The Forgotten Side of Lethal Company: The Solo Experience 

Quick fix: Despite knowing Titan costs 700 credits, I mispoke and stated Titan costs 750 credits. I'm gonna give up on numbers lol. Thanks for watching! Additionally despite what I've come to learn, the Baboon Hawk does not react to voices from crewmates. I still recommend a healthy dose of trash talk for survival, though.

The comedic, almost absurd atmosphere of multiplayer Lethal Company completely disappears when playing solo. Every risk you might not think about normally becomes potentially run-ending by yourself. It's actually impressive how different the experience is. With a few mods, solo can be really fun if you want to up the intensity from multiplayer.

Nothing is as sad as playing solo and looking at the 4 large items at the door, knowing you have to go back and forth for minutes.

When the whole company goes on strike but you decide to cross the picket line

Fun fact about the babboon hogs: screaming and shouting does NOT work it's nowhere in the code that it would intimidate them, looking at them does but again, chase them for too long and they will attack you anyway

Still think the hardest I’ve ever laughed playing this game was actually in a solo run. I spawned in, ran to a fire exit, entered, heard a beep and click and looked down to see a landmine, not that big of a deal, I can just turn around without moving… the beep was a turret, I did not realize.

Lethal company becomes a true horror game the instant that you realize you went way too far into the facility without a partner or when you realize everyone else is dead and it’s just you.

Another buff for solo is certain enemies (like Snare Flea) are easier to deal with. Brackens can be stared at for much longer before they aggro. Eyeless dogs will no longer be around or near the ship because of a clueless friend who won’t stop talking because you have none! Jester is actually a lot easier to deal with in solo since as soon as you leave you know you just have to wait a couple of seconds to head back in, as you don’t need to wait for any teammates.

One thing that's interesting to me is that while going in deliberately solo is, as you said, frustrating and kinda often not worth it, there's something to be said about a multiplayer game *becoming* solo. Which I know is a bit outside the scope of the video, but it is something worth discussing. Having your buddy, who was holding the walkie, suddenly and mysteriously die while you weren't looking changes the atmosphere *instantly*. Going from laughing and goofing to suddenly being alone, in the dark, and terrified. Having the person on the ship suddenly go dark leaving you wondering "Did something get them or are they being quiet because dogs?" while you're navigating the facility really takes the oppressive and lonely atmosphere you described and amps it up by directly contrasting it with the often bombastic multiplayer.

I have a side save meant for only solo play and it is terrifying. I just did my first 3 day solo Titan run a few days ago, finding a Mimic while solo is a different type of experience because you know you came alone... 800 quota in but taking my time with it and aiming for 2k+.

Another benefit of playing solo is that you don't have to worry about how often you snap your camera around. Normally, with multiple people, whoever has the most camera movement is most likely to have the "Most Paranoid" note. This note increases your chance of being haunted by the Ghost Girl. Since you are playing solo, there is no point in lowering your camera movement as you are already going to be the most paranoid, which means you can feel free to sporadically look around as a counter against Brackens. :)

Some correction : Baboon hawk : Think there's a youtuber that goes by the name Wurps who actually test this and the result is that the baboon hawk doesn't actually get scared by your voice, staring is enough to intimidate it(if it's alone) Coil head : Coil head CAN open doors, it just takes around 10 second to open one (or just run through it without opening the door in most case) And here are some of my tips : #1 : If you're playing on mansion map (Rend and Dine) bookshelfs are high enough for you to use it to escape from most enemy #2 : Ghost girl need some space to spawn behind you, so if you're haunted the safest play is having your back against the wall as much as possible to give yourself more time (since you're playing solo you'll eventually have to expose your back, this method only buy you more time) #3 : While no tool build gives you more invntory space, I still recommend getting atleast 1 stun grenade and 1 key on the first trip from your ship and lave the stun grenade outside, this is to make sure that atleast you can survive against forest giant on your trip back to the ship #4 : Earth Leviathan (the giant worm) can kill forest giant, so if you're that guy your girl told you not to worry about, you can lure the worm to kill forest giant

I think another reason why the solo experience is so different is because we have seen all the videos online with hilarious moments, that it doesn't feel right without pals.

