{"id":13674,"date":"2021-03-12T19:26:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/loop-hero-beginners-guide-best-tips-and-tricks-for-getting-started"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:57:46","slug":"loop-hero-beginners-guide-best-tips-and-tricks-for-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/loop-hero-beginners-guide-best-tips-and-tricks-for-getting-started","title":{"rendered":"Loop Hero Beginner’s Guide: Best tips and tricks for getting started"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loop Hero seems like a relatively easy game on its surface but beneath its simple mechanics, there are layers of things you will need to take care of.<\/p>\n

Loop Hero can be a really addicting game, with its adorable retro visual style and unique gameplay that combines several other genres into one new experience, but the game doesn’t exactly help you to understand what’s going on and how you should approach it.<\/p>\n

While simple at its core, the game’s unique playstyle might be hard to understand when starting the game, particularly because sometimes it might even look counterintuitive.<\/p>\n

Your role in this game is basically one of a dungeon master, you are not playing the titular loop hero here, they will do everything independently from you, moving around the endless loop and fighting with the enemies they encounter. The only direct command you will ever give to them is when you want them to retreat from the expedition and go back to the camp. Everything else – they do on their own.<\/p>\n

So, what is your job then? Well, it can be grouped into three things: world-creating, equipping, and camp-building.<\/p>\n

Loop Hero terrain cards placing guide<\/h3>\n

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Various terrain is represented with cards which you put on empty tiles(Picture: Four Quarters)<\/span><\/p>\n

The loop (the game’s world) starts rather empty, and on your journey, you will be getting cards that represent various types of terrain you will use to “create” the world around the loop and on the loop itself.<\/p>\n

Once placed, those terrain cards, like rocks or meadows, can give your hero special bonuses or generate more enemies.<\/p>\n

Enemies are the main source of resources (equipment, land cards, and other items), so you will want to create more encounters for your hero in order to get better equipment and advance through the story, but the key thing here is balance, as you don’t want to overwhelm your hero with too many enemies.<\/p>\n

If you give them too many fights to deal with before they are ready, they will not be able to survive the loop and will die quickly. And dying in this game will lose you a lot of resources.<\/p>\n

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The map will become increasingly more complex as you build more things (Picture: Four Quarters)<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the maximum amount of cards you can hold is 15, so make sure not to keep them for too long in hand as well, or you will lose them, and your hero will not progress as the resources will be scarce.<\/p>\n

Also, make sure to read the cards’ effects carefully and plan your placement accordingly, as many cards have extra strong effects when they are combined and placed next to each other.<\/p>\n

For example, if you combine mountain cards into a 3×3 field, they will give you more powerful maximum health bonuses, but that big mountain will also start sending harpies to attack you (one harpy every two days).<\/p>\n

A Treasury card will give you a huge amount of resources and loot once you put 8 other terrain cards around it, but then it will become abandoned and gargoyles will start attacking you.<\/p>\n

Finally, keep an eye on your day meter, as many effects, both positive and negative, work on a daily basis, and if your hero takes too much time travelling, some tiles can be swarmed with enemies and be too much to handle for your hero.<\/p>\n

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Loop Hero Base Building: What should you build?<\/h3>\n

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As you advance, you will unlock various new buildings for your basecamp (Picture: Four Quarters)<\/span><\/p>\n

The base-building is another core aspect of Loop Hero, which will become available once you complete your first few loops (returns to camp).<\/p>\n

Smart base-building is essential as it will provide you with the resources your hero will need to overcome all the challenges placed before him, especially as the game progress and the enemies become increasingly more powerful and the loop stacked with all kinds of foes.<\/p>\n