@amphlux: Incredible game. I usually camp out at Grit Gate. Love absolutely abusing the mechanics.
Caves of Qud Daily 2026-06-25 by @oblivioncubed on 3Speak
We're playing cavesofqud daily! Today's Daily gives us a mutant rocking some carapace, spinnerets, a paralyzing stinger, and temporal fugue. We do light on fire randomly with spontaneous combustion...
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Hello and good day. We are here for Day 176 of 2026. We have a tinker, always a good start, with Carapace, spinnerets, Stinger, spontaneous combustion, and temporal fuk. That's going to be a little bit interesting. Our toughness is okay, our agility is really low. Intelligence is really high, so that's great. Yeah, let's see what we can do. We have one hour on the clock starting right now. And let's see what we have available. Village history. And, uh, Sultan. That's a historic site. Okay, perfect. and another historic site. Okay. Now we'll need to collect our couple of quests. Probably this guy and this guy is what I'm going to guess. You were to the north. So it was this guy, but then it's the tinker. Okay. My plan is nearly complete. There is but one more step. I need someone to go to Shakish and sit on the cover of the tree of lifelike. Heptic chair. Okay, sure, sit on a chair. I can do that. That is, uh, that is definitely something I can, I can do. Schematics for an eigenpistol and a face cannon. uh if only we had a bunch of money which we don't uh we get rid of half of these ish maybe we get rid of fully half and yeah some good stuff here um it's a shame we are just starting out and poor uh let's see here so who was the other person that was this guy yeah Let's take a look at who he's liked and disliked by. So he's disliked by the Tree of Life, that doesn't matter to us at all for this. Hated by the Hourglass Folk. Eh, that's fine, too. We'll water ritual with this guy. And should we learn harvestry? Yeah, let's go for it. Why not? I don't think we need the other thing. I'm looking for work. Breaking Bread, they spoke from an intriguing place, a snapshot fort. They wouldn't tell us the location. Located somewhere between one and five parasangs east of the sphere of Akrumashan. Camera Shan. Okay, we will find that. Let's talk to the... Drumit. And what do we have? So we've got an ober nostrum injector data disk. I don't think we're going to need that in the time that we have. We'll grab some slugs, because those are always good, and we'll grab some arrows as well, since we are going to be picking a fight with some... What are my call it? Snap Jaws. Okay, what do we have on us right now? Yeah, we are wielding a wrench and a dagger. So the wrench is going to go away. We do have a tail, and of course we've got a care base. So it's 3 and minus 2, that's not terrible. We will learn this right away. I think most of these are actually pretty okay. These we will disassemble. Okay, and let's hop to it. So these are our two quest areas. That's one of our historic sites, and the other is way over here on the moon stair, so we're never going to get there. This one we might get to, though. For now, Let's pop down to the ruins of Jopha. We'll get our Sultan history. Oh, look at that, a free short bow. Yeah, we'll take that. We just picked up a datadisk and a droid scrambler. That's what this is going to be. It always is if we are starting at a non-Jopa start. It's always that. We will equip our bow, and we will pop down the mysterious hole, just to see what we've got, a bear. That's not super great. I think we can probably take it, but it's going to be tough. Let's take a look. Yeah, it's tough. Let's go with a... Do we have any mines that we can turn these guys into mines? Okay, that's right. And what kind of stinger do we have? I forget. Paralyzing. Oh, okay. Well, that is a big, that is a big win for us. So let's pop our clone, and then let's stab this guy with our stinger, flunk him a few times. They set up a spring turret grenade, Mark 1. Alright, our health is not looking great. So what we're going to do is we're going to pop up, and we're going to run away slightly. Okay, I'm going to try and paralyze it again. And there we go, okay. We'll rest slightly, and then pop back down here. Can I... Deactivate, okay. Okay, yeah, I can't, I was hoping that I could pick it back up, but that's not, that's not what I get to do here. The beetle doesn't hate me, but that thing does. Oof, I had a hit for five from a seed spitting plant. That's ridiculous. That was a pretty good hit by it. Oh, level two, awesome. What are our attributes that we need to... What does this do, exactly? Yeah, okay, I dislike that quite greatly. Randomly lighting on fire sucks. An electrified iron battle axe, that's pretty good. It does have an odd trinket in it, so that is going to be probably a camsale, I would imagine. We don't need that. Okay. This is going to be a chair, because it's one pound. We'll sit on our chair, and we will look at this trinket, which is a chem cell. All right, I don't think we have any... Let me look at the skills here. Yeah, so we've got Tingle 