Another cool thing is that brackens dont seem to get angry when you look at them too long. Although that doesn't help too much, since its an ambush predator. But its something for solo people

14:13 coil-heads can actually open doors, they just take a fat while to do it (20-40 secs)

I love playing solo makes it feel like a true survival horror game. That being said if I get the chance to play with friends I take it 100%

some tricks to dealing with turrets cause they are the most dangerous enemy 100% 1. always be ready for the turret beside the entrance. on fire exits you gotta get used to turning around straight away 2. turrets turn left and right so its easy enough to run past them most of the time without being spotted. 3. you can lose a turret by running behind it (if theres space) 4. smacking a turret makes it spin slowly in circles while firing bullets. you can't kill anything with the bullets but just maybe it'll save you one day if you need to lock its trajectory in a predictable path 5. never use your stamina up in the building, good for surprise monster attacks and running to cover from turrets 6. seems obvious but if you're surprised don't stop to look at it lol. instead follow number 5. additionally turrets can continue to shoot at you through a door if they had already started to shoot when you get behind one so just don't use a door to break line of sight. has to be a solid wall, even pipes on the facility maps

a solo run is a lot like doom, the faster you go the less enemies to face and you should always keep moving.

I agree with so much of this, goddamn Brackens are the one thing I dread the most about playing solo because they're so damn quiet + you don't have that security blanket of others being there to potentially catch it for you, so you've gotta keep a more active eye out and just live with it getting painfully close to you on a not-uncommon basis I don't personally find solo in itself boring though, if anything I've gotten bored lately of just, running the first 5 moons over and over for the early-game quotas even with others around They aren't bad moons by any means, Experimentation is fine by me despite being the "get your feet wet" moon but they don't give me nearly as much of a thrill (read: existential, paralysis-inducing dread) as the mansions of Rend and Dine nor Titan's sheer chaos anymore

Such a well done video, and true to my experience with Solo. Love the way you describe and narrate.

for vanilla lethal company, this video is great, and i will be using a lot of the tips in it. however, another alternative is single player friendly mods such as ones that give you more item slots and maybe a mod that only takes a portion of scrap upon death. i haven’t found a mod that works for saving scrap yet but i’ve heard they can be very good if you can get them to work. there are tons of mods for this game and it is (usually) very easy to mod this game.

Solo on rend is a whole different experience, with a few QoL mods along with ambient mods, having a bracken snapping my neck made me audibly gasp like a horror movie protagonist, game is great

5:57 bro became a wolf

It reminds me when im plaing Halo CE all alone at Installation 006 with the flood lurking around. It was always nice having 'A walk in the woods' plays, making the player relax from time to time.

11:44 The rock version of the Halo theme was a great addition 😂😂😂

I keep wanting to try solo but it feels like such a depressing experience that I just decide not to

Another thing that changes with Singleplayer is that the Brackens appear to be less hostile when staring them down. Usually when i play solo, the Brackens never attack no matter how long i stare at them. Also you can reduce a lot of the unintended difficulty spikes through mods, making the game at least a little less punishing for having no friends, like bigger inventory, only loosing 50% of the scrap on your ship upon death, more time per day (for more trips back and forth since you have to carry everything by yourself), more stamina / less slow down due to weight and stuff like that.

Definitely good tips for solo. Just finished my iron quota challenge which is an easier variance of the iron man challenge. Iron quota means you have to stay on each moon for all three days regardless of weather conditions and only after you meet the quota are you allowed to progress to the next moon. Ended up with 6 eclipses in my first run.

