Tips for By My Hand Alone achievement ?

[Lord of ice and fire]

If there's one category of achievement that I despise, it's those that rely heavily on RNG, and that's the case here.

The place where the enemies appear, the types of enemies, are important and determined randomly. I once had a dog spawn next to an enemy that has it OS 1 second after they spawned. Not to mention the spawn of the runes, which are badly placed, take too long to get and guarantee to lose a round.


Do you have any tips on how to achieve this?

[ThePugHybrid]

There isn't a whole lot you can do apart from count as you go and practice. I found it more manageable than Time Management and Daredevil which are insanely RNG.

[Lar Dass]

RNG achievements should not exist in games

[Abyss]

I haven't gotten the achievement yet myself, however the following text is entirely from a member of the r/dishonored discord server so figured it could help you at least. But I highly recommend popping into the server and just reading through the pinned message yourself because other people can give their own tips aswell.

"- Save your powers:
you want to aim to use basically not use any powers except a single blink up til about level 6 when you get bend time. Even then, save your mana for the bend time before tallboys honestly as their 1 hit kill is game-ruiney

- Crossbows & Headshots:
Bullets are fine to use until about level 6 because its easier to get mid/close range, by about which time crossbow headshots are your life now. This wasn't obvious to me which is silly maybe, they're just MUCH easier to get a long-range headshot off which saves a lot of grief.

- Bend time AFTER everyone spawns in:
You probably WILL need to bend time twice in round 12, dont do a me and forget a couple times to bend time after the first expires.... this is to kill the tallboys, who absolutely must die first

-Tallboys first, otherwise, opportunity:
There's a tonne of luck involved in this (spawn locations can ruin a run) but you HAVE to take out the tallboys first, they're longrange one hit kills. Stand on the top of the shed above the whale oil tanks before tallboy rounds begin, sprint, and drop kill to dispatch them first."

[Lord of ice and fire]

Originally posted by Abyss:

I haven't gotten the achievement yet myself, however the following text is entirely from a member of the r/dishonored discord server so figured it could help you at least. But I highly recommend popping into the server and just reading through the pinned message yourself because other people can give their own tips aswell.

"- Save your powers:
you want to aim to use basically not use any powers except a single blink up til about level 6 when you get bend time. Even then, save your mana for the bend time before tallboys honestly as their 1 hit kill is game-ruiney

- Crossbows & Headshots:
Bullets are fine to use until about level 6 because its easier to get mid/close range, by about which time crossbow headshots are your life now. This wasn't obvious to me which is silly maybe, they're just MUCH easier to get a long-range headshot off which saves a lot of grief.

- Bend time AFTER everyone spawns in:
You probably WILL need to bend time twice in round 12, dont do a me and forget a couple times to bend time after the first expires.... this is to kill the tallboys, who absolutely must die first

-Tallboys first, otherwise, opportunity:
There's a tonne of luck involved in this (spawn locations can ruin a run) but you HAVE to take out the tallboys first, they're longrange one hit kills. Stand on the top of the shed above the whale oil tanks before tallboy rounds begin, sprint, and drop kill to dispatch them first."

Well thanks. But that's what I'm already doing.

[ThePugHybrid]

Originally posted by Lar Dass:

RNG achievements should not exist in games

Agreed.

[Blazing]

My tip: Don't do it. It's the worst one of them all, since the others can be practiced and/or learned. This one just feels like complete RNG because the spawns are random as well while it also takes quite long to get to the last rounds. It's the only Dunwalls City Trials achievement I didn't get.