Basics - Naughty Bear Guide - IGN (2024)

Naughty Bear Basics

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Overview

While simply following the objectives progresses you through the levels, doing so ultimately defeats the sole purpose of the game: to get the highest score possible in each level and challenge. Rack up points by committing a variety of naughty acts, such as sabotaging escape vehicles, breaking windows, attacking bears, or even stuffing them in refrigerators. You can string together a whole chain of horrifying events to strike excruciating terror into the hearts of Perfection Island dwellers and exploit the high multiplier for optimal scoring.

This principle in itself is very simple, but there are literally hundreds of ways to go about completing any one of the tasks at hand. Let's start by going over the basics. In addition to this text, the in-game tutorial has a ton of information for you to better understand the delicate complexities of the game.

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Naughty Points

Naughty Points essentially are a measure of your success in the game. A single naughty act awards a certain number of these points, which get added to your score for the level and, then, to your overall Naughtiness. The beauty of this is that an individual act can be built upon and be turned into an endless barrage of terror. That's when the points really go crazy!

Keep in mind, too, that any acts of terrorism that the bears hear, experience, or personally witness help you accrue more of those Naughty Points. For example, limping injured bears alert the other bears to danger and give them much cause for worry.

Naughty Point Multiplier

Used in tandem with Naughty Points, this basically measures your efficiency in being naughty. The more naughty things you do (with a few variables, such as the severity of the naughty act committed) the higher the number. This number is multiplied with the points collected, resulting in a point bonanza! However, if you keep going without having done anything particularly mischievous this number slowly shifts down until it drops back down to zero.

Committing Naughty Acts

Despite his cuddly and somewhat cute demeanor, Naughty Bear exhibits a surprising amount of tact and utter lack of sympathy for the complete obliteration of his kin. There are a number of ways the violent little bugger can lash out against bearkind. Know them well, as you will be utilizing every one of these.

Objects with a semi-transparent bear icon over them can be sabotaged or destroyed, netting you the Naughty Points you deserve. Sabotaging is a great underhanded tactic for furthering your diabolical schemes. Read the General Tips section for ideas on how to use this to your advantage.

Perfection Island teems with all sorts of sharp and blunt objects with which to deliver pain and punishment. These can be used to batter bears until they are weakened, at which point they can be scared or finished off with unique weapon fatality animations. The bears won't shy away from taking up arms themselves when they feel threatened either.

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When Naughty Bear isn't in immediate sight, the friendly bears go about their daily business, rummaging through refrigerators, dancing to the music of a spinning turntable, or warming their hands by a campfire. The point is that if you can creep up behind them while they're pre-occupied, you can swiftly deal the cold hand of death.

You can use either a bear trap or a land mine. Once planted, it cannot be picked up again until it is used. Lay them on well-traveled paths to guarantee a catch, at which point you can toy with the trapped bear or leave him struggling as a grave warning to all other bears. Eventually, though, the bear manages to free himself (or receives help doing so), but feels a little shaken up about the ordeal. This is one way to injure them without raising your bloodied fists. Be warned, though, that you yourself can get caught in your own trap and take damage.

Naughty Bears signature move allows him to whip the unsuspecting bear around to face his terrifying mug and belch out a very loud BOO! Depending on the victim (and if done enough times), the bear loses his sanity (signified by bubbles appearing over his head), which is a debilitating state of mind that renders him completely useless and liable to...

This is possible only when the bear has been driven so far off the edge of madness that one more Super Scare would make him off himself.

Periodically, the bears go the cowardly route and try to escape by car or by boat, or phone for help. Quickly follow the red arrow to pinpoint these craven acts and silence (or frighten) them forever. Interrupted escapes or calls net a ton of points as well. Successful escapes or calls bring forth additional armed reinforcements.

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Depreciating Points

With so many ways to collect Naughty Points, there is also a catch. Even in the midst of the bloody carnage, bears will scoff at your lack of creativity in being naughty if you do the same thing over and over again. With the action being repeated over time, they become desensitized to your scary ways, and you receive fewer and fewer points, eventually getting zero points for the effort. That's why you want to constantly spin up fresh and interesting approaches to executing each bear. For example, use a different weapon for the finishing blow, or maybe set a trap first and then snap his neck. Really, the possibilities are yours to mess with.

Event Notification

Whenever a bear starts repairing a sabotaged object or plans his escape, you are notified of the event (or even several events at once). You can choose to promptly respond to the unfolding events, or ignore them and reap the consequences. Often times these present the perfect opportunity for massive amounts of Naughty Points. If you choose to head to the event, follow the red arrow that appears.

What To Do With Points

Each challenge has set specific scoring thresholds for the Naughty Cups, which are evidence of your naughtiness and cunning. The lowest scoring threshold nets you a bronze Cup, whereas the highest gets you a platinum Cup. These are required to unlock more levels and costumes.

Progression

Naughty Bear features 7 levels in all. The game may sound awfully short because of this, but within each level you can actually unlock a total of four additional special challenges. This brings the total number of playable challenges to 28. In the very beginning, the only accessible level is the first, but earning the specified number of Naughty Cups for each challenge opens new opportunities for your escapades elsewhere.

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