Before convincing my friends and making my internet connection better, i sometimes played singleplayer and that shi was so unnerving and scary bcs of the loneliness

ngl when playing Solo mods are essential to making it more fun

The baboon hawk buff and addition of Old Birds in v50 makes solo play even harder, true misery

Playing solo is like training in the gravity room for when you and your friends are ready to face the androids

Solo Lethal seems like a good challenge for like a Couch Party sorta thing. Every person gets one shot at a different qouta. You get through all your buddies, you win. One person dies and it's over.

A head on a swivel is a head attached to a body is such a hard line

With how much extra cash you'll get when you only need to supply one player, I'm partial to bringing at least a flashlight and stun grenade, but being fully prepared to leave it behind immediately if gear presents itself. As long as you don't die, you'll have more credits than you can spend anyway! Besides, having a weapon to deal with Masked is invaluable, since avoiding them while carrying loot is impossible

usually whenever i play solo i use the "masked enemy overhaul" mod and its probably the scariest experience ive ever gotten out of a video game

As someone who plays exclusively solo, I feel your pain and thanks for the helpful tips.

I've tried playing this solo, as my friends didn't seem that interested in the game after a run or 2. But goddamn does the horror factor skyrocket. I just can't play this game on my own. Kudos to you for pushing through, that takes some serious balls..

I've managed a 2.7k ish solo run and my only tip is that speed is of the essence. Rush that jetpack and rend/titan fees, get enough shovels to dump one each day. If you can rush the jetpack and master it, you can easily boost your average up from ~210 to ~360 on rend and titan. Focus on shallow breath-wise exploration and prioritize single handed loot. I like to use items as checkpoints to both reduce weight and lead me back to the exits. Once you have a full inventory and if things aren't too hot on the moon yet, leave a trail of items and go deeper. You should be able to get 3~4 trips back and fourth to the ship per day.

As a newer solo player I myself have a deep primal fear of the bracken playing solo. I dont have anyone to look over my shoulders when I forget to do so, in solo lethal you cannot let your guard down but this also hinders you making you be less risky and way too cautious and inside facility is way more eerie then outside

I really like your calm and understanding voice. Please do a video of soloing Helldivers 2 in this same format (for the ones that KNOW to not play on Helldive difficulty).

I really like playing with friends and our favorite thing to do is just blitzkrieg in grab 4 items and sprint back before too much shit spawns, and sometimes I forget when I’m playing solo that I do not have the luxury of using a teammate as a meat shield with a sentry…

The casual Halo 2 epic guitar music playing over the "Fuck it just go in without equipment" part is amazing

im glad i watched this, my free time never lines up with anyone i could call a friend and i would just be frustrated

Coil heads can actually open doors, but I still shut doors so I know if there is something behind me when it opens.

I actually played it solo the first few times I played, and it was genuinely terrifying and I honest to god had no idea why I even tried it solo first. Playing multiplayer was like running through the woods while being chased, finding a bunker, and finding all of your friends inside with a nice hot cup of cocoa. (Also, nice Half Life music choice)

I played solo the other night to practice and learn the maps and oh man, going out at night was the absolute worst.

I definitely enjoy the challenge of solo... The ceiling of what is theoretically possible is actually quite high. My current quota record is 1417/2368 @ 212.8 scrap value per day. I played really safe on that run, mostly went to Assurance, with a few trips to Rend near the end as a little extra push. I think it would be possible to eclipse 400+ scrap per day if you were to start going to Rend on the second quota, though you really have to balance the risk vs. reward of trying to find loot and carry it back later in the day.

4:13 so from what I understand only eyless dogs can detect your mic

The music choices in this video are immaculate

i played solo and it was genuinely one of the most terrifying experience ive ever had in a video game

My very first solo titan run had a turret at main. I ran into the front hallway to escape it, thinking I was smart, and there was another turret right behind the doorway. As I got scared and am panicking trying to figure out what the hell to do in those 2 seconds, a bracken instantly broke my neck. This was so early in the day I assume it was the first early spawn and it just happened to be in the front hallway where I ran. Solo titan is an experience indeed.

