Going for as many achievements as I can

[dynastystar]

I won't be able to get them all in a single playthrough, but I wanna try and get as many as I can. What should I bear in mind for this game in particular? What playstyle do you think will be most efficient when it comes to going for achievements?

[rod66]

There are Generally high chaos and low chaos type achievements, For example Clean Hands is very much low chaos and Cleaner very much high chaos. Some like Shadow can be done in either low or high chaos and others like Mostly Flesh & Steel don't relate to the chaos level you want to play at. Essentially anything combat related is best in a high chaos playthrough and anything that requires sneakiness or pacifist play in a low chaos run.
I would suggest that you go for MF&S once you know the maps and be prepared to go high chaos on that run.
I would go through the list and descriptions and put anything that requires killing/combat on the high chaos run.
There are story achievements you will get on your first run no matter the chaos level. and if you get Ghost (a low chaos achievement) you will by necessity get Shadow as well (as it's just not being spotted without the further limitation that makes ghost low chaos).
One last thing: due to an early choice that that most people are afraid will raise their chaos on a low chaos run so do not do (it involves poisoning a still). this cuts off some loot required for the art dealer cheevo later on as an encounter does not take place, so it's usually best to do that achievement on an HC run.

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by rod66:

There are Generally high chaos and low chaos type achievements, For example Clean Hands is very much low chaos and Cleaner very much high chaos. Some like Shadow can be done in either low or high chaos and others like Mostly Flesh & Steel don't relate to the chaos level you want to play at. Essentially anything combat related is best in a high chaos playthrough and anything that requires sneakiness or pacifist play in a low chaos run.
I would suggest that you go for MF&S once you know the maps and be prepared to go high chaos on that run.
I would go through the list and descriptions and put anything that requires killing/combat on the high chaos run.
There are story achievements you will get on your first run no matter the chaos level. and if you get Ghost (a low chaos achievement) you will by necessity get Shadow as well (as it's just not being spotted without the further limitation that makes ghost low chaos).
One last thing: due to an early choice that that most people are afraid will raise their chaos on a low chaos run so do not do (it involves poisoning a still). this cuts off some loot required for the art dealer cheevo later on as an encounter does not take place, so it's usually best to do that achievement on an HC run.

I've done the first mission twice and both times it popped up with that I killed 1 hostile but I swear I didn't kill anybody, what could be proccing it?
Edit: Found it, the body I dropped in the water(thinking to hide it) counts as a kill)

[Sef]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I've done the first mission twice and both times it popped up with that I killed 1 hostile but I swear I didn't kill anybody, what could be proccing it?
Edit: Found it, the body I dropped in the water(thinking to hide it) counts as a kill)

I did the exact same thing these days. lol
Turns out that they can't breathe underwater while unconscious. Go figure

I'm going for the achievements too. Doing a Low Chaos run first, all stealth, no kills and without power upgrades (because the 'Mostly Flesh and Steel' achievement) and then another run, High Chaos + Side Missions and stuffs.

I highly recommend this mod Mission Stats[www.nexusmods.com]. It alerts you If you've killed somebody or have been spotted for example. Also, it creates a new option on the menu so that you can check anytime your statistics for the current mission.

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I've done the first mission twice and both times it popped up with that I killed 1 hostile but I swear I didn't kill anybody, what could be proccing it?
Edit: Found it, the body I dropped in the water(thinking to hide it) counts as a kill)

I did the exact same thing these days. lol
Turns out that they can't breathe underwater while unconscious. Go figure :gaper:

I'm going for the achievements too. Doing a Low Chaos run first, all stealth, no kills and without power upgrades (because the 'Mostly Flesh and Steel' achievement) and then another run, High Chaos + Side Missions and stuffs.

I highly recommend this mod Mission Stats[www.nexusmods.com]. It alerts you If you've killed somebody or have been spotted for example. Also, it creates a new option on the menu so that you can check anytime your statistics for the current mission.

cool :O I'll give that mod a try.

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I've done the first mission twice and both times it popped up with that I killed 1 hostile but I swear I didn't kill anybody, what could be proccing it?
Edit: Found it, the body I dropped in the water(thinking to hide it) counts as a kill)

I did the exact same thing these days. lol
Turns out that they can't breathe underwater while unconscious. Go figure :gaper:

I'm going for the achievements too. Doing a Low Chaos run first, all stealth, no kills and without power upgrades (because the 'Mostly Flesh and Steel' achievement) and then another run, High Chaos + Side Missions and stuffs.

I highly recommend this mod Mission Stats[www.nexusmods.com]. It alerts you If you've killed somebody or have been spotted for example. Also, it creates a new option on the menu so that you can check anytime your statistics for the current mission.

I just got a prompt saying that I need the DLC for the mod to work x.x
"Additional files required
This mod requires one or more additional files in order to work properly.

Please ensure you have these files installed properly before attempting to use this file.

The Knife of Dunwall
The Brigmore Witches
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
chevron_right"

Unless I misunderstand something.

[Sef]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I just got a prompt saying that I need the DLC for the mod to work x.x
"Additional files required
This mod requires one or more additional files in order to work properly.

Please ensure you have these files installed properly before attempting to use this file.

The Knife of Dunwall
The Brigmore Witches
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
chevron_right"

Unless I misunderstand something.

That's odd. It states that is not required on their github page.
"Supported versions
Works on the latest version that is prepared for DLC The Knife of Dunwall and DLC The Brigmore Witches. These DLC's are NOT required though."

