What is the goal of Outer Wilds?

Outer Wilds is a space simulation game that focuses on exploration and learning. Players will control an alien astronaut who is uncovering mysteries through puzzles to learn about the Nomai, an ancient race whose culture spans over all eight planets in the solar system.

What should you do in Outer Wilds?

Take Your Time

There are no rules, guides, or missions in Outer Wilds and the game does not have checkpoints or waypoints. You are meant to go where you want to go, explore, and try to solve what is going on by yourself. If you want to have the best possible experience in Outer Wilds, don't rush through it.

Does Outer Wilds have an ending?

The Eye of the Universe ending is considered the true ending to The Outer Wilds. Remove the Advanced Warp Core from the Ash Twin Project, travel to Dark Bramble and insert the warp core into The Vessel. Input the coordinates received from the tracking probe. Players will then warp to the Eye of the universe.

Are there objectives in Outer Wilds?

In most major action-adventure games, there are objectives or quests to complete, and often-times, where to to go next is marked on some kind of “World Map”. Outer Wilds, on the other hand, forces you as the player to decide what direction you want to go, and what planet to explore.

How do you win in Outer Wilds?

To finish Outer Wilds, you'll have to complete the mission the Nomai started but never completed themselves: finding the Eye of the Universe.

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What happens every 22 minutes in Outer Wilds?

The supernova is a game event that occurs 22 minutes after the Protagonist wakes up, which kills the Protagonist and everyone else in the Solar System.

What is the secret of Outer Wilds?

The Outer Wilds' DLC, Echoes of the Eye contains a near pitch-black Secret World that can be accessed by holding an artifact and interacting with one of four different braziers that house a green flame.

How many hours does Outer Wilds take to complete?

Outer Wilds is an open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. When focusing on the main objectives, Outer Wilds is about 16½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 26 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

What Outer Wilds taught me?

Outer Wilds teaches players that patience is what saves the galaxy. From the moment players awaken in their first loop on Timber Hearth they are met with the stars. As a game about space exploration, this is an appropriate first sight. Yet, there are other important details upon awakening.

Is there a point of no return in Outer Wilds?

Nah, there is no PONR in this game. You can always do everything. The mission is just rather long, that's all.

Can you romance in Outer Wilds?

No Romance in The Outer Worlds

Aside from occasionally being able to flirt with some of the stranger's crew members, there isn't any romance that can be had between the player and any characters, though they can embark on NPC-specific side quests.

Can you visit all planets in outer worlds?

You can explore a multitude of diverse locations in The Outer Worlds, with the exception of four “locked” planets. When viewing your map, you'll be able to fly to planets like Monarch and Terra 2 as needed as you work your way through the campaign.

What happens if I disable the Ash twin project?

If the player decides to remove the core, the Ash Twin Project will shut down, ending the time loop until it is inserted again. Should the player die by any cause without reinserting the core while the Ash Twin project is offline, the player will receive a game over screen and be returned to the main menu.

How long do you live in Outer Wilds?

Death is inevitable in Outer Wilds. When the player dies, images of their last life flash before their eyes, from their death to the start of them waking up in the Village, where they then respawn. The player is almost always bound to die at the latest 22 minutes after waking up, as the supernova explodes.

What does sleeping do in Outer Wilds?

Sleeping. While at a campfire, the player may choose to doze off. This passes time at around 10 times the normal rate, allowing the player to accelerate to a time later in the loop.

Can you go to the sun in Outer Wilds?

Head to Ash Twin and park at one of the poles to avoid your ship being swept up by the large column of shifting sands that circles the planet. As the sand is picked up, the first building to be revealed, along with the first location you can teleport to, is the sun shaped building teleporting you to the Sun Station.

What is Outer Wilds in a nutshell?

This is an adventure game in which players assume the role of an astronaut searching for answers while exploring a doomed alien galaxy. From a first-person perspective, players pilot their spaceship, interact with aliens, and solve puzzles while traversing planet surfaces.

What is the shortest game in the world?

The shortest game to beat is actually clue. The speedrun is less than a second, and can be found here: The speedrun is pure luck, as you immediately accuse the first person with the first options. If you are correct, you have beat the game in under one-tenth of a second.

How many endings does The Outer Worlds have?

The Outer Worlds essentially has three different endings: the good ending, "Save the Hope"; the bad ending, "Sacrifice the Hope"; and the crash and burn ending, because of course there's got to be a way to sink even lower than the plain old "bad" ending.

How many planets are in Outer Wilds?

Outer Wilds is a game about exploring space in 22-minute intervals. There are five planets to explore, a number of space stations, moons, and more to discover.

Are there humans in Outer Wilds?

Outer Wilds contains two human-analogous sapient alien species: the Nomai and the Hearthians. The Nomai are an extinct species who inhabited the solar system hundreds of thousands of years before the beginning of the game (see Figure 1).

What race is the stranger in Outer Wilds?

The Stranger's inhabitants were an unnamed species native to a terrestrial moon orbiting a gas giant in a nearby solar system. They built the Stranger after receiving a signal from the Eye of the Universe.

Is there a monster in Outer Wilds?

Anglerfish are one of the few living species of animal that you'll encounter in the Outer Wilds system. They're also the only hostile creatures you'll find, which is a good thing since pretty much every planet besides Timber Hearth is incredibly lethal without the fangs and voracious appetite.

What happens if you fly away from the Sun in Outer Wilds?

Simply go far away from the sun (bit more than 20.000km) and you will die and unlock this.

Why did the Nomai want to find the Eye?

They named the source of this mysterious signal the Eye of the Universe, as the signal looked like an eye with a circle in the center much like a pupil. The Nomai became determined to find the source of the signal that had led them to the solar system.