here's what i do for the ridge: i use the hand cranked flashlight up until the purple keycard door (that's when they start spawning) and beyond that i use battery powered flashlights because the hand cranked one makes too much noise and i usually have 5 batteries (and i also stock up on medkits and codebreaker as you shouldn't waste time on keycard doors) i also try to hurry as much as possible to minimise encounters (you don't need to do this but it's much nicer) (if you haven't heard something for too doors then slow down and listen and keep close to lockers but still keep going oh and fake doors have glows under them as I've heard (lil tip: if you see the airlock immediately go for it because it despawns the monsters)
I WOULDVE TAKEN A WHOLE HIATUS FROM PRESSURE IF I SPENT THE LAST 2 HOURS GETTING THERE JUST TO DIE AT THE PART WHERE YOU CANT REVIVE AND SEBASTIAN SAYS “womp womp.”
For the Ridge i would use Deaf Mode it is useful for knowing what the Angler/Monster is. Normal Angler .. and squiddles: white/grey Pandy/pandemonium: red Pinkie: pink (obvi) Froger: brownish orange? Chain smoker: green Idk anymore.
Bro i got to door 101 for the first time just for me to get scared of the weird coloured statues and get PDG death because i still didnt know if they were a lethal company coil head type entity
Tip : use your flash beacon once at the start of a new room for every ridge door, since the ridge has 15 doors you can safely use it each time, even 5 extra incase your disoriented. Using it at the start of the new room makes you more familiar with your surroundings and ensures a locker that you can use when there's an angler coming by. ALWAYS take your time in the ridge, but don't take too long. ( you should always get out of the ridge as soon as possible ) one strategy / a well known one is to get to a new room, flash beacon, and camp at a locker to check if an angler will come. Tip for ridge eyefestation : if you get him, it can be deadly if there's Ana angler. FIRST check if the coast is clear, then clear that room with eyefestation. Tip for the good people in the ridge : the doors that have Z-96 (the good people) will have a slight glow under the door. Important tip : DO. NOT. USE. LANTERNS. Always use a flash beacon only in the ridge if you want to be safe from squiddles. Use a normal light like the flashlight / hand cranker, just avoid aggroing squiddles. blacklight IS the best for the ridge, but it's not very far ranged, and it has a short battery life span. The flash beacon is better overall.
*The song that comes in my head when I am in a room with no lockers in sight and the angler fish coming :* "from a scale from one to ten my friend you're f-*
I actually yelled "THIS DUMBASS" when he went to go hide in a void locker 4:17 you can tell their void lockers because they have a puddle beneath them and a light inside
(ik this was a month ago-) but the other day I got to door 100- and all my other friends were dead way before then- so I went about 50 doors without them and I was extra paranoid 😭 I died to angler while scrambling for a hiding spot smhh-
Womp womp well sebastian its right he hide on the worst way he could choice he just needed to be on that corner no on the middle or anything that is far away doesn't about safe spots n-n btw pro tip (run 3 doors) and take a locker so you have to face less spawns of anglers btw if u know chainsmoker spawned very early until it moves run the doors until you can't outrun the chain XD
Yeah, the text can be confusing at times, but it’s meant to keep you on your feet. Can’t have an obvious sign that you’re safe, when you’ve just went though about 114 doors of increasing danger. It’s also why I stay by lockers in the ridge for about 15 seconds before and after I hear the angler. Chainsmoker is not kind.
This game is ez I beat it without taking damage ez game ez(I got really lucky, this is an understandable death thought this is how I died to the ridge when I first came, but anyways on my 19th death and my second win I beat it without taking damage)
Yo tip! Turn on deaf mode and definitely get close to some lockers after u enter a room then wait until the screen started showing this glowly thingy then hide in the locker (the glowly thingy indicate an angler or a variant of it is close same goes to pandemonium but it’s red)
