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Minimalist achievement in Slay the Spire

Minimalist

Beat the game with a 5 card deck or smaller.

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25 March 2018 - 2 guidesOffline Mode - These achievements require play in game modes that do not necessitate a connection to any online services.Single Player - These achievements can be obtained by a single player.
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How to unlock the Minimalist achievement

  • DarukDaruk178,165
    16 Nov 2018 16 Nov 2018 16 Nov 2018
    2 0 0
    This cheevo may be a real pain to set up but latest updates helped us to get it thanks to move events that allows you to "remove a card from your deck", and a new boss relic that allow to remove 2 cards too.

    In my opinion, the best character to play is the Ironclad. I managed to build an overpowered build.
    My final 5 cards and the routine to play it were :
    (at 1st turn)
    1. Offering +
    2. Inflame + (or Flex+ will work aswell)
    3. Break the Limit +
    4. Bash +
    5. Heavy Blade +
    (other turns)
    (0. Flex+ if it's in your setup)
    1. Break the Limit +
    2. Heavy Blade +

    To perfectly set this up, you'll require 1 relic that give 1 additional energy/turn (unless you play with Flex+ in place of Inflame+ and no additional energy will be required)
    And as many relic that bring you power as you can afford.
    Go for shops to remove Attacks/Defends from your deck & buy power relics.
    Elites dont have to be avoided, I even forced my way to Elites from 2nd floor, to maximise my amount of relics and to optimize my way to shops/random events/rest camps.

    There is another well known setup to complete the game thanks to an infinite loop of cards (such as Bash and 2 DropKicks), it works indeed but if you encouter Time Eater as final boss, the whole setup is lost. Not in my case, because I HAVE ENCOUNTERED Time Eater and I've rekt him in 2 turns...
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  • andhenandhen25,417
    18 Dec 2023 18 Dec 2023
    0 0 0
    After about 100 tries on all characters, I got the achievement with the Watcher. I also got the "You Are Nothing" achievement in the same run as I got an infinite combo going and beat the final boss first turn.

    Study the infinite combos: https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/Infinite_Combo

    Before starting: pick any character as they all have infinite combos, pick a good blessing from Neow. I like the ones that remove cards. Stay away from blessings that add more cards to your deck, including curses.

    Go for the path with most question marks, least elites, and most shops. Prioritize in that order. You are praying for card removal events in the question mark rooms. Also remember that shop is guaranteed removal as long as you have the money. As such, you should always purchase card removal from the shopkeeper. If you get a relic like Smiling Mask that makes shop removals always 50g, then go for most shops obviously.

    Your goal is to find cards to make an infinite combo, while removing your starting cards. I like to skip taking cards most of chapter 1, then starting to add any infinite combo cards I can find in chapter 2. Still, you'll probably only want to add 1-3 cards to your deck the entire run.

    With the guide out of the way, here's what my build looked like. Remember that this is just how I got the achievement:

    Relics:
    Pure Water, Smiling Mask, Nunchaku, Empty Cage, Girya, Runic Pyramid, Cloak Clasp, Question Card, Red Mask

    Cards:
    Eruption+
    Vigilance+
    Signature Move+
    Rushdown
    Inner Peace+

    My infinite combo was playing Rushdown followed by Inner Peace (1) to go into calm, then Eruption (1) to go into wrath, giving me back the 2 energy and cards (with Rushdown), allowing me to do it all over again with Inner Peace and Eruption. Signature Move helped me tons, I got it in the middle of chapter 2 and it allowed me to deal 80 damage with one card. As you can see I got Smiling Mask and Empty Cage, two really good relics for this achievement.
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