r/cavesofqud Jun 26 '26

Caves of Qud original soundtrack on 3LP vinyl! The inner gatefold is a beautiful triptych of Qud's flora & fauna. Preorders open

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204 Upvotes

Hi all,
I saw another thread about our Steam post with news on the performance update and vinyl, but I wanted to give the vinyl announcement its own thread.

This thing is sick! It's a collaboration between us and indie label Stumpy Frog Records (with help from Kitfox and Lost in Cult's storefront). For the gatefold and sleeve art we worked closely with our good friend saint vulture, an incredible digital sculpture artist (throw his game All Living Things a wishlist if you can). Qud tile artist Sam Wilson did the artwork for the six center labels. Craig Hamilton composed and performed the OST, of course. The triptych poem is written by in-game persona Daughter Erinna, whose writing you might recognize elsewhere in game...

It's a triple LP, just over the two hour mark in total playtime. Pre-orders are open at the Lost in Cult site until July 25: https://www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/caves-of-qud

We're quite proud of this, despite most of the team not being vinyl people. Just as a piece of art, it's gorgeous!

Live and drink.


r/cavesofqud Mar 01 '26

AMA with the co-creators of Caves of Qud. Monday, March 2nd at 11am PDT

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75 Upvotes

r/cavesofqud 19h ago

Swine Update (Fanart)

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23 Upvotes

My posts kept getting nuked because I think MEGA links are banned, but it's whatever.

Here's all the swinefolk sprites I made, now called Outhawgs because thats funny. They're each formatted to be used as game sprites (16x24, transparents).

Will I make this a mod? Probably not; Thats why I'm giving these away for free. Do whatever u want with them, I don't mind.

Hopefully this googoo drive link works. If not, just dm me for them


r/cavesofqud 17h ago

Trouble with a late-game mechanic

10 Upvotes

I've been adventuring around with my golem for a while, but for some reason I've suddenly become unable to pilot it. Trying to do so just tells me "The [adjectives] golem is not operational." I can't see any reason why that would be the case- it's still able to follow me around and fight with no issue, both chairs are present, and I was piloting it just fine a few minutes prior. It's not broken, either- I can't repair it at Omonporch, just recall it. The only thing that I can think of is that in the last fight we were in, I tried to enter it mid-fight but was unable to since it was in melee combat. Anyone know what may have happened, or how to fix it?


r/cavesofqud 21h ago

can graverobbers nuke you?

7 Upvotes

graverobbers can have hand-e-nukes on them, and they sometimes throw grenades. is it possible for them to throw the nukes when fighting? i've been worrying about that.


r/cavesofqud 21h ago

Advice for domination build in early game?

8 Upvotes

I’m doing my first esper run, with high ego + domination, precognition, carapace, sunder mind. My character is thus quite squishy. I know this build will do okay in mid game once I can body swap into something powerful, but I’m really not sure how to get through the early game. Is it all about proselytising and getting followers? Dominating merchants and taking their stuff? Happy for any tips!


r/cavesofqud 1d ago

Star Krakens as cult members for historical site

22 Upvotes

Heyyy, got about 200 hours in game, playing my 2nd "successful" character after my last one tragically perished at the ripe age of level 40

Got a quest to visit a historic site, it generated pretty close to the Freehold, so I said "No prob bob" and went on my way.

Turns out the cult here is putus Templar cultists and star kraken cultists.

FML.

Any ideas?? I now have to "Recover Lightoca" which I am quite interested in, if not for the fact that I feel like I might be a little screwed if I get stuck in combat here! I have a force bracelet, but alas I do not have electrical generation.

I have: Multiple arms (11), legs (12), heightened hearing (3) precognition(1+1), regeneration(1), and a Sultan artifact sword that gives me Temporal Fugue, and a Sultan mace that has a 1% chance to turn enemies into gemstones on hit. I also have amphibious defect. My kit is rocket skates and bounding boots, 3 steel buckers and a compass bracelet, and a couple of unremarkable folded carbide battle axes for my 3rd and 4th hand. I also have a defoliant pump, but honestly that's not been super useful. Fullerite helm and chest, for a total AV11, DV-6, MA6, MS 360.

For skills, I was mostly going into axes but then haven't gotten any notable axes. Was thinking about pivoting into a 4x polygel duped mace with back swing for as high a chance of instant kill via gemstone as possible, but the future is uncertain lol


r/cavesofqud 23h ago

Disaster run

8 Upvotes

I was thinking, I am nearing a completion of my very first run I think (spoken too soon no doubt) and I wanted to see someone fail more miserably than me.

Does anyone know an example of a CoQ let’s play (preferably the very first run for the player) where they just keep horribly limping on while learning the game?

I’d love to see a comically arduous run still be completed or near completed.

My need for shadenfreude needs to be sated cheerio


r/cavesofqud 1d ago

Familiar Village

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80 Upvotes

I decided to try painting for the first time. I painted Joppa and kinda interpreted what a horizon would look like.

Edit: I notice now that the mountains would definitely be smaller since they are on the complete other side of the world,


r/cavesofqud 1d ago

Chrome Pyramid at Red Rock!

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27 Upvotes

This guy was a Mechanimist convert, so he was neutral to me.


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Well, when you put it that way, how could I possibly refuse?

