Acorn Guide for All Upgrades Run

Abbreviations:
		/LABF(low acorn before Trees) = ~15 acorns
		/SABF(safe acorn before Trees) = ~21 Acorns
		/LAAT(low acorn after Trees) = Doing as few deaths as possible and requiring some RNG for getting the necessary number of Acorns
		/SAAT(safe acorn after Trees) = Doing a safe amount of deaths and requiring little to no RNG for getting the necessary number of Acorns
		:GR = Good RNG
		:SR = Safe RNG
		:BR = Bad RNG

Current WR Strat - /SABF/LAAT:BR
Total Acorns Necessary in Run = 120
Strats to find:
How to get all 4 trees to die when you get to them.

Currently 4 different Acorn Strats Ranked by Safety Value - 

Strat #1 (low acorn before Trees/LABF), (low acorn after Trees/LAAT)
Safety Value(0 = very RNG; not safe, 4 = no RNG, very safe) == 1
Necessary Deaths(good RNG)= ~16 acorns per death
	4 Deaths =  TOTAL 79 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(average/safe RNG)= ~14 acorns per death
	4-5 Deaths = TOTAL 71-85 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(bad RNG)= ~12 acorns per death
	5-6 Deaths = TOTAL 75-87 Acorns

Strat #2 (safe acorn before Trees/SABF), (low acorn after Trees/LAAT)
Safety Value(0 = very RNG; not safe, 4 = no RNG, very safe) == 2
SABF = ~21 acorns
Necessary Deaths(good RNG)= ~16 acorns per death
	4 Deaths = TOTAL 85 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(average/safe RNG)= ~14 acorns per death
	4-5 Deaths = TOTAL 77-91 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(bad RNG)= ~12 acorns per death
	5-6 Deaths = TOTAL 81-93 Acorns

Strat #3 (low acorn before Trees/LABF), (safe acorn after Trees/SAAT)
Safety Value(0 = very RNG; not safe; 4 = no RNG, very safe) == 3
LABF = ~15 acorns
Necessary Deaths(good RNG)= ~16 acorns per death
	5 Deaths = TOTAL 95 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(average/safe RNG)= ~14 acorns per death
	5-6 Deaths = TOTAL 85-99 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(bad RNG)= ~12 acorns per death
	6-7 Deaths = TOTAL 87- 99 Acorns

Strat #4 (safe acorn before Trees/SABF), (safe acorn after Trees/SAAT)
Safety Value(0 = very RNG; not safe, 4 = no RNG, very safe) == 4
SABF = ~21 acorns
Necessary Deaths(good RNG)= ~16 acorns per death
	5 Deaths = TOTAL 101 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(average/safe RNG)= ~14 acorns per death
	5 Deaths = TOTAL 91 Acorns
Necessary Deaths(bad RNG)= ~12 acorns per death
	6 Deaths = TOTAL 93 Acorns

Notes:
When Collecting 7 acorns from Wendigo and Sussurus (not inconvenient/NI) and getting the extra box before the RNG trees, you can have up to 23 acorns
Otherwise, you can have anywhere around 15.

Acorn RNG Tests

All Trees Dead:

= ~13.6

Death #1 = 16
Death #2 = 12
Death #3 = 12
Death #4 = 14
Death #5 = 15
Death #6 = 12
Death #7 = 16
Death #8 = 13
Death #9 = 12
Death #10 = 14

Minimum Number of Acorns = 83
	This strat is risky and involves some RNG an extra acorn collecting from boxes.
Safe number of acorns = 92
	This strat is non RNG dependant after the acorn collecting in Titan Rock
Ultra Safe Number of Acorns = 100
	You end with a surplus amount of acorns. But there is a close to none chance you will have to collect extra acorns from Trees. Which are RNG dependant.

Extra Notes on Acorns:
	RNG from Trees

	Different Types of Trees may or may not drop Acorns:
		We know that there is a guaranteed drop rate from the trees in Titan Rock by the first Acorn Door:
			 = ~3-4
	
	RNG from ¤CERTAIN Boxes exists as well, however it is much more consistent than the trees.
			

	¤Yet to test which boxes are RNG, but is not influential enough in run to really matter.

Fixing the lag during Soma Reactor OoB

To completely remove the stuttering and hitching during the new Soma Reactor OoB, you're going to need to reroute the game's log files to one that doesn't exist, since disabling it doesn't work.

1. Open Steam, right-click on Valley, click on "Properties"
2. Click on "Set launch options", then add "-logFile <PATH>" where you replace <PATH> with a file path that doesn't exist in a folder that also doesn't exist (like D:\not\a\folder\out.txt), without quotation marks
3. That's it. Enjoy a lag-free reactor OoB.
Optional:
4. If you want to make extra sure, you can go ahead and delete the "output_log.txt" file from the Valley_Data folder as well.

Name	Author
Acorn Guide for All Upgrades Run	TTChilly 8 years ago
Fixing the lag during Soma Reactor OoB	trakkday 6 years ago
Mostly up to date commentated run by TRS	havrd 7 years ago
Tutorial covering each level, basic movement and how to set up the game.	havrd 7 years ago