You a gangster bro 😂😂❤ I Uninstaller this off my android as soon as I got in the room....too scary solo

Lethal Company is pretty dam terrifying when your alone, it feels like a whole different game when it's just you

Solo lethal company is worth it Not because of some loot or etc But because yor reward is emotions You feel yourself like pro when you did something alone and suceeded And other emotion is that game becomes real horror alone

Horror with the boys: a fun lighthearted bonding experience Horror by yourself: mom please come pick me up

this is probably how i'll be playing the game 80% of the time because my friends have lives and i don't, so, thanks for the tips!

First time I played Lethal Company solo I was using the VR mod :> FearWasSuffocatingMeAroundEveryCorner

5:57 "Werewolves of London..."

Late on this comment but bringing a pro flashlight in solos will help prevent hauntings or at the very least will give you more time before they occur. You could always drop it outside the facility if you need to loot. Speaking of looting, staying around the entrances (especially on the endgame moons) and looting is far better than over exploring. That is of course unless you get really bad RNG on loot drops.

Had the most insane run yesterday. I inverted tp into an eclipsed Titan only for my friend to break immersion and inform me that a massacre had occurred in the ship and that our run was likely over. I was just running hog in the maze, encountered a Jester and made a fire exit just as the Jester started to gain speed. My friends activated the early depart and I sat on top of the ship, shit scared as a giant circulated the ship while dogs walked under it. I barely made it out and miraculously, the loot I picked up from the inverse run was enough to just make our quota.

Its really good doing solo to try out tools and other strats that can help in multiplayer.

Bracken is REALLY fast af so you really need to turn 360 every 3-6 seconds. Also bracken loves to stalk you around corners so before going into door check corners behind it. Like doors that lead to lobby in mansion.

11:45 i literally rushed in the other day with halo music so nice added thing to the video lol

The only enemy in the entire game that can hear you are the eyeless dogs. No other enemy has that feature.

I bring a shovel to the entrance I’m going into. I drop it there and hop in fearless. If I need it, I grab it and use it, if I don’t, I leave it there

Everlong is a strange but welcomed choice for the Bracken scenes

"forgotten side" as if Q10 solo speedruns arnt all the rage rn

my stat in random lobbies to run in, no tools, no lights, by myself...so I basically get that solo vibe for a bit minus the insta failure threat if I die

NO FRIENDS! NO TOOLS! NO FEAR!

In my opinion, the absolute best moon for solos is obviously March, but a VERY close runner-up is actually Assurance. Assurance is really amazing since it has relatively good loot spawns, good enough loot itself, alongside a small enough map to clear it without extremely poor turret spawns. I was able to get 577 from Assurance once, and that was without a gold bar or cash register.

I bought a goldfish in my single player to have at least some company

solo might be hard but when you carry one flashlight and dropping it at the end so you can carry all of the valuable loot is a great strategy too

A little correction. Closing the door on a slime/coilhead will not stop them it will only get them stuck for about 20 seconds or so...

I think the developer made the solo experience as a: Here. It works; however, I am going to focus on balancing and tweaking the multiplayer experience. There is nothing wrong with this. I assume Lethal Company was built with multiplayer in mind, not singleplayer. I think the following needs to tweak to not make it super punishing for those wanting to play alone: Make divide Quota requirement by 4. Make passage of time slightly slower to account for how more cautious players need to be. Tweak monster AIs that are designed to be handled by more than one person like the flea and springy boys. Slightly increase carry weight max and maybe increase item slots by 1. Have solo-only equipment designed for single-player but never port to multiplayer as they would probably be OP. Like a special goggles that warns you of potential threats but only specifies vague things about the threat that still makes it unknown to the player costing a lot to acquire, though. Or, a "sonic" shotgun that can only be used once can kill anything in one-hit; however, it makes all enemies immediately aggro and dazing you. Why that? Because it would be the ultimate double-edged sword, metaphorically, in Lethal Company. Add a goddamn pause functionality. I always found it unacceptable when games have an online option and will forbid pausing the game when offline. I am looking at you FromSoftware.

