Downwell: Five Styles, Shops and 20 Steam Achievements

Style differences, six shop items, normal/Hard progression and combat, combo and gem conditions.

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Five styles

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The selected style affects the whole run even when your weapon changes.

Style	Effect	Approach
Usual	Standard settings	Use it as the baseline for learning movement and enemy types.
Arm Spin	Gem rooms become weapon modules; fewer shops	Accept weapon changes and collect health and charge. Insisting on one weapon can make you miss supplies.
Boulder	Starts with 6 HP, faster falling and two upgrade choices	Use the extra health but judge landings sooner; consider Youth to expand choices when offered.
Levitate	Slower falling	More time for shooting and horizontal movement; beware of enemies catching up from behind.
Handstand	No between-stage upgrades; cheaper shops	Collect gems early and build around shop health and charge upgrades.

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Separate restoring missing health from increasing maximum health.

Item	Increase	When to choose
Rice Roll	1 HP	Patch a small health deficit.
Sushi	2 HP	Recover after several hits.
Curry	1 maximum HP	Improve longer-term survival.
Battery	1 maximum charge	Add a little firing capacity.
Car Battery	2 maximum charge	Prepare for high-consumption weapons.
Energy Drink	1 HP + 1 maximum charge	When both health and ammunition capacity are lacking.

Prices vary with progression and discounts. Check the purchase screen instead of assuming a fixed price.

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Separate the four areas and boss in normal mode from those in Hard.

Five rows with two conditions each total ten achievements. Hard becomes available after defeating the normal boss.

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Practice incompatible challenges separately from ordinary runs.

Achievement	Condition	Execution
Careful Descent	Finish one stage without damage	Use safe early floors and prioritize survival over combos.
Time Never Stops	Finish one stage without entering side rooms	Avoid shops, weapon rooms and gem rooms from start to exit.
Mottainai	Do not shoot during one stage	Jump and aerial shooting share an input: stop tapping in midair and use safe floors and stompable enemies.
Pacifist	Finish one stage without killing an enemy	Avoid stomps and explosion kills as well as shooting.
Ground Allergy	Finish one stage without intermediate landings	Plan enemy and object refills; do not land on ordinary floors.
Wow Combo	Bank a 10 combo by landing	Continue two enemies beyond the reward at 8.
Whoa Combo	Bank a 30 combo by landing	Do not stop at the healing reward at 25; plan the next enemy and a safe landing.
Sugoi Combo	Bank a 100 combo by landing	Carry chains across stages. Use refill objects and time-stop spaces rather than forcing a normal-floor landing.
Saving Up	Hold more than 3000 gems	This is not cumulative unlock currency. Limit spending and hold them during that run.
Frugality	Hold more than 5000 gems	Keep saving after passing 3000. Sustain health while repeatedly collecting 8-combo rewards.

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Do not assume normal-mode waiting spots remain safe with more enemies.

Open a downward route rather than killing everything. Check whether pursuit comes from above or below.
Oxygen drains quickly in the Aquifer. Locate the next oxygen supply before a healing detour.
Bosses have more attacks. Leave time for horizontal movement and reinforcements instead of prolonged fire at the weak point.

Are the Steam and PlayStation totals identical?

This guide covers the 20 Steam achievements. Platform-specific entries such as a platinum trophy are not included.

Can no-shooting and no-killing use the same approach?

No-shooting allows stomps, while no-killing also forbids them. Practice separate runs first so you can track each condition.