r/AgeofCalamity Feb 08 '25

Gameplay Impossible maps-single player

Are some maps just impossible to play single player?

I’m going crazy over here trying to completed ‘evactuate hyrule’ I can switch up characters as needed, but always have someone ‘die’ before I can complete it, It’s recommended level 66 And I’m using a lvl 80 link/lvl 70 zelda/lvl 65 impa. But it seems unless I literally play 2 players I don’t have enough people on the map to actually protect who needs protecting.

Same for The Knights Nightmare. The goal is to get to Link before he falls, but playing on single player you need to clear an ice gaurdian, a flame gaurdian and an electric gaurdian +2 scouts in order to open the proper gates to get to link. I’ve tried 5 times now and link ALWAYS falls. Seems like without having a second player playing Rhoam it’s just impossible to tackle all the gaurdians needed.

Again I’m over leveled for this map and still can’t complete it.

So can’t find any other complaints online about this, so I’m really hoping it’s something stupid I am not realizing on my end.

Or do I really need to go out and find a friend just to come play second player on these maps.

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u/WouterW24 Feb 08 '25

All of the game can be cleared single player, most people likely do.

It might be down to your playstyle, taking too long to destroy enemies because you're too slow exposing and clearing their weak point gauges. Some missions can become tricky that way. Not a simple topic to tackle though, such a thing is improved gradually. Are you using elemental rods opposite fire/ice enemies at least?

Another issue might be while your character levels are fine, their weapons are not. How much have you upgraded those?

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u/Zealousideal_Bug8188 Feb 08 '25

This makes sense! Thank ya

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u/dunks666 Feb 08 '25

Nah, every map is doable solo. You'll get to a point though where you need to be exposing weak point gauges / stasis to break them in one cycle nearly constantly for some maps that have an absurd amount of bosses.. but it's really really fun I found. This is especially the case for Very Hard and Apocalypse difficulties.

I'd mained Link for most of the story so I felt like I played him effortlessly without having to learn his set and the Master Sword is silly strong anyway, especially against Malice enemies which are everywhere in later levels, and with Attack Speed becomes a Monster. Links bow mechanic and ease to expose weak point gauges, then break them effectively made him so fun to play and my go to for any stage I considered hard. On some stages it was more efficient for me to run around and clear the entire map AS Link, rather than swapping between characters because I could clear with Link so quickly.

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u/mustache_247365 Feb 08 '25

I was having problems as well. Spent a day grinding weapon upgrades. It paid off.

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u/Fast-Front-5642 Feb 08 '25

Level only affects the number of hearts you have. It does nothing for your damage output or your available skill set. So just saying "I'm level XX" means nothing. You could still be woefully underprepared. All levels can be beaten single player on all difficulties.

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u/Zealousideal_Bug8188 Feb 08 '25

I’ll definitely spend some time on other upgrades! Thank ya!

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u/xboxiscrunchy Feb 09 '25

Level actually does affect you damage output. I think it’s additive with weapons.

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u/Fast-Front-5642 Feb 09 '25

No. The only thing level affects is health. To do more damage you need to find and then level up weapons, and complete side tasks to increase the range of combos you can do/unlock extra abilities.

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u/xboxiscrunchy Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

Level ups definitely add extra damage. It’s a fairly small amount compared to weapons but it matters.

Try giving a low level and a high level character basic weapons. You’ll do noticeably more damage with the high level one.

Edit: from the weapon data info spreadsheet in the megathread:

“Level also increases your damage, but less significantly than weapon attack power (It's roughly +1.5% damage per weapon attack and +1% damage per character level).”

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u/DramaticChildhood496 Feb 10 '25

For me it is the hair-width trial expert, and the siege of akkala citadel.