Good start | Crafting and trading Underrail Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

At the beginning, you should spend some time to complete the tutorial. It won't take long, just a few minutes and you will get a good grip of the most important aspects, like character controls, using weapons, melee fighting, hacking devices or opening locks. After that, you can enter the game.

You start in your room, which doesn't look very impressive, but there are a lot of items here. Make sure that you check every shelf, cupboard and the desk. Take a look at the computer and read the massages. To make things easier, you can toggle item names (Tab). After colleting all the necessary items, leave the room and head to the elevator. Select level 3.

The person that you need to talk to is Hadrian Tanner, who will explain to you the current situation in the base. It is good to spend some time and learn about the world of UnderRail. Tanner will tell you to pick up a weapon from the armory level and you will also receive the first quest connected to generators located in several camps in the caves below the base. Before you head out, look around the rooms as you may find some useful items. Remember to go to the kitchen to pick up some meat. It will be useful later in the game. When you finish exploring, head to the elevator and select level 6.

Here you will find doctor Pasquale, who is a sort of a mad scientist experimenting on human psychic. You can get some valuable information about psi from him and he will also offer you a pill that will unlock the power of your mind (NOTE! Learning psi power will cost you 25% HP so before you decide to do it, consider if you're really going to use it). If you chose to learn it, take the pill. Something will go wrong on the way, but you will live. Pasquale will give you some information on psi trainers that you can find in the base. You will surely need their help. First, head to level 2 for some weapon.

Now you need to talk to Lucas, who will want to give you some old gun instead of a new pistol, but you're not so easily cheated. Tell him about it and he will change his mind. Now head to level 8 to continue with the story.

You need to talk to Jonas, who apparently knows something about generators, because he tells you a few useful tips. Moreover, he will give you an item that will enable you to complete the mission. Don't leave this level but look around instead. There may be some shelves or cupboards to search. Head to the room on the other side of this level.

Here you will find an NPC named Ezra. The man was exposed to toxic substances which made him look a bit weird. He is one of the psi skills teacher that the doctor told you about. When talking to Ezra, you should mention that you know that he can teach you something. After that, you need to resist his attempt to influence your mind. A clash of minds between you two will occur. The screen will bluer and your hero will end up on a...

Mysterious island in the middle of a lake! You will see an enemy that you need to deal with. It is best to use a melee weapon, because it can easily resists bullets or bolts. Before you start fighting, try to collect all the mushrooms located near the enemy (press Tab). The most important mushroom, the blue one, is a valuable ingredient for making Psi Boosters.

After the fight, you will wake up in your room, but you now have a new psi ability - Neural Overload. Congratulations! You've just learned your first psi ability and what's more, you didn't even have to pay for it! Now it's time to learn something more, so head to the elevator and select level 1.

After reaching the location, look around and check if there are any useful items. It is good to first head to the underground passage between the platforms. Next, head right to another location, where you will find Bisson, the second teacher. You should ask him about Telekinetic Punch.

Paying 50 credits for this ability is certainly worth it. Telekinetic Punch deals quite a lot of damage and also stuns the target for 1 turn. After learning new psi ability, head to the elevator and select level 8 to meet another teacher.

Talk to Quinton, who will tell you something about the experiments that he's running. It just so happens that he needs a sample from the body of one of the monsters living in the caves. You were going to go there anyway. For your help, he will teach you a new psi ability for free (if your Persuasion is high enough, you can negotiate two abilities instead of one!). Moreover, Quinton will be so nice that he will allow you to take his crossbow and bolts. You will find them in a cupboard in the corner on the right. Take the weapon before Quinton changes his mind and head to the elevator to go to level 9.

First, head south. You will reach a small location with some useful items in the middle of it. Before you start taking things, close the door so that the guards and patrol robots can't see you.

When you're done exploring, talk to Malcolm, who will give you a pass and open the ate for you so that you can start completing your first quest. He will also explain the procedures connected to returning to the base.

In the next location, you will find Old Jonas, who will tell you a lot about the caves that you are currently in. You can also ask him about the monsters living here, about their strong and weak sides. You can offer him your help and look for a watch that he lost. It is good to agree to this quest, because you can complete it on the way.

Before you head north to gather samples for Quinton, make sure that you equipped the crossbow and are using Putrefying Bolts, without which you will be unable to complete this mission. When your hero is prepared, you can go north. Go to the next location and fight with the first enemy.

Start the battle from attacking it using the bolts mentioned earlier. Then, finish the infected enemy in any way that you want. After the fight, you should see a sample in the opponent's body. Take everything and return to level 8.

Talk to Quinton, give him the sample and ask if he could teach you something. First, choose Cryokinesis and when the NPC asks you to pay for it, remind him that he promised to teach your for free.

Your hero just learned another ability that deals cold damage and slows down the enemies that it hits. You now have a ranged weapon and you've probably already found something for melee fighting. Moreover, you have 3 psi abilities that you can use. You are now ready for adventure!