Return of the Rotwieners

## Overview

**Return of the Rotwieners** is a Halloween-themed adventure mode. It is a Roguelike Survival Horror game with various quests for the player to complete.

This article contains potential **spoilers**.

## Lobby

Before starting, you will enter a lobby; you can save three different file for playing ROTR, as well as set the difficulty for your run. You can also choose whether to start the game with a brief tutorial. Difficulty levels are:

 Classic

## Gameplay

The player starts with zero items in their quickbelt every time they open the scene or after they die, regardless of progress. You will have to scavenge for weapons in the game world, or else complete quests to unlock weapons from friendly NPCs that will remain unlocked on future runs.

### Ammo

Unless you are on Arcade difficulty, you will need to collect and conserve ammo. Every town and several NPC stations has ammo stations you can use. To get ammo, place your magazines or weapon beneath the station and it will tell you what randomly selected loading (e.g. FMJ, 00 Buckshot, etc) of the cartridge that it will give you.

### Enemies

The vast majority of enemies are Rotwieners, which can be potentially dangerous if they gang up on the player, or if the more specialized variants are encountered. There are other enemies as well, though they are less prominent, such as Skulkers, Prospectors or Pacification Squads who are not zombies, and thus act more intelligently and can use firearms. Lots of other dangers can be encountered, including traps or Turburgerts. Situational awareness and threat assessment are crucial, and the player should look out for fliers indicating potential threats whenever they enter a new area.

Bear in mind, different variants of Rotwieners have specific traits (i.e. weak to melee, bullet resistance, etc), so weapons or strategies that are effective against some Rotwieners may not work as well on others. If a particular enemy is too difficult to kill, you may need to change your strategy. Keep in mind that shooting enemies in their bottom link tends to stun or cripple them, slowing them down and making them easier to fight with melee weapons or escape from them.

### Quests

Completing quests allow the player to permanently unlock weapons and equipment at the quest giver's location. Quest progress is saved between runs, so even if a player's inventory is wiped (either by dying or reopening the scene), they can still reequip themselves. This also applies to purchased weapons. Completing quests also counts toward the player's final rewards after reaching the end goal of Return of the Rotwieners.

### Resources

Along the way, you'll be able to collect crafting items by eating them, and then retrieving said items by vomiting them out. Crafting items are saved between runs, unless you are on Hardcore mode. There are three kinds of crafting items:

Crafting Resources
 Banger Component

### Loot

The player starts every run with a .22 caliber pistol, one of the weakest weapons that they can equip. Completing various quests will reliably reward the player with useful weapons and equipment, though the player can also find items in the world or purchase weapons from the shops in Wienerton.

Loot Container
 Case
 Locker
Most may have break action shotguns or two-hand melee weapons
Some on radio towers have SMGs
 Cooler
Red Lumberjack Cans in the Wienerton Ruins

## Guide

The game has a Main questline that the player must finish to "complete" a run; upon completion, the player can return to their save file at any time to explore or else finish any side quests and challenges they may have missed. If you've unlocked any weapons after completing a challenge, you will receive them after a run completion. See the Quest Guide for more info.

The ROTR map is very large and has many different areas. See the Map for more info.

For the prices of different shops in Wienerton, please see the below table:

Wienerton Shops
 Josh Wiener | En Passant
 Mary Wiener | General Store
 Shelley Wiener | Mechanic

## Videos

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## Trivia

* Return of the Rotwieners was developed in two parts; the initial phase was implemented on Halloween 2018 with most of the map and quests completed; phase 2 was implemented in Halloween of 2019 with the completion of the game mode. Not only was the map finished, but there was also a complete overhaul to the crafting system, some quests were polished, and new enemy types were introduced.
* The "Return" refers to the fact that the original Rise of the Rotwieners map had been removed due to being very outdated.

## See Also

* Return of the Rotwieners/Lore