This guide for Control Resonant is all about leveling up Zones as quickly and efficiently as possible, in order to earn those required Talent Points fast..

Story Progression

This should be a given, but as Talent Points are earned upon raising a Zone’s Level, just progressing the main story and side missions should put you in the path of earning significant chunks of the necessary Zone XP to get there.

Exploration

Simply uncovering the map and cracking open crates will earn Zone XP, as does unlocking Fast Travel Doors.

World Feats

These dynamic world events that spring up as you roam the open world of Manhattan, are a major source for both Zone XP and various upgrade materials, allowing you to effectively kill two birds with one stone. There are a number of types of World Feats, such as Pattern Breaks and Apex Hunts. After trying each of them out, you can opt to repeatedly grind the ones you actually enjoy the most, if not all of them, each time the Zone resets.

Resonant Cycle Resets

You can refresh Zones and their World Feats as well as enemies by beating the various Resonant bosses. All the Zones will then present you with a progressive increase in difficulty for the same broad tasks, the completion of which earns you more Zone XP towards leveling it up further.

Those are all the ways to earn Zone XP in order to increase Zone Levels, and gain Talent Points in Control Resonant.

This guide for Silent Hill: Townfall lists all healing and reviving consumable items to be found in the game, as well as how to combine them for more effective use.

Gauze

Used to heal a small amount of health.

Even the most basic healing consumable is a finite resource, but it can usually be found in logical locations. Medicine cabinets within bathrooms at apartments and houses are reliable spots. The clinic is another great source, as are any first aid boxes you may stumble upon. A handful of corpses have Gauze for you to loot as well.

With roughly 60 pieces of Gauze to be found across the game, you should try and avoid using it on its own especially during the mid to late game.

Sterilized Gauze

Used to heal a moderate amount of health.

Sterilized Gauze heals almost double the amount as plain Gauze, and is accessible by both Simon and Zoe across their chapters.

Crafting this consumable contributes to the ‘From Scratch’ achievement/trophy which requires you to “create 20 new items by combining others”.

First Aid Kit

Used to heal a large amount of health.

A very precious few First Aid Kits are available for you to find and use over the various chapters. These provide a significant boost to health, and should be held in reserve for the worst case scenario combat sequences.

IV Fluid

A vial of IV fluid, can be used with an empty IV Bag.

Unusable on its own, IV Fluid has around a dozen potential pickups over the entire course of the game, and Zoe cannot access any of them.

Empty IV Bag

An empty IV bag, can be filled with IV Fluid.

Also unusable on its own, the Empty IV Bag can be combined with IV Fluid in order to fill it up and create the Filled IV Bag.

Filled IV Bag

If equipped, revives Simon should the worst happen. Grants a small amount of health in the process.

This consumable effectively acts as an additional life for Simon, and activates automatically as long as it is equipped, as opposed to just in the inventory. Once resurrected, Simon will also be granted a small amount of health with which to make good his escape from any imminent danger.

Crafting this consumable contributes to the ‘From Scratch’ achievement/trophy which requires you to “create 20 new items by combining others”.

Antibiotics

No use on its own, but can be used with other items.

This item cannot be used on its own, but can be combined with the Filled IV Bag to craft the Enhanced IV Bag. Antibiotics are even rarer than IV Fluid and Empty IV Bags are, so don’t expect to craft an equivalent number of Enhanced IV Bags by hoarding Filled IV Bags.

Enhanced IV Bag

If equipped, revives Simon should the worst happen. Also fully replenishes health in the process.

The ultimate health and revival consumable, the Enhanced IV Bag doesn’t just resurrect Simon instantly, it also restores him to full health. As such, these should act as your final safety net beyond First Aid Kits, reserved for the very hardest sections of the game.

Crafting this consumable contributes to the ‘From Scratch’ achievement/trophy which requires you to “create 20 new items by combining others”.

Those are all the health and revival consumables to be found in Silent Hill: Townfall as well as how to combine them for enhanced variants.

Never fear, though. We have 15 tips and tricks to help you survive and lay the smackdown on the Hiss, Mold and whatever the Patterning throws at you next. Let’s start with…

Which Aberrant Forms to Choose?