Baboon hawks aren't scared off by sound, you have to beat them in a staring contest.

Don't forget to combat getting lost by bringing a spray can and spraying a mark or something on doors that lead to an exit. Honestly such an underutilized addition, at least in my friend circles.

I like getting a save up to about quota 3 or 4 and then save it for playing with friends. I typically buy 3 flashlights on day 1 so I can just ditch them if I need and have one for the next day Quota 2 I can afford a shovel too. I've carried a run to about 1300 quota on my own but it was mainly really stressful and scary and going to titan alone is a frickin nightmare.

Yelling to baboons is a myth. You just need to walk towards them and dont turn your back to them. They will attack you if theres 3 baboons. And you still can beat all shit out of them, theyre easy. But its not recommended cus theyre taking monster slots and giant instead of baboons will be much worse. Btw bees also occupy the monster slot

I don’t do well in the dark so I’ll always had a flashlight on me!

my first try at solo - I walked in main and a coil head was in my face at 9am.... I somehow managed to get out and go to the fire exit and a bracken immediately snapped my neck.

I downloaded a mod that allows you to keep some loot on the ship when you die and give you an extra slot for flashlight and a weapon. I think it balances it out, and I’ve made a quota of 500-600 solo before. I did not make the 700 quota, I got bumfucked by a coil-head, snare flea, and bracken on my way out of Rend. Then an eyeless dog got me. I’m happy I made it out of the facility alive

Probably best you can do solo is cash out early to reduce risk. But yeah it’d be cool if they scaled things down to allow you more space to breathe as a solo, maybe make it like they only take a portion of your loot if you die

2:36 correction here. It isn't "mild horror". It's pretty big horror, it's just that everyone is making the equivalent of "grim humour".

When I am having a sick day on a Tuesday afternoon and he mentions "Unemployed on a Tuesday afternoon" I somehow felt attacked despite having a job.

Just played solo fr got to 900 quota. Its fun but literally some situation are just impossible to do anything in. You NEED that other person to be there to help you in that situation.

Can you imagine what the Company thinks about a lone employee that consistently comes back alone with full quota reached?

I often find myself playing solo company when playing multiplayer, usually because I'm the last alive. This game masters sucking the "fun" out the experience by slowly isolating you, but it does get cruel if you stay solo the entire run. I agree with everything you mentioned about how the games tone shifts when you suddenly don't have your buddies working with you. You don't feel like "Alright we have a contigency plan in case we start getting picked off, I wonder who will die first", you just feel like your taking increasingly worse and worse bets with your chance at getting more scrap.

Nobody's gonna talk about that random coilhead just going for a walk? 0:01

I have only played this game with friends, and whenever I’m going back to test things in single player, whether it be modding or figuring out how to get to Rend’s fire exit (😭) I bitch out cuz its so damn terrifying

I honestly just play Solo Lethal Company as training myself. I consider it practice to avoid the inevitable wipe, to survive under any circumstance and it is a different feeling.

Solo mode could have a helping mule robot like in Deep Rock Galact.

Bro howled out of terror 💀

Theres really no code for a sound feature with the baboon hawks, yelling really does do nothing lol

My 2100 hours of fallout 4 Vats scanning will come in handy when scanning everything, it is engrained in my brain now.

Not Ghost Girl appearing on my first day of the file in solo after running through the facility 5 minutes.

A few corrections, Baboon Hawks are not driven away by sound, they're driven away by direct Line of Sight. You can stun giants briefly. I like to keep a flash with me and use it on sight of anything that will likely give chase. bracken around a corner? flash him and beat him to death easy if you have a shovel or sign. spider in the way? brute force it. Solo play will make you the most ruthless person on any team, and better for it.

The company surely is lethal 😢

7:07 the Minecraft background music😂

I feel like they’ll implement a single player mode with customization soon