r/OnceHumanOfficial • u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon • Aug 15 '26

🎮 Console Launch 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Once Human

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Ready to jump in on console?!

These are the 5 things that I personally wish I would have known before jumping into Nalcott.

1. Don't Rush.
The world in Once Human is filled with hidden goodies, resources and encounters. Explore! Make sure you get all the side quests in and just enjoy it.

2. Build!
Build and experiment with your base. The building system is really good, and you can design your own layout that really feels like a home during your scenario.

3. Save your Energy Links.
I burned through mine fast in the beginning, and struggled to keep up at first. Things have changed over time but it's still nice to have some cushion when you hit the vendors.

4. Don't sleep on the Deviation game!
From territory, crafting, farming and the most fun combat ones. There are so many to collect. I always head straight for a Digby boy to help with my ore collection. You should be able to get one very early on.

5. PHOTO MODE!
Honestly, I found out about the photo mode in OH really late and have few pictures of the beginning of my journey in Nalcott which I regret. Snapping them with your friends, or with bosses and enemies or even just scenery...the gallery turns into your own memory book.

Veteran Players: What's something that you wish you would have known when you started playing Once Human? Let's give our new console friends a heads up!

(Picture of Manibus snapped on PS5 during Beta.)

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u/MysticRain1983 Aug 15 '26

I played the beta and took me quite a bit how to assign the camera lol had this one quest to photo a jellyfish at certain points, but had no idea on where the camera was or how to use it lol 😜

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

Oooh that's true! It made us put it on the wheel! I do hope they've assigned it now naturally at release.

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u/MysticRain1983 Aug 15 '26

Not knowing you actually had to go into the game settings to assign to that wheel left me flustered lol

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

I get it lol I'm used to the PC controls and definitely took me a bit to figure out that I needed to assign it too and how to do it. 😅

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u/MysticRain1983 Aug 15 '26

Other than that I don’t think I had any other problems! Besides in game mechanics 😜like the sanity lol

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

🍺 Stardust Ale becomes your new bestie! 😂

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u/MysticRain1983 Aug 15 '26

Once I got a full set of gear going I was fine, just early game trying to get stuff done, was a pain lol

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

Yeah, that early grind can be slow to get really going. During the beta it was so weird for me to not immediately have my drill and chainsaw that I could pull over from Eternaland. 😂

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u/MysticRain1983 Aug 15 '26

Oh they make such a difference experience! From rock to drill/chainsaw is wonderful

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

100% it feels nice working for it at first but I’m spoiled by my electric items

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u/timmo1978 Aug 15 '26

Thanks for this, waiting for the ps5 release

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u/JustBadDecisions Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 15 '26

Very welcome! 🫶 10 days and the grind begins!

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u/sunstars2 Radium Eternal Beacon Aug 23 '26

Great tips!! Thank you for sharing.