Early on, you can choose one of three Primary and Secondary forms for Aberrant. While they’re all useful eventually, some offer better early results. The Glaive and Flurry are pretty good at the start, the former for its range and the latter due to its attack speed (and evolution into a strong crit-based choice). Secondary choices are a little tougher, but I would advise going with the Hammer for Blunt damage and Falter, followed by the Drill for its ability to inflict Weakened on enemies with the first upgrade. The latter is especially good against bosses because once you inflict the debuff, you need to hit them once with the Drill to refresh it rather than building it up again.

Choose Carefully

Regardless of the form, think very carefully before locking in your choices. You won’t have many resources to unlock the others without really delving into the side content and leveling up the zones (more on that shortly). Your existing forms’ upgrades will also be cheaper, so it’s best to focus on those at the start.

Which Talents to Unlock First?

Though they’re awarded at a pretty consistent pace, Talent Points are extremely valuable. The question is: What should you unlock first? Since there are semi-strict paths, I would go with Retribution, which adds 25 percent more Falter with attacks inflicted with Retaliation; Agile Response for more damage and falter from Dodge Attacks; Skilled Backstab for a whopping 50 percent damage and falter when hitting enemies from behind; Decisive Step-Up, which grants 20 percent critical chance for all melee attacks after an execution (perfect for Flurry); Sustained Assault where hitting the same enemy has a chance to drop health elements; and Restorative Dodge, where you’ll recover a small amount of health with Perfect Dodge. Cleansing Rush is good early on for removing status ailments, and if you’re playing with summons, Guarded Formation is a great way to reduce damage taken if you’re near them.

Damage Types and Exploiting Enemy Weaknesses

Besides Blunt damage, there are two other kinds – Raw and Sharp. You’ll ascertain the weaknesses of different enemies over time, but generally, Blunt damage is great for breaking armor. So if you don’t want to deal with enemies resisting staggers, not being afflicted by status effects and not being juggled in the air for combos, you’ll want some Blunt damage, even if it’s a finisher, to crack them open. Some enemies are also weak to specific abilities, like the Mold against fire.

Enemy “Levels” and What They Mean

As you progress through the story and slay Resonants, you’ll notice the numbers next to enemies’ health bars changing. Higher means they’re more dangerous and take more hits; lower means you can take them to beatdown city without breaking a sweat. I wouldn’t advise escaping if they have skulls, but make sure you have enough damage to shred through their health before things get dicey.

Which Targets to Prioritise

With the increased enemy variety, you’ll encounter all kinds of threats while fighting the Hiss and Mold. Which order you prioritize them ultimately depends. Prioritize the flying Hiss whenever possible, since they can launch explosive projectiles (and themselves) to chunk your health down quickly. In the same vein, decimate any flying Mold or the larger ones walking around and spewing projectiles. Left too long, the latter can chain cc you while causing massive damage. But if you have Dominance active and a Blunt finisher? Target the smaller enemies first to execute them and whittle down their numbers, and then turn your attention to the major threats.

Leveling Zones and Their Benefits

You earn XP in Control Resonant, but it’s not for Dylan…at least, not how you’d think. When completing tasks, side quests, or main quests in a zone, it receives XP and eventually levels up. Dylan receives a Talent Point along with increased Source and resource drops, more health drops, additional vendor wares (as noted earlier), and more within that zone. That’s why it’s often ideal to focus on your starting Aberrant forms before unlocking others. As Dylan becomes stronger, he’ll be equipped to dispatch enemies within a zone and gain increased rewards.

Investigate Blocked Entrances Guarded by Enemies

Side quests won’t always be out in the open waiting to be doled out. Some of them are randomly assigned by Zoe as you explore the world and get closer to specific locations. That said, others are conspicuous by the number of enemies nearby. If you see a blocked entrance and some Hiss or Mold hanging out, kill them all. This will unlock the entrance and lead to new side quests and quest chains, if not materials and upgrades.

Always Check the FBC Notice Boards

The FBC has enough jobs to keep Dylan busy, with many popping up on the task boards littered in each zone. But you don’t need to pick them up to discover them in the world. So if you collect packages or take out hostiles, try checking the task board whenever you’re nearby to claim the reward.

