Infestation Origins Beginners Guide – Weapons, Perks and Bosses

Infestation: Origins is an indie survival horror game where you have to destroy Steamboat Willie among other creatures. Since you don’t get too much of a tutorial, you might be looking for some helpful tips to get you started.

Things to know before starting Infestation Origins

The basic cycle through indie horror games usually takes time to complete, and Infestation: Origins is no different. Here are each of the steps to get you a completed contract.

• Select a load. Change weapons, clothes and traps.
• Select a contract.
• Once in the contract, you will collect key cards to enter new locations.
• Each new location must be cleared of enemies and generate points
• Find a fuse and place it in the fuse box for the area you just cleaned.
• Find another key card for that area.
• Open the maintenance room for that area.
• Use a crank on the pipes in the maintenance area to clean it completely.
• Repeat those steps for all areas.
• As soon as you start unlocking later levels, it will release Willie into the map, and he will chase you. Opening the Common Room in level 1 will free Willie.
• Once all areas are clear, you will be able to remove Willie and finish the contract.

In the Willie level, the first four key cards always appear in the same four places. They will always be the same four keys in the same places, but all the rest of the keys will have random locations.

• The first key will always be in the Control Room on the desk with all the fuel containers. This is the main A Keycard.
• The key card to enter B is on a cart in room A. If you enter the room, it will be on the right side.
• The key card to utility room A will be just inside section B on the floor to the left.
• The key card to the Common Room will be in utility room A in the very center of the room.

All unlockable items and weapons

There are currently four total weapons in the game, two upgrades to each of those weapons, traps and outfits. Each costs money to unlock. You can unlock one of three better fuel tanks and install one of three upgrades.

• poison: Starting Gun – A base gun with average overall stats.
  • Fuel tank +: $50. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank ++: $300. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank +++: $650. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Long Scent: $150. +2 second DoT, but -25% overall damage.
  • Paralyzing Agent: $550. +10% chance to paralyze, -25% overall damage.
  • Contagion: $750. +20% spread chance between enemies, -20% overall damage.
• Flamethrower: $200 – Lots of damage, but the flamethrower has low fuel efficiency.
  • Fuel tank +: $50. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank ++: $300. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank +++: $650. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Turn on the Heat: $600. +15% damage, +15% fuel use.
  • Continued Impressive: $900. +2 second DoT, -25% damage.
  • Supervised Burn: $1200. -20% fuel cost, -10% spray area.
• Zapper: $400 – Zaps rats quickly and hits pretty hard.
  • Fuel tank +: $50. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank ++: $300. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank +++: $650. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Go Electric: $ 950. -20% cost of fuel, -10% damage.
  • Showstopper: $1250. +20% stun chance, -20% damage.
  • Static Shock: $1550. +30% spread chance, -30% damage.
• Cry gun: $800 – Slow but has some powerful stopping abilities. Freezes enemies.
  • Fuel tank +: $50. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank ++: $300. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • Fuel tank +++: $650. Increases fuel capacity and increases recharge time.
  • frost: $1100. +15% slow enemies, +20% fuel cost.
  • Deep Freeze: $1350. 10% chance to freeze, -15% damage.
  • Snow storm: $1600. +20% spray width, +20% damage, -10% spray length.

The second thing you can buy and unlock are the different traps and their upgrades. There are three different traps, each with three upgrades that you can purchase. You can only have one update on a trap at a time.

• bear trap: Starting a trap. $25 for additional traps. Extra traps lost on death.
  • Sharp Teeth: $350. +20% damage, -30% trap duration.
  • Reinforced Jaws: $1000. +30% trap duration, -20% damage.
  • Coated Spikes: $1400. +3 second DoT, +25% traps break early.
• Area Spray Trap: $250. Extra traps lost on death.
  • Extended Nozzle: $700. +20% dash length, -20% rotation speed.
  • Rapid Diffusion: $1150. +20% rotation speed, -20% splash length.
  • Concentrated Burn: $1450. +50% damage, -10% spray duration.
• Lantern Trap: $750. Extra traps lost on death.
  • Tesla Coil: $1050. +20% stun chance, +20% recharge time.
  • Increased Voltage: $1300. +20% damage, -25% detection radius.
  • Fatal Attraction: $1500. +25% detection radius, -20% damage.

