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Pair it first with Body Slam and Robust and test that relationship in the Chonk Body Slam route. Extra Size and HP do not remove one-shot or Carcinisation risk.
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Hump public records: 13. Starting genetic coverage is 7/13, and numeric result coverage is 9/13. The most repeated related routes are Chonk Body Slam, Pressure 20 Complete, Moulting Defense.
Pair it first with Body Slam and Robust and test that relationship in the Chonk Body Slam route. Extra Size and HP do not remove one-shot or Carcinisation risk.
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A July 20 Reddit post adds a new Pressure 20 endless benchmark: the author says this best-ever run reached Extinction 24 over about five hours, was likely strong enough for Ex30, and only ended because they threw the run for mutagen while learning how to time Jaws against enemies with effectively infinite speed.
Read guideA June 10 higher-pressure discussion records a Pressure 18 clear using maxed Beak plus Spit, no poison, Vegan economy, high Ability, Wings, Tentacles, Pollinator, and only HP in the low hundreds.
Read guideA June 1 screenshot-backed Pressure 7 clear turns a Pacifist plus Expert start into a poison-fed HP engine: Slow Metabolism accelerates evolutions, triple Golden Hump scales health, and Forager keeps the health-food loop running.
Read guideA source-linked Pressure 10 clear that continued into Extinction 16, using Spawn of Chaos, Beak or Spit pressure, Tail, Hump, Leech, Nomadic POI routing, and extreme speed scaling.
Read guideA Pressure 2 screenshot report records a chonky beast reaching 999 HP and dealing 200+ damage, making it a useful checkpoint for HP-cap, size-scaling, and Body Slam questions.
Read guideA first Pressure 10 clear that became an endless run: Minimalist plus Alpha bonus, Bull Charge for DPS and movement, later Body Slam for higher DPS, with POI and mushroom routing after the clear.
Read guideA screenshot-backed all-challenges completion post says Minimalist and Scavenger remained strong finishers, with Unintelligent Design solved in about 6-8 attempts by leaning on Minimalist, Fibroblasts or Hump, and a decent attack like Trunk.
Read guideA high-extinction discussion record that is useful for tracking Ability scaling, Stubborn, POI/mushroom loops, desert heat adaptation, and delayed-damage caveats around Impervious.
Read guideA Chinese Steam guide reports clearing N20 with a vegan big-body route built around Robust, Hump, Body Slam, Nomadic, Beak, Cheek Pouch, movement skills, and late Max HP scaling.
Read guideA screenshot-backed endless run reached Extinction 5 at level 311 with Body Slam over 7k, poison ticks over 700, 3.8 million damage dealt, 2300+ kills, and 136 POIs.
Read guideA screenshot-backed Pressure 10 build report says the bosses did not stand a chance after the run leaned heavily into HP and size scaling.
Read guideA social-build report says Tail Wag early, Scavenger as soon as possible, Hump for HP scaling, and Prehensile Tail for safer XP pickup made Pressure 10 wins reliable.
Read guideA discussion report says Body Slam can exceed 2.4k damage when Hump and Forager-style HP scaling are online, but the public source does not show a readable final screenshot.
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