Free Health Upgrades Near the Vendor

Leveling up a zone is also beneficial for unlocking more wares at the vendor – the mysterious, or as The Board would say, “non-dairy,” ice-cream truck that’s parked in different places. However, even if you don’t have the funds for anything, it’s worth finding the vendor whenever possible. Near them is a crate that will provide a health upgrade point. Three are required to increase health permanently, so every bit counts. Keep an eye out for Large Resource Crates on the map once the zone has leveled up enough, since they can drop either health or power upgrades.

Mapping Out the Zones

Whenever you enter a new zone, neither Dylan nor the FBC is really aware of the paranatural shenanigans taking place. You’ll need to find three devices blinking red, and then return to the mapping station (not tower) to scan the area. If the blinking isn’t obvious or bright enough, here’s a tip: Go to the main station and check which direction the dish in question is pointing. Any activated devices will appear green, which is even more helpful for knowing which ones remain.

Which Artifacts to Use?

Picking the best Artifacts is a little trickier depending on which areas and content you tackle first. But generally, the Lighter is good for Burn resistance, especially before facing the Deserter, while the Face Mask is best before entering the Park. Other generally good Artifacts for early to mid game include the Amulet for five percent increased critical hit chance to all melee attacks and Badge 11-60 for reduced damage from environmental hazards. Avoid the Wallet early on – if you don’t have any Power, it draws from your health to use abilities, and can easily bring you close to death.

DON’T Go to the Park Immediately

I’ve said this before in my review, but it bears repeating: Don’t choose the Park as your first destination. You won’t have the fire abilities to combat the Mold, nor will you have enough health to survive an infection. It also doesn’t help that you need all traversal abilities unlocked to really navigate the surroundings, and even fight the zone’s Resonant.

Follow the Main Quest to Unlock All Traversal Skills

With that in mind, follow the main quest, which involves assisting the FBC wherever possible. Killing Resonants whenever possible is still advised, but the only way you’re going to explore more Faults, which is where you unlock new traversal abilities, is by progressing through the story. The path towards the final traversal skill, Reach, becomes available after Dylan can’t progress further in the Underpass and must venture into the Metro Fault to unlock it.

Flame On

Even after you’ve prepared enough to enter the Park, you may eventually suffer the Mold’s infection. The best solution, if you have enough Power? Use Ignite. While it’s meant to set your weapons and some abilities ablaze, which is perfect for shredding the Mold apart, it engulfs Dylan’s body, cleansing the infection (even if it deals a bit of self-damage) and maybe igniting a nearby mold swamp for some explosions.

This guide for Marvel’s Wolverine is a complete listing of every Suit and set of Claws available to Logan, whether toggling the cowl is possible, whether the Claws are locked in to the Suit, and finally the criteria for unlocking everything.

ALL SUITS AND CLAWS

The majority of the Suits must be crafted using a variable amount of Materials. These are found in Material Crates secreted around the semi-open world over the course of missions. Be sure to unlock the Crate Finder Adaptation early on, in order to facilitate easy discovery of collectibles. Something in the region of ~3,500 Materials will be required in total, in order to craft every Suit that requires them.

Every couple of Suits unlocked beyond the first three, adds a bonus percentage to Logan’s health. By eight Suits unlocked, you will have a 150% health pool, and a final total of 200% health once you have 20 Suits in your possession.

Those are all the Suits and Claws to be discovered and how to unlock them in Marvel’s Wolverine.

This guide for Marvel’s Wolverine has all the tips and tricks you need to know to farm XP as quickly and efficiently as possible, in order to level up and earn Technique Points.

Restart Last Checkpoint Exploit

Taking a page from souls-like games, it is entirely possible to identify a large cluster of relatively easy enemies, slaughter all but one or two stragglers, and then restart from the last checkpoint through the pause menu.

You will collect all the XP that you earned from slicing and dicing your way through enemies, but the entire group will respawn when you reload the area.

The reason you leave a survivor or two is because, unlike souls-like games, enemies don’t repopulate by default design in this action platformer. Instead, they respawn based on the fact that you didn’t finish thoroughly eliminating the entire cluster before continuing on to the next area.

You should also note that certain other factors like the actions of major NPCs such as Sabretooth and Jean Grey can have some bearing on your XP farm in a given section of the game.

This cannot be used to abuse XP cache locations, which are single use only, even into New Game Plus where those that were already collected in normal mode do not respawn again.

