The earliest places to get a Machete?

[Azazellz]

Trying to complete the game in solo mode and only with melee weapons (and with grenades).
I found out that a regular knife sucks.
And here's a question - where can I find a Machete?
I know you can buy it, or get it in exchange for parts, but both of those options are too far away. So I'm wondering where I can non-guaranteed find a Machete in the closest sectors to the starting island (using save-scumming if needed).
Storming the prison with a regular knife to get the Thing would be too difficult, so I need an extra step in between.

[Bozzemoggel]

...killing Pierre, probably. Hasn´t he his machete, called "The Legion" ?
Go for it, tell me if it worked xD

[Katsu]

If it helps, I found one in a container in East Pantagruel -- although I would guess it only has a chance to drop there. Still, that sector is surely easier to capture than the prison.

[EternalFlip]

I've usually found Machetes in the Pantagruel outskirts; typically inside of a trapped container.

[PVA]

You can try to savescum on "SmallContainer_1" on entering peaceful map with it:

"Knife",stack_max = 1,stack_min = 1,weight = 1400000
"Knife",stack_max = 5,stack_min = 2,weight = 350000
"Machete",stack_max = 1,stack_min = 1,weight = 1000000
"GlowStick",stack_max = 3,stack_min = 1,weight = 2000000
"FlareStick",stack_max = 3,stack_min = 1,weight = 2000000
"LightHelmet",stack_max = 1,stack_min = 1,weight = 300000
"FlakArmor",stack_max = 1,stack_min = 1,weight = 400000
"FlakLeggings",stack_max = 1,stack_min = 1,weight = 250000
"Meds",stack_max = 50,stack_min = 30,weight = 800000
"TinyDiamonds",stack_max = 3,stack_min = 1,weight = 300000
"ChippedSapphire",stack_max = 3,stack_min = 1,weight = 300000
"Container_JunkMoney",weight = 300000
"Container_Tools_Parts",weight = 600000
"Container_BasicGrenadePack",weight = 2000000
"Container_Illumination_FlareGun",weight = 500000
"Container_PipeBomb_BlackPowder",weight = 600000

[Azazellz]

Originally posted by Bozzemoggel:

...killing Pierre, probably. Hasn´t he his machete, called "The Legion" ?
Go for it, tell me if it worked xD

No, he doesn't drop it on kill.

Originally posted by PVA:

You can try to savescum on "SmallContainer_1" on entering peaceful map with it:

What's it supposed to look like, I wonder?

[PVA]

Originally posted by Azazellz:

What's it supposed to look like, I wonder?

Enter the sector with "SmallContainer_1" untill you get the machete. You can find out the right container by it's loot from above post.

[Azazellz]

Originally posted by PVA:

Enter the sector with "SmallContainer_1" untill you get the machete. You can find out the right container by it's loot from above post.

No, I meant what the container itself looks like. Or could it look different?
Discord suggested that the machete can be found in the FleaTown markets, in the boxes next to the knife store. And it is indeed lying there.

[PVA]

Originally posted by Azazellz:

No, I meant what the container itself looks like.

It can be anything.

[Azazellz]

Originally posted by PVA:

It can be anything.

That makes it more complicated...

[dq_177]

The melee weapons in this game seem pretty boring and lacking variety, doing a melee only run doesn't seem very fun.

[Azazellz]

Originally posted by dq_177:

The melee weapons in this game seem pretty boring and lacking variety, doing a melee only run doesn't seem very fun.

Stealth-sniper or machinegun-overwatch run is much more funny for sure.

Melee combat makes you think and dodge. When you're alone against nine enemies, and they're coming at you all at once... You gotta think of something.
Especially until you level up.

[sandman25dcsss]

Originally posted by Azazellz:

Originally posted by dq_177:

The melee weapons in this game seem pretty boring and lacking variety, doing a melee only run doesn't seem very fun.

Stealth-sniper or machinegun-overwatch run is much more funny for sure.

Melee combat makes you think and dodge. When you're alone against nine enemies, and they're coming at you all at once... You gotta think of something.
Especially until you level up.

Let me guess: you run away to get out of sight and then activate stealth mode again.
You have no weapon mods, you have no ammo management/crafting, you have no different ammo, you have no weapon repair, you have no concerns about distance and distance penalty, you start with 1 weapon and can get 1 more during the whole game, you have 1 tactic of "become adjacent and press a button", yes, so exciting and full of decision-making /s

[Azazellz]

Originally posted by sandman25dcsss:

You have no weapon mods, you have no ammo management/crafting, you have no different ammo, you have no weapon repair, you have no concerns about distance and distance penalty, you start with 1 weapon and can get 1 more during the whole game, you have 1 tactic of "become adjacent and press a button", yes, so exciting and full of decision-making /s

You actually wrote gameplay with guns.
You don't have much difference between the gun mods. There are 3 or 4 schemes that work - and you install them when you can. And if you're too lazy - you can use just one with snipers.
You don't have ammo management, because the game can be finished with standard ammo. Okay, you can switch to armor-piercing from time to time.
Distance is exactly the same - get within striking distance and attack. Only in close combat you have to do it much more often, while shooting weapons you can sit on one spot for most of the fight.
You start with one firearm, and you get another one as a direct upgrade. Yes, that's how it works for firearms. You can choose not to upgrade further at all, and stop at the M14 (or Dragunov), which easily gets you through the whole game.
Repairing melee weapons, by the way, should be done in the same way as firearms.