Minimalist challenge

[Ghost]

On the pause menu, checking it, it says: "progress: 1"

Does this mean i still haven't failed?

Also, Flash grenades counts against it?

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by Predador:

On the pause menu, checking it, it says: "progress: 1"

Does this mean i still haven't failed?

Also, Flash grenades counts against it?

minimalist is only pistol and knife there rest you can remove no flash , grenade or anything else
also demolition ball skip works by shooting the wall too

[Player Zer01]

also just to add you can use CERTAIN things at CERTAIN TIMES

mounted guns
harpoon for lake
red rpg from ada

the only time you should use another gun WITHOUT SHOOTING IT is either a smg or rifle for the regenerators to see their spots. you only need to do this for the first queen and and the one thats holding the wrench in the tubes.

it should go without saying but run minimalist and frugalist (and if youre brave enough you talk to much) at the same time on assisted and do nothing but the main story. if you have the cat ears it makes the run a lot smoother since you wont have to worry about ammo either.

[Rusty]

Originally posted by Player Zer01:

also just to add you can use CERTAIN things at CERTAIN TIMES

mounted guns
harpoon for lake
red rpg from ada

the only time you should use another gun WITHOUT SHOOTING IT is either a smg or rifle for the regenerators to see their spots. you only need to do this for the first queen and and the one thats holding the wrench in the tubes.

it should go without saying but run minimalist and frugalist (and if youre brave enough you talk to much) at the same time on assisted and do nothing but the main story. if you have the cat ears it makes the run a lot smoother since you wont have to worry about ammo either.

I did frugalist and minimalist at the same time. Even on assist it was ROUGH. I had to fight Verdugo for what felt like an hour just learning his patterns and how to force him to never grab you (stay as close as possible and stab/parry) to the point where I could just parry him flawlessly until the elevator came.

[FreshRevenge]

Originally posted by Pure Mind Games:

Barrels and Turrets are fine. I've heard Cannons are also fine but I didn't risk it outside of the Armoured El Gigante, so don't know if killing Zealots count.

You can use the cannons to kill the zealots. It's fine. I recently did my Minimalist challenge run.

I think it just means your personal arsenal of weapons that you can't use weapons that aren't a handgun or knife.

Also you can use the infrared red scope to look at which regenerator has the wrench but don't use the rifle to shoot it or kill it. You need to kill the regenerator with the wrench with a handgun. Just make sure to lure it out of the room with the other 3 regenerators to keep them from waking up. I used the punisher on the regenerators since I found them to be more effective at penetrating.

[1337Walrus]

Going to the shooting gallery and playing rounds there that involve other weapons like shotguns and the TMP does not count against minimalist, it's worth noting.

[Smile]

keep this in mind, you cannot even EQUIP anything other than pistols and knives,

Things not to do :
cycle weapons
equip eggs
start a new game+ that has another weapon other than pistol equipped

things you can do :
use a mounted turret in that chopper part
throw giants in lava
shoot barrels
shoot the last rocket launcher ada throws you (obviously)

and the progress needs to stay at 0 till the end.

[Explodium]

Originally posted by Dante:

keep this in mind, you cannot even EQUIP anything other than pistols and knives,

Yes you can.

You just can't fire/throw them.

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Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Ill make it clear:

The count has to stay at 0 at all times, so if it ever increases, reload the save back to before it did.

Only weapons allowed to use are Handguns and Knives (doesnt matter which ones or how many)

Doing Melee attacks wont affect the run, so kick everyone in the face.

Eggs, Grenades and Flashbangs will null the run, so dont use them.

Using any other weapon will null the run even if you dont hit anything.

You can still equip any weapon, the main use of this is to use the Bioscope to find out which Regenerador has the Wrench, plus it helps to find out where their weakpoints are, (once again, dont fire it)

Magnums will null the run, even if they look like Handguns.

You are allowed to use environmental methods of dmg, such has explosive barrels, Turrets, Cannons, dropping the Chandelier, Lava Pit (double Gigante), etc, youre also allowed to use the Special Rocket Launcher with Saddler, and you have to, cause otherwise you die.

Doing the Shooting Range wont count, so youre free to do that if you'll like, any weapons used there wont null the run.

this was very helpful, thanks

[Monstrous Avail]

Ty for clearing up what’s allowed on the challenge run, it would be a shame to null a run by accidentally using a grenade or something like that