Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

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Insect's Bane done EXTREMELY FAST!
By Vanna
Do not want to manually kill 10,000 enemies? Here's how to do it very quickly.
   
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Introduction
Welcome to my third mini-guide. In this document I'll show you how to unlock the Insect's' Bane achievement really really fast.

I loved this game, but due to losing my complete first save, I was forced to replay the entire game plus the arena, and the kill count was reset.

Considering that killing bugs takes time, I wanted to speed up the process. Usually on a normal Epistory playthrough, you will kill approx. 1500-2000 enemies (it also depends on how many times you die in the game), leaving you to do the rest in the arena mode.

#Changelog
08/21/2017 - First Issue
01/07/2018 - Autoclicker "Launch as admin" added.
What do you need:

The workshop item is an additional keyboard and dictionary for the game, where all words are replaced with the letter A.

The Auto Key Clicker is a little program to virtually press a keyboard key repeatedly.
Setting up the tools
Once you've downloaded everything, launch Epistory and go to Options -> Gameplay.
I suggest to launch Epistory in windowed mode, in order to access the Autoclicker program easily.

Set up everything according to the screen below and confirm the options:

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge it.

Return to your desktop, unzip the AutoKey Clicker archive (it's a portable one, you don't have to install anything on Windows) and launch the program.

Please be sure to run the program with administrative privileges. To do it, just right click on the executable and select "Run As Administrator". (Thanks to Maxiz! for reporting the issue in the comments below).

Set up everything accordingly:


Be sure to:
  • Write the correct values on both the textboxes (Interval and Key Pressed).
  • Press the "Set Interval" and "Set Key" buttons.
NOTE: for the moment just set up the software, do NOT click on Start or close the program!

Return to Epistory, and launch the Arena mode. For best results choose the Forest Arena, because you do not have to change elements during the game.

When the game is loaded, return to the desktop (the game will stop) and then click on the Start button on the AutoKey Clicker.

Just return to the game and everything should go automatically.
Please note that you cannot do anything while the game is running, otherwise it will freeze until you've raised the game window.
Leave it running for one hour and a half (don't worry, everything will be so fast that the player's not gonna die) and then close the AutoKey Clicker program.

That's it! The achivement should popup when the player dies, reached by one of the monsters.
That's it!
If you've followed the instructions correctly, the achievement will be unlocked.
Here's my stats at the end of the game:


You can delete the AutoKey Clicker program and enjoy.

If you need other great guides which I used for this game, I do recommend:


Thank you for reading and have a great day.
34 Comments
MrUchigatana 20 Jul @ 5:59am 
I just set it to insane and hold the a button down. it auto kills everything
Fukurou 8 Nov, 2024 @ 5:59pm 
thanks, the 10k enemies achievement is kinda unhinged, considering that by the time you get all the other non-grind achievements you have like 2.3k enemies killed lmao.
suborbia. 3 Nov, 2023 @ 4:05pm 
Changing Adaptive Difficulty to OFF, then Easiest got rid of the single character insects for me.
Doc Possum 29 Jul, 2021 @ 3:15pm 
why bother... the point is to help you with your typing not to just beat the game
Bnnsuay 19 Oct, 2019 @ 2:19am 
Really useful, thanks very much!:)
coldmetalhands 16 Sep, 2018 @ 9:42pm 
Make sure you use the AAAA Keyboard Layout in addition to the dictionary, otherwise those One Letter Bugs will show up.
funker 4 Jun, 2018 @ 1:01am 
Anything changed? I keep dying because of 1 character bees, like "F", "T", etc. in forest arena.
so I can't leave my computer alone.
Vanna  [author] 22 Feb, 2018 @ 12:29pm 
@Krish: Glad to be of service. Have a nice day.
Krish 22 Feb, 2018 @ 12:00pm 
@Vanna Yep, in the meantime I successfully got both achievements. I also had the same line of thinking that the counter resets when there is no monster on screen so I completed it manually and voilá. :) Thanks for your help!
Vanna  [author] 22 Feb, 2018 @ 11:41am 
@Krish: I really do not know. The Flawless Diamond I got it on my own (with GREAT PATIENCE :D). Maybe the clicking is really too fast and sometimes the counter resets if the key is pressed when no monsters are on screen. Or maybe the dev has fixed this in order to prevent also this exploit.
I'm just speculating of course, I do not know the real reason.