Star Wars Jedi Survivor beginners guide – what to know before starting

Star Wars Jedi SurvivorAs dense as beskar. As Cal Kestis — a padawan who survived Order 66 and then became BFFs with the cutest droid in Star Wars canon — you travel across the galaxy to swing a laser sword and perform a bunch of high-wire space parkour. If you played the predecessor, 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderIts trappings might feel familiar. You’ll just find more: more droids to fight, more planets to explore, and of course, more walls to run on. These are the 12 most important things to know.

It’s worth brushing up on the story

Star Wars Jedi Survivor’s story takes place five years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. This sequel has a summary of the original game. However, it is more about the mood and less about the plot. (Pop quiz: Who’s Jaro Tapal?) You should familiarize yourself before starting with the timeline and story of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It’ll make following Survivor’s plot much easier.

Navigation assist — and other tips for finding your way

Star Wars Jedi SurvivorIt is first of all an exploration-based game. You may find yourself spending a lot of time trying to determine where you can go to reach the next objective. Navigation assistance — a setting that adds an icon showing to the mini-map you where you to go and can be toggled in the You can play the game by clicking here. menu — will go a long way toward pointing you in the right direction.

You can also use other techniques to determine your location in the galaxy. You’ll find more clues than you think when parsing a map. green doorwaysYou can also find out more about the following: Yellow bracketsYou can now pass through the pathways that you have identified. Red objects mean you don’t have the necessary upgrade yet. It’s possible that the rendering will reveal a new path you missed.

Attention to the environment is also important. The beginning of climbing routes is a white ledge. There are many pathways hidden behind wall cracks that can be barely seen. (Yes, Jedi: SurvivorThe shimmy load-screen is a great way to get around. Keep an eye on walls that have scratches or rivets. You can use these to run along a wall to another area.

Double-jumping into wall runs is always a good idea

The wall running technique is an important one in Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Tip: By double-jumping before a wall run, you will gain more height to begin with. This height will also be increased when the run is over. It will allow you to clear the larger gaps early on. This will help you run up walls with ease.

Switch off Fall Damage and play with the other settings

Star Wars Jedi: The SurvivorFeatures a wide range of accessibility options. Which is the first you should disable? Disable Fall InjuryUnder the You can play the game by clicking here. submenu.

Getting rid of fall damage doesn’t make you invulnerable to receiving damage from height, a fact Polygon has confirmed through much testing. (Sorry, Cal!) This allows you to respawn near the abyss if you’ve fallen into it during a challenging platforming level. In this game, you’ll find a lot of challenging platforming challenges. Jedi: Survivor. Your fall will be a lot. You will fall. Ensuring you don’t lose health each time will save you many, many headaches — including the one where you lose a bunch of health because it took you five tries to cross a chasm, and then die from an errant blaster shot when you reach the other side.

You can also try other options. Arachnophobia Safe ModeIn the meantime, You can play the game by clicking here. submenu makes spider-like enemies look less like spiders. Dialogue Line SkippingYou can fast-forward dialogue in repetitive interactions like those with quest givers and shopkeepers. And if you’re looking to tone down the gorier bits, you can deactivate Human DismembermentIn the meantime, You can access this page by clicking here. submenu.

Lean on your allies

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Some missions will pair you with a variety of allies. (Left unspecified to avoid spoilers). Activating the special ability of whoever’s accompanying you (R1 + square on PlayStation) stuns enemies, giving you some breathing room to either heal or dish out damage. It’s tied to a cooldown, but that cooldown is vanishingly brief. Cal was mostly a lone-wolf throughout Jedi: Fallen Order, so it’s easy to forget he’s not always alone in Survivor. Don’t forget to use ally abilities liberally!

Blocking with your lightsaber can be very effective

The parry is a defensive technique that can be used to defend against all types of soulslikes. Jedi: Survivor, but don’t sleep on blocking. As long as you still have block meter remaining (that’s the white one in the bottom-center of the screen), you’ll be able to automatically block most attacks. It’s when your enemy Starts to glow RedThat you need to be very careful. This attack is unblockable. Dodging works. Sometimes, though, you’ll get more distance between a foe by double-jumping out of the way.