Early Game XP Farm

Right at the start of the game in Madripoor, the ‘Knock Knock’ chapter has successive areas with ordinary enemies to cut through while in pursuit of Sabretooth. Eliminate most of them and reset to the last checkpoint, but don’t try to get every last one aside from the sole survivor whom you actually need, as Sabretooth himself can break this farm by progressing the level.

This loop can earn almost ~200XP per run, which is not bad at all at this stage in the game.

Late Game XP Farm

An even easier XP farm exploit can be found much later in the game during ‘Way Down Low’ chapter, where a cutscene with Jean Grey annihilating an enemy cluster automatically grants you ~150XP. Best of all, you can instantly reset from the last checkpoint, locking in XP gains every single time.

Since level XP requirements do not seem to increase exponentially as Wolverine ranks up, this particular XP farm is just as valuable as any other, with the added benefit of needing no effort whatsoever.

General XP Farming Tips

If you don’t want to grind XP mindlessly, you can simply prioritize exploration of the semi-open world instead. This will allow you to discover XP caches, of which there is a double-digit count hidden across each and every chapter, but often well off of the beaten path of the story’s linear progression.

Be sure to unlock and equip Crate Finder and Whiskey Finder in order to more easily detect all kinds of resources and collectibles as you scour the game world.

Also keep an eagle eye out for any other environmental props and objects that glow blue, which is supposed to function as a helpful visual indicator for points of interest, and which earn Logan XP once he notices them properly.

Level Cap And New Game Plus

With the base game level cap of 36, you will have earned exactly enough Technique Points to unlock every single node in the Techniques tree in normal mode.

In New Game Plus, an additional Technique with a total of four upgrades to it will also become accessible, thus pushing the new level cap to 40.

But even though the XP appears to stop accruing at its cap of 36 in normal mode, it does in fact continue to accumulate under the hood. This means that when you start New Game Plus mode, you may gain levels right away if you were mindlessly farming XP before concluding your first run of the game.

That is every single thing of note regarding grinding for XP and gaining Technique Points fast with little to no effort in Marvel’s Wolverine.

This guide for Marvel’s Wolverine has all the salient points you need to know about gaining Ability Points as quickly and efficiently as possible, in order to level up Logan’s Adaptation level..

Whiskey Finder Adaptation

Unlike XP, Ability Points are a finite resource, and are gained in just two possible ways. One of these are the Whiskey Bottles secreted across the world. The Whiskey Finder Adaptation makes discovering these a piece of cake, and should be prioritized for unlocking right away. The 2 AP gained from each of the 20 odd Whiskey Bottles you will discover, should carry you through the most important Adaptations you will need.

Nightmare Door Trials

The 14 Nightmare Doors are trials or challenges that award you between one and four AP depending on the rank you finish with. While a bronze ranking grants a mere 1 AP, it is more likely you will get silver or gold on your first attempt for 2 AP or 3 AP respectively. Adamantium grants 4 AP, but bear in mind that these are cumulative numbers, which means putting in a great deal of effort into achieving it after having already gotten 3 AP from a gold ranking, will only net you a single additional AP.

Save retries intended to beat the higher difficulty tiers for until later in the game, after your build and your playing skills have improved, and all other easier sources of AP have already been exhausted.

Level Cap And New Game Plus

The level cap for Adaptations in the base game is set to 10, but increases to 15 in New Game Plus. Since all possible AP that can be earned in the game is already accessible in the normal mode, you could well hit Adaptation level 15 as soon as you begin New Game Plus.

While only a single Strand slot is unlocked per Adaptation level in normal mode for 10 in total, levels 11 through 15 grant two Strands each, for a grand total of twenty in New Game Plus. You could potentially slot in almost every useful Adaptation there is to be had, only excluding those that have no further utility at this point in the game, such as Whiskey Finder and Crate Finder.

The maximum pool of 25 Adaptations that were previously accessible, now increases to 29 in New Game Plus, and includes the four new “Reckless” Adaptations.

That is everything there is to know about grinding for Ability Points quickly and efficiently in Marvel’s Wolverine.

However, we made mistakes, learned from them, and are here to tell you about a few things you should keep in mind before you start out as Logan in this one. Let’s get right to it!

