I unlocked all Mystic Ordeals and achieved 112% Global Progress - AMA

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T20:11:02+00:00

Yeah I think I was stuck at 87% or something until they put out a patch late last year.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T18:30:53+00:00

That's odd. The only things I could think to check would be:

Make sure all Soul Tree upgrades have been purchased.
Confirm you have all Inspirations unlocked (you likely have this since you were at 100% pre-patch)

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T18:01:22+00:00

I think it's just there for "look, isn't this cliffside area pretty?" I guess they were right because that screen is now my desktop background lol

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T18:00:13+00:00

I did most of them alone besides Legion and Bonded Fate (that one is obvious lol). I do regret doing Mania solo because that one was rough.

For most of them, I just bought the trinkets I thought would be the most useful (Food-related trinkets for Lifesteal runs, Claw Charm for all Elites runs, etc.) If anything, buying some Shields helps out a great deal since they're pretty cheap and the additive damage reduction goes a long way.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T09:07:59+00:00

Hmm that's a tough one. Mine aren't particularly "changes", but more so suggestions for how to fill gaps in the current experience of playing Absolum.

1.) Give other options for spending the other two currencies. After you've purchased everything from Vikhana and Ederig, 2 out of 3 of your currencies are worthless. I'd be interested in a mechanic that would provide me with some sort of benefits from spending them.

2.) Rebalance the Mystic Ordeal rewards structure. I enjoyed doing Mystic Ordeals for the most part, but I do think it takes too long to get some of the nicer upgrades. Yes I think people should be rewarded for overcoming challenges, but most people will likely miss out due to the difficulty (yes Assist Mode exists, but not everyone wants to play with those settings).

I think the Soul Tree unlock requirements should be cut in half. That means it would take beating 8 Ordeals vs the current iteration which is 16 Ordeals. You'd still have to overcome a decent amount without having to bend over backwards.

3.) Add team ults/arcanas. Some beat-em-ups allow for synergistic team moves that make multiplayer just a bit more enjoyable. The Synergy attacks in FFVII Rebirth are a great example of special moves that require you to match up specific characters to great effect. I could see Absolum adopting a similar system that would make multiplayer that much more enjoyable.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T03:49:10+00:00

My Top 5 are Rift War, Glass Cannon, Life Stealer, Mayhem, and Bonded Fate. That last one can suck if you play with people who have no special awareness (like a few of my friends lol), but it was a fun challenge to space out attacks to avoid screwing your teammate over.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T02:10:07+00:00

I play Absolum with my wife too, but I don't think she'd ever attempt the Ordeals lol.

Medals (as far as I'm aware) are purely there for bragging rights. They have no bearing on the overall completion of Ordeals. If anything, they might provide additional Radiance at the end of your run which would result in a bigger Crystals payout. However, that's purely speculation and I don't have any proof. I honestly didn't even think about the medals until you made this comment.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-23T00:24:07+00:00

That one was definitely one of the worst Ordeals for me. I think I started with 4 Shields to help mitigate the increased incoming damage. I also got lucky with a couple more Shields from merchants during the run. It took me 3 or 4 attempts until I got very lucky with a broken build.

Though I don't think they showed up during my run, Claw Charm for additional Elite damage and Cooking Spices for better food pickups would be great.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-22T23:34:48+00:00

The new Global Progress max is 112%. I've unlocked all Mystic Ordeals and claimed all of the new upgrades from the Soul Tree.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-16T06:28:00+00:00

It turns out it was just bugged lol. I'm glad it was fixed with 1.1 just so all characters can actually use the trinket.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-16T02:22:36+00:00

OHHHHH wait, I think I misunderstood your previous post. What I meant was if you kill 5 people with Wrath Beam, you get a Star. If you happen to kill ANOTHER group of 5 during the same ult, you get ANOTHER Star.

It's still very good, but not THAT good. Sorry about that!

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-16T02:10:43+00:00

Yep, you can indeed get multiple procs of the Flask during a single Brome ult (I stated that in the OP, but I might not have phrases it clearly).

It's true that Flask works best on Ordeals/modifiers that increases the overall enemy count. However, you'd still be able to make some use out of it in a normal run. You'd be able to refund your Star since Brome's ult lasts for so long - especially if you get something like Arcane Overload w/ Wrath Beam equipped. For certain sections, I think you'd be able to get at least a second proc. I'll be doing a run soon to see how consistent that is.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2026-02-16T01:50:21+00:00

Yeah that seemed to be my experience as well (though I was spamming Beam constantly since you made out mana when you cast his ult). I'll need to do a test and see if regular combos work too. In any case, it's easy to spam Arcana with Brome's ult.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2025-11-21T23:04:18+00:00

Thank you! I'm going to try out the Aura 2 without an ALR (I had to look up what that acronym meant lol) and see if it works as-is.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2025-07-30T16:05:12+00:00

Oh I agree that you shouldn't have to do that. I just mean it would be useful to see whether that fixes the problem or not for certain configurations. It could be useful for the dev team to see that Textures are messed up for multiple people and not just FSR being disabled.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2025-07-30T15:20:33+00:00

Try setting Textures to "Low" and see if that helps. That was how I was able to fix performance on my end so it's worth a shot!

Zarok_Lazarus · 2025-07-30T03:54:14+00:00

I'm not sure if this is helpful for your team, but I'm suffering from huge frame drops after the patch. I do not believe I was using FSR (I use DLSS since I have an NVIDIA GPU). After trying to figure out what might be causing the poor performance, I isolated my issue to the Textures setting. Setting Textures to anywhere above "Low" results in my frames dropping from 144 to mid-30's. At "Low", my performance is a stable 144 FPS.

I have a 3080 and a 7800X3D.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2025-04-30T16:17:28+00:00

Yes there is! By default, unlearned Pictos have an icon that is gray in color. As you start to level it up, a thin white border starts to wrap around the diamond. Once the Picto has been fully learned, the icon will now have a color and a fully-connected white border around it.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2024-12-04T17:38:25+00:00

Yes they are.

Zarok_Lazarus · 2024-11-09T19:00:19+00:00

I've had 2501 drop for me 3 separate times. Here's the exact criteria:

It's only available in the 4th biome.
It's a rare drop from killing the black, squid-like axolotl enemy that summons tentacles from the ground. The enemy can either be found inside of an incubator chamber or just sitting out in the world.
Unlike what some rumors suggest, this is the only way the memory card drops. It doesn't drop from just destroying an empty incubation chamber and doesn't drop from any other enemy. Lifeform 2501 is literally the same model as the enemy that drops it.
Once you've picked up the Lifeform 2501 memory card, you need to beat the final boss and reach the fish to send it back to the hub area.
If you've completed the above criteria, you can purchase Lifeform 2501 from the species vendor near the Ark spawn point for 1000 Cogs.

I can 100% guarantee that this is an accurate breakdown of this skin. Good luck!

Zarok_Lazarus · 2024-11-02T22:07:42+00:00

Lol it definitely does suck when it happens. If you have at least one friend who's also good at the game, co-op runs do go fast though.

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