Choo-Choo Charles – Nightmare Survival Guide

A survival guide to get you through the early/mid game on the Nightmare difficulty consistently.

How to Survive on Nightmare Difficulty

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Preparation

Starting off, lets go over what is needed before the first fight.

• Level 5 in ALL stats (yes, that includes speed).
• Bug Spray (yes, its still broken even after being nerfed).
• Also, just a heads up, this will work regardless of RNG (ie. no need for boxes of scrap to spawn).

1. As soon as Eugene gets killed, continue forward and take a left at the intersection. As you pass it, make sure to flip the switch.
2. Make your way to Tony Tiddle and do his quest. This will give you 9 scrap.
3. Once your back to your train, upgrade your speed twice.
4. Back up to the intersection and then go right till you reach Candice.
5. Do Candice’s quest to get 9 more scrap.
6. Go behind Candice’s house and head to Lizbeth Murkwater
7. Do Lizbeth’s quest. Don’t forget the loose scrap in her house, on the dock, and the two on the island.
8. Make your way back to the train and upgrade your speed to level 5. From here, with any scrap you get, upgrade either of the other upgrades till they are level 5.
9. Make your way to Daryl to get the lock picks. There are 6 loose scrap you should grab: One in each of the containers, one behind the house on a table, one in the camp behind his house, and one inside the house.
10. Do Daryl’s quest.
11. Here is where you will need to start worrying about Charles. If you hear the whistle, wait him out inside a house.
12. Once its safe, make your way to Helen and get the quest for the first egg. Make sure to grab the scrap on her deck as well as the three in the covered area. You can also hide there if Charles comes.
13. Make your way to Sgt. Flint and do the quest for Bug Spray. Make sure to grab the 5 loose scrap you can find: One in front of the fence on the path, one on the stairs, one to the left of the water tower, one in the burning house, and one in front of Flints house.

From here, you should have everything you need as well as some backup scrap.

First Fight (As well as any other fight)

Here is how the fight will go down:

• Use Bug Spray in SMALL bursts. It should be cooling down more then its burning up when using it.
• When Charles get far away for any reason, he will build up momentum. Use Bug Spray till it is as red as can be before over heating. That should prevent him from hitting your train. After that, ease up and let it cool while still shooting the occasional burst just to keep him burning and slowed.
• If you begin outrunning him (more common once you have more speed) aim the bursts of fire at the tracks. This will slow him down enough that he can’t hit the train before getting back into a stun lock.
• If he DOES hit through the fire and blacks out your train (its rare, but it happened to me once) then overheat Bug Spray, run over and repair your train to max, then return and get bug spray bright red. This should allow you to get your speed back and make some ground so you can continue the fight as normal.

If you have extra scrap from lucky boxes, then I recommend putting it into speed. This will decrease the chances of Charles hitting you through the fire damage.