1. Explore Off The Main Path As Much As You Can

This is probably second nature to a lot of you, but it does deserve mentioning that Wolverine’s linear structure and its signposting of where the story wants you to go might make you forget all about looking around for useful stuff. Crafting materials for your suit are usually hidden around in places that you can see as soon as you decide to explore the area you’re in, with helpful indicators pointing you to them quite easily.

But there are also ones that are hidden quite well, and will need you to go the extra mile to sniff them out even with senses as finely tuned as Logan’s.

2. Get The Nightmare Doors Out Of The Way

It’s a good idea to finish every Nightmare Door you find as soon as you can. The challenges they present you with are sure to get you better attuned to the game’s unique rhythm, while the nuggets of lore each one gives you are well worth chasing down. They come with ranks, and there’s a little surprise waiting for those of you who manage to get them all.

They’re also great places to get familiar with any new moves you’ve unlocked so far, letting you cut loose in fairly challenging fights so you can take on the story at your best.

3. Challenge Exclusive Suits

If you’re particular about Logan looking his best as he’s tearing enemies apart, or perhaps are a collector who simply can’t leave something unlocked, you’ve got another reason to go after those nightmare Doors, and some of the suits you can get are tied to specific challenges within the sort of mind palace they transport you to.

Yes, they’re just cosmetic, but given how this is a game that looks so darn good, each of those suits becomes a reward in and of itself.

4. Adaptations And Using Them Well

Adaptations are earned through combat, while Nightmare Doors are also a great source, and you want those to ensure that you’re tailoring things to suit your playstyle and make the most of Logan’s devastating abilities.

They unlock perks like extended parry windows, better health regen, and so many others and it can be tempting to just think about unlocking them all without a method to the madness. However, you’re going to find that picking the ones that actually shape how you’re approaching the game’s combat can soon make you a force that feels almost primal in a way that even the most formidable foes feel like you’re just deleting them off the page of a comic book.

5. Great Opening Technique Unlocks

You’re obviously free to spend your hard-earned Technique Points as you will, but we’d recommend either Tornado Spin or Leap as great early investments. While the former is a great crowd control option and a way to earn yourself some breathing room, the latter is a great rush move that can let you cover a large distance while looking very vicious and extremely cool in the process.

Yes, Logan can leap through the air to a foe, but this charge move can throw multiple foes off balance and let you create opportunities to really cause some mayhem in a crowded battle.

6. Enable Locking On

All you Souls players out there are probably going to skip this one since you’re doing it out of habit anyway, but it’s a good idea to dive into your settings and enable locking on to enemies in a fight. It might seem counterintuitive to have Logan focus his attacks on only one enemy at a time, but the real magic comes when you can toggle it on and off mid-combo to take advantage of whatever move of Logan’s you’re unleashing.

We recommend toying around with the various camera options the setting offers to find what works best for you. Our personal pick was to have it focus on enemies that were on-screen, but we can definitely see the utility in the other options on offer too.

7. Modify Individual Difficulty

Insomniac has made no secret of the ambitious, cinematic presentation that Logan’s adventure comes with. But Marvel’s Wolverine is a video game, after all, and that means different players are going to want very different levels of challenge from it.

Fortunately, the game gives you a surprising amount of control over that experience through its individual difficulty settings. Enemy health, enemy damage, and enemy stealth awareness can all be customized separately, letting you fine-tune the challenge instead of being locked into a single preset. So if you want enemies to hit harder without turning them into damage sponges, or make stealth more demanding while keeping combat relatively forgiving, you can do exactly that. It’s a small touch, but one that gives players considerably more control over how they experience Logan’s adventure.

8. Increase The Parry Window Timing

If you are finding the parry window timing a little too challenging for your taste during the early sections, you could head on over to the game’s settings and increase it.

However, we recommend sticking to the default setting as parrying isn’t as challenging as other titles, and accurate parries soon become second nature.

9. Tone Down The Violence

If you’re squeamish at the sight of blood, know that it flows like a waterfall in this one. However, if you still want to enjoy the game, or perhaps play with younger members of your household around, you can tone down the violence in the game’s settings, with Insomniac including a lot of options to tweak things to your liking.

Of course, this isn’t something we recommend. This is a Wolverine story after all, and the violence is part of the spectacle.

10. Added Benefit To Unlocking Suits

We were thrilled to find that every suit you unlock in the game nets you an increase to Logan’s overall health, which makes chasing them all down come with rewards that are more than just cosmetic.