It is a light bulb

BD-1 can turn on a headlamp in dark areas, however, it only has a very small field of light. Pulling out your lightsaber does a Then, you can get in touch with us.It will do a better job of lighting up everything within close range. This, by the way, is one reason you should always rock with the dual wield lightsaber stance: You’ll get twice as much flashlight power.

Look out for shortcuts

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There’s another way to mitigate backtracking in Star Wars Jedi Survivor — look out for shortcuts. Nine times out of ten, shortcuts are zip wires you that connect a subregion you’re currently in with a subregion you were Just click here to learn more.They were there, say, 5 minutes ago. They’re invaluable for returning to Meditation spotsRestore your health before continuing.

Also: When you’re on a zip wire, you can press triangle/Y to switch directions, in case you decide you no longer want to head back.

You can now fast travel with Jedi: Survivor

The biggest critics of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was that you couldn’t fast travel. It was painful to backtrack. So it’s good that Respawn corrected course in Star Wars Jedi: The Survivor. Yes, you can fast travel — but only on the planet you’re currently on.

There are other limitations: You can only do it while you’re at a meditation spot, and you can only travel to previously unlocked meditation spots. It’s even more important to talk with everyone you meet.; Note too that there are some story-gated instances where you can’t fast travel. (You’ll know so when the option to fast travel at meditation spots is grayed out.)

You’ll come back to that planet later

Jedi: Survivor prevents your progress by partitioning out your traversal upgrades, meaning you’ll end up doubling back through each planet to cover ground you weren’t able to reach before. You won’t be able to get everything on your first visit to each planet; if you want to explore, you’ll have to come back later once you’ve unlocked more abilities.

It is worth your time to explore each planet as thoroughly as possible before you move on to the next mission. The game is available on the internet. essencesThese can increase your Health or Force Meters, or provide you with a skill point for free. Find out more about Chests containing cosmetics for Cal and BD-1’s casing — or, in rare cases, a stim canisterYou can now heal more times in one go. There are many different types of local currencies scattered around the planets, which can be used to buy cosmetics at various vendors. DatabanksYou can also find out more about the following: Force echoesAlso, you can fill out the story with short journal entries.

If you don’t wanna miss a thing, consult our guides for finding all of the important stuff during your first trips through Coruscant and Koboh.

Save your skill points

Star Wars Jedi SurvivorThere are eight different skill trees where you can put your skill points. Beyond Cal’s basic stats — health and Force powers — you’ll end the tutorial with three different lightsaber stances, each with its own tree. You’ll soon get two more, including one that lets you rock a blaster. Mid-game Force abilities (which we won’t spoil here) open up the possibilities even more. If you’re not entirely sold on burning precious skill points on upgrades you’re not enamored with, you won’t regret saving them for later.

You can regain lost XP in Jedi: Survivor

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You can earn enough XP to be able to play. Star Wars Jedi: The Survivor, and you’ll earn a skill point. Once you’ve earned a skill point, you can’t lose it. That said, you can lose all of the XP you’ve earned progressing you to your Next skill point.

Every time an enemy kills you, you’ll lose all of your banked XP. If you want it back, you’ll need to locate the enemy who killed you — usually exactly in the room you died in. You’ll see them glowing gold. All your lost experience will be restored by touching an enemy. You can do this easily from afar with a lightsaber or blaster throw.

In boss battles, it works slightly differently. The enemy won’t glow gold. Instead, you’ll see a golden pillar of light in the spot you died. Running into that will restore your lost XP — and in some cases, at least for optional bosses like Koboh’s rancor, you’ll then be able to turn tail and run out of the chamber entirely, with your XP intact. In the Jedi Code, it is not stated that you must be brave.

Once you’ve gotten started, see where to find all collectibles on Coruscant and the first part of Koboh, or see all of our Star Wars Jedi SurvivorGuides here.