1, disassemble, don't have Scavenger yet. What we might do is pick up axe, because we do have that pretty decent axe sitting in our inventory, just... wasting away right now so we will install this swap that there and then let's grab axe because yeah that is it's pretty handy so we still have 50 points I think we'll just sit on them until we can get Yeah, until we can get wayfaring, I think that's probably our best bet. Okay, yeah, we'll grab those torches, we can sell them. Okay, yeah, we'll grab those torches, we can sell them. There's an interesting layout for this particular spot. We grabbed everything there. Again, we can sell it. More books. Books are always good. Ouch. Okay, sting that guy. Make a clone. Have him hit this. Okay, do we have a stair down? We do. Do we try a stairway down just to get the extra EXP? Oh, but I accidentally shot the dog. Oh, it doesn't want to kill me yet, so that's Andy. Ooh, that guy is. Let's see, that's a snapjaw warlord, right? So let's stab him, let's clone. Move back, we'll shoot this guy. Again and again. Okay, that was pretty decent. What's our weight like? We can take it. Somebody shot me. Okay. Nope. Okay. Not bad. Okay, we're doing pretty good here, so far, so good at least. We are famished, so we do need to eat something. There's a fire right here, though. Can't cook with hostile creatures nearby. How about now? Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay. I don't like you very much. Let's paralyze it. This paralyzing stinger is fantastic. Okay, we're going to hide back here for just a minute. Not bad, okay. We'll grab these daggers. We'll wear a hat. We're awesome. This actually has defense, so it should probably be what we wear, but I don't know if we're gonna do that. What am I trying to do that? What am I trying to do here? There we go. That's what I'm trying to do. Um, I'm pressing the wrong hotkey. You're dead. We will grab those bronze daggers. And, yeah, let's grab this, ah, let's just grab everything. Why not? We're going to be heading back to town to, uh, sell anyway. I think we're going to go to the stairway up, although if I go down one more time, we could probably get a level. That's not too scary, that's just a snapshot so far. That's a couple more turns, okay? Hey, ow. got poisoned. I dislike that very much. What we're going to try and do is eat some witchwood, I think. We'll wait a turn or two. Yeah, there we go. Okay, we're back. We're back. I don't know what poisoned me. I should check while this is not. That's not what I want to do. Okay, so a sun and moon mask, we'll put that on our face. This battle axe is probably a better damage than the other one. but it's probably not as good when you take into account the electrified option there. Okay, I tried to kill it. It is wounded. I think I can take it. There we go. Okay, the guy is not mad at me. Okay. That beetle was mad at me for a second. Okay, paralyze. Here we go. So we got one mutation point there. That's excellent. Ooh, another bear. I don't know if I want to deal with that specifically. Let's drop some webs. Shut the dog again. Yeah, now the dog is mad at me. That is unfortunate. Okay, we could keep pressing our luck down here, but I think we're going to go up instead. And we're going to head back to town. I'm lost. Of course I'm lost. That was probably a crop that just got smashed. Down here, and I forgot to talk to the Mechanist Convert, didn't I? Yep, I did. Okay, let's grab that, and then let's talk to our Dromat friend, because we have some stuff to trade. I mean, those would probably be decent, but we're not going to use them. Okay, and steel, battlex and steel hand axe, they're the same basic stats, I think, one weighs a little bit more, but otherwise they are functionally the same. All right, so we're trading for 47 grams of value. Is there anything that we actually need here? I mean, a buckler is always good for just that chance to block. It does weigh us down a little bit, but it is kind of always useful, and then the rest will take as drams of water. I think that's fine. That seems like a fine trade to me. Nope, that was what I meant to do. Okay, we're going to put this on our torch arm. Okay, yeah, crocusins, okay, yeah, those are fine, those are fine. Let's take a look at what these are. I broke it. And a fidget cell. That's trash. Disassemble. Now this... Okay, I can't fix it. And I broke it. How about you? Can you fix this? Or can you identify it? An electrified iron maze. Okay. That was not worth the trade. That's okay. That's all right. Sometimes that happens. So we're going to drop this trash. This mace, we're probably going to sell to this guy. He doesn't give us a better rate for it at all, but I like him better, so we're going to do it that way. Okay, let's take a look at those quest locations again, so we have to... sit on a chair at Sakish. So that is, not that one, that one. Okay, let's go up and do that. Yeah, we'll take a look at the ruins. Is there anything? Yeah, there's a snapshot right over here. If there's snapshots here, I'm not too worried about that, as long as there's not a legendary. We should be okay. The electrofuge, this guy, on the other hand, that guy is a little bit more of a problem. I think we'll still be okay. Let's set a bomb of a stunt grass grenade. We're going to lay it right in front of us. We'll give it a five-round timer. I've never set a bomb before. 