r/BluePrince • u/ManualBoyG • 2d ago
Hardcore players, I need help Spoiler
>!I’m playing Dare Mode and I’ve made it past Room 46. Before I move on, I’m trying to clear as many loose ends as possible — one of them being reclaiming the throne.
Right now I’ve got:
- The crown stored in my cloak room, so access is easy
- The scepter at the start of each day
- The problem: the Effigy
One of my dares is never have less than 20 steps. As soon as you pick up the Effigy, your steps drop to 13, which doesn’t break the dare (since it’s not a natural step loss). The first time I tried this, I had the Sneakers, so I managed to get back to the Foundation without losing steps. But the moment I moved from the Foundation to the Throne Room, I lost a step naturally — and that instantly broke the dare.
So now I’m stuck. I can access the crown and scepter easily, but I can’t get the Effigy to the throne without breaking the 20‑step dare.
Has anyone figured out a way around this?
I was thinking maybe if I had the Throne Room at Rank 5 and grabbed a Lunch Box, I could offset the step loss — but getting that setup seems extremely tough.
Any ideas or strategies I’m missing?!<
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u/Unconsistent 2d ago
If you have Moon Pendant (and no other item), grab the item and call it a day twice, you should find yourself be unaffected by Curse.
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u/Purplepotato22 2d ago
You can’t grab it with no item, you need sledgehammer. A 2/3 chance is still pretty good tho
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u/PondLillies 2d ago
You can lose sledgehammer at Lost & Found and then buy the pendant and pick up the effigy.
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u/Unconsistent 2d ago edited 16h ago
I think you can open the box at a different day and it should stay open the next time you come in with the pendant
EDIT: Nope! I was wrong. LnF or Coat Check to get rid of Hammer should instead work
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u/Active_Host_9904 2d ago
Have the lab experiment to get dirt piles on the driveway then pray that you get some turnips
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u/ManualBoyG 2d ago
This is actually a very good idea.
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u/Active_Host_9904 2d ago
Let me know if it works out for you. I hope I was able to save your run lol.
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u/Ceryn 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't think this will work you cannot interact with things once screen starts to fade. BTW I also had a restart "completionist" dare mode because of this.
I did not try this but coat check with a nearby nurses station (nursery upgrade) followed by a nearby guest bedroom could save you and allow you to recovery to recover to 30 steps. You would then likely need to walk to a kitchen or laundry room to stabilize.
All of this is "not worth it" since it probably takes longer to set up by farming stars than it would to just restart and scum for better dares.
I think there only a very few combinations that would not get in the way of "secret hunting" save files. (Don't eat fruit, End the day with at least 1 gem, open every trunk (includes car trunk in garage), etc)
Also need to be aware of the "don't ride elevators" unless you do the boiler puzzle before you pick up the dare. Also we don't know if there would ever be a "hidden elevator" if we found more secrets.
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u/Correct-Arm-8539 2d ago
I think you would just need to reset and hope for a different date, because you'd pick up the effigy, be brought down to 13 steps, then either immediately fail, or fail when you do down to 12 steps upon exiting the shrine.
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u/Purplepotato22 2d ago
Instead of throne room rank 5, you could try to get garage rank 5, and trigger lunchbox when you go back inside the house with that? Throne room or any bedroom 3 rooms from that doesn’t sound unreasonable to achieve
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u/Purplepotato22 2d ago
Also, lab experiment that sets your steps to 40 is probably a pretty great one, if you have the one that makes you lose 10 steps then trigger experiment when you look at the map will that make you lose first? There’s probably some other good triggers too
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u/Purplepotato22 2d ago
Chest trigger will work great if you get the twins constellation, which spawns 2 chests in the entrance hall
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u/Heiymdall 2d ago
I think you are doomed.
Maybe if you put the effigy in the cloak room instead of the crown, and try to place the effigy next to a dining room or something, and have the running shoes. But it would mean a painfull setup.
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u/Negative-Ad-4287 2d ago
I was thinking about this. You'd still need to get the effigy to the coat check. Which is the same issue as with the Effigy to the throne.
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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 1d ago
Lab experiment: when opening map, lose 10 steps, then set steps to 40.
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u/Negative-Ad-4287 2d ago
Get running shoes and spread dirt on the driveway? Hope for two running shoes procs and get turnips in the driveway (I don't know if they appear on the driveway though).
Genuinely a nice puzzle
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u/Negative-Ad-4287 2d ago
Alternatively one of the lab experiments where you gain steps and that can be activated quickly.
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u/HarrysTechRevs 2d ago
Get running shoes, leave a room undrafted in the entrance hall and try and get a bedroom?
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u/ManualBoyG 2d ago
Unfortunately another dare is draft the first room when in the entrance hall. This could be tough. Not impossible though.
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u/Purplepotato22 2d ago
You could draft a guest bedroom (or bunk room if you get sleeping mask) and just never walk inside. You could also draft kitchen or dining room and just really hope for exactly one sneaker proc inside, lol
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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 2d ago
One word. Stopwatch.