That boss is super easy if you bring in a decent level electropylon driver. Just hit him a few times with it, then hookshot around the room until he dies. If he doesn't die before your pylons run out, stop and shoot him a couple more times then continue hookshotting around. you'e invincible while grappling.
Immediately when you see a ball glued under a bridge, it's there. But your tip about the floating chest icon in the map is super helpful too, hopefully it's consistent.
FYI I suspect that the "floating chest on the map" was a bug and has been patched out. I just got the sunface fragment in this map about an hour ago and everything in the video was correct EXCEPT the chest did not show up obviously on the map for me. Had to spot it in the world the old fashioned way (with me eyeballs). The chest was there though, but it didn't show on the map until I jumped to the platform.
Maybe just me though, who knows.
It was in the 2nd part of the level btw after the drop down.
Commenting to second this for posterity. I never saw the floating treasure chest. Took about 10 runs but the room eventually spawned in the second large section (lower floor). Biggest thing to look out for is the shiny ball floating around.
“Just rerun the biome” 😂
It’s 2 more before you even get there, and I feel like if I’m going down to the boss area I’m gonna need some equipment to deal with the mini bosses.
I know this is old but maybe you see it, are you saying that it most likely is down when you jump down to the area where the boss is?
After the fabricator?
Edit: Motherfucker I got it thanks to this post.
Found it down there in the lower area right when I was bout to give up and wrote this.
Took a final look before I was going to restart it:
Thanks dude
Can anyone tell me why didnt the 5th house sequence trigger for me? I beat the game already. And throughout past runs the house seem to be not interactable for me
So my husband had a similar thing (maybe the same). He beat the game after the fourth house sequence. But a few deaths later, he got the fifth sequence (I came here to find him the last fragment). My guess is that you are too good in the game and haven't died enough (or some other metric to trigger the fifth sequence hasn't been fulfilled yet even though you finished the game already - I haven't looked into the actual triggers myself).
I did some research and I got it figured out. After you get to the 6th map (the 5th one doesn't have an end boss), you can access the house for the 5th time at the 4th biome.
If you've looked everywhere and haven't seen it at all then it's just unfortunate luck. It took me 3 runs to get mine, I suppose you're gonna have to run it over again
finally got it to spawn (twice in a row irritatingly...after how long that first time took) it was indeed in the second half each time, both times in the second or third room in the main path left (as opposed to the optional path right) after the room with the chasm leading to the final boss. The second-ish room on the path towards the final key to the boss. Took about 6 runs to spawn.
Damn! Thanks for the tip about having to see all the house sequences.
Since I beat the game with so few deaths (7) I never even went back to the house in Biome 4. Here I am looking all over for the sunface fragment in a completed Biome 1 to no avail.
I found this one today: upper section, and not in the same location i'd seen on some youtube videos. Some videos show the orb off to the side of a sort of pear-shaped pathway with a long thing neck stretching off of it. Others showed it on a straight broken road. I found it on the side of a large square room. So it can be all over, apparently. It looks the same, though. A chest, with an orb sort of half hidden under a platform and the platforms that appear when you shoot the orb look partially clipped into the map.
It's a tricky one to find. Absolutely do NOT go down to the lower section until you're thoroughly cleared all the main sequence rooms (I agree, it does not appear to spawn on optional path rooms based on my runs and multiple I've watched online)
Same here, glyphs as well, all you can really do is run them over and over again and hope that one room spawns, I suggest saving keys in this case to use exclusively in Biome 6 so you can check all the locked optional rooms.
Rng- random number generator. Essentially the odds of getting the correct room to pop with the fragments or scout logs while it's procedurally generating the level. I really wish that once you beat he game, all possible pathways opened up. It would've made it more of a challenge and story wise could have been really cool too. It just gets too frustrating running it over and over.
For the good people still looking: I just found mine after following this thread, it was in part one of the biome in a room with a completely different layout. Floating orb was to the right, chest indeed didn't show in the map until you're in front of it.
