spoiler alert ofc, but You unlock them first by killing the Ancient Alchemist boss. he's in the leftmost side of the alchemy lab, which is left from the dark cave, which is left from the abandoned mines. so 1st level and go straight left. he'll drop 4 random greek letter spells and a crystal key (an item needed for another secret, opening 2 chests to unlock other spells) once you unlocked a spell, you'll be able to find them with low chance in holy mountains, or in the Eye room for free. and you get there this way: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc9potN01LOckXU.html

@@scrage3025 thanks!

haha, yeah, this is my favourite build too, I always keep an eye out for 1-2 lumi spells and pingpong or spiral path

you're right, thanks!

yeah, either increase lifetime, pping-pong path, or the bouncy spells perk work. and I absolutely understand your dilemma, hahaha!

Haha, yeah! Omg, this whole game is a meme-fest, you can do so much weird shit in it. For many people the "every pixel is simulated" premise is the hook, but for me it's the almost endless possibilities for wand building. I just love this modular system, it's brilliant imho. Oh, and check out this absolutely batshit crazy thing we can do with black holes, lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rL2on8V0lZnYY4U.html

But it's extremely costly. I use lumidrill triggers to attach a tele bolt onto it, so I can teleport through thin walls, which is extremely helpful

@@olfmombach260 thats a pretty decent replacement for Long distance cast, i'll keep it in mind when i dont have it, thanks

Ain't Nobody Got the Mana For That

Lumidrills with triggers are just bonkers in cost, i think one is like 30-50 mana?!. Tbh i feel like they should attempt to make something else than just spark bolts with triggers a bit better in mana cost, as it's a bit hard to use anything else, unless you get the add trigger modifier that needs to be unlocked separately.

Gladly! This is my favourite build because it's precise. And if you pick up the homing spells perk it will make the lumi behave like Yondu's wand in guardians of the galaxy, lol.

awesome!!! I'm happy for you! \o/

yes! that's how I discovered this synergy first, actually. ^^ it's just that perk makes every projectiles bouncy, and it's very annoying to use teleport bolt that way (at least to me)

And then you can put a modifier or multicast at the end and have it cast add mana again

Thanks man

cool! and thank you!:) - nowadays I just play ~2 hours in the evening, max 3. I discovered this sort of routine for developing and shaping a run: 1. if I can, I grab the health up and the tablet on top of the mountain at start, and then try to do kills only /w the tablet for the chest in HM. I never go into collapsed mines, not worth it. 2. coal pits is for digging for gold. I always try to visit fungal caverns to do a shift, if < 50 HP, then I skip it. I also look for ambrosia, pheromone and teleportatium there. 3. snowy depths is spatious, so a long-range dps wand is needed. by this time if I grabbed a teleport spell, I leave the HMs without collapsing them. I explore in snowy depths until I have low HP. I want to leave the level /w a digging spell if I don't have one already. 4. hiisi base is a closed area, by this time I need to have a good dps and a digging wand already. on previous levels I try to grab a (unstable)teleportatium flask for visiting the hourglass here, and if I grabbed a broken wand, the anvil too. remember that concentrated mana melts metal and mechanical enemies are weak to explosion. hiisi healers can heal you if you have pheromone or you damage a turret and stand next to it while a healer tries to heal it. 5. in the jungle everything burns and uses meelee, I pick immunities earlier if I can. if the lukki spiders dig in and Steve appears, I kite him near the statues and kick the statue at him, kills him instantly. then I try to dig out of HMs from now on. otherwise I teleport out. I make a way down to a portal then explore until I find a good wand here (~ the 600/300 range). 6. if I survived the jungle, the vault is also doable but needs more caution. everything is a trap here and I don't explore, just go through it. 7. if I survied the vault, the temple is also doable. I always clear areas first and try to dig down as straight as possible. none or minimal exploration here. 8. if I have black holes or lumi when I reach the laboratory, I dig back up to find any that is missing: black holes; ambrosia; a very strong wand build. - otherwise I finish the run casually. if I find the setup for a god run, then I visit the ancient alchemist boss for Alpha or Gamma to make an infinite black hole wand, then I visit parallel worlds, and all is set. I. I never use spells and modifiers that can kill or damage me. I favor precisely shooting wands that behave reliably. everything is about controlling the most around my environment. II. I always look for a long-distance cast + small teleport wand setup for kiting enemies and leaving HMs uncollapsed. III. I have to remind myself that ~90% of the time every level is doable if I don't risk HP for gold, wands, exploration. staying alive > discovering. (most of the time though I go "YOLO" because being cautious is boring, lol) IV. I always clear an area first, only then I leave it behind. I look for higher ground positions vs enemies and push into new areas steadily, never plunging in. also, I always try to fungal shift, and even after a bad shift, I try to make it work. once I shifted blood into poison, and I thought I messed it up, but that became a god run, lol. and I did the 33 orb run only once, it took me 3 massive days to grab all, and about a week to prepare for it. it was more exhausting than creating the 2 suns, I never do it again rofl. I hope some parts of this wall of text helps! :'D cheers!:)

