Known issueHow-toUpdated · 4 replies on Steam

Find the Needle: Curious About Fastest Needle Find (Demo)

Short answer

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Ignore the leaderboards and play the game for yourself. Alternatively, restart the small haystack until you spot a shine near the top.

What you need to know

Players attempting to speedrun the smallest haystack demo face extremely high times, with personal attempts taking around thirty-seven minutes while top leaderboard scores sit near three minutes. Because these fast leaderboard times appear to be cheated, you may wonder if legitimate high-speed clears are even possible.

Step by step

  1. Ignore the leaderboards completely since the top times appear to be cheated.
  2. Play the game yourself to establish your own baseline times.
  3. Restart the small haystack repeatedly in an attempt to get lucky and immediately spot a shiny area near the top upon loading.

Tips

  • Keep in mind that getting lucky with an immediate visual spawn near the top of the pile is the main theory for cutting down your time without cheating.
  • Do not stress about matching the suspiciously fast leaderboard scores.

What players reported

So i tried to speedrun finding a needle on the smallest pile, it took about 37 minutes. The leaderboard times look cheated with the lowest being about ~3 minutes. I'd have to somehow cut 30 min off my time to even hit 7! Is it possible to get lucky and load up a pile and immediately see a shiny spot? Other than cheating in some way that's my only idea but i dunno if anyone's tried.

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