In addition to the seven starting suit colors, there are around 60 unlockable suits. These range from $50 to $275; they do nothing for you except change the color of your suit.

How to unlock Goodies

There is a list of benefits in the upper left side of the open menu. While you will start with Tier 1 unlocked, you will need to unlock the next four tiers by completing contracts and playing the game. More info coming soon on the benefits!

• Tier I Haste
  • Clever: +20% recharge speed.
  • Healing Touch: +20% healing from Medkits.
  • interactive: +20% interaction speed.
• Tier II View – unlocks at level 4.
  • locksmith:
  • resourceful:
  • Priority:
• Tier III Pest Off – unlocks at level 9.
  • peppermint:
  • Insect Hope:
  • All-purpose:
• Tier IV Weapons Expert – unlocks at level 16.
  • Hot Shot:
  • Cry specialist:
  • electrified:
• Tier V Teamwork – unlocks at level 25.
  • Encouragement:
  • Cover Fire:
  • Super Numbers:
• Tier VI Ignorance is Bliss – unlocks at level 36.
  • Bear Hug:
  • Dauntless:
  • landed:
• Level VII Heavy Hitter – unlocks at level 49.
  • Firepower:
  • Effective Bracing:
  • Durable:

Best loadout in Infestation: Origins

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• a weapon
  • Flamethrower
    • Wide-tip Nozzle (+20% Spray Width / -20% Spray Length)
    • Fuel tank+++ (+30% Fuel Capacity / -30% Recharge Time)
    • Modifier: Checked Burn (-20% Fuel Cost / -10% Spray Area)
• Advantages
  • Level I: Haste – Agile (Turn 20% Recharge Speed)
  • Level II: Sight – Locksmith (Keys and key cards are highlighted through walls when you are nearby)
  • Level III: Pest Off – Peppermint (rats slow down by 20% when you are near)
  • Level IV: Weapon Expert – Hotshot (Deal 10% increased damage when using Flamethrower)
  • Level V: Teamwork – Covering Fire (Take 10% less damage from pests for a nearby teammate)
• Trap
  • Area Sprayer
    • Upgrade: Extended Nozzle (+20% Spray length / -20% Rotation Speed)

Holding objects and using them

You can hold up to three different types of objects at once. You have room for one med, one extra fuel canister and one fuse or crank. You can also hold down as many keys as you want at the same time.

• Medkits are automatically used.
• You can hold more than one key card, but key cards are only used once.
• When inserting fuses, be sure to aim for the correct chamber or you may waste it. It will not automatically go into the location of the room you just vacated.
• You can only hold one crank or one fuse at a time.

How to kill bosses

You can’t kill Willie or the Moth Man without clearing all the areas first, but you can drive them away. The best way to drive them off is to use your weapon; most traps don’t work the same as just firing a weapon at them to get them off your back.

Fastest way to earn money in Infestation: Origins

There is no real quick way to make money in Infestation: Origins. The only thing you can do to get coin is to complete contracts. You don’t get partial money for half-completing contracts, so make sure you do the contract easy enough for you to complete it. I wouldn’t recommend picking up yellow or red contracts until you can buy some upgrades for your weapon. Contracts have five different metrics, and each metric can have a level from one to five (one being the easiest while five is the highest.

• Pest Health: Health bar from non-boss enemies.
• Reaction: How quickly non-boss enemies respawn in nests.
• Nest quantity: How many nests there are in which pests will respawn.
• Pest Speed: How fast the enemies move around the map.
• Nest growth: How hard it is to break the nests with your weapons.

The easiest of all the contracts will have a green label on them, and they will set you back around $270. There are also orange contracts that medium difficulty, then hard contracts are red. The highest difficulty red contracts can draw almost $600 for Willie’s level.

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