Handgun usage?

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what does not count as not using handguns in Minimalist run? i only shot using handguns but got nothing at the end. i remember holding other weapon once (but didnt shoot it), threw an egg, and destroy the AA gun using the gattling.

[Sheddothy]

No throwing eggs, no using turrets. Only your handgun or knife!

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Originally posted by Lee:

No throwing eggs, no using turrets. Only your handgun or knife! :sans:

but how do i process through the game if i cant destroy the AA?

[Xao]

You are allowed to use any turrets and the red rocket launcher.

Check your minimalist progress. It needs to stay at 0 for the whole run.

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Originally posted by Xao:

You are allowed to use turrets.

Check your minimalist progress. It needs to stay at 0 for the whole run.

can i load saves in case i mess up?

[Xao]

You probably can. Check your minimalist progress after loading a save.

[Dollmaker]

To be clear:

You can only use Handguns and Knifes.

Magnums dont count as Handguns (many people though they did for some reason)

Eggs will null the run as well.

Using anything but a Handgun or Knife will null the run, even if you didnt hit anything.

Exceptions to the rule are: Turrets, Cannons, Explosions (NOT Grenades, even Flashbangs), drooping the chandelier, using the lava pit on the double Gigante fight, the Special Rocket Launcher on Saddler, essentially, all kinds of secondary ways of doing dmg, you are allowed to use them.

If you mess up, you can reload a save from before that mess up to reset the counter back to zero.

You can do the Shooting Range, weapons used there wont count towards the run, so youre free to do the entire thing.

[Dank Sidious]

Originally posted by Lee:

No throwing eggs, no using turrets. Only your handgun or knife! :sans:

Where did you come up with this nonsense? You are forced to use cannons and turrets to progress the game.

[Soren]

Originally posted by ...:

Originally posted by Xao:

You are allowed to use turrets.

Check your minimalist progress. It needs to stay at 0 for the whole run.

can i load saves in case i mess up?

Yeah, my suggestion. Make a new save every chapter. You can check the counter occasionally for 0. If you see you messed up and saved the mess up accidentally, at least you won't lose too much time.

Lost my first minimalist run to grenades because I thought they'd be fair game and no one was posting information day 1-2 whether they counted or not (most didn't know about the in-game counter yet).

[Scorpix]

Exceptions:
-cannons in castle
-turrets on islands
-special rocket launcher at the end
-barrels and explosive traps
-harpoons during boss fight

Equiping weapons do not void achievement. Only shooting or throwing voids it.

[Soren]

Originally posted by Scorpix:

Exceptions:
-harpoons during boss fight

The harpoon is okay to use boss fight or no boss fight. How else can you get the lunker bass and all those 50 other bass out there? I even killed some wolves/people with the harpoon and not just the bass.

Obviously the big thing that gets everyone is the side quest of egg'ing salazar's potrait. Most don't think eggs would count since they aren't technically a weapon.

[Dank Sidious]

Originally posted by Soren:

Originally posted by Scorpix:

Exceptions:
-harpoons during boss fight

The harpoon is okay to use boss fight or no boss fight. How else can you get the lunker bass and all those 50 other bass out there? I even killed some wolves/people with the harpoon and not just the bass.

Obviously the big thing that gets everyone is the side quest of egg'ing salazar's potrait. Most don't think eggs would count since they aren't technically a weapon.

I'd phrase that the other way around. In reality eggs are not weapons, but "technically" are a weapon as they count as a weapon in the game. They also count as weapon and a recovery item for those charms that increase your money from both.

[Soren]

Originally posted by Pääpeelsepuuppi:

I'd phrase that the other way around. In reality eggs are not weapons, but "technically" are a weapon as they count as a weapon in the game. They also count as weapon and a recovery item for those charms that increase your money from both.

Yeah, I guess they technically are weapons in the context of the game even though they normally are not weapons.

I blame Salazar specifically. Because I don't really think they do damage, stun, or flinch any other enemies in the game aside from him. I think they don't flinch/stun like they did in the OG, I didn't try throwing excessive amounts of them at villagers to see if more than 1 was needed.

[Martin]

Anything that deals damage from your inventory that isnt pistols or knives voids it. So Magnums since they arent pistols (people get really confused by this) Eggs, flashes, and grenades also voids the run. Note: The run gets voided even if you didnt hit anything, so dont try grenade skips for instance.

You can use anything envoiremental, so turrets, cannons, barrels, lavapit, etc.

[Phishfood]

If you go to challenges and go to the challenge for using pistols and knife only you should see the counter set at 0. If it's above 0 then you did something to ruin the run.

So always use at least 2 save files so you don't overwrite a ruined run with a valid run.

[Dank Sidious]

Originally posted by Soren:

Originally posted by Pääpeelsepuuppi:

I'd phrase that the other way around. In reality eggs are not weapons, but "technically" are a weapon as they count as a weapon in the game. They also count as weapon and a recovery item for those charms that increase your money from both.

Yeah, I guess they technically are weapons in the context of the game even though they normally are not weapons.

I blame Salazar specifically. Because I don't really think they do damage, stun, or flinch any other enemies in the game aside from him. I think they don't flinch/stun like they did in the OG, I didn't try throwing excessive amounts of them at villagers to see if more than 1 was needed.

What made me think they were weapons and why I tested that Luis weapon resale value charm on them was that they are "equippable".