You are a meta-human that is thrust into a hostile Stardust-polluted world inOnce Human.

Learn the essential survival tips as a beginner in Once Human!

These come in the form of Memetics and Cradle Override features.

A player with a Cradle in Once Human.

Memetics And Cradle Explained

The Memetics Cradle screen can be accessed byhitting ‘O’on your keyboard.

Ciphers are also known asMeme Points.

These are the points needed to unlock new Memetics.

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The Memetics Menu Explained

choose ‘Memetics’ to open up the entire Memetics menu.

Here, you’ll see the variousbranches of technologies that you might unlock.

you might also unlock items that will improve your resource collection abilities.

The Sulfur Chemist buff in the Memetics Specialization menu of Once Human.

Crafting

This branch contains variouscrafting recipes for combat items.

This includes weaponry, armour, and healing items.

Logistics

This branch contains technologies foressential utilities needed on your base.

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You’ll find cooking, water collection, farming, electricity, and Deviant storage technologies here.

Building

This branch is for overallterritory improvement.

you might unlock technologies for base support, storage, defense, and vehicles here.

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The upper-left corner of your screen is where you’ll find the link to theMemetic Specialization menu.

These specializations grantunique buffsthat improve your performance in the four different Memetics branches.

The Memetic Specialization buffs granted to youdiffer from other players.

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This encouragesteaming up with othersin order to complement another’s abilities.

You will definitely bring something unique to the table with theset of powers you have.

you’ve got the option to unlock a new Memetic Specialization forevery five levels you gain.

In total, you’ll be able to unlock up toten Memetic Specialization buffs.

On the right, you’ll see the nodes where you’ll be inserting those features.

Hovering over each node will reveal how to unlock them.

Some will requireclearing a dungeon, while others will require you todefeat a boss.

Once it’s unlocked, the node will be empty.

The Cradle Override features are unlocked in two ways.

you might eitherreach a certain character levelor you might wait for thenext seasonal phase to begin.

How To Unlock And Use Memetics

you could’t unlock everything under the different Memetics branches right away.

The different branches are also segmented into different stages.

Some of the latter stages will only be unlockedwhen the season reaches a certain point.

check that to view the details of each stage so you canprioritize Memetics that can already be unlocked.

You’ll see which Memetics are linked to each other byfollowing the connections under each branch.

Unlocking new Memetics will require a certain amount ofCiphers or Meme Points and Energy Links.

The second tab you’ll see on top is’Season Goals’.

Heading to this tab will show you the different scenarios available for the season.

you could see how manytotal Meme Pointsyou can obtain per scenario byclicking on the gift boxes.

You will need to complete a variety of tasks that will give youMistuko’s Marks.

As you accumulate these, you canearn a star levelthat will grant you Meme Points.

They are listed under’Features', and you’re able to see what abilities each can grant.

Hitting ‘J’on your keyboard will open up your’Journey’menu.

The ‘Tasks’ tab can also be found at the top of this menu.

Heading there will revealall your available missions.

Clicking on each will reveal how much Energy Links will be rewarded to you upon completion of the task.

you’re able to see what features are available, even if you haven’t unlocked them yet.

You canpress ‘F’ to equip itand you might alsodrag it to a node sloton your Cradle.

The Cradle Override features you equip are not permanent.

you might test out the different features andswitch out the ones you’re not happy with.

you might easily replace a feature on your Cradle bydragging different one on top of it.

you’ve got the option to level up easily bycompleting tasks, commissions, and defeating enemies.

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