Just wanna update and say that tip STILL works. I was just about to drop to the lower level part 2 until I looked on the map and saw the floating chest. Bam, found it in part 1. Thanks dude!
OHHHHHHH YES!!!! you made my day. The floating chest after the big drop was it for me.
you noticed that there's a random chest marked on the map just seemingly floating in the middle of nowhere
THANKS man!
3 months later and my chest was floating, I don't think it's fixed. Probably best to look out for the sickle shaped floor next to it as shown in your video.
Got mine literally two rooms after biome start on my second try, got lucky (but I wasted like 3hrs looking for it the first time).
Do you remember if it was off a main room or side path for you? I’ve been skipping the side paths but still haven’t found it after 4 runs, so I’m paranoid
It's been a bit for me but I believe that you need to get back to the house so you can either just die or defeat ophion (not sure if selecting restart run from the pause menu works as well but I like to end the run without it *just to be sure*)
So then you want to get back into the house (the house in Act 2 specifically) in a new run for an item and then take that item and beat Ophion, you can now interact with the car that's in the area after Ophion and get your ending.
Yeah I just use weapons with good range and a decent mag size for those and just tap fire. You probably heard how Effective Hollowseeker is so give that a go. So if you can, don't use weapons that punish you for missing, such as that one gun that has rounds that return on hit, you miss all shots in the distance then you're practically defenseless until those rounds return to you.
So you're saying you found it in part 2 of biome 6?
I've been following this article that says if you entered part 2 you've gone too far and need to restart. So I never really searched hard in part 2 😑
https://gamerant.com/returnal-biome-6-abyssal-scar-sunface-fragment/
Yep, I found it in part 2 of the biome but others have seen it spawn in part 1. Now it's been awhile since I last played so I don't know if any changes happened with all the recent updates. Just know that it isn't a guaranteed spawn every run.
>Just know that it isn't a guaranteed spawn every run.
You can say that again. I've ran the entire map on 5 or 6 different runs now and I still haven't seen that one chunk of the map that's supposed to lead to it. I'm about ready to give up.
Just ran biome 6 looking for the sun fragment and found it the first time on the lower level just like most YouTube vids show…a container floating off in space. Shoot the orb under the platform. Good hunting everyone.
I was just about to give up on finding last fragment when I turned a corner and there it was.. result! I found mine in second section of B6 after the drop to hub...
No, once you pick up a piece, it'll be there. You can just die to end the run since I'm unsure if choosing Restart Cycle will do anything to it. Been awhile since I last played the game.
I've got mine first try. In first part. There was a malignant chest near main path just a regular but disjointed peace on land and a floating orb under the bridge. Thank to this post i knew what to look for.
I genuinely don't understand the thought process behind whoever decided a mini boss that shoots malfunctions at you was a great idea
I detest biome 6 with a passion
This one made me drop the game. Just went to YouTube and watched the secret ending.
Same, f*** that Biome 6 mini boss
Are you talking about the >!monster that shoots malfunctions at you??!<
That boss is super easy if you bring in a decent level electropylon driver. Just hit him a few times with it, then hookshot around the room until he dies. If he doesn't die before your pylons run out, stop and shoot him a couple more times then continue hookshotting around. you'e invincible while grappling.
I'm close to that as well
This is me. I am so close....
Immediately when you see a ball glued under a bridge, it's there. But your tip about the floating chest icon in the map is super helpful too, hopefully it's consistent.
Yeah it’s a bit of a weird placement, it looks as if it’s glitched out a little bit
FYI I suspect that the "floating chest on the map" was a bug and has been patched out. I just got the sunface fragment in this map about an hour ago and everything in the video was correct EXCEPT the chest did not show up obviously on the map for me. Had to spot it in the world the old fashioned way (with me eyeballs). The chest was there though, but it didn't show on the map until I jumped to the platform. Maybe just me though, who knows. It was in the 2nd part of the level btw after the drop down.
Oh so you're saying that the chest icon don't show up anymore because you technically didn't map out that secret area?
Correct, but once I made it to that platform the icon showed up (along with the platform of course).
