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Rotwood Guides

Rotwood is a Klei Entertainment action roguelite built around weapon mastery, gear progression, boss fights, solo play, and co-op hunts. Weapon roles, failed hunts, gear weaknesses, and team responsibilities all feed the next build decision.

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Start here

Beginner Guide

Learn safer first hunts, weapon choice, gear upgrades, power picks, boss prep, and solo or co-op survival decisions.

 Run repair

Failed Hunt Recovery Guide

Name the first collapse and repair that layer before rebuilding the whole weapon, gear, boss, or co-op plan.

 Weapon choice

Weapon Role and Build Direction Guide

Turn failed hunts into safer control, punish, reach, survival, or co-op coverage decisions before chasing exact builds.

 Combat timing

Weapons and Combat Guide

Choose a weapon role, learn safe combo windows, dodge with purpose, set target priority, and support the build you already have.

 Upgrade path

Gear Upgrade Guide

Choose armor, weapon upgrades, power support, survivability, and progression priorities without wasting resources.

 Boss prep

Boss Prep Guide

Read attack patterns, choose safe punish windows, fix gear gaps, and enter boss fights without panic trades.

 Co-op roles

Co-op Roles Guide

Set solo-to-team transitions, target focus, rescue windows, weapon coverage, and safer four-player hunt habits.

 Run repair

Common Mistakes Guide

Fix greedy combos, scattered upgrades, unsafe co-op habits, bad boss timing, and weapon switching traps.

 Reference

Route Reference

Turn a failed hunt into the next guide to open: entry timing, weapon role, gear support, boss prep, co-op recovery, or mistake repair.

 Updates

Updates Watch

Follow changes to weapon timing, gear value, boss pressure, co-op spacing, and route decisions.

 Patch impact

Powers-A-Plenty Update Guide

See how weapon powers and power-family support reach boss readiness and co-op spacing.

Failure first

Pick the problem before the build

Rotwood runs usually fail because one specific problem falls behind the rest: weapon timing, gear support, boss punish windows, or co-op spacing. Name that failure, then change one habit before rebuilding the whole loadout.

  1. What actually caused the failed hunt?
  2. Which weapon should I learn first?
  3. What gear upgrades fix the run?
  4. How do I stop dying to bosses?
  5. How should co-op roles work?
  6. What mistake caused the failed hunt?
  7. Which reference or update page should I check next?

Next hunt checklist

Name the failed layer and change one habit before the next hunt. The first mistake that started the collapse matters more than the final hit that ended it.

Death reason router

Open the guide that matches the first mistake

You died because...Read firstNext hunt rule
You stayed in a combo after the safe window ended.Failed Hunt RecoveryName the first collapse before changing weapons.
Your weapon felt wrong after several failed hunts.Weapon Role and Build DirectionName the job: control, punish, reach, survival support, or co-op coverage.
Bosses punished every opening even when rooms looked fine.Boss Prep GuideRoute for one mistake of survival and one clear punish window.
The team scattered, revived badly, or chased the same target.Co-op Roles GuideAssign attention, safe damage, rescue, and target focus before the hunt.
An old power route feels different after Powers-A-Plenty.Powers-A-Plenty Update GuideChange one weapon-power or power-family decision at a time.

Solo or co-op route

Use different success conditions

Solo Rotwood routes can focus on personal timing and one reliable damage plan. Co-op routes need coverage and recovery rules first, because a team that survives together usually deals enough damage later.

  1. Solo: choose one weapon role, learn its safe reset, and spend toward the layer that killed the previous hunt.
  2. Two-player: split attention and recovery so both players do not chase the same unsafe punish.
  3. Four-player: assign one rescue path and one pressure holder before anyone commits to flashy damage.
  4. After an update: keep a familiar team setup while reading which power or family role actually changed.

Which guide should you read first?

Pick the page by the hunt collapse

Player situationOpen this firstWhy it helps
You keep swapping weapons after every failed hunt.Weapon Role and Build DirectionIt helps identify whether the issue is timing, reach, control, survival, or team coverage.
Regular rooms feel fine, then bosses punish every opening.Boss Prep GuideIt makes the next hunt about punish windows and gear checks, not panic trading.
Co-op hunts turn into four separate solo runs.Co-op Roles GuideIt gives each player a job before the team starts chasing the same target.
An update changes weapon timing, gear value, or enemy pressure.Updates WatchFind the affected layer before rebuilding around a different weapon.

Reader route

Recommended reading order

Open first: Beginner Guide. Open Beginner Guide first, then Failed Hunt Recovery after the first bad run, then Weapon Role, Boss Prep, or Co-op Roles based on the failure that ended the last hunt.

Common first mistake: switching weapons every failed hunt instead of fixing one timing, gear, or boss-read mistake.

After an update: preserve the weapon's control, punish, reach, survival, or team job while adjusting the timing or gear layer that moved.