False Summer

For Grove-caller in The Fen Hydra (Fenmarsh, room 30). This guide earns False Summer. The Steam and mobile builds track achievements; the web build does not.

Not filmed yet. This route was checked by replaying it through the game’s own achievement judge, which awarded the achievement, but no video of it exists. The turn list below is read from that replay.

The rule

In The Fen Hydra (room 30) No hydra head spawns. At least one Thorn burst or Venom thorn cast damages the Hydra. At every non-burn positive HP-damage event against the Hydra, burning is active at the moment that hit would split it. Status burn ticks are permitted even on their final tick when the burn has just run out. Win.

Before you begin

The verified run used the Grove-caller kit after 29 draft picks, one for each earlier room, in the order below. Every pick is one the game offered at that point. A different draft gives a different kit, and the script may then need changes.

The script

face up
cast venom thorn
face up
cast vine tug
face up
cast thorn whip
face up
cast venom thorn
face up
cast vine tug
repeat 2:
    face up
    cast thorn whip

Enter it exactly as shown, keeping the indentation, and press Play. The verified run took 7 turns, 16 executed instructions and 13 rows and finished with 48 HP.

Turn by turn

1. Turn 1: Cast Venom thorn. Venom thorn hits the Fen Hydra for 2; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2.
2. Turn 2: Cast Vine tug. Vine tug hits the Fen Hydra for 5; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2.
3. Turn 3: Cast Thorn whip. Thorn whip hits the Fen Hydra for 7; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2.
4. Turn 4: Cast Venom thorn. Venom thorn hits the Fen Hydra for 2; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2.
5. Turn 5: Cast Vine tug. Vine tug hits the Fen Hydra for 5; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2; Thorns hits the Fen Hydra for 1.
6. Turn 6: Cast Thorn whip. Thorn whip hits the Fen Hydra for 7; Burning hits the Fen Hydra for 2; Thorns hits the Fen Hydra for 1.
7. Turn 7: Cast Thorn whip. Thorn whip hits the Fen Hydra for 6 and it dies.

What to watch

• Venom thorn is cast on turns 1 and 4. Burning damage shows up on turns 1 to 6, so every direct hit lands while the Hydra is burning.
• The rule fails if any hydra head spawns, and every non-burn hit on the Hydra has to land while it burns. The verified run kills the Hydra in 7 turns and keeps 48 HP.
• The final Thorn whip on turn 7 kills the Hydra with no burn tick in that turn's log.

If it does not unlock

The achievement is checked on a replay of a won run. Win the room with a script that follows the rule above; a run that does not meet every clause wins the room and earns nothing.