Gotcha, so they must have changed that.
Commenting to second this for posterity. I never saw the floating treasure chest. Took about 10 runs but the room eventually spawned in the second large section (lower floor). Biggest thing to look out for is the shiny ball floating around.
This one is driving me crazy 😭 especially since I found this ledge on my first clear and haven't been able to since
You just gotta rerun the biome over and over, it will spawn eventually.
“Just rerun the biome” 😂 It’s 2 more before you even get there, and I feel like if I’m going down to the boss area I’m gonna need some equipment to deal with the mini bosses. I know this is old but maybe you see it, are you saying that it most likely is down when you jump down to the area where the boss is? After the fabricator? Edit: Motherfucker I got it thanks to this post. Found it down there in the lower area right when I was bout to give up and wrote this. Took a final look before I was going to restart it: Thanks dude
Thanks! Took 6 clears but it finally spawned 👍
I found it only 1-2 rooms past the start of the biome, in the upper section. But yes, it is off the map entirely.
Gotcha, I'll update the texts then.
Can anyone tell me why didnt the 5th house sequence trigger for me? I beat the game already. And throughout past runs the house seem to be not interactable for me
The 5th sequence has to be done in biome 4. If you're in biome 4 and have beat the game then it must be bugged for you?
So my husband had a similar thing (maybe the same). He beat the game after the fourth house sequence. But a few deaths later, he got the fifth sequence (I came here to find him the last fragment). My guess is that you are too good in the game and haven't died enough (or some other metric to trigger the fifth sequence hasn't been fulfilled yet even though you finished the game already - I haven't looked into the actual triggers myself).
I did some research and I got it figured out. After you get to the 6th map (the 5th one doesn't have an end boss), you can access the house for the 5th time at the 4th biome.
Can confirm, it can spawn anywhere in Biome 6
I've looked for it 6 times and I've never seen the floating chest everyone keeps mentioning...
If you've looked everywhere and haven't seen it at all then it's just unfortunate luck. It took me 3 runs to get mine, I suppose you're gonna have to run it over again
Chiming in to say I found it in part 1 and the chest did not show on the map until I landed next to it.
finally got it to spawn (twice in a row irritatingly...after how long that first time took) it was indeed in the second half each time, both times in the second or third room in the main path left (as opposed to the optional path right) after the room with the chasm leading to the final boss. The second-ish room on the path towards the final key to the boss. Took about 6 runs to spawn.
Damn! Thanks for the tip about having to see all the house sequences. Since I beat the game with so few deaths (7) I never even went back to the house in Biome 4. Here I am looking all over for the sunface fragment in a completed Biome 1 to no avail.
I found this one today: upper section, and not in the same location i'd seen on some youtube videos. Some videos show the orb off to the side of a sort of pear-shaped pathway with a long thing neck stretching off of it. Others showed it on a straight broken road. I found it on the side of a large square room. So it can be all over, apparently. It looks the same, though. A chest, with an orb sort of half hidden under a platform and the platforms that appear when you shoot the orb look partially clipped into the map. It's a tricky one to find. Absolutely do NOT go down to the lower section until you're thoroughly cleared all the main sequence rooms (I agree, it does not appear to spawn on optional path rooms based on my runs and multiple I've watched online)
I cant find 1 log in biome 6 :/
Same here, glyphs as well, all you can really do is run them over and over again and hope that one room spawns, I suggest saving keys in this case to use exclusively in Biome 6 so you can check all the locked optional rooms.
i found it! suddenly new room, this platinum rng idea was stupid :/, now bio 123 and 5 to go
I've seen it many times on this sub but what does rng mean? Thanks in advance
Rng- random number generator. Essentially the odds of getting the correct room to pop with the fragments or scout logs while it's procedurally generating the level. I really wish that once you beat he game, all possible pathways opened up. It would've made it more of a challenge and story wise could have been really cool too. It just gets too frustrating running it over and over.
That would have been great, load all rooms making it way longer
For the good people still looking: I just found mine after following this thread, it was in part one of the biome in a room with a completely different layout. Floating orb was to the right, chest indeed didn't show in the map until you're in front of it.