You’re going to appreciate having that added health against some of the game’s bosses, so chasing down new suits even if you don’t plan on wearing them should be on your to-do list when you’re not slicing and dicing anyone stupid enough to stand in your way.

11. Be Logan!

You already know how Wolverine operates. You’ve seen him leap headfirst into danger countless times before. So don’t hold back when the game throws you into a fight, and just get to slashing away at your foes from the get-go!

This is a combat system designed for an aggressive approach, although you’re going to want to weave in some intelligent use of Logan’s entire repertoire of offensive and defensive moves to truly shine at living up to his legend. Hesitating is definitely not the way to go, as your offense fuels your rage meter.

12. Always Stay Ready To Parry

As with any aggression-focused combat system, weaving in parries to keep your enemies’ attacks away from interrupting your momentum becomes an important part of your success or failure. If you’re coming to this one from Spider-Man 2, remember that Logan doesn’t have an option like the web-sling to get him out of danger.

Instead, you’re going to have to turn your enemy’s own strength against them long enough to let Logan unleash his own considerable fury and parries on your then hapless opponents.

13. Use Your Feet As Well As Your Claws

He may not have claws at the end of his feet like X23 does, but Logan does pack a mean kick that’s a very useful tool in a fight. It’s powerful enough to shatter enemy guards, knock them off ledges like you’re in ancient Sparta, or send them crashing directly into walls for a deadly follow-up (more on that shortly).

Being smart about who you’re kicking is going to ensure that your claws meet the least possible resistance as they tear through enemy defences and nab you the kill you’re looking for.

14. Use Barrage Executions Wisely

Saving your kicks for a particularly troublesome opponent if there’s a wall nearby is a great idea, as you can then pin them there to unleash a barrage Execution, which does exactly what it says on the label. It’s an almost guaranteed insta-kill on most normal and mid-tier enemies, and is a great way to thin out the numbers if your enemies try to take that particular advantage.

It can be tempting to unleash this deadly combination at random, but choosing your targets should be a part of your approach, just as Logan would do in a fight.

15. Use The Environment

Speaking of Logan latching on to every advantage he can get, it can be easy to forget that your environment is as potent a weapon as the man himself. Nearby forklifts, electrical panels, or sharp objects are all ways to turn the tide in a tough fight, or press the advantage if you’ve got places to be.

Our favorite is sinking our claws into fire containers and using them against enemies who probably weren’t expecting to see one hurtling towards them at an inhuman speed. That’s what we’re telling ourselves, at least.

And that’s about it with this one. You should find yourself sailing through most of the game’s combat and exploration with these tips, while the bosses are going to make you appreciate every move you’ve been given in an adventure that really brings out the best and worst in our old friend Logan. We can’t wait for you to experience the adventure for yourselves before we start talking more about it!

This guide for The Blood of Dawnwalker is an explainer on vampire Blood Hunger penalties and how to manage or even avoid them entirely.

Blood Hunger

At night, Coen’s durability is based on blood health segments, and consuming blood is the only way to satiate this Blood Hunger. Interacting with NPCs while having one or less blood segments left over can lead to a Feral Hunger state. This mechanic takes over the dialogue tree completely, compelling Coen to slaughter the NPC and any others around, potentially cutting you off from related quests and trades for the remainder of the storyline. There may be further consequences on a wider social scale with NPCs as well.

Controlling Blood Hunger

Ideally, you will feed regularly and pre-emptively of your own accord, by finding prey to drain ahead of time, whether wildlife or human. But, also always have a stash of blood vials at your disposal for when time is of the essence, and wandering the wilds looking for victims is not an option.

Always try to heal immediately after combat concludes, doubly so if you have taken critical damage in your vampire form: some NPC conversations trigger automatically at the end of fights, thus leading to an inadvertent Feral Hunger slaughter if Coen’s health was drained during battle.

Use Voracious Bite in focus mode on blissfully unaware isolated enemies in order to stealth feed and avoid possibly losing more blood than you would gain.

Endless Hunger Perk

You can also mitigate the state of Feral Hunger by simply having more blood health segments in the first place. As a Vampirism perk, Endless Hunger raises the number of these segments by one, with each of its three upgrade levels.