@@scrage3025 thanks for replying. I aways start my runs playing carefully and cautious, but at some point I just start YOLOing the entirety of my run. It works well sometimes but isn't reliable for the long runs and btw atm i have 3600 hours in this game and I keep dying in dumb ways. For example, last time i died by casting a square barrier by accident with my inventory wand and then casting a black hole, It killed me instantly. Next time i play I'll try using your tips. Keep up the content 👍.

@@scrage3025 I respect the grind

I haven't tested it specifically but I experienced no, it doesn't. The lower it is, the faster the wand will cast the spell, and the more frequent it'll eat mana. And that's why the wand needs high mana recharge, or Reduce Mana spells. Cast delay is not as important here as recharge time. As per noita wiki: Cast Delay: "How long it takes to cast the next spell in the wand queue; a cool down before the next spell in the wand's inventory is cast." Recharge Time: "When the spell queue reaches the end, the wand must recharge for this long in seconds, refreshing the spell queue. It's like a cool-down effect for the whole wand." noita.fandom.com/wiki/Wands#Cast_Delay

@@scrage3025 If you only have 1 spell in a wand is the cast delay irrelevant?

@@daveinthemicrowave I had the same question once, and as far as I remember yes, in that case only recharge time is relevant. one single lumi drill with a medium-slow wand sucks, but if you put a second lumi there both speeds up the cast. for more subtle mechanics I suggest checking this out: noita.fandom.com/wiki/Advanced_Guide_To_Wand_Mechanics

yep, that's how I discovered this dynamic. but that perk also ruins your teleport bolts and explosive projectile spells, so I never pick it

@@scrage3025 You can do some pretty wacky things with bubble spells and bouncy spells perk tho. Or bouncy balls and accelerative homing. Teleport wands will need low duration to function, but you can also use missiles much more easily.

@@Lakius oh right! I completely dismiss bubbles nowadays, but I imagine with some interesting modifiers a swarm of deadly bouncing/homing bubbles can be killers

Yup, or the Bouncing Spells. I actually discovered this synergy when I first picked up Bouncing Spells and used a lumi wand. But I never pick Boomerang Spells for a god run, it's one of the "never ever" perks for me

@@scrage3025 got my first win with bouncing spells and lumi drills lol

@@jakobnordal7432 awesome!! congrats!:) always keep an eye out for lumi and teleport bolt, they're amazing spells!

hahahaha. I know the feeling. welcome to Noita my friend: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zsl0ntCClayUeqs.html

@@scrage3025 thank you for that, this cleared up some of my questions, it looks very cool and the concept is original af, it just isn’t my typa game. I appreciate the response tho!

@@EyeMakeClips haha, no worries, anytime! take care!:)

LoL. thanks I'll experiment with timer as well!

just keep pushing and chilling, that level teaches so many things!

*breaths heavily*