The Reaper will not hesitate to kill you so use every advantage you have. If you like to fight by light, bring a bed in your Cyclops. Other notes: This fight will last for at least a day. The only time he did not die on the fifth fight was when I used a drill arm as one of my arms, that is why I do not recommend the drill. Then, deploy in your Prawn.Ĭontinue this part until the Reaper is dead. Move directly towards him and hit silent running, find a spot near the bottom then cut the engine. I had the misfortune of having one Reaper lead me towards another, so you must be careful, but you can find him. And sometimes it is not clear where he has gone. Maneuver your Cyclops over towards the Reaper. Once you get back in the bay of the Cyclops, your Prawn will be automatically repaired as long as you have the repair bay mod (and in a matter of seconds) and you can reposition your sub to be closer to the fight. Do not depend on luck and instead flee to your Cyclops. The second takes me to 23%, if I am lucky. I have sometimes survived two attacks from the Reaper. When he lets you go you must A) ensure you do not fall into a crevasse that you cannot escape from, B ) know where your Cyclops is in relation to you so you can head towards it, C) see what direction the Reaper is swimming in, and D) do not get grabbed by the Reaper a second time. This is the most difficult part of the fight. I have not, yet, taken 100% damage from the Reaper in a single grapple. Sometimes he will do only 27%, but I have had him inflict up to 90%. Be sure you are attacking with both claws for the duration of his grasp. Keep facing your opponent and wait for him to come grab you.įight. Once you hit the bottom find the Reaper and face him. Once you start fighting the Reaper you do not need to hear him anyways.ĭeploy the Prawn. Once you have found the beast, if you are scared of him, I recommend you turn off the sound (he sounds terrifying) and put on some fighting music. You must be able to reach your Cyclops again. When you chose your parking spot, do so carefully. Then, find a place near the bottom to park your Cyclops, being sure to turn off the engine. Switch to silent running so it does not attack. You can tell they are close by their calls. They often appear suddenly as they load in. The repair bay is essential for this strategy.įind a Reaper. And you will need a repair bay mod for your Cyclops. They do not help against the Reaper, but when it drops you in a nest of bone sharks, you will be glad you are so heavily armored. Drill arms seem to damage the Reaper, but claws seem to do more damage in my experiences. It is indeed heroic, but that scares the everloving crap out of me. There are videos of heroes fighting the reaper with nothing but the seaglide, stasis rifle and knife. It is now dead, and I now explore in peace. Always I was looking over my shoulder for it. For me, one spawned at the upside-down life pod near the Aurora and I had no chance of exploring it without facing the Reaper. I developed this strategy out of necessity. If you ever wanted to know how you're supposed to face one of those beasts, and kill it, read on. But now I have a reliable strategy for killing the Reaper (at least as of Voice of the Deep patch). These things have terrorized me since I started playing this game over 80 hours ago.
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