Overview
This is a detailed guide on how to get every achievement in Hard Reset Redux
Introduction
1. Achievements related to progression
You simply need to complete levels 1-7 on the “Insane” difficulty to get three of these achievements at the same time. Don’t waste your time playing on lower difficulties and simply abuse the amazing dodge mechanic and quicksaves in order to get you through the game.
Same as before – just complete levels 8-12 on the “Insane” difficulty to get three of these achievements at the same time.
“Heroic” mode unlocked when you beat the whole game at least once and is supposed to be the ultimate challenge because enemies become ridiculous bullet sponges and you are not allowed to use quicksaves, except you can easily break this rule by doing the following:
In the game press “Control” + “~” to open the console and type the following commands:
And that’s it – now you can use quicksaves even in the “Heroic” mode. If even this is not enough for you, you can also use trainers or the “Cheat Engine” to cheat even harder, I am not gonna judge you, honey.
Veteran
Elite
“Full N.A.N.O. bar” means a whole level-up and by “Collect X full N.A.N.O. bars” the game means ONLY the XP points that are lying on the ground in the form of various glowing orange packages, any XP gained from killing enemies doesn’t count towards these achievements.
There is not enough XP lying around in the whole game to collect 41 N.A.N.O. bars so you need to use the “New Game Plus” (in this game it is called the “EX mode”) in order to keep your progress and be able to get the “Elite” achievement.
Searcher
Treasure Hunter
Exile: Millionaire
Find all the secrets in Bezoar/Barrens
There is an amazing guide created by “Plasma SKX” which allows you to easily get all these achievements and 100% N.A.N.O in every mission to help you get that pesky “Elite” achievement quicker:
[link]***NOTE*** “Bezoar” means levels 1-7, “Barrens” means levels 8-12
Electrician
Armoured
To fully upgrade your weapons and equipment you need 45 level-ups (full N.A.N.O. bars), 15 for each category. If you’ve followed the 100% N.A.N.O Guide I’ve mentioned before, you should get all of these achievements around the same time as you get the “Elite” achievement during your “New Game Plus” (“EX mode”) run.
Power Down
Suicide Mission
Exile: Deconstruction
Destroy the Atlas on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
Destroy the ‘Shrimp’ Construction Machine on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
Destroy the Overseer on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
These 16 achievements are story-related and cannot be missed, all of them will unlock if you complete the game on the Insane difficulty.
2. “Challenging” achievements
Immune
Immortal
Very straightforward, just abuse quicksaves and dashes to your advantage and you’ll get these three achievements in no time.
Boredom No More
Kill a Heavy Grenadier within 30 seconds on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
Heavy Grenadier is a heavily armored Gorilla that uses grenade launchers instead of charging you.
You can get all 8 of these achievements very easily by abusing a simple exploit which uses quicksaves.
If you damage the enemy so he is close to dying and then proceed to quicksave and quickload (F5-F9 if you used my console command tips for the Achiles achievement) the timer for the “Kill a Heavy Grenadier within 30 seconds” achievement resets as you quickload the game so you just need to finish the Heavy Grenadier off and the achievement is yours. Too easy.
No Bananas Today
Kill 2 Gorillas within 20 seconds on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
Again we are using the quicksave exploit: damage two Gorillas so they are about to die, quicksave, quickload, finish them off quickly and these 8 achievements are completed.
Exile: Cop Killer
Destroy 2 CLN Gunships within 20 seconds on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
“CLN Gunship” is a flying police car that screams at you until you kill it.
Again these 8 achievements are trivial if you use the quicksave exploit: bring down two gunships to low health, quicksave, quickload, finish them off in a timely manner and here you go.
Exile: Bug Splatter
Kill a Heavy Scarab within 20 seconds on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
Heavy Scarab is a huge bug that uses lasers and rockets, he can be seen for the first time at the end of the mission “9 – Junkyard”.
Again we are using the quicksave exploit: damage the Scarab so it is close to dying, quicksave, quickload, finish it off quickly and these 8 achievements are completed.
During the mission “8 – Crusher” you will come across two huge turbines sucking air, they are impossible to miss. You need to guide all small bots which are spawning around you during this section into the turbines and the achievement is yours. Don’t worry, you cannot be sucked off by the turbines… no matter how much you want to be (((
During the mission “11 – Factory” you will activate some huge presses with which you can crush enemies that spawn around you. You need to kill 9 of them (in this version of the game it can be any enemy, not just Gorillas) for the achievement to unlock.
At the beginning of the level “7 – Hospital” you’ll see a zeppelin floating behind the window dangerously close to explosive barrels – shoot them when the zeppelin is right next to the barrels and the zeppelin is no more.
Here is the video for reference:
Furious
Enraged
Retirement
Overkill
Extermination
Kill 5/10/20 enemies with one shot on difficulty Easy/Normal/Hard/Insane
There is a place in a mission “6 – Underground” which I lovingly call a “magic bathroom” which allows you to complete up to 24 achievements with one shot!
I recommend having fully upgraded Grenade Launcher of your CLN weapon and the Mortar of your NRG weapon (namely, stasis field), also you can perform the final shot with RPG, which makes it easier to get these achievements, just follow the video:
3. The Grind is Real
Killer
Death Incarnate
Death Incarnate is probably gonna be your last achievement in this game – 10k enemies is a lot. Once you’ve completed every “Tiered” achievement you should play on the easy difficulty in order to complete this achievement faster.
Retaliation
Avenging Angel
Just keep exploding various red and blue color-coded environmental objects while enemies are near them and you’ll get these achievements in no time.
Hooligan
Vandal
Make sure to upgrade the RPG and Grenade Launcher modes of your CLN weapon and use them as liberally as possible and these achievements will be unlocked very quickly.
These are barrels. They explode. You need to explode these barrels. Now. I am not going to repeat myself. Do it. Do it now.
You should unlock this achievement naturally. If by some miracle you didn’t manage to unlock this achievement by simply playing the game just replay mission “7 – Hospital”. Once you enter the actual hospital building proceed to the second floor and in the well lit area near reception with the huge hole in the floor in the middle of it there should be two sets of cameras – one near the reception and one near the stairway across the hall. Quicksave before destroying the cameras if you need to farm them so you can quickload and do it all over until the achievement is complete.
Fusion cells are the blue barrels that stun enemies instead of dealing damage and can only be seen in levels 8-12. They are kinda rare but you can quicksave before destroying them, blow them up and quickload until you complete this achievement.
Also any fusion cells exploded during the level “12 – Arena” does not count towards completion of this achievement.
This includes both random blue explosive generators and your NRG weapon’s “Shock Blaster” and “Electric Mortar” modes, simply electrify enemies with what looks like lightning bolts and the achievement is yours.
This achievement unlocks once every other achievement in the game is unlocked.