are Rampant in Biohazard Zones
Sort of piggybacking off this last point, you can increase your Resistances using Bio Points, which will then allow you to stay inside these zones longer before needed to dip into water or leave the area. The best way to gain these points is actually inside Biohazard zones specifically, which are the sort of green tinted zones.
Here you will find lots of enemies that once defeated will grant you 1 Bio Point each, and you can find up to a dozen or more in some of these zones. This will allow you to crank your Resistances quickly, allowing you to explore more. Coincidentally, this is also a good reason to pump Biohazard Resistance first, so that you can farm these Points faster.
Defeating Morks in Biohazard zones will give you Bio Points.
4. Watch Who Your Shooting
It is not uncommon in Biomutant to come across two different types of Enemies attacking one another. When this happens they are usually completely oblivious to what you are doing, giving you an opportunity to ambush them.
Be careful when you do this, because if you attack both enemy groups they will ALL turn to attack you, and stop fighting one another. It’s a much better idea to pick one type and don’t attack the other until the first one is defeated, so you only have to face one enemy group at a time. This becomes much less relevant later in the game, but early on it can be a lifesaver.
Enemies often fight one another, and you can gain the upper hand if you don’t fire blindly into them and aggro them all.
3. Look For the Yellow Paint
A big part of Biomutant is exploring things on your own, outside of questing, and just finding loot and discovering new things. But sometimes you may not figure out how to get to some item, or where you should go next. When this happens it’s best to look for the yellow paint.
Experiment 101 has marked lots of areas in the game with bright yellow paint to direct you where to go for just these occasions, so be on the look out for it, and once you find it, figure out how to interact with it. Maybe you need to climb there, or maybe you need to bust through a wall. Regardless, when in doubt, trust the yellow paint.
If you’re unsure where to go, or where that missing item from your Objective List is, look for the yellow paint. Often this is a clue about what to do!
2. Don’t Be Afraid to Luck it Up
There is no Stat in Biomutant that increases Ranged Weapon Damage, and often you will have to wait for your Gun to reload when in combat, tempting to into Melee combat during this time. And sometimes it’s just better to range enemies down with Guns, when Melee is too dangerous. This means most Players will usually do some Melee and Ranged Attacks, particularly early on in the game before their Build has fully developed.
Because of this, I strongly urge you to increase your Luck Attribute, unless you need to meet the requirements for certain equipment. This is because it boosts Critical Chance for both Ranged and Melee Weapons, allowing you to deal more damage with both types of combat. Additionally, you also gain higher Loot Chance which will provide you with more and better loot. Builds are somewhat dependent on loot, so this also should increase your effectiveness.
Luck is a great Attribute to pump for any Build, unless you are playing a Psi-Freak, since it doesn’t seem to help them much.
1. Fast Travel When in Danger
This last tip is actually is almost a bit of cheat, but nevertheless it can save your life a lot! When traversing the landscape a lot of times you’ll fall into some water and you’ll run out of energy and drown. Well you cannot fast travel while you are swimming, BUT, you can if you jump into the air and then go to your map. Use this trick to save yourself if you’re about to die, so you don’t have to reload and lose progress!
If you are falling or swimming and going to drown, you can jump and open your map and fast travel to save yourself.
That’s all for our 10 Things You Should Know Before Playing Biomutant Guide and I hoped you learned some things without spoiling too much of the game, things that will make your experience better. Be sure to check out our Perks Video to help you decide which Class to choose, and our Review coming in just a couple of days.
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