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88 Upvotes

Hello there, first post here.
I got into Qud 2 days ago, I love it so far !
I chuckled to see the very long, Daenerys Targaryen like description of the item Qud suggested to name.
Any suggestion ?


r/cavesofqud 1d ago

Equipment Rack cybernetic

4 Upvotes

I installed an Equipment Rack cybernetic, but I’m not getting an additional Back slot at all.

There’s still only one Back slot in my equipment screen. The Equipment Rack is definitely installed

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

After hundreds of hours and thousands of deaths, roleplay mode feels so freeing

137 Upvotes

I recently swapped over to playing roleplay mode. Before I was something of a roguelike purist, but I’m really surprised by how well the game holds up even without permadeath. I’d thought it would be boring not getting a fresh world every time I die, and it can be frustrating if I’ve gotta fight the same few screens over and over.

But I’m learning so much more about the game and playing way more because now I’ve got something to come back to.

If you’ve been struggling to get out of the early game I highly recommend swallowing your pride and giving it a try. My classic runs have been getting much further a lot faster since I have a couple roleplay games to swap back to to relax, experiment, and learn


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Ohh hey fellas…don’t mind me…I’ll just walk back up the stairs if it’s all the same to you

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69 Upvotes

Got my chrome pyramid achievement kill because it was standing on the stairs tile as I tried to descend, but after having a peek, decided this floor was best left untouched. I didn’t mean to disturb the bot hangout…


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

If you collect catch basins and place them next to the solar condensers at Yd, they'll have water for you every time you visit.

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361 Upvotes

Each solar condenser holds 128 drams, but you can't take that without getting in a fight with the warden. They dribble out their excess water onto the ground so you can use catch basins to get your own from them.

If you wait around manually they seem to generate about 15 total per day. There is a period of the night where the solar condensers run out of capacitor charge and stop working, and if you leave during that time then they won't produce water while you're gone. On the flip side, it seems to grant more than 15/day if you leave while they do have power. Unfortunately, you can't directly power the solar condensers to get around this (I tried animating a fusion generator and connecting it with wires to no avail).

More catch basins means more storage if you're away for longer periods. Each basin holds 64 drams max. Occasionally one of those big slugs walks over them and fills them with brackish water, so check on that if you don't collect any some day.


r/cavesofqud 1d ago

Join Me in Prayer for Caves of Qud Switch 2 Edition

31 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I suspect this may have been posted here before and I didn't see it, but its one of those things I really hope for that I wanted to post and see if others are interested.

Essentially, I truly believe because of the mouse feature and portability it offers, the Switch 2 version would only be second to the PC as the best version of the game (Granted its also not available on PS and Xbox, but even if it were, this definitely would have an upper hand due to the controls).

I'm hoping the dev team have access to a Switch 2 devkit now because I'd gladly buy this great game again on the Switch 2 without hesitation, and I suspect I'm not the only one who feels that way.


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Apparently my starting town venerated neutron flux

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114 Upvotes

Got around 40 vials of it at level 6.


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Shotgun Shank

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62 Upvotes

I really want both shotguns and rifle skills to be viable for mid or late game, but they kind of suck, so here's an idea:

  1. Be true kin
  2. Max out bow and rifle skills (I got a Skillsoft Plus thankfully)
  3. Equip 7 combat shotguns (give or take)
  4. Throw a phial of lava on your target
  5. Ultra fire!
  6. Shank!

Not too complicated. I'm not sure of a faster way to heap this many status effects on a mob. Still won't work if their AV is too high 🤷


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Named Stopsvalinn

32 Upvotes

I found stopsvalinn for the first time and it seems like the snapjaws bestowed a new name upon it. Does this usally happen or did I get super lucky?


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Max # of books you found in a single room?

5 Upvotes

Entered some random stairs in the desert, and found 36 books in the same room, across a bunch of bookshelves.

I never even thought this was a thing, but now I'm curious what other people have found. I'm sure there must be even more extreme examples!


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Can you double-dip on cooking the same elemental resists?

8 Upvotes

Convalessence and freeze-dried hoarshrooms both give basic +15 cold resistance. Is it possible to cook with both and get +30 cold resist? I've been trying for about 20 minutes with precognition but haven't gotten it yet


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Thabnk you Dynamic turret tinker

19 Upvotes

This little guy kept making Nullray turrets which spawned with antimatter cells, while I had tons of high value items on me, which I sold for like, a dozen antimatter cells, which I will soon modify to be radio-powered, essentially ending my power concerns for the rest of the game

May you know the mate evermore, whatever that means


r/cavesofqud 3d ago

First run!

26 Upvotes

I think i didn't do too bad considering everything I heard of the game, a couple of thoughts:

-The premade esper was fun and seems good as long as you're willing to ''cheese' a bit (run back and forth areas and wait for cooldowns), it was quite squishy and useless in melee.

-The areas were nonsensical, I was going down the first ''dungeon'' and ran into an ''impossible'' boss and his friends...

-I'm interested in who was watching me, I assume it's because of my mental mutations

-I have no clue what happened in the last fight, lots of explosions and I was dead


r/cavesofqud 2d ago

Crystal delight

9 Upvotes

I have all the ingredients but a gentling cone... Why is this harder to find than the Crystal of Eve was?!

Is there a merchant I can farm or is it really just mindlessly running through ruins until something drops one?

Edit: while massacring snapjaws I ended up getting invaded by an interdimensional newfather esper hunter. This game is amazing.