And on Nexus there are some comments from people using it without the DLCs

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I just got a prompt saying that I need the DLC for the mod to work x.x
"Additional files required
This mod requires one or more additional files in order to work properly.

Please ensure you have these files installed properly before attempting to use this file.

The Knife of Dunwall
The Brigmore Witches
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
chevron_right"

Unless I misunderstand something.

That's odd. It states that is not required on their github page.
"Supported versions
Works on the latest version that is prepared for DLC The Knife of Dunwall and DLC The Brigmore Witches. These DLC's are NOT required though."

And on Nexus there are some comments from people using it without the DLCs

okay I'll try downloading it anyways.

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I've done the first mission twice and both times it popped up with that I killed 1 hostile but I swear I didn't kill anybody, what could be proccing it?
Edit: Found it, the body I dropped in the water(thinking to hide it) counts as a kill)

I did the exact same thing these days. lol
Turns out that they can't breathe underwater while unconscious. Go figure :gaper:

I'm going for the achievements too. Doing a Low Chaos run first, all stealth, no kills and without power upgrades (because the 'Mostly Flesh and Steel' achievement) and then another run, High Chaos + Side Missions and stuffs.

I highly recommend this mod Mission Stats[www.nexusmods.com]. It alerts you If you've killed somebody or have been spotted for example. Also, it creates a new option on the menu so that you can check anytime your statistics for the current mission.

I downloaded the mod and tested it out! it worked! :D

[Sef]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

Originally posted by Sef:

I did the exact same thing these days. lol
Turns out that they can't breathe underwater while unconscious. Go figure

I'm going for the achievements too. Doing a Low Chaos run first, all stealth, no kills and without power upgrades (because the 'Mostly Flesh and Steel' achievement) and then another run, High Chaos + Side Missions and stuffs.

I highly recommend this mod Mission Stats[www.nexusmods.com]. It alerts you If you've killed somebody or have been spotted for example. Also, it creates a new option on the menu so that you can check anytime your statistics for the current mission.

I downloaded the mod and tested it out! it worked! :D

That's nice to hear! Good luck and have fun!

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

I downloaded the mod and tested it out! it worked! :D

That's nice to hear! Good luck and have fun! :happymeat:

question, do you know if I loot the Art Dealer's safe prior to giving the safe code to Slackjaw, does that affect anything? will that ♥♥♥♥ me over? I already forgot to get the painting in mission 1, and I'd rather not ♥♥♥♥ anything else over(I also know there's a rune in the safe, but I'm also going for the achievement where I do a playthrough without upgrading any abilities). So from what I can tell, the only things I'll miss out on are the painting, the rune, and some coin.

[dynastystar]

new question(I'm well passed the point of the previous one), how do I change what item is affixed to a hotkey? For most of my playthrough, I didn't have grenades and when I did get some, there wasn't a hotkey to use them and I just got my stuff back and most of my stuff doesn't have a hotkey either(hoping I still got my sticky grenades and such). Its especially important because I'm on a non-lethal playthrough and now I don't know how to use my sleep darts(thanks game for swapping around my hotkeys).
Edit: Well, I found a way to rebind the quick action wheel or whatever its called to a button on my keyboard, the middle mouse button it was bound to wasn't triggering it.

[Sef]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

Originally posted by Sef:

That's nice to hear! Good luck and have fun!

question, do you know if I loot the Art Dealer's safe prior to giving the safe code to Slackjaw, does that affect anything? will that ♥♥♥♥ me over? I already forgot to get the painting in mission 1, and I'd rather not ♥♥♥♥ anything else over(I also know there's a rune in the safe, but I'm also going for the achievement where I do a playthrough without upgrading any abilities). So from what I can tell, the only things I'll miss out on are the painting, the rune, and some coin.

I know that you already passed that point, but anyway, I don't think it will affect anything. You even earn an achievement and one of the paintings. So, for the completion sake, it's the optimal choice.

For the other question, I've been using the middle mouse to change between stuffs

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Sef:

Originally posted by dynastystar:

question, do you know if I loot the Art Dealer's safe prior to giving the safe code to Slackjaw, does that affect anything? will that ♥♥♥♥ me over? I already forgot to get the painting in mission 1, and I'd rather not ♥♥♥♥ anything else over(I also know there's a rune in the safe, but I'm also going for the achievement where I do a playthrough without upgrading any abilities). So from what I can tell, the only things I'll miss out on are the painting, the rune, and some coin.

I know that you already passed that point, but anyway, I don't think it will affect anything. You even earn an achievement and one of the paintings. So, for the completion sake, it's the optimal choice.

For the other question, I've been using the middle mouse to change between stuffs

cool :) finished my first playthrough, got 45 of the achievements. Missing the first painting and the one in the Slackjaw sidequest because I didn't wanna mess up my quest with him so I didn't get the paintings achievement, didn't poison the Bottle Street Gang for Granny rags so I couldn't go for hers, completing the game in high chaos, and assassinating 10 people and assassinating 5 people by dropping on them. Never got around to save scumming for the last two.

[dynastystar]

which DLC would you say is most cost-efficient for getting achievements? I want to eventually get at least 70% of the achievements but the game's 50 base achievements is only like 56%, so even if I got ALL the achievements without owning any DLC, I'd still be below what I want.

[Sef]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

which DLC would you say is most cost-efficient for getting achievements? I want to eventually get at least 70% of the achievements but the game's 50 base achievements is only like 56%, so even if I got ALL the achievements without owning any DLC, I'd still be below what I want.

Each DLC gives 10 achievements, so go for the one that interest you more :)