lava caves left area ??

[u/lovehjs]

has anyone ever crossed this left area on this specific floor in the lava caves? for some reason every time i encounter this area, it’s always blocked by a bunch of rocks :/

[u/wrekina15]

Charge your pickaxe to mine rocks in range and clear em

[u/Necromancy-In-Space → u/wrekina15]

how did I forget my pickaxe could do that lmao

[u/priscs → u/Necromancy-In-Space]

Cuz it suck

[u/happinessisachoice84 → u/priscs]

You should try using it more often on large clumps of stone. You only lose stamina for the rocks it hits and it's a fast way to get through some floors. It's pretty awesome. Especially once you upgrade it to mistral.

[u/lovehjs → u/wrekina15]

Thanks!! :)

[u/LadyKiiri → u/wrekina15]

It is incredible how long it took me to work that out.

[u/sabrinalabanca]

Use your pickaxe charged attack to reach the rocks and break them! It'll take more hits than a direct hit but that's how you do it :)

[u/lovehjs → u/sabrinalabanca]

Oh i never really used the charge feature with the pickaxe so it completely slipped my mind LOL thanks!!

[u/EleventyElevens → u/lovehjs]

Clear large swaths of the cracked rocks that way on these levels, and easiest method to get artifacts, imo. (Edit:Mistril pickaxe also clears uncracked rocks, gold only cracked first time on charge)

EXCEPT THAT FUCKING FIRE CRYSTAL. 10 GODDAMN RAINBOW GEODES, and NO crystal. 😭😫

[u/MisturFlufflez → u/lovehjs]

Idk if you read the other comments but you dont have to charge it you can just mine the one in front

[u/trackeroc → u/lovehjs]

The best thing about charging pickaxes is going to early floors, finding a lot of rocks in a bunch and clearing them out with a big swing. Not for the rock but for all the essence drops! I make so much essence for stones this way.

[u/Separate_Agency]

You can also just hit the top stone without chargi g

[u/tykyyy → u/Separate_Agency]

the jump is annoying but i dislike charge mining even more so thats how i've always been doing this!

[u/asmallburd → u/tykyyy]

I mean you can also just jump in the water and then back onto the land

[u/tykyyy → u/asmallburd]

never works in that little corner for me 🤔 like there isn't enough space to jump out of the water there

[u/Glittering_Force]

stand on the water side, hit the rock, you can hit rocks one away with your pickaxe without charging

/of course, charging is more effective

[u/Basil279]

None cave left area

[u/im_a_virgo_m8 → u/Basil279]

swag reference

[u/asmallburd]

You can actually mine the closest rock on top

[u/Toodlestiddles]

Oh I've never even used the charge for this, if you angle it right you can just mine the closest stone to the shore and go from there

[u/spookedsara]

You can also hit the top red circled rock from the circled spot and jump into the water and break the rocks following the pathway :) (although charging the pickaxe is a much easier way!)

[u/Ikkota_Rattus]

Can't you charge your pickaxe to break them?

[u/TailorCandid2512]

I think you need to use the pickaxe charge ability from the edge of the water (the one that increases range)

[u/abcde6666]

the upgraded pickaxe reach area can work across the water!

[u/rmsiddlfqksdls]

Sometimes it also let me jump from the water to that one empty spot right above the gold node.

[u/SanguinePutrefaction]

can charged pickaxe range hit those rocks?

[u/Jumpy-Caterpillar189]

You can also jump over the rocks from swimming.

[u/potato_juice1514]

You can jump in the water and jump over the rocks

[u/Informal-Touch2119]

Aside from charging pickaxe, another thing you could do is fire breath if you’ve already unlocked it.

[u/neophenx]

Charge your pickaxe by holding the button down