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When it comes to Action-Roguelike games, Returnal is always one of the top choices because of its phenomeꦡnal graphics and level design. The game features six different biomes with their unique enemies and features. Much like other Roguelike games, you must start the run again if you are defeated.
Overgrown Ruins is the first biome where you'll start the game. Every time you enter through the first door, the rooms in the area are randomly generated, but there's a fixed set of enemies that you can face here. Each enemy has their attack pattern and it's essential to know how to fight them.
How To Defeat Keberon
Keberon are the most common enemies that you'll find in Overgrown Ruins, and they're also the first enemies you'll encounter. They can be identified by their small body and blue face with many tentacles behind them. These enemies aren't particularly lethal themselves, but they usually come in groups.
Generally, you won't be able to see these enemies as you enter the room. When you're going through the room, fight music plays and you'll see them slowly emerging from above or below. In subsequent runs where you're stronger, the number of these enemies will also increase.
These enemies haveꦰ thre⛄e types of attacks depending on how far you are:
- In the most common attack, the Keberon throws five to six blue orbs in a semicircular pattern. These orbs are directed to your position at the time of the attack, and they slowly get wider with increased distance. It's pretty easy to avoid these attacks, but they can hit you if you're distracted.
- Sometimes, the enemy will shoot blue orbs in a straight line directly at you. These orbs also have slow movement but they can be much harder to dodge if you're close to the enemy.
- Finally, if you're very close to a Keberon, it will jump and bite you, dealing high damage and knocking you back. There isn't a lot of sound before this attack and it can easily be the reason for your demise.
While it's easy to defeat a Keberon or a group of them, you need to learn how to prioritize. It's better to defeat the enemies near you first since their bite attack deals the most damage. Moreover, you can simply hit them once with the Atropian Sword attack if you've unlocked the weapon.
How To Defeat Atropian Turret
There are different turrets spread across the biomes in Returnal, and the Atropian Turret is the one you'll find in Overgrown Ruins. As shown above, this turret has a large base with three red dots shining on its face. These are usually placed at the far end of the room, and they're inactive unless you're in range.
You can't deal any damage to the Atropian Turrets when they're inactive. This is symbolized by their body being close to the pedestal on the ground, and they won't have the shining red dots on top.
These turrets only have one type of attack where they shoot three red orbs in your direction. These orbs travel to you quickly, and you can easily get caught off guard if you're not prepared. A turret will fire three sets of triple orbs and stop for a bit, giving you the perfect opportunity🐟 to attack.
Atropian Turrets have quite low health and they can easily be defeated with a few pistol shots or one swing from the sword. If you see these turrets shooting at you, it's always recommended to remove them from the equation first since they have a quick fire rate and quite a lot of damage.
In subsequent runs, some of these turrets can have a red shield around them. You can't deal damage to them when the shield is active, and you can only remove it with a melee attack or if you have Shieldbreaker as Alt-fire on your weapon.
How To Defeat Lamiadon
Lamiadons are bat-like hostiles that have flight, and they're usually found in a swarm of at least three. These enemies constantly float around you at high speed, making it hard to aim at them. Although, they can't attack you from a range, so they'll try to get close to you when you're not looking.
When a Lamiadon successfully gets close enough to Selene, their body will start turning yellow, as shown above. A second after their color changes, they'll charge at the character and deal high damage with knockback. It can be lethal to take a hit from this enemy, but it's also easy to avoid them.
There's a stagger bar below an enemy's health whenever you shoot at them. Fortunately, these bats have zero resistance to stagger and their attacks are canceled if you hit them with a bullet while they're charging. They also have low health and can e😼asily be defeated with one swin🦩g from the Atropian Sword without any damage buffs.
Lamiadons are known to be found around different tombstone chests and green reclaimers. Whenever you open a tombstone chest, it has a chance to spawn three of these enemies that you'll have to defeat.
Also, when you wake up from green reclaimers and increase your health, three Lamiadons will spawn around them, but you don't have to defeat them since you can simply leave the room.
How To Defeat Strixera
If you've just started playing the game, you might not see these enemies during your run at all. These enemies appear commonly in further runs, and they have a jelly-like shape. They're usually found in rooms where there's an edge since Strixera spawns below the level you're on and starts coming up to attack you.
Just like Keberon and Lamiadon, these enemies are also found in groups of three or above, but they surface one at a time. If you're paying attention and clearing the Strixera as they spawn, you won't have a problem. Although, multipl🐎e enemies of this type attacking you at the same time can be a problem.
In a way, they can be considered an evolved Keberon since they also shoot blue orbs at your character, but they're much faster and cover a lot more area.♈ Moreover, Strixera will aim a yellow beam at you and start charging it for a bit.
If you don't stop this attack for a few seconds, they'll shoot a laser with lightning speed that will heavily damage you.
It's recommended to always prioritize these enemies before fighting other monsters in the room unless there's an Atropian Turret.
How To Defeat Kerberonyx
Talking about evolved Keberon, this enemy is essentially the same but it has a larger size, a red face, and much more health. They're one of the mini-bosses in Overgrown Ruins as they can single-handedly defeat your character even if you're full health. Usually, you'll see some giant red orbs that will spawn this enemy after a few seconds.
There are times when the room will go on lockdown and you won't be able to escape until you defeat this enemy. You'll mostly see a Kerberonyx shooting an array of red orbs that fly at high speed to your character. After shooting them for a bit, it goes on cooldown for💃 two 🌃to three seconds.
The best way to dodge this attack is by finding some line-of-sight blocker that can absorb the orbs. As soon as the enemy stops, pop out and continuously shoot at it until you have to go back behind the object. Normal Kerberonyx also has a stagger bar, but you'll have to hit them a lot to fill it.
When the stagger bar fills, they'll lie on the ground for a while and they'll be completely vulnerable. This is the perfect time to defeat them.
The main problem starts when you encounter a Malformed Kerberonyx. These are the same enemies but they have an orange health bar, and a lot higher health with lethal attacks. These are most common in lockdown rooms or secret areas where there's a high reward.
How To Defeat Titanops
Titanops are one of the few close-range enemies in Overgrown Ruins, and they're also another mini-boss with their tanky health and buffed design. These enemies are easy to differentiate because they'll try their best to get close to you since they don't have a ranged attack.
What they do have is a jump that can go very long distances. Titanops will walk toward you for a few seconds before it suddenly jumps to slam you. W💧hile this attack looks very intimidating, you can easily dodge it by performing a dash at the correct time. Although, it deals the most damage if you get hit.
Titanops are quite a rare find in Overgrown Ruins, and they're also mostly found in lockdown rooms. If you've encountered this enemy, it's better to defeat the rest of the enemies in the room before you slowly pitch away at its health.
How To Defeat Mycomorph
Mycomorph is one of the few enemy types that can be found in the Overgrown Ruins and Crimson Wastes biome. These enemies are determined by their green tree-like design and teleportation is their specialty. Unlike other enemies, they don't need to walk around to find line-of-sight on you.
If the enemy can't see you, they'll simply teleport somewhere near you where they can and start shooting at you. The green bullets shown in the picture above are their signature, and they continuously shoot them for a few seconds. Moreover, these🔯 bullets can also partially track your character.
While they don't prefer attacking close range, they can still perform a melee attack if you get too close to them. With their high heal💫th, it can be difficult to beat these enemies.
The best thing to do if you're against a Mycomorph is to find a place where you can easily side-step their bullets and shoot them at the same time. Other than these normal enemies,💯 you will also have to defeat the final boss, Phrike, to get the Crimson Key and unlock Crimson Wastes.