Save Scumming

With the added burden of the ticking timebomb that is the 30-day narrative limit of saving Coen’s family, you would be advised to maintain multiple manual saves. This way you can reload your game state to a point before you accidentally feed upon a critical quest or merchant NPC, and won’t have to rollback too much of your gameplay effort in order to do so.

That is everything there is to know about the Blood Hunger mechanics in The Blood of Dawnwalker and how to mitigate any problems.

This guide for NBA 2K27 lists everything you can do to earn Virtual Currency (VC) as quickly and efficiently as possible, without dropping a dime.

Daily Challenges

While relatively low in VC payout, simply logging in every single day and dedicating a few minutes towards completing your Daily Challenges will net you 1,500 VC, which will undoubtedly add up over time to your benefit.

NBA 2K27 Mobile App Rewards

Another source of free stuff related to the game is the mobile app, and once again, simply logging in each day can net you a variety of rewards over the course of a week. In particular, Day 1 grants you 50 VC, and Day 5 an additional 500 VC.

MyCAREER Bonus VC

A specific choice during the MyCAREER story can net you a bonus of 20,000 VC early on. After starting ‘Fire & Concrete’, simply select the Beginnings milestone to skip ahead to entering the NBA proper. Upgrade your build and collect your 20K VC. 

Fast Game Modes

Street Kings and Open Court Athletics are relatively quick modes, wherein you can rack up leaderboard points fast for the Daily Rivals board. Ideally, you would aim for the first rank in your daily pool of 40 players, with its 10K VC prize and premium ticket to the million-VC lottery opportunity. However, even lower placements will net you scaled rewards ranging from 5K VC for second place to the low hundreds of VC for the bottom rungs.

If you are wondering, CPU matches do count, but naturally they will never quite yield the kind of points that someone else who is grinding out online matches would accumulate in the same time frame.

Crew Level VC Multipliers

Simply being part of a crew in NBA 2K27 and leveling up that membership can have a passive impact on your VC grinding, in the form of multipliers to earnings from any game mode:

• Crew Level 8: 5% VC bonus
• Crew Level 13: 10% VC bonus
• Crew Level 21: 25% VC bonus
• Crew Level 27: 50% VC bonus

That is everything you can do to grind for free Virtual Currency fast in NBA 2K27.

This guide for The Blood of Dawnwalker lists the main sources for silver loot, whether quests or open world locations.

Bad Blood Quest In Laslea Glen Silver Mines

Over the course of the quest ‘Bad Blood’ you will explore a network of caverns where silver ore is or was mined in Laslea Glen. Be sure to pick up any silver artifacts and Lumps of Silver you come across during the mission, to eventually be sold once you unlock the Silver Trader in Svartrau City.

Finders Keepers Quest Silver Cache

The ‘Finders Keepers’ quest is located north of Briar Slough Hillock, and has a buried cache of silver to be discovered. The general location of this spot is between Laslea Glen to the east and the Coward’s Path to the west.

There will be a pack of wolves to contend with, including their miniboss pack leader. The cache is easily detectable, but getting it out of the ground is the real hurdle. Fortunately, there is a shovel for you to use conveniently hidden nearby. Note that this particular action consumes multiple units of time, so bear that in mind before even beginning this questline.

Uncover the cache for unique gear as well as silver contraband to sell later.

Sandy Gorge Waterfall Cave

The secret waterfall cave has one of the largest caches of silver contraband for you to loot. Begin by venturing north from Svartrau City to the riverside around the Sandy Gorge. Find the twin waterfalls, and enter the rear of the one on the right to find a deep cavern.

Crack open the chests here to recover unique items and a significant quantity of silver contraband.

Boyar Transports And Guard Camps

Both Boyar transports and guard camps are activities that tend to reward you with significant quantities of resources including silver loot. They will also raise your Infamy level, eventually having punitive effects on trading with merchants, but is also an alternate method to unlocking the Silver Trader as a place to offload your silver hoard, specifically at Infamy level 4 or Notorious.

Eliminate the guards either head-on or by employing stealth, and then methodically loot the camps and caravans for their goods, which more often than not include silver contraband.

Once again, these activities consume a significant amount of time, and the need to do them will have to be balanced out with the pressing matter of saving Coen’s family.

Those are the locations of all of the major sources of silver contraband in The Blood of Dawnwalker.