Midnight Suns – Venom’s Friendship Level

In Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Venom is a DLC character that you can unlock by completing The Devil’s Due story mission at the mirror table, which is available after completing all of the New York story missions. To build friendship, the Hunter will need to answer dialog questions correctly and participate in hangout events with this hero. This guide will help you increase Venom’s friendship level, which will improve the overall team’s friendship level. We’ve color coded the below responses to the dialog options for Eddie Brock. Green is the recommended option as it gives you the highest increase to the friendship level. Yellow is an ok increase. Red will cause a negative impact on a hero’s friendship level.

Abbey Conversations

After The Devil’s Due mission

• Uh… Thanks again for what you did for me…
  • You’re welcome here. (+1)
  • Don’t make me regret it. (-1)
  • You should thank Peter. (+0)
• But enough about us…
  • That’s water under the, uh… Fishing bridge. (+0)
  • I’ll be watching you. (+0)
  • [Joke] You would not have enjoyed that meal. (+0)
• So now that we’ve cleared the air…
  • We should be worried. (+0)
  • It was Peter’s choice. (+0)
  • That line of thinking is irrelevant. (+0)

After completing Venom’s second mission

• Your mother controlled me. She took away my free will…
  • Sounds like you need a friend. (+0)
  • Woah! Calm down. (+0)
  • [Joke] Puppet shows are fun! (+0)
  • You are right to be angry. (+0)
• Something like that might kill Mephisto.
  • What happened to Perseus? (+0)
  • Eddie… That’s a bedtime story. (+0)
  • That sounds fishy. (+0)
• Well yeah, it’s indestructible…
  • This is too convenient. (+0)
  • Talk to an expert first. (+0)
  • You’re grasping at straws. (+0)

After completing Eddie’s third mission

• We’ve been so busy. I haven’t processed what I did under Lilith’s control…
  • I want to help. (+0)
  • Take your mind off it. (+0)
  • That doesn’t matter anymore. (+0)
• The worst are the faces I don’t remember…
  • Tell me about it. (+0)
    • Then… Nothing. I’ve had that one on loop for days.
      • This isn’t healthy. (+0)
      • What do you remember? (+0)
      • I can only sympathize. (+0)
  • Maybe that’s for the best. (+0)
  • Maybe magic can help. (+0)

• Why shouldn’t I be? Got a full eight last night…
  • Good for you. (+1)
  • I don’t like this energy. (-1)
  • I could use some of what you’re having. (+0)
• Yeah, but we’ve been so busy fighting Lilin and vampyres-with-a-Y…
  • This doesn’t sound good. (-1)
  • I support you. (+1)
  • [Joke] I’ve got a story for you. (+0)

After finding Eddie’s Journal per the objective

*Eddie’s Journal can be found in his room on a stack of newspapers under the camera.

• Hey, uh… You didn’t read it, did you?
  • Yes, and I’m worried. (-1)
  • Yes. You may be onto something. (+1)
  • [Lie] No. (+2)

After Storm’s second mission

• I’m now 100 percent focused on defeating Lilith…
  • I support you. (+1)
  • [Joke] Now I can beat you to market. (+0)
  • Thank goodness! (-1)

Friendship Level Up Events

Friendship Level 1

• You know? It’s funny… My Other has protected me…
  • Forget what anyone else thinks. (+1)
  • People have reason to fear you. (-1)
  • [Joke] Well, you are scary. (+0)
• Maybe not. I’m not the only person who bonded with my symbiote…
  • Want a new image. (+0)
  • Never change. (+0)
  • [Joke] Mind if I try it on? (+0)

Friendship Level 2

• My symbiote boosts my metabolism…
  • You’re always so hungry. (+0)
  • Sounds better than an energy drink. (+0)
  • Sounds handy after a fight. (+0)
• I spent most of my childhood trying to measure up to that monster’s unattainable standars.
  • I am sorry. (+1)
  • I can relate. (+0)
  • Those events made you stronger. (+0)

Friendship Level 3

• True, it’s just this place reminds me of the church…
  • I’m surprised. (+0)
  • [Joke] A fan of the music? (+0)
  • I like the Chapel, too. (+0)
• I wanted to mix it up on the streets…
  • Are reporters that powerful? (+0)
  • [Joke] I don’t get jazz. (+0)
  • That sounds noble. (+0)
• But that’s when I was saved by a higher power.
  • That sounds profound. (+0)
  • [Joke] You found a god? (+0)
  • The symbiote! (+0)

Friendship Level 4

• You know, some days I feel a pull…
  • That would be a challenging journey. (+0)
  • [Joke] How do you call home? (+0)
  • Don’t leave. (+0)
• It’s a long story.
  • I can handle long. (+0)
  • [Joke] Oh, storytime! (+0)
  • Stop wasting time. (+0)
• No, he caught the bad guy like he always does…
  • Sounds like a contradiction. (+0)
  • [Joke] Eye for an eye. (+0)
  • I still don’t understand. (+0)

Friendship Level 5

• I’m really starting to get used to this place…
  • That sounds inconvenient. (+0)
  • [Joke] Do you miss your furry friends? (+0)
  • You won’t find any rats here. (+0)
• Okay, well… How do you do it…
  • Stop trying so hard. (+0)
  • You are the master of your emotions. (+0)
  • [Joke] Yoga… Maybe. (+0)
• Those heroes often do what is “right”, even if that means…
  • Does that make you “wrong?” (+0)
  • [Joke] But you eat them. (+0)
  • That is what makes them heroes. (+0)
• As much as I sometimes want to see him suffer…
  • It needs you too. (+0)
  • [Joke] You love Spider-Man! (+0)
  • That’s very noble. (+0)

Hangouts / Havens

When selecting which Hangout or Haven to do, please note that Venom has certain preferences for each activity as shown in the tables below. Doing the activities he loves gives you additional Friendship XP!

