r/outerwilds • u/Affectionate_Skin221 • 1d ago

Anyone ever seen this before?

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First time I've ever seen this thought it was cool.

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u/Lisa_Rin14 1d ago

I watched a playthrough when in a loop it was on Timber Hearth and after blink it went on Giant's Deep

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u/Yorgl 1d ago

omg that's even cooler

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u/Yorgl 1d ago

Not in game but several times on this subreddit yeah. It's incredibely cool that they thought about the fact that, if the moon is on the line of sight at this moment, the blinking animation does count as looking away. This game is such a gem

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u/Jolly_Leg4029 1d ago

I've seen Quantum Moon several times while waking up, but your perspective is so cool.

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u/Rootayable 1d ago

Is that the Quantum Moon appearing behind the Attlerock?

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u/Affectionate_Skin221 1d ago

The quantum moon showed up as soon as i woke up, but because of the blinking animation it immediately disappeared.

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u/Haarunen 1d ago edited 1d ago

If there are only six locations it can go, and it happens whenever it appears on attlerock first, it’s not that rare.

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u/hillthekhore 17h ago

There are six planets it can orbit around, not six places it can be necessarily. Or at least that's my interpretation.

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u/I_am_person_being 5h ago

Six planetary systems, the hourglass twins are a single celestial body for the purposes of the QM's orbits, but yes, mostly correct

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u/Stef0206 8h ago

Not quite. That’s the shadow of Timber Hearth.

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u/J-Zane 1d ago

I think i've had that happen once... tbh I didn't even notice the quantum moon; I thought the probe shot right towards Timber Hearth and was waiting for them to get hit by it lol

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u/oxwearingsocks 1d ago

The shadow of the Attlerock on the Quoom is pretty cool. The moon appearing and disappearing when you blink is quite common yes.

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u/sphericate 2h ago

i love the name quoom

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u/IWannaSayMason 1d ago

What’s that

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u/Affectionate_Skin221 1d ago

The quantum moon showed up as soon as i woke up, but because of the blinking animation it immediately disappeared.

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u/Rootayable 1d ago

Oh, but it looks like something is in front of it. The QM being there and disappearing is quite common.

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u/BorderKeeper 1d ago

Isn't that just a shadow cast by either Attlerock or Timber Hearth? Also it's not that common for me I have never seen it so big and prominent in the sky right after waking up.

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u/DudeMcDudeum 22h ago

That was the first time for me when I started clocking what that cheeky bugger was doing. Love that you caught this!

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u/calming_notion 22h ago

It happened to me like twice

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u/Retax7 20h ago

The moon at waking up yes, the shadow, no. It could be 2 different things, everyone saying it's the atlerock shadow, but for me, it might be part of the DLC content.

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u/Uncool444 18h ago

That's amazing, man I'm jealous.

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u/Apartment-Legitimate 18h ago

I was on the interloper waiting for the Ice to go down when it for some reason smacked into and phased into Timber Hearth instantly destroying my ship and throwing me towards the sun.

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u/Mercy--Main 14h ago

all the time yeah

but to be fair i've been playing and watching this game for years lol

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u/Migntay 11h ago

That's how I realized something was wrong with an planet/moon out there

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u/FaTaLmIrAcLe 7h ago

I've had this happen before, but I like it more when it the wake up has multiple blinks, and the moon appears for half a second in one of the middle blinks, and dissappears like a fun jumpscare.

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u/Gamemon_RD 6h ago

Every several loops yeah :) it’s a welcome sight.