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Hello, i am pretty new to the game and i just manage to reach the boss once in NORMAL mode. Then i was destroyed.
The challenge in NORMAL seems to me to be about how much scrap you manage to grab and use for upgrade.
For this first run to sector 8, i had less than 1000 scrap, a good portion of which was consumed by repairs on sector 6/7. This means that all the shiny strategy for the boss on this forum are moot because i just do no have the money to have shield lvl 3+ cloacking + teleport + door 3+ O2 lvl 2 + weapon lvl 6 etc...
Money was super tight during all the run, and usually in stores i had to spend my money on repaires/some fuel and forget about buying cool weapons/systems.

I realize it the difficulty: you need to avoid damage at all stage even if it does not kills you immediatly, because the resource drain will leave you underequipped/ underupgraded for the later stages.

But out of curiosity, how much scrap do you manage to harvest during a sucessful run in NORMAL? how much of this scrap goes to repair and how much to upgrade ?

After reaching the boss on this run , I started a run on EASY for the first time, and i feel like i am drowning in cash, not only because of the greater rewards, but also because its much easier to avoid damage and so to save cash

On average: ~1,800 - 2,600

I don't spent scraps on repair that much these days unless it was a really unlucky run— The game really is about being able to stay ahead of the curve; being able to recognize what gives you an ability to do this and able to take an advantage of it in the right moment is the key to success in this game.



PS. I got about ~1,200 scraps in my first NORMAL win, with LV. 2 Shields and 3 Engines.

What ship were you using?

I find the key to saving scrap is to avoid taking damage in the first place. Boarding makes a huge difference as well.

Around 2000. Very little of that is spent on repairs. Less than 100 I would guess but I don't know for sure. Make sure you don't leave a sector before you absolutely must.

Thanks; i do realize that the key is not spending too much on repair but i was curious about some numbers.
i tried boarding a bit for the first time on my run on EASY, and i now begin to understand how great it can be;

Last run I received 2723 scrap, but I do push the limit as I try to maximize beacons meaning I'm often jumping through 2 or 3 rebel fleets to reach the exit after the last beacon in a given sector. As a result I probably throw 150-200 at hull repairs, a fair bit of that from jumping through the fleets. I board as often as possible when I finally get a teleporter, but even before that, any ship that can merely scratch me, I'll try to suffocate out. Pop the O2, wait for it to get repaired and pop it again. Repeat til they die or you can't help but destroy the ship. Works particularly well on Mantis ships as the Mantis crew take a very long time to repair anything. Gives the same reward as boarding.

I would say anywhere between 1900-2100 is typical. I've won with as low as ~1600 though.

2303 is my personal record. I did use boarding tactics in the last 4 sectors, so I think anything from 1500-2500 is probably what you'd normally get.

just had my first win on easy, with around 2000 scrap, and indeed it felt like enough as long a only a small portion goes to repairs. I think on my normal run, i wanted to surivive until i meet the boss so i was too cautious in sector 7, plus I never boarded. Boarding is really cool for more money

I just got a normal run where I got really screwed on scrap... I had mantis B and no weapons at all until sector 6, but I killed nearly every ship I came across before that sector. After that I speedran remaining sctors to find weapons from stores, which didn't go so well. But after all I died in last stand, and in whole run I managed to collect only under 750 scrap with TWO scrap recovery arms I got before sector 3, while visiting 89 beacons. FuFTL