Hangout Events	Friendship XP
Deep Conversation	+0
Have a Drink	+7
Meditation	+0
Reading by the Fire	+0
Watching a Movie	+5
Working Out	+7

Haven Events	Friendship XP
Bird Watching	+5
Fishing	+7
Foraging for Mushrooms	+5
Meditation	+0
Painting	+5
Picnic	+7

Possible Hangout / Haven Questions:

• Oh, that’s my stomach. I think it’s time for a snack…
  • A few minutes!
  • Go get a snack.
  • That isn’t normal. (+0)
• That’s all part of the suit. The symbiote learned to mimic Spider-Man’s webs…
  • That’s useful.
  • Sounds complicated.
  • Sounds sticky. (+0)
• Yeah, try swinging from one.
  • Is that scary?
  • That sounds nice.
  • No thanks! (+0)
• That’s got my symbiote beat. Eh, but I’m a T-Rex man, anyway.
  • I wish dinosaurs were still around.
  • Would you fight one?
  • Space is okay. (+0)
• I woke up one night? The symbiote had absorbed an old toothbrush…
  • What about big things?
  • Could have been worse.
  • Anything in there now? (+0)
• I–I think you misunderstand. The suit turns into my clothes…
  • Do you have to wash the suit?
  • [Joke] Can the suit become anything?
  • You’re naked?! (+0)
• Okay, so far. Kinda reminds me of summer camp, but…
  • You don’t like summer camp?
  • The kitchen isn’t full anymore. (+0)
  • I never went to camp.
• It sounds dangerous and I like that…
  • You still had a say.
  • [Joke] There were other options. (+0)
  • I also like your sense of style.
• Yeah. But it’s also distracting having someone chew your ear off…
  • I bet Spider-Man hated that. (+0)
  • [Joke] But nice for parties. (+0)
  • Can you shut out the voice?
• Well… I went home hungry that night.
  • Nice bluff.
  • Fighting hungry is hard.
  • [Joke] Like you know what a spleen is… (+0)
• Actually, my symbiote often keeps me grounded…
  • But you eat spleens!
  • [Joke] What about your hair? (+0)
  • You don’t sound “grounded”. (+0)
• Yeah. Never thought I’d be crashing a few doors down from Spider-Man.
  • This is a good “bonding” opportunity. (+0)
  • Don’t worry about it.
  • [Joke] Wolverine’s room smells.
• Honesty, Hunter? I feel out of place…
  • I think you fit in.
  • [Joke] We could find you a new room. (+0)
  • You are more helpful than you know.

Gifts

Please note that the Friendship XP boost received from a gift varies depending on the rarity of the item and how much they liked it.

Loves	Likes	Dislikes
Candle (Beachy Waves) Candle (Bone) Candle (Freshly Mowed Grass) Candle (Night into Morning) Dealing with Difficult Coworkers Magic for Normies Music Box (A Little Girl’s Dream) Music Box (Blood on Blood) Music Box (Vivaldi: Spring) Passion in the Moonlight Serenity: Calming Your Inner Demon Snack Box (1000 Jelly Beans) Snack Box (Meat-o-phile)	Advanced Photography All New Ghost Rider #1 Amazing Fantasy #15 Avengers #4 Bottle of 18 year Aged Root Beer Burning Skies: Air Combat in WWII Candle (Grave Dirt) Candle (Jet Fuel) Candle (Leather and Mahogany) Candle (Sports Car Interior) Captain Marvel #1 – 2012 Crystal Ball Dagger Dark Beauty: A Gothic Coloring Book Goblet Growing Up With Trauma Human Anatomy: Volume IV Lessons in Leadership by Lt. Col. James Rhodes Madripoor in Pictures Meat Market Music Box (Do It With Style) Music Box (O Danny Boy) Music Box (On the Slopes of Wundagore) Music Box (Transcendental Chimes) New Mutants #98 Photo Frame Practical Muay Thai Premium Sketchbook Runaways #1 Skull Snack Box (Luxury Bites) Snack Box (Premium MREs) Snack Box (Root Beers of Canada) Snack Box (Snax) Strange Tales #110 Tactics of the Ancients Tales of Suspense #39 Tapered Candle The Incredible Hulk #181 The Unauthorized Biography of Captain Marvel The Uncanny X-Men #160 Tomb of Dracula #10 Vase	A Stoic Companion Iron Man Fanfic Anthology Multidimensional Cyphers in Graviton Theory Music Box (Face It Tiger) Nineteenth Century Russian Poetry Snack Box (Fresh and Fruity) Snack Box (World’s Grossest Candy) The Illustrated History of the Squadron Supreme

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