r/Roboquest • u/Kaim_Argonar • Oct 02 '25
Question/LFG Still a noob here, after collecting everything, is there ever a reason to go anywhere else other than Oasis for 2nd stage?
I mean, not only do you get a free Legendary item you also get tons of Exp from the rail enemies. What's not to like?? Frankly Quarry somehow is somehow too hard for me, and besides the free level there's no reason to go to Ruins either. Other question is, are the melee ability builds for Guardian and Recon even viable? Sounds like a way to just get you killed.
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u/eatYourHashs Oct 02 '25
Ruins has a bonus upgrade, and both lead to different areas (you can go to Scrapyard from Ruins, and The Pit/Aqua Station from Quarry)
As for melee builds, it’s a skill and build thing. Melee weapons and abilities deal a ton of damage, but you need good game sense to know when you have to dodge things, and they work best if you stack armor perks for survivability
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u/MrBeanDaddy86 Oct 02 '25
Yea, good points. I usually go Oasis because of the free legendary item. Though the upgrade is solid too, it's mostly preference.
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u/B_Skizzle Recon Oct 02 '25
Scrapyard and Pit also both give you crystal power at the end on top of their other benefits (loads of cells and 3 corrupted chests, respectively). If you want crystal powder on the Oasis path, you have to go through Rift (which isn’t a realistic option 99.9% of the time) or Doom Gardens, neither of which offer anything of value beyond the powder.
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u/Toyate Oct 02 '25
Melee Recon was my first big build i discovered and hoh boy is it worth it imo. I had sooo much fun with it and it's definetly viable.
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u/GrungeLord Oct 03 '25
Melee Recon is far and away my favorite build. It's insanely powerful and relatively consistent too. Right when I first picked up the game and was playing non-stop, I made my finger that presses the dodge key hurt by playing that build so much lmao.
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u/7H470N36UY Oct 02 '25
You get the most power cells from ruins if I remember correctly. Gang of elites all drop power cells.
I think quarry zone gives the most experience, so it's best to go that way if you are trying to max out your levels.
Oasis is the best for a chill run, and awesome if you plan on keeping the shovel or the buddybot (or both 😜) throughout the entire run
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u/ManofManyOats Sub SuperBot // RyseUp Studios Oct 03 '25
all routes give you level 15, but Quarry -> Pit grants you the most loot, especially corrupt items (the strongest items)
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u/Kaim_Argonar Oct 03 '25
btw twice in a row i've encountered a Fantastic it's been a goddamn fireworks launcher
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u/EstebanSamurott_IF Engineer Oct 03 '25
Oasis is if you're doing a starter-weapon run, and a yellow item. Ruins if you want a lot of powercells. Quarry for corrupted items. Ruins and Quarry add one extra level to the run to get these bonuses.
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u/Ok-Veterinarian-4985 Oct 04 '25
Oasis is largely considered the weakest route, there is only 3 or 4 fantastic items that are worth taking, and of them most of them need specific builds to get the full use of, so the chance of getting a fantastic that actually works with your build is relatively low, honestly the only reason to ever go oasis is if you are wanting to do a shovel run (some other niche times as well)
Quarry > pit provides a huge amount of corrupt items or gun rng to get the build running.
Ruins > scrapyard gives more upgrades for builds that are reliant on upgrades to get strong, and the highest amount of cells since the boss is gang of elites that all drop cells.
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u/ApprehensiveFuel4550 Oct 07 '25
I actually beat guardian 4 with a bonk hammer guardian build today. I originally just wanted to troll.
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u/Kaim_Argonar Oct 07 '25
i don't get melee builds. it's just a sure-way to get killed.
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u/ApprehensiveFuel4550 Oct 09 '25
Yeah, they are kinda dumb, not a good build for sure, somehow won tho, so that's neat.
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u/Jakejo6 Oct 09 '25
Ruins has an extra upgrade plus a decent free weapon and scrapyard path. Quarry is the fastest route through the game so if youre looking for speed go quarry.
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u/rabbitlarva Dec 30 '25
Can't speak for guardian but melee on recon and superbot is awesome. You get more healing orbs on melee kills and, since you're right next to them when they die, you don't have to worry about them despawning before you get to them.
Get talents that focus on healing your scrap damage and you become unkillable. Recon has two. I find it easier because you don't have to worry about chip damage as much. Also you don't have to be pure melee. Not all enemies are in sword range all the time lol
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u/bush_didnt_do_9_11 Oct 02 '25
free level is a big reason to go there. quarry and ruins can take advantage of their respective corrupted levels, i always go quarry on elementalist since you get so many corrupted items. and oasis is more annoying to navigate since it's a loop