Here, don't know if this the latest by the way.
So I think I made a mistake somewhere in my save : I specify anyway that I read Bl4ckc4at's guide, which I attach to my post, and even with this and after spending a lot of time to read the 30 pages of this thread, I'm stuck and I have questions about the things I don't understand . Here we go :
1- So I just picked up all the 6 (or 5) beacons, and talk to the Commander so the lava area is unlocked. I'm lost, where's the boss and how to recruit member to take down all the tumors, that's the part I didn't understand.
2- What's the thing about saving The commander in second, when do I have to save him, and where ?
3-Currently, only my flame sword deals damage to enemies, because it has armor piercing, so How can I have weapons that use energy and deals damage to enemies ? I saw previously in this thread that there's a weapon who defeat the lava boss in no time, using energy, sorry I don't remember exactly, but I have to find a weapon that deals damage to Bosses, apart my flame sword.
4- Didn't undersand the system of SOS1 and SOS2 for rescuing purpose.
Hopefully, someone kind enough will answer me, and sorry if I was annoying. Thanks in advance.
PS: My english sucks, yes, I know.
EDIT: I saw that the weapon I look at is the standard energy gun with sentry mod... any tips to get it or locations please ?
I'll link the latest guide for you and hopefully help with a few of your questions.
1 - The path to the boss is towards to bottom. If you see some androids and bandits fighting a dragon, you need to go above them into a hole in the wall. If you keep heading left, you'll enter a purple area named "???". From here on out, its mostly a linear left line to the boss. After you find him, deal a bit of damage, your character will speak, fly out the room and you'll teleport back to base automatically. You can now talk to your teammates and use the "D" command to ask for assistance.
2 - Cobalt, the second of command, is in the forest. You need him to help kill the tumors. the guide explains how to reach him better than i could. but hes in the jungle. There should be a teleporter where you need to head left out of it, go northwest through a hidden passage and then keep going left into a wall and press up to enter the boss to save Cobalt.
3 - Have you upgraded your stats? when you reach a teleporter, select the third tab. From there select the second tab and use the materials to upgrade your stats (the guide also warns you not to use 2 of them for post game weapons). You can also break the stat limit with money with the bottom most option. If you want to farm ores for stats, i recommend using the 1st slot pile bunker weapon (some people call it the piston). As you charge it, you can invincibly dash at enemies using "S" and then let go of the charge for a strong invincible dash punch. It kills living Mineral Veins really easily (4-3 punches or so). If your battery is low and its not dead yet, dash through the rock without the punch so you recharge your battery and dont get bit. Don't forget to equip the small orange upgrades too (teleporter, 3rd tab, 4th(?) tab where the lvls are shown.) They increase the drop amount from mineral veins. The best mining areas ive found for stats are:
ATK (Both stats)- Speckled Blue Ores in the Sandworm Zone.
Find the area that's flat and has worms, flies, and a living mineral vein. Once you kill the Vein, head right twice and access the teleporter. You don't even need to go inside. Tapping up on a teleporter respawns Mineral Veins so just head back left and kill it again.
DEF - Lumpy Blue Ores in the Purple Spiky Abyss.
As you drop from the Ice area to the abyss, you
ll come across a teleporter somehwere. There, head out left, go down until you see a breakable wall to your right. The pilebunker should be able to break it in a few hits. If the last hit to break the wall is dashed with "S", you will end up right on the mineral vein so just hold up to mine it quickly. Go back to the teleporter, rinse and repeat.
HP - White Ores at the Octopus boss entrance
The teleporter should have the fallen android and bandit on the side. Head left, dash through the lava with the pilebunker. Go up, find the living mineral vein. Beat it up, mine the ore, fall through the breakable blocks to the right, go back to the teleporter and do it again.
Auto Recovery - Gold and Red Ores in the Meteorite Field.
Somewhere north of the meteorite field, there should be a teleporter where you can head right and there are falling meteorites. There should be rocks all over the bottom entrance. Ignore them and take the upper path. With the pilebunker, you can dash through all the meteorites you want. Reach the mineral vein at the end and mine away. go back and do it again.
Battery Energy - Brown/Sliver Ores in Slime bandit zone.
At the very bottom of the slime zone, there should be a teleporter at the top left. If you avoid the chasm and hop to the right, there should be a large slime and a living mineral vein stuck behind some rocks. use the whip sword to easily deal with the slime (slashing up can cancel into slashing forward with the whip. Works the other way around too). Beat up the mineral vein and mine it. go back and do it again.
4 - The SOS signal resets every time you teleport. You need certain SOS signals to see and rescue certain girls. The guide explains it better than i could and gives all locations of the girls.
Happy Playing!