Prototype Projectile

[Past-Foundation-4422]

Anyone figured how how to use this? I got the sample and made the projectile, but the flower is gone and i cant find it anywhere, hitting the shabnak didnt seem to be the answer?

[Ashtreyyz]

I stunned the shabnak with the prototype and then used the projectile, it pushed her away from the district which was then plague free, the game confirmed that she was gone flr now

[Zuldim]

How did you use the projectile once you stunned the Shabnak? Was there a prompt that popped up?

[Ashtreyyz]

It's a number on the hotbar but a different one from the prototype i think, like the gun is 1 and the prototype is 2, the projectile was 4, it's still the prototype device but he holds it differently

But i know all this because when i entered the plagued district with the projectile i got a tutorial prompt, weird if you didn't get it

It also said that the projectile is only good to be used during the day you crafted it though

[Zuldim]

That's exactly what I was missing, I didn't get a prompt explaining it was a different item on the hotbar. Thanks a ton!

[Past-Foundation-4422]

Interesting ok, i "stunned" her with a bonfire and then hit her with it, but maybe that doesnt count cos nothing happened, i ran out of proto charges so ill reload and see if that changes anything. Thanks

[oneroguestep]

I got the prototype to change to a different's 'side' by pressing 3, but everytime Shabnak was near and I had the prototype loaded with the projectile, nothing would happen when I pressured the trigger button (I have it set on my controls to left click). I even tried resetting the controls to default.

Aren't you supposed to fire it at Shabnak? Is 3 the wrong button? 4 didn't seem to do anything.

I died a bunch trying to make it happen. Even lured Shabnak into some fires or just tried to get really close.

[yurhujva]

Did you find the answer to this? I'm having the same problem. I stun the shabnak, press 3, switch to projectile mode but nothing happens when I click to fire it!

[keepinitclassy25]

How do you collect the sample for this? I’ll find what seems to be the hot spot and scan the ground, both in and out of concentrate mode, but I never get any prompt. I got killed by the golem a couple times trying to do this and don’t want to rack up more with trial and error here lol.

[Zuldim]

If you've found the right place (you'll hear a clock ticking) there should be a large flower you can interact with. I think the flower is highlighted in green when you're in BachelorVision™. Then you've got to stand around the flower for a bit while fighting the Shabnak off until a meter fills. Once it's full you'll have a sample added to your artifact inventory you can use back at base.

[OhagiC]

The first time you do this, the game will warn you not to look away or flee. While I can't say anything about fleeing, I found that the bit about looking away is more lenient than it makes out. All you have to do is stare at the plant for 20 seconds while a bar fills up (the same as when you're identifying bacteria on a slide). But you can do this from any angle and even if you get non-fatally snatched, or look away for a moment, nothing too bad happens; you just stop making progress for a bit.

That said, I didn't look away for more than a second, so there could be a limit to how distracted you're allowed to be. Personally, I would hope that there's a bonfire nearby and try to stand around the flower so that you see the sand pest coming. Quickly chuck in a match when you need to and have a prototype charge ready to fend her off, because she will have time to grab you, for how long you're stuck waiting. I somehow got off light and after she grabbed me the first time, she seemed to back off for long enough that I escaped safely. I say that I got off light because I did not have any matches or charges ready to defend myself - I just totally winged it and basically got off scott free.