3, 2, oh yeah, and then it just goes off. Darn. We might end up accidentally stun gassing the little dudes here, and that would be not great. Is this guy neutral to us? He is. Oh, okay. That's great. Okay. We will grab that. Grab that. Our longsword, ah. Another site. There's that minor. Come back here. You can't run forever. I don't know why I'm trying to chase this guy. It's not worth it. There we go. I got that a good hit. It's only lightly damaged. What is this thing? An EMP miner. Yeah, okay, this is not really worth my time. Was there anything else over here? No, not really, hey. Okay, we'll look at these ruins as well. Oh, that's interesting. There's a bunch of electric wires here. This is a, what, some sort of fan? Broadcast power station. We've got electricity arcing all over the place. The seat spitting vine. And... Snapjaw. Rush F lore, always good. Okay, we're going to paralyze that guy, kill this guy, kill that guy. We're going to rest, even though he had made us bleed. Chameleons have that horn, and that can suck sometimes. and grab the... I do want this, now this sharp battle axe is a plus one to pen. I don't think we need that right now, but it is good to know that it is an option. Okay, engraved robe, which we will look at. Okay, second coming over? Yes, he is. We're going to sting him. And is there anything that he had that he had that we needed? No, not really. Okay, let's rest up, and then explore the rest of this. And we're famished. Nope, that's not what I meant to do. Oh, a turret. Yeah, I don't like that very much. We're get out of there. Holy moly, there are a ton of ruins around here. So they can see me, but I can't see them, of course. There's a lot of them, it looks like. We're just going to rest here for a little bit. Wait a few turns. We'll do the same thing. We're just going to let them come to us. Unless, you know what, let's see if we can wait right until morning. uh salt hopper okay that is undesirable in a big way okay uh let's let that guy come into the webs hopefully get stuck we're gonna paralyze him we're gonna pull out our uh few clone oh yeah there's a lot of guys here i'm not super loving that um Okay, we had a pretty good electrical arc there. What can I do here? So I can sting this guy, paralyze him. I could lay a mine. they are going to keep coming towards me, right? So, set that down, basically. Yeah, okay. What's our best option here? We can throw a grenade, of course. It's always good. We can also just run. best bet, although the salt hoppers are... It's wounded. So maybe we can take it. We're going to try a sleep gas grenade right there. We're going to come down and over... Yeah, they just avoided it. That's not ideal. Okay, there we go. So we found the snapchow fork. Let's see if we can do anything. Crocinesis. That's a 3x3. Stunning Force. I'm thinking about my immediate survival right now, so I think probably stunning force gives us the most survivability. Now, Carapace or Stinger. I don't remember what Carpace does when it levels, so I'm going to pick it and pray. I'm just going to hope that that works out for us. Okay, let's use stunning force. We're going to blast all of that. Sting this guy. Yeah, we're in a tough spot here. Let's tighten our care base. And we're going to run up again. Sting this guy. I'm like, basically just want to keep waiting until my stingers off of cool-down, trying to kill him. There we go, okay. Now let's try and rest up, and then I think we can come back down here, and that rabbit might be, salt helper might already be dead, so. That would be handy if he was. Okay, we're gonna try and throw it here. Is that my micro turret? Yeah, it is, okay. Let's pop a few clone. Let him just go to town on things. Excellent. We will grab that opal pommel battle axe for sure. This clone is really earning his worth right now. Yeah, I like that. Okay, what is this? A water skin will take. Check what's in these, let's slugs. and an advanced toolkit. Excellent. Painted furs, that's more Rushafloor. The, I'm so used to the tortoises hating me. That's really, really nice to have them not. I've got a fidget cell there. We'll take it, but we're definitely going to sell it. Oh, I accidentally zapped it, so now it's mad at me. No, not number one. Number two, please. So we've got a gently cone for bo, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Nothing too crazy. The apes are friends. Okay. That's good. That ape has burgeoning. And down there, this is going to be a battle for the ages. An iron buckler, we will absolutely equip that. So we'll equip that instead of our wooden buckler. I've had steel kukri or whatever it is, we will also grab. Now, let's see here. I kind of want these further back. Set bomb seems kind of useless, actually. Let's move it way to the back, because we don't care