Outriders - Things You Didn't Know Your Could Do

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How to get Legendary Weapons in Outriders isn't as obvious as you would think and the game doesn't tell you about auto loot pickup, crossplay. Hiding your helmet or how long the game is either. We've put together a handy video to explain all these hidden features.
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00:00Outriders, the game that everyone thought was going to be rubbish, has turned out to
00:08not be half bad. However, there are some really annoying things that the game doesn't tell
00:14you about at all that would have been really helpful, like automatically picking up loot.
00:20You can cross play across different consoles with your friends, doesn't tell you how to
00:23do that, doesn't tell you what the level caps are, or how to farm legendary weapons, and
00:28most importantly, if you make a sexy as hell thirst trap Gandalf in the game, only for
00:33a helmet to hide all that sexiness, you can get rid of the helmet and keep all the benefits
00:37it gives you so your character can smoulder at enemies while you shoot them. Now, if you
00:42know some of these things already and you just want to jump to the bit you don't know,
00:46there should be some timings below so you can skip ahead if you want.
00:49So looting Outriders is actually really easy to miss because it can just drop behind some
00:53of the barricades or the cover that you can use, and it's also quite hard to pick up during
00:57a frenetic firefight. So to save you running around each area after you've cleared it,
01:01Outriders has a way for you to automatically pick it all up. It just doesn't really tell
01:06you about it. All you have to do is press down on the D-pad or H on the keyboard and
01:11all that loot, keys and ammo will zip into your inventory. It also automatically picks
01:16up the loot when you die or move into another area, so this is all just automatic, it just
01:20never tells you it's doing it, so you might worry that you're missing out on loot.
01:25There is one setting you do need to look at though, and that's the rarity or type
01:29of loot it will pick up. Strangely, when you start the game the level of loot it will auto
01:33pick up is epic, which is mental because you'll never see an epic loot drop at the start of
01:38the game anyway, so I don't know why it's set that high. We'd suggest putting the setting
01:42down to common at the start of the game so you basically just pick up everything, and
01:45then when your inventory starts to get full or more and more greens start to drop, tick
01:49that up to unusual and then you definitely won't miss out on any goodies.
01:54What's great about Outriders is that you can play with your friends on any platform,
01:57PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, S, PC and even Google Stadia. From the lobby menu open
02:03the options and scroll down the gameplay section until you find enable crossplay. This is off
02:09by default so make sure you turn it on. Now go back to the lobby and select play with
02:13friends on the right hand side of the screen. In the bottom left of the next menu there
02:18will be two options, generate your game code or join a game using code. If you're hosting
02:23a lobby you simply need to generate your game code and then tell your friends what
02:27it is. If someone else is hosting then they just need to tell you what their code is.
02:31It's as simple as that. So what about Outriders cross progression within games? So you can't
02:36jump between different consoles or PC and keep your progress unfortunately. The silver
02:41lining is as long as you stay within the same family of consoles, upgrading from a PS4 to
02:46a PS5 for example, you'll keep the same progression and gear on that account. So you
02:50don't need to worry about picking up the latest generation of consoles and losing
02:53your progress. So my sexy Gandalf character doesn't go to waste. You can hide your character's
03:00equipped helmet. Thankfully that doesn't remove any of the associated mods, armour
03:05or anomaly power boosts that come with it. It's just the visual effects that are removed
03:09leaving that beautiful Outrider face uncovered for all of Enoch to see. Now to do this go
03:14to settings, options, gameplay options and helmet. Here you'll be able to toggle the
03:19visibility of your helmet between on and off with ease. At least once you know where
03:23the setting is because it's kind of weird that that's where it's hidden within and
03:27again it's something else that the game doesn't really tell you you can do. Now obviously
03:31if you don't have a character as sexy as mine and you want to cover that face with
03:34a helmet or there is a helmet that you've just picked up that completes the look then
03:38obviously you can go back into the settings to toggle the hide helmet option on again
03:42too. So on average the Outriders main campaign takes around 25 to 30 hours to complete and
03:48that's assuming that you're just completing it with one character ignoring all the side
03:52missions and just doing the main campaign religiously. So it's that perfect length
03:57of letting you get your teeth into the game to see if you like it and offering loads of
04:01replayability with different classes, new abilities, legendary weapons and replaying
04:06missions at higher world tiers to get better loot. And another thing the game doesn't
04:11tell you is that the level cap is 30 so if you're getting into the high 20s you're
04:15nearing the end game for that character. As you'd expect the best way to farm legendary
04:20weapons is down to a bit of grinding however you'll want to be at least world tier 5
04:25before you start trying to farm. At world tier 5 the chance of a legendary drop is 25%
04:31and if the other tier is lower than that then you'll be putting in a bunch of work for
04:34little chance of a reward. Obviously the higher you get in tiers the better. So now that you're
04:39at world tier 5 and killing things with ease the way to farm legendaries is just as easy
04:44as playing a side quest mission over and over again. You're going to be looking for
04:48the mission called Payback. You'll get the mission from Aubrey Storm who you'll find
04:52by the main path just near the crossroads warp flag. Talk to her and then make your
04:56way through the mission to kill Captain Reiner. Each run shouldn't take longer than 5-7 minutes
05:01and when you turn in the quest to Audrey you have a good chance of getting a legendary
05:05weapon. You can do the quest as many times as you want to farm legendaries until you
05:10get one you're really happy with. And with a 25% chance at world tier 5 of getting legendaries
05:15those chances aren't too bad for a 5-7 minute run. So hopefully this hidden little tips
05:20video has helped you get the most out of Outriders and get some great legendary weapons nice
05:24and early.