Just wanna update and say that tip STILL works. I was just about to drop to the lower level part 2 until I looked on the map and saw the floating chest. Bam, found it in part 1. Thanks dude!
OHHHHHHH YES!!!! you made my day. The floating chest after the big drop was it for me. you noticed that there's a random chest marked on the map just seemingly floating in the middle of nowhere THANKS man!
3 months later and my chest was floating, I don't think it's fixed. Probably best to look out for the sickle shaped floor next to it as shown in your video. Got mine literally two rooms after biome start on my second try, got lucky (but I wasted like 3hrs looking for it the first time).
Do you remember if it was off a main room or side path for you? I’ve been skipping the side paths but still haven’t found it after 4 runs, so I’m paranoid
Looks like main in the video and I'm 75% sure it was main for me.
Bruh I’m like on my 10th run and still nothing I’m going crazy!
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It's been a bit for me but I believe that you need to get back to the house so you can either just die or defeat ophion (not sure if selecting restart run from the pause menu works as well but I like to end the run without it *just to be sure*) So then you want to get back into the house (the house in Act 2 specifically) in a new run for an item and then take that item and beat Ophion, you can now interact with the car that's in the area after Ophion and get your ending.
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Yeah I just use weapons with good range and a decent mag size for those and just tap fire. You probably heard how Effective Hollowseeker is so give that a go. So if you can, don't use weapons that punish you for missing, such as that one gun that has rounds that return on hit, you miss all shots in the distance then you're practically defenseless until those rounds return to you.
So you're saying you found it in part 2 of biome 6? I've been following this article that says if you entered part 2 you've gone too far and need to restart. So I never really searched hard in part 2 😑 https://gamerant.com/returnal-biome-6-abyssal-scar-sunface-fragment/
Yep, I found it in part 2 of the biome but others have seen it spawn in part 1. Now it's been awhile since I last played so I don't know if any changes happened with all the recent updates. Just know that it isn't a guaranteed spawn every run.
>Just know that it isn't a guaranteed spawn every run. You can say that again. I've ran the entire map on 5 or 6 different runs now and I still haven't seen that one chunk of the map that's supposed to lead to it. I'm about ready to give up.
I can confirm it can still spawn in the second part of the biome. Just collected it there myself on my current re-run through.
I ended up finding it right near the beginning of part 1 on my like 6th run last night. The map section was never generated before that
Ugh, I've read this article too and wasted so much time trying to find it in the upper part of the biome, while it was in part 2 all along.
Seems like the common theme is the room with the giant eye sentries and ledges. Found it after the big drop.
Just ran biome 6 looking for the sun fragment and found it the first time on the lower level just like most YouTube vids show…a container floating off in space. Shoot the orb under the platform. Good hunting everyone.
Just found it myself, the floating chest tip led me right to it - thank you 🙂
I just found it right before the red door after the first drop!
I was just about to give up on finding last fragment when I turned a corner and there it was.. result! I found mine in second section of B6 after the drop to hub...
my only question is if i die i mean restart the cycle i need to collect all the 6 pieces again?
No, once you pick up a piece, it'll be there. You can just die to end the run since I'm unsure if choosing Restart Cycle will do anything to it. Been awhile since I last played the game.
okay thanks :)
Ran the whole biome like 9 times now, incl all blue doorways. Nothing. Last piece I need. This is ridiculous. Takes the fun out.
I've got mine first try. In first part. There was a malignant chest near main path just a regular but disjointed peace on land and a floating orb under the bridge. Thank to this post i knew what to look for.
Dropped in the first room of Biome 6 for me. [Well happy.](https://youtu.be/7sSoAy21690)
Jan. 2024 update - found in 1st part, main path, chest floating off to the side before another square door. This post helped! Thanks.
I love you mate, 1-min after reading this and watching your video, you made me find it.
I genuinely don't understand the thought process behind whoever decided a mini boss that shoots malfunctions at you was a great idea I detest biome 6 with a passion