about that. As long as you remain still, okay. Okay, yeah, I think that's a better, that's a better setup here. Whoa, what, uh, what did that? It doesn't tell me. Okay, one of these guys is not messing around. It's this dude. What do you have? Are you rocking a... Is this guy... hampered? Does it have a flamethrower? Because that would be absolutely ridiculous if it has a flamethrower. gonna let these guys duke it out um okay and they seem to have managed to kill that main guy which is great um i want whatever these weird uh i don't need that but actually you know what actually you know what Maybe I will wear that. This, though, a Flamethrower. He did have a Flamethrower. That is insane. Wow, what a find. Slender Freezing Steel Warhammer. Pretty good. Okay, we'll take that for sure. That is wild that this dude was just rocking a flamethrower. That is a very high level. Oh, I mean a mid-level item. But really useful item, I guess, is my main thing here. I'm going to talk to this ape. Disliked by worms, admired by frogs, loved by apes. Your thirst is mine. My butter is yours. Oh, I need so much more rep for them to join me. And I don't think I can possibly get there. but I could learn conk for free, which is also pretty easy. We'll do it just for funsies. I don't think we're going to be able to utilize it, because we're already down to 20 minutes, but yeah, okay, let's pop back to the village. There's another snapshot for it here. Yeah, I'm lost, so I can't just abandon this. That's quite a few people. Kill that guy. And then, should I stunning force my way in, I guess is a question. Now, conch requires a cudgel. I don't have a cudgel on me right now. So we're going to put you way back here. Let's do, I guess, a stunning force to bust in. No, that seems like a waste. Yeah, we'll wait until these guys are close to us. And then we'll temporal fugue, that's what we'll do. We'll shoot this guy. this guy as well. Okay, he has a weird artifact as well. And sturdy ring mail. Okay, we'll take that. Um, what does this guy have? Goggles, we'll break those down. I should have told it to treat those as scrap, honestly, but that's okay. Did my clone just disappear? Yeah, I guess I've lost him, hey. Okay, that's all right. I don't think we need it. I think we can take this. That's a freezing bronze dagger. There's a lot of modified weapons this run. I don't usually see quite that many. There we go, that arc was fantastic. Okay, we will treat these as scrap and assemble. Oh no, I hit the Dragonfly. Oh, but it doesn't hate me yet, so that's great. Nope, not that. Let's sting him. Kill this guy. Kill that guy. Okay. Beat it bracelet. That's some nice trade goods right there. And let's see if we can arc through these guys. Half decently. Yeah, that's great. Okay. Try to shoot this guy. Or agility is really low, but it doesn't make a ton of difference. Um... For this, for this particular run. I'm just, you know, spray and praying with a bow. Okay, we'll take that. Take that. Painted, spiked steel gauntlets. What do we got? Russia floor. Always good. Okay, do we have anything on our hands right now? No, and we have a symbiotic firefly. Amazing. Okay. I don't think we can, yeah, that's a Tinker 3 skill, a schematic, rather. But cool to have it. Okay. Wow, that's really good. We're still lost. Of course, we'll come down here, kill these guys. I think I had a musket. We're going to treat these as scrap, and we're going to disassemble. This guy has a weird artifact. What did we just pick up? Let's find out. Nanonymatic jackhammer, disassemble. Masterworks, stun rod, decent. And then two other stun rods. Okay. Oh, we'll drop that because we don't need it. This. Yeah, what is our... Yeah, we're still full. We've got plenty of... I mean, I guess I could have kept that as for selling, but ah, that's fine. Let's assemble that, and this. I should, you know what, actually look here, so we've got a few attribute points that we could... If I modify this up... We won't be... Oh, we still will have a minus one. Oh, well, that's okay. Famished. All right. Now this brute is going to be the one that sucks the most, so we'll sting him. We'll stunning force everybody, and then we'll just try and smash him. Yeah, it worked well. Okay. I like that. Feathered, pocketed vest. Like, is this a little bit more carry capacity? We don't really need that right now. And another ruin. Wow, there's a ton of ruins around here. Amazing. Okay, we know that we're pretty close to home. I don't care about the Wet Crock at all. Let's keep going over here. We will surely recognize the location soon. There we go, okay. Did I, yeah. Press the wrong button, and I zigged when I should have zagged, as happens. We are still lost, though, we're going to come up, and this should put us... This should put us at the village. No. There we go, okay. Down here, and then we'll talk to, was it Yomur that needed us to do that one? No, that was the sit in the chair, okay, so it was this guy. Located that fort. We'll take…
@amphlux: Incredible game. I usually camp out at Grit Gate. Love absolutely abusing the mechanics.