Training Time

**Training TIme** is a fourth section of Chapter 2 where Utgy teaches you new mechanics that you will be able to use in battle.

## Walkthrough

In Utgy’s training session, he basically introduces three new items that all become vital going forward.

The first thing he introduces are Energy Shields. Shields work differently in this map than they normally do in Minecraft - there is no Energy Shield that you craft or upgrade. Instead, when you hold a melee weapon, an Energy Shield will automatically be placed in your offhand (similar to how when holding a ranged weapon, ammo is placed in your offhand). Holding right-click then causes it to block like normal. However, switching to any other slot that doesn’t have a melee weapon will cause the shield to disappear.

After Utgy introduces the Energy Shield, a cutscene shows Lucas being put into a small arena to try it out against a Force Field Drone, which protects itself from ranged attacks using its force field. However, when Lucas tries to run forward he is immediately shot and falls over, failing the test. You are then put in the arena instead, and have to basically defeat the Force Field Drone.

If you defeat it without dying, Utgy will summon five more Force Field Drones for you to really test your skills. Otherwise, he will move on.

The next thing he introduces are Rocket Boots. With Rocket Boots, sneaking will charge up a meter in the experience bar that gives you more jump-boost the more full the gauge is. In Desolend’s gravity, the highest you can jump with Rocket Boots is five blocks. Utgy will then lead you on a Rocket Boots course around the room. He will sometimes pause at certain ‘checkpoints’ for the player to catch up, though if the player reaches a checkpoint before Utgy he will teleport straight there and continue onwards on the course. Also, if you beat him to every checkpoint, you will complete an achivment from challenges tab

Once you reach the finish line, return to the central arena and Utgy will talk about Force Fields. There are two kinds of Force Fields - those used by the enemy, which block your ranged shots, but you can also use your own Force Fields to protect yourself from ranged shots from the enemy. A Varkem Force Field gets set up in the centre of the arena, and 10 Ranged Drones will spawn from the spawners. The best way of taking them out is to hunker down inside the Force Field and shoot them from inside. However, a bit later some Speed Drones will also pop out, which will rush up to you at close range.

Once you defeat all the mobs, Utgy will give you 3 Varkem Force Fields. After he leaves, you will unlock the recipe for the force fields as well as numerous others, including two new weapons - the Varkem Energy Blade and Plasma Rapid Blaster, both of which are far superior to anything you would have been able to get up to this point and are vital going forward.

Lucas will craft a Varkem Energy Blade himself, and will let you use the manipulator. Once you’re finished, approach him and say “Yes” to the choice that pops up, and you can both leave the training building and head over to the cafeteria.

## Equipment

You also unlock some updated recipes:

Jump Pad - Now require Varkem Metal and Laser Cells. You get 4 (upgraded from 1), so it’s still the same value for materials as the previous recipe.

The equipment you can now craft are:

Varkem Energy Blade - 12 Attack Damage, 1.6 Attack Speed, 1 Sweeping Damage. Crafted using 3 Varkem Metal, 1 Varkem Grip, 1 Varkem Energy Core.

Plasma Rapid Blaster - 6-11 Ranged Damage. Spam right-click to constantly shoot plasma bolts. Crafted using 2 Varkem Metal, 1 Varkem Grip, 1 Varkem Energy Core, 1 Varkem Barrel.

Varkem Force Field - Crafted using 1 Varkem Metal, 4 Varkem Energy Cell, in a similar shape as a compass. You get 2. They block most enemy ranged attacks, whether they come in the form of an arrow, phaser, or other projectile.

The weapons you can now obtain as drops are:

Speed Drone Arm - 9 Attack Damage, No Attack Cooldown. Gives Speed II for 5 seconds upon striking an enemy. Has a 1% chance of dropping from Speed Drones.

## Recommendations

It is recommended that you hold on to as many of your materials as you can, because collecting as many Energy and Laser Cells as you can is vital for crafting into Varkem Energy Cells and Cores, especially in Chapter 3 when more Varkem weapon recipes get unlocked.

If your inventory is getting full, dump old weapons that you’re not using anymore. You won’t need Glass Shards for the rest of the map, so you can freely dump those. Craft all of your Drone Parts and Energy Cells into Metal and Laser Cells respectively. If you have 1-3 Drone Parts or Energy Cells left over after crafting, dump them. Drones from this point of the map onward don’t drop those items anymore, instead only dropping Combat Drone Parts and Laser Cells.

When you unlock the Varkem Energy Blade and Plasma Rapid Blaster, it is recommended to craft the Plasma Rapid Blaster first. It can be difficult to fight the final boss of Chapter 2 without it (spoiler alert: It’s a flying boss, and with just the Laser Blaster it can take a long time to take down). A free Varkem Energy Core can be found in one of the Storage Compartments on level 2 of the Main Operations Building (though it requires either Jump-Pads or Rocket Boots to access).

You may wish to skip the Varkem Energy Blade, since melee weapons aren’t hugely vital for the rest of Chapter 2, and you will unlock other melee weapons to craft in Chapter 3 that you may wish to spend your resources on instead.